Ironically, I’ve yet to have any beans at all. Although that probably isn’t so ironic since we aren’t really in the colonial era anymore either. I did just have a lobster roll at this awesome place called Neptune’s in the North End about four five hours ago, and I miss it already. It was hot and covered in warm butter. That sounds so good it sounds wrong, doesn’t it? Here’s a photo so you can be jealous.
It was my new best friend and then I ate it
Do you know why Boston is called Beantown? I always knew it had to do with Boston baked beans but I wanted to find an official answer—so I did a search and found this:
“Back in colonial days, a favorite Boston food was beans baked in molasses for several hours. Back then, Boston was sort of awash in molasses—it was part of the ‘triangular trade’ in which slaves in the Caribbean grew sugar cane to be shipped to Boston to be made into rum to be sent to West Africa to buy more slaves to send to the West Indies.” (reference: http://www.boston-online.com/faq.html)
Ok. I’m not making fun of the town, because I love it here, but that explanation just sounds hilarious and I know that’s horrible to say. And it’s probably good that baked beans aren’t so much a staple anymore because, well… it might smell a little (if you know what I mean).
“But Yasean, what are you doing in Boston?”
Oh sorry. I’ve been here since last weekend for my day job, attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. It’s been a good time—really busy, but good—and as I sit here at Logan airport waiting for my one and a half hour delayed flight, pondering my life and whether or not I want to go get a beer to drown my despair about the seven and a half hour flight back (I love traveling but really dislike the recirculated air on planes), I’ve thought of something: I want more great games that take place in real cities.
For those that are fans of the Assassin’s Creed games, one of the absolute biggest selling points for me is the immaculate way in which the developers have recreated real-life cities, even if it’s a historical and not modern recreation. I almost feel as though I’m living vicariously through the games’ main characters (not naming them because I don’t want to spoil anything). As I said above, I’m a huge fan of traveling, and there are countless places all around the world I wish I could go to and see. Games that take the time to create environments based upon real-world locations with painstaking detail impress me, and are somehow able to appease my desires to visit these places, at least for the time being. They’re also just that much more compelling when they’re actually good games like those in the Assassin’s Creed series. I know that sounds kind of lame, but it’s the truth, and I can’t wait for the next installment (due out this November!).
As an aside, here’s my attempt at digitizing real life—I took a photo of my hotel room’s view with my iPhone, and added a bunch of effects to try and make it look fake. I must say, I think it looks awesome. Yea. The app I used is called Camera Plus. I LOVE IT and you should download it. I wonder if they’ll give me commission on any sales that come from this post…
Wow, I take such amazing photos it's ridiculous!
Any other favorite games y’all like that take place in real towns?
