Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
New quote of the day...
"But there is one thing my movie has that Twilight doesn't: The potential to be a multi-quadrant hit."
So. My wife is currently obsessed with Twilight. I'll read it eventually but I'm mystified by the manic coverage.
Apparently when Voldemort kills you, you come back for sappy teen vamp shit.
-updizzle
sweet hair bro
So. My wife is currently obsessed with Twilight. I'll read it eventually but I'm mystified by the manic coverage.
Apparently when Voldemort kills you, you come back for sappy teen vamp shit.-updizzle
sweet hair bro
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sentance of the day
"For me, it's not just about the ability to carry a gun, but I love the idea of monkeys coming together to accomplish a goal."
Yeah that's right. Monkeys, with guns, with a plan. That is pretty goddamn scary. I have a near irrational fear of monkeys, a acute fear of spiders, and god help me if I'm confronted with a spider monkey. Problem solving skills turns a perfect storm in to a goddamn perfect hurricane.
Yeah that's right. Monkeys, with guns, with a plan. That is pretty goddamn scary. I have a near irrational fear of monkeys, a acute fear of spiders, and god help me if I'm confronted with a spider monkey. Problem solving skills turns a perfect storm in to a goddamn perfect hurricane.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Fucking Itunes....
Why would you have regional iTunes stores? What the hell is the purpose of that. I'm an american who wants to buy a fucking badass german rap/pop/folk(?) artist... iTunes has an answer for me, "fuck off".WTF man. Its not like the electrons are going to go back and bitch about the trip... First I'm laden with the bloat that is iTunes to use my iPod, then I'm restricted by DRM for the music I buy, AND I cant get international (in relation to my location) artists. iTunes makes a good argument FOR piracy. I'm beginning to loose my patience. I'm famous for my patience.
Me: Hey I just wanna buy this
Apple: fuck you.
Me: iMpissed
What I cant buy.
Ich habe nur ein gezinkte karte.
*update: I forgot, I cant transfer/import my goddamn playlists off my ipod and back into my computer. I'm not talking about the files, I mean the lists, so I dont have to recreate them... Asshats.
Me: Hey I just wanna buy this
Apple: fuck you.
Me: iMpissed
What I cant buy.
Ich habe nur ein gezinkte karte.
*update: I forgot, I cant transfer/import my goddamn playlists off my ipod and back into my computer. I'm not talking about the files, I mean the lists, so I dont have to recreate them... Asshats.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Portal
There isn't much I can say about this game that hasn't been said. And honestly I cant express how awesome and unique the experience has been. There's something to be said about simple goals, honest gameplay innovation, and snappy story. This is one of those games I was talking about that forced my hand about buying an Xbox 360. There's been some shit talk on Kotaku about who on earth would be interested in this game for download on XBL. Well I was, and I'm so happy it came out. I finally got a chance to play this game, without upgrading my PC. And honestly the only game I'm willing to upgrade for is the StarWars MMO coming. 
My friend and I were talking about this over dinner, we came to the conclusion that the main reason this game is the jam is the story. 
There are layers, and subtext that is conveyed in a combination of voice acting, random graffiti in the environment, the environment itself, and gameplay... I could try to explain it, but I think others have done better. But I can say something about its length and content. Its a tight, precise amount of story fit exactly into the length of the game. The game has this weird perfection about it. Its a short game but so incredibly deep. We decided that most games stretch games out to make the game longer but instead of filling it with 12 hours worth of story, they fill it with pointless "puzzles" and gopher missions. Shit that doesn't usually push a story forward, just time bloat. Some bastard says but X is 11 hours game time, we only have 9 and a half, fatten it up! And some poor sob has to put in extra game time to please his boss's boss's check sheet. But this game is lean and efficient like a cheetah or a shark. It feels like a vision executed exactly as intended. Whether or not that's true, its what it feels like that matters. And it feels great.
There are layers, and subtext that is conveyed in a combination of voice acting, random graffiti in the environment, the environment itself, and gameplay... I could try to explain it, but I think others have done better. But I can say something about its length and content. Its a tight, precise amount of story fit exactly into the length of the game. The game has this weird perfection about it. Its a short game but so incredibly deep. We decided that most games stretch games out to make the game longer but instead of filling it with 12 hours worth of story, they fill it with pointless "puzzles" and gopher missions. Shit that doesn't usually push a story forward, just time bloat. Some bastard says but X is 11 hours game time, we only have 9 and a half, fatten it up! And some poor sob has to put in extra game time to please his boss's boss's check sheet. But this game is lean and efficient like a cheetah or a shark. It feels like a vision executed exactly as intended. Whether or not that's true, its what it feels like that matters. And it feels great.We discussed this for about 10 minutes, and came to this while my wife ignored and chided us about how much she hated it. She had to listen to GLADoS without playing... so I cant blame her for picking up some passive aggressive sentiment.
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