IF I were to move this blog to Wordpress, would people start using it again?
WILL anyone actually read this message? :P
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Friday, June 16, 2006
X3
I just reread my X2 review... and we watched X3 last week.
In my previous review I lament the fact that Cyclops was in it for like 15 minutes and end by saying that the movies would shine as a series where each episode focuses on different characters. Well, guess what? Cyclops is in it for like 5 mintues this time AND DIES. And the rest of the movie pretty much focuses on Wolverine again. They bring out Colossus again and treat him as one of the team, but did he actually do anything? Not really. And Beast wasn't as cool as he could've been... not intellectual-speak enough. X-Men Evolution got him right I think. Oh, and Angel is in this new movie... sorta. The bit at the very beginning showing Angel 10 years ago, played by a kid, was the best acted scene from the whole movie... On the Brotherhood side, the androgynous trio... who the hell were they? We didn't even catch all their names.
In my previous review I lament the fact that Cyclops was in it for like 15 minutes and end by saying that the movies would shine as a series where each episode focuses on different characters. Well, guess what? Cyclops is in it for like 5 mintues this time AND DIES. And the rest of the movie pretty much focuses on Wolverine again. They bring out Colossus again and treat him as one of the team, but did he actually do anything? Not really. And Beast wasn't as cool as he could've been... not intellectual-speak enough. X-Men Evolution got him right I think. Oh, and Angel is in this new movie... sorta. The bit at the very beginning showing Angel 10 years ago, played by a kid, was the best acted scene from the whole movie... On the Brotherhood side, the androgynous trio... who the hell were they? We didn't even catch all their names.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
revamping personal blog
I hate to say this, but maybe it is time we went BACK to wordpress. They've added some new features that I find really handy... handy enough that I've started my own academic blog using it.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Saturday, December 31, 2005
a post!
Hot damn! A post! I've been meaning to post to this blog; so much has happened in the last couple of months. So here's my spur of the moment stab. If you read each of these points like 4 or 5 times, it would take about the same time as if I wrote a paragraph posting on each one... :)
-went down to Portland for about a week, played board games up the wazoo with George and my old co-worker Scott and a guy we play World of Warcraft with named Andrew and Amy, visited OMSI and saw a cool Animation exhibit, and had dim sum and Than Thaos with Colin and Diana.
-a student of mine was killed in a car accident on the day that it snowed in Seattle. It shook up the whole education program and was just two weeks before finals when everyone was already slightly stressed... the toughest part for me was knowing that I would've gotten to know him over the next year or so...
-I'm in a fantasy NBA league with other people from my college, and I'm totally kicking ass even though I only know one of my players. Random draft for the win!
-the Xbox 360 is out, though I have no intention of getting it.
-I'm starting to nail down what my dissertation will be. Cooperation and negotiation in World of Warcraft or other MMOG.
-we got a funk compilation from the library and it is super groovy.
-Thought Harry Potter 4 wasn't as good as 3.
mark
-went down to Portland for about a week, played board games up the wazoo with George and my old co-worker Scott and a guy we play World of Warcraft with named Andrew and Amy, visited OMSI and saw a cool Animation exhibit, and had dim sum and Than Thaos with Colin and Diana.
-a student of mine was killed in a car accident on the day that it snowed in Seattle. It shook up the whole education program and was just two weeks before finals when everyone was already slightly stressed... the toughest part for me was knowing that I would've gotten to know him over the next year or so...
-I'm in a fantasy NBA league with other people from my college, and I'm totally kicking ass even though I only know one of my players. Random draft for the win!
-the Xbox 360 is out, though I have no intention of getting it.
-I'm starting to nail down what my dissertation will be. Cooperation and negotiation in World of Warcraft or other MMOG.
-we got a funk compilation from the library and it is super groovy.
-Thought Harry Potter 4 wasn't as good as 3.
mark
Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 14, 2005
Doom Roguelike
OMG!
This little roguelike game (in other words, nethack-like -- turn-based, overhead, ascii text graphics) is amazing in that it successfully captures the feel of both nethack AND doom, especially with the music and sound effects from Doom. Even though it is turn-based like nethack, it still feels like an action game.
Get it here: http://chaos.magma-net.pl/doom/
This little roguelike game (in other words, nethack-like -- turn-based, overhead, ascii text graphics) is amazing in that it successfully captures the feel of both nethack AND doom, especially with the music and sound effects from Doom. Even though it is turn-based like nethack, it still feels like an action game.
Get it here: http://chaos.magma-net.pl/doom/
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