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Rrrrgh. Apologies for not keeping my promise to post on Saturday; that day turned out to be...interesting. I am also sad at not being able to officially observe Talk Like a Pirate Day, in my opinion one of the more random, and therefore enjoyable, holidays. Anyways, updates. Not much on the me front lately. College continues as usual, insanity levels are well within acceptable deviations for now, and writing continues to be stuck. I have an idea on that front, but more on that in a bit. On the storyline front...the 2010 sets. Well. An interesting development, to be sure. Not certain where this is going to go, as LEGO normally has us restrict data flow on new stuff when it first gets out (a lot of the images on Flickr seem to have disappeared), so I'm going to put this stuff in spoiler tags just in case and delete it if required » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Okay. So. New sets appear to be slight artistic deviations of a number of older, and newer, popular sets. We have Tahu Mata, Gresh, a Skrall, a yellow Rahkshi, a strangely silver Takanuva, and an un-mutated Vezok. This is an unexpected turn of events, for me, at least, coupled with Greg's assurance that next year we would be informed of Mata Nui's grand purpose. This has caused a number of theories to pop up in my head, and in the heads of others I work with. A few of those theories: 1. 2010 is a flashback year, possibly told by Mata Nui. To celebrate 10 years of Bionicle, and to pave the way for the new story, the team has decided to essentially recap all events up to current date. This explains the old-school characters, some in untransformed state, and the golden pieces, which are part of the special event. Cons: Doesn't explain the yellow Rahkshi or the silver Takanuva. Silver Takanuva could be a representation of the half-shadow Toa who came to the Nuva's assistance in Karda Nui, but I'm not convinced of that. 2. 2010 takes place in an alternate universe(s). This explains the old-school characters and variations of known characters. Things are different, but not so different that they are unrecognizable. The easiest foil for this story would be the reality-jumping Vezon. This would help to explain Mata Nui's purpose, as it would be simple for him to slide into a universe where that purpose has been achieved/is in the process of being achieved, and for some helpful bystander to explain or for the madman to simply see for himself. This is by far my favorite theory. Cons: If the story does indeed follow Vezon's random jumping, which is the easiest way to handle this theory, then why isn't he a set himself? Maybe he is, and we haven't seen him yet, but I'd think there would be some indication. Also doesn't sound like the way LEGO normally sets up the main storyline. 3. Time travel. This is really far out there, as even Greg has denied that time travel exists, but it must be mentioned here. I think the cons are obvious. And if that has to be mentioned, then also must be mentioned the possibility of... 4. A backup universe. Why leave things to chance, weigh everything on just one unit? Wouldn't it make sense to create a backup system, or simply a copy? Perhaps Mata Nui encounters this doppleganger, and goes inside to recruit the oddly familiar otherworld inhabitants in his fight against Teridax. Cons: Too complicated. 5. The silver Takanuva is the alternate-reality shadow Takanuva that escaped Destral's destruction. This interesting chap was entertaining the possibility of destroying the universe when he waltzed away into the night, and I've always been wondering what he's been up to. No cons, as such, as it's really a long shot anyways. 6. The yellow Rahkshi is not simply a remake of the 03 baddies, but a character in his/her/its own right, i.e. a shadow kraata. Matoran/Toa/Turaga-level intelligence, superb control over its powers, fully capable of speech, the works. Again, not really many cons to this as it's more a personal wish than a theory. 7. It really is a flashback/recap and set inconsistencies can be explained away by the fact that they're prototypes. The finished product will be very, very different. This is very likely. So, those are my thoughts on the '10 sets. Feel free to comment on my logic, or lack thereof. And lastly, my writing project. I think if I'm going to get anywhere, I'll have to start small. As such, I'm going to try my hand at a short story. Not many details yet, except that it's going to focus on one of my favorite characters and his actions in the aftermath of Teridax's usurpation of the Great Spirit throne. It's not going to be completely true to the story, more of a mix between the canon universe and one that I've set up for all of my Bionicle epics-in-progress. I'll start writing it soon, maybe post an excerpt or two if people want. I look forward to it either way. See yah on Wednesday!
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Urgh. It never fails; a few weeks after I come back, life gangs up on me. I'm not disappearing again, I'm holding that promise. But I don't know if I'll be able to hold any sort of schedule. Though I've already gotten off track there, too. In any case, I have tons of homework to do, which takes precedence, I'm afraid. Wednesday should be a better day for me; I think I'll just be a fanboy over the latest updates for Mass Effect 2. At the moment, new meds for sick are making me sleepy. See ya (hopefully) on Wednesday.
