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Today has been, I would like to think, mildly productive. I got a fair chunk of that Visual BASIC programming I need to do done, I made a start on my C++ book and I came up with some more concrete plans for how to go about my fiction writing.
I also helped Erin with a talk she's writing for English. It's supposed to be about what she did in her summer holidays and she chose to document the various items of retro gaming equipment that Sam and I purchased and dealt with over the course of the holidays. Needless to say, the talk requires a folder full of visual aids and is almost twice the necessary length.
Her section on Superman 64, for which she wanted some quotes and screen captures, gave me an excuse to do two things I've been wanting to do for a while: a) fiddle around with my TV adaptor doohickey and b) play Superman 64. Well, I didn't really want to “play” Superman 64, but I have been meaning to record some so-called “game-play” for mocking purposes.
For those of you unfamiliar with Superman 64, here's how I described it to a friend over Adium earlier today:
15:47:44 Alasdair Corbett: you ever heard of Superman 64?
15:47:55 Jimerson: lol, no, is it good?
15:47:59 Alasdair Corbett: ...
15:48:08 Alasdair Corbett: think of the best game you've ever played.
15:48:24 Alasdair Corbett: now imagine it in an alternate universe with a goatee, wallowing in a pile of dog shit.
15:48:34 Alasdair Corbett: that's superman 64.
Even just playing it while recording, we both had some rather choice and humorous words to say about it, so I'm hoping to use it as a video feature in the VersusCOM podcast. Other games waiting for a mocking include F-16 Fighter (Master System), Wonder Dog (Mega-CD) and with any luck I should be able to pick up a copy of ET for the Atari 2600. Oh, and Shuggy's Garden, which I only know of from horror stories told to me by Sam.
Tomorrow should be a relatively easy day as well, considering that if I do my Computing work first lesson, followed by Physics second, I'll have last four lessons off to play the GameCube and SNES in the common room.
I could have sworn that I had more to say today. I would like to have another one of those posts where I ramble on about thoughts that seem deep in my head but lose something when put out into the world. Or maybe they never had that something and reality just makes it show. Either way, I'm doing a lot more “factual” rant-type stuff but that seems to be okay, judging by the sudden upswing in visitor numbers for August.
Okay, so it's not huge (and no, you can't see the graph... because I can't be bothered cropping the screen caps Skippy sent me and explaining what each one is) but it's encouraging nonetheless. Speaking of Skippy, he's returned from France and he's posted about it over at the MacTake, in addition to shamelessly nicking my idea of showing a Simpsonized version of myself on a blog.
His discussion of a French Apple Store he visited, combined with some comments on my post about it, has made me consider revisiting the store in Glasgow. It's not hugely out of the way if I'm ever in the area and I am still considering that new keyboard. Not that I really have any money to pay for it right now having just bought a bunch of books off Amazon. And if I did have any money to spend in Glasgow, I'd probably spend it in Forbidden Planet anyway.
To round off, I think I'll link you, once again, to the TV Tropes Wiki. More specifically, to the Wild Mass Guessing page, full of theories, both sane (Captain Jack is the Face of Boe) and insane (Pokemon are Transformers) but all highly amusing. Enjoy.
I also helped Erin with a talk she's writing for English. It's supposed to be about what she did in her summer holidays and she chose to document the various items of retro gaming equipment that Sam and I purchased and dealt with over the course of the holidays. Needless to say, the talk requires a folder full of visual aids and is almost twice the necessary length.
Her section on Superman 64, for which she wanted some quotes and screen captures, gave me an excuse to do two things I've been wanting to do for a while: a) fiddle around with my TV adaptor doohickey and b) play Superman 64. Well, I didn't really want to “play” Superman 64, but I have been meaning to record some so-called “game-play” for mocking purposes.
For those of you unfamiliar with Superman 64, here's how I described it to a friend over Adium earlier today:
15:47:44 Alasdair Corbett: you ever heard of Superman 64?
15:47:55 Jimerson: lol, no, is it good?
15:47:59 Alasdair Corbett: ...
15:48:08 Alasdair Corbett: think of the best game you've ever played.
15:48:24 Alasdair Corbett: now imagine it in an alternate universe with a goatee, wallowing in a pile of dog shit.
15:48:34 Alasdair Corbett: that's superman 64.
Even just playing it while recording, we both had some rather choice and humorous words to say about it, so I'm hoping to use it as a video feature in the VersusCOM podcast. Other games waiting for a mocking include F-16 Fighter (Master System), Wonder Dog (Mega-CD) and with any luck I should be able to pick up a copy of ET for the Atari 2600. Oh, and Shuggy's Garden, which I only know of from horror stories told to me by Sam.
Tomorrow should be a relatively easy day as well, considering that if I do my Computing work first lesson, followed by Physics second, I'll have last four lessons off to play the GameCube and SNES in the common room.
I could have sworn that I had more to say today. I would like to have another one of those posts where I ramble on about thoughts that seem deep in my head but lose something when put out into the world. Or maybe they never had that something and reality just makes it show. Either way, I'm doing a lot more “factual” rant-type stuff but that seems to be okay, judging by the sudden upswing in visitor numbers for August.
Okay, so it's not huge (and no, you can't see the graph... because I can't be bothered cropping the screen caps Skippy sent me and explaining what each one is) but it's encouraging nonetheless. Speaking of Skippy, he's returned from France and he's posted about it over at the MacTake, in addition to shamelessly nicking my idea of showing a Simpsonized version of myself on a blog.
His discussion of a French Apple Store he visited, combined with some comments on my post about it, has made me consider revisiting the store in Glasgow. It's not hugely out of the way if I'm ever in the area and I am still considering that new keyboard. Not that I really have any money to pay for it right now having just bought a bunch of books off Amazon. And if I did have any money to spend in Glasgow, I'd probably spend it in Forbidden Planet anyway.
To round off, I think I'll link you, once again, to the TV Tropes Wiki. More specifically, to the Wild Mass Guessing page, full of theories, both sane (Captain Jack is the Face of Boe) and insane (Pokemon are Transformers) but all highly amusing. Enjoy.
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