Love Song Ga Kikoeru

If I ever had to pick just one song that was a favorite from any and all Anime, this is the song I would pick in a heartbeat. The song title is "Love Song ga kikoeru" and it was performed by a singer named Anri. This came from the ending of the last movie made for the Tenchi Muyo series, Tenchi Forever! (aka Tenchi Muyo In Love 2). 

There are a lot of memories attached to this song for me and really, the Tenchi series was the first Anime that actually drew me in and got me hooked. It made me crazy back then, I ended up paying quite a bit to buy the movies themselves as they were extremely difficult to find in my tiny home town. But it was worth it and I was a fan of the series from the first episode until the end. 

As for the song itself, it only took one listen through and it was just plain love. I don't care what people think about that, because that is just plain truth to the matter. It is a slow, yet fitting song that absolutely matched to the whole feeling of that final movie. Hell I thought so much of this soundtrack that I ended up buying this soundtrack twice! I have never bought any CD or soundtrack twice besides this one.

But I am babbling here and I don't want this to be a runaway writing with me ending up sounding like a complete idiot. So again, here is my favorite song from any and all Anime that I've ever seen and I'd like to think I've seen a fair amount in my time.

Drained

My body feels heavy and my eyes are burning and I feel like I am losing grip with reality. Wait, no... I am not losing grip, that isn't the right words for this matter. That usage of words would imply that I am going crazy, which is entirely not the case to be very honest. What I am feeling is an increasingly lack of control with the direction of my life. And thanks to that little feeling of helplessness, I think that is the leading cause of my present state.

But to make an incredibly long story short, I've had about 8 hours of sleep in the past 2 days and I think I am feeling that catch up to me. As I said, my eyes and burning and my body feels heavy like I am about to drop dead asleep at any given moment. But the messed up part about all of this is I can't go to sleep! I mean I will sleep for maybe 3-4 hours, but once I wake up... that is it.

I am wide awake!

And the routine lately has had me waking up at 2am or the kicker last night was about 10-11pm. I know I have to sleep, but I just can't seem to get myself at ease enough to be able to relax and sleep.

Gotta get some sleep or I think I will finally, literally, go insane...

Not a fun idea for sure.

Rocket Powered Sled FTW

Today was just one of those kinds of days where I find myself just digging around YouTube to see what kind of crazy shit I'll come across. I know it is almost impossible not to find something, but I wanted to get something interesting and cool and it had to have some sort of destruction involved. The video clip above was something I actually just watched this morning (Mythbusters' 25 Best Moments episode) and thought this rocket sled destroying a car bit was just plain AWESOME.

I mean really, basically a rocket powered piece of metal being launched at 700 mph into a car can be nothing short of awesome. Right? I wanted to add in the video of the build team doing a similar myth, except they used to rocket to slice a car in half. But unfortunately YouTube or the Discovery Channel didn't allow for that vid to be linked out like the one above. Bummer.

So here is the link to the page instead!

Rocket Sled Meets Snow Plow Split

Thunder Freaking Cats!

I just have to get this little thought I've been having out of my head and into the open: It is a strange thing, this internet isn't it? I mean I've spent my time wandering about and I thought I saw quite a bit to keep in the "know." But today that fact was proven wrong, as I was floored today when I did my yearly check into Twitter. 

Apparently the Thundercats, the 80's cartoon that I and so many grew up watching (I think He-Man was more a favorite in my house, but anyway...), is getting it's turn at a reboot! As I understand it, the Japanese studio STUDIO4°C will be handling the animating of the reboot. They've done work on The Animatrix and also Halo Legends, which I more or less liked, so this should be pretty good in my book. 

Maybe what is more mind boggling to me is what took this so long to happen? I mean when I saw the reboot to He-Man some years back, I thought it was almost a given that Thundercats had to be right behind of it. How could it not be?

I was wrong and I think that He-Man reboot was back in 2002-2003. It took almost 10 years to get to this point!

This is what the Thundercats looked like back in the 80's...

And this is what the Thundercats are going to be looking like this time around.

 

 

Despite learning of this reboot only today, I have not been able to find a definitive date for when this reboot will start airing. Not that knowing that information will help, considering I have not had access to cable television in years, but maybe there will be other channels to find these episodes when the time comes. 

