Who wants comix?

With The Watchmen coming to the big screen, here is the complete Alan Moore 12-issue series that ppl will expect the movie to be (ppl will probably bitch): http://www.sendspace.com/file/xf7tkv


You're going to need CDisplay to view it, which is free to download at http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl39723/CDisplay.htm

We like chats

thecatsharumph: hey batta batta swing batta
stubborn tenpin: sup
thecatsharumph: nothing
thecatsharumph: i got fruity loops
stubborn tenpin: hah
thecatsharumph: and am making wicked beats
thecatsharumph: very very generic though
stubborn tenpin: not starting favre is gonna jack me
thecatsharumph: who'd you start instead?
stubborn tenpin: romotron
thecatsharumph: oh thats right its ok
thecatsharumph: who're they playing?
thecatsharumph: read the comments man.. the internet is jus thorrible too
thecatsharumph: oh nm wrong article
thecatsharumph: its about obama sending in some hyde park pizza place to cook in DC
stubborn tenpin: the redskins
stubborn tenpin: lol nice
thecatsharumph: who're you playing? i think i want you to lose
stubborn tenpin: hyde park is where U of C is
thecatsharumph: im playing you!
thecatsharumph: lol jk
thecatsharumph: oh reals
thecatsharumph: i saw the jackass workers in hyde park on this american life video
stubborn tenpin: lol really
thecatsharumph: yeah
thecatsharumph: have you seen the christianthe lion video?
stubborn tenpin: nope
thecatsharumph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTdWbVBgc
stubborn tenpin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipv0kCzImZY
thecatsharumph: lol
stubborn tenpin: lick my sack
stubborn tenpin: yesss
thecatsharumph: do you think what i did was stupid,
thecatsharumph: the trade?
stubborn tenpin: uhhh i dont know
thecatsharumph: be honest
thecatsharumph: i didnt wanna trade jacobs but turner's matchups were better
stubborn tenpin: im not big on turner
thecatsharumph: i was trying to trade for jamal charles but tan doesn tlisten
thecatsharumph: yeah the funny thing is me neither
stubborn tenpin: honestly i dont think it changed your team
stubborn tenpin: to me jacobs=turner with jacobs being slightly better
stubborn tenpin: LJ i guess but meh
thecatsharumph: losing jennings and jacobs is tough they're good
stubborn tenpin: dude isnt matt jones going to be suspended
thecatsharumph: he was supposedt o be suspended awhile back
stubborn tenpin: the appeal hasnt gone through yet, but hes going to get suspended eventually
stubborn tenpin: the coke was in his car it was irrefutible(sp)
stubborn tenpin: turner will be good though
stubborn tenpin: atlanta is better than i think
stubborn tenpin: plus they beat my bears so they must be good
thecatsharumph: the falcons are good at home
thecatsharumph: im surprised they beat the bears too
stubborn tenpin: we had that game
stubborn tenpin: gah its not a good time to have an injured jedi
thecatsharumph: you have rexyback (yah)
thecatsharumph: and that one guy caleb
stubborn tenpin: our division is all bunched up
stubborn tenpin: yeah put the rookie in
stubborn tenpin: seriously rex is bad
stubborn tenpin: in the second half he was missing open recievers left and right man
thecatsharumph: i know he's funny though
stubborn tenpin: they couldnt get more open
stubborn tenpin: he missed hester for a long TD
stubborn tenpin: that would have at least tied the game
