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Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers. It's exactly the same as Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad, only it looks worse and has horrible motion controls. I played them both.

What was it that GameStop was removing from new copies of Deus Ex? Wasn't it an ad for some download service like steam? Yeah, this seems a little strange.

Living in Ohio, I would not support such an absurd idea, I do, however support Texas trying it. Watching Texans scatter to the border of the state to build the biggest goddamn fence you've ever seen would be worth the loss.

Alright, this week has been a bit of a bust. Work has been crazy, and with Mother's Day, I haven't gotten a lot done. All I was able to accomplish was to iterate on the Hello World! program, and try out a simple calculator project, none of which worked properly. I did order a copy of the book Patrick's been mentioning, though.

The issue with the programs is that they appear to be running then shutting down so fast that I can't tell if they're working or not. The book I'm using mentions this, but it's fix involves .bat files which I also can't get to work. Did I mention that I'm not particularly computer savvy? So, without much to report, and no progress until I can find a solution, I may have to use this blog for it's intended purpose; self-absorbed babbling!

One of the reasons I decided to start this project at all, has to do with my career. I've been a professional tattoo artist for the last ten years, and even though I really enjoy what I do, I knew going in that it might not be the sort of thing I could do forever. Between long hours, back and neck pain, carpal tunnel, apathy, and feeling burnt out creatively, there are lots of land mines that a person needs to avoid in order to keep tattooing, so it never hurts to have a wide array of skills, artistic or otherwise. Luckily, artists in general have skills that can be used in all sorts of ways, on all sorts of projects.

At this point, I feel like I have another five to ten years in me, so that's five years to turn a hobby in to something that I could pretend to be competent in. Building on a lifetime of knowledge of playing games, and a lifetime of making art, I hope to put the two together and create something that I'll care about, and maybe amuse someone else too. I can't say that I've got anything more than vague ideas of what I'd like to make, but right now, I'm trying not to look too far ahead. I'm having trouble with Hello World! after all.

As for art, I really enjoy pop and lowbrow art, as well as minimalism and traditional tattoo art. I've tried to lump a lot of my interests together and wound up doing a lot of vidjagame inspired tattoos, along with taking a lot of different art styles and using them to make unusual tattoos. I hope that this flexibility and creativity might help inform a project like a simple independent game, and that's really what I intend to find out.

Thanks again, everyone, and I'll see you next Monday! -Blair.

I always have fun hanging out with myself. At least in the states, if you pick a direction, you'll wind up someplace interesting, even if it isn't fun or cool. But that's what a trip like that is good for, not having a plan and just going.

Keep in mind that Paper is more for basic concept sketches, not finished designs. It hasn't got the palette or the tools to make what you're trying to do easy. I might suggest trying actual watercolor. I promise, it's easier than using Paper.

I had a similar plan, didn't take in to consideration how quickly you can injure yourself, over did it, got shin splints, and gave up. Just be careful not to get too ambitious, and take it slow. Eventually, I took up swimming, because there's really no impact, and that worked much better for me. So maybe keep that as a back up plan? Anyway, good luck!

Greenbean makes a good pet name, but then I have a dog named Sir Leopold Cuddlebottom, so what do I know?

Well done as always, Patrick!

Good god, Antichrist screwed me up pretty bad the first time I watched it. Not so much the end really, but the beginning, is so awful. It's truly hard to watch ( in a good way.)