Monthly Archive for November, 2004

_Well, its almost Thanksgiving.

November 23, 2004, 6:22 pm, _Hidden Life Of A Warrior

BeGiN_

Well, its almost Thanksgiving. The only thing I look forward to this holiday for is the food. I can eat all I want and no one will ever care. Oh well, this might be the shortest entry to date in my blog since there is not much for me to talk about right now.

MP2:E_

I am now up to 47% completion and everything has gone better than expected. Though you will be totally fustrated by now since pretty much everything now is challenging. I like to be challenged but this is ridiculous. Though this game far exceeds my expectations, I just don’t see what some people have against it. It meets the standards of the traditional Metroid style. So why are so many people turned off. I think that there hasn’t been a good challenge for gamers in a long time and they are starting to feel it. I’m already looking forward to the next installment, though I will finish this one to the fullest. There are WAAAY too many questions that are unanswered. Like, WHO in the HELL is Dark Samus and why does it mock me so? And the true motive to why the Ing has invaded the planet. Will Ridley rear his ugly head again? Or will Mother Brain make a comeback… Its all up in the air until I can finish.

…Oh well. Till next time.

EnD_

_Not feeling too good

November 19, 2004, 4:36 pm, _Hidden Life Of A Warrior

BeGiN_

Well, its Friday and I’m not feeling too good mentally. My sister is getting on my last nerve. I tell you that this shyt must stop soon. I feel like I’m stuck in a horror film wiht NO way to turn off the power button on the TV. *sigh* Anyway, I am further along in Metroid Prime 2. I needed something to clear my head or I would be in a BIG fight right about now.

Mp2:E_

I finally got the Dark Suit, along with both Light and Dark beams. I do not liek the fact that you have ammo limits on the beams but I guess its because the technology isn’t all that compatible with eachother. THOUGH I did manage to run into one of my FAVORITE Super Metroid tunes in this game. It ‘s the stage music to Brinstar Depths 2. I was suprised that this tune was remixed fairly well to blend into the Metroid Prime enviornment. I am in a weird place called the Torvous Bog and just recently gotten the Super Missles back. Meanwhile, the Space Pirates seem like that they get stronger and stronger by the second I’m playing that game. Treading through the Dark dimension is also both a pain and erie at the same time. It’s supposed to be a mirror reflecton of the Light Dimension but things are not exactly the same as many people claim. There are lot of things out of whack in that dimension that many are not aware of until they play through it. I gotten up to 43% of the scans, most of the Lore and I’ve barely scratched the surface of the number of creatures. I’m loving this game so far, the ONLY thing that could mess this up is a bad ending.

OtHeR sTuFf_

I FINALLY gotten a G-mail invite from a friend. He had 5 of them and gave me one. Currently, I just enabled pop acces on it and everything is looking good there so far. There is a really unique approach to the system called “archiving”. I can see many new uses for this. BUT so far I have NOT managed to scratch the amount of information that can be stored there. Only time will tell… I want to test the spam capabilities of the system, but so far I kept a pretty clean inbox.

Oh well, Until next time…..

EnD_

Blogger Hiccup

November 18, 2004, 3:58 pm, _Hidden Life Of A Warrior

(post from yesterday. Apparently, blogger was having problems)

BeGiN_

Another usual day in the life of Louisiana. As usual its grinding season and the air smells like burnt leaves and sugar cane. Its less apparent nowdays mainly because I think that the state government made them use filters to keep all that crap from bellowing into the atmosphere. Still, things get a little cruddy around here because of all of the tractors and such taking mud and loose sugar cane stalks out of the surrounding fields and tracking it up and down the streets.

Another disappointing tidbit, one of the “merchants” at Amazon.com just dissed me by NOT shipping the book that I wanted. They said something like “a shipping mishap” and “unable to send you your order“. I bet that they just made it up because they used false advertisement to get people to buy it. Anyway, Amazon in general just went to the bottom of trusted merchant websites. I rather would want to deal with one warehouse than to deal with one-hundred and one of them just to get one item. That’s what merchant rating sites are for. Mind you, that is the FIRST time something like that happened to me in the many years that I have been buying merchandise online. On a higher note, I just got Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

MeTrOiD pRiMe 2: EcHoEs_

This game is one of the highlits of my current gaming experience with the Gamecube. It is unbelivable how much they paid attention to tedail in the enviornments. Also they are HUGE. Compared to the first Prime, it makes you think that you are actually on a real planet and not in an artificial game field. More notable is the art direction. It’s even more extreme than the First Prime. I can’t even put it all into words right now. Maybe after I finish the game I’ll have a better perspective on it all.

OtHeR StUfF_

I also had time to complete my front page of my portfolio site. It took about a few days on and off it, but I think that it came out ok. ITs not the height of my ability but it was interesting how I came across some of the effects that I pulled off. Soon I will be able to update my screen shot site to reflect my recent happenings on the Boston Freelancer Server. ALSO I often forget to post in my blog sometimes. Maybe if I knew if anyone were reading them, I would try to update it more often. But for now, its mainly for my benefit. I tend to forget events sometimes. Like I forgot to include my happenings with my road trip back to Louisiana and the “Evil chevy Mini van” that followed us about 45% of the way. Talk about creepy, but nothing “crazy” happened.

Well….until next time.

EnD_

_Updated

November 10, 2004, 11:37 am, _Hidden Life Of A Warrior

BeGiN_

Well, it has been an entire month and a half since I posted. Life has slowed down a bit and my blog shows it. Since I’ve been back in Louisiana, things have been both stationary and weird at the same time. Well…

The sob story goes like this, My sister has a mental condition. (Yes sktszo) She has been doing crazy things as of late, and now she refuses to go back to her apartment. Her son stays here where I am because he goes to school here. He didn’t want to move with her since she made him move a lot of times and he just got tired of it all. Now she is afraid to stay at home alone . He just won’t budge and that is final. Now that she is here, I am here constantly looking for a job in my field…..and I got to hear talk to herself and her two other personalities CONSTANTLY. Its starting to drive me CRAZY. I need to either get away from here quick or convince someone to take her back home because I officially had enough.

AnImE_

I have now developed an afinity to Anime related material. Cartoon Network has only added to this itch that I can never seem to scratch. I even bought a book to learn how to draw in that style. Up until now, I have been slowly developing my own style but every now and then, I need a sort of infusion to keep my interest up. When I was in school, there was hardly any time for drawing. Now I have all the time in the world and my drawings are coming along fine. I don’t have my own scanner yet so I have to borrow one for the time being. Once I do, I will have a ton of new art ready for deviantART.com.

Seems like If nothing interesting happens soon, I will have to eventually break down how I do simple things from day to day. This is both relaxing and depressing at the same time….well untill next time.

EnD_