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| Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | | 11:42 am |
Video Games of Future Past
The artwork is of a man running across a barren wasteland. A few burnt husks of buildings and technology abound. The man is in a high-tech suit, circa 1970's scifi, a dome helmet, radio antenna sticking up, all black laser rifle in hand. The suit is dirty, dust caked on but the letters USA still visible on the back. His arms are bare and show the skin ruddy from long exposure to the sun. Just visible by the man is another figure half buried in the sand, lying on his back. The body has the same outfit only green and the letters USSR printed on it. The living man is not standing triumphant over a cold war foe. Instead the painting has simple bleak depression to it.
This was the artwork for a review of Robotron 2084 in an 80's video game magazine. This was back when the backstory for games was minimal if present at all. I've always really liked that bit of artwork. This was during the height of the cold war and while it did show the US guy alive and the Russian dead, it lends such a feeling of sadness about it.
The game was a lot of fun too, if hopelessly difficult. I had the 7800 version but only played it when friends came over, that way we could have a Pilot and Gunner to handle the two joysticks.
I have the Xbox version of it now, including on the first Midway Classics disc. The two thumbstick controller makes it much easier to play without a friend but the actual difficulty of the game is as high as ever.
One of the other aspects of the game, other than shooting killer robots, is to save the 'last human family'. Clones of "Mommy" "Daddy" and little "Mikey". Yeah, repopulating humans and the remaining subjects are 1:2 female to male. Uh-oh. That also hints that you'll have to rescue about 50,000 of them or so.
Which considering the game doesn't have an end point that can give you a goal. :) | | 12:39 am |
Tis late at night and I'm home watching Some Kind of Wonderfull. Just cuz sometimes you need something silly and sappy. (and besides I still like the super-date he puts together at the end of the film...) | | Friday, May 16th, 2008 | | 12:06 pm |
Stolen from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) yendi. It's a National Geographic article about some real-life pirates. Fascinating read. Pirates! | | Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 | | 4:55 pm |
Okay, this is odd...I've been getting repeat emails from people on gmail accounts. One email arrived 3 times, and another just came in for a second time (5 hours apart). o_O | | 1:08 pm |
Okay..so the day after my vacation ends is the day when it's all super nice out?
Hmph! | | Monday, May 12th, 2008 | | 2:12 pm |
Today I managed to turn yesterday's Epic Fail into a Grand Success. Yay! (actually it was a minor thing..but still nice to turn around an EF) Current Mood:  productive | | Saturday, May 10th, 2008 | | 11:13 pm |
Yup...34 now So far the birthday has gone quite well. ladrescher bought me booze, gilana bought me a burger. Received many notes and comments from friends. Very nice. A large group went out to see Son of Rambow which turned out to be a very enjoyable film. If you haven't you should go see it. Then afterwords we caught up with a few more friends and gobbled chicken fingers and pie at Mike's in Davis Sq. Today I slept in, got a b-day card from kalliejenn2 and then after a quick theatre road trip had dinner with bex77 and audioboy. Was tasty although I ate too much. And then tonight watched my copy of Nightwatch that I've been meaning to get too for awhile. May watch Daywatch next. Many thanks to all the well-wishes and hugs. :) Current Mood:  happy | | 2:05 pm |
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Random BSG Thoughts Of late I've been thinking of the new Battlestar Galactica in terms of the Arthurian Legends. Adama is King Arthur President Roselyn is Guinevere Starbuck is Lancelot. She is often shown to be the best fighter in the fleet, especially in Season 1. She betrays Adama to follow Roselyn's order for the arrow of Apollo. Helo is Galahad. He is in many ways the pure, to the point of annoying the frak out of everybody else. Again a fighter and one who follows his moral code unflinchingly. Earth would, of course, be The Grail. From there it gets a little weak...One could assign Six as Morgan Le Fey and Baltar as Mordred. Alas, no clear figure to assign to Merlin. Current Mood:  geeky | | Thursday, May 8th, 2008 | | 3:41 pm |
First day of actual vacation. So far I have accomplished: Sleeping in. (very important) Meeting up with gilana for a nice lunch Discovering a sale at New England Comics Purchasing things at said sale..including an awesome Batman t-shirt Hitting Hidden Sweets on the way back to try Dr. Pepper flavored jelly beans (not bad) Doing a load of laundry Finalizing plans for tomorrow's movie and dinner outing And still a few hours before I have to be auditions. Yay! | | Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | | 2:15 pm |
