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As I'm sure you've noticed by now, complete blog theme overhaul. The staff had better not go off and start a new contest in the morning now, especially considering how late I stayed up just to finish this. Also, yes, I'm this excited about the sequel to a game I only just picked up and started playing for the first time. I snagged all these (and more) images off the website, in case some of you are wondering. Aside from the obvious changes, I've made a couple other small adjustments. For one thing, I've added that content block dedicated to the "True Fans of Bionicle Club" that I promised all y'all. I also added back in the block with my Steam Card, though I removed the XFire Card since I don't use the program anymore. Additionally, I've removed the first quote block, at least temporarily. I figure that by now most people who would have read them have already done so. It also helped stretch the page out longer than it already was. Well, I hope you guys enjoy the new theme. Simply coming into this blog should automatically make you feel radder. I'd really like to find more places to make and use these headers for. Unfortunately, I can't think of any other useful content blocks to add, especially considering I've probably got too many up right now as it is. I wouldn't mind a font and/or color change to go with the switch, but I can't imagine how I could improve the one I'm already using at the moment so I'll just leave well enough alone. On a final note, I plan to change my own blog approval to match the theme, but not tonight. It's 2 AM already. Comments, criticisms, and suggestions for how I could add more cool stuff are certainly appreciated. «TN»
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Totally Rippin' Offa Laughin'man's Nostalgia Entry
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
I hereby declare these entries worth re-reading if you've already seen them and/or reading for the first time if you missed them because they are awesome. Also, I didn't actually rip-off the idea. I'd considered doing it before and LM just now told me to. Takuma Nuva Goes French So, A Customer Asks If We Sell Shrimp... Turakii Sez Miley Couldn't Do This Linkin Park Wait, What? How To Save Money At Christmas Memoirs Of A Drive Thru Worker 2 Well That Was . . . Odd Guess what?!?! We All Just Wanna Be Big Rock Stars... Never A Dull Conversation Forgot How To Use The F5 Key.... Re: Funerals Bfahome Say Wha!? And Now It's Time For Silly Songs With Steak Boy... You Hear That Witch? I'll Give Her Something To Cry About. Obligatory "Αsk Me" Entry Leave comments here or leave comments there. Makes me no difference... «TN» -
So, looks like we're gonna get this show on the road, finally. This actually was supposed to go up yesterday, but as we all know the board was offline until this morning. Before you listen, a couple notes. This show is a little rough. It was actually moreso just thrown together for the purpose of checking audio quality, making sure my program for mixing the audio worked, and basically just making sure that I actually CAN do this thing like I want to. A couple things I'll need to work on is holding the Aperture Science Hand-Held Recording Device Nano in a position that doesn't result in my puffing into it like an overworked train or being over-bearing on the mic with my voice. I also need to shave down the pause time between the intro/outro music and the actual show. Future shows will be more organized ahead of time in the way of what I talk about and such. So go ahead and let me know what ya think! Should I keep doing these? Perhaps you'd like me to answer a question or talk about something specific in a future episode? Well now, that's why on the eighth day the Good Lord invented feedback...... or something like that anyways. If you have a question you'd like me to specifically answer in a future episode a PM is probably better for that. Unfortunately, the only convenient way I can find to distribute these so far is by using Mediafire (Sorry, Xaeraz!). So without further delay, here's the download link: TakumaCast 1 - 2010 06 11 Featured song: "The Room" by Cryoshell «TN»
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Based on the Indie title "Madballs in... Babo:Invasion". Whaddaya think? «TN»
