I'm SomeGuy, 29 years old, residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I've studied English Literature, Chinese Martial Arts, and am currently pursuing careers in writing - possibly even in the anime industry itself.
And I work for this site.
And you should be watching Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
Or watching Ranma 1/2.
Or learning about the Shinsengumi.
Or planning to visit Vancouver, The Best Place On Earth (actual marketing motto).
Here at the "Smallville" page, I have my personal blog where I'll post about anything and everything. If ya need me or otherwise need to know anything from/about me, here's where I'll be.
If you're really looking for my more professional, site-type stuff, you wanna head over my "Metropolis" world.
(Banner Design Courtesy of Red Tigress - thanks Red!)
First off, Florida-Girl, I got your card yesterday. It's super cute and completely approved of. Thankee!
So I'd say this year more or less broke even. Started off really well, kept going strong, stagnated a little, got really fun again f...
So, apparently Mark Wahlberg was talking out of his ass in that interview he did. He spoke like he had already nailed the role of Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie.
"Just what was that puzzling David O'Russell quote, referencing a "family dynamic" in the Uncharted movie, all about, I asked Uncharted 3 game director Justin Richmond at a recent press event. He laughed. "First of all, all that stuff was denied by David O. Russell," Richmond said. "He actually called us up and was like, 'I don't know what these guys are talking about.'" And Mark Wahlberg isn't anywhere near to being confirmed to play Nathan Drake either -- it's just Hollywood scuttlebutt, apparently. Still, I dutifully told Richmond that the Joystiq Biomass had chosen, and Nathan Fillion has our vote. Message received, Richmond responded."
So okay. All that news I was posting is now getting bandaged up. I like that. Means there's hope for us yet with this movie. Beyond that, lots of nice news about the Uncharted 3 progress.
. . . so SERIOUSLY! Nathan Fillion! Get on it, movie people!!!
As for good news number two (which is ironic because this news actually came out before the above news) . . . video clips of Uncharted 3 in action! Sure we're a year away, but damned if I'm not blown away with their progress so far:
Things worth caring about I noticed from the above videos:
Crazy nice animations now. I had to rewind when I saw that first skip-step around the first dead guy.
Really pretty fire effects - makes me excited for how they'll do sand/desert.
Multiple-enemy brawling.
"This an inner ear thing?!" Series continues to be hilarious on the fly.
Wallpaper curling up from the fire.
Environment burning and going brittle and stuff.
Snazzy melee fighting that involves stealing a guy's gun and beating him to death with it.
Everything looks and sounds GORGEOUS.
So yeah. Uncharted. 11/1/11 cannot come soon enough.
I got a 500gb hard drive for my PS3. Switched out the old 60 and transplanted that bad boy in - backing up the old stuff notwithstanding, surprisingly easy process.
On the third day of Christmas, I spent many hours after work reconstructing my Rock Band song library. Then I added "The Touch" by Stan Bush after I found out that existed. I do love that song.
Beyond that, just tried to clean up a little. Lots of plastic bags were put away, a bunch of papers on my desk were finally junked . . . though to be fair, I needed space for some new tech I grabbed from Boxing Day sales. Got myself a 23" monitor and a new external drive.
As of now, I'm still only halfway to backing up my PC. I may need to leave this running all through day 4 of Christmas.
Oh yeah, Christmas itself was pleasant. Drank scotch with my stepdad before 1pm, had lunch with family and friends, and hung out with my godson a whole bunch throughout the day. It's great because at 14 months, he's finally starting to grow a personality (dog-lover, outgoing, likes video games, knows his alphabet kinda).
Then the next day I slept in before finally getting up to consider Boxing Day shopping. Monitor and hard drive seemed like a fair deal.
It's funny, that reminds me: I ended up getting my godson that Iron Man Mr. Potato Head. I reckon his dad will be responsible enough to not let him try to eat a piece of it and die. He'll be a'ight.
Aaaaaaaaaand, that's all I'm gonna say about what gifts I got for other people. 'Cause really, what meaning does it have to anyone if I mention that I got my sister-in-law pajamas and an iTunes gift card? It's not that it's nobody's business; more so, it's just . . . who actually cares, y'know?
