ReaperOscuro's blog

Every machine needs oil. Or a lubricant of some sorts. Friction is a powerful enemy, goes skipping down the hill with enthropy and generally screws things up.
So if we meta-physicise (new word ftw) this and say that friction is non-pertinent things, the machine SGS and the lubricant our getting things done, you get the picture, right?

Because things do seem to slowly yet surely be picking up speed: bigfellahull is aggressively getting to grips with the collision detection -he showed us this octorine tree (haha sounds like it came out of Discworld!) or whatever thingy-ma-bob in which I spent around an hour trying to wrap my head around its basic concepts (lets just say I am glad I am not the programmer :p). Then how this tree divides the level into eight nodes with tot of the polygons we created in each node, and to determine where each object -which is comprised of polygons in fact there I
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Wow, its more like a monthly release than a blog! So yea, new idea: do blog as first thing in the morning. That way, I still have plenty of time for the rest.

So I share my thoughts at long last on Battlefield 1943. Let us not mince our words: it is a good, fun, solid multiplayer experience, and you should go out and buy it.

Its USA versus Japan at the end of WWII (strangely enough, in 1943), the action taking place on one of three real-life islands (dont know how accurate to real-life they are though, although I would guess they are greatly such) of those warfaring times: each island has a different geography, so different tactics are required in each situation. On two of the islands one spawns on an off-shore battleship, and can arrive on dry land by plane, by landing boat, or by swimming -the latter only advised if you want to admire the scenery. And the scenery is good btw -graphics ar
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Indeed: our SGS team progresses, but we are still very far from a proper professional rhythm.

Ah, many obstacles: full-time jobs, real-life, and all the sub-problems within those. A rock against an avalanche? Perhaps...but so long as that rock has not been weakened by lets say the roots of plants, then the avalanche will pass it by. Hehe dear lord that was a cliche metaphor :p

So we have made some valuable progress: firstly, the simple step of setting up a regular Skype conference.

I must say, I am mui impressed with Skype, mui more than I though I was going to be: it is quick, efficient, clear voice, lets you transfer multiple files and of large sizes, runs fine while multi-tasking -yup, a good solution. I mean its still important to meet face-to-face now and again, but via the voice conference we can set ourselves targets, then talk to each other (with a considerably lessened cost, lets h
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Just ate two microwavable portions of Uncle Ben's rice (don't go for any other microwave rice: thought the supermarket brand would be the same -I was horribly wrong :P), and a box of cookies. All in all I've pumped myself with calories, so I'm rip-roaring and ready to go.

So let's use my sore amazing mind to say what I think of Shin Megami Tensei Online: Imagine.

So far: so good. As I say, and I stress, IT IS FRIGGING FREE, so that's a big plus sign. However games that rely on micromanagement for a longer-lasting investment on the developer/publishers money are insidious: be cautious and keep an eye on spending your hard-earned (or not) real money.

Graphics are basic yet good: anyone who has played the re-make of Digital Devil Saga (much to their dismay) will agree that they are practically the same -albeit we see more bloom applied around quite liberally. The music I dig -if you like Megat
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Was the last word even spelled correctly? Bha, who needs spell checker I say!!

BUT, it is truth: I mean we procrastinate freely throughout our lives, but it is these same lives that kick us in the gut if we do too much of the former. As with everything, its important to keep a balance, yes?

So I wonder: what are those that consistently procrastinate, and become vagabonds, or live off benefits, or whatnot? Are they the wastes of human society, unable to help themselves and unwilling to do such...

...or are they exemplars, defying real life no matter what, and living in their own world?

Well I for one dont agree with the latter: balance is needed in everything. But it cannot be denied that gamers procrastinate thoroughly -in the sense that they escape from reality via games -I wouldn't say escape, I prefer to explore different places via games-, and as such need to sit down and not interact wi
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Hello fellow peeps and bloggers! hope life be treating you well!

Chirpiness comes from the fact that it be not monday anymore -the worst day of the week, possibly with wednesday as a close second. Monday you get slapped in the face after a nice -or not so nice- weekend, having to start the routine again: wednesday, you are at the apex of your week, so your energies are woefully low.

Of course, if you have a satisfying job/week schedule, then such emotions will probably not apply to you. To you, I say gg!!

But one realises: who wants to read about someones life? Lol ok Im sure there are plenty of people (in fact, I am sure that there are plenty of such blogs around here), but I believe it is not what I want to do: we all have a life, and why should we waste our time reading about someone elses life? Haven't we got enough real-life stuff without having to read about others real-life stuff? St
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Ironically, neoseeker's predominant colour is also blue.

So the morning has arrived and here I find myself at work -not much happening, so time to blog a bit.

Fingers crossed, the addition of an extra member to SGS looms even closer: its a guy at work, and he seems pretty keen on the whole deal. We're all meeting on thursday, so we shall know for definite on that occasion.

But I will not lie: it would be extremely beneficial to have him on the team. You see, at the moment you can say we have a game designer (mua), programmer (friend1) and jack of all trades/game scripter (friend2), with the rest of jobs shared between us. New guy is a graphics designer/texturer, so you can see how useful that would be: I try and not sound too desperate to him lol, and so far I hope I've kept my cool, but we shall see.

Things not so good on my fiancee's work situation though: because we work in a large compan
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...how depressing :p

"Yawn" so I am most tired: had to go for a sleepover at my sister's house for her birthday with my fiancee (for privacy reasons, I shall refer to her by only that denomination -perhaps I shall come up with a sore amazing username, who knows; you shall always be on your toes with the anticipation and excitement of what that will be!).

...it was not as bad as expected: fiancee had a good time, me too had time good, only problem we went to bed at hhhmmm...3.30 am?

"What Oscuro, are you a wussy?" you may say "that is how parties go! Grow some youth into your spine!"

No, I am not old: damn, I'm only 23! But I FEEL old: perhaps some younger peeps (ah, youths...) may not appreciate for now, but those with a full time job understand -well, those who are old before their time like me. I swear, I will never understand how some peeps can go party past the break of dawn, sleep three
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Hello and welcome fellow like-minded peeps!

If you are here, then...I dunno, you must be bored? Fascinated by such a cool username (perhaps I'll tell you the story behind it someday [its a very simple story, so don't expect that much])? Guided by fate? Driven by despair?

Whatever the reason, I welcome thee: I am no professional blogger, let's get this understood; and I also have a tendency of getting de-railed in my writing&speaking and wander across the skeins of randomness -as I am doing now, I guess. I also have a bad habit of writing tooooo much, which I understand must be something to be addressed, for who wants to read a blog ten pages long each day?

Yet, if you are enjoying the read so far, then please feel free to continue.

So, I "debut" in my (hopefully) successful blogging era: I am bored at work, I have finally reached a stage where I have done everything that needs to be done, an
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