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I've just added a new content block that lists all of my video games for every platform. Hopefully if I look at this every now and then it'll convince me I already have enough games and I'll be able to save some money. A couple notes: First off, these are all games that are owned by me specifically, not shared. I also own all the respective platforms/systems they're played on. As a matter of fact, there's only one game on this entire list that I didn't buy myself and that would be "The Incredibles". You'll no doubtedly notice I have two copies of LEGO Star Wars. This is because I bought it originally for PC, but by the time I was even able to install and play the thing it was too late to return it, because, you see, the computer we had at the time didn't have the appropriate pixel shader support. So, some time later I purchased an XBox and got it for that. Now that I've got this shnazy laptop it'll work, but I have no reason to install and play it at the moment anyways. There is one game I own that's not on this list simply because I didn't deem it worthy. It's called "Turbo Math Facts". I got it for my birthday back in '95. It's on a freakin' floppy disc for Allah's sake so shut up. I do have a copy of Spider-Man 3 for PC on hand actually. It's not mine though. It's my cousin's. His computer simply can't handle it so he's just letting me keep it around until he gets a better computer. Further more, I don't count those lousy games that came bundled with the computer. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about; all those card games and stuff. Though I do enjoy a good round of Hearts every now and then. Also, Vista sucks further for not even coming with pinball. So, yeah. Enjoy. Start rambling on about how much money I've wasted. <End Track>
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So, here's the video I tried to upload yesterday in response to my third place win. I had to upload to brickshelf since Photobucket failed me. Right-click > Save target as... Also, here's that video with the music by TheDarkGiganotosaur that I meant to link to the other day: Link <End Track>
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I don't win contests. I just don't. ... Well, this is awkward. (Also, fail to photobucket for not letting me upload the next videos.) <End Track>
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How's 'Βout A Little Ninja Mono On Iron Mode?
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
Time to rev things up for the blog contest. So, I tossed around a number of ideas for my theme. My original plan was going to be something along the lines of David Cook or Daughtry with some song reviews and a new Bionicle Music Video. After being unable to adequately find said animations in wmv/mpg format, I was forced to go another route... Ergo, the theme here is the amazing relationship between two of the best things in the world of media: music and video games. And what better way to display it than a video game based on all forms of music itself? AudioSurf is an amazing Indie game available for download on Steam. Unlike most "music games" such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band which focus on such things as the melody and the notes, AudioSurf is more about the beat and the rhythm. There's nothing quite like traveling down a track shaped to your favorite songs grabbing colored blocks all the way to rack up the points. Over the course of the next week or so I'll be going a little more in-depth into the game of AudioSurf as well as the best music from some of my favorite video games. For now though, go ahead and enjoy this little five minute video montage I put together showing both of these in all their glory. Size: 167 MB Right-Click > Save Target/File As! Er, having some troubles with the video upload. Seems like neither majhost nor brickshelf want to take it. I'll just bump this entry when it's working. Might need to lower the file size too... Update: Reducing File Size to just under 100 MB and trying a Photobucket :annoyed2: upload. Update: Photobucket upload worked. View the video here. Please try to ignore the fact that Photobucket :annoyed2: cuts off the last few seconds of video and makes the quality abysmal. <End Track> -
Finally decided on a blog theme. Now I just have to put the shtuff together... <brk>
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I Suppose I Owe You All An Explanation...
