June 2012
18 posts
Revolver Junkie: More Houshin Engi (vols 11-end) →
easternwu:
notesonleaves:
Random notes follow:
So, the Chou Koumei (Mid-boss) fight.
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I like how Fujiryuu incorporates stuff like cannibalism (man burger anyone?) in a way that is silly but disturbing at the same time. It’s always been one of my greatest wishes that Fujiryuu adapts…
Re: (replying to things that oddly are not appearing in the reblog)
I haven’t read...
Notes on Wolf Belief in Shintoism
1. Wolves revered as gods because they killed animals which damaged crops; yet also feared because they could eat people.
2. Legend in which Yamato Takeru was hindered in his travels by a god in the form of a white deer, and guided by a white wolf, who might have also saved him from fire.http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E5%B3%AF%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE Mitsumine Shrine is associated with this...
Video Game Writing and the Sense of Story →
minimoonstar:
unicornmagic:
minimoonstar:
Aaaaaargh so umm great discussion everyone, but apparently I put in the wrong URL. The article I actually wanted to link was this: Video Game Writing and the Sense of Story
RE: worldbuilding and characterization being way more important than plot in games, lol if you ask me that’s true in ALL MEDIA? Plot is useful as a vehicle to move one through the...
The Bingo Event Horizon →
mirrorful:
charmian:
minimoonstar:
tomewing:
AKA Twlight of the Social Games. This is very good. If you care about “social” or “games” anyway.
A really good article. This one about video game writing, or “storysensing” versus storytelling, is I think even more revelatory:
Lacking the tools to create an arc, or a central hero to hang that arc from, the game story always ends up as...
The Bingo Event Horizon →
minimoonstar:
tomewing:
AKA Twlight of the Social Games. This is very good. If you care about “social” or “games” anyway.
A really good article. This one about video game writing, or “storysensing” versus storytelling, is I think even more revelatory:
Lacking the tools to create an arc, or a central hero to hang that arc from, the game story always ends up as something crude. It lacks pace,...
ZAGGkeys Flex Keyboard
Recently bought this to use with my tablet. I’m pretty impressed; it makes the tablet a netbook replacement for basic tasks, like chatting or blogging. I use my keyboard a lot for navigation, so not having full keyboard function on the tablet was somewhat limiting. (As it is I use the laptop as a communications/entertainment device).
While most bluetooth keyboards use AAA batteries, the...
“We have consistently voted for hardware that’s thinner rather than upgradeable....”
– Kyle Wiens, “The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable” (Wired)
I was thinking about getting a Mac laptop next time I get a new computer, but I’m going to have to think about this.
(via imathers)
This is an absolutely accurate diagnosis, but I don’t know about the implication that the...
“#3: Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is...”
– The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar
This is why a lot of serial works struggle with theme, and also with accusations of violation of Reader Contract. (To what extent is the author allowed to change their mind after starting the series? After awhile I just tended to say that...
The Long, Fake Life of J.S. Dirr: A Decade-Long... →
If any of it had been true, it would have made for a very sad story—the kind of story that would have taken over the news cycle on Mother’s Day, even. But there was none of that, because the Dirrs are not real. They are, in some ways, just the latest example of the countless hoaxes perpetrated by bored, lonely people the world wide web over. But the Dirr hoax is singularly creepy in that the...
“I’ve complained in the past that television series, due to their...”
– -Adam Cadre
(won’t repeat my previous rants on the “illusion of change.” As lamely contrarian as it sounds though, this is really why I don’t watch a lot of TV shows. [warning, post contains Sopranos spoilers])
“Some SF fans will, perhaps, try to connect this to endless (and endlessly...”
– SF writer Rahul Kanakia, on Let’s Talk About Love
Yes, a lot of links today, but I thought this was a rather interesting perspective.
(via katherinestasaph)
Let’s Talk About Love is the only work of pure musical criticism I’ve read… (read the rest of the review, btw). BTW I...
