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Ecco the Dolphin: This is True Fear
One of my fondest memories from childhood was playing this game for Sega Genesis (called the Megadrive for those outside the US) called Ecco the Dolphin.
How To Suck At Writing A Music Article About Music You Hate
I stumbled upon this article recently: 10 Reasons Why Nu-Metal Was The Worst Genre Of All Time.
If you read the comments, you’ll already know why I have problems with this article. The problem here is that she sticks to no real reasoning whatsoever. Her facts aren’t straight, and it looks to me like she’s trying to jump aboard the popularity train of “It’s Cool To Hate Things.” Pretentious contrarian.
Let’s go down her retarded list, and play a game of spot the fallacy.
My First Metal Concert
Well, it certainly was interesting. I went to see Rob Zombie as my first heavy metal concert. A little history between me and Rob Zombie: this was the first heavy metal band I ever liked. It was my introduction to metal at all. Thanks to the Matrix soundtrack, I was on that techno-rock kick (which I now know to be called “industrial metal”). Rob Zombie lead way to Disturbed, and from there on it was all fun. You can read my whole journey of it all here.
Now, here was my first concert. I had high hopes.
Long story short: it wasn’t as great as I thought it would be. It was fun, yes, but I expected so much more.
Short story long: …
PVP servers in MMORPG's
I actually cannot stand pvp servers in mmorpg’s. I get that you want to be able to get the jump on your enemy any time you want, but the problem is there’s always a level difference.I’ve heard some good arguments “Well, it makes the game more realistic, because sometimes life just kicks you in the ass for no reason.” The thing they’re missing is that life kicks you in the ass usually when you didn’t prepare yourself. Now I know, there are natural disasters that nobody can prepare for, but those are extremely unlikely to happen to everyone in the world. I think it’s more realistic for me to die or get killed because I didn’t take the time to prepare myself for everything that could happen to me.
My Journey Into Heavy Metal
For anyone else out there who’s kinda been curious about this whole “rock” genre (note: rock is a complete understatement to what I listen to) and wanted to at least try and like it, this post should help you.
The Majora's Mask Grief Theory
I watched a video recently, The Majora’s Mask Grief Theory.
After watching this video, my critically-thinking brain started going off about it. There are so many problems I had with their theory, that I believe that all of it is completely implausible and ridiculous.
Modern Korn – Must Vent
I know they can do better than this. In case no one has seen it yet, this is Korn’s video for Spike in My Veins. Honestly, I’m thoroughly disappointed in it. I’ve seen better ideas for videos from 11 year olds… This is a symptom of the truth: Korn is done.
Papers, Please – Review
I’d been seeing “Glory to Arstotzka” written all over the internet, and wondered where the hell it came from. Come to find out, it comes from an indie game called “Papers, Please”. I had to find out if it was a good game or not.
I checked Zero Punctuation. Not only did he like it, it was one of his top games of 2013.
This game on countless review sites gets rave reviews… So I said “Alright, fine!” I had to check this game out for myself. Does it live up to the hype?
Oh my… yes, this is a fun game, and I can’t wait to tell you why.
Minecraft Industrial Mods – I Do Not Like Them Sam I Am
This post is specifically targeted at players of minecraft who engage in playing the special mods that go with it. I’m specifically referring to modpacks like Tekkit and Feed The Beast.
I would have thought that increasing the level of options available for me in minecraft would have been a great idea. Making machines that automate the process of massive amounts of work really sounded like a good idea. And then I remembered I’m a programmer…