Tacos and Games

Have you ever heard of the Kogi BBQ Roach Coach?

I hadn’t until recently, but apparently there is a HUGE following. They have a website listing exact times and locations and people Twitter up-to-date GPS locations of the vehicles. You could say they’ve become something of an Urban Legend, or Ahab’s Moby Dick. They exist, but you have to be in the right place at the right time or you miss out.

Sadly, the first time I found out they were in my neck of the woods, I didn’t get to partake. Last night, luckily enough, not a block from my job, I saw a bunch of people hovering around this roach coach parked on the street.

There was nothing fancy about it. No bells or whistles. It had graffiti on the side that I couldn't make out in the dark. The only hint was just a lot of people wanting to eat some deliciousness. And you know what? The instant I saw it, I KNEW. So I made Roslyn turn the car around and go wait 20 minutes in the rain for some tacos.

You know what? I’d do it all over again, but next time wait 40 minutes if need be.

It’s funny too because it wasn’t the tacos that made me want to be there. I mean don’t get me wrong, they were AMAZING, but it’s the thought of being a part of something bigger that really got me turned on to the idea of needing to eat these tacos. It’s like they validated me in some way.

Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe a lot of people get where I’m coming from. Either way, anytime I find out one of those trucks is near me, that becomes Priority number one for me.

In transition from tacos to games, after having some Del Taco the other day, I discovered that the new Star Trek Online (STO) MMO has been out for a while now. I’m really conflicted because the first two games I ever played (sorry guys, but it wasn’t Halo or even Counter-Strike), were Star Trek: Star Flee Command and Mechwarrior.

I still have both games and if booted up could get lost in them for a few hours. The sad part is I just don’t have time to give to an MMO anymore and that sucks because STO looks like everything we had hoped SFC would have been… when I was 14. I really don’t get how people can dump hours into maintaining a character in a game and still function normally in society. Maybe that’s why my step-dad is the way he is.

How do you guys do it? Is unemployment paying for your Azeroth slaying Orcs?

Plus, I get sheepish buying a game that you have to pay monthly to play. To me, if I end up paying and not playing, I’ll get frazzled. However, if I don’t play, I’ll feel like I’ve wasted my time in the first place. It’s vicious circle.
Really I don’t even see how MMO’s can afford to compete against each other. If gamers have to pay regular fees to participate, they can’t just go “try” another game because that means another month of subscription. All the monies start to add up.

I remember trying Earth and Beyond and got angry when they went belly up. All my hard work for nothing. The same thing happened with Hellgate: London.
I guess PC gaming is kind of dead in that route unless your either Final Fantasy or World of Warcraft. Are games like Ultima, Asheron’s Call, and Everquest even still around?

I don’t know, but I think I’ll wait until the new Mechwarrior is out, or maybe try out Exteel. As if I have time to play games as it is. I hope STO makes it, but I don’t even have a PC ready enough to tackle those behemoths these days.

I’d trade game responsibilities over real life responsibilities any day. Just get me that sexual machine from Demolition Man and I think we’re good to go.

Catch you all on the flip side.