{"id":329,"date":"2010-10-10T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=329"},"modified":"2010-10-10T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T15:47:01","slug":"from-uncharted-2-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/10\/10\/from-uncharted-2-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"From Uncharted 2 Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unchartedthegame.com\/U2AT\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-494\" title=\"2010.10.10.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010.10.10.a.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010.10.10.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-495\" title=\"2010.10.10.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010.10.10.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>After keeping my copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unchartedthegame.com\/U2AT\/\">Uncharted 2<\/a> on a shelf for a year, we finally decided to break open the shrinkwrap and embark on Nathan Drake&#8217;s new adventure on the PS3. Voted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\">Gamespot<\/a> readers as game of the year, the cover-based shooter featured an unlike hero, Nathan Drake, who reminded us of Capt. Malcolm Reynolds from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firefly_(TV_series)\">Firefly<\/a>, with his wry humor and well-hidden heart of gold. The combination of adventure and sarcasm was addicting, and we finished the game in just a week by sticking with Glenn&#8217;s need for blazing guns and forgoing Melody&#8217;s obsessive treasure collecting. With a slew of anticipated game releases this fall, we wasted no time and leapt right into Sid Meier&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilization5.com\/\">Civilization V<\/a> last week. The 5th installation of the flagship of turn-based strategy games returned with a vengeance, with addictive micromanagement of resources and units, as well as the limitless permutations of science, culture, and wealth. For an obsessive-compulsive person like me, the game is a succubus that has drained all my time and productivity this past week. Luckily, I&#8217;m back in the Longwood area for my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidmc.org\">Beth Israel Deaconess<\/a> rotation, so the commute has much improved. Aside from attending my friend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/weddings.theknot.com\/pwp\/pwp2\/view\/MemberPage.aspx?coupleId=9217870087565237\">wedding<\/a>, I&#8217;m looking forward to a long weekend of what I&#8217;d like to do every night &#8211; take over the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After keeping my copy of Uncharted 2 on a shelf for a year, we finally decided to break open the shrinkwrap and embark on Nathan Drake&#8217;s new adventure on the PS3. Voted by Gamespot readers as game of the year, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/10\/10\/from-uncharted-2-civilization\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}