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So I'm watching ESPN. Or at least I have it on in the background. And I turn and I see... furries? Not mascots. Furries. And then there's a mention of Anthrocon. On ESPN.
As you can imagine my mind is going WTF all over the place.
Oh, and I finally got my Billy Joel songbooks back. Yay!
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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ANext has come and gone. Saw some good, some bad.
+ Any weekend with a Shelly around is auto-win.
+ I think a certain person who throws up at facial hair on girls might've had to pay for a second badge after having lost one.
+ Our. Department. Rocked. Team Reg All-Stars FTW!
+ "1....2..." "No... NO!!! NO!!!!!!" "3!!!" *splash* "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
+ Bruno x Germant photoshoot. VERY FTW.
+ I have the best damn badge ever. Next year, that's going to be my "official" badge. Seriously.
+ The more Punch-Out! I play, the more I love it.
+ Atari 2600. OH HELL YES. If this happens next year, I'm bringing my collection.
+ Painkiller. Man-Up Juice. Shelly growing a penis. Cracker. BTW, Ray (Cyn) needs to have Vistah's "F*** THIS CON!!!!" video sent to him.
+ Screw Konami... EVERYONE will sue. Oh, and Deliciously Delectable (R) Cookies.
+ Vistah once again managing to pull off the epic after the con is over.
+ Figuring out how to take my databases and pull searches for pre-regged people out of my ass.
+ Picking up Brigg's book in the Artist Alley. Yes, DDR peoples. Brigg has written a book. And so far, so good. I'm putting my new Scott Adams and Weis & Hickman books on the back burner until I finish his.
- Having one of the staff members bitch at me for asking him a question PERTAINING TO MY DEPARTMENT, and then bitching about me while I'm only a few feet away.
- No Internet in the GSEC or Doubletree that we could use.
- The shelves for one manga dealer collapsing and the books tumbling onto the floor about 45 minutes before the Dealer's Room opened... and then apparently straining one of my hamstrings (or some similarly located muscle) while helping to pick all of them up.
- Staying in the Holiday Inn, which meant a longer walk than one would think for a place right across the street.
- Rain during those walks.
- Idiots clogging the bridge that was between the GSEC and the Doubletree (it was a chokepoint... the bridge was half the width of the rest of the path) and then bitching at people who would ask them to move.
- Not getting to check out the tabletop area until Sunday morning when the whole place was almost dead.
- Being told at Anime Boston that one of the vendors was going to have a Kefka figurine at ANext, and then finding out that they didn't have one here.
- Working in one building, food being in another.
- Only being at the rave for a little while and ending up missing Eric's set at the end of the night.
- People at the rave being idiots: Caught one guy smoking in the middle of the floor, had one hit me while stringing (and if he hadn't hit me in the hand, he would've hit Shelly in the FACE) who then proceeded to try to take the glowsticks out of my hand, seeing Nick apparently get smacked in the face by a stringer, and then seeing a conga line almost stomp on the head of someone who had fallen on the ground.
- Still not having my flash drive back. Yet. But that'll be fixed soon enough.
Also have a few titles for if I had done individual day recaps. Can't remember Sunday's yet but Friday's is "RECTAL TIGER UPPERCUT!!!" and Saturday's is "I LOVE THIS HOLE!!!!"
Thanks to all my friends, both old and new, who ended up making the weekend so much fun, and especially to everyone in my department: Sung, Shelly, Mark, Izzy, Cindy, Dave, Bill, Mitch, Andrew, Tiki and Ronde</i> Chris and Steven, Eugene and his crew, Michael, Dave, James, and everyone else who I've either forgotten to list here or whose names I didn't learn/can't remember. And just remember... only 50 or so weeks until we do this all again! :P
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I'll bullet-point things for the ADD crowd. :P
- Finally exposed to The Lonely Planet. Frightening how I knew how things went without ever hearing them.
- Spent a few days up at Shawna and Martine's. Much fun and craziness had. Complete with the squirrel in a wheelchair in a leotard. I also have an urge to crash many vehicles now.
- Actually started putting together a new costume: Tempou from Saiyuki Gaiden. Used some new stuff I learned to see how I could do improve my overall ability. My knowledge level has now increased.
