GT4 time has been non-existant lately - I just don't know where the time for it has gone, but I really need to sit down and play it more, as there is plenty left for me to do. I'm sure some of the wackier cars could stand to have some pictures taken of them as well.
I've also meant to get some pics I took off a memory card to upload here, but it just hasn't happened. Again, the laziness.
Last night I started playing Shot Online, a golf game I heard about that's supposed to be like online golf, but with RPG elements to it. Really, it's not that strange an idea. Games like Tiger Woods Golf have been doing this for a while, but it doesn't have the nerdy feel to it that this game does. It's an open beta right now, so you can get it for free and start playing. The learning curve is steep, even if you've played other golf games. Clubs don't have exact yardages assigned to them, which makes things difficult at first. Front to back slope on a green is tough to read as well, so putting distances are tough to gauge at first. I played a couple rounds though, and generally had a good time. Fortunately it can be played in a window, so I don't have to give up all of the other internet goodness while playing (which is nice when playing against other people, where you have to wait a bit for your turn sometimes).
There are definitely some bugs in the game, however, as well as a number of missing features. For example, when playing a match, Alt-T doesn't always bring up the chat box like it's supposed to, and when it does, it doesn't place the focus in the box, so you have to then click the box to actually type anything. Makes the keyboard shortcut thing kind of useless. Also, there's no actual button anywhere to go back to the "world", you just have to know to press Alt-X. Documentation of the controls isn't very good, there's just a bit about it on the website linked above.
Finally, I upgraded the software that I use to publish this site, MovableType. I'm surprised that I didn't run into any problems, though I guess I shouldn't be.
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