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Monday, July 13th, 2009
8:39 pm	Mission Report: Success. Two units dispatched to: THE MALL. Woof: "This is the way!" Sqrl: "I had a good feeling." So... We ate vigorously at Arby's, and it was tasty. (Mostly. My Reuben was curiously flavorless at the edges, less so in the middle. Huh.) And we shopped. The Haul: Soulcalibur IV - On sale! Used copy $15. The woof and I browsed through an Amusement Shop and came away with two card games that caught our eye. His choice was "Whack A Catgirl". As the back of the box logics out, catgirls are cute. Therefore, we should throw things at them. Like books and balls of yawn and possibly other catgirls. Being a woof, he is in favor of this line of logic. My choice was the cheerfully titled "We Didn't Playtest This At All", which promises to be cheerfully random and insane. I also grabbed the "Chaos Pack", which promises to add More Chaos. Because seriously, if there is anything I will pop additional money for, it is MORE CHAOS. Both of these games are from Asmadi Games, which I have never heard of but which I will be following avidly. There is apparently a coming sequel, "We Didn't Playthis This Either". I will keep you updated as we play these card games. Also at the Amusement Shop: Plushies. Sqrl: "I'm having a hard time pulling away from these plushies." Woof: "Yes. But... we would easily spend more than anything else we bought today on these, and then we wouldn't be able to get in our beds." Sqrl: "See, I was thinking... like... "Ooh! This is a fox. It is very soft. I know a very soft fox. Perhaps his birthday is soon." Then I turn around. "Ooh! A pink unicorn! I know a unicorn! Who doesn't mind pink! Perhaps his birthday..." Woof: "Whereas I just want to horde puppies. Or hoard them. Either way you might spell it." Sqrl, absently: "Of course, I did not go "Oooh. This is a turtle. And he has fur. I know a turtle with fur." Woof: "You don't know FluffyTurtle?!" Sqrl: "YAY FLUFFYTURTLE. FluffyTurtle is my new favorite furry who does not actually exist." Then, on the way home: Woof: "Huh. Did you see that sign?" Sqrl: "What no huh?" Woof: "Some guy is going to throw a bedsheet up and show movies out in the park. With a band and stuff. Three bucks for movie plus popcorn." Sqrl: "Huh. No, see, I was distracted trying to figure out if we really just passed a place called The Latex Gym." Woof: "...I don't... think we did." Sqrl: "That's probably good. You'd pass out wearing that on a treadmill." So we live somewhere that is awesome and we have games that are awesome. And we are well fed indeed. Yay life! Current Mood: geeky (5 Comments |Comment on this)
5:47 pm	Lasting goodness? So after a bit of researching, including RTFMing as was suggested, I found what make of onboard sound I have (Realtek 880, for future ref) and wandered over to Taiwan to grab a driver. They have drivers for Windows 7. Everyone has drivers for Windows 7. I don't know if Microsoft is offering "Free cocaine for writing a Win7 Certified Driver!" or what, but I do not care. Now. If this fixes the problem, I will be Happy. (Comment on this)
2:47 pm	Do you like fighting game? Play a fighting game! First off: If you can set a Windows PC's "Language for Non-Unicode Regions" to Japanese in the Control Panel, or if you can find Applocale via Google, this is playable. If not, it isn't. I apologize to the Mac user reading my journal. That said: Do you enjoy... ...Anime girls? ...Anime girls punching each other? ...Large guns, dual-wielded, with ridiculously complex Gunkata flippery inherent in wielding them? ...Enormous pilebunkers, worn on the arm? ...Staff-wielding Psylocke-esqe psycho-magical girls with stupendous beam assaults? ...Mashing buttons like a crazed chimpanzee? ...Really really -good- 2D sprites? If so, I might encourage you to look into Vanguard Princess. Use the link that says "Vector Download". Here is a Youtube Link. Youtube makes this game look half as pretty as it actually is. I'm not sure quite how to sell this thing. It's fanservice, okay? Big heaping wads of it. There's a lot of half-dressed chickage going on here. But as the person who pointed me at this (the always-sharp fandomgreen) points out, "Once you start playing, the game's so awesome you forget to feel dirty!" Not that I had the least lick of shame anyway, having played Metal and Lace in my past. But. It's shiny, pretty, glossy, quick-moving, and fun. Hurts my thumb though! Current Mood: awake (10 Comments |Comment on this)
3:09 am	Too good to last. So I'm having my first Issue with Windows 7. It had to happen eventually, eh? Occasionally I'll be playing a game and the sound will just... die. Go dead, silent. Windows recognizes whatever onboard sound I've got as simple "High Definition Audio Device". If I go off to Device Manager and tell it to uninstall, then reinstall the device, the sound will start back up again. I assume this points to a driver problem. Short of finding out what make of onboard sound I have and searching for specific Windows 7 drivers for it (unlikely), I don't know what to DO about it. Anyone else have any suggestions? This isn't life threatening, just mildly irritating. I LIKE my explosion sound effects. I get SAD when they are taken away. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
