| Plugged. |
[09 Feb 2010|01:50pm] |
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This is what happens when one of the biggest Youtube gaming channels plugs you.
I'm still clearing these out. So awesome.
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| Runt |
[05 Feb 2010|06:09am] |
For the past few years or so I haven't felt well, whether it was my stomach or migraines, or something. I thought it was kind of sudden and unprovoked, but I've been reading my own Livejournal the past few nights at work (which is lol, but it's been dead) and it I guess I've never been all that well. I remember one time I had to crawl to the bathroom because I couldn't walk, and another time when I passed out when I actually got in the bathroom, hitting the sink and toilet on the way down.
Basically, it looks like I've always been a sickly piece of shit. I wonder why that is.
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| Hachiko |
[03 Feb 2010|10:32pm] |
Last year. I learned that an American remake of Hachiko Monogatari, based on the true story of Hachiko, starring Richard Gere was going to come out. I groaned, knowing full well we basically ruin anything from other countries, and made this poster:
Just watched the movie tonight. It actually wasn't bad. It wasn't great, but I was expecting horse shit and it definitely wasn't horse shit. So I wondered when it was going to release in the US (it was released in Japan last summer or fall) and found out Sony decided to skip out on an American theatrical release. It's the exact opposite of what I thought would happen. Apparently, we need borderline slapstick movies about dipshit dogs who tear the shit out of anything, like Turner & Hooch, Beethoven and Marley and Me. Slow and deliberate? gtfo here.
( Hachiko )
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| Aruba Os |
[01 Feb 2010|07:04am] |
I just found this in a folder of my old 'shops.
I used to be kind of a dick.
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| Wishful Thinking |
[26 Jan 2010|02:04am] |
Whoa, the editor in chief of Kotaku just started following me on Twitter. A number of industry people follow me on Twitter, but I really like Brian Crecente and Kotaku is, like, the gaming blog. So that's pretty awesome.
Maybe he wants to offer me a job? Hmmm...
A guy can hope, yeah?
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| Exposure |
[20 Jan 2010|03:31pm] |
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I was simultaneously on the front page of GameGrep, N4G and GoNintendo yesterday.
Also, every other game this year might as well pack its bags and go home:
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| Revamped |
[15 Jan 2010|07:04pm] |
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Just completely revamped TV and Lust. So so so tired. Took all afternoon and evening, basically, but I think it looks a bit more professional. I liked the previous blog style for its readability, but it's hard for publishers to take you seriously when you're just a doofus who doesn't take yourself seriously. Gotta look the part.
Still some work to do, mostly just some adjusting and tinkering, but I gained a lot of ground here.
I'm gonna be awesome. I promise.
http://www.tvandlust.net
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| Plugging Along |
[10 Jan 2010|05:48am] |
This whole gaming endeavor I've undertaken is exhausting, and I wonder if I've bitten more off than I can chew. It's all video editing and writing and podcasts and responding to messages/comments/tweets now. And that's on top of the things I already do just as a general interest, like actually playing the games and keeping up with the news, and I'd be lying if I said I'm not doing those things more now to be more informed because people are now looking to me as a source of that information.
It's fun still, but it's also work, and I really wish I could start seeing more than just the meager income I have so far from it.
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| 2010 |
[02 Jan 2010|05:57am] |
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New Year's Eve was good. We had some great people over. We ate, drank and played DJ Hero.
This year I will shed the weight I've gained by being so sedentary last year, I will visit my family more often, I will become more learned, and I will go back to Tokyo. Dana permitting. I very nearly wasted 2009, and I mean that literally. I accomplished very little. I think, maybe, I earned it after the amount of growth I feel I had in prior years. Some time down is rarely a bad thing, but I do not want it to become a habit.
Happy New Year.
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| Christmas 2009 |
[26 Dec 2009|02:03am] |
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Great Christmas this year. It's a shame I have to work (and had to work Christmas Eve as well), but other than that, I couldn't have asked for a better day.
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| Civil Service |
[19 Dec 2009|06:16pm] |
How is it possible I'm summoned for jury duty twice in less than two years and I don't know anyone else my age who has been summoned even once?
Get the fuck off my nuts, state of Connecticut.
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| Child's Play Charity |
[11 Dec 2009|09:27pm] |
My friends over at Chicken Fried Comedy are doing a 48 hour Rock Band marathon this weekend to benefit Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. Check'em out, check out their other stuff, and perhaps throw a few bucks in for the kids.
http://www.chickenfriedcomedy.com
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| A Shitty Dot Net |
[03 Dec 2009|02:01am] |
I decided to cut ahead and get the TV and Lust blog going now. Wordpress is probably more flexible than I give it credit for, but between writing and filming and editing, and, you know, having a life, I don't really have the time (or the energy, to be honest) to fiddle around with this shit. So basically I ran with a palatable theme and hooked up some simple widgets. This is fine for now.
The only unfortunate drawback is that the domain is a .net. I felt a bit dirty buying it, but my .com lapsed last year and within 24 hours a domain squatter from Ukraine scooped it up. Now, technically he doesn't own it anymore. No one does. WHOIS shows it is in pendingDeletion status, which is normal for an expired domain, but usually only for a couple days, [i]not[/i] for several months, as it has been. So it's hanging in limbo and I can't buy it back, and now I'm stuck with this shitty .net.
So, to recap for those keeping score:
www.tvandlust.net
Youtube channel
Twitter feed
Like I've said before, things are slowly looking better and better for this thing. So if you wouldn't mind helping me along, check out these sites or pass them along to someone who might. I would appreciate it.
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| Avenues |
[25 Nov 2009|12:50am] |
This entire week at work, I'm by myself. Four consecutive 12 hour shifts solo. Not only is this frustrating from a workload perspective (especially considering we are responsible for 3 different data centers in 3 different cities), but it's awfully lonely. With everyone on project work and taking vacation time, the schedule has been riddled with holes.
Youtube still hasn't gotten back to me about Partnership, which is annoying. It's been over a month. Maybe that's a good sign? I recently attempted to start PR with video game publishers. I decided to start small and reach out to XSEED, a smaller publisher of niche games, and probably some of my favorite games this year. No response, but it's only been a couple days. Perhaps after the holiday weekend.
I'm also talking to Andreas, a friend of mine who does work for a small video game site about doing some projects between his site, onpause.org, and TV and Lust. I'm also talking to another friend of mine about an upcoming project of his own. This friend is a senior editor at kombo.com, which is actually a fairly well known gaming site. He says that he'd share his PR contacts and publisher-furnished games with me and I could provide content for his new project, in a sort of symbiotic relationship (though I'm sure I'm getting the better end of the deal).
I really need to get an actual website up, even if it is just a blog where I embed my videos. I think after Christmas I'll install Wordpress on my server space and get that going.
I'm sort of dazed by what's opening up. Still baby steps, but I usually start something and dream big. I worry about what it could be instead of focusing it on what it is. I've done the exact opposite this time and, knock on wood, it appears to be paying off. I dunno guys. Cross your fingers.
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