stubborn tenpin: cant wait till hes gone
thecatsharumph: dont say things you cant take back
stubborn tenpin: lol dont worry
thecatsharumph: did you watch monday night?
thecatsharumph: that was eXTREMELY FRUSTRATING
thecatsharumph: speaking of frustrating
thecatsharumph: i dont think singletary's coming back
stubborn tenpin: yeah i watched it but i shouldnt have because i do better in fantasy when i dont watch the monday game
thecatsharumph: lol
thecatsharumph: ppl are saying matt ryan's an mvp candidate
stubborn tenpin: uhhh...yeah if the falcons make the playoffs you have to consider him
thecatsharumph: to be fair, grossman is playing gb and he played tennessee last week
stubborn tenpin: fine, but dude he missed opportunities, and i really believe if kyle was in there he wouldnt have missed those open recievers
stubborn tenpin: i wont say we would have won, but kyle wouldnt have missed them i know that for sure
thecatsharumph: i like em both
thecatsharumph: word on teh street is orton orders a bottle of jack daniels at bars and drinks out the bottle
stubborn tenpin: haha id believe it
stubborn tenpin: have you seen mirrors edge
stubborn tenpin: do they have commercials for that game over there
thecatsharumph: naw
thecatsharumph: what's mirror's edge?
stubborn tenpin: hold on im almost done posting about it
thecatsharumph: hasha i can read your autosaves
stubborn tenpin: lol
stubborn tenpin: can you see the video though
thecatsharumph: naw
stubborn tenpin: okay i published it
stubborn tenpin: i wish i bought mirrors edge
thecatsharumph: you should buy out of the park baseball 2008
thecatsharumph: haha not your steez i know
stubborn tenpin: its like mario brothers with the jumping mechanic, but all in first person
stubborn tenpin: lol
thecatsharumph: ithat sounds sick
stubborn tenpin: i budgeted myself to three games and that wasnt one of them
stubborn tenpin: i was debating between mirrors edge or left 4 dead which is a 4 person shooter with 28 days later style zombies
stubborn tenpin: i chose left 4 dead and playing the mirrors edge demo is making me regret that, but left 4 dead comes out next week
thecatsharumph: haha you never know you're choice still isnt "left for dead" ah ahha har
stubborn tenpin: rofl
stubborn tenpin: but it is!
stubborn tenpin: i dont think i can switch my preorder money to a game thats been released already
thecatsharumph: left 4 dead might be good
stubborn tenpin: plus my plan was to buy all multiplayer focused games because i know ill play those for a long time
thecatsharumph: does andrea play?
stubborn tenpin: all the single player games im renting because theres no hurry to get those because there isnt a community forming behind that game
thecatsharumph: yeah
stubborn tenpin: she plays rock band which i love doing with her, but she will only sing 4 out of the...i dont know 250 songs that i own so it can be frustrating when you have people over and andrea has the mice
thecatsharumph: haha
stubborn tenpin: shes open to the whole catalogue when shes playing guitar or drums, but when its singing im only singing these 4 songs
stubborn tenpin: and shes very stubborn about it
stubborn tenpin: but i do love the fact that she plays games with me
stubborn tenpin: im posting this chat btw
thecatsharumph: yeah thats always good
stubborn tenpin: im going to save it at least
stubborn tenpin: as a draft

