Okay, so, I'm at work and it's snowing like a mad thing outside. This should make going to tonight's New Year's celebration interesting. At least my pilgrimage to Tekserve this afternoon shouldn't be affected; I managed to put my iPod through the washing machine yesterday. Tekserve is located just down the block from a PATH station, and they're offering 10% off the price of new iPods if we turn in old iPods at time of purchase. So that's something.

Damn, I can barely see the buildings out the window. The snow's coming down like mad.

At any rate. In the spirit of previous years, I offer my Doable New Year's Resolutions for 2010.

1. I will not bite Sean Hannity.
...1a. Or Glenn Beck.
2. I will finish the year with no more and no fewer toes than I started it with.
...2a. Even if it means I have to keep one or more in a jar.
...2b. Or sell the extras on Craigslist or something.
3. I will not bring about the end of human civilization unless I also bring about its rebirth before the end of the year.
4. No eating the flesh of the living.
...4a. Other than as permitted under the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation.
......4a.i Any rite of Catholicism, not just Roman Catholicism.
...4b. This extends to drinking the blood of the living as well.
......4b.i. Again, other than as permitted under the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation.
5. I will not form any new political parties.
...5a. Even if they have the words 'screaming Mongol horde' in their name.
...5b. Or 'bull moose'.
6. I will use the elevator at least once.
7. I will not commit nuclear fusion.
8. I will not summon anything bigger than my head.
...8a. Unless it would be really, really, really cool.
9. No buying anything capable of flinging its own poo.
10. I will not reverse gravity.

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Jungle Favor Go With Thee - Jungle Book - Mowgli's future

Speaking for Himself - Asterix the Gaul - Asterix doesn't like to think of Obelix being lonely

Sisters of Bilhah - The Handmaid's Tale - a social worker, dealing with refugees from Gilead

What Eli and Oskar Do on Their (First) Summer Vacation - Let The Right One In - how to survive (and have fun) in the short summer nights

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Last day of the 2009!

For the last week amei and I were busy glued in front of the tv and the new Xbox 360, we have finally embraced the realm of next gen console gaming. :P Games we are currently playing:

The Last Remnant: At the end of Disc 1 now. At first the tactical battle system was confusing as hell but now I am enjoying it immensely. I wish they worked a bit harder on the plot, as it is now it's all pretty, pretty detailed graphics and 90% dungeon crawling/sidequests. Also omg the texture load lag.

Tales of Vesperia: Just started playing this, we play 2 player co-op for the battles and it's fun! My only gripe is there needs to be less useless people in the party.. the kid with the giant bag and axe tripping up all over the place is my pet hate right now. We call him Sniff because he screams all the time.


Aaah it's good to be home! :) Hope all of you are having a good holiday season as well!

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I'm addicted to Francisco Lachowski!! ( is he gay? )

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Girl, NO

Post models/people with good street style to x out this ugly or post ugly street style to chicly judge them

While it was a slow year for newsy things, it was a pretty good year for games. Right near the end we finally got a PS3 when the price dropped and I feel justified in not getting one before as the only game I really wanted for it was Uncharted 2. I'm sure there will be more, but as it stands the exclusive titles aren't interesting to me.

There were plenty of superb offerings this year though, here's a list of just a few that I played:

Red Faction: Guerilla. Crackdown was the reason I bought a 360, yet since then no one could make its match; until RFG. GTA4 was popular, but I despised its plot, and the multiplayer had only a few good modes. RFG is fun from beginning to end, doesn't force a plot on you, and has the best building destruction I've ever played.

Assassin's Creed 2. I wrote about this recently. It's an improvement on the original in every conceivable way, I can't wait to see what they do for the third one.

Uncharted 2: I never actually played the first one, having heard that this is much better. The ultimate action movie game, great special effects, and actual humour that works.

Brutal Legend: Just finished this before 2010. I enjoyed it, and the last level/fight isn't nearly as bad as Tim Schaeffer's last last level in Psychonauts. The soundtrack will make you either buy or skip: For me, escaping a crumbling arena to Dragonforce was sublime

Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Disappointing. I don't have the patience to sloooowly drive a train around doing all the sidequests, it's bad enough doing it to finish the story! The dungeons are good though, and genuinely challenging. I wish they were in a more interesting overworld.

