Saturday, October 14, 2006

Age of Mythologies -- Derring-Do Across the Internet

Somewhere asleep in his undersea lair, AquaDad awakens...

The dark circles under his eyes indicate that AquaDad has once again stayed up too late. But he does not regret his late night escapade. No, not one bit.

For he and his pal, the Northern Sea King, waged mighty war in an epic battle against two opponents that put up an extremely intense fight. Ignoring the fact that the opponents were simply AI set at medium, the mayhem and destruction were considerable, but to AquaDad and the Sea King it was a truly pleasing example of courage, bravery, and derring-do.

They played Age of Mythologies. AquaDad and the Sea King have been playing the game for several years, after previous years of playing the wonderful Age of Empires II: Conquerors. Ensemble Studios did an excellent job with AOM.

AquaDad and the Sea King do own copies of the latest sequel in the Age series: Age of Empires III. However, recent attempts to connect via multiplayer have resulted in failed connections and much disappointment in the hearts of the two warriors.

Meanwhile, the brilliance of Age of Mythologies has led to frequent thrilling evenings engaged in the strategies of the battlefield along with mythological mayhem. Win or lose, AquaDad and the Sea King agree that the worst late evening of Age of Mythologies game play is better than the best day at work. A cliche? Yes. The truth? Definitely.

AquaDad feels if you haven't taken some time to play an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game, then you have missed out on an engaging part of life experience.

AquaDad has set the cartoons up for his youngest, AquaBoy II, and falls back to sleep on the couch; the sounds of SpongeBob Squarepants play quietly in the background of his deep sleep.

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