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• 9Oct 09

  Elecbyte is back. Hobby is back. Spazz.

  *Again, for those who are not familiar with my blog titles, I AM YELLING THE ABOVE TITLE IN ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

  What a glorious day! I just found out that Elecbyte, the company who made the now LEGENDARY Mugen 2D fighting game engine, has returned! Can I get a "wut wut"!?

  And with their return, they have revived the Mugen engine in full; the ancient, broken program has recieved its first update since 2004 (or before, methinks), with Mugen Release Candidate 1. Wut wut?

  This is a monumental occasion for gamers everywhere. Elecbyte left the scene several years ago when their engine was hacked by one of their faithful developers, and had never been heard from since. During their absence, an entire community arose, clamoring for the engine's revival. People from all around the globe have developed countless characters, stages, screenpacks, and more for the engine, which was originally made with the intention of creating only 90's 2D fighting games. Needless to say it has evolved beyond that, and has earned nothing short of a modern cult following during Elecbyte's disappearance, all in thanks to its fans, players, and developers. Now it's back. Wut wut~!?

  Some of you might remember that I myself edited a character in Mugen a few months ago, which was received with critical disclaim. Well, once I get to testing RC 1, I will be returning to doing just that. In Mugen, even a complete amateur programmer such as myself can bring art and animation to life. THAT, my friends, is a program made for the fans. WUT WUT!?

  EDIT: This just in! Mugen RC2 IS MADE FOR LINUX. See you on the other side, Aberinkulas! XD Message over.

  • Posted Oct 9, 2009 9:17 am PT
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• 17Sep 09

  Just saw Drag Me To Hell, and HOLY MOTHER OF--!!!

  *Ending credits playin' in ma earz--*

  

  PERFECT 10/10

  Whew. Had to get that off my chest first and foremost. This movie was THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIE OF ALL-TIME, and I PITY THE FOOL WHO SAYS OTHERWISE.

  I'm not a fan of horror movies. I think they're mindless chickfests with loud noises. And honestly, Drag Me To Hell fit that archetype as well. But dear god, Sam Raimi has a way with taking simple premises and turning them into something utterly epic. Just as he did with Spider-Man 2, he has set a new standard in a new genre with Drag Me To Hell.

  It's like watching a movie for the heck of it, then finding yourself contemplating how to turn off the TV to avoid watching the rest of it--and failing--and then finally ending up staring at the credits screen with your mouth on the floor and your blood-shot eyes staring blankly ahead. There are only two other movies that have ever impacted me to that extent: Children of Men (with the wonderful off-road bikers scene and the oh-so-epic one-camera wonder race-to-the boat scene), and Cloverfield, which at the end of the day still isn't in my top ten. After watching Drag Me To Hell from start to finish, I proudly declare that it has joined my top ten list along with Spider-Man 2, The Lion King, the mystery classic Rear Window, and The Count of Monte Cristo. I'll repeat that for those who didn't catch me the first time: A MOVIE BELONGING TO A GENRE I THOROUGHLY DESPISE(D) HAS BECOME AN INSTANT FAVORITE ON MY FIRST VIEWING. Drag Me To Hell has quite literally jumped into the minuscule pool of epic horror movies and declared itself an instant classic.

  A bit of a review for those clueless folk out there:

  Drag Me To Hell tells the story of a woman trying to work her way up in the testoserone-infested employee heiarchy who, when confronted with the decision whether to extend an old woman's foreclosure and thus Make Another Senior Citizen Happy, or put on her man pants (tm) and get that big promotion by shutting the old lady down, makes the obvious choice to kick the poor woman to the floor. She gets cursed, ghosts show up, hair gets ripped, blood happens, kittens die, and so on and so forth. Typical horror movie fare, right?

  Unfortunately, no. This time, there's some legitimate stuff going on. YES, it IS scary as hell. YES, it WILL gross you out. Yes, there is screaming, and lots of loud noises; yes, there are creepy Insta-Halloween costumes; yes, the protagonist's a whiny chick; and yes, there is some demonic stuff going on. But you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way.

  Once again, Drag Me To Hell gets a blood-curdling, door-throttling, ear-riveting 10/10. It is my new standard for horror movies (over the now way outdated and way underclassed Child's Play series), and I'd recommend it to ANYONE with a stomach for it. Overly-cliche horror just never went down this good.

  • Posted Sep 17, 2009 8:36 pm PT
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• 17Sep 09

  Quote from Anonymous

  "Kayne, I'm really happy for you, and I'm 'unna let you finish, but Serena Williams' apology was the best of ALL TIME.
  
  Choke on it, Kayne."

  LMAO. I so wish he heard that. Kudos to the anonymous personality who said that.

  But yeah, Kanye West has apologized to Taylor Swift. Not like we didn't see that coming.

  My take on the situation: BEYONCE SHOULD'VE WON. I agree that Kanye's a git for doing what he did, but really, I hear where he's coming from. Single Ladies has been playing virtually 24/7 on MTV, and I have yet to meet someone who doesn't like it; it HAD to have been more popular than Swift's song. But I guess when it comes to actually winning an award, it takes a little something extra to cross that line between winner and loser--a little something which Swift's song apparently had. Still, BEYONCE SHOULD'VE WON. Hell, I don't even remember the name of Swift's song. BEYONCE SHOULD'VE WON.

  • Posted Sep 17, 2009 6:02 pm PT
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