Borderlands: Great with a party, just OK by yourself. New DLC might add some interest, but I'd have to convince others to get it too.
Left 4 Dead 2: See above.

Final Fantasy: Dissidia: Addictive but not ultimately that great.
The Beatles Rock Band: No Fail for the win
Plants vs. Zombies: First Popcap game they've got me to buy.
Ghostbusters: The ultimate Ghostbusters movie game. Great script and decent shooty stuff.
inFamous: Paled in comparison to RFG
Scribblenauts: Interesting but more as a toy than as a game
Time Gentlemen, Please!: Best adventure game I've played in a decade.
Torchlight: Best Diablo game I've played since Diablo 2
Shadow Complex: Best Castlevania game I've played since the last one…
Trials HD: By yourself a toy, with someone to challenge: Just One More Try
Half Minute Hero: It ate my save game but it's still the best PSP game this year.

Games I didn't get to play but need to try: Demon's Souls, Dragon Age Origins

And finally, my game of the year. A very personal one, that will not appeal to many. A game I have played basically every week since it came out, which made me buy and then modify a new controller, and a game that I might actually enter a tournament for: Street Fighter 4.

Note that I didn't say "ever," because I'm sure there will be many more overrated Anime for me to discover. But this isn't about them. This is about the fact that DeathNote from two glaring flaws: it believes its own hype, while insulting the intelligence of the viewer.

The story is set up as a battle of wits between two intellectual giants, but I don't see that at all. I see one super genius, L, being frustrated because the egotistical brat Light got a Deus ex machina that fell into his lap.

Had Light been a conventional killer, he would have been caught shortly into the investigation.

I will paraphrase Light's Stupidity here. I'm sure those who have read/watched through the story don't need an introduction.

L: Because all of the deaths occurred after school hours, it is safe to say that the killer we're looking for is in high school.

Detectives: You're a genius!

Light: (watching this via magical hacked computer) Crap! I have to change my tactics. After all, there are millions of high school students in Japan RIGHT NOW. They could probably pick me since writing in a notebook after school when I should be doing homework is so darn conspicuous! Hah! I know what I'll do...

(smug, evil grin)

L: It appears that some have fallen victim to the killer during school hours.

Detectives: Then this means that he isn't in high school!

Light: SMUG GRIN VICTORY

L: Wrong! It confirms it.

Light: !?

Detectives: Duh...Whatever do you mean?

L: (sigh) He probably killed the guy during school hours to try to derail our investigation...you know...so we wouldn't suspect a high school guy. Notice I said that he was a high school killer and suddenly, bam! Someone dies during school hours.

Detectives: Ooooohhhh....

Light: Noooo! How could my perfectly good plan go so wrong! Now I am caught for sure!

L: So he's probably aware of our investigation... possibly watching at this very moment!

Light: ::sweats bullets::

Detectives: But, how?

L: Well, he probably has easy access to information, DUH! So... anyone know a high school kid who is smart enough to kill without leaving a trace and is close to the investigation?

Smart Detective: Well, there is the Main Detective's son. I heard an evil laugh emanate form his room just the other night!

Main Detective: Shut up! Just because my son is bent on world domination doesn't mean he's going to kill people!

Light: Ah, my idiot father saves the day...

L: sigh....this will be the death of me.

If he had been using a conventional weapon, all they would have to do now is search the room... and he certainly could not have killed people while eating potato chips.

L's entire investigation was started by Light's own stupidity. Had he left well enough alone, he probably would have kept getting rid of undesirables until the cows came home. The only way he would have been caught is if he got sloppy. Being caught hacking into databases containing criminals' information would be one way. Or, he could have become guilt ridden  to turn himself in...no, who am I kidding? 

The point is, he sold himself out. For a normal person, that would be common blunder associated with panic. But to Light, the supposed calm analytical thinker? Yeah right.

It was that mistake that pointed L to the culprit  from the very beginning. The rest of the story was just L, then Mello and Near, trying to prove what they already knew.
Boring and overrated. Fangirls helped make the show as popular as it was. I'm sure of it.

~OP

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