Name: Ian Chamberlin Birthday: July 25, 1982 Gender: Male Interests: Drawing, Anime, video games and technology Expertise: Great with a computer, a decent artist (though I am humbled by those who are far superior to me in that respect) Occupation: Other Industry: Other Email: email me AIM:  BountyHunterZenSign my Guestbook! Read my Reviews! |
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Monday, November 17, 2008
I can't wait until tommorow and the day after. I have NOT felt at the top of my game lately. I have gotta be coming down with something. Er, oh...I suppose I should mention that those days are my day off. Might be having an early Thanksgiving with Liz on Tuesday though. That should be cool, she said she's got lots of food. :) And then eventually I'll have Thanksgiving with my parents/brother/sister...probably my Aunt P....so it'll be like two thanksgivings.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Personally, I like it quite a bit so far. Story wise I'm very interested to see where they are going with it...I don't really want to spoil it too much because the opening scenes are kind of shocking if you haven't seen them before and have played the first one. It seems uniting the two worlds had a lot of consequences...I expected some of them, but others I actually hadn't thought of, though they make sense actually (I'm talking about how the people of Tethe'alla with their higher level of technology looking down a bit on the Sylvaranti).
Gameplay wise, it plays very well. The monster catching aspect is rather interesting, and gives you a chance to use some of those classic Tales monsters in battle. :) The battles flow like Tales of Symphonia, but a bit different...and dare I say faster, which I really like. There is actually a run button now that lets you run anywhere on the field during a fight, though you have to be careful because any hit while running like that counts as a critical hit (so you can't just totally abuse it). It almost seems to play like a fusion of Tales of the Tempest's battle system and that of Tales of Symphonia...in a good way I mean (eh, Tempest is ok, but it could have been a lot better :P).
I like the new characters so far...Emil, though he starts off really whiny in the first hour, is pretty likable, and Marta seems like fun. ^_^ Tenebrae, their companion (he's a cool, monster dog thing...not sure how to describe how he looks, but he looks cool anyway) is pretty awesome. He seems to like screwing with Emil. :P There have been some pretty funny skits so far. Oh yeah, the skits are all voiced now, as they were in the japanese version of Tales of Symphonia. I'm glad they did voices for all the skits this time, it adds to it as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, I might talk more once I play more.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
This is amazing. Also, I've heard this rumor on Kotaku, from someone claiming they heard it from their friend who interned with Obama's campaign:
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
This person I work with, I don't have much respect for them right now. They were talking yesterday about Obama, and said:
"Oh, he'll probably be assasinated."
Then I say: "E...excuse me?"
"That's the public opinion right now."
I got really pissed off, because from the way it sounded....well, talking about anyone's life in that way is terrible (Obama, McCain, even Bush as much as I'm happy his presidency is nearly over). And today, she drew me into the same fucking discussion again. Right afterwards she said "Oh, well I don't know if I should...Ian got really mad at me last night for saying this."
Then she proceeded to do it anyway. Then another guy there was like "Well, Martin Luther King got assasinated, *insert other assasinated person here* got assasinated..."
First...how dare you bring up MLK like that? Why, because he's black?
Second, what the hell kind of argument is that? Here, let me do it...
"Hey guys! Get this...other people in history have been assasinated before, that must mean Obama will be to!"
I mean what in the name of anything that is holy?! What the hell? Next time I see her, I'm telling her that next time she wants to 'discuss' something like that with me, to NOT do it. Jesus Christ. It makes me want to lose the faith in the world I've tried so hard to keep over the years. Oh yeah, and both nights they were like "Oh, your vote for the president doesn't count!" Shut the hell up. I guess we shouldn't ever try on ANYTHING to do with voting, right? It makes me sick.
