| KK: Specific

I am very much game for Kombat Kommander Pacific. jr0n expressed strong interest too. I guess homeboy generally likes the Pacific theatre much more than Europa/Afrika.

Sounds like I should check out this House of Leaves business. Ahhh... GRRM stuff is great. I reread the series last year and enjoyed it a lot. I picked up a lot that I had missed or forgotten the last time around. I wish he would get no 5 out. I hope he doesn't slow down even further because of any involvement the HBO series that was recently green lighted for 9 episodes plus the pilot.

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| Oh Yeah

Don't forget I have Combat Commander: Pacific just itchin' to be played, Rudy. So I'll corner you at Kubla and we'll make it happen, whether you want it or not. Because sometimes 'no' really does mean 'yes'. Right guys? Right?

| House of Leaves, gettin' tougher

As the book sort of, changes, in the 100's it has become obviously more difficult to read. Not that the subject matter is tougher, but the physical act of reading the book has become borderline, annoying.

Not real big annoying, but enough that I am discouraged to read it in bed at night which is when I usually read. Lots of page flipping and axis shifting, etc. I still like it, and I 'get' what's happening and how the story and book are sort of running parallel (I think), but still. I still likey, of course.

I actually picked up Storm of Swords again (in House of Leaves protest)last night and I never finished it the first time and really there is no point in trying to continue on - I need to at the very least start the book over to refresh wtf is going on.

So I did. And now I feel like I need to restart Clash of Kings too, so I can get the back story to SoS. Cool! I just need to read roughly 1500+ pages to catch up with where I left off last time! Wheeee!

We're like some unofficial bookclub! I barely got through the introduction before falling asleep. I'm just so not used to reading these days. It was interesting though! I will try to read some more this weekend, but I also picked up 2 World War II books about the Pacific I need to read too.

All those two's looked so weird. :)

That sucks about the outcome of the game you guys were doing :( I dunno, don't give up, do something new, I'll learn C# or something and do the music for free.

| well the real worst part

Is I'm a raging asshole to work with!

Just got into the mid-100s section of House of Leaves, where the form of the book really starts getting weird (and the reading gets much faster). I was glad when I realized the reflected parts were just showing the page behind and that I didn't really have to hold the book up to a mirror... or should I still???

| Worst Part?

All the people who did the work for 'free' or back-end payments did the work on-time and to a satisfactory level, meanwhile the people getting paid did not, and worse decided to fuck around with the netcode, and essentially break the game, before we submitted it to Microsoft for part of the review process.

Good times, good times.

Hell is other people.

Awww, I'm gonna fly off my roof tonight!

I think it's like most artistic mediums in that there's a lot of lazy motherfuckers out there that you're forced to deal with because the days of the 1-man band are pretty much done. But I still think anything is possible, and it just takes a tremendous amount of hustle to get shit done. I know my own music has been stagnant for a long time and that's 100% my own fault. I think it's some kind of fear-of-failure complex I have.

I don't know! I wanna see The Crazies! Yeah!

| Ah, what could have been

Yes.

In fact this is exactly what I was working towards a few years back but was told 'it was too hard, impossible, etc.' by our 'programmers' and some outside consultants, as well as by Microsoft, but let's not go there.

Let this be lesson to us all: if you have a 'crazy' idea that seems impossible, do it anyway. Especially if you are drunk and it makes perfect sense that you should be able to fly off the roof and land safely, do it. Especially if you're Enron.

Check out this interesting game on Facebook from Microsoft:
Match Defense

Toy Soldiers. The facebook game is a color-matching bejeweled/puzzle quest kind of game in a war game wrapping. They're also doing a Live Arcade game that's a full on 3-D realtime strat game or something but that ties into this one. Sounds interesting. The puzzle quest part is pretty fun.
Little Article about it: HERE

Edit: It's actually sorta Jewel-matching mixed with Tower defense - it's interesting. It sorta reminded me of the game you guys were gonna make in an abstract sorta way.

| The Wrestler

Eeeuggh, what an intense movie. Really, really good but really nerve wracking.

Features copious amount of Marisa Tomei toplessness.

This Celestial speaks truth! Well, if Michaels does in fact have paints suitable for your toys, then it should be noted that practically every week the news paper has a Flier with 40% off or so. Enticing, I know.

Rented "The Hurt Locker" and "Godfather 2" this weekend. Hurt Locker was pretty good. It's about the bomb-squad type of units over in Iraq and it's super tense and just sorta fucked-up throughout, but not in a preachy way. And then Godfather 2 is just awesome. 3.5 hours goes by so fast when it's that sorta shit.

Also saw Shutter Bug Island on Friday and it was good in a "classic movie magic" sorta way. Wanna see The Crazies next - actually got pretty good reviews!

yeah, i registered last night and it was still 35 bucks, but the system is a bit different now. I don't know how to pre-signup for the events. Anyway, the list of games looks totally different. I don't see shogun OR (god forbid) Axis and allies on Sunday 10am slot anymore. (visine tear drop). So now I'm effectively stuck with Settlers of cataan tourny that starts on friday night and I don't even like playing SOC! (that much)

I used to get some paints and primer stuff over at Michaels. I didn't notice too much difference between the two paints, except the lack of metallic colors. Metallics aren't ususally used in Hobby clay pots. You know, if you wait for 50% off coupons, that shit gets really cheap. But then I never really was a Art fanatic, so you guys will probably notice different color hues that I does not.

Just fyi all, I won't be staying nights at the con, so whoever is doing the room thing, just leave me out. I'm only 25 miles away, so Im going to sleep in the comforts of the home bed.

Jon - do you have a copy of inglourious bastards? If so, lemme borrow it from you the next time I see you. Been meaning to get that movie for a while now, but just haven't gone around doing it.

Erick - really? you don't enjoy Bioshock? it's impossible to start on survivor or hard, think you have to start on medium first. Otherwise it's just utter BS how hard killing the monsters is.

oh shit, just did it now too, still $35 bucks apparently!? Yay.

| Saved by the Bell!

Will register now, thankz 4 tha 411!

Yeah, what's with the Citadel prices? (The refrain of our generation of nerds.) Ludicrous. Armory primer is the kind with the logo by the Munchkin guy, right? If so, stay away! I bought a can once and it really was the primer equivalent of Munchkin, in that the first 1/3 of the can was fine but everything after that was a horrible experience, never to be repeated. I have never seen PP primer around so have never tried it. I have heard good things about Krylon. I've meant to pick up a can several times but they never seem to have it at Home Depot. Some people swear by the cheap shit you can pick up at Wal-Mart.

I've also recently learned about gesso. The terrain guys like it because it doesn't eat foam, but also some people swear by it for hand priming small numbers of minis, particularly in inclement weather. Do you guys have any experience with it?

Why does this coffee taste like sweat, and should I have drank this much of it?

| Kubla still $35.

I have done this the past couple of years. Come Monday morning after the $35.00 cut-off, I realize I have missed it, only to find, they have not updated the price yet. Last I looked about 3 minutes ago, the price was still $35.00. get it!

I will know as we get closer to this weekend and the weather reports are more accurate for the weekend. Say Thursday morning.

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