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- So yeah, I'm finally learning leather. Proof being in the Leather Hylian Royal Crest Arm Cuff, which is an overly descriptive title but at least it's accurate. And shiny!
Playing KH2 again now, from the perspective of Birth By Sleep and OrgLIX, is... a really interesting experience. It's both a hundred times more heartbreaking and absolutely hilarious. And yes, I must have spent another ten minutes looking at that FUCKING truck. I can't help it. HDTV, I had to look closely again. Leave me alone. I also spent a while wandering the mansion again. Just because. That unicorn head "statue" in the room with the underground chamber is somehow even creepier than I remember. And oh how Demyx will always be linked with unicorns in my mind...
It's been insanely stormy the past several days. Add to that, summer is usually a time of reflection for me, so... yeah, it's been interesting.
It wasn't something that really occurred to me before I was answering a question about it, but it seems remarkably to the point. "The choice was between being true to myself and being true to my marriage. Hence why I still exist and my marriage doesn't." That's... pretty much all there was to it.
"Collectors" scare the fuck out of me. *snort* I mean, you know, there are extremes. But it's the thought process that really scares me. "Must have all of ___." Is scary enough. But sometimes it's that added, "Even if I don't really like everything." Seriously? I understand the thrill of the hunt, but I don't understand the truly obsessive need to gather everything. I guess that's what makes people do 100% completion on games. I don't think I've ever gotten 100% completion on anything. Anyway. Being around toy collectors is awesome for inside info, scary as fuck in every other sense.
I want to go to the beach. *snort* This is sort of weird and sort of not at all. Just to touch the ocean again. To do nothing but sit there in the water for a while would be fine. Not sure how I'm going to manage that. I'm sort of a bit far from the ocean and everyone here
Writing again, here and there. Nothing I should be writing, but hey. *grin* It still counts.
And to follow that shit up, we need some links.
KOJIMA AND S-E ARE TEAMING UP. I know, who didn't see this one coming, but it gets a giggle anyway. Unfortunately then my mind decides to be cruel and suggest Cloud/Otacon, to which I start laughing and wind up feeling really bad. *snort*
But Nomura is still up to his old tricks. "In regards to Kingdom Hearts III, Tetsuya Nomura denied ever confirming its existence during an interview with Ultimania. Instead, he said that he used the phrase 'two tittles other than III' to steer clear of speculation. Thus, according to him, Kingdom Hearts III still remains an unconfirmed title." AAAAAAAAARRRRRGHHH. Still hope there's some new Versus info at E3.
I found Secondary Concerns to be incredibly interesting, and honestly thought-provoking. From the standpoint of a game writer, there are just little intriguing observations littered throughout. Like the idea that you can't actually make the player feel dirty about killing someone. (Well, of course. I'd love more of that--even if Shadow of the Colossus broke my heart.) The best, though, is this near-full paragraph that definitely needs to be quoted. "The first instruction was superficial -- I was told to reduce the number of times I used 'fuck' in the dialogue. Apparently, my writing had led to line pools containing an unacceptable probability that when the player entered a room, everyone in it might scream the word 'fuck' at the same time. One guy might shout 'Holy fucking shit, it's the Punisher!', another 'Oh God, he'll fuck our eyes right out of our skulls!' and a third, 'We're double fucked this time, chaps!' I happen to think this is a pretty realistic reaction if confronted by the Punisher, but I was told that it's really a problem to have so many fucks flying around at the same time. The unthinkable concentration of profanity in this possible fuck-event could send the dainty fingers of the ESRB panel straight to the big red AO buzzer."
The Unseen64 interview with Grant Kirkhope. I love people who are so open about their experiences in the game industry, even if they were "only musicians" *snort* PROVIDES EVIDENCE THAT RARE KEEPS ALL OF ITS PROTOTYPES. Ahem. I still hope Nintendo does the same. Desperately. I hope to see UraZelda before I kick the bucket. And then die.
Are Games Pixel Art? Yes. In part linked to for some of the comments, but it's of course the short documentary about pixel art itself that's the focus. I really don't think this "documentary" even manages to scratch the surface, but it does provide an interesting jumping off point.
Clearly, if you know me, then you know the title of the page demanded me to click on the article: Angels and sleeping giants nest in a gateway to nowhere. I was rewarded with freaky loveliness.
A new Thundercats series is in production. Excuse me while I try to muster up some excitement. Guess I'll reserve judgment for when I see it. Or when I know who's involved. (Yes, I loved Thundercats, shut up. *grin*)
Jim's Pancakes. Scroll down to the fucking ferris wheel. You're welcome.
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Having been in a similar (if less consequential) situation, I say you made the right decision.
"Collectors" scare the fuck out of me. *snort* I mean, you know, there are extremes. But it's the thought process that really scares me.
Heh, how about reformed collectors who have gained some skill in turning their obsessive tendencies to good ends? Speaking as someone who was obsessive enough as a kid and teenager to want to go down that road, but too constrained by poverty to actually do so.
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"Reformed" anything are fun, because they have the sharpest eyes and the deepest-cutting criticisms. *grin* ...That is not a bad thing. Poverty in general does kind of suck, though... but having a bit of constraint might ultimately be a good thing. I know, I didn't expect to write that either.