tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16104436487180818442011-07-28T20:56:16.590-05:00A place filled with random thoughts, stories, and other things I think are interesting.Mike Hagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18403485581052922471noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610443648718081844.post-35524879140513641982010-03-30T22:05:00.002-05:002010-03-30T22:19:12.245-05:00

Greetings and salutations, you few people who actually follow me here.It's been a while, hasn't it?Well, to tell you the truth, I really haven't had anything to write about. That's probably why I no longer write for Spawnkill, even though the people who invited me to write there didn't exactly give me a written notice of departure. Just a no longer editor/writer status. Which, to tell you the

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If you've ever followed me on an unspecified forums "Venting Anger" thread, you'd know that I rarely every rage against anything. Except driving. Because goddammit you stupid motherfuckers need to get out of my fucking way or at least drive with some semblance of intellegence. Now, don't get me wrong, not everyone out there is a moron, and I'm not the end all, be all driver, but there are enough

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When people bring up the "rock 'n' roll" comparison to the video game acceptance struggle, I've always said to myself that it's a completely different beast. Movies, rock, controversial art, these movements had something that video gaming does not, mainly, a public forum. And with that public forum people could come out and see for themselves what was being lambasted by the writers and talking

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So.It's been a while. Well, I've been "busy", so lay off me. No, not really, I just have had the most horrible writer's block for the past month or two. Being starving artist broke will do that to you, along with the post-holiday blues. However, I feel that maybe I have some motivation, some, INTEREST, in writing again. So, I'll be posting up some stuff in the next few days. Hope you didn't miss

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Ah, November. A time for giving thanks, getting deals, stepping on people who fall in front of you at Wal-Mart, and buying Christmas decorations. Because FUCK December, right? This year also saw a large quantity of AAA games come out, back to back to back. Being employed and able I saw fit to buy most of these games, the remaining two coming out at midnight tonight, and I got them all for the low

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A lot of people have expressed the notion that games need to move on to that next plateau of critical acceptance to become a more legitimate medium in the eyes of the masses. Games as "art" is a common argument that is pushed as how this is supposed to be accomplished. Games that are supposed to be meaningful on several levels, games that are supposed to make you think, games that are supposed to

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There was a time, not long past, when music games consisted of you, a pad, and the thumping rhythm of poppy music. Sure, a few other games had come out that took you, a controller, and fingers and thumbs frantically tearing up your controller to the beat, but I hadn't heard about those. Except for Parappa the Rapper. That game was keen. But a few years ago, a game, with a little plastic accessory

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This is my first attempt at fiction in 10+ years. Please be gentle.Listening to the slow tick of the clock coming from behind him, he realized that he didn't have the time for this. The colors fading from his peripheral vision emphasized how important it was for him to escape from this place, but leaving was the least of his worries now. He couldn't remember why he was here in the first place. He

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Note: This is usually a post I'll make after playing a game for a few hours, you know, get into the game a little, let the story start kicking, get at least an ability or two. However, in the case of Dragon Age, I went a little overboard.Somewhat lost in the shuffle of big name FPS's and third person adventure games this year is a little ditty by a small company that goes by the name of Dragon

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Hi.I'm Mike.You may remember me from my galavanting around the internet, wreaking havoc on those with poor grammar and sense, and writing nonsensically about such things as video games, and how I do love them. Well, I figured it was about time I set out on my own, to learn to live and love my own writing on a domain where I actually have control over it, and where I'm not constantly feeling like

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