It's almost that time of the year

When you start making your best/worst of lists of 2008. That'll be your homework. I want to see some best movies/music/events of your 2008 please. Expect an album and a video game list.

Some stuff I've been playing

Mirror's Edge(demo)





I'm sure everyone has seen commercials for this game. I've played the demo twice now and both times I got chills while playing it. It is a truly immersing experience. DICE got the little things right. You hear Faith(the main character)breathe while running, you need to really look at the ground beneath you before you jump off a building onto another rooftop, and the camera shakes when you fiercely open doors. The action is frantic, but most people don't like the combat/gun play because there isn't much to it and I agree with those thoughts, at least from the demo. However, I don't mind that at all because I'm having fun running away. Trying to find open paths, making split second decisions, and just running for your life is what this game is all about. It's also a beautiful game. I mean the demo is covered in white, but just the clean style of the world is interesting to me. I regret not buying this game, but it's on my Gamefly queue so maybe I'll pick it up at a discount.

Gears of War 2




Man CJ, you recently told me that you don't want a 360 because nothing compelled you about the console. I'm about to turn up the testosterone so please excuse me.



THIS FUCKING GAME BETTER FUCKING COMPEL YOU. IT WILL COMPEL YOU, MELT YOUR FACE, AND YOU WILL EAT SHIT AND ASK FOR MORE

Sorry, but if you can block out all of that manliness and the supposed emotional story, this game is so much fun. Shooting enemies while in cover, running into the face of enemy fire, blowing up a group of Locusts with fucking mortars, huge bosses, bleh I can go on and on. It's just fun, I can't really say anything else. Playing alone is fun, playing against people is fun, playing on the same side with people is fun...this is a terrible pitch, but I don't know. I have a hard time playing first person shooters, but I can totally hold my own in this game because it's in third person. I love chainsawing people in the ass too, but I hate getting chainsawed in the ass. That's annoying because it's a surprise. Anyway, this game is great, and you suck because you won't get a 360. Just kidding, money is fucking tight right now, so if you did get a 360 I would feel sort of guilty because you spent a lot of money on something I keep bugging you to buy. Fun fun fun till the wifey takes the Lancer away...

I hate this apartment

It's getting cold, I have no money, we still have no carpet, the mailman won't deliver my Amazon package, and there's a mouse in my snack cupboard. I don't feel like saying anything more.

hey

here is a thing i wrote.
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If you look at the Golden State Warriors current active roster I am older than all but three of their players. I lack upside now and at my peak when combining physical skill and court awareness. How do you feel about that?

I would be the guy who would remember Leah Remini as Stacy Carosi first while they might think of her as the girl from King of Queens.



I would be journeyman. It's not about potential anymore it's about action and action is just a word to begin a scene. People would look to me for advice and I would look at them and try to sound confident all the while looking at the sky for a sign that I can manufacture as optimism.


I mean, I guess if I was a Spurs fan I would look at the roster and think I still have time to be something somebody somewhere. But I am a Warriors fan, where hope springs eternal as long as we can bitch about Chris Cohan.

The average career of an NBA player is 5 years so actually I might be out of the league already, using my nominal fame for a capitalist venture that could lead to the snickers of know-it-all 22 year olds more than willing to tell their friends I sucked.



I was under the impression my quarter-life crisis is over and done with, maybe it's just a continuous accumulation of knowledge and comparisons to what my ceiling is that considers the stares at the sky, trying to pinpoint the one star that can indulge into my narcissism all like "Hey it's OK buddy we gotcha back."

Work work work it work work work it.



I've been meaning to write bout The Game by Neil Strauss because the book has fascinated me much in the same way The Three Stooges did when I was something-or-other years old. I'm also listening to Howard Zinn's A Peoples History the United States which is narrated by Matt Damon and all I can think when I read it is "victimz".

I've been so encumbered by something so mischeviously manipulative that when I'm watching an interview between Letterman and Brian Williams I'm thinking "woah he just dropped a neg there. Way to take control of the interview."

But these things are for social robots and the like whereas I'm more inclined to be a hermit robot at the moment, creating a gang sign for an army of one and smiling at strangers while meaning it, motherfuckers.

spiz

BUY AUDIOSURF

I am so late on this, but Steam is offering Audiosurf this week for a mere $2.50 this week only. I'm pretty sure anyone reading this will either: not play it because almost half of the contributors of this blog have Macs and I don't think you can play this on a Mac unless you do some magic(not computer savvy at all), or you'll scoff at me and say C'mon Spiz! This shit came out in Feburary! OLD! However if you're in the minority like I am, I implore you! If you like the music games as much as I do you really need to check out this game, especially at that price.

The game works like this. It's part rhythm/part puzzle. You take any MP3 you got on your computer and the game will create a track based on what the song sounds like. The track will rise, fall, curve to the beat. Now the basic object of the game is to stack colored blocks into clusters to clear the board and score points. The video above is like the most basic mode(think it's called Mono) where you only have to worry about one color, but you have to dodge the grey blocks or else you're stuck with those blocks on your board. Like most good puzzle games, very simple concept, but there's strategy and depth hidden. Like in that mode you can hit grey blocks on purpose to stack blocks to create bigger combos for more points. People throw around the term synesthesia for experiences like this(see Rez) and yeah, I get totally sucked into the visuals and the music. It's such a time sink right now.

