| Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days |
[16 Nov 2009|03:12am] |
My Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days review is now in the top five results when searching for said review on Youtube. The first result is IGN, which, you know, barely counts. I can't compete with that.
I rule.
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| Getting Ahead of Myself |
[15 Nov 2009|02:10am] |
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Spent a good chunk of the week in NYC for work. Very different, very rewarding and very exhausting. One day I worked nearly 16 hours and only got 2 hours of sleep due to how early I had to be back at Pfizer HQ. Like, literally. Two hours. I really wish that was hyperbole.
Dana and I were supposed to see Neko Case at Lupo's Saturday night, but I'm not feeling so hot, the weather's shit and Providence is perpetually under construction and changing form like the bowels of the Navidson house, and I just don't have the fortitude to deal with that shit.
+10 literary points if you understand the Navidson house reference.
My Youtube channel is continuing to grow in popularity, which is both great and tiring. I really wish they would get back to me about Partnership though. Man, if I could pull in enough money for better equipment, at least at first, that would be terrific. If I could eventually pull in a modest second income, that would be even better. One step at a time though. I always get ahead of myself. But hey, if you know someone who likes games, pass along my channel. Word of mouth is basically what I thrive on.
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| THROWIN' FRAG! |
[08 Nov 2009|03:12am] |
I recently saw a picture of Sammy Sosa, who appears to be suffering from vitiligo or something, looking pretty white. Creepy and white. And goddamit, I'm going to hell, but I swear he looks exactly like General RAAM from Gears of War.
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| Thanks, Dicks. |
[01 Nov 2009|04:19am] |
Everything I hold dear has just been destroyed.
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| Among Thieves |
[24 Oct 2009|12:22am] |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves might just be the best game I've played all year. I'm sort of reluctant to say that; I've come to the point where I'm getting sick of the bloated blockbuster action games nowadays, but I've got to give credit where credit is due. This is a game that melds cinematics and gameplay in a way I've never seen before. I'm not talking about something like Metal Gear Solid where you play for about 10 minutes and then watch a 45 minute cutscene. You play the cut scenes in Among Thieves. I'm amazed how often things happen as I'm playing, as opposed to reliving control from me and then showing me things happening. The story is really fun, the voice acting is bar none the best in the industry and the graphics are mind blowing. The puzzles are inventive and the pace is indescribable. I've had people tell me that a game is tough to put down, and I've been like "Yeah, yeah," and then never had any problem putting it down. But there's something about Among Thieves' action that just keeps driving the game. There is no point when something is not happening. There is never a good time to stop playing, and I mean that as a compliment.
I mean, GODDAMN is this game good.
And this is basically Dana:
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| Benjamins. It's All About Them. |
[22 Oct 2009|03:46am] |
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I just applied to become a Youtube Partner. I don't expect to be approved. I simply don't have the viewership for Youtube to care. I have roughly 110k in combined views, but that's for over 100 videos across nearly two years. That averages about 1k per video, which is super meager, but I consistently put out new content and gaming is pretty easy to capitalize on, so maybe Youtube will take pity. We'll see. Wish me luck either way.
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| Corporate Shill |
[15 Oct 2009|03:03am] |
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I finally got a new CD player in my car. I forgot how good stock Civic speakers sound. My display no longer says "Hello Craig" when I turn the car on though, and I forgot how I got it to do that. Kinda lame.
Dana and I went to see AFI Wednesday night. I don't know how I can love Providence and hate it so goddamn much at the same time. That fucking city is perpetually under construction and is littered with detours that change every time we go. The GPS freaks the fuck out and we have no idea where we're going.
Yeah, we use a GPS to go to rock shows. I also wore a sweater pullover. I know, right?
The show was alright. Whatever attracted me to AFI in the first place is pretty much dead, I think. We had a good time though. Some good folks there. Just kinda sad when you see one of your teenage mainstays sell out.
Speaking of selling out, Youtube contacted me about revenue sharing. So I guess certain videos of mine are ad-supported now and I get, like, 45% of the cut or something. I don't expect to make much, at least not any time soon, but if I could eventually make some decent money doing something I enjoy doing (and readily do for free), I'm down.
So, hey, here's me throwing this out there to the 5 people who still read this blog. If you like games in any capacity, check out my Youtube channel. I've got straight forward reviews of both modern and retro games, collection videos, hands-ons with some exotic systems, industry commentary. I mean, pretty much everything. I do it all, and I like to think I do it well. My content is targeted at enthusiasts, but that also means it lacks that fratboy snark that has come to dominate the industry, so I think it can appeal to even the more casual gamers out there. Help me make money, dudes.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tvandlust
My latest video, a review for the classic Blaster Master:
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| Oath to Order |
[09 Oct 2009|02:25am] |
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T minus 5 hours and counting until we finally destroy the demon that has lorded over our nights for far too long. Eat shit moon.
