Games of 2012 I am looking forward to
- Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
- Diablo 3
- Crusader Kings 2
- Blizzard DOTA
- Dishonored
- From Dust
- Hitman: Absolution
Although I am pretty broke most of the time, so I don’t know how many of these I will actually be able to play. Lucky for me though I have friends who buy tons of games. But I will say that I will definitely be getting the Starcraft 2 expansion, even if I have to eat Ramen noodles for a month.
Game Genie: Ep. 2
EVE Online Hacked
In an unexpected move, the online anonymous group known as “The Lulz Boat” claimed on their twitter account to have “wiped out” the login server for Eve Online. In the process of doing so, they claim to off taking down the EveOnline.com server as well.
The Lulz Boat, colloquially known as “lulsec”, has, in past days, targeted several gaming websites, services, and companies like Sony, PBS, Nintendo and Bethesda.
So far we have no information on the motivations or reasons for which the claimed attacks has been launched, the group also claimed attacks on video game site The Escapist Magazine (Those bastards!) and the Minecraft website.
Regarding CCP, they haven’t neither acknowledged or denied LulzSec’s claim.
New Dust 514 Gameplay Trailer
MMO Learning Curves
EVE Online…again
Simon Magus
Back to playing EVE. I found a number of good improvements that I am happy about, especially with Planetary Interaction. Next month they are going to release Incarna, which lets you walk around a bit. Looking forward to that. They also have a new character creator, so I had to remake my portrait. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to give my guy his crazy Heihachi hair, but ah well.
M.A. Finished
Well I walked on Saturday and I just got my final grade back today. I managed to pull of a 4.0 for the entire degree. It is a shame that they don’t give any Latin honors for graduate students. I never got any as an undergrad because I was such a slacker back then. Ah well. Now I have the summer to relax and take care of many things that have been pushed aside from schoolwork. I have been playing some WoW, thinking about writing, doing some reading, and making preparations for my Ph.D. this fall.
Headed for the Ph.D.
New Writing Blog
I am starting a new blog, as of today. The main reason for this is to divide up the content a little. For a very long time SLR has been a complete mash-up of different things. You might read about Starcraft here, or about literature. You might watch an offensive video.
Anyway! This is part of the reason that my updating has gotten lower and lower is because of this issue and the incongruity of it has bothered me for a bit. So I am starting a new blog. This blog is called 500 Words and I will keep a link to it here on the side bar. In short (since I will be talking about this there), 500 Words is going to be dedicated to writing and literature. It is in some ways a reaction against some negative experiences I have had with MFA people, as well as pretentious notions about literature. It will also serve to focus me a little as a writer. In any case, that is enough about this here. Check it out and bookmark it. Or, you could always get to it from here.
500 Words
Between Two Ferns
Damn fine show, gentlemen, damn fine show. I heartily recommend giving it a go. Personally I saw the whole series. Once I even fell out of my chair laughing.
Axel Rose
Old Axel said that nothing lasts forever, and I suppose he’s right, in a way. But even though he has continued to wrinkle, has lost his boyish waist, I can still listen to “November Rain” on MP3. The song, the moment, has been preserved. And one day as the worms eat those lips that were so articulate, and which women once longed to kiss, the binary digits will continue to play a digital mimesis of Axel. So never mind the darkness, old skald, you can still find a way.
