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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | | 6:13 am |
Hotel bans video games for Christmas
A hotel in Scotland is banning computer games over Christmas in an attempt to "restore traditional family values""As a father-of-four, I'm well aware of the role that computer games play in youngsters' lives and they undoubtedly have a place, however with Christmas holidays being the ideal opportunity to spend quality time with our families, we're asking our younger guests to set their consoles and games aside for just a few days of the year and, instead, sample some new activities which they may never have tried before."
-- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8339912.stm
Seriously. Think about what this guy is proposing. "I've got a great idea how to make Christmas more pleasant! Deprive children of what they want!" This man is actually an anti-Santa! | | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | | 4:13 pm |
U.N. Landmine Removal Ad Comment
Interesting landmine removal ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXVCYQ1qix8
Uploader comment: "Every 22 minutes, a landmine somewhere on Earth goes off causing at casualty. Landmines can cost as little as 80 cents to purchase but it costs about $1,000 to train and equip one to remove them. They are left over from civil wars, primarily African, and their locations are kept secret even after the wars' ends. Children find the small, green, plastic mines and, thinking they are toys, end up traumatized. [...]
The United States, the most powerful country in the world, gives almost no money to this cause."
Summery: Some places have these bad problems. America does almost nothing to help. So America is evil.
I wonder whether the uploader is also one of those people who thinks America should have stayed out of Iraq and minded it's own business or not.
| | Saturday, August 8th, 2009 | | 3:23 am |
My 20th birthday - 12 months on
Today is my 21st birthday. In my 21 years alive I have learnt many things. Such as how to walk, what a dogs looks like, that the tooth fairy doesn't exist, that god doesn't exist, that everything in this list could be wrong, and how to make a sweet bass line. I think being able to recognize your progress is very important to learning. It gives you confidence and lets you know you are going in the right direction. All the time you've spent learning and working has actually been making you better. So I decided I would be a good day to look back and see how much I have accomplished since this time last year. I made a detailed list for my self, but here are a few highlights... ( (With pictures!) )</div> | | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | | 2:56 am |
:Music: Last Day of Term
New song up :) A music track for the piano, clarinet and violin. To me the song sounds like it'd be in an anime and the main characters are on their last day of school, looking back at the year they've had and looking forward to the summer hols.  Listen to it here with a little Flash background. Or download it here. Then tell me what you think ;) | | Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | | 3:54 pm |
| | Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 | | 3:27 pm |
Star Wars the "violent space epic"
"Just look at coverage of Halo, the top-selling science-fiction series that is akin to "Star Wars" in its level of made-up mayhem. In the mainstream media Halo is often described as a "violent space epic" or a "violent shoot-'em-up game." But when was the last time "Star Wars" was described as George Lucas's "violent space movie"?"
--Article in the New York Times
http://kotaku.com/gaming/journalism/violent-games-get-different-comparisons-316569.php
The fact is Halo is just plain is more violent the Star Wars. Even if just because you're in control and it's fairly realistic. In a movie you can have extremely violent things but hide them/change them/create them in a way that makes it ok and non-violent. In a game (especially an FPS), you can't do this. The player can see every thing they want to. When Star Wars shows a StormTrooper die, they get hit and fall over then that's it, you probably don't even see them hit the ground. Where as it may feel more violent in Halo because you say see the person lying dead on the floor, and they would have continued being 'alive' if you hadn't shot them. There is also blood in Halo. So even though it's the exact same thing happening (a bad guy dying), Halo is far more violent.
Also, in Halo the goodie human Space Marines can die (from the enemy and you), this is also just because it's a game. It needs to have certain things in it. If they couldn't die then it would change the game massively. And if you can't kill them your self, it's taking more choice away from the player.
