Saturday, March 27, 2004
Viva la procrastination!
I have a report due in a few days. On the 31st, specifically. I have the beginnings of a list that might at some point turn into the actual report, but there is still a lot of typing that would need to be done prior to having something suitable to email. All this is for my coop term report, and despite having all the giddy implications of a "how I spent my summer vacation" type dissertation, it is not fun in the slightest. Quite frankly, there are many many things I would rather do. But, as they say, the show must go on, and in this case, show is used somewhat liberally. Hopefully my work ethic will dig itself out of the grave I buried it in at the beginning of the year and manage to whip the rest of me into shape before Wednesday.
In other news, I'm getting increasingly hyped up over Worlds of Warcraft. When I first heard about it, and indeed, up to about a month or so ago, I didn't really pay it much thought. Sure, the beta's out, and yes, it's MMOGing done Warcraft style, but other than that it was just a blip on my mental radar. This pretty much changed almost overnight. First, one of the local SCAers here apparantly games with the Blizzard development team in EQ and has been playing with the alpha for some time now. She, of course, had nothing but good things to say about it, and this started piquing my interest. Second, Sean, of Force Monkeys fame, who stays in touch with us, the rabid fanbase, via the FM Forums, is in the beta and has been posting screens and pimping it off over there. Lastly, and probably the one that got me the most excited, was the lengthy description on Penny Arcade about how humane the game is. From the way crafting is handled (or even how much crafting there is!), to the way that down-time works, it looks like Blizzard is on their way to another classic, or at the very least, a solid game that addresses a large number of the shortcomings of the genre, while still providing all the gameplay one would expect from such a title. See, if you look back, there isn't too much that the Bliz has done that is truly revolutionary, but the titles they do put out are so polished and so smooth that one can't help but be addicted. Now if only they would release it this year...
Two more details before moving on: 1) I heard the phrase "naked mole rats" used in a casual phone conversation the other day, and 2) I have the strangest feeling that I've read a phrase that ends in "STOMP STOMP STOMP!", but it could have been "CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP!", or in fact anything that ends with -omp. I don't know why, and it bothers me.
I should really do away with these
Speaking of reports, the thought has often crossed my mind of submitting something like this. I never do, but boy is it tempting...
I respect Korn. Not only do they rock a fair deal (not quite my kind of rocking, but rocking nonetheless) but I am apparantly in agreement with them regarding the state of the music industry. Keep rockin' Korn, keep rockin'.
When origami meets Gundam. Makes me wish I had a printer so that I could make some of these things! Note that you probably won't be able to read this page. Just click the links and then on the PDF icon and all should be made clear. ¶ 6:05 p.m.
I have a report due in a few days. On the 31st, specifically. I have the beginnings of a list that might at some point turn into the actual report, but there is still a lot of typing that would need to be done prior to having something suitable to email. All this is for my coop term report, and despite having all the giddy implications of a "how I spent my summer vacation" type dissertation, it is not fun in the slightest. Quite frankly, there are many many things I would rather do. But, as they say, the show must go on, and in this case, show is used somewhat liberally. Hopefully my work ethic will dig itself out of the grave I buried it in at the beginning of the year and manage to whip the rest of me into shape before Wednesday.
In other news, I'm getting increasingly hyped up over Worlds of Warcraft. When I first heard about it, and indeed, up to about a month or so ago, I didn't really pay it much thought. Sure, the beta's out, and yes, it's MMOGing done Warcraft style, but other than that it was just a blip on my mental radar. This pretty much changed almost overnight. First, one of the local SCAers here apparantly games with the Blizzard development team in EQ and has been playing with the alpha for some time now. She, of course, had nothing but good things to say about it, and this started piquing my interest. Second, Sean, of Force Monkeys fame, who stays in touch with us, the rabid fanbase, via the FM Forums, is in the beta and has been posting screens and pimping it off over there. Lastly, and probably the one that got me the most excited, was the lengthy description on Penny Arcade about how humane the game is. From the way crafting is handled (or even how much crafting there is!), to the way that down-time works, it looks like Blizzard is on their way to another classic, or at the very least, a solid game that addresses a large number of the shortcomings of the genre, while still providing all the gameplay one would expect from such a title. See, if you look back, there isn't too much that the Bliz has done that is truly revolutionary, but the titles they do put out are so polished and so smooth that one can't help but be addicted. Now if only they would release it this year...
Two more details before moving on: 1) I heard the phrase "naked mole rats" used in a casual phone conversation the other day, and 2) I have the strangest feeling that I've read a phrase that ends in "STOMP STOMP STOMP!", but it could have been "CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP!", or in fact anything that ends with -omp. I don't know why, and it bothers me.
I should really do away with these
Speaking of reports, the thought has often crossed my mind of submitting something like this. I never do, but boy is it tempting...
I respect Korn. Not only do they rock a fair deal (not quite my kind of rocking, but rocking nonetheless) but I am apparantly in agreement with them regarding the state of the music industry. Keep rockin' Korn, keep rockin'.
When origami meets Gundam. Makes me wish I had a printer so that I could make some of these things! Note that you probably won't be able to read this page. Just click the links and then on the PDF icon and all should be made clear. ¶ 6:05 p.m.
