Today was somewhat productive in the sense that I finally got around to upgrading to the latest version of WordPress, which is always scary with the threat of losing everything (even though I meticulously backup everything before I mess with anything). The interface is quite a bit different than my much older version but seems to be smoother and more intuitive which is nice.

Lots and lots of heathen green skinned wretches have been falling beneath my armored boots, within the realm of Dawn of War 2. Currently it’s only offered as a beta via Steam with online multiplayer the only option. Access is given to anyone who either pre-orders the game or already has Dawn of War: Soulstorm. This brought a rather rude awakening to my style of play. In most RTSs I generally trend towards hunkering down behind several layers of walls (made out of solid steel, not hopes and dreams and unicorn farts like some people (coughhcough)) slowly building up an end-game force to eventually dominate the enemy. DoW2 doesn’t even offer this as a choice; there simply isn’t any base building to be had at all. Rather, the focus is put squarely on your units. It makes for a lot of action and constant fighting as you contest the map for Victory Capture Points that will erode your enemies tickets (you start with 500; the game ends when a player/team reach 0). Overall a great game, it just needs some balancing done between the various races.

Somehow an Infected Mushroom CD was released without me knowing (all the way back in ‘07) entitled Vicious Delicious wherein a track found its way onto my Pandora play list. Sadly, every song that I’ve heard so far sounds exactly like some other song of theirs on a previous CD. In this they seem to have taken the CombiChrist approach to making beats, which is fine but monotonous and uninspiring.

Ugh… I made the horrible mistake of watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Nothing made a damn bit of sense in that movie.

I haven’t really gotten around to expressing my extraordinary remorse at seeing the only coach I’ve ever known (since I started paying attention to football) get fired suddenly in the post-season, as I still really haven’t come to terms with it. Coach (well, ex-coach) Mike Shanahan of the Denver Broncos was inspiring to watch and one of the better coaches in the league as far as I’m concerned. He didn’t make the best personnel decisions and had a run of bad luck this season, so Pat Bowlen decided to shitcan him. It came as a rather big shock actually, seeing as how Bowlen had previously declared that Shanahan had a job for life with the Broncos. Oh well… It’s all shit now. There was even a scare there for a while that he’d coach the Chiefs. While that would certainly amuse me, I think I’d puke if I had to watch him lead the Chiefs to a victory at Mile High. I was really hoping for ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher to hop on board, but got former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels instead.

The only real happiness I’ve been given this post-season is witnessing the Steelers and Cardinals advance to the Super Bowl. Looks like it’s going to shape up to be a damn good game though I think the Steelers will end up winning it. However, I like both teams so I don’t really care which way it falls.