I should have the CD player in my car replaced next Wednesday. This is exciting. Do you have any idea how terrible it is to ride around in silence? If not, you should try it sometime. Just for a few days.
I wish popular channels on Youtube would stop cribbing ideas from my channel without paying me lip service. I put a lot of effort into this shit, dudes, and you have quadruple the subscriptions I do. You really gotta be doing this? I busted my ass for all 600 of those subscriptions, and the only reason why you have 2500 is because someone more popular than you dropped names. Pay it forward if you're going to use my stuff. Shady fucks.
I really like the fall. I say this every year (and I'm sure I point out that I say this every year every year), but I really like the fall. One of the things I miss from living at home is throwing on a hoodie and some headphones and going for an evening walk. Naw, for real. And now that I'm a bit doughy, I could really use that time. But I don't live in sleepy old Gales Ferry anymore. I live between Route 12 and the Groton gangsters who are all cranky because their moms didn't cut the crust off their sandwiches. Great location in terms of being close to everything, and our apartments themselves are great, but it's pretty much the elbow of Groton. There's no place for walking.
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| Childish Desires |
[07 Oct 2009|06:00am] |
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I kinda want the Sinnoh Pokedex on Kids.Woot today.
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| Time-Traveling Vanity |
[01 Oct 2009|04:41am] |
I was perusing old LJ entries of mine, and I found one nearly 6 years ago where I filled out a rather lengthy survey. Even back then, this wasn't common for me, I was never hip with that, but what caught my eye were things I listed as my favorites, and it made me think about how much I've changed. Or at least how much my tastes have changed.
THEN:
Color: I said red, but said that blue was also cool.
Food: Tacos. How ethnic of me.
Drink: I tried to sound pompous and said that I don't drink alcohol much, but occasionally have Smirnoff Ice (lollerskates). I said I also like Hawaiian Punch and Shirley Temples. I actually still like Shirley Temples. I drink'em when I need some downtime from throwing back beers when I'm at the bar.
Place: Susquehanna University. This was back when my friends were the thread that held me together, and I had a blast with them at Becca's alma mater. That and I was crushing on Kristin, who also attended SU.
Person: I mentioned a handful of family members, but the focus was my friends, notably Kyle, Becca and Eileen. A generic "co-workers" also garnered a mention.
Movie: Ghostbusters, but I also praised Kill Bill (I believe it had just come out recently at that point).
TV Show: The Simpsons (unsurprising), Malcolm in the Middle (wat) and Family Guy (doing lols here)
Video Game: Zelda, but could not name a particular one.
Band: Oh Jesus. If anyone reading this doesn't know my favorite band 6 years ago, you might as well unfriend me and/or delete your bookmark. I was the kid who was inseparable from his favorite band. Craig and 311 were synonymous. I also pointed out that my Top 5 favorite bands, in order, were 311, AFI, Bad Religion, Zebrahead and Student Rick. I was a regular Rob Fleming in the making.
Album: 311's Soundsystem. Derr.
Song: Large in the Margin, which was, if memory serves, the third track on 311's Soundsystem album.
Book: I chose the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, but also said I enjoyed The NeverEnding Story and The Lovely Bones. Roflcopter coming in for a landing over The Lovely Bones, but I do very much like HDM and The NeverEnding Story to this day.
Comic Book: I couldn't name one. I never really cared for comics, despite drawing and writing them for years. So I think I chose my own, Defenders of the Realm.
T-Shirt: The knock-off 311 t-shirt I got from their tour with Hoobstank. Still a really comfortable shirt, but it's falling apart these days.
NOW:
Color: Girly colors. Teal, purple and pink. Somewhere along the way I got in touch with my feminine side.
Food: I don't really have one. Sukiyaki, maybe, but I don't really eat real food anymore. I just graze on fruit and Lean Pockets.
Drink: Newcastle is my beer of choice. Water otherwise.
Place: Koishikawa Korakuen garden in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward. It's like a whole other world. Domestically speaking, probably in bed with Dana. And I mean that literally without any kind of dirty connotation. Working different shifts means we don't have that time a whole lot.
Person: Dana. There really isn't a contest here.
Movie: Still Ghostbusters. I had good taste as a three year old.
TV Show: Of all time, it'd be The X-Files. Currently airing? There are a number of good shows I like, but none I'm comfortable naming as a "favorite."
Video Game: Still Zelda, but this time I can be quite specific. Majora's Mask.
Band: This is much harder to do today, but I can still say The New Pornographers without hesitation.
Album: Another hard one. My knee-jerk reaction is In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria, because it's just so wonderful, but I think a top 10 would be easier to do.
