(For those of you wondering where I got that title from, its a line from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Its famous for high quality dialogue such as seen above, you guys should totally check it out. I'll write a post about it some other time..)
So, I haven't updated in a while. Maybe you all figured I was busy. Well I'm not. In fact, I wasn't doing a damn thing but spending time being too lazy to update this blog. I'm in the library right now, watching everyone read what I'm writing over my shoulder. I don't mind, if I never wanted anyone to read what I was writing, I probably wouldn't be writing it on a blog, don't you agree?
School has gone into overdrive. Chemistry, chemistry, chemistry is a bitch. I had this murderous project over the Christmas holidays, and although I haven't touched it since the holidays finished, it would hardly qualify as finished. Ha.
As for Japanese, Tae Kim's grammar guide is a godsend. I'm currently in the advanced expressions section, learning about the causative and passive forms. I've finally passed the hell that was counters. In my opinion, its probably not as hard as everyone makes it out to be. Causative-passive is giving me more problems at the moment, because I can't figure out which particles to use. Meh. "Ageru" and "Kureru" were also pretty easy to learn. People complain about a lot of crap needlessly.
For those of you that haven't figure it out (morons...) I'm the writer of The Thousand Chapter Story...thats something I need to update as well. But then again, maybe on some other day. Maybe...
The Logos ship is in Montego Bay. For those of you who don't know what that is, its this ship that sells books so cheaply, its like they're giving it away. I need to go back and get more books. MORE, MORE, MORE, HARDER, HARDER, HAR- oh...wait, wrong context. I finally got Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, to add on to the Fellowship of the Ring, which I bought the last time I went on the ship, a couple years ago (the ship only comes once every few years). I'm quite upset that I couldn't find the third book, Return of the King...but I'm going back later this week, so wish me luck.
Oh yeah, I got this AWESOME digital camera for Christmas. :)Expect photos of my pornographic encounters with a variety of vixens very soon. In your dreams that is...everyone knows those are reserved for Facebook.
Peace,
Lord Robinson.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Avatar
Well, as of last Thursday afternoon, I'm away from school on my Christmas holidays. So yesterday I went to watch Avatar. How do you like them apples?
When I saw the preview for Avatar, I KNEW it was something I had to watch. (Not that I'm a Smurf fan or anything...O_o). Anyway, it was a pretty big in Jamaica, since they had a massive premiere on one side of the island(which a friend of mine got invited to, but not me...grrr...), and at the local cinema, they finally realized the joys of 3D. Yup.
To be honest, I sort of spoiled the movie for myself by reading reviews. That's not saying the movie was bad (it was really good actually), but I guess my expectations may have been a bit too high because of all the reviews I read. The 40 minute fight scene at the end was awesome, but in my opinion, it wasn't epic on the scale of Star Wars(like some reviewers said it was).
I'm not one for a love story, but I'll admit that it never got in the way of the film too much. It's not particularly like the story was NOVEL though, those who have played Assassin's Creed might have a rough idea of what one of the main plot devices was. Here's a hint, if it looks like an Animus, sounds like an Animus, but its not called an Animus.....
What annoyed me about the story was its environmental crusading, brought out through its one-dimensional human characters("But Gavin...it's in 3D!!" "Shut up."). You have your stereotypical evil corporate mogul that wants a mineral called, brace yourself for it..."unobtainium". You have his loyal army of futuristic soldiers with all forms of mechs and ships that burn forests and kill natives without remorse (apart from one of the better looking female pilots, how convenient is that?). You have the tree-hugger scientist who is so arrogant, she is convinced that you can just TELL people to kindly move because they're resting on the million dollar ore motherlode. And you have the Copenhagen summit, which...wait...where did THAT come from?
Yeah, I sort of find it a strange coincidence that the film came out during Copenhagen, but ugh...whatever.
Now, I'm going to talk about the computer graphics. The CG in the film is AMAZING. In the Marine base, I could honestly not differentiate between which parts were computer graphics and which parts were the physical set. The forest is even prettier. The forest is vibrant, alive, pretty and just REALISTIC(well, if you consider trees with glowing purple tendrils to be realistic, but please, just play along). I mean honestly...the night scenes in the forest were some of the best CG I have ever seen in a movie.
The Na'vi(read: "Giant Smurfs") run into the uncanny valley problem at a few points, but to be honest, I hardly noticed it in any of the main Na'vi characters. It really shows more in the flat Na'vi characters.
I would definitely tell you to go ahead and watch Avatar, its not like you'll be wasting your money. Watch it in 3D too. Seriously. Avatar, my dear readers, is CG history in the making. Let's hope that the game adaptation of it won't be rubbish.