I am also interested in wonder just how much of the original characters will be retained in these rebooted characters. I assume it will be like the reboot to He-Man, in that it won't be entirely as cheesy as their original counterparts. Which I suppose that is a good thing...

Winding Up, Winding Down

January felt like a relatively short month, yet it feels almost equally longer then most months that I can remember. I have spent the better part of this month being a grumpy, unhappy individual and the rest of the time I just felt like shit. Then again I suppose those two things are just about one and the same, but overall I think it is safe to say that I have been feeling like hell. I think the best way to say it is I've been feeling pretty wound up and I've been sort of miserable lately.

The upside is I've been watching some good TV shows this month, so I don't entirely feel like I've lost all connection to the outside world. While I think it would have been time better used working and stuff of that sort, January has been a month of protest and unhappiness and me just being a big baby. So all of that stuff (unfortunately) have taken a back seat to a lot of other seemingly random things.

Back to the TV shows...

Mythbusters was a damn good distraction while it lasted and seeing all of the other different myths was an interesting learning experience. The duct tape cannon was cool, as was the saw dust cannon and the exploding water heater rocket. And everyone involved with the show has such different personalities that is it fun to watch them interacting with one another. It is almost like the experiments are secondary some episodes.

As it goes, I am considering on buying as many seasons of this show as I can eventually. I think there is a sale for the first 6 seasons for a little under $200...

This goes right up there with getting the first and third seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was also incredibly awesome. Who knew a Nickelodeon cartoon could be that good? Good, consistent stories, rich and deep characters that you feel for and connect with. Where and what happened to characters like this in RPG video games? And didn't I write that some where before? Hmm...

Other shows of interest include the likes of Rescue Ink and Dogtown, have been pretty good stuff too. It is interesting to see what and how people in the world are trying to help animals, strays and the like, and it is eye opening to say the very least about that. These men and women do just about everything to save these animals' lives!

I kind of wish I had a more stable financial life, I think I would enjoy helping animals.

I give credit to the guys of Rescue Ink, who are basically a small group of guys that I know I would never believe to be animal rescuers, who volunteer their time to stop animal abuse and to help save these animals from being left in bad homes or with people who don't have the means or no longer want their pets.

Dogtown is almost the same deal, but I was surprised with the sheer size of their operation. And they actually don't only help dogs, but also cats, birds, livestock and who knows what else. I am starting to expect maybe a elephant to appear on camera in one of these episodes.

It is sad to see from both of these shows, the types of things that people will do to these animals. In a way, it is similar to how some can actually abuse and torment kids. Seriously, if you don't like your kid(s) or even pets, don't go out of your way to beat them or torture 'em either.

But now with the month winding down at last, I feel a lot better then I did when this month started off. I've kind of started to write again, which I haven't really done in over a year or two now. That felt good, to be able to stretch out my brain and start letting off some of that pent up steam. I can see the "rust" in the way I've been writing, but this time I don't plan on stopping. I want to get this story I have in my head going and I'd like to keep it up until I reach some sort of end. That would be the first time in a very, very long time since I've written and finished a story of my own.

Speaking of writing, here comes something a little out there for me and this blog. Now as I traversed the never ending universe that is the internet and I happen to come across the blog of porn star Kayden Kross (link to her blog is in the Links section below).

Kayden Kross

Going into this, I expected it to be a typical porn star blog loaded with nude pictures and endless promotion to join their pricey official websites. And sure there was a little bit of that (the website promotion and the nude pictures), but what I found on her blog surprised me.

This woman can write!

I will admit that I have seen her work around the internet and I always thought she was a beautiful woman. But to say that I was surprised by how well spoken (or well written) she is would be an understatement. I actually enjoyed reading a number of her writings and left with a new found respect for her. I enjoy her word play or style and they just end up being fun stuff to read. Is that weird?

Now I'm not saying she can write as in she'll be the next Shakespeare (that would be interesting), but as mentioned I just enjoy the way she writes. It sounds and feels natural, which is a rare thing to find these days (for me anyway). 

To be honest, I think finding this blog has even given me a little bit of inspiration to pick up my own writing! What exactly that entails, I cannot say with any certainty. And seriously folks, how often do you ever hear about a porn star striking inspiration in a person (no dirty jokes either!)?


