Friday, February 25, 2005

MANA MA NA

Ah... The Muppet Show... One of the best thing to have ever graced TV.

I always loved this little skit.

I don't mind this song being stuck in my head. It's fun!

Side note: Hopefully this doesn't turn into a chest cold. *hackwheeze*

.ungawa
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

KOTOR 2: Bugs 2

Copying this up here so it's not lost in the noise:

Found another fun bug. If I'm using jedi speed of any type the visual effect doesn't always cut off when the timer runs out. This isn't so bad as I can just kick in jedi speed again then wait for it to run out. BUT, if i'm in the middle of running with jedi speed, and I hit a cutscene, the cutscene is played back using the jedi speed "effect" (i.e. looks like something trying to play a 320x200 mpeg movie at 1024x768). Not so hot. Had to watch the whole replay of my jedi trial that way. Poo.

.ungawa
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Monday, February 21, 2005

Warioware Touched

So I never played the original Wariorware on the GBA, but read plenty about it. The concept always hit me as one of those simple ideas that everyone always steps over to try and find the Next Big Thing(TM). So when I had heard that they were doing one for the DS, fully utilizing the touch screen capabilities, I knew I was looking forward to it.

After having picked it up last Friday, and playing it over the weekend, I must say that if you own a DS you *MUST* pick up this game.

You are given the simplest of instructions (These games require you to only tap... These games require you to slice, etc) and then thrown into the game of your choice. Given about a 1 to 2 second reprieve between games (that take up to 5 seconds to complete at best) the pace becomes frantic as it speeds up the more games you win based on whichever character you chose.

It is one of those games in which I feel that I'm learning something. In this case how to evaluate a situation in a split second and determine the correct course of action in another split second and be able to complete said action within a few seconds total.

It's quite exhilarating in a lot of ways.

It's also neat how they use the DS's built in mic to be used as the device that you have to blow into for some of the game types. I was messing around with it with one of the toys you get in the game and I wouldn't be surprised if they actually had some sort of "wind" sensor built into the mic's cavity being able to tell how hard or soft you blow into it. It seems WAY to precise to be just "listening" for the sound of you blowing into it.

Of course if that is the case, next thing you'll see is Warioware Breath-a-lizer!

So while I don't think this game necessarily has long legs, it will be something that I'll pop into the DS from time to time once the initial "like new" smell wears off. At least until the next version comes out. =)

.ungawa
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KOTOR 2: Bugs

So I haven't hit the widely publicized "omgweneedtogetitoutforchristmasjust finishupthatlastlevelandcrapitoutNOW!" planet yet (i.e. the last planet), but I have bumped into a couple of other minor bugs along the way so far.

Nothing game breaking.

Poor T3-M4. More then half the time he wants to interject into a conversation I just see a micro second flash of the camera changing and it immediately goes to whomever ends up responding to him.

This isn't so bad since T3 speaks in pure droid, anywho... So it's not like I'm missing any text. He's just getting jipped of his screen time.

The other thing is the swoop racing. I can't place a time, at all. Don't get me wrong, it's not for lack of actually GETTING a placed time. It just never notices.

If I get a time that's in 4th place, it lists me fine. If I get a time in third or above it tells me that I didn't beat any of the current times. Even when I placed 2 tenths of a second out of first place.

Since I haven't found anything that REQUIRES placing in a swoop race, it's not a big deal. I just have stopped doing it. Kind of a shame though, I was enjoying the swoop racing more this time around.

EDIT: Found another fun bug. If I'm using jedi speed of any type the visual effect doesn't always cut off when the timer runs out. This isn't so bad as I can just kick in jedi speed again then wait for it to run out. BUT, if i'm in the middle of running with jedi speed, and I hit a cutscene, the cutscene is played back using the jedi speed "effect" (i.e. looks like something trying to play a 320x200 mpeg movie at 1024x768). Not so hot. Had to watch the whole replay of my jedi trial that way. Poo.

.ungawa
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Saturday, February 19, 2005

Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Now your one stop shop for nifty items of Lovecraftia

This makes me very happy.

.ungawa
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Wegmans part deux

So I hit the Wegmans tonight with Evil and Danny to check it out when I had more time (and not on a lunch rush)... and OMG... I really didn't get much farther then their wine area.

Their wine selection is beyond impressive. Not only do they have the wines seperated by country, they also have sections on "if you're eating fish/meat/poultry we recommend this wine", etc.

They also carry wine-like items, as well. Like some sake types, ports, etc.

So they carry the full line of Momokawa sake... which I've really never seen anywhere at once. I picked up a bottle of the Pearl (which I love).

They also carry most of the Schmitt Sohne line of wines. They had the various incarnations of their Riesling (Which I picked up the basic riesling) and their Piesport Michelsberg line as well (Which is aweseome if you want a white that's kinda sweet that isn't a riesling).

They had a few areas where wines were being chilled... and they had a small selection of imported beers... And there it was... the friar with the beer mug... They not only had the Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, but they had the Hefe-Weisse Dunkel, too.

This place is dangerous.

.ungawa
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Mmmm..... Wegmans

So it seems that the Wegmans that just opened up near here has actually managed to live up to its hype so far.

Went there with Evil at lunch today. We were looking around in their food market and just happened to stop in front of their sushi "bar". That made lunch an easy choice.

I'll be heading back after work today (taking a breather right now) to take time to actually walk around and check the place out... and probably have dinner there, too.

This is a dangerous, dangerous place. It's nice that it's within walking distance of work, though. It'll be some nice exercise as it continues to get warmer.

.ungawa
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Monday, February 07, 2005

Great Quote

Throwing it here so it's not lost forever!

From one of the email lists I'm on... Don't worry about the context... it's just damn funny:

"When you get right down to it, the planet doesn't make a big distinction between belching smokestacks and dinosaur farts."

I dunno... the concept of dino farts just seems funny to me. =)

.ungawa
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