Using Your Voice: Tom Clancy’s Endwar

I downloaded the demo of a game I have been wanting to try for some time now. The game, "Tom Clancy's Endwar" is an RTS based around the third and final world war occurring some time near 2020. I believe although the game is simple compared to more traditional RTS games, such as the "Command and Conquer" series, but brings a unique tool of voice control to the RTS on console category.

Due to the differences in PC gaming and console gaming and the complexity of any RTS, the PC has always been the favorite medium for this type of game. The shortcuts available with a full keyboard make most RTS games much more enjoyable on the PC. With the unique feature of voice control included with Endwar, the efficiency of RTS gaming on the PC can now also be found on the console.

At first I had some speculation with the voice control. In the past with such games as SOCOM on PS2, the voice control was sensitive and not always responsive. But much to my surprise, the technology has greatly improved. I was easily able to control the entire battlefield with only my voice.

My next step is to purchase the game and then proceed from there on any further review.

Taking it all one day at a time.

Throughout the last 3 years my life has taken several turns. This fast shift and motion has done nothing but left scars of good and bad consequence. It lead me to living a life of confusion and misdirection. All in all. I found and then unfortunately misplaced pieces of myself. I have decided its time to go back to my roots and find myself once again.

I think the thing that scares me the most is that I have picked up things along the way that in my confused state I am on the verge of losing. I know that somedays I feel I want other things, but in the end the things I love the most are the things I am afraid to want the most and ironically the things I am afraid to lose the most. Although I hold these things I hold so dear, I have tried to convince the world that they are unimportant and withered. But quite the opposite is true. I love these things and I am very afraid to lose them. Most importantly I need to start wanting these things back because deep down and its what I want, and not because they are things I don't want because I am trying to be someone who I think other people want me to be.

Thus, in order to reboot my life, I have decided to start fresh on my blog. This is post #1. This blog will no longer be a blog for personal situations but all things in my life and that surround it. This means the tech that excites me and the ideas that come to my mind. And I do promise to blog more.