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Does Someone Need A Cooties Shot?
August 16, 2005
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WHOA! New comic! I know, it's startling to me too - but also very nice to get back into a storyline again. I hope my sketches on Friday pleased and amused you rather than giving unto you grave disappointment: I tried to make up in quantity what they lack in quality. What can I say? I'm no Mike Krahulik or Scott Ramsoomair, but hey - you should KNOW that by now. Yes? Yes.
Ah - sweet victory. I just defeated Metroid: Zero Mission, and the thrill of beating a game is a rare and savory thing to me, I whose days are filled with the eternal struggles of World of Warcraft. My WORLD has been WoW, and really - it's nice to get away from it every now and then (and also my main just dinged 59 last night, WOO) It took me just about 5 hours and 23 minutes to beat it, which is not ideal, I would suppose - I did not win a chance to see Samus in her blue undersuit, which is just fine by me, really, as I prefer her badass armor (and you play sans suit in the game for a bit, and let me tell you: even the most slavering fanboys HAVE to prefer her armor to her weenie backup pistol - game turns into sci-fi stealth action for like twenty minutes!). It is the only 64% pickup completion that galls me, as I am far more the clever collector. That wall there? I will bomb the HELL out of the area, just as a matter of course, to see if anything will break open. I will shoot the SHIT out of celings to see if there's, I don't know, an ENERGY tank or anything hidden up there. I deigned to get the last Energy tank on purpose: oh, I knew where it was, all right - it was just surrounded by such a cunning little trap I knew it would have taken me literally like a HALF-HOUR to be lucky enough to get it. Why? Because it centers around careful space-jumping, and hell if I can barely go UP with that shit. I hate space-jumping. Oh sure, the idea of cartwheeling blithely through infinite space is a beautiful gossamer thing: but the execution sets my teeth on edge, through nobody's fault (much) but mine. I can handle Samus with delicacy and grace - in this game you HAVE to - but that puzzle is for a veritable maestro of the space-jump (perhaps to the detriment of other skills!), and thus I let it alone after a few tries. Very well, Zero Mission - I know when I'm outmatched. Although the boss fights are a lot of crossing your fingers and hoping your shot comes in JUST RIGHT - not so much the more nuanced (and albeit more frequent) battles of Metroid Fusion, but instead a speed battle to see who can dig down the opponent's health to nil first - the really clever little puzzles covering the rest of the game are delightful. I call that $17 well spent, my duckies. I do so love the Metroid, I does.
In a bit more unfortunate news: I am still recovering from bronchitis, which has beat me unmercifully about the respiratory system whenever I think I'm on the mend. I'm REALLY not used to being longer-term sick, the type that needs actual effort in order to get better, like bed rest and more sleep and less physical activity and such. I heartily dislike it, but I dislike this pathetic little cough and headache business less, and thus this whiny ninja perseveres. Here's hoping this illness gets the goddammed HINT already and starts packing, because I don't take kindly to freeloaders of that nature.
Nattering out of the way! That means... it is time for me to bring you LINKS!
* This electronic music guide is probably the coolest thing EVER. Must listen to with headphones. Gives samples, information, artists - it's just awesome. Seriously. Go see!
* Crapville will steal your soul with its funny videos. Seriously. It utterly consumed both Web Guy Josiah and I for like TWO HOURS one weekend, which was very bad because when it happened, he was asking me what I would like for lunch, and when it was all over I was like "OH GOD SO HUNGREEEE" because it was like 3 PM and I hadn't eaten anything yet that day. So beware.
* SPEAKING of Crapville (and I had to share this), the creator of the site is auctioning off something interesting. No, I WON'T tell you what it is. Just go see. It's funny, in a kind of "little late for class" way. But isn't that the most fun way to be funny? (well, maybe not the MOST fun. But... um... just go see it.) (SPOILER because I'm afraid the auction will be over and removed before this is posted - it's a Peanut M&M that looks like a boob. There I said it)
* The band Prozac Rat is awesome and you should listen to their stuff! That is all I should need to say, because they are just AWESOME. The end!
Well, that's it for me for now. Catch you all again on Friday, hopefully with a bit more spring in my step and a bit LESS of hacking my brains out (eww). Be good, all.
FYI TMI OMG,
Annie "Blue" C
And I got new direction. Yes I did.
And I needed it.
- Prozac Rat
"The Auctioneer"
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