I know, we’re geeks, we like comics.
But man, reading about them just makes me feel bad. I ended up on Wikipedia today, looking for Mr. Mxyzptlk information, and ended up reading the summary. And it’s awful. So much bizarreness. My favorite lines follow:
Today is Ada Lovelace day. Presumably it’s her birthday, which is why it’s her day. I’m too lazy to google it.
Ada Lovelace was, arguably, the first programmer. She wrote the algorithms that Babbage’s difference engine ran on.
The day is being used to promote/celebrate women in technology and such. Which is good. But it sort of served to remind me that I’m *way* out of that sphere.
Okay, I finally get it.
Until now, I’ve never really had gadget lust. I’ve liked some stuff, but there’s never been anything I’ve wanted to hug and pet.
I like my 360 and my laptop, but that’s really because I play games on them.
Now I have a Droid. Perhaps iPhone users feel this way, but it’s because they don’t have a Droid.
The phone just works for me. I’m interested in Twitter, because my phone makes it easy. I’m using my personal calendar, because it’s easy. I feel happy times when I get it out.
Don’t tell Michelle.
So I’m testing out the WordPress app for iPhone, and figured this tidbit was as good as any to share in the process.
While looking at box office totals for each year of the 80s to jog my memory, I found myself struck by the top 6 films of 1981. The first 5, in order:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
On Golden Pond
Superman II
Arthur
Stripes
Number 6 that year? The Cannonball Run. $72 million. MILLION!
Even sadder…I know I contributed to that figure. At least twice. To be fair, Adrienne Barbeau’s boobs figured…prominently…in my actions, I’m sure.
And here’s part 3, which is the last of the parts. It’s even more specifically related to MxO. And also the last of my gimmie posts. If I’m gonna hit my “3 posts a week” metric, I’m gonna have to start being original now. Bugger.
This one was written 2 months after the others. In that two month window, they changed about 80% of the game (to their credit, it was much better in a lot of ways, unlike, say, Star Wars Galaxies). Prior to that, the game had gotten really buggy. I was unable to play without it eating my PC alive, so I gave up….
But I still want a pudding faucet (you’ll understand if you read – that’s what we in “the business” call a hook. Or a teaser. Or …. I dunno. Look, just read it).
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“You see, this profession is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don’t.”
Marsellus is talking about boxers in the above quote, but he could just as easily be talking about Hollywood or film in general. Â Whether it is failing to utilize “actresses of a certain age” until they really need someone to play old old, or in a more technical light going back and touching up effects to erase wires and boom mikes that would otherwise be visible in the shot, film works very hard to facilitate an illusion. Â Some of these sleights of hand hold up well no matter the number of years that have passed. Â Others…not so much. Continue reading
As threatened, part 2. Reading Part 1 is recommended but not required. This one was written a week later. It’s far more directly related to MxO.
When last we left Firbolg, he was standing over a body, rummaging its pockets for stuff.
Things haven’t changed a lot in a week. More bodies, more rummaging, and more interesting stuff, to be sure. But you know, that’s what it’s all about, in the end.
So, I’m attempting to make this more exciting as a blog.
To that end, I’m going to try to, you know, blog more.Â
First up, I’m stealing an idea from Shamus Young (http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/) who is sort of a geeky superstarish. And also from myself, about 3 years ago. Technically, I did it before I saw Shamus do it, but he did it much better. I’m doing a sort of in-characterish send up of an MMO, or another game, or what have you. It’s not strictly in character – it’s more me editorializing about it, and imagining things about the character in game.
I’m being inspired by Shamus’ MO of “go for old games, not the newest and greatest.” But I’m doing him one better – this is for a game that ISN’T EVEN IN EXISTENCE ANY MORE. Matrix Online. It’s unlikely anyone reading this has ever even played the game. So bonus points there. And even if someone wanted to compare it to the game itself, or got inspired to play, they’re screwed. So, yeah.