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
No doubt you all have noticed my relative lack of blogging and just BZP in general (Except for the NMQ&A for some reason... *shrug*). Well, I'm not going to make any excuses, just give the cold, hard facts. There are a number of reasons I've been ignoring BZP for the most part lately. First and foremost would be work. As I've mentioned in the past I'm sure I had been getting a lot more hours than usual. And now that I've just recently received a promotion, that pretty much locks the near-full time hours in place. And so, after working a long day at work, when I come home I feel like doing something that has a little more ... immediate satisfaction than waiting three days for a reply. This is the reason I've been playing video games more and working on BZP projects less not at all. Secondly, I guess I just don't feel like working on Bionicle related stuff much when I'm getting bored with Bionicle itself. Yeah, I know a matter of months ago I'd slap myself in the face for saying something like that, but there's just not much interesting going on to keep my interest. Books aren't coming out as often and the web serials, while I do read and enjoy them all, they just aren't enough. As a matter of fact, the only one that I really get excited for is Reign of Darkness. I guess I just miss the old Matoran Universe part of Bionicle too much. So far, Bara Magna doesn't impress. Now, on the next issue of my various projects. First off, the caption contest has been good to me since the beginning. Had some chuckles and even a few good hearty laughs along the way. Unfortunately though, the contest is becoming more and more of just a weekly chore, trying to come up with a picture, pick a winner, and get an entry up on schedule. Therefore, after I pick the winner of the last edition (when I have time/feel like it) I will do one more picture to end the contest. Toast Busters. No, I don't intend to discontinue that, so don't freak out. That comedy as been too good to me the past year-and-a-half (?). However, more and moreso lately I've been leaning towards more serious writings and seeing how people like those. So far, compared to the numerous comedies I've written, I've only got one short story lost to the server crash (though I always save a copy) and a discontinued epic. Therefore, when I pick up the writing again, any increase in Toast Busters chapters will be minor for I will be mostly working on finishing writing my epic and getting it ready to post. So that's pretty much all there is to say on the matter of my disappearance. But hey, we all need a break sometime. Now, the final issue at hand. During the past couple weeks while planning this entry out in my head I intended to ask you guys what you would think of me getting a blog theme including, omg, changing the name of it. But now that this blog theme contest is upon us, I'm going to grab at the chance. It'll be the first contest I ever entered on BZPower. While I personally think there could have been a lot more desirable options for a theme than music, I'm going to give it a shot. It's actually funny that I feel that way since I love music so much. So, anyone have any suggestions? I'm definitely not doing Jonas Brothers as they obviously don't have a very big fanbase here. I'll bet a lot of people do either The Beatles, Linkin Park, or something like that. The question is, do I want to go by artist, genre, or some other categorization? <brk> -
Say hello to my Xfire Miniprofile! This is basically a means for me to totally destroy what privacy I have! This simple image displays all sorts of information to the second. I tested it. Lemme give you a quick run-down of what everything means. The first line is simple. My name. "Takuma Nuva" of course, though I can change that anytime I want to. And without a 45-day wait period. The "status" line shows what I'm up to. This will either display the name of the game I'm playing or, if I'm not, "online" which basically means my computer is on, but not being used for gaming. Mostly, this would be BZPower. Or maybe a game Xfire doesn't recognize, which are very few in number. Like, LEGO Racers. "Offline" means my computer is not on. That's all. The next two lines show most played times for games. Not hard to figure out. So far this week, most played is SPORE at 14 hours, which sounds like to much. Over the entire course of time since I got my laptop though, most played is KOTOR at 125. So there you have it. Now you can find out what I'm doing whenever you want. Now, I REALLY wish I could have left the url in, since you could go there to view all my game screenshots and videos (which some of are really funny or awesome) but there's this little thing called "forums".... <brk>
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So I added a new content block. <brk>
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Some of the simplist things imaginable are the best. Same goes for BZPower. One of my favorite features is still the ability to see who has posted in a topic and how often. Unfortunately, the same does not hold true for blogs. So, to make up for this, I've spent the last several hours going through all the comments on my blog and counting them as well as marking down who posted how many. I'm going to store this information in a content block and update it regularly. Unfortunately, when I added up the tallys it didn't match the total comments the Community Blog Page claims I have. So I'm going to have to do some re-figuring. But it should do nicely for now. Sometime when I'm more awake I'll also re-arrange the information so that it displays in order of most-to-least comments. Wow that took even longer than I thought. I'm going to bed so I can work tomorrow... UPDATE: I categorized lower numbers. I was going to do this all along, but it got too late last night. The list is also now as accurate as it can be as of BCii's second comment. When I have more time, I'm going to figure out where those comments I missed counting went. This time however, I'll go one member at a time instead of entry-by-entry. <brk>
