I'm alive, I swear!

Well, after a prolonged hiatus, here I am. Back to writing.

Uni's been so busy, so time has been really limited. I mean, cmon, i've done assignments like every day and every weekend since May began. Oh well. one essay to go and I'm done for the semester. Score one for no exams! That means 8 weeks holidays, where I shall bide my time working, playing video games and sleeping in. Oh. I'm also gonna do a few design jobs too to help me keep in practise.

Getting a tablet for my PC too, its just a small cheapo one, and even tho it's prolly not that good, it'll allow me to get used to them and to save up for a better one. It'll really make design work easier so i don't have to draw with a damn mouse.

Gonna be a good few weeks I reckon. That'll be a change from the business that is my life at current!

Ducks and Pucks

I must thank my manager at work, Billy, for getting me back into the sporting team that I loved as a kid, the Anaheim Ducks. Yes, anyone born in the early '90's and maybe even a little earlier will remember the Mighty Ducks TV show that we used to watch on Saturday Disney every weekend and the toys that we had. I still have my mighty ducks figurines, the goalie Wildwing and combat Grin. Boy, they bring back memories. I did like the movies they did with real people, but it was the cartoon series that made me love the Ducks. With the playoffs going on at the moment and the Ducks into the second round, I shall support them as best I can, even tho i dont have foxtel. I shall sit at my computer and listen to the games with my figurines on my desk next to me and cheer them on! Now to find a copy of the animated movie and im all set!

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Where have all the old gamers gone?

I Read some interesting info about gaming today, where they say that hardcore gaming is dying. The younger gamers are opting for softer, more family friendly gaming and retro gaming. But who said that retro gaming isn't hardcore?

I refuse to believe that the consoles that you and i grew up with cannot be classed as hardcore gaming. We can still spend 500 hours on a single game, jsut liekany modern MMORPG or First Person Shooter. I love collecting old games and consoles, I have in my possession at the moment, a Nintendo 64, a PSone and a PS2, along with a game boy pocket, colour and a gameboy advance SP. I am aiming to collect a stack more games for my N64 and PSone and acquire a NES and SNES sometime in the near future. Games like super mario and 007 golden eye have as much, if not more, hardcore gaming worth than the newer consoles. You know you're a hardcore gamer when you can beat super mario blindfolded xD. To play and beat older games that we grew up with is to me, the most hardcore kind of gaming there is. As much as i love the new consoles and the AMAZING games that are coming out, I don't think you can call yourself a hardcore gamer without being dedicated to retro gaming also.

Thoughts?
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to Meme or not to Meme, that is the question.

Today's thought is on internet memes,
Well, you either love her or hate her with a passion. That's right, I'm talking about Boxxy. To be honest, I had never even heard of Boxxy until 4 days ago, when I was browsing the interwebz and came across a .gif of a girl's facial expressions. After some digging and research, I found out that her name is Boxxy, and that she became an instantly famous and widely hated internet meme. Her videos and images were quickly posted all over the world's biggest and most feared forum, 4chan.

That's right, I delved into the depths of /b/ to find out about Boxxy. Now to explain /b/ to you, if you have never heard of it. It's the biggest and most feared forum on the internet where anything goes, you name it, it's there. It's also the place where most internet fads start. Rickroll, LolCatz, Demotivators, they all started on 4chan's /b/.

It's crazy how a video of a baby laughing, or a duck with spinning wheels (duckroll) or fake links that take you to a rick astley video (rickroll) can become famous. It all happens on /b/. People post these images, videos and then other users post replies and responses, helping them gain momentum on the internetz. They can also get famous via 'trollz' where people post meaningless replies to bump them to the top of the forum. That's what happened to Boxxy. At one point, the whole first page of /b/ was full of Boxxy threads. Everyone started to hate her and 4chan had to come up with a way to get rid of her. They attempted to hack and search everywhere for her real name, identity, address and other details, but no trace of her existing was found. She had dropped off the internet radar for now. 3 months later, she made a video replying to all the rumours that had started during that time. She had been watching silently. They had to crash 4chan to remove all traces of boxxy.

Her videos are of a completely different matter, all they are is her talking to a specific person to whom she made the video, but she is completely hyperactive and talks crazily, making for an entertaining video. She's awesome.

But what about other internet memes and fads. What of the starwars kid, whose lightsabre video made us all laugh, yet he committed suicide after the video got famous. The kid from Chocolate Rain video? Who knows where he is. Noone's seen or heard from him since that video. Can an internet meme have the same expiry date as a real actor/ess or comedian? Do they have shorter expiry dates because you can't paparazzi them in the flesh? They don't release their private worlds so we can't stalk them either.

What of internet memes? What's your favourite or least favourite meme?
Are you a hater or fellow fan of Boxxy?
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manga, maniacs and superpowers

I come to you from my desk once again, with the latest Shonen Jump Magazine and a few brownies and cream in front of me. Working on a video for my dad, whilst waiting for it to render, i thought I'd kill some time.

I got to thinking, what if superpowers were real and we could all have one power? The idea of mutants, or superheroes would go out the door, because everyone would be in the same boat and it would become the norm. Personally, i reckon that the coolest super power to have is Telekinesis. No, not Telepathy, I dont want to know what you're thinking 24/7, but telekinesis, the ability to move things with your mind. You could move and levitate objects and people and that would be awesome. It would give you the ability to fly because you jsut levitate yours shoes on your feet and fly around. I think that moving things out of people's hands or pockets would be funny, to watch them scramble for them as i levitate their wallet onto the roof of a passing car. Damn, I'm clever. Note to self, steal someone's wallet and put it on top of a passing car just for the lulz.

Anywho, any other thoughts on superpowers?
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