The sheer fact that you can just input any song and play it in the game makes this an amazing game. This isn't like Rock Band where I get to rock out to "Pump it Up" by Elvis Costello and then cover my ears when that fucking Disturbed song comes up. The one where the lead singer goes OOHWAHAHAHAH which is all of them. My point is I fired up "Trojan Horse" by Bloc Party as the first song on the demo and after that I was sold and played till 3am. The freedom, oh the glorious freedom. I have no clue how the developer got away with this, but all music games should allow you to use whatever music you want. This is easily going to be on my Games of the Year list.

Why Does she have to be a she?(Conclusion)

I can't talk to women without wanting to fuck them.

Yes, that might be possibly the most obvious thing for a man to say, but I get so easily distracted by sex that I cannot follow a conversation. There's more to it than that. The main reason why I can't talk to women is because I simply do not need the temptation of the possibility of having sex with someone else. I have no will power. Anything I touch, I get hooked on. Music, video games, PBR, sleeping pills, etc.

I tried making friends with a girl here pretty much as soon as I moved here. I met her from my previous blog and we shared a love for the movie Amelie. We didn't talk that much online, but the few times we did I felt like she was a very neat person. Someone I felt totally comfortable shooting the shit with. When I learned I would be moving to Chicago I thought, Sweet, I'll know someone. To make a long story short I feel like I either scared her off because I constantly bugged her to kick it(because I was desperate for friends to go out with and I knew no one else) and that kind of smothering from an internet friend could turn anyone off, or I guess we just didn't click like I thought we did.

I don't think the fiancee really liked the idea of hanging with a girl in our new town. Probably didn't help that when asked if I thought said girl was cute, I was truthful and said yes. I don't have a spotless history in terms of our relationship. I did try to mess around with one of her high school friends after all, and I haven't really heard the end of that one, but I think I'm exaggerating because I can't remember the last time she brought that up.

So on top of this intense anxiety I feel whenever talking to people now, I also distance myself from woman because I just don't want that remote possibility of something happening to exist. That's so extreme and neurotic to think that way, but I can't help it at the moment.

The girl at work always walks in wearing some band's shirt that I am familiar with, headphones on her ears(the earbuds that wrap around the back of your ear). What really kills me is when she wears her Radiohead jacket as if to just turn the fucking tractor beam on my ears and penis. I do this subtle things in hopes of getting her attention like making sure I wear some bands t-shirt the days I know she's working. One day last week in particular I started listening to OK Computer, and I swear she stared at me as I was mouthing the words to "Climbing Up the Walls." I hope she was smiling at me.

I want to speak to her one day, but I can see myself never speaking to her. We'll just go on listening to music we both enjoy, and never share our opinions. I have become such a pessimist the last few years. Everything I have I am grateful for and I try really hard to show my gratitude to my friends, but shit man. Like I feel like what's going to happen is that next year I'm finally going to stumble across people that are like the coolest people in Chicago. We'll play video games, go to some dives to drink Schlitz, and talk about nothing till 5am. Then, I'll leave after six months of hanging out with this/these person/people totally kicking myself for not finding these people sooner. Why should I kick myself over serendipity? I don't know, but I will. I'm not sure that will happen either because I have gotten used to just staying indoors for one reason or another. No money, or I don't want to take the train all the way to the North side, or it's too cold.

Bleh, I'm done complaining. I have problems.

No Continues

I'll come back tomorrow. I tried playing Gears and I'm on the last stage. Sucks to play alone. I'll finish it Friday after awkward medical party number forty two hundred and seven. Forty two and eight it on Saturday. Gamefly kindly sent me two more games: Castlevania Order of Ecclesia, and Midnight Club LA. They both told me: Get the metal Marine douche bags back to Gamefly base, mmmkay? Sigh, I'll try.

edit

This is the third night in a row I've gotten drunk. I'm not finishing Gears tonight and the awkward med school party is tomorrow. I'm going to play Midnight Club because I can just mail off Gears on Monday so I have time. Played a lot of Castlevania today, and it's pretty fun, but hard as balls.