In other news, since I can't remember if I said this before, but I stopped learning 漢字 by grade. I've just started reading Japanese news online and learning 漢字 as they come. Basically, this means that my vocabulary consists of mostly kanji pertaining to economics, at the moment. Hm.
Now here's the sad news. In a move that can best be described as some sort of perverse parting shot, school has left me with two projects to do. The first, is a Chemistry project on Industrial Processes. A MASSIVE Chemistry project at that too. Also, I have my Caribbean Studies Internal Assessment (a project) to do. Wish me luck.
Later,
Lord Robinson/Gavin/Haze
When I saw the preview for Avatar, I KNEW it was something I had to watch. (Not that I'm a Smurf fan or anything...O_o). Anyway, it was a pretty big in Jamaica, since they had a massive premiere on one side of the island(which a friend of mine got invited to, but not me...grrr...), and at the local cinema, they finally realized the joys of 3D. Yup.
To be honest, I sort of spoiled the movie for myself by reading reviews. That's not saying the movie was bad (it was really good actually), but I guess my expectations may have been a bit too high because of all the reviews I read. The 40 minute fight scene at the end was awesome, but in my opinion, it wasn't epic on the scale of Star Wars(like some reviewers said it was).
I'm not one for a love story, but I'll admit that it never got in the way of the film too much. It's not particularly like the story was NOVEL though, those who have played Assassin's Creed might have a rough idea of what one of the main plot devices was. Here's a hint, if it looks like an Animus, sounds like an Animus, but its not called an Animus.....
What annoyed me about the story was its environmental crusading, brought out through its one-dimensional human characters("But Gavin...it's in 3D!!" "Shut up."). You have your stereotypical evil corporate mogul that wants a mineral called, brace yourself for it..."unobtainium". You have his loyal army of futuristic soldiers with all forms of mechs and ships that burn forests and kill natives without remorse (apart from one of the better looking female pilots, how convenient is that?). You have the tree-hugger scientist who is so arrogant, she is convinced that you can just TELL people to kindly move because they're resting on the million dollar ore motherlode. And you have the Copenhagen summit, which...wait...where did THAT come from?
Yeah, I sort of find it a strange coincidence that the film came out during Copenhagen, but ugh...whatever.
Now, I'm going to talk about the computer graphics. The CG in the film is AMAZING. In the Marine base, I could honestly not differentiate between which parts were computer graphics and which parts were the physical set. The forest is even prettier. The forest is vibrant, alive, pretty and just REALISTIC(well, if you consider trees with glowing purple tendrils to be realistic, but please, just play along). I mean honestly...the night scenes in the forest were some of the best CG I have ever seen in a movie.
The Na'vi(read: "Giant Smurfs") run into the uncanny valley problem at a few points, but to be honest, I hardly noticed it in any of the main Na'vi characters. It really shows more in the flat Na'vi characters.
I would definitely tell you to go ahead and watch Avatar, its not like you'll be wasting your money. Watch it in 3D too. Seriously. Avatar, my dear readers, is CG history in the making. Let's hope that the game adaptation of it won't be rubbish.
In other news, since I can't remember if I said this before, but I stopped learning 漢字 by grade. I've just started reading Japanese news online and learning 漢字 as they come. Basically, this means that my vocabulary consists of mostly kanji pertaining to economics, at the moment. Hm.
Now here's the sad news. In a move that can best be described as some sort of perverse parting shot, school has left me with two projects to do. The first, is a Chemistry project on Industrial Processes. A MASSIVE Chemistry project at that too. Also, I have my Caribbean Studies Internal Assessment (a project) to do. Wish me luck.
Later,
Lord Robinson/Gavin/Haze
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas: The Official Post Mortem of Ebenezer Scrooge
Well, this was a pretty good Christmas in terms of loot. I got a stack of 25 blank DVDs, a can of axe, and most importantly a new cell phone. Its a Samsung...something...blah, can't bother to go look at the box now. lol.
As it pertains to my Communication studies IA, which I may or may not have mentioned in a previous post, I'm making pretty good progress.If I were a studious person, I could be finished by the day after tomorrow.
But alas, I regret to inform you that I am not a studious person. I'll be finished by like next week Monday, I guess.
If you're lazy(like me) and can't bother to read everything up top, but you had to read this text due to its coloration, just watch the video below to summarize how my day was.
This song is called "Today Was a Good Day" and its by Ice Cube. Its one of the songs in the soundtrack for GTA: San Andreas, which I have been playing a lot of lately.
