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So, I bought my mom a Nintendo DS for her b-day.

  • Apr 14, 2008
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Along with my copy of Brain Age. I showed it to her a while ago and she always kept asking "can we play the brain game?" - so I thought, I will just give it to her, since I kind of lost interest in it.
She is not really tech savvy, I am afraid (not that there is anything wrong with it - I think it would really, really bum me out if I knew she had a Myspace, haha. Or would stumble over porn or gory pics on the net), but that's one of the reasons why I bought it. There's not much you can do wrong with a DS, after all.

The only problem is that she keeps talking to herself during the Brain Age Test, and the DS thinks she gave the wrong answer... "Scissors... hmmm... so when it's scissors..." - before she can say "Paper" the test already went on.

I have the feeling that she will be a pro gamer next time I am seeing her.

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Upcoming Indie PC game: Fez

  • Mar 5, 2008
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http://www.destructoid.com/gdc-08-fez-the-best-game-i-have-never-played-71212.phtml


Fez Teaser Trailer



This is so sweet!


The embedding of the much longer video on Destructoid didn't work, sorry about that.

So make sure to visit the link to see the longer, high quality teaser if you haven't already.


Giddy giddy!



*If you don't already know Cave Story, of which the character design for Fez reminded me a lot - An Interview with  the designer, Pixel.


1 comment Tags: games, old school, awesome, indie, 3d, pixel, paper mario, 2d …

So, my grad project...

  • Feb 14, 2008
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I have no idea what to do, really.


Three.Two.One.

It's supposed to be a board game (hence the scrabble board, I just wanted to play around a bit and see what happens). It's supposed to facilitate intercultural communication (as in, people come together, don't speak a common language or at least not well enough, play the game, spend time together, relate to each other yadda yadda).

The problem now is, I DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT GAME DESIGN.

I have no idea how to find rules for this.
I suck!


1 comment Tags: rules, old school, game, mac, board game, icons, icon design, homage …

New Indy movie.

  • Feb 13, 2008
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TRAILER

Damn this looks GREAT.

I can't believe this is finally happening, after all those years of rumours. It's just now after I watched the trailer that i realize that there - really! - will be a new Indiana Jones movie, man I am PSYCHED. This better be good or else. But it will be good, no doubts about it.

Raiders of the Lost Ark was the first movie that I watched on video tape (I guess I was eight, maybe nine years old). God damn that was INTENSE. I was sold right at that moment. Indiana Jones - good dude, backed hard.

Eat your heart out Star Wars, but after the mediocrity of the new films (to be honest, I didn't even bother watching the last one) I think it's safe to say Indy will age with more grace than you did.

2008 - first the new R A M B O and now a new Indiana Jones, this is the best year ever already.


Post a comment Tags: awesome, movie, spielberg, ark, indy, indiana jones, steven spielberg, fedora …

Wolves in the Throne Room / CTM

  • Jan 31, 2008
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I went to see Wolves in the Throne Room yesterday. As you could expect from a show that was part of Club Transmediale, the audience was very mixed, which I liked. A flock of metalheads was rocking out in front of the stage, among the more artsy types, the hipsters, the tech nerds, which had a good time too.
The bands that opened - well there was this norwegian ambient/drone/soundscape project which played only very short. It was quite enjoyable. Much more enjoyable than the band that played before them (no idea what their name was) - it was pretty pretentious, "avantgarde" noise with no song structures (which I really have no problem with at all, there are a lot of artists I love that do stuff like that, but much more original and interesting) and inconsequential vocals.
Another band that played after WITTR: Shit & Shine, which I had to endure two years ago when they opened for SunnO))) at Volksbühne - back then they were ridiculous, they had like 8 drummers, made a lot of noise, but were very, very boring and predictable. But apparently they are considered to be some kind of super group, well, I couldn't care less about them - so we left early. WITTR was easily the highlight of the evening, really intense and harsh, I loved it.

