Creativity

[robinturner]

Well not really, just a bad pun. I finally despaired of the sound card I'd ordered arriving, and installed the one they'd given me by mistake almost a year ago. For the technically minded, what I have is a Creative Audigy II ZS, and what I wanted was the Creative Audigy II ZS Pro, which is pretty much the same card, but sensibly has most of the I/O ports on the front rather than at the back. Using the lower-grade model just means that I have to do more fiddling round the back of my computer, and if I ever get round to buying any MIDI devices I'll have to persuade them to go through the joystick port at the back. Ergonomic, not.

But the great thing is that I now have a firewire connection, so I can capture video off my camcorder. It took a long time to work out how to do it, but now I'm happily going through all my home movies, editing them and burning them onto VCDs.

As a side effect, I am also spending far too much time rebooting into Windows to play Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, which came as a freebie with the sound card. Work pressures mean that I hadn't done any game playing for several months, and I'd forgotten how much fun it can be. I was also impressed at how much hotter Lara Croft's got since the last Tomb Raider game I played (the second in the series, if I remember rightly). I know I'm being shamelessly manipulated here, but I just love the way she keeps on making little movements even when you're not pressing any keys. "Shall I climb this ladder? Hmm, why don't I wiggle my hips while I think about it, and hypnotise those sad guys who get off on animated characters?"

Comments

mmmmm-audio! (® DodgyDesign)

[redngold.livejournal.com]

Given the current "value" of the US Zloty, it might well be cheaper and faster for you to order from the States. But if you do, make sure the company is based in a blue (in more senses than one) State, won't you? If importing is pricy, I'd be happy to send you presents...

I have an M-Audio Revolution 7.1 card in my Shuttle which sounds astonishing for the money, though it doesn't have all of the gaming shizzle.

[asteriskhere.livejournal.com]

Ah ha! So that's why you seemed a little miffed when I wrote in my journal a while back about how odd I thought it was to get turned on by cartoon characters. But really I guess it's not so odd, anymore than being turned on by a fictional character in a book. Maybe. ;)

I have a copy of Angel of Darkness that someone made for me but it won't install. I might actually go out and buy a copy.

I'm trying to edit my home movies but it is soooo time-consuming and takes up so much hard drive space. I still haven't worked it out where the video loads smoothly onto the computer either. Bleh.

us importation...creativity

[cf.livejournal.com]

i am sure you can find coworkers who fly back to the states often enough to do paket servis for you. Isnt the head of the Archeology dept american?

i am actually going back to ny in a week.

Anyway, i haven't played video games in YEARS, but if i am here much this winter i think i am going to have to get some. Any suggestions?

I hate the ergonomics of computer designs. I went with a SFF for my desktop and i am very happy with it, but i sort of wish that the ports could be seperated from the block for easier access.