My friends are arguing again.
It's not that it's really anything heavy, with friendships on the line or anything. It's just not a conversation I care about. I'm half-listening to them but I'm simply wondering what's going on. What I'm doing. I'm trying to think of something to write about, a story to tell, but nothing's really coming. A personal character of mine, a female gunslinger named Rachel Aensland, needs a personality and I'm not coming up with anything. I'm basing her too much off of myself. I don't think it's my fault a lot of the time, I can't control what inspiration comes to me. Some of my best ideas have come out of nowhere, and I wish that happened more often. But I suppose I just need to write. As I'm doing now. Hopefully the inspiration will come in time.
I gotta get on the ball and watch more movies. Too many good movies coming out nowadays that I can't watch since I'm poor. I use that excuse a lot. But that's the only way I can justify the fact that I don't experience what's expected of me. Usually, it's the truth. But I don't like being expected to experience certain movies, certain TV shows, certain games. I experience what I want to. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
I justify myself a lot. Probably has to do with the fact that I think differently than everyone else. They need to get over that.
I'm a writer with nothing to write about. It's probably since I don't have much experience. Sometimes I feel I'm more suited for art than prose. But I'm a far better writer than artist, so here I am. I need to start living.
I have a tendency to worry, but I don't think there's much to worry about here. I'll have better writing days. But I should start expanding my portfolio, as it were. I also need to write here more often, if I'm going to start being serious about my writing. Stay tuned, I have another update to put up. That is, if I still have an audience.
Showing posts with label musings. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Ramblings
Every semester I visit my academic adviser and talk to her about my classes for the coming semester. I've been doing this with the same woman since I became an English major. The funny thing is that I can never find her office. I always think it's on the fourth floor of the building, but then I walk the rectangular hallways of the building, fail to find it, then descend to the third floor. Her office is on the second. How I have consistently failed to accurately locate this woman's office four times straight boggles my mind. And yet I find it amusing. I find a lot of my various eccentricities amusing, though many are detrimental.
I am writing this post in the Astronomy Lounge in which I spend far too much of my time. I am using a keyboard that is ridiculously dirty and yet I keep putting off replacing it. Too lazy. Why is this keyboard so darned dirty?! I've used keyboards in more public places that are far cleaner than this one. Then again, many things about this lounge mystify me. Why is there a snowboard next to the desk that holds this computer? Why are there telescopes randomly placed around the room? I know this is the Astronomy Department but some of them are placed pretty haphazardly. But, this room is used to store a lot of stuff, anyway.
I don't go on adventures enough. My friends at home and I used to explore an abandoned warehouse a few times before the police started to watch it. I didn't like it at the time but I miss how much fun it was. I wish I could lead a more spontaneous, more exciting life. I really need to start exploring more with my friends. I know quite a few that would want to. Then again, preferably I would go with a girl I was courting. I care too much about love.
I've always liked how the examples for post labels are "scooters, vacation, fall." I would like to know what post pioneered this example, because it sounds pretty sweet. Where would one go on vacation in the fall that involved scooters? Maybe somewhere in the country. I'd like to go on one someday.
I need to write on this blog more often.
I am writing this post in the Astronomy Lounge in which I spend far too much of my time. I am using a keyboard that is ridiculously dirty and yet I keep putting off replacing it. Too lazy. Why is this keyboard so darned dirty?! I've used keyboards in more public places that are far cleaner than this one. Then again, many things about this lounge mystify me. Why is there a snowboard next to the desk that holds this computer? Why are there telescopes randomly placed around the room? I know this is the Astronomy Department but some of them are placed pretty haphazardly. But, this room is used to store a lot of stuff, anyway.
I don't go on adventures enough. My friends at home and I used to explore an abandoned warehouse a few times before the police started to watch it. I didn't like it at the time but I miss how much fun it was. I wish I could lead a more spontaneous, more exciting life. I really need to start exploring more with my friends. I know quite a few that would want to. Then again, preferably I would go with a girl I was courting. I care too much about love.
I've always liked how the examples for post labels are "scooters, vacation, fall." I would like to know what post pioneered this example, because it sounds pretty sweet. Where would one go on vacation in the fall that involved scooters? Maybe somewhere in the country. I'd like to go on one someday.
I need to write on this blog more often.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Shine
I'm writing this while listening to the Mirror's Edge main menu theme, and eventually the main theme to Mirror's Edge, Shine.
I love Mirror's Edge. It's one of the most brilliant ideas I've ever seen in gaming, and it was executed beautifully. The City it takes place in is beautiful, working with simple colors (most buildings are either white stone or black glass), and any actual color is simple. No gradients, nothing like that. It's beautiful in its simplicity. It also feels like I'm not really missing anything when I'm running full bore across rooftops (Of which there are sadly few, more on that later).
