I have a new fixation and it’s called M.U.G.E.N. I can’t remember what it stands for (or maybe I never knew), but it’s an engine (computer programming library you could say) for building fighting video games. It sounds like a lot of work, and I’m sure it is, but the cool thing is that people all over the world have already gone to the trouble of creating characters, backgrounds, music… but what’s even better is that people have ‘ripped’ characters out of other games like all the ‘Street Fighter,’ ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘X-Men’, etc. games and you can add them to your game. In like 5 minutes of surfing the web I was able to find a cool Ryu (from ‘Street Fighter Alpha’) and tried him out. It also looks like you can alter them yourself if you feel so inclined. Anyway, as a fighting game purist I thought I’d hate the idea, but it’s really quite fun. There isn’t an official location for where to find this stuff, but search for yourself and it won’t take you long (there are Linux, Windows and DOS ports available).
As for the house, I have officially hit the wall (I’m being figurative of course). I feel as if I don’t have any interest in working on it anymore. I would like a few more things done, but I don’t have what it takes to do them myself. Oh, I do plan on posting some before and after pictures fairly soon – maybe that will rekindle my passion.
