NEWSFLASH!
(FWOOSH!)
Adolf Hitler was mentally ill and a murderer!
(FWOOSH!)
Rush Limbaugh's mind is ruled by hate!
(FWOOSH!)
Water is wet!
(FWOOSH!)
The sky is blue!
(FWOOSH!)
Manny Ramirez is a really fucking terrible person!
Duh, guys. I know that this is heartbreaking to those that love their Dodgers, but come the fuck on, guys. You HAD to know that you were hiring a cold-blooded bat-toting merc who cares only about his numbers. He can't be bothered to play defense, he is incapable of being a team player, and fakes injuries to avoid honoring his contract. Oh, and we're adding "steroid-fueled cheater" to that list? No problem. It certainly fits with the rest of his career.
You handed this creature millions upon millions, none of the 29 other teams wanted anything to do with him, you knew all of the above, and now you're surprised?
That kinda idiocy reminds me of the fucking morons who voted for Bush in the 2004 election, then had the audacity to jump on the bandwagon of outrage at his administration in subsequent years.
In both cases, you had utterly reprehensible behavior expertly detailed for YEARS before throwing your support behind someone who was not, in even the slightest way, repentant for their nearly inhuman behavior. What the fuck were you thinking then, and why are you surprised now?
Dubya's an evil puppet, devoid of ethics, with a monster's hand shoved up his ass, almost like an American Hirohito, but Manny...it takes a special kinda asshole to quit on your team, as he did in Boston. I actually think that's worse than using steroids to cheat. At least with the steroids, you're gonna pay at some point, and it's gonna hurt, but quitting on your team is the clearest way to telegraph to everyone around you that you are a really bad person who just needs to go be alone and ignored for the rest of time. Fuck 'em.
Surviving
I'm almost through with that week before finals. Almost. I am so tired, I sometimes wanna weep.
It's cool, though. I've got an exam tomorrow, then the weekend to study and rest up, and then 3 days of intense academic combat. I'll be glad just to make it out alive, and then relax for a few weeks, getting to focus purely on work and personal projects.
I'm really pumped about being able to play some games, get caught up on some reading, hang out with some friends, and all the things that make summer the best season each year.
Consuming
I listened to the first episode of the Out of the Game podcast, and it is the best podcast on the entire intertron. It stars five dudes, including the four coolest and funniest people that ever worked at 1UP (Jeff Green, Shawn Elliot, Robert Ashley [all 3 from GFW Radio, the previous 'best podcast ever'], and Luke Smith, one of the original 1UP Yours dudes, one of the funniest people ever to appear on the 1UP Show.) Also on the podcast is N'Gai Croal, that super-respected games journalist dude that's no longer a games journalist.
It's not a games-focused podcast, though there is game talk in there. Really, it's the 5 of them picking a topic, talking about it, then ripping off my old podcast (just kidding, tee-hee) and talkin' 'whatcha been consuming?' It's a fantastic podcast, and if you don't listen to it, you are out of excuses, and I hereby pronounce you to be straight-up fucking retarded.
I'm also looking forward to wrapping the seasons on Dollhouse, Fringe, and Lost, as all three are building to kinda crazy points (in a good way). If ya don't watch these, Dollhouse and Fringe are only a season in thus far, so it'd be really easy to get caught up on 'em. Both have the typical 'shakedown cruise' syndrome of a first season, but get everything figured out pretty quickly, after 4-5 episodes. I don't watch bad shows, so you should watch what I watch.
After that, True Blood and Entourage both return in June, which I am SOOO hyped about.
So, with the TV season wrapping up, what shows do you wanna sell other people on? What were your favorites from this past TV season? Any shows you miss that aren't on anymore? Since it's a beautiful day outside, let's talk TV!
-Blaine
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Showing posts with label fringe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fringe. Show all posts
20090501
A Tale of Two RPGs
Fable II
The pending See the Future DLC for Fable II got me thinking back to my Fable II save.
See, I finished the main game, but purposely left some quests and the Knothole Island DLC unplayed/unfinished because I wanted to be able to have a pretty beefy experience (like Pam Anderson w/ Tommy Lee) with Fable II this spring/summer.
