I realize I missed Wednesday's update, but I have a good excuse. I was watching Leonard Cohen perform live in Athens (or near it, anyway) and it was sublime. Cohen's voice was nothing short of spectacular for a 73, almost 74-year old man, and his group was equally fantastic. But Cohen was... so honest, kind, dignified. What a remarkable man he is. Truly a legend.
In other news, I'll be taking a small break from things and I'll be gone from Athens for a couple of weeks. Updates will be sparse in the meantime. Everybody needs a vacation after all!
I decided to throw in a Leonard Cohen song for good measure.
TL;DR version:
Taram-taram-dum
Taram-taram-dum
Showing posts with label filler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filler. Show all posts
Thursday, July 31
Tuesday, July 15
[Monday Post] Seriously, this is still Monday
I've been trying to log in to Blogger all day long, but I was constantly getting time out errors. I think I have to blame my connection which has been acting up lately.
At any rate, I was going to talk about E3, with the regular crap as how it's not as important as it used to be, blah blah, adding a little touch of how hype can make or break anything these days, such as the Sony PS3 "$600" disaster of '06. To that effect, I'd mention BioWare's upcoming game, Dragon Age, which had one (actually two) of the worst teaser trailers ever, so utterly generic and stupid it hurt.
It remains to be seen whether the hype machine will manage to recover Dragon Age, but right now the big news is something different, something that would make my "E3 isn't as important as it used to be" statement utterly null and void.
You see, Final Fantasy XIII, one of the most anticipated games of this generation of gaming, is no longer a PS3 exclusive, as it's also coming to the Xbox 360. That's huge, as FFXIII was one of the last big exclusives the PS3 had. I'm too tired and very unsober to read through the fanboy outrage right now, and I have the new Futurama DVD to watch, but I'll savour that for tomorrow, it should be sweet.
It makes sense though, this move. Given the costs of games these days, it only logical that most games are not confined to one console anymore. Game companies are supposed to make money after all, not drown in debt. It really feels like the era of exclusives (outside of first-party games, naturally) is coming to an end.
To me, a usually-happy-but-lately-grumpy (UNBAN ME ALREADY) Xbox360 owner, it doesn't really change much. I'm not a very big fan of the series, and I generally find jRPG's boring, but this sure is a big deal, and the outcome could be huge. We'll see, I guess.
TL;DR version:
Pigs are a-flyin'.
At any rate, I was going to talk about E3, with the regular crap as how it's not as important as it used to be, blah blah, adding a little touch of how hype can make or break anything these days, such as the Sony PS3 "$600" disaster of '06. To that effect, I'd mention BioWare's upcoming game, Dragon Age, which had one (actually two) of the worst teaser trailers ever, so utterly generic and stupid it hurt.
It remains to be seen whether the hype machine will manage to recover Dragon Age, but right now the big news is something different, something that would make my "E3 isn't as important as it used to be" statement utterly null and void.
You see, Final Fantasy XIII, one of the most anticipated games of this generation of gaming, is no longer a PS3 exclusive, as it's also coming to the Xbox 360. That's huge, as FFXIII was one of the last big exclusives the PS3 had. I'm too tired and very unsober to read through the fanboy outrage right now, and I have the new Futurama DVD to watch, but I'll savour that for tomorrow, it should be sweet.
It makes sense though, this move. Given the costs of games these days, it only logical that most games are not confined to one console anymore. Game companies are supposed to make money after all, not drown in debt. It really feels like the era of exclusives (outside of first-party games, naturally) is coming to an end.
To me, a usually-happy-but-lately-grumpy (UNBAN ME ALREADY) Xbox360 owner, it doesn't really change much. I'm not a very big fan of the series, and I generally find jRPG's boring, but this sure is a big deal, and the outcome could be huge. We'll see, I guess.
TL;DR version:
Pigs are a-flyin'.
Wednesday, July 2
[Webcomic Wednesday] How to not make one / [OR] It's too damn hot to write a proper post
If that's not the longest title ever, I don't know what is.
