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wickedorin) wrote2010-09-24 12:23 am
wickedorin) wrote2010-09-24 12:23 am
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"Pudding Balls" is Too a Fun Phrase
All of DarkHorse Vendetta has finally been "HTML-ized" and is available on my web site. I am operating under the ridiculously stupid assumption that if someone actually likes my writing they will buy a book. Yay I will forever be poor! Now all I have left is... another entire novel and all of the other stuff. *rubs temples*
Finally got around to finishing Lightning Spliced this morning (and there will be more linking when the book is available again; Amazon requires certain standards before it can be sold there, so edits are underway). Or technically yesterday morning, now. Trying to explain it without spoilers, but... damn, I should have seen that coming. *grin* I really enjoyed myself and all of the delightfully geeky references. I think we managed to pick up a lot of the same things, which is... scary. But awesome. The fact that I now know one of Zellie's close friends has all of her unfinished works makes me very happy... as maybe there are some notes I can ask for. *cough* Here's hoping Lulu comes through soon so the book will get listed on Amazon, then we can start trying to drum up interests from "real live" book stores.
I will be spending the weekend cleaning. And probably well past the weekend. I must not focus on this. I must focus instead on the idea that it will be over soon and I will be moving downstairs, finally. Soon-ish. Sorta soon. Not soon enough, but it'll happen. I want to get my toys out of boxes.
Lots of people have been doing those 30 days meme things. Surprisingly, I got prodded a couple of times, but the subjects weren't in the least bit appealing to me. Then someone pointed me toward the 30 days meme of the video game variety (which apparently has no author to credit from what I understand--but I'm sure I'll be corrected if anyone knows for sure). Okay, I'll do that one. ...Whether I remember to actually update every day or not is the challenge here. And starting at the beginning of a month is way too damn easy, so screw that. Yay, rambling mini-essaysto distract me away from completely re-doing the writing site on one of my favorite subjects ever, video games. Chances are that I will not have only one game per response. That seems too easy.
Predictably, it is currently Birth By Sleep. Even though I've set it aside until the downstairs cleaning is done, that's because that's one hell of a reward--so far. I know what I'm getting into in any KH title, and pretty soon I'm going to be annoyed beyond measure and trying one or five (or twelve, or three hundred) battles multiple times and cursing in increasing volume and color until finally, by complete luck, I advance... but victory will be mine!
Of course the story is appealing. "The beginning of the end." Answering some questions... raising many more. And of course there is my favorite play style, "corner and beat the shit out of". Sooo satisfying, that. Sure, magic's great, but it's not as fun for me. The voice work is good... mostly. More often than not. I'm sure I'll have more to bitch about when I finish.
And it's simply Kingdom Hearts, which I've found that I've needed over the years. The reminder that there is always light and darkness. That hearts, once connected, can never be completely separated. That there's always hope. That dorky kids can actually be useful. *grin* And that there's hotness everywhere. I hope desperately that it's suggesting what I think it's suggesting for the future... and that they follow through with it. And I attempted no spoilers, so there.
01 - Your current favorite game
02 - The most underrated game you’ve ever played
03 - A game that makes you really happy
04 - A game that made you sad
05 - A game that really reminds you of someone
06 - Favorite flash/internet game
07 - The most surprising game plot twist or ending
08 - A game that you’ve played countless times
09 - A game with the best soundtrack
10 - Favorite Retro game
11 - A game that changed your opinion about something
12 - A game that you hate
13 - A game that is a guilty pleasure
14- A game that no one would expect you to love
15 - A video game character who you can relate to the most
16 - A game that you used to love but now hate
17 - A game the disappointed you the most
18 - A game that you wish you more people would’ve played
19 - Favorite game based on a movie/book/comic/etc.