Then again, all things considered I guess it should not have come as a surprise that she seems intelligent as she does. Porn stars these days don't just "act" anymore and many seem to be starting up their own companies and running their own businesses.

A Pair of Villains Rise

Anne Hathaway will be Catwoman? This should be both awesome and equally interesting.

It isn't really a secret that I really enjoyed the hell out of Batman Begins and loved The Dark Knight movies, so I have been keeping an eye out for any information about the next movie in the series. Well it was a nice surprise this morning to find an article with an interesting piece of info.

The bad guys for the third movie have been chosen and those who will portray these characters have also been selected. I have been absolutely curious as to what characters would be chosen for the third and apparently final film of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. I mean saying the bar was lifted very, very high would be an understatement after The Dark Knight. I read the rumors about The Riddler and I guess that could have been interesting. But the other rumors about Catwoman, now that would make for an interesting twist to things...

And now the rumors should be done and over with, as mentioned there have been a pair of villains announced, so the mystery is over. Pictured above is Anne Hathaway, who will be portraying the character Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman. The second villain will be played by Tom Hardy (Inception) and he will be taking on the role of Bane.

Bane? And Catwoman?

Just wow...

I wonder where this story will go? I can't imagine this will fall the Knightfall storyline. If this third movie is truly the end, I don't think it'd make sense to have such a massive story smashed down into one movie. I think it would be safe to say that Selina Kyle would be the partial love interest to Bruce Wayne, obviously moonlighting as a villain all the while.

Or maybe this will all end on a dark note with a tragic scene of defeat? Perhaps they'll end this trilogy with Batman being broken by Bane? I mean this being like in the final minutes of the movie. Just seeing Bane lifting Batman up, who was beaten and barely conscious, only to slam him down onto his knee and breaking his back.

No, would they do that? Just end it all on such a note? Would anyone end a movie, perhaps even a series, with the hero left broken and defeated? That's impossible right?

Right?

July 20th 2012 can't arrive soon enough.

Final Fantasy

Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII-2

Final Fantasy XIII was a mess in more ways then one, so I guess it shouldn't be surprising that Square Enix will try to make amends with a sequel. I have seen the rumors of a possible Final Fantasy XIII-2 these past few weeks, but that was just rumors then. This morning I had the chance to watch the trailer for it, so I guess that means it's the real deal now huh?

It doesn't really show much, besides Lighting (pictured above) in some sort of armor and she's facing off with some dude with a similar hairstyle. Maybe she is mad that he copied her 'do...

I also watched a trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII and I guess I am still a little interested in that game. It certainly pulls a much more realistic atmosphere this time around, from the looks of things in the trailer. How they (SE) managed to fit magic and monsters into that, I haven't a clue.

Overall, I just don't feel all that excited to see trailers for either of these games right now. Why get worked up about games that may very well be bad? I never, ever would have thought that I'd think such thoughts when it comes down to a Square Enix game, much less a Final Fantasy game.

Waiting In Line?

I haven't been playing DC Universe Online that much recently, but all things considered, I thought that things should only be getting better as time went on. I mean isn't this how these things work? MMO gets released, problems are found and solutions and fixes get rid of the bugs and makes everything nice and pretty. Now today I finally get some free time to play and what do I find upon log in?

Nothing.

I can't log my character in as I am apparently the 200th person in line just waiting to get onto the server. Is this even suppose to happen these days? I've played through a couple of MMOs in my time and I've never run into this problem before. Then again, this is the first time I've played a MMO at it's launch, so I suppose that might be the case? I just never expected to be left waiting in line like this to log in and play. What makes this even more surprising to me is the server my villain is on has only a medium population, but I guess that is just too much to process?

I am a little disappointed by this, but I guess this just means I'll have more time to play Torchlight instead. I also know that things like this makes me wonder if I should even extend my subscription beyond the 30 day free trial. I really don't want to spend $15 to end up waiting in line to play a game. Call me inpatient, but this sort of thing just does not sit well with me. 