I played through Fable II so fast, I almost cheated myself out of a better experience. I rarely do that, as longtime readers know. I usually drag out my play experience like a narcoleptic fuck-buddy, and thus have either nice, lengthy experiences, or somewhat disjointed experiences. Depends on the type of game, I guess.
Anyway, I finally broke down and bought Fairfax Castle. My family (in-game) has been bugging me endlessly to move outta the home we've had for ages (we've been living in the house next to the Cow and Corset in Bowerstone), and I figured, "fuck it, let's move into the castle." So, I bought the castle for 1,000,000 space bucks, and then was kinda pissed when I couldn't move my family in right away. Turns out there's actually a quest ya gotta complete.
I won't give away any spoilers, but the quest is pretty cool, and I'm hoping I can finally move my family in soon. Can't wait 'til the new DLC's out, so I can really jump back into this game. It's actually better than I remember.
Baldur's Gate
I started a new game in Baldur's Gate last night. Yes, I am still determined to play and enjoy the old-school Bioware/Black Isle stuff, and Baldur's Gate seems like a great entry point. I really enjoyed my prior attempt at playing it, until I was eaten by a bear. Then, my new hot, sexy laptop showed up, and I decided I hadn't made it that far anyway, and...yeah.
So, there I was last night, starting a new game, and really enjoying it. I played the intro sequences, then stopped right before the end of the intro area. It was 2AM, and I had class/work the next morning, as well as a 3-year old who was sure to be up by 8AM.
It's interesting that one who has really enjoyed recent Bioware games can look back at this game and see that what's good about Bioware's games has been persistent since their first RPG.
I'm really looking forward to losing myself, utterly, in this world, and then spring-boarding into the sequel, as well as the related games, like Planescape: Torment, the Icewind Dale series, and the Neverwinter Nights series.
Speaking of which, Neverwinter Nights 2 got some new content recently. I had no idea that they finally released the LOOONG-finished Mysteries of Westgate, but I saw the favorable 1UP review, and jumped all over it. It's only $10, so that's a plus, and is downloadable @ Atari's site (and is SecuROM-free, as far as I can tell.)
I haven't done much in NWN2, since it runs like shit on almost any machine, and last night, was finally victorious in my battle against the fucking SecuROM that's attached to Storm of Zehir, a game that I legitimately own. Twice.
Weekend
This weekend is shaping up nicely. Tonight, the Lady and I will be watching Doubt, which I'm looking forward to, then kinda chillin'. I'll probably be doing some late-night gaming after she goes to bed, probably something RPG-ish.
Tomorrow, it's just the boy and me, and I'm thinking it might be high-time for him and me to get back to our online FPS griefing. He's 3, and says some of the craziest stuff I've ever heard, and has a great sense of humor.
What I do is put the headset on him while I play, and then tell him what to say. It tends to yield fairly hilarious results.
I would like to get back to playing Quake Wars more competitively again, since I can finally play without being chained to a desktop computer. That game is THE best online shooter I've ever played. If you can get a couple friends with ya who have at least a rough understanding of the classes in the game, you can have the best time you've ever had in an online shooter. I love class-based online shooters, and this is the best implementation I've ever seen of the concept.
I don't imagine I'll be letting the boy wear the headset while playing that one. There's a need for communication and all.
Saturday night, after the Lady is back from work, she, the boy, and I will be heading to Tony's for some Rock Band 2 and whatever else. I don't imagine it'll be a super-late night, but we'll see.
Sunday will be nothin' but yard work and school work. Next week is the last week of regular class, and the following week is finals. It'll be tough, since I'm both an employee and a student @ UMSL, but after 5/13, it's smooth sailing for me for about a month.
Awesome.
What do you all got going on this weekend? Any wild summer plans? Anyone care to join me in my Bioware/Black Isle exporation (most of those games support online co-op)?
I'll be back with a post Monday, though I might sneak something in this weekend. We'll see.
-Blaine
Here's your end-of-week video dump:
this is where the Lost embedded video would go, but I can't embed it
The pending See the Future DLC for Fable II got me thinking back to my Fable II save.
