I would have picked John and Gia from Anime Vice, but since the idiots at whiskey media fired them and have pretty much destroyed Anime Vice, I guess I would go with:
Not really no. I like all kinds of music so if I like a song I like it. I don't feel the need to defend myself or my taste in music to others. For every person who looks at you like your an idiot there are dozens of people who like the song too who will say they like it.
I do however have a fascination with the Pokemon 2BA Master Album that came out years ago. Perhaps it's just nostalgia for the show, and playing the games as a kid, but every time I hear a song from that album I get pumped up and want to play the Pokemon games or watch the TV series. I guess you could call it embarrassed, but i really just don't want to have to explain to people why I'm singing about being friends with Pikachu forever, or what a Team Rocket is, why it means double trouble and how it will protect the world from devastation.
Yes there is a difference. I moved down to the states to live with my aunt when she got sick and their health care system refused to help her for around six months and it was very different. Just simple things like walking around the town blew my mind. The best example of this was going grocery shopping. Here in New Brunswick Canada when walking through grocery stores when we pass people we say excuse me. If there are two carts blocking the way we patiently wait for the person to move up a little so we can pass them, or we say excuse me and then they move aside to let you pass. Down in the states no one could be bothered to even acknowledge your existence unless you where blocking their path. God help you if you where too, because when you did they would ether just push your cart out of the way or give you the stink eye until you moved. They couldn't believe that I had the audacity to stop to pick something off a shelf to put it in my cart and make them waste two seconds of their life to let me do it and move down the aisle. They would look at you as if you had just took a giant shit in their cart and walked away.
If you were unlucky enough to have made eye contact with person, or said hello to them just to be nice, they looked at you like you just pulled a knife and where trying to kill them. Maybe it was just the part of the country I was in, Connecticut, but every one down there who didn't know you personally treated you like you where the enemy and that you where out to get them or to hurt them. Made me sad to see people who lived their lives thinking that everyone was out to get them and that they always had to be on the defensive or that they would get taken advantage of.
Suffice it to say I was happy when I got back home where people actually treated people like people and not a criminal who just hasn't attacked them yet.
If they do take this seriously though and release games on a somewhat regular bases this could be a major change in the landscape of digital distribution services. If Valve can crank out a steady stream of good quality free games that are exclusive to their platform it's gonna start making other services look kind of lacking in comparison.
While logging into my youtube page to see if my subscriptions had any updates, I noticed this little video from Valve had been posted. It's an over head style Co-Op shooter that they are giving away for free. FREE! I'm not sure if it's a limited time offer, or if it's going to be free forever. You can find the store page HERE, and it's listed as unlocking in two days time.
Not bad for a free game now is it? Perhaps this is going to be a trend for Valve. Making small teams with in their company to release free games to be put on their Steam store as exclusive content that you can only get by being a user of Steam. I wouldn't put it past Gabe Newell to do something like this.
@shoddyrobot: I really like your work as well. I'm curious though, what exactly do you do to make your photos in illustrator? Do you just use the pen tool or some combination of tools? I have tried many times to use illustrator, but I always get frustrated by it because I'm used to Photoshop. Would you happen to know of a site that gives tips on how to draw with illustrator? It's been over three years since I took my illustrator class in college so I don't remember a dam thing about it. lol
" I don't think one could mutilate the Sword of Truth series as it sucks major donkey balls. The TV series is, I'm happy to say, a tradition for me and my friend whilst hungover on a Sunday.
Martin however has a lyrical and almost poetic bend to his prose, and while I'm looking forward to the HBO series, I am skeptical of a video game adaptation.
I will say he is very busy not completing his next book:
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It's like a human Oroe cookie! One that I wouldn't mind being the filling of.
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