- Got to Boston and was the the room lynchpin since I knew everyone in the room personally. Was me, Shelly, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dr_teng, animeangel, blindkijin, uberasriel, electrumicity.
- Hotel charging $9.99/day/laptop for internet. Oh hell no. Hynes having free wi-fi? Oh hell yes.
- Didn't do that much work at the ANext table, and I feel bad about that.
- I have an Otakon AB badge. It's funny being listed as working for a convention I'm not even attending this year.
- Kept checking reg as I passed by. Never got to see Jackie, though. Was going to just gesture to the empty room and go "WTF???? YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY DOING SOMETHING WRONG HERE!!!!" :P <3
- Dance on Friday was crappy. Main DJ was all happy hardcore and nothing else. Side DJ got funky and mixed shit around and was MUCH more enjoyable.
- Saturday dance had a waiting line. Holy crap. Didn't spend much time there, but enjoyed the band. Liked the varying musics. Oh, and I pwned what apparently was the only circle in the room. Left at around midnight for a pee break, saw the line, went up the room for a drink and to call Shelly and ran into Drew, Mikhail, Krissy, Ian, etc. Ended up getting a Shelly and hanging with them and a few others all night.
- Managed to increase my skill at drink mixing. Gatorade + Hpnotiq + Cuervo Silver + Strawberry Powerade =..... ORANGE???? Also snagged a mixer from Chili's so I can make some stuff in the future.
- Shelly and I (mainly) managed to polish off a bottle of Hpnotiq and a bottle of Cuervo Silver over the weekend. My tolerance was at a rather high level, apparently.
- There were a lot of people that I either didn't see or only saw in passing maybe once. With the exception of the ANext/Otakon people, my roomies, and Shawna/Martine/Renee/Diane, I think I saw Rob more than anyone else except for those in Drew's room, and I didn't see much of him.
- Grabbed 3 more FF figures: Diabolos, Yojimbo, and Odin. Will made me hope for a future set to have one underloved summon: Alexander. Oh, and I'm gonna probably be getting an Unholy Kefka soon.
- Went to a couple of panels and wrote up some stuff on them. Will be touching up the reports and putting them on the VGZ site this week, hopefully.
oh, and last but not least:
So there was a Rock Band tournament. Basically a freestyle tournament. Made a band online with a group of 3 who needed a singer. Those 3 never showed up, apparently. Ran into a group of 3 free agents at the tourney who were a drummer, a bassist, and a lead guitar. Used the song my original band was going to do: "Dani California". Got nervous after SIX STRAIGHT BANDS FAILED at one point. Apparently had some pics taken during the song. Maybe some video too. Was one of 3 bands to qualify for the finals. And lost my drummer and bassist due to things running long. So we were able to take two of the guys from other bands. This basically means I had EIGHT different bandmates inside of 2 hours. Had to pick out of a list of 6 songs:
"Roam" - B-52s
"Tangled Up In Blue" - Bob Dylan
"Hysteria" - Muse
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"That's What You Get" - Paramore
"Give It All" - Rise Against
First band took Hysteria. 2nd band took Roam... and then we found out IT WASN'T ON THE SYSTEM. So they got Reptilia instead. What did that leave me? No contest: "That's What You Get" Yup, the baritone having to sing a song from a female lead. What happened?
BITCHES DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MY SINGING SKILLS.... BUT THEY DO NOW!!!!
That's right. We won. My prize: A free custom Rock Band 6" figurine from Rockband.com. I'll be working on it once I get contacted. And honestly, just the fact that I could FINALLY take a microphone and play it up and perform in front of a crowd was great. Been wanting to be part of a band for... oh what, 20 years? 25? But I'm always told that my voice "isn't want we're looking for." THIS IS THE PART WHERE JIM LAUGHS AT THEM METAPHORICALLY!!!!! (And if you can't handle me taking my ego for a short walk, too bad. :P)
When the figure gets made and sent here, I'll get pics. Also, if I find pics or video from my performances, I'll post/link.
But for now, I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep I think. G'night all!
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
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Route 17. Hasbrouck Heights. Sonic Drive-In. Spring 2009.
OH HELL YEAH!
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So I had a little singing to do this morning. Got myself some money for the weekend. Woohoo!!!