Sad Truth

I've been reading some into the recent shooting in Arizona, maybe more so now since the suspect was discovered to be a "gamer." Because of this, now that guy's face is popping up on a few game blogs and while it is sad and tragic, that isn't what I am here to write about. What I am here for is about a comment that one of the other readers had left, which has got me thinking a bit now. Below one of the recent postings about this, someone left a comment saying this:

"This man does not deserves his words to be read. There are good people out there. Honest people and forgiving people that go their entire lives doing right by one another. They die, forgotten by this world a month after they pass.

A mad person arrives, with their guns firing and their eyes red. And the world pays homage to them. They circulate their photos, they study their words, and they analyze their deeds. Pure wickedness, and it has made them a god.

No. No, I will not read anything analyzing this person. I have the fortunate burden of not being involved in his criminal investigation. I will exercise that luxury by avoiding any of his madness and bile. Honor should be kept for decency, not villainy."

And isn't this the truth of the world? Isn't it sad that so many words will be written and spoken in our lifetime, yet so many more will fall on blind eyes and deaf ears. And yet a person goes ahead and just randomly shoots innocent people and just like that they are famous. The talk of the country, face is plastered everywhere and now his words is out there and all the world is reading it. 

This certainly does give a person something to think about and as I've said, it surely did give me quite a bit to ponder about.

A Quality Torch

On top of the madness that is DC Universe Online, I did also get the chance to try out the demo for Torchlight a day or so ago and you know what? I actually do like this game a whole lot more then I expected I would. Perhaps I like Torchlight even more so then (King's Bounty) Armored Princess, if only because the combat is much, much faster paced.

And if Borderlands has taught me anything, its that I am, in fact, a loot crazy son of a gun and this game is no exception to that. New, better equipment pops up all over the place and the look of my demo character changed quiet in a bit in the 2 hours that I spent with the demo.

As for the verdict as to if I'd buy this game or not, I think the answer should be a little obvious by now. I think it is a very safe bet to say that I would most certainly buy this. It is fun to play, fast paced and it doesn't seem as though the story takes itself overly serious. Then again, for all I know there could very well be a deep, dark story lurking beneath this short demo. But in any event, I am looking forward to getting a chance to give this game more of a play through in the near future.

Shattered Reality

Soul

At the end of my last play session last night, this is how my villain Soul appears now who I also managed to get to level 10. I am kind of glad for the changes in head gear because for a moment, my girlfriend did point out he sort of looked like Spawn. Now don't get me wrong, that is cool and everything... but I think I'd want my bad guy to be more then a resurrected guy who is obsessed over his wife and is just too damn emotional. Anyway, am I hooked? Kind of. There are some things about this that is fun and interesting, while there are other things that hopefully will get addressed in the coming weeks. I'll get more to all of that in just a moment...

First off, I did rather like the character creation process at the start of all this madness. But like with most games with such options, I always wished there was just MORE options to choose from. More costumes options, more powers, etc, etc, etc. But setting aside the mad creator in me, the choices available are a pretty decent line up and everyone running or flying about do look unique as far as I've seen.

Of the 3 mobilities options, I've tried flight and acrobatics and I'd chose flight without question. It is just damn fun to be able to take off and just fly up, up and away! If timed right, it does have the potential to save your ass if you ever get outnumbered (happens to me fairly often). As for acrobatics, I just don't find that all that fun or interesting and I think it looks kind of weird... maybe that improves as you level up (that character, a hero, is only at level 3).

One odd option that surprised me was the choice to be able to choose a default appearance for your hero or villain. It was unexpected, but welcomed because I kind of wondered why I spent so much time on this guy's appearance and maybe 5-10 minutes in, it all changed?! But this way, you can pick and chose what you'd like your character to appear wearing.

The selection of powers seem OK, but I am still getting used to the regular attacks. Those attacks are done by different combination of mouse clicks, which is kind of weird for me and I can't say I care for it when I am being pounded and can't get the right move off to save my life.

As for the social aspect, I haven't tried to find a league nor have I tried to form my own. The one thing that I hate about games like MMOs is having to rely on others to do missions. I don't really have any friends playing these games, so usually that does mean I'm pretty screwed if I ever wish to do more then just the basic quests and such. But as I always tend to do, I will try to solo through this game as far as I can go and see how far I can get before I get burnt out and never really want to play this thing again.

