Thursday, September 29, 2011

Games

I love playing games in my spare time, especially adventure games and mind games.  Adventure games are games like King's Quest, Adventure, Space Quest, and the Ben Jordan series.  Basically, you need to actually think about what to do next.  My favorite series are definitely King's Quest and Ben Jordan.

Now mind games are completely different.  In these, you do your best to completely screw with someone's head.  H. P. Lovecraft, of course, was the unchallenged master of these.  Although I can send someone to the insane asylum in just under an hour, if I try hard.  But then, of course, there's no challenge in it.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Flash Post

Using Flash was somewhat difficult, but as soon as I saw the difference between the video and the instructions and knew what to do, it was easy.

Monday, September 12, 2011

The Doctor: Prince of Clowns

An interesting fact is that at least two of the Doctor's incarnations have appeared as famous people in history - one contemporary with the "actor" portraying his second incarnation.
His second incarnation:
And Moe of Three Stooges fame:

Obviously, the Second Doctor got a haircut and decided to take a vacation and fulfill his lifelong dream of being a comedian.

And then there's the Ninth Doctor:
and Machiavelli:

The Ninth Doctor must have tried the same thing the Master did, but for some reason regained his Time Lordiness before the Time War ended.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Against Hitler Clones

My least favorite villain type is actually one of the most common: Hitler clones.  Genocidal madmen, who only want to purify their species/the universe by either removing one group or only preserving one.  The best example being Voldemort - evil to the core and born to kill, he hated muggleborns because his mother was a witch who died after raping his father.  And it's his father's fault that he ran away when he realized what she had done, of course.  A little depth does wonders with these people.  Take, for instance, Galbatorix, from the Inheritance Cycle.  He's certainly a Hitler clone - he eliminates all of the Dragon Riders, which necessitates the takeover of a large portion of the continent.  His future conquests revolve around maintaining his rule, rather than conquering for the sake of conquering.  As well, he has a good reason for hating the Dragon Riders - they sent him on the mission that killed his dragon, and with the mental disturbance that accompanied the event, it's not all that illogical to blame them.  Really, he's the best of the Hitler clones - he's got more personality than yet another Genocide Machine.  But aside from the rare few like him, and the rare few like the Daleks, who have an interesting appearance, good weapons, and a real threat beyond being evil, the Hitler clone is a sad, sad pack of villainy.  Abschied!

Villains Should Pay Child Support

In my personal opinion, all villains who are the hero's father, should pay child support.  Even if they don't know they have children, they should give back payment as soon as their children are known.  And don't tell me they can't pay.  Darth Vader is the Second-in-Command of the Galactic Empire.  It's an empire.  It stretches across the galaxy.  He's the second-in-command.  They have money.  Why didn't he give Luke 18 years worth of child support after he realized their relation?  Sure Luke was older, on his own, was fighting Vader, and had been hidden specifically from Vader for his entire life, but that's not a good reason!  And all he spent it on was two giant spaceships that were quickly destroyed - one never even finished being built - that practically bankrupted the Imperial Government.  Honestly, how was that more important than being a good father?

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Single Story

1.  A Single Story is the one Thing you think of when you think of a Group.
2. A Single Story about my Community is that this Universe is really Interesting.  It is not.  It is really, really, Boring.  Missing from it are any real Epic Heroes or Villains.  People can learn about this Universe by being in this Universe.  And they will call it Boring, and leave.
3. A Single Story about the Universe 5 Prexitels from this one, is that it is really boring.  It is not.  It is overrun by literally thousands of Dark Lords, all of whom are easy to defeat.  I learned the Story by visiting the Universe 8 Flagubs from this one.  I could find out more about that Universe by visiting it.  And vanquishing the Dark Lord.  And, if I have time, replacing him.
4. A Game could help you learn about a Universe because, since there are an infinite amount of Universes, and they are all Different, all Fiction is Reality in another Universe, and Vice Versa.