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I just realized my blog rating dropped from 4.1 to 3.9. :annoyed2: When did this happen? And for that matter, why? Man, when I first got my blog, I was in the top ten rated after a day or so... <brk>
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Excuse me, please, while I go through a bit of a juvenile phase. <brk>
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You've undoubtedly noticed a little inactivity from me over the pass few days. Especially since there's a distinct lack of caption contest goodness. Well, that's because something came up. Guess what? I'm typing this from a different computer . . . again. And once again I'm trying to transfer all of my files over. I just today managed to install Photoshop 2.0 for my comics. It's been taking a few days to do it all. I mean, after all, a lot of you already know what happened LAST time I had this problem. :annoyed2: You know, the motherboard frying? That was terrible. Anyways, what makes it different this time is the fact that it wasn't the motherboard frying on the computer making me go through this again. As a matter of fact, nothing fried on the other computer. To tell the truth, the other computer is perfectly fine. But enough of my yammering. This is what the new computer looks like. It's mine. Too bad it's nothing special. Too bad I had to pay for it. I wish it at least looked cool... <brk>
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Welcome to Area 51. Finally breaking free from the confines of dial-up internet, I, Takuma Nuva have taken advantage of the fact by purchasing lifetime premier membership so that I may start a blog. So, let's get on with it, shall we? Some of you may be curious as to my choice of Blog title. Others will most likely assume I just thought it sounded cool and mysterious. Not so. I spent much time debating a proper title for my blog without finding something I truly liked. Some of such ideas included "Steak Boy's Refrigerator", "Ice Cold SoBe", "The Vurra-Nui Information Center", and many others. The idea for the name "Area 51" came to me only just recently. Last month, I spent a weekend attending a "YAG" (Young Adults Get-together) in which all the single adults age 18-35 from the various Churches in our parish across the country got together for a weekend. Skipping ahead to the end of this "YAG", my mother invited several of our friends from Montana (who had been attending the YAG) over to the house for a Barbecue. Although these friends were as 100% genuine cowboy as you can get, that didn't keep them from getting a GPS for their vehicle. They couldn't remember the way to our house (it'd been at least a year since their last visit) so I supplied them with our home address, knowing it may not work. Lo' and behold, I was right. When we moved to our new house a few years back, we had relocated to a newly built house in a new-development area (even though buying a brand-new house wasn't originally a specification in our search criteria). Even though we've lived in our current house a good four or five years (I can't remember exactly), our area still manages to remain unknown. Our address will not show up on any GPS or map yet to my knowledge. So, after giving them a new address for the nearby Culver's restaurant, we talked them through the rest of the directions until they reached our house. Days later, this event returned to my mind while I was trying to think of a blog name. A non-existent location sounded like it could make for an interesting blog name, but what would the exact title be? That's when I recalled my camping trip from just two weeks earlier when I was sitting around a campfire with a cousin, our uncle, and a good friend or ours. As we gazed up at a sky so filled with stars it seemed impossible, we talked about a good many things. One such topic we discussed was Area 51, that super-top-secret government in Nevada. It only seemed logical that a blog named after a secret place be entitled "Area 51". But now that I've got a name for this blog, what shall I put in it to make it interesting enough that BZPower's population will keep coming back for more? I include a brief list of entries that I plan to publish: Every week or two, an entry dedicated solely to strange but true facts for you to enjoy. An entry where you may make suggestions for "Steak Boy Buys A ___" comedies (as well as others) for me to write. Brain teasers for those that enjoy exercising the brain. A blog exclusive comedy involving my TNToran character: Bombay. (Somewhat resembling the many cliché "Ask Comedies" that can be found in plenty in the comedies forum) Every month an entry dedicated to a member from my friends list; how I met them, why I like them, etcetera. An entry showing what I had already finished of a comedy I ended up canceling and never posting: Need For Speed - Proto. And these are just for starters. You can be sure that other entries will be made when I find something interesting enough to post. So, what do you think? Please leave feedback on what you think of what I've said. Feel free to make suggestions for what I might add to my blog that you'd find interesting. <brk>