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 + An Angel Episode I Wouldn't Mind SeeingSunday, June 28, 2009 - 8:57 PM  The writing staff for Angel HAD to have known that the fifth season was the last season, because they have brought on the nuttiness. I have laughed out loud so many times reading these episode summaries. I can't imagine how hard I would have laughed if I was watching it on TV, and I don't mean laughing because it's so bad. Although I would have laughed for that reason at the episode about Angel helping the US in World War II, oh and the Nazis were experimenting on vampires. But one episode had me in giggle fits, especially since the website was kind enough to enclose screencaps. There is a demon children's show (don't groan yet, it gets funny) that sucks the innocence out of its viewing audience. When Angel goes to investigate the recording studio, HE GETS TURNED INTO A PUPPET!! So yes, they have Angel all Muppet-style and it is awesome.  I love how angry the puppet looks. You can tell he's about to bitch and whine about something else any second. I also love that he still carries a sword and fights other vampires. I guess he thought he could get them off guard with laughter and then launch a stake? At one point, he gets cut, and yes, stuffing spills out of him. And of course, I had to know if he could vamp out in puppet form. Yep, he can.  It's a good thing that he's given up munching on people, because I'm not sure how that would work all puppet style. I'm so tempted to download this season just for this episode. I gotta hear what a whiny, angry, vampire puppet sounds like. + SlackerWednesday, June 24, 2009 - 5:03 PM  I have meant to write in this blog so many times and every time was postponed for yet another day. I think I was getting close to becoming Scarlett O'Hara, or something almost as horrible. If it's any consolation, I'm better about updating my book blog and strategy guide reviews site.For starters, I've meant to say for weeks that pictures from Gabe's first birthday party are up. His party was a lot of fun, but it was also very overwhelming for him as well as for me. I'm sure it will get far worse when he picks his own party guests. This past weekend, Shawn and I went to the Bahamas for a quick, four-day vacation. I'm glad we were only there for four days, because there isn't that much to do on the islands to warrant a full week. We walked around downtown Nassau, visited the Pirate Museum (which I highly recommend to all Bahamian tourists), visited Cabbage beach (the only public beach on Paradise Island) and hung out at the hotel pool. A lot. On Sunday, I spent the entire afternoon in the shade, by the pool, reading a book. I couldn't ask for a better day than that. The only complaint I have about the whole trip is with the hotel. Our room flooded the first night, and it took the shower not working for us to convince the staff to let us change rooms. But the one thing that could not be fixed was the annoying presence of hundreds of high school graduates. Apparently there is some grad program where new graduates can spend a week in either Cancun, Ft. Lauderdale, or Bahamas. Our hotel hosted the little rats for the Bahamas excursion. As I told a friend earlier this morning, me no like hordes of drunken 17- and 18-year-olds. Fortunately, they were gone most nights to designated party locations and slept in most mornings to stave off their pathetic hangovers. They also stayed away from all the "old people" around the pool. It was a mutual arrangement. I hope to have pictures up soon, but it may wait until I get back from Galveston. Until the day I leave, I have to figure out how to work in everything else I've committed to in the next seven days. Oh and I was given another writing project to somehow fit in. At least the Angel project is almost over. I'm so ready for someone to stake that vampire and end his annoying whining as well as ridiculous plot devices. + This is what you call a bad daySunday, June 07, 2009 - 8:43 AM This is our next-door neighbor's house. I heard the crash last night, but I heard nothing else. No tires squealing before the crash, no wreckers, nothing. I stayed up for awhile after I heard it, listening for anything else, because I was ready to call the police. But since I only heard one loud noise, I dismissed it. No police came last night or anything, so it was definitely a hit and run. I told the realtor this morning what I knew. Sucks so much for the owners trying to sell it! + Thoughts on the E3 Press ConferencesWednesday, June 03, 2009 - 10:18 AM This year's E3 has been quite interesting indeed. I really got caught up in Steve Wiebe's attempt to take back the Donkey Kong world record yesterday, and was so sad for him when after three tries he just couldn't do it. But as for the main events, the press conferences of the three hardware giants, I have some mixed feelings.Microsoft: This conference really didn't do much for me. They mostly showcased shooters, which of course I could care less about. There was some stuff about Final Fantasy XIII, but they didn't show any scenes that I hadn't already seen or played. They have altered the combat system a little, but it's nothing earth-shattering. I'm going to purchase the PS3 version anyway, so eh, moving along. The only game that really did interest me was the Beatles Rock Band game, and only then I'll look into if I can play it with my Guitar Hero guitar (Gabe got Guitar Hero for his birthday that I confiscated... don't ask). Microsoft's big announcement was their motion-sensing peripheral, Project Natal. This couldn't be a more obvious attempt