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Dr. Pandalove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blizzard
I haven't written here since January. I guess that's a good thing considering that my online journals have traditionally been the place where I dump my negative feelings or talk about the way I try to escape said feelings (such as games). I've started a couple posts since then, but they never got very far. Earlier tonight, I was writing another ( Read more... ) -
Random bits o' game
It should be no surprise that after my grumpy post about games, I found some games that I really love. This also happened to coincide with Steam's big sale. Funny how that happens.... I got to try some things that I didn't think I'd like much, but it turns out I really enjoy it. I'll touch on a few games...- Starbound - If I hadn't spent to ( Read more... )
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All Hail the Glow Cloud
There is a podcast called Welcome to Night Vale. I cannot recommend it enough. It's not a "people talking about shit" podcast, but a... creative... thing. I'm tempted to say it conveys a story. I mean, it does, but that's not what it's about. But it is. But... it's not... I think it's pretty impressive how it creates very memorable ( Read more... ) -
Set lists so far
The first three shows of the Tension 2013 tour have taken place with the fourth tomorrow night. I have thus far successfully avoided any videos aside from a few seconds of an Instagram video, and that brief glimpse was enough to secure for me the desire to avoid any other video spoilers. I haven't even downloaded any of the audio, though I am ( Read more... ) -
A succulent Chinese meal!?
Note: Feel free to skip to paragraph 5 to avoid the conlangery.
Almost the entirety of Tuesday was spent working on Van Narvadæsi. I sat down and started redoing my working document from the top down, examining everything and doing my best to make sure it was accurate and up to date. A lot of time was spent on formatting alone, making things ( Read more... ) -
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~
Halfway through my review/analysis/discussion/whatever of Hesitation Marks, LJ fucks up and I lose it all. My level of pissed off right now is at an all time high. Whatever fuck it. I like the album. A lot. It's one of those albums where I just liked it alright the first time through, but by my third listen I was saying "THIS IS FUCKING ( Read more... ) -
Just can't... stop...
It's a really, really good feeling for me being excited about Nine Inch Nails again. I don't think I've ever been so deeply connected to something for as long as I have NIN. My musical tastes have changed quite a lot since I first came to really appreciate Trent Reznor's work, but NIN has been an absolute constant. I think the only other band/ ( Read more... ) -
Cugel and stuff.
I think I've mentioned that I've fallen in love with the tabletop RPG Dungeon Crawl Classics. It's a game that's in a growing trend known as "old school renaissance." Most of the OSR games attempt to harken back to the original Dungeons & Dragons rules, or second edition, etc. DCC goes one step farther. Joseph Goodman, the main guy behind DCC, ( Read more... ) -
"We're back!"
NIN returned to the stage today in Japan. It was streamed, but I didn't get to see all of it as I was trying to configure a VPN to get around the region blocking ( Read more... ) -
Bubbles
Crisis averted: Metroid Prime has been found. It has also been played, thanks to Lee's brother loaning me a GameCube controller. I had forgotten just how much I love that controller. The way it sits in your hands, the feel of the stick, the sound of the shoulder buttons. The shoulder buttons! Dear R'hllor, have better shoulder buttons ever ( Read more... )