So, webcomics. According to Wikipedia, over 18,000 of them exist on the Internet currently. That's a scary number, especially if you consider that the vast majority of them is the digital equivalent of mind-numbing poison. Personally, I only follow Penny Arcade, because I'm a total nerd and proud of it, but I like xkcd and Cyanide and Happiness as well.
The problem with webcomics is the fact that they're so damn easy to make. All you need is spare time, the illusion that you possess something resembling a sense of humor, and the ability to draw a straight line. And it's a blessing that I don't possess the latter, as I would have definitely been tormenting humanity with my unfunny webcomic already.
But that's exactly the reason why there are so damn many webcomics out there. They're easy to make, and the successful ones amongst them are so unmistakably so that most others want to steal their glory, have a piece of the pie, and other horrid clichés like these.
For these reasons, I was glad to see that a genuinely funny and witty person like Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation decided to make a video targeting webcomics and their lack of quality. His description of webcomics is right on the money:
"How to make millions of gamers happy with the minimum amount of effort."
The video itself acts as a hilarious guide on what to not do if you insist on unleashing yet another webcomic on us weary readers, as well as a satire of already existing webcomics that have become famous without any apparent reason.
It might not be as funny as it should be if you're not familiar with webcomics in general, and with a certain soul-crashingly bad one in particular, but it should at least get a chuckle out of you. Watch the video here.
TL;DR version:
Filler post. Just watch the video.
Do answer me this, if you can, though: Why do people like VGCats?
So, webcomics. According to Wikipedia, over 18,000 of them exist on the Internet currently. That's a scary number, especially if you consider that the vast majority of them is the digital equivalent of mind-numbing poison. Personally, I only follow Penny Arcade, because I'm a total nerd and proud of it, but I like xkcd and Cyanide and Happiness as well.
The problem with webcomics is the fact that they're so damn easy to make. All you need is spare time, the illusion that you possess something resembling a sense of humor, and the ability to draw a straight line. And it's a blessing that I don't possess the latter, as I would have definitely been tormenting humanity with my unfunny webcomic already.
But that's exactly the reason why there are so damn many webcomics out there. They're easy to make, and the successful ones amongst them are so unmistakably so that most others want to steal their glory, have a piece of the pie, and other horrid clichés like these.
For these reasons, I was glad to see that a genuinely funny and witty person like Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation decided to make a video targeting webcomics and their lack of quality. His description of webcomics is right on the money:
"How to make millions of gamers happy with the minimum amount of effort."
The video itself acts as a hilarious guide on what to not do if you insist on unleashing yet another webcomic on us weary readers, as well as a satire of already existing webcomics that have become famous without any apparent reason.
It might not be as funny as it should be if you're not familiar with webcomics in general, and with a certain soul-crashingly bad one in particular, but it should at least get a chuckle out of you. Watch the video here.
TL;DR version:
Filler post. Just watch the video.
Do answer me this, if you can, though: Why do people like VGCats?
Sunday, January 13
So, like
Two toothpicks are walking down the street. Right across the street there's a pin walking the opposite way.
One toothpick turns to the other and goes, "Dude, check it out, it's Robocop!"
(Haven't had anything remotely interesting to say lately, so a horribad joke sounded like decent filler material.)
One toothpick turns to the other and goes, "Dude, check it out, it's Robocop!"
(Haven't had anything remotely interesting to say lately, so a horribad joke sounded like decent filler material.)
Friday, November 30
Filler material
Those of you that follow TV shows know all about filler episodes. They serve no reason than to fill a need, something random in the middle of a big storyline. Some are good, some others are mediocre, others yet are terribad. This post falls under the latter category. Its only purpose is to make sure that I hit 15 posts this month
To sweeten the pot somewhat, here's a great move by Tony Parker in a recent Spurs game:
To sweeten the pot somewhat, here's a great move by Tony Parker in a recent Spurs game:
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