It's That Time of Year

Posted by Steve on January 30, 2004: New comic here. While I'm not quite that bad, I admit I am a bit of a pain in the ass when my birthday comes around. (it was back on the 20th, if you were wondering.)

I wanted to go back to Prince of Persia for a minute. Now, I mentioned last week that Prince of Persia rocks. It does, but I should have also mentioned that it was short. Average seems to be about ten hours the first time through. Now I know that may seem short, but you need to take into account that these are ten really good hours. We're not talking some Final Fantasy shit here, where things "start to pick up" at about the 10 hour mark. Plus it didn't really bother me much because A) I thought it ended at the perfect time, just as the gameplay started getting a little old, and B) because the ending is so great (again, short, but great) that I felt completely satisfied. So if you take quality over quantity, it's not really a big deal.

I know Bob's mom doesn't like when I make with the swearing, so I'd like to take this time to warn her that there's words coming that would make sailors blush, so now might be a good time to go check out something else.

So, I stop at the store on the way home tonight to pick up a pair of gloves, seeing as how its fucking freezing outside. I locate the mens department, head to where the gloves should be, and find nothing. In no mood for games, I find someone and ask where the gloves live. He motions to the back and says that there's some left in the clearance rack. That sounds bad already. I head back there, and there's about two pairs that, now I'm not a fashion freak by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have some taste, and I wouldn't put these things on a dog let alone me.

I head back to the guy, and ask if he's got anything else. He indicates that that's it. That's it? Three pairs of gloves on a clearance rack? It's January. In Chicago. I've got a feeling gloves are still in fuckin' season, asshole. Do you know what the temperature is outside right now? It's one, fuckstick. And you're out of gloves? Where's your inventory manager, so I can beat the shit out of him and then bury the little fucker in the goddamn snow.

Hey look, a dead horse! Let's go beat it! I mean really, when is this fuck going to go away with this shit? He's like a goddamn broken record already. Earth to guy with about as much chance of being the next president as I do: it's a goddamn game. It's pretend. Like when you get tucked in at night and someone reads you a bedtime story? There's not really bears out there pissed off at little girls that eat their porridge. It's just like that!

Behold! See you next week.

Posted by Bob on January 30, 2004: Hey all. No real new site news/forum news to report at present-Mainly just saying that Five Word Think Tank continues. It's...interesting, to say the least. Other than that, I did a new self portrait. Don't really know why-I just felt like it and I had an hour to kill, really. I *might* do more to it at some point, but for now I think it may be done. If I update it, I'll update you, don't worry! All digital; Photoshop and wacom. It's pretty accurate too, I think. Except I've got different glasses and my hair is all buzzed off and blonde at the moment.

So, it would seem the Disney/Pixar team is no more. Good for Pixar, bad for Disney. Disney has not done anything worthwhile in a long time that wasn't Pixar related, and they want to focus on their 3D animation stuff. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling it's just gonna get trounced by Pixar. They haven't put out a bad one yet.

Okay, so I saw the trailer and commercials for a flick called "You Got Served" (which I refuse to link to; if you want to see it, hit up Apple's quicktime site.) Now, it may seem like a silly movie, which, I assume it is, but it would seem the influence is far reaching. What do I mean? Check it out. Talk about an odd pairing, no?

If you have learned anything about me, it is that I am incredibly easily amused. Example? Check it out. Maybe it's cause I love Charlie Brown Christmas. Maybe it's cause I love those kids' dance moves. One way or another, that made me laugh.

I just found this site while writing the newspost, so what the hell, might as well pad it a bit. Ever wonder what song was in the commercial you just heard? Songtitle.info is the site for you then. Not much else to say, about it, really.

A while back I posted the link to the "Badgers badgers Badgers" video. Well, that cat has a new one out. Where can you see Lions? Only in Kenya, baby. Only in Kenya.