Now I just need to figure out what to do with it. Any ideas? :P
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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So I collected the comments about your hardest video games from both here and Facebook. I put it all together, as well as multiple votes for some games, and I have a list of 38 games right now. The amusing thing is, of this list that I've collected so far, only SIX of the original "25 Hardest Games of All Time" list are mentioned. Which I think shows how out of touch the people who made that list are. Especially since I've played 16 of the titles on the list. I won't be posting THAT list until early next week, because I'm thinking of using some of this for the podcast this weekend. However, I will post up the current list of games and their places for the list I've collected from you:
1st - Battletoads
2nd - Ecco the Dolphin, Ikaruga
4th - Sonic Spinball, TMNT (NES)
6th - Blaster Master, Contra, F-Zero GX, James Pond
The rest: Back to the Future (NES), A Boy and his Blob, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Cheetahmen 2, Contra 3 (hard), Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Friday the 13th (NES), Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Gradius III(Arcade), Iron Sword, Mega Man 2, Metroid: Zero Mission (Hard, 8% items), Ninja Five-O, Ninja Gaiden series, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Persona 3 FES (Hard), Phantasy Star II, Pitfall, Pokemon Emerald (Battle Frontier), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Star Ocean: Till The End of Time, Super Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts, TMNT 2 (NES), Tomb Raider, Unlimited SaGa, Wizardry IV: Return of Werdna, Zelda 1 (Master Quest)
If there are any that you want to add, let me know. If there are any that you want to vote for on here, feel free.
BTW, the games overlapping right now? Battletoads (3rd), Ikaruga (5th), Contra series(10th), F-Zero GX (14th), Ghouls 'n' Ghosts series (2nd), Ninja Gaiden series (1st).
Thank you for your help so far, and I'm looking forward to your reactions to this as this starts to get more fleshed out.
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So I was looking through my inbox today and there was a story about "The 25 Hardest Video Games Of All Time". Now some of them were a little tricky, some of them I was systematically destroying before my balls dropped. And the inconsistency was saddening, because they'd list PART of one game for one, and then an entire SERIES of games for another. But still it makes me think. So I want to ask you all out there:
What do YOU feel were the hardest video games EVER?
If you want to give reasons/qualifiers/whatever, please feel free. If you just want to give names, that's fine.
For me, it would be Ecco the Dolphin on the Sega Genesis (I got to one point and just got TOTALLY stuck) and Pitfall for the Atari 2600. Pitfall II however, I found FAR easier, since I was able to get a perfect score on it multiple times.
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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So, for the Pokemon skit at Katsucon, I did Blaine, the bald, fire-type-using, shades-wearing, mustachioed gym leader. Now the bald and the shades part, most of you have seen me do. But I had to be a little inventive for the mustache part. After all, instead of my usual facial hair, I needed to have a mustache that was about as wide as my head. And white. The story of how I went about it, how I made it stay on, and what happened after that, is the epic part, and that's going under the cut.
( The Story Of Blaine's Mustache (WITH PICTURES!) )
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So I'm on the phone with Shelly, and she's telling me about this past weekend over at Shawna's. They checked the local news station's website and saw about the North Korean missile being fired in the general direction of Japan. And then this line happened:
"Are they really that angry? I mean, come on, it's only a cartoon!!!!"
JTF = DED.
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So I've decided recently to restock/build up the liquor selection here. It's not as epic as I originally thought, and there's some definite holes in the collection that I want to fill. Plus, with me working on making drinks every night and being the mad doctor of alcohol, it'll really help to have more stuff around.
So anyway, I'm wandering through the local liquor store, and what do I come across?
SOHO Lychee.
chibik3r0, if it wasn't for you and that stuff at Katsu, I wouldn't have even noticed the bottle. And now of course, I'm figuring on adding it to my collection sometime. :P
As far as the drink-making goes... so far, so good. Getting inventive and showy. We'll see what happens as time goes on. But for now, dinner.
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
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Because I'm stupid. That's the best answer I can give.