to go after Nintendo. As of now, I am not interested in the peripheral because 1) it's obviously for casual games and 2) I play games to relax, not force me off the couch and jump around. Microsoft also announced that they are providing Facebook and Twitter services on the console. So you're adding additional features to keep me from gaming? I am the first to admit that I am a Twitter fanatic, but I don't see myself using either of these features. For starters, I have limited gaming time, about a couple of hours at night and sometimes less. I don't play games while Gabriel is awake because it's nearly impossible to do so without completely ignoring him, and that's not great for them at this age (although he has so many toys right now, he doesn't really need me to play with him at all it seems). Also, I don't want to play games while Shawn is taking care of him. I do it sometimes, and even though it's technically work, I feel a little guilty about having fun while he's watching the baby. I'm not going to waste my precious gaming time to check up on my Twitter and FB friends when I can do that when I work on, well, my computer. And if I get Tweets and FB updates during gameplay, I won't even log in my accounts at all. Can you imagine fighting an intense boss only to have a Tweet coming in, possibly blocking a piece of your field of vision, about a friend announcing how they had a bad day at work? Not cool. Nintendo: Penny Arcade summed up this conference nicely. Nintendo did their best to blend their announcements with both casual games and games for the hardcore Nintendo fan. They started off the conference with a bang, announcing the new Super Mario Bros. game with simultaneous multiplayer. Then they took a sharp turn downhill with announcing Wii Fit Plus. It kept going downhill--why in the world did they bring up the Wii MotionPlus like it's a brand new innovation? did they forget they announced it last E3?--and hit rock bottom with the Wii Vitality, whatever in the world that is supposed to be. From there they had nowhere to go but up, and they did that well. More Super Mario Bros., huge DS announcements (including Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days!), the new Zelda game, and a new Metroid game. You could hear the fanboys squeal with glee. While I am pleased that Nintendo learned their lesson from last year and are presenting games to appease their long-time fans, I have to ask at the risk of sounding never happy about creating real gamer games that aren't from the ancient Nintendo franchises. What about games for the core gamer that don't include Mario or Link? Why not information on the new Tales game coming? Any exclusive shooters in the works? Anything? Sony: This was by far the best conference of the three. Sony hit everyone hard with an amazing lineup of software and hardware. I admit that I'm a little confused as to why I would purchase a PSP Go when I can't play my UMD games on it, but maybe the answer will come to me later. I have to give Sony huge props for once again securing the Final Fantasy exclusivity with the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately for me, it's an online game only, but I'm very happy for Sony. This was one of the few announcements that was a huge surprise to everyone (the PSP Go announcement leaked a few days ago) and I think it will help put Sony back in the RPG game that they have fallen out of a bit. They also presented a motion-sensing controller (hey come on, everyone seems to be doing it) and while it doesn't really interest me either, I think it has the potential to be better than Natal and Wii's current system. But unless it comes with a RPG I can live without, I doubt I'll be adding it to my arsenal when I already have a Wii. The big game that blew me away was The Last Guardian. It has the look of ICO, but doesn't seem to be like ICO. I also have a feeling that it will be incredibly sad, but I'm ready to learn more about it and add it to my wishlist. Tonight on G4 they will have hands-on coverage for Final Fantasy XIII, and I'm going to take notes while watching it. Maybe then I will learn how to play the demo better and actually beat the last boss of the demo. If I could read Japanese, it wouldn't be a problem, but darn the language barrier. I'd like to hope for hands-on previews of the Last Guardian, but I think that's a 2010 release, like so many of the games they announced. But hey, 2010 is going to be a fabulous year of releases! + Tooting my own horn againFriday, May 29, 2009 - 3:11 PM Kombo published my response to a fellow writer's piece on the role of female characters in video games.So happy! He and I both hope a little that we keep going back and forth on this issue, since he just finished writing part two of his series. I haven't read/edited part two yet, but I hope I have a response to it so we can keep this going. It's fun! + A few quick things...Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 8:32 PM Just a couple of quick things as I'm about to collapse from sheer exhaustion of this week (blog for another time... maybe).First, I was interviewed by Jo of Ink and Paper, a blog of fantasy book reviews. It was incredibly nice of her to do so and it was a lot of fun to complete my first real interview. I don't count that weird internet-stalker-interview story I did for KXXV in Waco. Secondly, I have added a lot of new quotes to the Quote Wall as of late. I keep forgetting to mention them, but they're there so go take a look and be amused. Or don't. Doesn't matter to me because they all amuse me! Ha ha! |
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