Lunchtime Ramblings

Well, it's that time of day again. Yeah, that's right. Lunch time. That time of day when we get to kick back, relax, and shove our faces full of food to get us through the rest of the afternoon.

Here's some of the things on my mind.

Obama vs. McCain. This is scary to say, but there is a chance that I may actually vote Democrat this year. I know!! Crazy! I'm just not entirely convinced that McCain is the one to lead us through the next four years. To be quite honest, I don't know that we really have much of a selection of candidates this year. It almost feels like I'm making a choice between poking my left eye out or my right. It's times like these that you wish you had the ability to look into the future, see what the outcome of the next four years will be for each choice and then vote accordingly. I'm just going to have to do my best to research the two candidates and decide which cliff will be safer to jump off of.

Retake on Crisis Core. Still a fun game, but I have to say, I did get a little bored of doing the missions in the game (which is the only way of grinding/gaining levels by the way) and so I now find myself in a conundrum. The game took a huge difficulty spike right near the end, so I find myself lacking in the levels sufficient to proceed and yet I find myself not really desiring to do any more of the freaking repetitive missions either. One of these nights I'll just need to buckle down and do it just because I want to finish the game. I would still recommend the game to anyone, but just be warned you have to REALLY like the mission part of the game.

Let's see...there must be something else on my mind. Well, I have a rather volitile rant about illegal immigration brewing in my mind, but I think I'll save that for its own post and when I'm feeling particularly awnry about it. Stay tuned...

Oh yes! The Mojave Experiment. When I found out about this experiment, I thought it was hilarious. It turns out Microsoft wanted to prove just how much brainwashed zombies people are when it comes to operating systems. They brought a bunch of people in and asked what people thought of Windows Vista. For the most part people trashed it, regardless of whether they've used it or not. Then get this. They show them this new OS, Mojave and have them play around with it for a short time and then rate it. People loved it, they gave it an average rating of 8.5/10 as opposed to what they gave Vista (4/10). Here's the kicker. They were then told that Mojave IS Vista. It was just reskinned to look different. The people's reactions were awesome and some people refused to believe that what they were just shown was Windows Vista. To experience the lawlness yourself, visit http://www.mojaveexperiment.com.

This just goes to show that far too many people are relying solely on the word of Mac elitist zealouts and Mac smear campaigns. When people get a chance to use it themselves, on average they are pleased with it. I just pray that this same mindless sheepism doesn't carry over into politics and religion. Sadly though, I have a suspicion that it may.

Well, that's my lunchtime thoughts. Enjoy your day :)

Random Ramblings

Well, it appears I have at least a couple repeat readers, so I'll try to keep my blog a bit more up to date, heh.

Not sure what to talk about so here's my thoughts on a few things.

Let's start with Prince Caspian. Don't worry, no spoilers this time. Not much I can say about the movie other than that I liked it. The movie was pretty good but unfortunately it didn't evoke that same sense of 'awe' in me that the first movie did. When my wife described it, she said it didn't have that same sense of "glory" that the first movie had. Basically, I think that the movie was just a bit darker than the first given the situation that Narnia was in. Also, there weren't any scenes that really felt climactic to me. Multiple times the movie came close to giving that feeling of a climactic battle or scene, but never quite got there. All in all though, I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes the Chronicles of Narnia.
I give Prince Caspian 4/5 Lions.

Final Fantasy: Crisis Core. I'm not done with the game yet, I would guess I'm about half way through, but as a fan of the original Final Fantasy VII, I love this game quite a bit. It's just really cool to be playing through the back story of FFVII. You're playing as Cloud's old friend Zack. You get a chance to see how Zack and Cloud met, Cloud's development as a SOLDIER operative, how Zack and Aerith become romantically involved and all that good stuff. I'm guessing that this game is going to take you right up to where Zack is mortally wounded by Sephiroth in Nibelheim (since the last chapter of the guide is in Nibelheim). I'm not actually using the guide to play, since I like to play through the first time without it, but my friend did look through it and pointed out the name of the final chapter of the walkthrough.
Combat in this game is quite a bit different from the other Final Fantasies, but other than the randomness involved in limit breaks and summons, the battle is actually quite fun and fast paced. You can actually dodge attacks and guard against them in real time, giving a bit more feeling of control as far as avoiding damage goes.
Final score - 4.7/5 Buster Swords.

Ooooh, I almost forgot Stargate Continuum. I recently finished my SG-1 collection with the latest Stargate movie, 'Stargate Continuum'. Stargate had already done two back-to-back episodes about time travel and fixing the timeline, so I wondered if this movie would be sufficently different to be worth the expense. I can say that I was pleased with the result. I don't want to give away the plot, but I will say it was a fitting end to the SG-1 saga (barring future releases). Ark of Truth and Continuum together wrapped up the storyline of the longest running sci-fi series ever and did it well.
Continuum gets 5/5 altered timelines.

I think that about covers it for today...and no, not every blog entry is going to be a game or movie review, but if I can't think of something specific to blog on, then those work as well as anything. :)