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Lego Star Wars

by D. on 2 August, 2005 at 21:45

Lego Star Wars rocks! With pantomime cutscenes, no vocals, and blocky acting (pun intended) I almost forgot I wasn’t watching the actual film versions of Episodes 1-3. I dare say that if they did release DVDs of the lego actors doing these films I would buy them, and spend the whole night laughing.

The game play is good too. I especially like the simplified method for Jedi blocking and returning blaster fire. Hit the square button (on PS2) when the bolt is coming in, like you were hitting a baseball. Yes, square is also how you attack, so if you are swinging away with your saber in a total melee mess, you will strike your enemies and deflect their bolts without having to remember a complicated series of button presses. It is designed to be played by kids after all.

And this movie I stumbled over while looking for the official game link, is great too. I Dark Side of the Mooned it, though. I had the Flash Gordon soundtrack playing while watching the Lego movie with the sound off the first time. The battle theme and wedding march synched up almost perfectly adding quite a bit of humor to the experience… maybe that’ll help with Episode III.

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For the lack of anything else interesting…

by Marc on 2 August, 2005 at 22:15

I did my weekly swing through the bookstore yesterday and in addition to the $5.00 dollar coffee, I picked up several books (imagine that): “Infinity In Your Pocket” by Mike Flynn, (a reference book) it had a nifty periodic table graphic so I had to snag it.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene, I figured I could zip through this while I trudge through Roger Penrose’s tome on String Theory, a scripting guide for an OS I won’t mention here(I don’t need anymore hate mail), and New Spring (The Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan, to hold me over while I wait for Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan, due out on October 11, 2005.

In other news we posted the website to several web comic lists so If you are feeling magnanimous, hit our “ADS” page and click the link to vote for us. everyday /wink

I received the below image in the mail today. Its a graphic on a regular envelope. Good ole snail mail. Now if you have read my BIO under “/w all this” you know I work in .I.T. so it is a valid advertisement. Marketing makes my brain hurt. (Though I’d love to have a fraction of their ad budget.) Anyway, I really don’t have anything to say except..um, W.T.F. Mates! I mean damn, yes I’m a geek, and yes Manga can be cool. (Yes, yes I used to detest it, I know, yes David..) Anyway, um..wtf, over.

Yes! You guys are so cool and hip! Please let me buy your product!


(Front)




(Back)


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For the Home Land Security Boys.

by Marc on 3 August, 2005 at 21:51

It is a well known fact that I am a serious news junkie. I also like to comment on things perhaps better left alone. My lawyer (David) thinks I’m crazy, but what can I do?

There is a little known Windows XP easter egg I would like to share with you all:
Right-clicking on I.E.’s Home Page Icon while pressing SHIFT-F9 starts an IM session with the Homeland Security agent that is monitoring you. So if you are lonely late at night give it a whack and have a nice little chat.

Anyway, the “extra content” below is especially for the H.L.S. boys! Enjoy!

Next week I will tell you all about the tracking chips they put in the new twenty dollar bills!

Hey you! Let’s fight! (Again)

by Marc on 4 August, 2005 at 18:45

Our new, er old, um recycled, bah! Our strip is up at: WEB COMIC BATTLE!

And speaking of battles and voting, head over to: Bioware and vote against Penny Arcade!

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Hmmmmm….

by Marc on 5 August, 2005 at 23:57

Well we won the WEB COMIC BATTLE! for Thursday, but we didn’t get an opponent today. I still think its fun to go and vote. I’m always interested to see the vote counts for the various comics.

In other news today’s strip starts a mini-arc for PK which should be lots of fun: The trials and tribulations of finding a sidekick!

Anyway, I don’t want to miss Sci-Fi Friday! So I’m off..

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Bits O Info.

by Marc on 6 August, 2005 at 01:59

I never did learn that more is sometimes just more; so I joined us up to: Buzz Comix!

It’s a good looking list. It is definitely worth a look. I haven’t posted the vote button, so wait maybe I have learned…hmmm, nah, I doubt it. Man, I knew I should have paid attention in that marketing class.

Oh and Wes says hello to everyone (Wes, the all around nice guy that he is, helps out at the San Diego Con). Wes forwards this link for your perusal: Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog. Skim down aways and you will find a brief review of the latest Tick comics.

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More Chicks and Guns…

by D. on 7 August, 2005 at 00:01

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is yet another in the line of controversial games from RockStar. I know that no one remembers this, but the original Grand Theft Auto was a hot bed of controversy because the player partook in the criminal activity of stealing cars. The Horror!

Should GTA:SA be re-evaluated and given an AO rating because of some hidden sexual content?

It should be evaluated, like all games, for all of its content. It should then receive a rating comensurate with the evaluation of that content. If a single (fully clothed) simulated sex scene is what pushes it for re-evaluation, then it should probably receive a rating similar to another game which includes full animated toplessness and active, on-camera dry-humping scenes initiated by the player with commands like “have sex on couch.”

Playboy: The Mansion is, like GTA, rated M (for Mature). The M rating means no one under 17 without parental consent.

The ESRB Label on the back of GTA:SA

In my opinion, if you are a minor, you shouldn’t be reading this website without parental consent. But, if your parent, grandparent, step-parent, god parent, big sister, or uncle lets you, then it really isn’t the place of congress, retail outlets, local police, or anyone else, for that matter, to tell you or me otherwise.

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Webcomic Battle and other musings

by D. on 9 August, 2005 at 02:02

Our political stab at the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas “controversy” is up at Web Comic Battle. We encourage our loyal fans to go over there and vote appropriately, especially for ours.

Also, if you haven’t noticed, clicking on our heads in these ramblings will let you send us private email.

And I finished the story mode of Lego Star Wars last night! Now to go back through and get the rest of those mini and superkit pieces. Just in case I don’t get my strip up tomorrow, you’ll know why.

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Duh….

by Marc on 16 August, 2005 at 02:05

Well we got stomped on WEB COMIC BATTLE! for Saturday.

We do have an excuse however, Saturday we decided to do some work on the network and well we got a bit carried away. One new rack, six GBICS, and several hundred cables later we had rewired the entire second floor IDC.

Anyway, being the rocket scientists we are, we managed to have the site down for several hours Saturday night…(because a certain server apparently resides in an office dependent on that closet for certain things.)

So, here are few pics from the fun, we got a little slap happy around midnight. Oh and when drilling holes in concrete, actual concrete drill bits do wonders.


(David with part of the network still stuck to his head)


(Later that night “The Network” decided to leave a co-worker a present.)


(The present.)

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Monday….

by Marc on 22 August, 2005 at 02:22

So I have learned something recently due to the blog: I have no life. Really, I figured how hard could it be to come up with something interesting to write about daily in the blog? Well, apparently all I do is work. So unless you guys want to hear about the database I upgraded this weekend, or the Oracle book I am reading, or the class I am about to start on programming.

Right, I thought so.

Anyway, I’m off to New Orleans for a couple of days (for work) so if anything is wrong with the site, it is entirely David’s fault. David is currently out and about, but I’ll let him post about that if he feels like it. Oh the temptation!

Well the pile of work on my desk doesn’t seem to be shrinking on its own, hope you enjoy today’s strip. I am currently trying to fill a new position here at work, unfortunately HR seems to frown upon me executing the people I interview (/sigh).

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