November 2010
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Bishoujo Games
Seeing a lot of annoying arguments on the net (ten years after I thought the argument was settled) about what constitutes a ‘bishoujo game’ and/or some other word typically used to describe bishoujo games. Here’s the break-down for everyone who’s late to the party.
Visual Novel: Any ‘game’ that’s basically an interactive story- photos, text, and sometimes...
August 2010
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A Go Match
Played the AGA’s central region director in a game of iGo today, took 5 stones (she’s 1kyu) and lost by 8 because of a complicated ko fight during yose. If only I’d read a little deeper at that one particular instant, I would’ve won. She stated that despite my not playing in awhile, I’m definitely closer to 8kyu than 10 or 11 like KGS states. We were talking quite a...
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I think that people are looking at this mosque situation in New York in completely the wrong way. Muslims and extremists are like Cane and Abel, and while Abel follows God’s teachings, Cane just gets mad and stabs a dude in the back out of jealousy. If one of the things that extremists hate about America is our ability to be open and accepting of others, then I think that the mosque is a...
July 2010
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Maso?
Despite this incredibly strong sense of my own mortality that’s been plaguing me in the past couple of weeks, I went ahead and watched 2012 (just added to Starz on demand, so I figured I’d check it out). Recently I’ve been getting chills every time I hear or see the trees outside swaying, or heard creaking in the house. I’ve even been waking from my sleep at the slightest...
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Crossing a Line?
I’ve both read and watched many renditions of ‘vampire’ tales. Anne Rice and Bram Stoker come to mind as the more popular creators of such stories lately, but of course one can’t discount Stephenie Meyer and the hundreds of others who have ventured into the genre either. I use the term ‘genre’ lightly, as in fact these stories can fit into almost any genre and...
May 2010
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May God Have Mercy on your Soul...
san-ni-ichi:
inlifetraining:
cheaperthanacupofjoe:
Here’s what the teacher had to say:
HAHAHAHAAAA.
LOLOLOL.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen all year. Thanks for that ^_^
Anime Cosplay: Kipi Chobits →
HOLY HELL.
Video Game News - The Final, Final Fantasy? →
Jason Young, you’re my new best friend. Not only do you openly declare yourself a bishoujo-gamer, but you point out a lot of the issues happening with RPGs lately. I’m finding myself looking back to NES and SNES for RPGs again, finding so few on modern consoles that scratch my itch for immersion. The Star Ocean translated ROM, for instance- not to mention the first two Shin Megami...
What kind of otaku/anime fan are you?
rachelxreverie:
sticksothy:
Apparently there are two types of otaku as listed on sankakucomplex.com:
Type A:
A person who simply enjoys “anime.”
Is proud of Japan’s anime.
Evaluates anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc.
Hates shallow anime with no real content.
Story emphasis »»> Moe anime.
A recent example would Higashi no Eden. Fans of anime like Lain or Ghost in the...
April 2010
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Cursor's Fury
Okay, I know that this feeling will likely subside over the course of the next few weeks, leaving me with a more objective feel for the novel and series as a whole. However…
HOLY SHIT.
This third part to the Codex Alera books by Jim Butcher was absolutely amazing, in every sense of the word. Even had the first and second books been merely mediocre, instead of great reads on their own as...
I check the ‘Free’ section on Craigslist several times a day, most days. Take that how you will.
Academ's Fury
While I won’t say that anything in this book REALLY surprised me, including a few of the ‘big twists’ that have been building since the first novel, it was an even better experience than I thought it would be. Jim Butcher really does have a talent for fantasy, and more precisely a talent for making an entertaining and fantastic world wrought with dozens of simultaneous,...
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Blame posts about music, tagging, his son, and photos. Misk posts about go and anime. I post either random shit or random yet boring shit.
Lol. Don’t feel bad, and your shit isn’t boring. I’ve had countless blogs and journals before this, and invariably got bored as soon as I felt some sort of obligation to post every little errant thought that entered my head,...
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Sorry little brother @StHudson, but you lost this...
yayforgo:
I don’t know why we even played it out as long as we did. :)
I can’t wait to start playing against ranked players, I really want to know where I stand.
Any time you’re ready, chief ^_^ My name on KGS is LysanderD, and I’m usually on there (at the very least, idling, though private messages make an annoying telephone sound that will alert me), from 9PM to like 2AM EST....
Pretty comprehensive Go/Weiqi SGF game files →
yayforgo:
Tons of SGF files for you to view, and more importantly, download.
I wonder how they’re licensed for redistribution?
(via kaichen)
Games aren’t ‘copyrighted’, but the dialogue between players ‘can’ be, in some cases. Therefore you can distribute any SGF files, or SGFs you made yourself of professional matches, or any other matches you’ve seen,...