Monday, November 17, 2008
I can't wait until tommorow and the day after. I have NOT felt at the top of my game lately. I have gotta be coming down with something. Er, oh...I suppose I should mention that those days are my day off. Might be having an early Thanksgiving with Liz on Tuesday though. That should be cool, she said she's got lots of food. :) And then eventually I'll have Thanksgiving with my parents/brother/sister...probably my Aunt P....so it'll be like two thanksgivings.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
The game I've been waiting for since the first on the Gamecube (the game that made me a Tales fan) has come out. My first impressions are as follows.Personally, I like it quite a bit so far. Story wise I'm very interested to see where they are going with it...I don't really want to spoil it too much because the opening scenes are kind of shocking if you haven't seen them before and have played the first one. It seems uniting the two worlds had a lot of consequences...I expected some of them, but others I actually hadn't thought of, though they make sense actually (I'm talking about how the people of Tethe'alla with their higher level of technology looking down a bit on the Sylvaranti).
Gameplay wise, it plays very well. The monster catching aspect is rather interesting, and gives you a chance to use some of those classic Tales monsters in battle. :) The battles flow like Tales of Symphonia, but a bit different...and dare I say faster, which I really like. There is actually a run button now that lets you run anywhere on the field during a fight, though you have to be careful because any hit while running like that counts as a critical hit (so you can't just totally abuse it). It almost seems to play like a fusion of Tales of the Tempest's battle system and that of Tales of Symphonia...in a good way I mean (eh, Tempest is ok, but it could have been a lot better :P).
I like the new characters so far...Emil, though he starts off really whiny in the first hour, is pretty likable, and Marta seems like fun. ^_^ Tenebrae, their companion (he's a cool, monster dog thing...not sure how to describe how he looks, but he looks cool anyway) is pretty awesome. He seems to like screwing with Emil. :P There have been some pretty funny skits so far. Oh yeah, the skits are all voiced now, as they were in the japanese version of Tales of Symphonia. I'm glad they did voices for all the skits this time, it adds to it as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, I might talk more once I play more.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
This is amazing. Also, I've heard this rumor on Kotaku, from someone claiming they heard it from their friend who interned with Obama's campaign:
The job involves getting him something to eat, maybe playing a little basketball with him, and basically chatting and getting whatever he needs between important things. During the conversation, apparently Zero Wing came up. You know, the Sega Genesis video game. I don't know how. And apparently, my friend made the off-hand comment of "All your base are belong to us". And Obama leaned forward in his chair, quirked his eyebrow a bit, and responded "What you say?"
This video kind of supports it. :D
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Strange, Funny, Heartrending
I forgot to mention...I played to the end of Mother 3 a couple of days ago. It really lives up to it's tagline (as seen in the subject). I've had games make me sad before, but I don't think I've ever had a game make me cry like this game. Even thinking of the ending right now is making me teary-eyed....Go play it, I don't think you'll dissappointed. I personally would put it near the top of the list of "Best Games I've Ever Played", and I've played a lot of them...if you'll excuse me, I think I have something in my eye.Wednesday, November 05, 2008
I'm really tired of people right now.
Just...really really tired.This person I work with, I don't have much respect for them right now. They were talking yesterday about Obama, and said:
"Oh, he'll probably be assasinated."
Then I say: "E...excuse me?"
"That's the public opinion right now."
I got really pissed off, because from the way it sounded....well, talking about anyone's life in that way is terrible (Obama, McCain, even Bush as much as I'm happy his presidency is nearly over). And today, she drew me into the same fucking discussion again. Right afterwards she said "Oh, well I don't know if I should...Ian got really mad at me last night for saying this."
Then she proceeded to do it anyway. Then another guy there was like "Well, Martin Luther King got assasinated, *insert other assasinated person here* got assasinated..."
First...how dare you bring up MLK like that? Why, because he's black?
Second, what the hell kind of argument is that? Here, let me do it...
"Hey guys! Get this...other people in history have been assasinated before, that must mean Obama will be to!"
I mean what in the name of anything that is holy?! What the hell? Next time I see her, I'm telling her that next time she wants to 'discuss' something like that with me, to NOT do it. Jesus Christ. It makes me want to lose the faith in the world I've tried so hard to keep over the years. Oh yeah, and both nights they were like "Oh, your vote for the president doesn't count!" Shut the hell up. I guess we shouldn't ever try on ANYTHING to do with voting, right? It makes me sick.
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