God, this music is so relaxing.
I also really like the main character, Faith. She's, well, human. It's easy to side with her, and she doesn't talk much while running, so it's easy to imagine what she's thinking. The other characters are really just there to advance the plot, so they're not really that important in the big scheme of things. Faith is the real star here, and it's a very personal experience to control her. It kind of feels like I'm really her when I play this game, it's a game that I can get immersed in very easily. Soon after I start playing, I start to think like a runner, like she would. It's amazing. Try to find character like this in Halo's Master Chief or Gears of War's Marcus Fenix. I dare you.
I have two main qualms with this game. First off, it's very easy to die. I died so many times getting through the campaign, whether it was mistiming or misaiming (That's a word, right?) a jump, or getting shot to Hell by the many soldiers later in the campaign. But, I can forgive Mirror's Edge for that. I die all the time in games like this, so I'm used to it. My second qualm is that there aren't nearly enough actual rooftops to cross in this game. Half of the campaign is set elsewhere, like warehouses, office buildings, or even freighters. I don't have that much of a problem with that, but I would like a lot more of the open freedom of rooftops in this game, I don't want to have to rely on the time trial maps for this. Granted, a lot of the non-rooftop areas were still interesting, with the same great level design, but come on.
Mirror's Edge is pretty much my favorite game of 2008, except for Metal Gear Solid 4, since, well, it's freaking MGS4. I'm so glad I own this game, and I really can't wait until they come out with a sequel. I'm going to preorder that as soon as it's announced, I assure you. What do I want in ME2? Other than more rooftops and maybe even a few gameplay enhancements, more than anything I want a free roaming mode. Think the Spider-Man games, I want to be able to run around the city not really doing anything, except maybe find some hidden items or something like that, but nothing really obtrusive, more like something to keep in the back of your mind while you play.
I don't think I've ever played a game where I've felt so immersed in it. As I said before, as I was running across rooftops, I quickly started thinking like Faith would, thinking of possible ways to go forward. It was an amazing experience, one I haven't felt in any other game. I just have to pray that EA and DICE don't screw up the sequel.
I love Mirror's Edge. It's one of the most brilliant ideas I've ever seen in gaming, and it was executed beautifully. The City it takes place in is beautiful, working with simple colors (most buildings are either white stone or black glass), and any actual color is simple. No gradients, nothing like that. It's beautiful in its simplicity. It also feels like I'm not really missing anything when I'm running full bore across rooftops (Of which there are sadly few, more on that later).
God, this music is so relaxing.
I also really like the main character, Faith. She's, well, human. It's easy to side with her, and she doesn't talk much while running, so it's easy to imagine what she's thinking. The other characters are really just there to advance the plot, so they're not really that important in the big scheme of things. Faith is the real star here, and it's a very personal experience to control her. It kind of feels like I'm really her when I play this game, it's a game that I can get immersed in very easily. Soon after I start playing, I start to think like a runner, like she would. It's amazing. Try to find character like this in Halo's Master Chief or Gears of War's Marcus Fenix. I dare you.
I have two main qualms with this game. First off, it's very easy to die. I died so many times getting through the campaign, whether it was mistiming or misaiming (That's a word, right?) a jump, or getting shot to Hell by the many soldiers later in the campaign. But, I can forgive Mirror's Edge for that. I die all the time in games like this, so I'm used to it. My second qualm is that there aren't nearly enough actual rooftops to cross in this game. Half of the campaign is set elsewhere, like warehouses, office buildings, or even freighters. I don't have that much of a problem with that, but I would like a lot more of the open freedom of rooftops in this game, I don't want to have to rely on the time trial maps for this. Granted, a lot of the non-rooftop areas were still interesting, with the same great level design, but come on.
Mirror's Edge is pretty much my favorite game of 2008, except for Metal Gear Solid 4, since, well, it's freaking MGS4. I'm so glad I own this game, and I really can't wait until they come out with a sequel. I'm going to preorder that as soon as it's announced, I assure you. What do I want in ME2? Other than more rooftops and maybe even a few gameplay enhancements, more than anything I want a free roaming mode. Think the Spider-Man games, I want to be able to run around the city not really doing anything, except maybe find some hidden items or something like that, but nothing really obtrusive, more like something to keep in the back of your mind while you play.
I don't think I've ever played a game where I've felt so immersed in it. As I said before, as I was running across rooftops, I quickly started thinking like Faith would, thinking of possible ways to go forward. It was an amazing experience, one I haven't felt in any other game. I just have to pray that EA and DICE don't screw up the sequel.
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