How hard is it to make a wishlist?

No Gravatar

Short answer… pretty damn hard.

Last week, with urges to buy books I don’t need, I thought of reviewing what I really wanted to get.  Strangely, although I could come up with a lot of crap “I’d like”, I honestly couldn’t think of anything “I’d need”.  [my SO interrupting my typing: "dont worry baby, ill help you make your wishlist.  1st;   you want wiii, next, flat screen tv, then topshop..."]

[continuing the following day, without interruptions :P]

Well, yeah, a Wii would be nice, and so would a flatscreen TV.  Still, let me try this again…

Last week, I was considering reviewing what stuff I’d want to get for myself.  Among the things that popped in my mind were the following:

/*

in case the flash slideshow above doesn’t appear, here are the items in it:

*/

And here’s some additional stuff not in that slide-show of wishes:

It annoyed me that they were mostly personal fads, prohibitively expensive, or just impractical.  Sure, having them would be nice, but very few of them are useful. Even the most practical and useful items in the list have some serious flaws:

  • any of the books - Yeah, any of these would be really cool.  Unfortunately, none of ‘em appear to be available locally.
  • any Foxtrot anthology - As reasonable as this may be, I can’t seem to find this in any of the local bookstores either.
  • a new desktop computer - Expensive, and I can survive with my current one (it’s chugging along, the keyword is “chugging”).  I’m planning to buy a new one when 2 comes out in December (and I’ll make sure it’s Diablo 3 ready).  Until then, it’s impractical to upgrade (as prices keep dropping as time goes by).
  • EEEPC 901 - I can surf the net AND read PDFs anywhere I want!  (and then some!)  I’d probably lug it around everyday ‘coz it’s small and it’s gonna be so bloody useful.  Unfortunately, it’ll (it’s not out yet) most likely cost more than PhP 25k (since the EEEPC 900 is already around that range).  That’s already the cost of a really cheap (and possibly impractical) laptop.  Not to mention that MSI will be releasing a competitor, and that the battery life is still questionable.  A portable internet surfing machine with a battery life of around 3 hours, even with PDF reading capabilities, might not be worth the 25k.
Not to mention that there are already rumors about a 903, 904, and 905.  Gawd, this gadget evolves almost as fast as desktop PCs do.
  • at least 1 TB external storage - Very very useful to me, it’ll make backing-up of data much much easier.  Unfortunately, it’s still a bit expensive.
  • Starcraft: The Board Game - It’s actually very reasonably priced (if you know where to look), and I think that I might enjoy the gameplay quite well.  Unfortunately, I’m not sure if it’s the right game for my gaming group.  Our 6 player Catan games (which my gaming group loves) already occupies quite a bit of space, this one is expected to be bigger.  This will be a minor problem compared to the possibility that they won’t like the gameplay the way I do.
  • A Touch of Evil, The Supernatural Game - This would be an awesome co-op games tester for my gaming group (particularly since it seemed to be designed to have the co-op part as removable) and probably be very reasonably priced, but it won’t be out ’till September.

So I decided to change focus and think about the stuff “I need” rather than the stuff “I like”.  Removing the usuals like love, food, shelter, friends, more money, and A LOT MORE MONEY, I came up with this list:

  • <none>

I already have practically everything I need, and quite a bit of what I want.  The items I came up with in my wishlist are just that… wishes… icing on the cake.

I guess I have a lot to be thankful for, and I am.

Tags:

July 8, 2008 | Filed Under board games, books, games, random ramblings | Comments Off 

Starcraft II Alpha Videos

No Gravatar

I only just managed to take a look at the II movies available at the official website.  I didn’t want to over-excite myself, they’re just alpha videos.  After watching the videos, though, I’m going to have a very difficult time not over-exciting myself for the actual game because the alpha videos they showed were already absolutely amazing!

Tags:

June 26, 2007 | Filed Under games, video games | Leave a Comment 

Elonian Nomad - 3rd Strike is using WP-Gravatar