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A-yup, I'm sick. It's a most wonderful thing, living in a college environment. Guy gets a germ, he kisses a girl, the girl drinks from a water fountain which is never cleaned, the fountain gets drunk from, and soon everyone is playing host to the Flu family. Happy days. So yes, I have the flu. Fortunately my school is very liberal about attendance; they don't care if I'm skipping class when sick. Actually, they prefer it. However, this is the particular kind of sick that turns one's brain to complete mush while in attendance. In Biology this morning, the teacher walks in and says, "Good morning." The next words I remember with any clarity are "and if you do that, you'll get an A on your project," immediately followed by me thinking wait, what? After that incident, I excused myself and asked a friend to email me the notes after class. All that has been sustaining me for the rest of the day has been regular infusions of Origa and Yoko Kanno, mixed with Green Day and sprinkled with Linkin Park. Allow me to repeat how addled I am. A day where I have Evanescence blasting in my ears and I cannot get a single word of a story written down is a very bad day indeed. Evanescence and Linkin Park are my creativity fuels, but they too are useless before the onslaught of the flu. That said, it should come as no surprise that my various writing projects, including the current short story one, have been put on hold. Also put on hold are my entries into the EM: Denizens contest. Hopefully I will be able to complete those sometime soon; two of my entries are characters that have been lurking on my computer for some time, and I am eager to have them enter the public fray. Otherwise...not much. Nothing really notable or out of the ordinary is happening with Bionicle right now, nor with BZP itself.I think I will have the subject of a rant ready by Wednesday, though. In any case, see you then!
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Sorry, no update tonight. Heavy workload lately. I'll post something tomorrow.
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Hi there peoples! And welcome to the second installment of my blog. I will explain the title eventually, I promise. I think I've got a system figured out now. I'm going to post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (original, I know) unless something specific happens that I really want to talk about. This will probably include new story being released, surprising answers from Greg, or any news pertaining to the upcoming sequels to StarCraft, Mass Effect, and BioShock, which will most likely be accompanied by gibberish to the effect of 'squee.' I am fanboy. Hear me roar. First, a general update. Sleep for me continues to elusive. I'm not actually at the point where I start hallucinating but I think I'm close. Part of me is curious and wants to stay up another night to see what this is like. The other, more substantial, part of me is repeatedly whacking that part over the head with a hardcover book and yelling incoherently. (At one point, I read a psychology article that states that humans brains are essentially run by committee. I have taken that metaphor and have been running with it ever since.) It took a while, but I have finally found my 'type' at this college. I.e. the geeks. Specifically of the manga and anime type. We meet every Thursday and watch anime for hours on end. Last night was an episode of G Gundam (a very, very 70s show about psychic cool dudes with huge mechs), My Neighber Totoro (a well-done cute little fairy tale about a couple of sisters who find forest spirits inhabiting their new home, including a forgetful rabbit-peep that can turn invisible and has ADHD, a caterpillar-cat-bus, and the titular giant bear-owl-squirrel), and Gunslinger Girls (a gritty, bloody show about brainwashed ten-year-old girls who kill people with automatic weapons and explosives). Yeah, we certainly watch a very of subjects, don't we. I hope we get to Ghost in the Shell. The president and co-president are very nice people; in addition, the male half of the pair is in my photo class and has agreed to share the ruinous expense of buying black and white photo supplies. On another front: DAD FINALLY GOT MASS EFFECT WORKING WOO!!! *crickets* Okay, some explanation may be required. I love Mass Effect. Practically worship it, along with most games made by BioWare, due to their inventive universes, interesting characters, and their 1:5 combat to exposition ratio. I was able to briefly play Mass Effect on a friend's Xbox; excited, I bought the game for myself and happily rushed it home. There followed about a week's worth of frustration and rage, mitigated by graphics card brawls and DRM, which culminated with me lying on the couch crying into my cat's fur. On the downside, cats don't appreciate being cried upon. On the upside, the pattern of the scarring is actually kinda cool. Yesterday dad called me and said that he had managed to sort out the various issues of the game and managed to make it fully playable on my computer! Unfortunately my computer is on the other side of the country. Well, when I go home for Christmas break I'll be able to play it. After a period of silence around then expect a discombobulated blog (discomblogulated?) that will attempt to talk about things but invariably degenerate into "MASS EFFECT IS AWESOME WEE oh god two weeks without sleep *thud*" Let's see, what's happened in Bionicle since Wednesday? Not very darn much. At least, not very much that I can talk about without getting banned. PLENTY of that sort. Just wait until the spoiler ban on The Legend Reborn is lifted. Then I will give a very enthusiastic but somewhat inaccurate dissertation on the events of the movie. Inaccurate because I won't be able to watch it until late December. XD Well, nothing much has happened since then. Unless you count the release of another somewhat lackluster Flash game, WHICH, not only takes forever to load due to my stupid internet, but also rather inconsiderately does not allow me to explore the majority of Bara Magna. This is a very ill-mannered game, considering it also does not allow me to heal and forces me to exclusively spam the flip-Thornax move during fights. Of course, this is prejudice on two fronts. One, this is a fighting game. I hate fighting games. I suck at them. Also, for the most part, fighting games are completely devoid of any story beyond the occasional half-baked "blah blah ancient power blah blah lots of people inexplicably find out about it at the same time blah blah evi blah blah revenge blah blah large bowl of porridge. Kill everyone." Two, this isn't the MNOLG. LEGO WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US? WHY DO YOU NOT DELIVER US A SEQUEL? MNOLG2: Hush you. You were good, but never properly finished. And a number of rather important files randomly went missing. Aside from that, yeah not much. Well, that about wraps things up for this scheduled update. Actually, as a side note, I'm toying with the idea of trying a somewhat less ambitious writing project than the ones previous. AND seeing as tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day () and I will therefore be obliged to write a blog entry tomorrow, I'll give the lowdown on my writing idea and see what you guys think. If, you know, you can interpret it through the thick accent and swagger. See you tomorrow! (Arr)
