At times, Turaga Vakama dreamt of stars. He dreamt of space completely unbounded, of planets and galaxies and universes stretching out beyond comprehension, packed with stories and struggles and losses and victories and life and danger. And then he would open his eyes and see the walls of his hut in New Atero, the torch in the corner of the room flickering and casting shadows across the wall. At times he would lift himself from where he slept, take his staff, and hobble out into the street
The Overlord and Grand Quillmaster of the Library, or Velox as he is more commonly known, has opened up a very cool contest: 12 short stories, 2 weeks, 400-600 words max, alternating Bionicle and COT. Flash fiction can be very fun, and writing under a word limit can be as well (contrary to what college applications lead you to believe), so I'm taking this opportunity to advertise what I'm sure is going to be a blast. That said, given my schedule for the next two weeks, I probably won't be ab
Just a heads up that I'll be out of town from now until next Thursday in order to get bitten by bugs, rained on, and generally have a very good time, with particularly limited Internet access from Monday to Thursday. I'll try to log in at least once a day on the off chance anyone really needs to get in touch with me, but, uh, let's just say it would not be the best time to ask me deep philosophical questions requiring a two-page response.
Finally got a chance to stop by the new LEGO store in my hometown while out with my mom on some errands. Holy cats was it slick. My mom was practically jumping with excitement when she saw the LEGO LoTR sets (I knew I got it from somewhere). Unfortunately, budget combined with my moving across the country next week meant we figured we'd better not buy anything, but I think we both know where to find gifts for the other now. I also meant to take a few pictures, but it completely slipped my m
I don't know if any of you are familiar with the Newsflesh trilogy, by Mira Grant; it's a trilogy focusing on a group of journalists (bloggers) in a post-zombie-apocalypse society. It's got realistic near-future tech. It's got news reporting. It's got politics, and I mean campaign politics, not just government conspiracies and the like (though there's the fair share of those as well). It's got multiple perspectives. It's got zombies by the truckload. In short, it was written for me. The
In the interest of full disclosure, this isn't really a story so much as a scene from a very long, involved story I'll probably never write. And it's only really 90% Mass Effect. Swoosh. Ding. “Welcome, councilor. Please select your destination.” “Citadel Embassies.” “One moment, please…” Rumble. Jane Myers waited for the sound of the elevator whooshing up the side of the Citadel to fill her ears before passing the datapad she held over to the man standing next to her. Cou
We're back (again!) Which is a good thing, since lately stuff has been happening! Whoa! Exciting! Thrills! Exclamation marks! But seriously... First of all, the Sam minifig that the ever-awesome Nuju Metru made came in the mail thanks to the efforts of also-ever-awesome xccj. He's already making friends with the Dalek figure on my desk. Second, I finished my sophomore year of college! As far as I know, all my classes went pretty well grade-wise, and I'm already looking forward to next yea
Things are finally starting to wrap up around here. I've got a meeting with one of the faculty in the CS department tomorrow, a pair of midterms Wednesday and Thursday, and a whole lot of stuff to pack up before I move out on Friday. After that, I've got about two weeks at home to get everything together, and then I'm off to Seattle for the summer. I haven't got the faintest idea who my roommates are going to be, or even where exactly I'll be living, but I'm excited. I've spent my whole lif
Some of the stuff this woman pulled off in translating the Harry Potter books into Japanese is brilliant. You think making puns is tough enough, try translating them.
Good to see things are all sorted out. I've seen plenty of forum hackings in my time, and I followed the pattern with this one that I've learned works best - just ignore the hacker and leave it to the staff. It's an attention game. ...Granted, that was made easier by the fact it's darn near impossible for me to contact other BZPers outside of here. Which I really ought to remedy, so for future reference you can find me on Twitter as BoltGSR. In other news, life continues as normal, with t
Got to see Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (the Rifftrax/MST3K guys) riff a pair of old 70's school-education films live, followed shortly by John Hodgman hitting me in the shoulder with a 5-Hour Energy. Milwaukee, you ain't half bad sometimes. EDIT: ohmygod and new Toonami was on. New Toonami. Actual new skits with Tom. They reviewed Mass Effect 3. Is this real life?
So, it's done and up. Go and read it before you read on; I'll wait. So! A character piece. Huh. Quite different from the last two things I've written. Anyways, I've always liked Onua as a character, even though he had one of the more neutral personalities of the original six. If I'm not mistaken in the early early materials he was supposed to have been the eldest of the group, and even though that idea was of course dropped he still feels that way in my mind. I particularly enjoyed findi
Draft of my SSC9 entry is done; hopefully I'll have time to give it some polish tomorrow and/or Sunday. I could try and revise now, but I've found it always helps to wait a day or two between draft and revision. It's rather different from the previous two fics I've put up; for one thing, it actually follows the perspective of just one character. Imagine that! Still needs a title, though; I always wind up doing those late. In other news, logging plenty of time into Mass Effect 3, though I'm g
...not using a VPN to unlock your copy of Mass Effect 3 at 9 AM tomorrow, but rather attending classes until 5 PM and then studying for midterms until 11 PM. (ps: being a responsible member of society sucks)
I've been waiting for this. In my games of 2012 post a while back I mentioned a little title then known as Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die, the sequel to the wonderful (and mind-screwy) 999: Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors. Today, Aksys formally announced GPD'll be coming to America under the title Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, with 999 to now be considered part of the Zero Escape series. For those not in the know, both games focus on a group of 9 people trapped in a seale
I like crossovers. There, I said it. It's a statement that doesn't really reflect well on my personal taste - after all, when most people hear "crossover", their brain translates it to either "cashgrab" or "unspeakably bad fanfiction" depending on the context. (Note: if the context is comics, "continuity nightmare" is also acceptable.) There's not really much I can do to argue against that - for proof of the former, direct yourself to any number of nonsensical promotional crossovers (recent
So there it goes, and here I am with no reporter, lurking a topic in General Discussion, nervously scrolling down the page in a topic just coming awake to an early evening rush of bronies and Homestuck trolls... With a HUGE blog post just outside the door so full of filtered websites that I'm afraid to even look at it! But I can't abandon the thing. The only hope, is to somehow get it across three hundred miles of open road between here and Sanctuary. But sweet GregF, I am TIRED, I'm scared, I
There's a HF video contest with some very impressive prizes (and very little publicity) going on right now. I personally don't intend to enter, but it's such a great opportunity for HF fans that I'd hate to see people miss out just because they didn't know about it. On the plus side, if not enough people enter, it seems they'll provide a two-week extension - but I wouldn't bet on that. Source: Hero Factory Discussion
The name's Kyle Hyde. It's been three years since I quit the force and left New York. Now I'm a salesman for this outfit called Red Crown. On the surface, Red Crown's a door-to-door sales firm dealing in household goods. But Ed, the boss, has himself a little business on the side. He finds things that don't always want to be found. Keeps it quiet, too. From time to time, I lend a hand. Ain't the greatest gig in town, but... I got nowhere to be and nothing better to do. You hear me, Bradley? This
First month of 2012 is on it's way out. Dunno about the rest of you, but for me it was pretty good for a couple different reasons. On the gaming side of things, we got so much Ace Attorney news this month that I could jump for joy. The live-action movie got good reviews and is slated for international release at some point; Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney has a very high-quality studio doing its animation; and of course Ace Attorney 5 was finally announced. I remember the leadup to Apollo
