Docs

docs.google.com is the home of the Google Spreadsheet and Word Processor, meaning I no longer have to write game review drafts in Gmail whenever I'm out and about. More importantly, this is beneficial for this blog. Updates have been slow as all hell since the semester began, and it isn't for a lack of things to say. No my friends, it is a simple combination of laziness and forgetfullness. The first one is pretty bad; how much easier does it have to be to write a blog entry? I think its just a fear of mine that if an entry isn't crammed pack full of juicy links I'll have some how let down the Internet, which sounds even worse now that I'm typing it. I mean, would anyone really care if I don't provide a link to some obvious and frequently distributed piece of gaming news? I promise to fully maximize the potential of the fifteen seconds it saves me.

The second issue is just plain frustrating. Throughout random parts of the day, I'll find myself reading some news, talking to someone, or just thinking, and BAM! Inspiration for a blog post. Then I never write it down anywhere, and it flies out of my mind as quickly as it entered. By the time I finally recollect it and sit down to write about it, it is so far behind the times that my Internet Lameness Index(tm) would skyrocket, and the entire weight of the Web would come crashing down to smother my ineptitude.

Now with Google Docs, I can get it down right away and cobble it all into a post later. Considering I'm never far from a computer, this works out quite well. We'll see what happens in the coming week!

Now on to things more fun:

- Sam and Max Episode 1 is out next week on Gametap. I plan on playing and reviewing it the day of or after release, in hopes of helping Videolamer get in on the early reviews that will pop up before the game hits general release. I have no idea what to expect from a Sam and Max game, but if the foul crying of fans watching preview clips, it will be "nothing at all like the comics". Good thing this means absolutely nothing to me. Excitement is abound!

- Fuck St. Louis. This isn't over yet.

- What happens when you run out of things to unlock in Tekken 5? You buy Tekken Tag, and find that people still want to play against you in both games. Here I am with a venerable arcade of fighting games, and the only one I'm playing is one of my least favorite. That, my friends, shows you just what actual competition can do.

Also in regards to Tekken, is this not the scariest character portrait ever?


Now I know that in anime characters always look a lot younger than they actually are, but come on Namco. I feel bad fighting her because it feels like punching a baby. One who isn't being a dick.

- It is definitely fall here in Baltimore. Fall is a pretty good season; one day the air is crisp, the leaves blow around on the wind and the sun has that late afternoon tint all day long. The next day the air is crisp, the leaves blow around on the wind and the sun is replaced with a grey, almost-winter sky. Can you tell I almost failed the poetry section of freshman english?

- People have been frequently coming into tutoring asking for help in Matlab, something I'm not at all trained in. By the time we're done they have a half written algorithm, and they think I'm a computer genius. Really, we'er learning together. How long can I keep up the ruse?