Friday, June 29, 2012

Hair

After about four months of abstinence from trips to the barber shop, my hair length has reached the awkward and messy "not quite long enough" phase. I will eventually have this unruly bunch trimmed down, but that would only be allowed after I manage to get below 15% BF.


























June 2012

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Psychonauts Condensed Review

I just finished playing Psychonauts last night and now I've got this lingering sense of pride and achievement. Not only did I get past the final stage, (one of the hardest platforming levels I've ever played) but I completed the entire game using the input I was most familiar with: Keyboard and Mouse. The whole last level actually made me break my refrain-from-raging "oath". I also had to exercise a certain degree of restraint when thoughts of "smash the shit out of your seemingly unresponsive keys" came into mind, since I was playing on my laptop.

Psychonauts
[PC-Windows]Wiki

  Story        -  8.5
  Gameplay -  9.0
  Graphics   -  9.5
  Audio        -  9.0


I managed to get myself a copy of the game thanks to the Humble Indie Bundle V, and it came along with other great titles such as Bastion and Amnesia: TDD.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Written 20th June 2010 - Anime-Planet.com
Title: Finished N. G. Evangelion
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Well, the first time I watched this series I was about five years old. I barely had any idea what the hell was going on, but I guess I kind of liked the mecha designs. Unfortunately the airing of the series was discontinued for reasons unknown. As I was scanning through anime recommendations, I once again stumbled upon Eva. I decided to finish the series.


I was curious about how the series ended up being tagged with Mindf*ck. Throughout the series, I found bits of it, but I thought it wasn't enough to fuss about. I didn't get the feeling I had when I watched FLCL. Eyes wide open, and brain feeling numb. Then came episode 25 and 26. I think all of the mind screw was jam packed into these episodes.


But it left me disappointed. I thought I was going to see some artistic abstract meant to stimulate the mind, but no. For almost every statement made in the last two episodes, I kept thinking (sometimes out loud) "That's already a given." and "I already know that." That was definitely not entertaining. It was a pain watching through the last two episodes, and it kind of ruined the series for me. Inconclusive endings bother me a lot.


Well, I'm going to try the movies, and hopefully it won't be full of mental dialog about self preservation and insecurity.


(Maybe I would've changed my opinion of the series had there been a random fight at the ending. Hehe.)

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Written as user VoidTemplar*
Cross posted because I actually like how I put my thoughts into writing with this blog post.


*I do have a tendency to use cheesy usernames. Hey, at least I try to keep it clean.

Work Backlog

Whew. Finally finished writing a long overdue game review. Hopefully I'll be able to do at least one review every two days, just in time to finish my backlog by the end of June.

Need write-ups for these:
Games:
 - Okamiden
 - Mass Effect
 - Mass Effect 2
 - Spore
 - Torchlight
 - Machinarium
 - Dragon Age: Origins
 - Bastion
 - Treasure Adventure Game
 - Katawa Shoujo

Books:
 - 1984
 - Brave New World
 - Animal Farm
 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
 - The Celestine Prophecy
 - The Master Puppeteer

Anime and Manga:
 - Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (A)
 - Seitokai Yakuindomo (A)
 - The Tatami Galaxy (A)
 - Ergo Proxy (A)
 - 20th Century Boys (M)

Music Tracks/Albums:
 - Hospice (The Antlers)
 - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (Brand New)
 - Bastion OST (Darren Korb)
 - OK Computer (Radiohead)

I also need to start working on my Father's unfinished work. I'll spend the rest of the week scanning through thick record books filled with numbers and tables.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Game Reviews (Batch 1)

I actually promised to post game reviews a while back, but never got to do them.
In depth reviews will be posted by the end of the month

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Rune Factory 3
[Nintendo DS] Wiki
  Story        -  8.0
  Gameplay -  8.0
  Graphics   -  8.5
  Audio        -  9.0

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Okamiden
[Nintendo DS] Wiki
  Story        -  8.0
  Gameplay -  9.0
  Graphics   -  9.5
  Audio        -  8.5

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Mass Effect
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  10.0
  Gameplay -  7.0
  Graphics   -  8.5
  Audio        -  8.5

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Mass Effect 2
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  9.5
  Gameplay -  8.5
  Graphics   -  9.0
  Audio        -  9.0

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Spore
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  6.0
  Gameplay -  7.5
  Graphics   -  8.5
  Audio        -  8.5

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Torchlight
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  7.0
  Gameplay -  8.5
  Graphics   -  8.5
  Audio        -  8.5

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Machinarium
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  8.5
  Gameplay -  8.5
  Graphics   -  9.5
  Audio        -  9.0

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Dragon Age: Origins
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  8.5
  Gameplay -  9.0
  Graphics   -  9.0
  Audio        -  9.0

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Bastion
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  9.0
  Gameplay -  9.0
  Graphics   -  9.5
  Audio       -  10.0

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Treasure Adventure Game
[PC-Windows] Official Site | GOG
  Story        -  8.5
  Gameplay -  9.0
  Graphics   -  9.0
  Audio        -  8.5

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Katawa Shoujo
[PC-Windows] Wiki
  Story        -  10
  Gameplay -  *
  Graphics   -  9.0
  Audio        -  9.5

*It's a VN, so I have no idea how I'm supposed to rate GP.

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Once the full reviews are finished, I'll post them here.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

June Stats


Stat update for June 02,  2012

Weight: 70.3 kg
Waist  : 84.328 cm
Neck   : 35.56
% BF  : 19.7%
BMI     : 25.2

Slowing down eh.