Since Dave is posting again, I might as well add a few posts again. With the podcasts coming up, I should probably more actively contribute to this thing again.

Anyway, recently I've been completely addicted to Nico Nico Video along with Preyx. Many an afternoon at work are spent browsing through the top ranked videos of the day. Anyway, here's my current obsessions:

An Evangelian Full of Mistakes(?)

MakoNyan Dance

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First, the artist link:

If any of you have played or seen Ar Tonelico, this is the amazing artist who did the artwork.

Anwyay, rant time, chock full of linkness. Once again beaten to the punch by teh dave, I will resign myself to posting a fairly lengthy note about the background to this awesome piece of animation. First off, you can find a DVD rip here. Next, a quick background on the entire special ED.

As a Selen fan, I'm positively thrilled to see a remake of the gem of Selen's game titles, Ringetsu. One of the most story-driven while H-heavy h-game I've played, the choice of girls covers basically every fetish you can expect. Not much is leaked out on what's going to be in it, but these are some things I hope Selen will be adding into it:

1.) Suzu is an actual player that you can chase after (kinda contradictory for the full storyline, but it'd be interesting).
2.) Twosome endings will exist this time around. (Shiino and Ayumi ending, I'm looking at you!!)
3.) Old-school SLG action on ALL girls.

I look forward to more news, and will keep you all updated!

Hey everyone, it's been a while. Recently I've been struggling with unemployment, but finally some good news: I have a job offer. And I start on Monday. [note: this blog post has nothing insightful or anything else in it. I'll post stuff that's actually relevant to this blog later]

Throughout 2006 I've had to suffer a lot of crappy driving here in SoCal, and so I'd like to suggest some New Year's resolution to many, many, MANY drivers that I've seen on the road.

Rules on the road-
1.) When you drive, your speed should be adjusted accordingly to THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC! If all cars near you are going 80, don't go freaking 65! Vice versa about going 90+ when all cars are deadlocked in traffic going 50.
2.) If you are behind another car, you should be able to see the hind tires of said car! If you don't see it, you're too close!
3.) If you are joining into a lane, make sure that you signal BEFOREHAND. If you do not signal, there is no obligation by the car behind you to let you in, or his fault if he were to smash into you.
4.) If you are turning right during a red light, you only have to stop to ensure that there is no cars coming into the lane you're driving. You MUST turn as soon as the coast is clear rather than sit around and wait for the light to turn green!
5.)If you're doing a u-turn in a left turn, DO NOT SLOW DOWN TO A NEAR STOP! You turn your wheel all the way and keep your foot on the accelerator, not the BRAKE.
6.) When driving and having to stop soon, do NOT brake, simply lift your foot off the accelerator and slow down sloooooooowly. Hard braking = accidents! If you must brake hard, do so only if it's life and death!

Artist Link:

I have to remark: I love this guy's art. Check it out, it looks fantastic. Don't let that tiny banner fool you, it's awesome.

Finally, I'm back in town. Once again, I have journeyed out into the wide expanses of the outdoors and experienced what fresh air (+ cigarettes), bright sun (and horrible, horrible wind/snow), and good exercise lead to (legs, arms, etc. burn with unholy fire). Yes, my annual ski trip with my family and friends was at Mammoth Mountain Resorts this year, and once again a great three days were spent snowboarding in the great outdoors despite the terrible snowfall we've had this year.

This year, we stayed at the Timber Ridge condominiums, which claimed to be ski-in-ski-out. In previous years we have had very enjoyable stays at Mountainback condominiums. This year, however, we paid the extra premium for the priveledge of convenience. Of course, that was not exactly true. Not only was the condo smaller than Mountainback's, it was also not nearly as convenient. No towel service, and only a single central location with a jacuzzi/sauna that required five minutes of walking over very slippery surfaces to reach. Still, small price to pay for a ski-in-ski-out place right? Wrong. [More after the break]

Micheal Bay has recently seen it fit to revive an old series known by many of us as Transformers into the movie form.....but in the same scheme as Street Fighter II the movie and House of the Dead or any other Uwe Boll movies. WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING/SMOKING when they gone through this???!!!!! This is the shittiest looking CG-crazy movie I've seen since "I, Robot" and I'm beyond pissed off that they would DARE make Transformers into this mockery.

When I watched the teaser trailer at
http://www.transformersmovie.com/ the only thing going through my head was, "This isn't fucking Transformers, it's Independence Day with Robots!" What happened to fighting in disguise? Hell, what happened to keeping their war hidden from the natives??!!! This is a travesty of a movie from the presentation of the trailer to how the transformers themselves look (like plexi-glass Lego Bionicles with lots of sharp edges) and how human-centered the narrative is.

This is just....ARRRRRRRRGH. See for it yourself. Then join me in boycotting this abomination of cherished memories when it comes out.

Last week I picked up Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin on recommendation of Tony. 1215 hours into the game and I must admit that it is one of the best games I've played this year.

Hell, in the typing of that previous pathetic paragraph I've already stopped to play more of that damn game twice.

Alright, make that previous paragraph "... stopped writing completely in order to play that game for another couple hours, sleep, then play some more." Yes, I know I'm an addict.