that game is not available yet.

i wonder what’s up with that link that says galleon is out now. well maybe it is out now, but it’s not going to be in el cerrito until sept. 28. i was walking around the store with the pirates of the caribbean game, which i was going to get in lieu of galleon. actually, at first i was psyched, because some dude with a lot of facial piercings said “oh yeah dude, i heard that game rocks, supposedly”. then, moments later, his friend approached, saw the game in my hand, and said “oh that game. what a fucking disappointment”. well that was a complete shutdown for me.
besides, i had gone to the store to pick up a specific game. it is somewhat strange that i have never been a racing gamer, and yet i now (as of today) have 2 car games, and i play them more than most any of my other games. this is owing to the fact that my brother bret and his housemate paul are big into racing games. i picked up this ToCA racing in order to play with them. they were having some party at their pad in venice, down in l.a., and a bunch of our old friends were there. i vid chatted with peeps, kicked their asses at games, and it pretty much was just like i was there. (except i didn’t have to help clean up the mountain of beer bottles that it sounded like they were building). it was a day that generally reaffirmed some thoughts that i have been having lately (and which i discussed with jee on friday) about being able to maintain my social ties here, were i to suddenly move abroad.
i have more to say about racing games, and the new one, but those thoughts will have to wait for the morning, er later this morning, as it is 4 now and i should probably get in bed.