I've also been playing Red Alert 3. That game is so much DAMN FUN!! I mean, its a ridiculous excuse to revitalize the careers of some porn stars and B-movie actors, but damn, it is FUN!!
Oh, and I think my balls are getting bigger. I'm also learning how to grunt. The reason? Gears of War. There is so much testosterone in that darn thing, I'm jealous. I think that game may be applying peer pressure(Is that even possible?). I tried it on the recommendation of a friend, and despite getting killed every second wave, I love it. The Lancer, with the chainsaw bayonet is so cool. Its officially cooler than the plasma sword in Halo(although that can't compare to the Sword of Mana).
Before I'd go, I'd just like to address the fact as to why this sounds different from my other posts. The reason is because in this post, I actually have SOMETHING to talk about, as opposed to many others, where I'm just giving you, my dear reader, reassurance that I'm still alive.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, including those who live in timezones where its still Christmas Eve and those who live in parallel universes that don't celebrate Christmas, and all the Ebenezer Scrooges who wish it weren't Christmas.
As it pertains to my Communication studies IA, which I may or may not have mentioned in a previous post, I'm making pretty good progress.If I were a studious person, I could be finished by the day after tomorrow.
But alas, I regret to inform you that I am not a studious person. I'll be finished by like next week Monday, I guess.
If you're lazy(like me) and can't bother to read everything up top, but you had to read this text due to its coloration, just watch the video below to summarize how my day was.
This song is called "Today Was a Good Day" and its by Ice Cube. Its one of the songs in the soundtrack for GTA: San Andreas, which I have been playing a lot of lately.
I've also been playing Red Alert 3. That game is so much DAMN FUN!! I mean, its a ridiculous excuse to revitalize the careers of some porn stars and B-movie actors, but damn, it is FUN!!
Oh, and I think my balls are getting bigger. I'm also learning how to grunt. The reason? Gears of War. There is so much testosterone in that darn thing, I'm jealous. I think that game may be applying peer pressure(Is that even possible?). I tried it on the recommendation of a friend, and despite getting killed every second wave, I love it. The Lancer, with the chainsaw bayonet is so cool. Its officially cooler than the plasma sword in Halo(although that can't compare to the Sword of Mana).
Before I'd go, I'd just like to address the fact as to why this sounds different from my other posts. The reason is because in this post, I actually have SOMETHING to talk about, as opposed to many others, where I'm just giving you, my dear reader, reassurance that I'm still alive.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, including those who live in timezones where its still Christmas Eve and those who live in parallel universes that don't celebrate Christmas, and all the Ebenezer Scrooges who wish it weren't Christmas.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Christmas Around The Corner
Well, its a year and 11 days since I started Happy Desolation. I've posted a lot of good thing, and I've posted a lot of bad things. Nonetheless, I think its been of good quality overall.
There are a few things I need to do though,so think of the following as early New Year resolutions:
1)I need to rewrite LunaMath (then LunaGraphics and LunaScene and Luna......)
2)I need to do my skeletal animation tutorial
3)I need to bump up my artistic skill level
4)I need to work out a lot more
That's really all there is. 1,2 and 3 are the relatively easy ones. I'll probably have problems exercising regularly, but then, not everybody manages to keep their New Years resolutions.
Oh well.
Merry Christmas Everyone,
Gavin.
There are a few things I need to do though,so think of the following as early New Year resolutions:
1)I need to rewrite LunaMath (then LunaGraphics and LunaScene and Luna......)
2)I need to do my skeletal animation tutorial
3)I need to bump up my artistic skill level
4)I need to work out a lot more
That's really all there is. 1,2 and 3 are the relatively easy ones. I'll probably have problems exercising regularly, but then, not everybody manages to keep their New Years resolutions.
Oh well.
Merry Christmas Everyone,
Gavin.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Crank Dis And Nilwinds....
Just in case you're wondering, the second part of the title of this post is not what it sounds like when a pirate tries to pronounce my name. Actually, its the name of a new project of mine. Those of you who know me are probably thinking, "Great, another incomplete project." Actually not this time.
Why?
Because the resources will be as easy to obtain. I was planning to do a traditional 2D style Final Fantasy-ish RPG. Therefore for the graphics, I can use RPGMaker graphic charsets, which can be created at this site. All I need to do is the following:
1)Create a Map Editor and a map file format
2)Link a scripting language(preferably GameMonkey, to keep it simple).
3)Create the main game executable.
4)Rinse, wash and repeat.
Some of you may be wondering what the story will be like, as an RPG is nothing without a story. I won't reveal any details here, but I will tell you its based off a short story I wrote a while back(that no one has ever seen, or ever will see, or that will see not the light of day).
