Recidivism
The weather finally turned colder this weekend. You've got to love Texas. Saturday morning was pretty warm, probably nearing the 80's or higher, then over the course or a few hours it dropped down into the 60's. However it happened, I'm just glad it did, part of the fun of fall in Texas is the uneasy anticipation of that first truly chilly day, that first day when you get to pull out the coat and turn the heater on in the car. The first time you really can be sure that the summer blast furnace is over and winter is on its way. Of course you never can be sure that it won't be 90 degrees tomorrow, but for the moment it's a nice feeling.
We went to a haunted house if Ft. Worth Saturday as well. This is the second year in a row that I've attended a haunted house, the only reason I mention it is that I'm not a big haunted house person. I did it once when I was a kid and that had been enough. I just had trouble suspending my disbelief for it to actually be scary. The Ft. Worth haunted house, named Cutting Edge Haunted House, was actually pretty scary and was nicely done. I still think the price was a little expensive and the ending was fairly anti-climatic, but overall I only felt a little ripped off. We spent the extra five bucks to get the VIP ticket, which meant we didn't have to stand in the really long line in the chilly weather and we got an hour of free game play at Gameworks.
Gameworks was pretty fun, the highlight being the balloon combat game that shoots you up in the air about two stories. I remember arcades from when I was a kid and while it didn't stop me, I was always aware of what a rip off they were
there's no telling how much money I spent in those places. Going to Gameworks this weekend showed me that they are now several orders of magnitude beyond the level of rip off that they used to be.
I don't think there was a game in the place that cost less than a dollar and the vast majority were some derivative of fighting, shooting or sports game. Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I remember there being more than three categories of games when I was a kid
.oh well
it was free, so it was fun :smile