7:34 pm	A string of thoughts. I am having beef lo mein from the local chinese food shop. It is pretty good. It is not -excellent-, but it is passable, tasty, and there is a lot of it. I am willing to eat medium-quality food if there is a lot of it. I am willing to consume medium-quality -anything- if there is a lot of it, be it movies, games, novels, food... Conclusion: I am part of the problem. Counter-conclusion: But I am very well fed. Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: Buckaroo Banzai - End Credits (2 Comments |Comment on this)
5:23 pm	Tomorrow's Plans Personal reminder entry: ( Cut, 'cause it's not really interesting to others. ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
11:59 pm	MINE MINE MINE DOWN DOWN DOWN MINE MINE MINE Or: Here is where I slut up the capitalism a little more. A friend of mine recently made and posted an Amazon Wish List, reminding me that -I- have one of those. Thus, I feel the burning urge to do so as well. Please sort by price. Some of this shit is ridiculous. Why are they charging SIX BILLION DOLLARS for obscure PS2 titles, anyway? [ Edit: I see. The NUTKICK PRICE is from some reseller. The -sane person- price is under "Buy Used and New". That makes more sense ] Ahem. My Amazon Wish List is, yet again, bulging with the promise of STUFF. If you would like to make me Very Happy, consider purchasing stuff from it to send at me. In return, I will: A: Review it here. You can dictate the terms of this review. First impressions? Detailed play experience? General play journal? I cannot promise it will be very lengthy, but I can promise to try. B: Lavish you with praise and stuff. Alternately, if any of you have anything on this list laying around unused, I'll take it! Or if you want to give me whatever's laying around. If I don't already have it, of course. Basically, I'm feeling in need of material goods to curl up on like a hoard, basically. I don't need any of this to eat or anything. If you're not Rich With Moneys, please keep your funds. This is just me being a great big consumer slut, as I do every eight or nine months. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: They Might Be Giants - Mr. Xcitement (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 6th, 2009
10:12 am	Media Whore: The Ongoing Chronicles. Remember when I did a "filler" post, with more content than some of my real entries nowadays, back in 2004 about movies I advise you watch if you, personally, are me? That's back at here if you missed it. Let's have a sequel to that! FIVE MORE MOVIES YOU SHOULD WATCH IF YOU SUDDENLY BECOME ME. A LIST. BY ME. OF MOVIES. LINKS PROVIDED FOR THE OBSCURE ONES. AHEM. 5. PDQ Bach's "The Abduction of Figaro". - Look, we already broke the catagories. Not strictly a movie, this is in fact an opera. A completely ridiculous parody opera. Look For: The legendary Dance of Seven Pails and the SINGLE BEST PIRATE EVER, who hijacks a dying man's sickbed and sails it right out of the bedroom and off to Cuba, this one's pretty much a classic around here. 4. The Mummy. At once the most generic and the best action movie around. A blend of goof-ass comedy, action, and genuine creepy horror, this movie does manage to be better than the two sequels and really set the tone for what I look for in an action movie, in spite of grabbing the Indiana Jones schtick and -sprinting- with it. Look For: The best one-handed chair-flinging takedown ever, gratuitous CGI, and bringing sexy back to librarians, not that they lost it in the first place. 3. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. A Man of Science and his clingy wife visit the mountains. A Rival Man of Science unleashes the EVIL of a psychic skeleton. Meanwhile, two lost aliens crash-land their UFO and make a dancing girl out of local wildlife. What the hell does any of this have to do with each other? EVERYTHING. Watch For: The Seductive Animala Dance, MEN OF SCIENCE being SCIENCEY, the most awkward dinner conversation known to mankind. 2. Zero Effect. The world's smartest man is a shut-in. His lawyer does the field work. THEY FIGHT CRIME. Watch For: Ben Stiller in a role where he's not a grating asshole. Bill Pullman in a role where he IS a grating asshole. This is a film from the MIRROR UNIVERSE. 1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. SEE a film Robin Williams wouldn't admit to being in! Thrill to the world's fastest man! BEHOLD stage effects wrapping around to become reality, then wrapping BACK around to become stage effects again! Really, this movie shouldn't be as unknown as it is. I'd like to see something else like this out there, come to think of it... (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