Book: I still think I had discovered something special when I bought the entire His Dark Materials trilogy from an outlet bookstore a number of years ago, but I'm much more well read these days. I'd have to say Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami might be my favorite. Any book that can make an old man who speaks to cats and creates storms of fish seem natural and plain and unremarkable gets my vote.
Comic Book: I think Death Note would be my de facto favorite comic book, simply because I've never really read and enjoyed any other.
T-Shirt: I'm less concerned with this now, I guess. Pressed for an answer, I'd say one of my Threadless shirts, though I can't remember the pretentious title of it and I couldn't find it after sifting through their site [EDIT: Apparently it's called Freedom Call].
Well, that about meets my quota for vanity for the week.
I listened to Soundsystem while writing this.
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| 357347832.11 Divided By 2, Multiplied By 755 |
[29 Sep 2009|07:36pm] |
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days came out today. Fun, as always, but I think this series is becoming far too esoteric for its own good. I would imagine even Japanese people are confused as hell about these shit. I don't even pay attention to the story anymore. I'd probably have an aneurysm.
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| Guilty Pleasure |
[28 Sep 2009|05:08pm] |
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I got a lot of that "little stuff" out of the way, or at least put the ball in motion. I renewed my license and $66 later, I have a horrible looking license with a horrible looking photo. And I think I was the only person in the history of the world who actually liked the vertical alignment. Cable guy came and fixed our cable, which is obvious because I'm no longer bitching about it. Turned out the coax in the wall heated to, like, a million degrees and melted the inside of the faceplate. Coax isn't supposed to do that. The cable guy said he had never seen anything like it. Nice. I also set up an appointment for Honda to take a look at my car's CD player and to do whatever it is they have to do with that recall notice I got while I was in Japan last year (hey, I have 3 years to bring it in). So, that feels good.
Dana and I are going to see AFI and Neko Case, I got the days off for those. There were other shows too, namely 311, Brian Wilson, and Glassjaw, but I'm not sure if we're going to go to those. I don't really listen to 311 anymore and I hate big venues (they're playing at the Mohegan Sun Arena), I don't care for Wilson's more recent stuff and I prefer Glassjaw-frontman Daryl Palumbo's other project, Head Automatica, over Glassjaw and I'm not sure if I want to see them. I'd go to these shows anyway if going to a show didn't entail so much money and travel time, not to mention taking days off from work.
I won an eBay auction for an original Nintendo Famicom, in the box, with 31 games for $94, which included shipping. I'm so excited! I've wanted a Famicom for a while, but they usually go for so much than that. I was surprised that I got all that for under $100.
So, I'm digging the new AFI album, but I'm not going to go so far as to say it's "good." AFI's Black Sails into the Sunset and The Art of Drowning appealed to me when I was an angsty teenager, and again with Sing the Sorrow when I was weepy over a relationship. Hell, I even liked Decemberunderground because I'm a sucker for 80s New Wave-esque synth pop. This new one, Crash Love, doesn't really have any of that emotional or musical appeal for me though. Its a bit blander than previous efforts, but has just enough pop to keep me interested. Call it a guilty pleasure.
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| Work |
[21 Sep 2009|03:30am] |
I just checked to see who is playing around these parts in the next couple months. Couple decent shows. Neko Case and AFI, for instance. Turns out I'm working every single night for these acts, except for one. This is, of course, in addition to working Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
fml
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| Tales of Vesperia |
[20 Sep 2009|03:13am] |
I got this game on sale for $15 on Amazon a couple weeks ago and I haven't been able to put it down.
YES THAT'S A DOG SMOKING A PIPE
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| Snow on the TV |
[12 Sep 2009|11:18pm] |
Yet another little thing to add to the pile: Our cable is messed up. I did a bunch of troubleshooting and it basically came down to nothing on my end; not my coax, splitter or network hardware. I'm pretty sure it's the outlet, or whatever is behind the outlet. If I tap on the faceplate, the snow on the TV image bounces around. Not sure what would have caused it to go out to lunch over night, but it's certainly nothing I did.
At any rate, I tried conveying this to customer support, but I don't think they quite understood me. I understand they must get all kinds who think they know what they're doing, but I work in IT. Networking (or electrical) isn't my forte admittedly, but at the very least, I understand troubleshooting.
Of course this happened on a Friday, so we don't have any Internet at least until the cable guy comes out late Tuesday, and who knows even then? Maybe he can't fix it. A few days without the Internet doesn't bother me, but anything more than that would bug me. And I'm sort of worried about who would be responsible for paying for any work that would have to be done. I think it would be one thing if it was my error or my equipment that was jacked, but it's in the wall. The wall that I rent, but do not own. I would imagine apartment management would be responsible, but I can imagine a fight there too.
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