Mechassault Lust

I was stricken by it yesterday, apparently incubating since Sunday, and was forced to buy an XBox. And a bunch of games. Mechassault, Crimson Sky (I think), Voodoo Vince (which my lead recommended), Halo (of course), Knights of the Old Republic, and ordered Panzer Dragoon Orta and Altered Echo from Amazon.

Since then I've been playing KotOR and trying with all my might to stay away from dual-wielding, which I find aesthetically displeasing. They make it really hard, though -- there aren't any two-handed melee weapons, and the ranged weapons were all laughably nerfed (blaster pistols do 1d6 instead of, IIRC, 3d6).

I'm sure, though, that when I get around to actually playing Mechassault, it won't look nearly as good on my teeny TV as it did on Legend's monstrosity.

Oh, you got it working? Okay, break it.

There's this stupid feature I can't describe which works in mysterious ways, most of them not clearly specced, but the central philosophy was always 'work like this other thing here'.

Now I'm being forced to rewrite it according to some completely arbitrary rules that make no sense, bear no relation to reality, help no one do anything, and basically make the entire feature useless, to anyone, ever.

Surprisingly, this is pissing me off.