All in all though, I have been enjoying myself for the most part and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. It will be interesting to see where the game is taken in the coming weeks, with the inevitable patches and updates that will be dropping in.

Evil Soul

Here is a screen shot of my evil villain, Soul, in DC Universe Online. As for my thoughts on the game so far, I will be back a little later with those. I'm presently exploring and clearing some missions, which aren't all that bad from what I've seen so far. Also seems like there aren't as many people running about so far, which I suppose should be a good thing rather then having a lagging mass of digital beings all around.

Which Universe To Chose?

PS3 or PC?

Today is the day! DC Universe Online arrives and I am absolutely deadlocked in a serious pickle! While I did get out yesterday to reserve this on PS3, I am just torn to shreds if that really is the best idea or more importantly, the best choice. I am still considering on picking this up for PC instead, but I am afraid that I will be wasting $50 if I am wrong and my comp can't handle it well enough.

I am just wracking my brains over this, I can't believe how tough a choice this actual is becoming! I don't even what to think about what my hero (or villain) will be like when I do pick a system for this game. I've read up about the types of choices you can make for your character and I am damn near drooling over the possibilities of what could be from what I've seen.

Just a couple of hours longer and this whole mess will be done and over with, one way or another. 

Torchlight

I have been moving towards PC gaming lately, as it appears there are quite a few RPGs on there that looks interesting to me. One such game is Torchlight, which is already out for both PC and Mac and will also be releasing on Xbox Live sometime later this year.

What is so interesting to me is how this game is apparently taking the good things about Diablo and refines it into something all it's own. Another interesting aspect is the ability to retire a leveled character and being able to apparently pass off skills or items to an entirely new character. I wonder how far you can go with such an ability? Would an all powerful character be possible?

Truth be told, I have been seeing things being written about this game for some time now. But it wasn't until today that I've actually checked this out for myself. While I haven't played this game for myself (yet), I have downloaded the demo off of Steam and will dive into this right away.

Hell any RPG that even so much as looks interesting to me these days, will definitely be a game I will try. I am desperate to see and find out if there are any good RPGs left in this world!

The Fix

Dollhouse was a pretty good show to me, just a little disappointed that it was canned.

Thanks in part to my forgetfulness to shut off my alarm last night, I was awoken at a cheery 4:30 this morning. Yes I've woken up on the one day a week I do not need to be up early on! Since then I've been wandering the internet, just trying to make sense of life and the world I suppose. I failed on both counts, but I did manage to fix up and reduce the number of labels/tags! You know... the things at the bottom of each post that kind of tells you what's what in the post that sits above it?

Now that I am thinking about that, I can't really believe I spent any amount of time doing that. Then again, it was bothering me that I have accumulated so many extra tags that I was meaning to get rid of them...

Netflix has been my television god in many ways, showing me all that I have been missing these past 4-5 years or so. The latest shows that we've been watching were Dollhouse (pictured above) and Mythbusters (pictured below). Both shows have been fun to watch and it makes me wonder what else on TV are we actually missing out on?

They break myths, then they blow stuff up. What's not to like about that?

But backing things up a bit here, Dollhouse originally caught my attention because of who wrote and directed this (Joss Whedon). I was curious to see what else this guy came up with, since I really actually liked his take on the X-Men (Astonishing X-Men is still one of my favorite comic book reads). Needless to say, yet I'll say it anyway, I enjoyed what I saw.

It was a interesting concept, to take a person and remove their memories and basically their personality. In it's place, a person could rewrite and make this "doll" into whatever he or she desired. In the case of this show, wealthy people would hire these dolls for various reasons (their own personal pleasures, protection, infiltration and in one instance, even relive moments that never happened in their lives).

And I admire the show for not becoming trashy, considering how easily this could have just devolved into nothing more then watching a show about sex toys. It especially becomes something more once the main character, Echo, begins to shows signs that even while they remove the personality they imprint into her, she begins to retain more and more from each and every imprint she gets.

Ultimately though, as stated above, I am disappointed to have learned that the show was canceled and the final episodes aired back in January of 2010. Boo!

Onto Mythbusters!

The show is just flat out fun to watch and these guys have a crazy, near mad scientist like mind for science and destruction. It is interesting to see the processes these guys go through, to try and find the truth behind popular sayings, theories and the like.

