Just a Sci-Fi Kid Like Me

The new WoW update included lots of new options for transmogs for gear. After way too much time thinking and playing, I got my Level 100 Blood Elf Hunter some sexy new gear:



SO PRETTY. SO BADASS.

*is so absurdly pleased that I managed this unified look out of a variety of random things* *THIS IS NOT ALL TOP-LEVEL GEAR, THIS IS SOME RANDOM THINGS I HAD PLUS SOME NEW STUFF THAT I MADE INTO THE BEST I HAVE.* *I STILL LOOK SO BADASS THO!!!!*

So yesterday I got a text from Todd who apologized for not having sent an xmas present because he hadn't finished it and because he actually wanted my help with it.... Which is, we're making a game. We're making an Early Modern Poets Battlecard game!!!!!

Lemme back up. Okay, so years ago, Todd made a game for his kids called Warriors Battlecards, based off the Warriors series which is his eldest's favorite books. He made expansion sets for the other kids, like Creature Battles; the general idea is you have cards with an image of a character/beast/what have you and then a list of their stats. We used to play at lunch or on breaks because a ten minute silly game could go quite a ways towards recovering from a ridiculous meeting and whatnot. So anyway, we're going to make an iteration of Early Modern Poets, because relevant to our interests.

I spent a while yesterday building lists of possible cards and stat categories and just mailed it off. Here's my notes, in case anyone cares.

( Bwahahaha List )

Possibly my favorite part of this whole thing is how my response to this was "OMFG THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER AND I LOVE YOUR BRAIN" and Todd was like, "I'm glad you liked this idea, because everyone I mentioned it to looked at me like I was an absolute NUT." In short, my friends are the best friends. <3

So downloaded a huge new patch for WoW. I'm so prepped for Wrath of the Lich King, and only four bubbles left to go before I hit 70.

Cos, y'know, I have priorities.

Scott's gotten addicted to Warhammer. It's fun but I think WoW is prettier and just more fun. It may take longer and Warhammer may be more fun to RP in (not sure, we're not on an RP server in WoW anyhow), but it's so much easier on my eyes.

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In other news, work is keeping me seriously busy these days. I come home every day all zonked out, and feel guilty I can't catch up on my writing (I've been working on a single article for weeks now) but I'm just so damn braindead. I know we're making good progress on major things, but still. Oh, and I have to work on impact proposals soon. Argh.

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Read a very good book recently. It's called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and it's an epistolary novel about England, WW2, the Guernsey Occupation, books, and the things that help people survive when times are hard.

You know, like now...

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Btw, I think I totally want to have Obama's babies after last night. I can't remember the last time I heard an honest-to-gods guy be pro-choice and clearly fucking sincere.

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So that's how things are right now. I'm going to take a day off next week. I'm intending to get some research done when I do, but still. Knock on wood.

Here.

Quite cute actually. Too bad he doesn't realize people still play it these days. (Scott found the link while searching for online tabletop gaming links.)

Today we finished binding all our printings. We each got about four copies of "An Account of the Death of Thomas Hitchens," two of John Smith's "On Composing," and two on "A Sermon on the Death of George the II." Then we took a quiz, cleaned a lot, played Quadrats, and had pizza.

Quadrats, incidentally, is a betting game that printers used to play using quads. Quads are little rectangles which form the spaces between words. Bigger quads are used to fill out the lines when sentences end. You roll and toss five of them like dice, then you count which ones end notch side up. Everyone tosses three times and the highest roller wins.

It is actually ridiculously entertaining.

For those who haven't seen it, the Discovery Channel has an excellent series on the history and evolution of video games. Episodes I've seen have involved inserting emotional engagement into plots and the evolution of simulation games. Highly recommended for gamers.

Thank you, Yahoo, for your Life After Warcraft trailer snorefest. Sorry, these games are the cheese. Look, the trailer is where you put the extra shiny graphics and these are largely unshiny. (SUN looks pretty, but the LOTRingsey knock-off soundtrack distracts.) I'd like to be excited about Gods&Heroes, but somehow I'm unmoved.

Still waiting for that Firefly MMORPG that's in process. Where's a trailer for THAT??

Finally got to watch Dr. Who last night, and ended up watching the second half of a bad two parter. It was Mr. Chips vs. Tom Riddle and Vernon Dursley. Very confusing.

Netflixed the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode of South Park. The company that does WoW did the animations, which was extra extra hilarious. Like the Scientology episode, it's funny because it's all correct.