Went over to NYC for Rob's b-day. Rob knows amazing guys, hot women, and some old balding dude. Day involved Chinatown (which I never really get to go to that often), Toy Tokyo (my first visit there), food and craziness at Ukrainian National, then drinking, bowling, and MORE craziness at 300. Worst night of bowling I've had in probably 15-20 years, best time I've had bowling EVARRRRRRRRRR. After 3 Zombies and 2 Red Devils, I'm still happy. And tired. Oh, and I was also basically ordered to play DDR. Looks like I'm going to need to find my old videos and shit. Had fun completely not remembering Vanity Angel and Rain of Sorrow. :P Also, looks like I need to upload my old videos for some people. Vanity Angel, Era, and Wild Rush are online, but not RoS or Torn. :P
I should get to sleep now. It's been a long strange crazy day and I wouldn't have changed a moment of it.
Rob, Happy Birthday, brosef!
Renee, I finally get to start knowing you and you're going away.... DAMN YOUUUUUUUUU!
To all the guys who were there: You all rock. Srsly.
To all the ladies who were there: You're all hot. Srsly.
To my bed: I'll be right there. Hopefully.
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So, thanks to shinmizu, I've been looking into installing a few mods on my copy of Oblivion that's on the lappy. He told me about the FCOM modification, which apparently combines four of the biggest mods around. I was intrigued and started looking into it.
This could take me a while to get all the stuff... not to mention getting it to run right. So what does it entail?
- A 26.7 MB utility. Okay...
- A 408 MB EXE installer with a 17.4 MB upgrade patch.
- A 294+ MB mod... which may or may not be all of it. I think I also need an 85.5 MB upgrade.
- A 119 MB mod that in it's description says it's NOT compatible with the other mods, and mentions ALL of the other mods and ONLY those mods. And a 2 MB patch.
- A 575 MB mod that fixes some of the scaled leveling and adds in hundreds of new items and dozens of new creatures.
- A 45 MB armory add-on.
Plus, additional sorting software, a patch for the game itself to bring it up to the right version for the mods to work, and possibly also other resource files that these mods require in order to work right.
I'm not sure if my brain wants to go through downloading between 1.5 and 2 gigs of mod stuff. Especially since I can't seem to get high-speed here anymore.
Oh, and the kicker, according to at least one of the info files about the mods? I'd have to START ALL OVER AGAIN. So I've got save files that are 350 hours into the game... and I'd have to start over. Riiiiiiight.
I dunno about all of this. If i cleared out some space on my hard drive I might see about doing so to check out the whole environment that all of these give, but I'm not sure I feel like going THAT crazy with things. At least not right now. We'll see.
Still... HOLY FRICK that's a lot of downloading.
Oh, in other news: Jason Calicanis went from being semi-funny on TWiT to being a grade-A annoying prick today. I wonder how many people he lost after putting out what felt like about 50 tweets about the new Tesla electric car today. "Here's a picture of the grill!" "Here's a picture of the side!" "Here's a picture of the touchscreen!" "Here's a picture of the TV screen!" "Here's a picture of the trunk!" "Here's a picture of Gov Ahnuld with the car." "Arnie likes the car!!!!" "Holy shit there's a lot of people here!" And yes, EVERY one of them had a pic. And I swear I think they were coming about once every 10-15 minutes, if not faster. It's like having the same annoying commercial pop up during EVERY commercial break of a show. It makes you HATE what the product is.
Short version: IF YOU CONSTANTLY RAMBLE ON AND REFUSE TO SHUT UP ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU'RE GOING TO PISS PEOPLE OFF AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
And now that's out of my system. :P G'night.
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Okay everyone. I know that the ANext website has been a little... temperamental of late. On behalf of all the people working for AnimeNEXT, I apologize for that. Also, I know that a lot of people have been registering, and I'm sure that there are some who have wanted to register for the event that haven't been able to over the last week or so. So, in order to try to keep any problems with registration to a minimum if there are any future problems with the site, I've decided to put out the direct link to the registration page for the convention, and I ask any of you out there who are interested in coming to the convention, or if you have friends who are interested in coming, or if you think that there might be someone even lurking your LJ who might want to come to AnimeNEXT, PLEASE distribute this link, be it MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, handwritten notes in class, whatever.
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/113186544
That link will take you directly to the registration page for the convention.
Please copy my message as well if you are posting this elsewhere online, just in case anyone might be unsure of the validity of this message.
Thank you and I hope to see you are AnimeNEXT 2009
Jim Hitchell
Vice Director of Registration
AnimeNEXT 2009
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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No, not a Jack Bauer reference. Just some random thoughts from the last day.