Anyway, moving on to topics that normal people can understand. I found the video below on youtube. Did you know that they have a whole youtube group dedicated to Crank Dat videos? Nah, neither did I.
That was hilarious though.
I go back to school on like the 8th or so of January, so I'm gonna live it up while I have my freedom. That means I'm going to play as many video games as possible!! I'm gonna play until my frontal lobe shrinks to the size of a peanut!!!
By the way, remember to add me on myspace at www.myspace.com/gavin468.
Merry Christmas everyone! Don't drink too much eggnog or you might explode!
Why?
Because the resources will be as easy to obtain. I was planning to do a traditional 2D style Final Fantasy-ish RPG. Therefore for the graphics, I can use RPGMaker graphic charsets, which can be created at this site. All I need to do is the following:
1)Create a Map Editor and a map file format
2)Link a scripting language(preferably GameMonkey, to keep it simple).
3)Create the main game executable.
4)Rinse, wash and repeat.
Some of you may be wondering what the story will be like, as an RPG is nothing without a story. I won't reveal any details here, but I will tell you its based off a short story I wrote a while back(that no one has ever seen, or ever will see, or that will see not the light of day).
Anyway, moving on to topics that normal people can understand. I found the video below on youtube. Did you know that they have a whole youtube group dedicated to Crank Dat videos? Nah, neither did I.
That was hilarious though.
I go back to school on like the 8th or so of January, so I'm gonna live it up while I have my freedom. That means I'm going to play as many video games as possible!! I'm gonna play until my frontal lobe shrinks to the size of a peanut!!!
By the way, remember to add me on myspace at www.myspace.com/gavin468.
Merry Christmas everyone! Don't drink too much eggnog or you might explode!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Another Post
Well, I'm still fairly new to blogging, but I figured I should talk about C++(since I have nothing else to write).
*sigh*
C++ is a programming language. Nuff said.
Okay, I'll try and be more specific than that. C++ is an object oriented, general purpose programming language created by Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup in the early 1980s at Bell Labs. It supports features such as operator overloading, preprocessors, templates, encapsulation and inheritance.
So how does all of this mean remotely anything a man addicted to Pepsi?
Well, as an ardent follower of video games, I should point out that C++ is general purpose, for all the right reasons. C++ can be used to program everything, from operating systems to video games.(I really learnt it for the second reason).
Well, all that aside, Christmas is coming up really fast. I actually hope that this holiday drags along, as when I return to the loop in January, its gonna be nothing but work and sex. Ermm, well mostly work.
This Christmas, I plan to visit friends and family and brush up on my C++, and actually start a useful project. My idea was a COM control to replace Flash.
We all know Flash is good for 2d stuff, and 3d can be faked, but Shockwave is sorta slow and not used much. My idea was to create a COM control based off the Irrlicht Engine(http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net) and openAL. This allows graphics and audio to execute as a control inside a webpage. I was planning to use Python as a scripting language to control all this. I haven't come up with a name yet though, so for now I'll call it Cerberus. Imagine:
Oh well. Oh yeah, Lunatek is the name of my company. It currently has 3 employees. We mostly work on ...nothing. Oh well.
Pepsi calls, ADD is at my door.
*sigh*
C++ is a programming language. Nuff said.
Okay, I'll try and be more specific than that. C++ is an object oriented, general purpose programming language created by Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup in the early 1980s at Bell Labs. It supports features such as operator overloading, preprocessors, templates, encapsulation and inheritance.
So how does all of this mean remotely anything a man addicted to Pepsi?
Well, as an ardent follower of video games, I should point out that C++ is general purpose, for all the right reasons. C++ can be used to program everything, from operating systems to video games.(I really learnt it for the second reason).
Well, all that aside, Christmas is coming up really fast. I actually hope that this holiday drags along, as when I return to the loop in January, its gonna be nothing but work and sex. Ermm, well mostly work.
This Christmas, I plan to visit friends and family and brush up on my C++, and actually start a useful project. My idea was a COM control to replace Flash.
We all know Flash is good for 2d stuff, and 3d can be faked, but Shockwave is sorta slow and not used much. My idea was to create a COM control based off the Irrlicht Engine(http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net) and openAL. This allows graphics and audio to execute as a control inside a webpage. I was planning to use Python as a scripting language to control all this. I haven't come up with a name yet though, so for now I'll call it Cerberus. Imagine:
Oh well. Oh yeah, Lunatek is the name of my company. It currently has 3 employees. We mostly work on ...nothing. Oh well.
Pepsi calls, ADD is at my door.
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