Going insane

I actually had this same conversation with myself a few days ago...concerning...

Something else:
There’s no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There’s no knowing where we’re rowing
Or which way the river’s flowing

Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing?

Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they’re certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!

200 comics, 34000 page views,3 1/2years
and we're movin on.

-adios,D.

An affront to taste

This actually happened to Philip, he listened in on a conversation on the train between too people and one of them said that Halle Berry is the BEST actress to ever portray Catwoman. This person's favourite catwoman was Halle Berry. Let that sink in.
Yeah.
That's right.
This replies to everything you've ever watched and loved. Someone is out there who thinks/thought Oldboy needs a Hollywood remake. Carrie needs a "modern" remake. The worst thing of all? There's thousands of people who liked Jar Jar Binks.

-adios,D.

A game's narrative vs a game's,well,game

What is storytelling in games? Is it the story that is being told in there as a narrative structure, conveying what the maker intended you to see, you just being someone who pushes a button to make said story get along or is it the gameplay that is being played by you, the little adventures you get on that no one even intended to be adventures. There's a yoga ball in Michaels house in GTA5 and you can roll it out of your house and around on the streets and you know what? That's what GTA is all about, the little things you come up with on your own, it's running around shooting things, it's sitting on your couch watching TV, it's harbering a grudge against a random NPC on the street because you don't like their t-shirt, and then you chase them for hours and hours until you are fed up with their stupid fucking t-shirt and put a bullet through their brain. I used to feel guilty for not playing the story but rather going through the world doing random stuff but not anymore since nowadays I understand games as a medium of their own with different stylistic tools, and a different way of conveyance.
Fuck that guy's shirt.

adios,D.

Interaction in the Pokemon universe

Remember when you were younger and going to a school where you just KNEW there were loads of people playing the new Pokemon games and you could exchange pokemon and tips with them and even if you didn't have an older sibling who was into pokemon so that you had both renditions of the current pokemon gen, you could still have fun with the game and with people.
Those times are kind of over for me unless I do find out that everyone in University plays the new Pokemon but then how would I find that out without revealing that I bought the newest pokemon game.
I know there's all the internet stuff in the new Pokemon games but I never had that reliable a connection and I have absolutely NO clue how the whole streetpass thing works,could someone explain that to me?

Tl;dr: I played a lot of pokemon today and it's fun.

-adios,D.