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Ruthless #Baduk / #Weiqi teaching game.
yayforgo:
I’m a new player so I’m still learning quite a bit every game. I’ve invested a little bit of time studying game tactics and strategy, so I know stone groups can be classified and categorized in a multitude of ways. But I’m still very much in the dark.
Can you see anything in this teaching game photo? Do my groups look weak? What other ways could you categorize the stone groups?
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Furies of Calderon
This has to be the funniest moment in the entire book.
’ As the great beast turned, letting out another defiant bellow, Amara saw, in the golden light pouring through the breached walls, the boy Tavi clinging to Doroga’s back, behind him on the great gargant, and behind the boy sat the scarred slave, clutching at him and gibbering.
Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when...
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Hello, YayForGo, thanks for the follow. We should play sometime, if you have a KGS account ^_^ I prefer the byo-yomi system there quite a bit to Yahoo, and I haven’t tried IGS or other Go Servers yet.
Out of curiosity, do you only play 9x9 games? And how strong are you?
I beat an 18kyu, who was talking crap mind you, by 199.5 points just now. He had two living groups, both really small. I even mis-clicked to give him one of those early in the game, which sucked, but I’m not one to bitch and hit Undo, so I left it. Seriously though, why in the world would you think you can take someone 9 ranks higher than you in an ‘even match’?
This started...
Ick...
Been reading a lot of Go books, and not playing enough real games I think.
I see all of the great moves that can be played against me, and play ‘damage prevention’ right off- on the assumption that they’ll actually be played otherwise. I screw myself over by expecting my opponents to be better than they are, and lose to simple moves and simply strategies instead. Everything has...
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My Favourite Number
My nephew just walked in and asked me what my favourite number is. After several long seconds of thought, I responded with the number Eight.
Anyone ever hear of the ‘eight fold path to overcome suffering?’ Eight has great meaning in a lot of cultures, not to mention its just cool to think of the link to Infinity.
What’s your favourite number?
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Graceling
Moving through a list of recommended young adult fantasy novels, first up was ‘Graceling’ by Kristen Cashore. I thoroughly enjoyed the book last night as it followed the adventure of a young girl named Katsa, who has the ability to survive pretty much any situation. She has an extreme natural skill in every form of combat that borderlines on god-like, among many other talents, and her...
That Elusive Literary Motivation
I’m not sure how often I’m going to be posting on here for a few weeks- but the likely answer is ‘not often at all’. I just finished the twelfth book in the ‘Dresden Files’ series a few days ago, and I’m in a serious mood for literature. I’ll likely spend a few days getting through two or three more books, and then start once again on my own novel...
U.F.O.s?
It’s only an U.F.O. as long as you don’t know what it is. If you know that it’s aliens from another planet to begin with, it’s just a ship, not a U.F.O. That being the case, why does everyone feel the need to associate ‘U.F.O.’ specifically with ‘Aliens’?
Just wondering.
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Using your browser URL history to estimate gender →
zhokolatte:
gregoreeeeezy:
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 99% Likelihood of you being MALE is 1%
WELL fuck you man, fuck you! I swear the only thing predominantly female was Forever21.com.
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 54% Likelihood of you being MALE is 46%
Sooooo…. I’m *almost* ambiguous with my gender when at work. Let’s see what happens when I try this at home xD
Likelihood...
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March 2010
84 posts
Comedy Galore!
Okay, so here’s my list of recommended comedy titles for Enza-chan, just in case ^_^ Going in order, my comedy top 10! (that I’m making up right now of course, these top 10 lists change almost daily after all).
1. Azumanga Daioh. Yeah, you’ve probably already seen it twenty times, but I’d be remiss if I go about making assumptions and leave it off the list. Actually...
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＊エンザちゃん＊: Kimi ni Todoke 25: The New Year comes 3... →
I’m terribly grieved by the end of this series. I have come to love it ever since it started back in Fall, but I can’t help but notice that the series went on a steady downward trip after the Chizu-Tooru arc.
Truth be told, I thought that the pace of the anime seemed awfully slow and that…
I just finished this as well, along with the third and final series for ‘Nodame...
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The fact that I'm downloading this game makes me...
rachelxreverie:
widow-kun:
fuckyeahthecoffinaffairs:
This is real, this is me.
Join the club…we have t-shirts…just don’t wear them near cops…
*giggles* i must know, what game?
‘Saya no Uta’, a bishoujo game that’s actually pretty good IMO ^_^
＊エンザちゃん＊: Aoi Bungaku 3: Group of People →
This picture almost moved me to tears. Almost. I could feel my tears knocking behind my eyes, begging to flow. Why must a person suffer so much? Is it really because of society? Or is it because of himself? Because he has accepted all of society’s feedback and marked them as important?
…
In the case of something like ‘Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu’ I can understand shifting...
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