9:54 am	Game Pimpage: Shin Megami Tensei Hey kids! Do you like your Japanese RPGs -completely balls-out murderously unforgiving-? Do you like Pokemon, but also like studying religion and mythology? Do you want to fuse party members together to make new, improved party members? Do you enjoy post-apocalyptic landscapes, bleak worlds full of death, and struggling to make a difference in a land gone wrong? Have you ever wanted to rip someone apart using only your teeth? Good news! You're creepy! ... I mean. Good news! They make Playstation 2 games for that! Also a DS game! And they've been re-released, so the time is right to not spend six billion dollars and your right kidney on eBay! Here's a rundown of the games that have dropped under $30. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is technically the third game in the main-line SMT series, but that's okay because it stands fully alone. It is about exploring the wasteland of post-apoc Tokyo after demons enter the world, slowly becoming a demon yourself as you try to find a philosophical Reason to survive, which will serve as a template for you to remake the world. Power? Complete law and order? Complete chaos? Wipe it all and start over? Up to you! Digital Devil Saga and Digital Devil Saga 2 are slightly different. (Don't read the DDS2 page unless you want BIG HONKING SPOILERS.) The world is -over-. Gone. Gang members are trying to survive, but most life no longer exists. There's rumors of a place called "Nirvana" where you can gain anything you want, and of course everyone is fighting to get there. The Digital Devil Saga series is based more heavily on Indian mythology and Hindu allusions than the usual Judeochristian mythology of the SMT series. Also, did I mention that your gang survives by eating the flesh of anything weaker than them? That's not particularly part of the mythology bit, it's just awesome. Perhaps this too is not your thing. Would you like to be a high school student instead? Persona 3: FES is about living your day to day life as a high school student. Make friends. Develop social connections. Live in a dorm. Shoot yourself in the head. Unleash the creatures living inside you to fend off darkness. You're a very EMO high school student, yes. But anyway. Persona 3 FES is probably the single best place to start in the SMT games. It's the cheapest, it's the least murderous, and it's the most like a "normal" JRPG. I do hope you like text, though! Finally, the newest game in the series and just BARELY squeaking in under the $30 cutoff point is Devil Survivor. This one's a Final Fantasy Tactics style strategy-RPG for the DS. It still uses the battle system from Nocturne, and... eh, you don't care about that. It's the story of three students trapped in the center of a city locked down and infested with demons as they try to escape and... failing that, try like superheroes to save the lives of every single person in the city with them. I'm playing this right now and kinda loving it. Basically, yeah. If you've ever wanted to call up gods and goddesses to do your bidding, if you want to wield ultimate power or reshape the world... Give these games a try. I like to shill stuff I enjoy, and these have never been cheaper. Play them so we can talk about it. Current Mood: amused (38 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
12:12 pm	Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen - A review of sorts On a lark, I decided to watch Transformers 2. (Don't worry about how or why. Yay technology.) I've seen a lot of movies in my life. I saw the first Transformers, for example, and found it quite likable and kind of fun. I've seen B-movies no human should ever watch, and I rather enjoyed most of those too. I own one of those DVD collections you see on the rack at K-Mart of "TEN GOLDEN AGE SCI FI MOVIES" and I've watched all of them, if only for the novelty of seeing The Brain that Wouldn't Die without the little guys at the bottom of the screen. When I was younger, myself and my friends Collin, Danny, and Chris would go out to the local $2 movie theater and watch whatever was handy. We saw a lot of last-run movies that way. The Matrix, f'example. Beavis and Butthead Do America. Once we watched a tense psychological drama about racism because Collin swore it would have a bus blowing up in it. (It did.) My mom would always ask what we watched. Once we came home from the theater and she asked "So, what'd you see?" and there was a long, uncomfortable silence. "Uh." "We saw..." "The Fifth Element. You know, with the flying cars." "Yeah." "It was good?" "Sure it was." Mom nodded. My friends left. She called me over. "Okay. What did you REALLY see?" "...we snuck into an R-rated horror movie?" "You're still lying. Besides, Chris would be overstimulated and bouncing off the walls if you had." This was true. "Why are you lying about what movie you watched?" I looked away uncomfortably. "Because we watched Batman and Robin." "...Uh... okay, you're not lying, but... so what?" "...we don't want anyone to ever find out we watched that movie and paid money to do it." "Oh. Ohhhh. ... Okay. I think I get it." What I'm trying to say, in a very roundabout way, is this: I would lie to my mother about having seen Transformers 2. Should you feel an urge to see this movie, the quite-excellent glashund provides a link to ... well, basically a really smartassed web page with a bunch of sarcasm on it directed towards the film. I don't feel like directing any sarcasm towards the movie myself... I believe in putting mistakes like that behind me, I try to reserve my sarcasm for things I'm actually FOND of... but some of you may find it amusing. (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