20 - Favorite stress relieving game
21 - Favorite fighting game
22 - Favorite RPG
23 - Favorite racing game
24 - That one awesome game idea that still hasn’t been done yet
25 - The most hilarious game you’ve ever played
26 - A game that you can beat everyone else at
27 - A game that you wish you could play, but suck at
28- A game that makes you feel guilty
29 - A game from your childhood
30 - Your favorite game of all time
And now I'm just going to sit here and be reminded of how much Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's voice makes me... yes. It makes me yes. Ahem.
Finally got around to finishing Lightning Spliced this morning (and there will be more linking when the book is available again; Amazon requires certain standards before it can be sold there, so edits are underway). Or technically yesterday morning, now. Trying to explain it without spoilers, but... damn, I should have seen that coming. *grin* I really enjoyed myself and all of the delightfully geeky references. I think we managed to pick up a lot of the same things, which is... scary. But awesome. The fact that I now know one of Zellie's close friends has all of her unfinished works makes me very happy... as maybe there are some notes I can ask for. *cough* Here's hoping Lulu comes through soon so the book will get listed on Amazon, then we can start trying to drum up interests from "real live" book stores.
I will be spending the weekend cleaning. And probably well past the weekend. I must not focus on this. I must focus instead on the idea that it will be over soon and I will be moving downstairs, finally. Soon-ish. Sorta soon. Not soon enough, but it'll happen. I want to get my toys out of boxes.
Lots of people have been doing those 30 days meme things. Surprisingly, I got prodded a couple of times, but the subjects weren't in the least bit appealing to me. Then someone pointed me toward the 30 days meme of the video game variety (which apparently has no author to credit from what I understand--but I'm sure I'll be corrected if anyone knows for sure). Okay, I'll do that one. ...Whether I remember to actually update every day or not is the challenge here. And starting at the beginning of a month is way too damn easy, so screw that. Yay, rambling mini-essays
Predictably, it is currently Birth By Sleep. Even though I've set it aside until the downstairs cleaning is done, that's because that's one hell of a reward--so far. I know what I'm getting into in any KH title, and pretty soon I'm going to be annoyed beyond measure and trying one or five (or twelve, or three hundred) battles multiple times and cursing in increasing volume and color until finally, by complete luck, I advance... but victory will be mine!
Of course the story is appealing. "The beginning of the end." Answering some questions... raising many more. And of course there is my favorite play style, "corner and beat the shit out of". Sooo satisfying, that. Sure, magic's great, but it's not as fun for me. The voice work is good... mostly. More often than not. I'm sure I'll have more to bitch about when I finish.
And it's simply Kingdom Hearts, which I've found that I've needed over the years. The reminder that there is always light and darkness. That hearts, once connected, can never be completely separated. That there's always hope. That dorky kids can actually be useful. *grin* And that there's hotness everywhere. I hope desperately that it's suggesting what I think it's suggesting for the future... and that they follow through with it. And I attempted no spoilers, so there.
01 - Your current favorite game
02 - The most underrated game you’ve ever played
03 - A game that makes you really happy
04 - A game that made you sad
05 - A game that really reminds you of someone
06 - Favorite flash/internet game
07 - The most surprising game plot twist or ending
08 - A game that you’ve played countless times
09 - A game with the best soundtrack
10 - Favorite Retro game
11 - A game that changed your opinion about something
12 - A game that you hate
13 - A game that is a guilty pleasure
14- A game that no one would expect you to love
15 - A video game character who you can relate to the most
16 - A game that you used to love but now hate
17 - A game the disappointed you the most
18 - A game that you wish you more people would’ve played
19 - Favorite game based on a movie/book/comic/etc.
20 - Favorite stress relieving game
21 - Favorite fighting game
22 - Favorite RPG
23 - Favorite racing game
24 - That one awesome game idea that still hasn’t been done yet
25 - The most hilarious game you’ve ever played
26 - A game that you can beat everyone else at
27 - A game that you wish you could play, but suck at
28- A game that makes you feel guilty
29 - A game from your childhood
30 - Your favorite game of all time
And now I'm just going to sit here and be reminded of how much Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's voice makes me... yes. It makes me yes. Ahem.