| 4 GUYS 1 UP |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|04:04 pm] |
i'm on the latest episode of 4 guys 1UP, the 1UP general gaming podcast -- the inheritor of the 1UP yours/listenUP heritage.
we talk about the pandemic layoffs, chris hecker's IGDA/MIGS presentation, dragon age, and more. it's a good one i think! it's not just me, either, but david ellis, alice liang, jeremy parish. good. |
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| arcticmonkeys |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|02:26 pm] |
spending the past two days listening to 'humbug' a lot. i listened to the first two arctic monkeys CDs ridiculously large amounts. this one didn't catch on with me in the same way at all. it's a good album but there's something oppressive and almost weary about it. when i listen to the songs on it and just think about "is this a good song y/n" it is usually a very good song.
i mean, listen to the first track, my propeller. it's just... a determined metaphorical slog through ... sex? it just make alex turner sound a bit tired. |
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| susan o'connor |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|11:16 am] |
today's feature is an interview i conducted with susan o'connor. she's probably best known for working on the original gears of war's story, which i think is underrated in that, yes, it's a dumb story that doesn't make a lot of sense, but it does have craft and polish applied it in a way that a lot of games just don't, in terms of the dialogue. still, damned with faint praise.
she also worked on far cry 2 and bioshock and other stuff. it's an interesting interview about writing for games, if i do say so myself. i had a lot of rather specific and in-depth questions about the topic, because, surprise surprise, i understand writing better than other stuff in games. |
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| overman king gainer |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|01:52 am] |
so i started watching king gainer a while ago. i couldn't get into it.
i'm like halfway through disc 2. i intend to finish disc 2 and then, if that doesn't work for me, jump off.
now, i'm not a big fan of "just hold on! it gets better!" but since it's a tomino show, i'm willing to entertain the idea. does it?
uhh... people are (trying to) charge $300 for volume 6 on half.com and amazon marketplace. that's obviously crazy talk, but the anime legends version is out of print too. is this OMFG RARE?
do i end up with the last/rare volume of every tomino show? (see also: dunbine) |
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| iPod |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|12:28 am] |
this "i can't find my iPod shit" is getting ridiculous.
yesterday as i was getting ready for work, i grabbed my iPod. somewhere between that moment and getting myself all put together, i lost it. in my apartment. and i can't find it.
all of my furniture in my room is either on legs or has no back, so i've been able to look behind/under everything with the aid of a flashlight.
gonna go canvas the living room again, cos this is driving me nuts. |
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| bad sex |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|07:51 pm] |
i can't remember if i shared last year's crop -- it was AMAZING -- and these are brutal and awful too.
extracts from the nominees for the 2009 bad sex in fiction prize
these are atrocious. which is the worst (best?) i can't even decide. i need to read them again. some of these should just be nominated for crimes against english or the novel or humanity. wow. |
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| when you were young |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|02:44 pm] |
i have a rather incredibly, bordeline inexplicably strong love of the killers' sam's town. that's okay; go ahead and judge me.
brandon flowers is a mormon with my birthday. |
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| july 2008... |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|09:41 pm] |
...is the last time i played the wii. ha!
so says the handy wii calendar, anyway.
it would have been more recently, probably, if the component cable on my TV didn't crap out. i intended to play some klonoa when it came out, which is how i found out that happened.
the last game i played? a $20 clearance copy of nights. yeahhhhhhh
anyway mario is a game |
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| I AM A STUPIDS |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|05:24 pm] |
so i started dragon age last night and i find myself REALLY wanting to get back to it. but mario came today. HALP
my thought was that i better start DA while i wanted to, since i can be super mercurial and never start games. but. but. but. BUT.
mario.
mario.
mario.
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| L4D2 |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:13 pm] |
so i've long avoided playing left 4 dead. not because i wouldn't enjoy the game, frankly, but because i am deathly afraid of four player co-op. i've talked about this before. i'm not a great FPS player and i've discovered that people i'd otherwise assume were reasonable turn into complete assholes in this sort of context.
anyway, a 360 copy of L4D2 showed up on my desk today, so i've no longer got an excuse. i'm down. who's down? i'm not going to be that good. and i've never played the original. |
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| sega? |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|04:27 am] |
i just preordered three sega 2010 games. that's odd, because not only have i been pulling back on preorders and buying games, but i've been such a public anti-fan of sega, and how much they suck ass these days. i'm kind of forced to admit that, well, if they're not really sega anymore, at least they're not konami. what the fuck is going on over there?
so, i plopped down for bayonetta, sands of destruction, and uh, end of eternity. i keep forgetting the US title. the tri-Ace game. resonance of fate. yeah.
sands of destruction is like the only DS game i'm planning to buy next year, period. i am kind of chronically done with that platform. though i have some interest in the DSi XL. if games don't look butt-ugly on that, i might invest in one.
and, er, yes, it's almost 4:30. i've been having sleeping problems lately. it's just another fun side effect of depression. but we are moving along, progressing through the stages. i just need to put up with this one for awhile. hopefully not too long.
also: i started playing dragon age tonight. too early for impressions, but i am seeing a lot of interesting pros/cons against JRPGs in the game even early on.
to wit:
pro. interesting writing and dialogue trees, even with largely irrelevant side characters who would say the most boneheaded shit in a JRPG
con. sucky graphics
pro. no fucking catgirls, no possibility of catgirls, there will never be a catgirl
con. janky
pro. my main character, instead of being an anime realdoll, has a beard
con. menu systems so bad even tri-Ace -- hell, even capcom -- would laugh |
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| bayonetta |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|02:12 am] |
played the bayonetta demo, finally. i'm digging it. i think what's pushing me over the edge is the music, actually -- it's great.
i have no idea what the fuck is going on, really, but if i can get through a DMC game in that state, i am guessing the same holds true for this. |
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| hate fashion |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|10:15 pm] |
why, the first year i want to buy gloves since i moved to california, does there have to be some trend for godforsaken awful halfmittenglovemutant shitgloves? what the fuck? i hate fashion. it's for idiots.
at least keffiyehs are dead. i saw someone trying to use one as a real scarf today because it was cold out. ha ha.
this is all the gap is selling in the way of knit gloves this year. ditto american eagle and sears. the fuck? |
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| yeahhhh |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|02:55 pm] |
Dear christian e nutt,
Thank you for shopping with CD WOW! We are pleased to confirm that your item has been shipped and the details are:
Product: MIGHTY BOOSH LIVE 2 - FUTURE SAILORS TOUR |
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| head shavery |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|01:19 am] |
so after a few days of the head shaved thing, i'm thinking, don't like it on me. i'm not a fan of it on other dudes, so that's not a surprise, but there you go.
fortunately, hair grows. well, on my head, anyway. |
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| pwned |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|10:21 pm] |
orly taitz got pwned in georgia.
i actually really enjoy reading legal documents like this. yes, i read all 43 pages. they're interesting; judges seem to be generally intelligent and eloquent and not without a sense of humor. this is pure black comedy when you think about it.
if you don't know who orly taitz is, i can't recommend reading this article about her enough. |
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