Friday Movie Hey Peeps! So the lovely snoopymel are doing a movie outing for our birthdays. (mine is Friday, hers is Saturday) Originally we were going to do Speed Racer but then I realized that Son of Rambow opens in Boston on Friday. A boy sees a pirated copy of First Blood and decides to make a movie with his friend's camera. It promises to be all sorts of crazy. The movie's site is here. It shall be fun! And Awesome! And at the Kendall Theater at 7:05pm! You should be there! Current Mood: happy | | 11:10 am |
Has been a busy morning so far. Things I accomplished: Paid cable bill. Paid cell phone bill. Purchased Mother's Day gift and sent it off. Purchased Father's Birthday gift and sent it off. (Early May is crazy nuts in my family) Sent off Query letter for a fantasy article Oh, and did some actual work type stuff too. :) Current Mood: accomplished | | Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | | 11:00 pm |
The first night of auditions is over. It went well...a little bit of organized chaos but you can't really avoid that. We saw several very talented people, both new peeps and returning peeps. One of the fun things is seeing who's coming back to work with you again. As usual I am sooo glad that I'm not a director. Trying to decide who to cast is something I'm not envious of. Current Mood:  tired | | 1:31 pm |
Signs of summer
two waspy-hornety things are buzzing around my window. Just a gentle reminder that summer is a great and wonderful time..but sometimes it stings.
(thankfully I'm safe behind the window screen) | | Sunday, May 4th, 2008 | | 9:40 pm |
Twas a most busy weekend. Friday went off to see Iron Man and was happy that it didn't suck. Not the greatest super hero film of all time, but it will do. Watched Doctor Who and BSG that night in between doing actual work and getting some things done for the play. Saturday went off to do gaming in the afternoon and then hit ceciliatan's book release party that night. Had a good time and got to hang with assorted people whom I don't see often enough. I was thinking of just staying for an hour and ended up coming home after 1am. :) Today I was feeling a little blugh (and I didn't even drink that much!) but still managed to get assorted play things done. We have auditions this Tuesday! Really! Also watched two more Vincent Price films: Theater of Blood and Madhouse. Theater is a really interesting experience. A stage actor goes bonkers and begins killing theater critics. The film has several interesting points: 1. All the killings are based on Shakespeare's plays. They really are gruesome. 2. Vincent Price co-stars with Emma Peel (aka Diana Rigg) 3. The film has elements of comedy in it, almost going into farce, yet never strays from being a seriously messed up horror flick. 4. It was filmed entirely around London, no sound stages. 5. The last line is bloody awesome. Madhouse is not as cool but it's fun and it has Peter Cushing in it. And now things are wrapping up. I actually have to work tomorrow (blugh) and there are a few things I still need to finish before crashing tonight. | | Friday, May 2nd, 2008 | | 3:39 pm |
Good: Went to see Iron Man. Is much awesomeness (and there weren't any jerks in the audience gabbing through it..at least not around me) Bad: Got home and there is a veritable sh*t ton of work waiting for me. Ugh. Oh well..that's the price you pay I guess. ~dutifully getting down to work~ Current Mood: busy | | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | | 3:12 pm |
I have a documentary about Pearl Harbor on in the background as I'm working and they just interviewed one of the survivors. Apparently he had been manning one of the machine guns (ground defense) and was concentrating so hard he didn't realize that he'd been hit by shrapnel. When he did notice he described where all he'd been hit (multiple spots) and said "they were tiny little things, you could barely even see them...but by God did they hurt!" Current Mood:  amused | | Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 | | 2:10 pm |
My new computer is here! Woooohooooo! Will be setting it up tonight...yay..! Current Mood:  excited | | Monday, April 28th, 2008 | | 1:23 pm |
Got an email from Dell saying my computer shipped today. Should be here on Wednesday. Yippee! Current Mood: happy | | Sunday, April 27th, 2008 | | 10:38 pm |
Busy, busy day. Went to two meetings this afternoon. The first was for the 1-acts festival and then the general steering committee meeting. Then it was off to dinner with assorted folks. Mmmm..Outback... I also got to gab with shayr22 for a bit too. This makes me happy. Then it was off to a special she_ragroupie movie night and gab with assorted cool people. And then it was back home to do some assorted work for the play and get ready for that "work" thing tomorrow. Whew! |
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