9:36 am	Glrrrk. All morning long I've been having irritating flashes of deja vu mixed with nervous worrying. "Something bad is about to happen! You know this because this is exactly what it felt like 20 minutes ago when you thought something bad was going to happen, because fifteen minutes before that you ..." I'm not going to panic until something actually happens. Quit it, brain. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 26th, 2009
11:33 pm	In which I shill. I know some of you folk out there enjoy Windows 7. Some of you do not. This is for those who do: Get it half price. This is easy to overlook, so I figured I'd raise attention a bit. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
9:52 pm	What have I been DOING in the Sims 3, you may ask? Oh, y'know. This and that. Current Mood: chipper (12 Comments |Comment on this)
7:27 pm	Ker-STUFF THINGS I TOTALLY DO NOT LIKE RIGHT NOW: Heat Humidity Feeling vaguely sticky because of the above Transformers 2: The Game of the Movie (YOU LEARNED NOTHING. GOOD DAY.) Sweat leaking into my ear to infect it. THINGS I AM TOTALLY ALL ABOUT RIGHT NOW: Romancing SaGa. The SaGa games are still the best JRPG series for my money. There is nothing else like them out there. Super Robot Taisen Endless Frontier. A nonstop party train of breasts, puns, and hyperkinetic fighting. FUEL. Post-apoc racing in the world the next Elder Scrolls game should be set in. The Sims 3. They made a REAL GAME out of it, holy CRAP. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE I STAND. (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
6:02 pm	This was a (limited) triumph. Equipment test: SUCCESS. On my end. But I'm still hungry non-Winamp players seem to have Difficulty. This doesn't please me. I'll try again, maybe this weekend, with Icecast or something less nailed to Nullsoft. Thank you all for the experiment! Now you shall have cake. (*Cake not provided.) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
2:46 pm	SQRL Radio. I'm doing a test run of SQRL Radio. It's nothing special, just seeing if I can get it working again under Win7. You can connect to it by going here and hitting "Listen", maybe. I'm not sure. Please report any weirdness or oddities that aren't part of the obvious ("THIS MUSIC SUCKS AND IS WRONG") here or to me via IMs, if you choose to listen. Eight slots for testing. Too high a bitrate? I don't know how to choose these things. Assist me. A number of people have connected for 3 seconds total, then disconnected. On purpose? I don't know. Thank you. (14 Comments |Comment on this)
2:53 am	I hate the Internet. So an idle crawl around eBay for something totally unrelated showed me that there are in fact porny romance novels (like, hand-under-the-covers romance) about hunky werewolves in the south seas. A quick peer at Amazon confirmed this, and told me that there is in fact a RIVAL porny romance novel series about hillbilly werecats. HILLBILLY WERECATS. I don't know if I should cry or start shopping around for a style guide. I want in on this action. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
12:53 am	Idle busywork. So I've been watching a lot of Ouran Host Club lately, and idly considering anime and such. Tenchi, Ranma, etc. Various visual novels. I realize I'm likely repeating work already done over at TV Tropes, but... it occurs to me that I've got enough data to formulate a bit of a grand unified theory of (reverse) harem anime. This is just some idle, broad verbal textual sketches. I may or may not fill in detail later. ( Cut, as always, for those who do not care. ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
2:39 pm	YOU! You're a MAID! (Meme, kinda) Warning: The post that follows this announcement contains rampant roleplay, memery, randomly generated characters, Japanese maids, SERIOUS psychological abuse of a PC-to-be, and really silly crap beyond all that, and should not be read by anyone any time anywhere and particularly not if you are still laboring under the misopinion that I am to be taken seriously. Also, if you give not a crap about Maid RPG, move along there is nothing to see here. ALSO NOTE that this is INSANELY LONG and KINDA DUMB but that's okay with me. So co-conspirator and writer of awesome mecha-related postery bossgoji has been futzing with MAID RPG. This is a weird little moegasm of stereotypical anime and manga traits, and you know... One of the things I'd been thinking of doing in Sims 3 was making a maid. However, this is apparently impossible without hackery and even then she'll go find another career path. So instead I shall create a maid here. On Livejournal. Now I have many characters already developed from years of online roleplay, some of whom are perfect for the role of maid, some of whom would have maidery thrust upon them, and some of whom are completely absurd to picture in that role. (Akito Tenkawa, Boy Maid?) But that's not the point, is it? We'll be creating a NEW MAID. It will be an ADVENTURES. ( THE ADVENTURES BEGINS ) ....Uh. So... that... is how you too can be a maid, and... be really... scary. Unexpectedly. What the hell did I just make? And is it going to come back to haunt me? I... uh... ... I'm gonna get lunch. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Thomas Dolby - I Live in a Suitcase (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
12:01 am	Proving yet again that, at heart, I am a twelve year old girl... ...Sims 3 is on order from Amazon. Will be here in a couple days. So weak... I'm so weak. (4 Comments |Comment on this)