Been busy on various things: Getting my new iMAC 27″ setup (wooo!!!), hanging out with my mom since she’s here for a month, working on music, playing computer games…etc., and of course, work from my job. Also been working out a lot, was able to keep increasing the weights, making good progress. Got my huge bottle of soy protein yesterday, hoping it’ll further help out on getting more lean muscle mass.

Last two days was all devoted to the new PC game that I got: Alice: Madness Returns. Still remember ~10 years ago when I played the original game “American Mcgee’s Alice”, how creative and fun it was, and the cool graphics and character design. Been waiting for a sequel year after year and finally, American Mcgee made one! I didn’t know how good the sequel would be, i’d play it regardless how good/bad it is. After setting up the game, I was visually stunned already at the very first scene - super detailed graphics, very nicely rendered, with nice voice acting. After wandering around the “asylum” area in London where Alice’s “normal” life lives, I was brought into the wonderland. The first few minutes I was basically in awe how beautiful the scenery is, wandering around the area, checking out the mushrooms, flowers, insects, water, trees, and all the floating gardens. I haven’t seen anything that looks quite like that for quite a while, and I kept taking screenshots. The music from the game is just as awesome, with orchestral scores and some erie/dark elements. Very high quality sounds as well. All in all I’m extremely pleased and can’t wait to keep playing it for the next while.