Almost exactly a month ago I posted an entry outlining my planned viewing for October, followed a few days later by an update.. Im planning to do the same thing for November. Though hopefully I’ll get everything correct in this first post so I wont need the update. First I’ll outline what can be crossed off the old list and what “off-road” viewing I engaged in before moving on to a look at whats on the card for the next thirty days. As Im planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month I dont think I’ll get quite as much watched this month. But we shall see what transpires. Continue reading…
Category: life
This covers the general events of my life and my thoughts upon it. Its probably going to be the most generally downbeat category (feel that angst).
Best of 2009 – Anime (Yes it is super overdue) (But its full of links)
I get the feeling that I’ve somehow forgotten a large amount of the stuff I’ve watched this year as I feel that I’ve watched a fuckton of anime but when it came time to compile a list it was a real struggle to come up with ten. Of course when I did put together a list it became difficult to select just ten titles as I watched a lot of quality stuff this year. Continue reading…
October Viewing – Anime Edition – Oversights and Updates
Well October’s viewing schedule is off to a good start. Watched all of Bakemonogatari yesterday and today, and I have to say, its going to be tough for what comes next to live up to that standard. It really was uniformly excellent. But in a one step forwards, two steps back stylee I realised that I’d left one or two entries out of the last post. Partly because Im rather forgetful and partly because I hadnt realised some of them had finished translation. I think I’m going to go with something relatively low on emotional intensity and thinking and high on crazy shit next, possibly High School of the Dead or Heroman. Continue reading…
(Planned) September/October Viewing – Anime Edition
When brainstorming about a Top 10 Anime list I realised that Im several months behind in my anime viewing, the tragic consequence of living with other people sucking up ones time, as such there are several anime which would quite possibly make it onto this list (K-ON!, Code Geass R2, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Bakemonogatari, etc.) that I havent got around to watching yet. I do plan to most watch of them during September, so I thought I’d go ahead and make a list because a) the minutiae of my life is amazingly interesting and b) because some people may also wish to see these and if so are welcome to call around. Continue reading…
Mick vs The Future or Why Ive been weird for the last few weeks
*This is a totally honest outline of my current emotional and mental state, which means its a) sort of embarassing and b) whiny as fuck. You have been warned.* Continue reading…
Amusing spam
This is the most amusing piece of junk mail Ive received in quite a while. I think its the badly written pseudo-literary style that does it for me. Continue reading…
Cant Sleep/Wont Sleep
A combination of military grade insomnia and FF XIII side missions has rendered me brain into a fine grey ooze incapable of rational thought. Alll operations on hold until further notice.
Best of 2009 – Computer Games
Compared to last year it was quite a struggle to even come up with ten games from this year to include on a top ten list. It seems that a huge amount of titles got pushed back to 2010 and those blockbuster titles that did come out in 2009 were nearly uniformly overrated or just plain shite (I’m looking at you here Halo:ODST, Brutal Legend and Assassins Creed II).
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Failure to communicate
Well things started out more or less fine. But leaving material in work and getting back into World of Warcraft sort of scuppered that. I tried to recover but it would appear that my ability to queue up articles to publish automatically failed miserably. Which means that I’m going to have to indulge in some batch posting and back dating. But as I can’t afford to be caught online in work it’s likely to take all weekend.
Mass Effect 2 – The difference between good and great
I really enjoyed Mass Effect 1, unlike Jade Empire it actually managed to live up to they hype. While it did have some technical and gameplay issues (texture pop-in, terrible inventory system and those fucking elevators) it was still a great game. In particular I liked the world it was set in. The story itself was also pretty enjoyable and well constructed. So needless to say I was looking forward to Mass Effect 2 quite a bit. Continue reading…