So even though both Star Wars and Halo have lots of similarities in what happens overall (epic sci-fi about intergelactic (civil and normal) war, with lots of death), the way they are both done is (if only because of their mediums) very different and makes it unacseptible acsept to people who get offended by violence. So, no, it's not because "American culture has become so inured to violence in linear media that even the most heinous depictions of brutality go almost without comment.", it's because these games mostly are more violent.
| | Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 | | 12:33 am |
7.8.88 + 19 years =
What's this...? It's Tommy's birthday! *Evolution music from the Pokemon gameboy games plays* ... *Turns 19* Tommy has turned 19! Conversation with my sister... (12:04:33 AM) Ockeroid: I'm 19 now (12:04:41 AM) quipstertipster: yayy(12:04:42 AM) quipstertipster: wait(12:04:44 AM) Ockeroid: Were's my present? (12:04:47 AM) quipstertipster: i thought you were turning 18(12:04:52 AM) Ockeroid: No. 19 (12:04:52 AM) quipstertipster: er i mean(12:04:56 AM) quipstertipster: happy birthday! | | Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | | 4:13 pm |
Only 3 RAYs?
I spoke to an old friend the other day. I asked him what he'd been up to... "Not much. But I've been going through girls quicker then you can beat Metal Gear Solid on Easy mode" Current Music: Final Fantasy VII OST | | Friday, May 18th, 2007 | | 10:57 pm |
But I'm talking about Shaft
Some time in Feb...
Ockeroid: who's that black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
rampagingdux: ........
rampagingdux: I look at that and "dick" and "sex" jumped out at me. XD
rampagingdux: Then I read the sentence. ^^;;;
rampagingdux: I don't know!! Why would I know that?!
rampagingdux: XD
Ockeroid: i'll tell you who...
Ockeroid: SHAFT!
rampagingdux: ............................
rampagingdux: *puts face in hands and weeps*
Ockeroid: who's the man who would risk his neck for his brother man?
rampagingdux: I don't know!!
rampagingdux: WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME THESE THINGS??!
rampagingdux: DDDD:
Ockeroid: i'll tell you who
Ockeroid: SHAFT!
Ockeroid: who's the cat that won't cop out, when there's danger all about?
rampagingdux: I DON'T WANNA SAY
rampagingdux: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?
rampagingdux: XDD
Ockeroid: come on. you know who it is
Ockeroid: say it
Ockeroid: ok.... i'll tell you
Ockeroid: SHAFT!
Ockeroid: they say this cat Shaft is one bad mother....
rampagingdux: Why do you keep asking me riddles and then yelling SHAFT at me...!?!?
Some time today...Ockeroid: Who's the cat that won't cop out, when there's danger all about?
rampagingdux: ...eh?
Ockeroid: You should really know this by now
Ockeroid: SHAFT
Ockeroid: They say this cat Shaft is one bad mother--
rampagingdux: ...I thought they just said it was a HE!!
rampagingdux: Is he GAY!? ...TRANSEXUAL?!
Ockeroid: SHUT YOUR MOUTH! John Shaft, he's a complicated man, and no one understands him but his woman. Update: Ockeroid: I'm sorry...
Ockeroid: the chorus just came on again
Ockeroid: Who is a man, that would risk his neck for his brother man?
rampagingdux: *grabs you and screams* SHAFT.
Ockeroid: Can ya dig it?
rampagingdux: ....*punches you in the nuts* Stop it.
Current Music: Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft | | Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 | | 7:31 pm |
Don't Misunderstand!
I was asking people what kind of clothes men in their 40s wear to help me decide what kind of clothes Solid Snake would wear when not in his sneaking suit.
Alfie was on AIM so I decided to ask him...
Ockeroid: What kind of clothes to people in their early-mid 40s were? Ockeroid: Because you are ofcouse an expert Alfie: why would I be an expert Ockeroid: Because I say so Alfie: this is not alfie by the way Ockeroid: Oh ok, hi not Alfie. Have I IM'd Alfie's home wile he's not there again? Alfie: yes...you are speaking to his father who is in his early forties and by all accounts very badly dressed most of the time Ockeroid: Ooh... Ok... now please don't take this the wrong way... but what are you wearing?
| | Friday, January 12th, 2007 | | 1:50 am |
Making of: Manny Calavera Costume
Thought I should do a post on my Manny Calavera costume! Made it for the cosplay contest at Video Games Live London 06. Unfortunately us cosplayers didn't get to go up on stage as there weren't enough of us and the guy had a sore throat :( It was still really awesome non the less though. Everyone loved my costume. I got my photo taken at least 100 times. And loads of people actually wanted their photo taken _with_ me!  "I'm your new travel agent." ( Buenos días ) |
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