I think my favorite episode so far deals with duct tape and how these guys managed to craft a vessel almost completely out of said tape (the exception to this being the metal frame). And the crazy thing about this is the boat actually sailed! I almost want to try and make my own...

Oh and one last note, today is Monday, Jaunary 10th, 2011. Looking for Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded? I'll just say Wal-Mart.... who knew these folks let games out early? Huh...

Who Do You Trust?

If this video is any indication of the type of story that is involved with the upcoming DC Universe Online, considering me very, very interested. I especially liked the twist at the end, which makes me wonder how it'll translate into the game. Double crosses galore perhaps?

My only trouble now is trying to figure out if this would be a smarter idea to pick up on PS3 or PC. The simplest solution would obviously be for PC, but I haven't been able to really find out if my computer will be able to handle this game. I've run a test or two and it would appear as though that it does at least meet the minimum requirements. But if a game is bright and pretty like, then that is what I'd like to see... or else I'd be a disgruntled individual.

As for my PS3, well that is the next best option for me since upgrade my graphics card would be out of the question. But I do already have a tiny little dilemma about that idea. As I have a 80 gig PS3, I've spent up most of that and only have about 25 gigs left on it. Now thanks to this game, I would likely be out of HDD space thanks to this game's massive install (been reading its about 15-20 gigs).

Choices, always choices...

Gaming In 2011

I have to say, 2011 doesn't seem to have a whole lot of desirable games for me in the coming months. I suppose at the end of the day that is a good thing because that will help me not spend that much this year. I still do love me some video games, no questions about that fact. But I guess times do change and after how a lot of the games ended being this past year (Fable 3, Final Fantasy XIII!), I don't expect to spend all that much.  

Actually, even the games that I am almost certain to buy are kind of questionable to me at this point. I have not kept up on the changes being made to Dragon Age II. I am hoping things will be improved and not just jumbled up for the hell of it. Gears of War 3 is like my new Halo, considering how we've played the previous two games, we almost have to get this one to finish the fight. Of course, more then likely the series will continue with prequels and sequels and everything in between. 

I also must apologize for the way this post ended up being published. I don't know what happened to it, but now it looks as though I was typing this up for a class or something. Such strangeness seems to be the way of things thus far. What a weird year I think 2011 will end up becoming...

Almost 100% Certain to be picking up:

Dragon Age II

Gears of War 3

Mass Effect 3

The Honorable Mention List:

Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!

Ghost Recon Future Soldier 

Little Big Planet 2

???:
Final Fantasy XIV

DC Universe Online

Deus Ex Human Revolution

Wormworld Saga

I just stumbled on this web comic called Wormworld Saga (website is here) last night and it is pretty impressive to the eye and the story itself is promising in it's first chapter. I've never heard of Daniel Lieske (his website is here) before this, but then again I also don't presume to follow a lot of artists and what not. But I do follow those that interest me and this guy has something cool going on. I do hope he will get out more then his estimated one chapter a year, maybe I will try to donate to his cause...

Daniel Lieske's Official Website

His Blog

Wormworld Saga

New Look For The New Year

Olivia Wilde

Considering how it is now 2011 and also taking into consideration how I've pretty much kept the same look around here for so long, I thought a change was a good idea right about now. I am liking the changes, but I am also disappointed that I lack the ability to have a decent header title picture.

Oh well, can't win 'em all I suppose.

Pictured in the background is Olivia Wilde, who stars in the movie Tron: Legacy. I've been wanting to see that movie, particularly in 3-D, but the reviews haven't been all that great and I just haven't really heard anything good about this. Don't get me wrong, I am still thinking this has to at least -look- good in 3-D, but I suppose just seeing a good looking movie isn't a good way to spend the money to see a movie in 3-D.

I've actually never even seen any movie in 3-D, so I am curious to know and see if it is worth all of this crazy hype it's gotten thus far. It seems like most of the big movie releases are being shot in 3-D nowadays, which I guess makes sense considering Avatar made 700 billion dollars (I don't know the actual figure on that, just seemed to me like they made as much).