- Amused about Stephen F. Austin's first NCAA tourney bid. In my March Madness PS2 game, they're constantly one of the top teams somehow. Top recruiting classes, even sometimes getting the #1 ranking.
- Mike & Mike made me think about Dvorak. I want to see Grizzly Greeny. Oh, and Golic IS funny.
- Maybe it's just me, but Dana Jacobson looks a bit heavier than she used to.
- Churned out 3 of my last 4 reviews for my series in the last 24 hours. Just have one to go.
- The SciFi channel is changing their name to Syfy. Aside from looking stupid, in Polish it means "crap", "shit", "junk", and "pimple". And it's a nickname for syphilis. And what makes it more hilarious? Their new tagline: "Imagine Greater". I think they needed to have someone Imagine a Greater tagline.
- Team USA manager Davey Johnson wants to win the World Baseball Classic, but not at the expense of the health of his players. He says that if injuries continue the way they have been, he may not be able to field a team and will forfeit the WBC rather than risk further injuring his players.
- I think I need to fill out my Sheet of Integrity. BTW, Morehead State by 6 tonight.
- Con drama is one thing. Con staff drama is another. And sometimes, the latter is far worse than the former.
- Thanks to my series on the IGF titles over at VideoGameZombies.com, I started playing Nicklas "Nifflas" Nygren's Within a Deep Forest. Holy crap, this is the best $0 I've ever not spent on a free game. Scope and challenge and ingenuity are all impressing me.
- Since I mentioned my IGF series, you can go and check out Part 5 right here.
- Shelly mentioned wanting me to cosplay Cross from D.Grey-Man. I said that if I do that, I'm going to want to stiff people for my bills so they have to pay for me. What? It's just being in character!!! XD
- I think there needs to be a .hack art meme: Draw me as a Grunty. After all, the G.U. grunties are all based upon their guild masters. Plus, I'd love to see some people conceptualized as grunties.
- Stasis is not a good situation. Especially when it's negatively impacting money flow for a company.
- I think I might have to take a matter or two into my own hands and get some information so I can help create a better working situation once the ball gets rolling again.
- JTF in '12?
- Whoever would've thought the record-holder for "Most Profane Game In History" would have been for the Wii?
- "I bet lesbians LOVE BlueTooth."
- And finally, 4 1/2 days is far too long for a website to be down. Especially a business one. Wish there was more than a "Shit hit the fan. Working on it." update. Something just feels wrong.
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
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So for this weekend, with all the stuff that going on and all the things that are planned and everything, I've decided that I'm going to slightly edit a great quote from a movie. It's a sci-fi movie featuring a powerful bald guy and a rather emotionless guy with somewhat strange skin coloring:
"THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN AND IT MUST BE DRAWN HERE!"
No, I wasn't talking about Watchmen. Picard is a more of a requirement for the next 48 hours.
Wish me luck on what might be the biggest roller-coaster weekend I've had in a while.
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Okay. The quiz today is simple. It was inspired by something I saw on a friend's LJ.
I want you to look at the following advertisement, and comment with what you think of when you see what it says. Let's see if your thoughts and mine are the same here.
Ready?
GO!
Comments screened... for now.
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So apparently, today was "Randomly find Jim on Twitter day." I say this because three different people from three different states all decided to follow me on Twitter in the last few hours. Two of them know each other, but the third... let's just say that if they're all friends, my opinion of the two of them dropped HARD, because the third is someone I can not stand being around AT ALL. And neither can a lot of you. Especially you females out there who might crossplay and use facial hair. Because that would make him LOUDLY ANNOUNCE TO EVERYONE AROUND THAT IT'S SICKENING AND THAT HE WANTS TO THROW UP. While he's busy trying to sneak a peek down said female's shirt. If you don't know who I mean, be glad. If you do, I'm sorry.
And since it seems to be Follow Jim On Twitter Day, the name is obvious.
The funny thing is, I've had it for a good while now, but I really don't use it that much. Go figure.
In other news, idiocy is up, snow is coming down, and part of me feels a bit ranty about some private stuff, but that would be handled behind closed doors.