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Meet Busy

  • Jan 29, 2008
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Busy

This is Busy, he is a Boxer, and yes I know he is not real but he's adorable nonetheless.
The game is on Korean which is fine too because I want to learn it anyway. My roommate gave it to me - the collar is courtesy of her too. She said it would fit my dog better then hers (a Shiba Inu named Mongu).
I already know what Yes and No look like (I will pick up the glyphs sometime soon).
I might go to Korea this Summer actually. Would be nice to be able to speak a bit Korean... this game will prepare me to talk to Korean dogs, at least (the national dog breed of Korea is the "Jindo").

Busy is pretty cool and smart, and he already won 3 competitions. And so on.

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Skype Emoticon appreciation:

  • Jan 29, 2008
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Skype emoticon appreesh.
Skype emoticon appreesh.

Every time I have feelings of doubt I think of this guy and everything's cool again.
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I got an amazing package today.

  • Jan 29, 2008
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Today was pretty sweet. I openend the mailbox and was happy to find in it the package that .tiff sent to me a week ago.


.tiff's terrific package!
.tiff's terrific package!
This made my day so much better!
This made my day so much better!
It's fantastic! Awesome! Wonderful! Best package in a long, long time! 
Thanks .tiff!

Another amazing package was sent to me by Josan in Vancouver:

Chocolate!
Chocolate!

All in all, a great day.

2 comments Tags: san francisco, vancouver, mail, vox, chocolate, package, .tiff, cool stuff …

"Rollins saves."

  • Jan 22, 2008
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It was pouring last night. When I arrived at the Passionskirche, I was soaked wet, and late to both. I didn't get to sit down for the whole three hours Henry Rollins did his spoken word act, which kind of sucked after a while, but the show made time pass very quickly. It had its lenghts, especially at the end, but overall it was an awesome show. It's incredible he was able to deliver a powerful and entertaining performance on such a constant level for three hours. Value for money.
Listening to Henry talk about his show with The Ruts was probably the best part, I think everyone who really loves music could relate.
All in all, I would go again.

Post a comment Tags: music, henry rollins, spoken word, tour, berlin, venues

Famicom Tantei Club Part II

  • Jan 17, 2008
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In a comment to a previous post, .tiff recommended a handful of DS games to me.

Well, I went and bought Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney. It's a fun game. It reminds me a lot of a game called Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo - Detective Club II: The Girl in the Rear, which was first released for the Famicom Disk System and then remade for the Super Famicom and the Game Boy Advanced (obviously, it is the sequel to another game, which I have never played and therefore can not elaborate on). 
To my knowledge, the game was never officially released outside of the Japanese market, but a fan-made (and, as far as I can judge it, excellent) translation has been made available for emulators. 

In the game, you are the orphaned assistant to a big shot private investigator, and like in Phoenix Wright, slight super natural elements are woven into the no-nonsense mystery of a murdered schoolgirl - which is, from what I heard, very typical for a specific genre of Japanese crime fiction. The investigation procedure is very similar to Phoenix Wright - you walk around and hope you will find someone who will give you a clue of some sort. There are, of course, no court room scenes like in Phoenix Wright, but otherwise I can't help but find these two games to be very similar - which is not a bad thing at all.

Tantei Club II is a pretty good adventure with an amazing and suspenseful soundtrack that gave me the chills at times. It has been a while since I played it, so maybe I should try to get a hold of a copy for my Nintendo DS. 

Now to Phoenix Wright - it's so much fun! I love that you have the opportunity to actually shout "OBJECTION!", using the built-in microphone of the DS. It adds a nice touch to the game. The court room scenes are really fun. The investigations tend to take a bit too long compared to the court room procedures. I was a bit disappointed by the length of the game, however, it's no problem finishing it in two days. Probably even less. I can't say it's really challenging, but it's for ages 7 and up, so you can expect it to be not too hard. And I wish you could change the speed of the text. But oh well, still, it's a fun game. 

So thanks, .tiff, good recommendation.

3 comments Tags: nintendo ds, phoenix wright

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