See, I finished the main game, but purposely left some quests and the Knothole Island DLC unplayed/unfinished because I wanted to be able to have a pretty beefy experience (like Pam Anderson w/ Tommy Lee) with Fable II this spring/summer.
I played through Fable II so fast, I almost cheated myself out of a better experience. I rarely do that, as longtime readers know. I usually drag out my play experience like a narcoleptic fuck-buddy, and thus have either nice, lengthy experiences, or somewhat disjointed experiences. Depends on the type of game, I guess.
Anyway, I finally broke down and bought Fairfax Castle. My family (in-game) has been bugging me endlessly to move outta the home we've had for ages (we've been living in the house next to the Cow and Corset in Bowerstone), and I figured, "fuck it, let's move into the castle." So, I bought the castle for 1,000,000 space bucks, and then was kinda pissed when I couldn't move my family in right away. Turns out there's actually a quest ya gotta complete.
I won't give away any spoilers, but the quest is pretty cool, and I'm hoping I can finally move my family in soon. Can't wait 'til the new DLC's out, so I can really jump back into this game. It's actually better than I remember.
Baldur's Gate
I started a new game in Baldur's Gate last night. Yes, I am still determined to play and enjoy the old-school Bioware/Black Isle stuff, and Baldur's Gate seems like a great entry point. I really enjoyed my prior attempt at playing it, until I was eaten by a bear. Then, my new hot, sexy laptop showed up, and I decided I hadn't made it that far anyway, and...yeah.
So, there I was last night, starting a new game, and really enjoying it. I played the intro sequences, then stopped right before the end of the intro area. It was 2AM, and I had class/work the next morning, as well as a 3-year old who was sure to be up by 8AM.
It's interesting that one who has really enjoyed recent Bioware games can look back at this game and see that what's good about Bioware's games has been persistent since their first RPG.
I'm really looking forward to losing myself, utterly, in this world, and then spring-boarding into the sequel, as well as the related games, like Planescape: Torment, the Icewind Dale series, and the Neverwinter Nights series.
Speaking of which, Neverwinter Nights 2 got some new content recently. I had no idea that they finally released the LOOONG-finished Mysteries of Westgate, but I saw the favorable 1UP review, and jumped all over it. It's only $10, so that's a plus, and is downloadable @ Atari's site (and is SecuROM-free, as far as I can tell.)
I haven't done much in NWN2, since it runs like shit on almost any machine, and last night, was finally victorious in my battle against the fucking SecuROM that's attached to Storm of Zehir, a game that I legitimately own. Twice.
Weekend
This weekend is shaping up nicely. Tonight, the Lady and I will be watching Doubt, which I'm looking forward to, then kinda chillin'. I'll probably be doing some late-night gaming after she goes to bed, probably something RPG-ish.
Tomorrow, it's just the boy and me, and I'm thinking it might be high-time for him and me to get back to our online FPS griefing. He's 3, and says some of the craziest stuff I've ever heard, and has a great sense of humor.
What I do is put the headset on him while I play, and then tell him what to say. It tends to yield fairly hilarious results.
I would like to get back to playing Quake Wars more competitively again, since I can finally play without being chained to a desktop computer. That game is THE best online shooter I've ever played. If you can get a couple friends with ya who have at least a rough understanding of the classes in the game, you can have the best time you've ever had in an online shooter. I love class-based online shooters, and this is the best implementation I've ever seen of the concept.
I don't imagine I'll be letting the boy wear the headset while playing that one. There's a need for communication and all.
Saturday night, after the Lady is back from work, she, the boy, and I will be heading to Tony's for some Rock Band 2 and whatever else. I don't imagine it'll be a super-late night, but we'll see.
Sunday will be nothin' but yard work and school work. Next week is the last week of regular class, and the following week is finals. It'll be tough, since I'm both an employee and a student @ UMSL, but after 5/13, it's smooth sailing for me for about a month.
Awesome.
What do you all got going on this weekend? Any wild summer plans? Anyone care to join me in my Bioware/Black Isle exporation (most of those games support online co-op)?
I'll be back with a post Monday, though I might sneak something in this weekend. We'll see.
-Blaine
Here's your end-of-week video dump:
this is where the Lost embedded video would go, but I can't embed it
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