I did get to watch a 3-D TV demo (complete with the weird glasses) and I can't say it was all that impressive to me. As a matter of fact, watching the demo for a couple of minutes earned me a nice little headache for my troubles. I was disappointed mostly because it looked like those pictures in those toy picture slide show things I used to play with as a kid. Personally, I think I am liking the high def picture from Blu-Ray movies more then anything.

But this 3-D madness is still relatively new, so updates and improvements to the existing technology is inevitable. I really do wonder though, if this stuff pans out does that mean that video games will also follow suit? I can't imagine playing a Final Fantasy or Halo in such a way. But I suppose that will eventually be the way of the future won't it?

2011, Looking Forward

I was optimistic that 2011 would start off better for me then things were a year ago to the day. But it would seem that sort of thinking isn't quite right and things haven't exactly been heaven so far. I guess I really don't have a lot to complain about, all things considered. But I had hoped for a better starting situation in 2011 then I am getting to right now and that thought is driving me crazy.

Maybe not that crazy, but crazy enough that I am actually drinking for the first time in my life.

Wait, no... no that did not even come out the way that I wanted that to. I am actually just trying out a little drink my girlfriend and I picked up for our little stay at home over the new year weekend. She had one and turned bright red and I didn't touch it because I really just don't drink alcohol at all.

I guess today would effectively break that little hold out of mine. And our choice of beverage isn't anything all that extreme, just something called Smirnoff Blueberry & Lemonade. It actually does taste like lemonade, just a bit more tart then the normal fare. I assume that would be the alcohol in it?

As for how I'm feeling? Meh, I guess I feel a little better at the moment. I feel a little happier I suppose? Or maybe that is because I have a day off today? I think it is safe to say that it could just be a combination of the pair, which does make sense to me. I think.

Anyway, I kind of went on a game buying frenzy over this holiday season, mostly PC games off of Steam. Now I've had that program on this computer for a little while, but never actually made it a point to purchase and play anything off of it. But now that that has changed, I am surprised at just how cheap the games were on that service.

Topping off my short list is a game called King's Bounty Armored Princess.

I wanted to find a RPG to play and I was a little desperate to find something that could hold my attention and would actually be fun to play. I still cannot believe how rare that combination is nowadays, but I'll save that thought for another day. Anyway, AP is actually pretty fun to play or at least the demo of the game was. I haven't gotten all that far into the actual game, but it seems fairly interesting to me thus far.

Second game that I picked up from Steam was Command and Conquer 3, which I was still bitter about after trying to play both it and it's expansion on Xbox back when I first picked up the console. Now that I have it on PC, you know what? I am actually enjoying the game much, much more then I ever did on the console. I just feel like RTS games belong on PC, they just control and play out that much better in my honest opinion.

Last thing I want to write about is Enslaved, which I rented for the Xbox 360. I had some interest in this game a while back, but a lot of reviews and just the opinions out there seemed to put this game down as a bad piece of work. And for all I know, maybe it is?

But truthfully, I am enjoying what little I've played of the game so far and it plays smoothly. Movement is easy and flowing and the combat isn't all that bad from what I've seen thus far. What I am also liking about this is the pairing of Monkey and Trip (unique choice of names). Despite the fact that Trip has enslaved Monkey with that crown on his head, the pair's odd relationship feels rather natural. I suppose Monkey had better care about Trip's well being, considering if she dies then he does as well.

Well enough out of me, for now anyway...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So 2010 has now officially come and gone and 2011 has arrived and taken it's place. But as the midnight hour passes, I am a bit curious as to what this new year has in store. Will it be business as usual, meaning more of the same? Or if there will be a change in fortunes?

Hopefully we won't be starting off this new year the way we started 2010 and another hope is that we've learned enough from our mistakes from this past year to make better choices now. As long as that changes, I think I could be truly happy in 2011. Of course I wouldn't mind a change in fortune, meaning things panning out better for us financially that is.

But always on the bright side, at least we've got our health and we've got jobs and a roof over our heads. That is more then what so many people in this world have. It is often times easy to forget that we are and should be grateful for the things we have and shouldn't focus on what we don't.

Anyway, that all sounded nice and boring yes? I hope the ushering in of 2011 means safe times, fun, but safe and that the new year is the continuation or even a start to a time of better luck, fortune and all of that good stuff. Man, even that came out sounding boring...

To put this simply then,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is