I'll just post about whatever catches my eye. Which could be dangerous. But oh well. We all love dangerous stuff, which is why we play videogames... I kid. But seriously, feel free to comment and carry on conversation and so forth.

• 9Oct 08

  Meh...

  Not feeling so hot today. Allergies out the wazoo. It's the poorest excuse for being sick, I know, but I feel miserable. I guess it's a cold? My nose is stopped up like a dang toilet full of crap and at the same time is running like a bleeding man on too much aspirin. What this means is I may only sniffle pitifully in a frail attempt at keeping from having to use a bajillion tissues. The sniffing doesn't work, however, because my nose is plugged! It's a frustrating cycle that I'm quite sure you would have felt better not knowing about
  
  I've felt so bad I haven't even played any videogames today O.o
  I think I played the demo for Mercs 2 and that was it...I really wanted to but just couldn't bring myself to do it.
  
  But when I do feel better, I think I'll hit up Ace Combat 6 (with the flight sticks). Haven't played very much of that game and it's about time I did!
  • Posted Oct 9, 2008 9:36 pm PT
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• 8Oct 08

  It's a Beautiful, Rolled-Up Cosmos

  Now that Mass Effect is gone (and as I'm anxiously awaiting to see if and what Gamefly sends my way) I decided to revisit Beautiful Katamari. I never spent more than a couple hours playing that game, because honestly, I didn't find it all that addicting. I don't really think it's that fun, either. It's awesome but lame at the same time. Kind of reminds me of the way they do Dynasty Warriors (same song, 100th verse, never gets better but only gets more-oudated-looking), but its mysterious quirkiness and fish-eat-fish gameplay mechanic keeps it somehow satisfying to roll up entire planets. But I got it for like $20 so I'd say it's good enough for that. I finally "beat the game" but I still have one extra stage left, even though I saved the cosmos...Guess I'm doing that tomorrow.
  
  Anyone want to take a wild guess on what brought me back?
  
  Achievements. Duh.
  
  Picked up a few tonight (like 6 or so) and plan on going for a couple more before I put it away for good. While I'm going for achievements, I'm not going for completionistchievements. That is, I'm not going for 1000/1000. Just whatever seems feasible.
  
  Though I must admit I'm halfway anticipating my Xbox 360 to red-ring in the near future. Why? Because I'm doing something stupid to get a couple achievements. I'm leaving my Xbox 360 on for the next 6ish hours overnight to try and build up towards a "100 hours playtime" achievement. Stupid, I know. But hey, crack addicts will do anything to get their crack.
  
  It's never been more fun to be a metaphorical crack addict than it is now.
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  On a side note, anyone notice the weird similarities between the boxart for Left 4 Dead and Dead Space? Why so similar? Hah.
  • Posted Oct 8, 2008 1:20 pm PT
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• 6Oct 08

  Ta Ta For Now, Mass Effect! Or Something...

  Well, I've put Mass Effect back in its GameFly envelope and it's being put in the mail tomorrow morning.
  I lack only a small bit of the achievements I set out to get, but I depserately need a break from that game. After 55+ hours of playtime, I simply cannot force myself to make two more playthroughs at the moment. Thankfully, my cousin has the game, and he'll be mailing it to me for free so I can play when I feel like it. In the meantime, I can start trying to get other games from GameFly. That is, if they decide they have enough copies to send me one of the good ones... x.x
  We'll see how that goes. I'm not expecting much.
  
  Anyways, I know some of you probably think I'm stupid for doing things such as whining about not being able to get a particular achievement, but hey, it's part of the reason I play these games. For me, any way you can have fun playing a videogame is justification for doing so. I ended up getting the achievement I talked about not getting in my previous blog. Apparently the game does not recognize the boss character "Fist" as an "organic" who qualifies for the achievement. I dunno if that makes any sense. Basically you can use the power on him all you want but it doesn't count. So I tried it again on a non-boss and ta-daa! It worked.
  
  So in other news, I'm hoping to finish up Carnivale Season Two in the very near future. I only have 2-3 episodes left and I'm not looking forward to a hey-this-show-got-cancelled ending. It was a slow but elegantly moving show that has built up steam tremendously since season one and it's going to be a shame to see it end. Just watched the episode "Lincoln Highway" from season two and it is quite possibly my favorite episode from any TV show of all time. Yes, even out of all the awesome Lost episodes I could pick. It was simply beautiful. Stunning cinematography and setting and plot progression. It was wonderful. If anyone has seen this show let me know. Even better, if you know the specific episode I'm referring to, you are now my hero.
  
  Also in the realm of TV, I've started watching Rob and Big. Uh-freaking-mazing. Never knew this show even existed until last week and now I watch it all the time. Thankfully I have DVR so I can record them all and watch them in order (yea I just kinda haveta watch them in order x.x). This is my new favorite show.
  
  And last but not least, here is a shout-out to the Colbert Report. It's the only kind of politics I can handle, and proves day by day why these people in this area of our lives are idiots. But that's just my take on it.
  
  Thanks for reading and commenting to those who do! I appreciate it so much.
  • Posted Oct 6, 2008 10:06 pm PT
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