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So yeah, it's like 6:30 in the morning. I'm still up. I've been doing various work, playing a little .hack, and ranting. A lot. I've ranted to a few of you about the main thing that has been getting under my skin. The more I learn, the more my RAGE meter goes up. I'm just viewing it as more ammo, but that doesn't mean I'm liking it. P.S., please don't mention the specifics to others quite yet. I'm wanting to keep this somewhat under wraps for the moment.
However, those of you who I have talked to also might know another event which is happening at the current time, which I'm also getting some info from. And thank god I'm not getting it from the event itself, because I swear, I'd jam forks in my eyes repeatedly, rotate them, and garnish with salt and napalm.
I swear I must be getting grumpier in my old age. That's the only logic I can figure out. Either that, or there's just a lot of things that have popped up that irk me. So what's the latest thing that I'm ranting on?
Laziness and shoddiness.
If you're doing any kind of publicity for an event that bills itself as the largest of its type in that area of the country, I think you should make sure you KNOW HOW TO FREAKING SPELL AND LOOK THINGS UP. Now, the occasional typo, that's fine. It happens. We all make them. However, when you're putting things up for public consumption, it usually helps to at least consult someone if you don't know the spelling of a word or two, among other things.
The latest page I went to was talking about the costume contest winners at this event. Some of the winners?
"from SD Gundam but not positive" (Trans: it looks like a robot, so it's from some Gundam show)
"Fay D. from Tsubasa Cronical" (You know how to spell "Tsubasa", but not "Chronicle"?)
"from Tokyo Babalon" (This irks me on NUMEROUS levels, especially with the event)
"Midna from Legend of Zelda (something of Time)" (DOUBLE rage here. First, as a gamer, GET THE GAME RIGHT. Midna was in Twilight Princess. Period. Hell SPOILER ALERT she IS the f***ing Twilight Princess!!! And secondly, saying it's "something of Time" means "I don't know about games and I'm not going to bother asking anyone who might know because who cares anyway?")
Oh, and those last 3? Only the three top awards. From bottom up: Best in show, Best Group, Best Individual. I mean, it's not like it's anything major, right?
Man, I think I really need sleep. At least for my blood pressure's sake.
Oh, and the snow has started. And it's sticking. Forecast is calling for 5-10" right now. Fun.
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
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So I was just working on some stuff, because I've decided that for Lent, instead of doing something subtractive, I would do something additive. Or you could say that I'm working at giving up some of my laziness. Whatever you want to call it.
Anyway, I started to feel something in my right forearm. Specifically the back of the right forearm. So I started to examine the way my hands were moving, or in this case, NOT moving. And I learned something that I'm hoping is just a temporary thing:
Apparently, while my left wrist can bend back to a 90-degree angle, my right wrist can only bend back to about 70 degrees. Maybe 75. If I try any more, I get pain between my index and middle fingers right at the base knuckle. However, if it's not under its own power, it'll move as far back as the left.
I'm hoping it's just something in there being grumpy. I hope this isn't something that I've had happening for years that I've just noticed now. It's irking me right now, though. We'll see how it is in the morning.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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So someone's been busy of late. I really felt that I needed to get down to work on the series of reviews I've been doing for VGZ.com and I've managed to churn out some stuff in the last few days.
For the last few weeks, I've been taking a good look into the games that have been nominated this year for the 2009 Independent Games Festival. It's pretty much a given that at least one game from this year's class will end up making its creator(s) millions of dollars. Some of the games from past years are Castle Crashers, Desktop Tower Defense, World of Goo, Audiosurf, Everyday Shooter, The Blob (which is now on the Wii as de Blob), Braid, Darwinia (now released in the form of Multiwinia), Everyday Shooter, and Narbacular Drop, which was not a lie when it was reworked and became the smash hit Portal.
So far, I've taken a look into eleven of the twenty-two titles up for awards this year. So if you're curious as to what stuff might be flying under the radar to your systems in the future, head over to VideoGameZombies.com to take a look.
The posts so far and the games in them:
Part 1 (Cletus Clay, The Graveyard, Musaic Box, and Osmos)
Part 2 (Zeno Clash, Retro/Grade, Mightier, and Coil)
Part 3 (Dyson, Machinarium, and Between)
Go, check them out, and feel free to comment on the entries. That way we can know what you, the reader are thinking. Thanks!
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confused.
tired.
busy.
curious.
giggly.
annoyed.
focused.
amused.
aching.