Tired.
Waterworld, two days ago, fun.
GTA3, Splinter Cell, bought, fun.
Eating yogurt, good.
Sleep.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
This post is best read in the original klingon.
Hey, do you think it's just a big co-oincidence that "Snake" and "Sneak" have the same letters in them?
Yeah, me too.
Yeah, me too.
sneak sneak sneak snake sneak
I've been playing two sneaking games supreme lately, namely Hitman 2 and Metal Gear Solid. For some reason, I started MGS to play something different from Hitman, which . . probably made sense when I thought of it. One thing I was looking forward to when I started MGS for the fourth or so time was whether I would be as emotionally affected by it as I had been previously. I always got a little teary when Meryl/Wolf died, and I wasn't sure if the effect wore off over time.
It doesn't, really. I still got misty-eyed when Sniper Wolf asked Snake to set her free. Interesting. More on things of this nature later.
It doesn't, really. I still got misty-eyed when Sniper Wolf asked Snake to set her free. Interesting. More on things of this nature later.
Monday, July 25, 2005
And another thing!
What's the deal with demos these days? I played this Pariah demo: maybe 10 minutes of play against 2 enemies with 2 weapons.
Quake shareware had 1/5 of the entire game, guys. And don't give me that "games are getting too big to be efficiently distributed" bullshit, either.
Shame.
Quake shareware had 1/5 of the entire game, guys. And don't give me that "games are getting too big to be efficiently distributed" bullshit, either.
Shame.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Behind the Scenes
I found a scrap of paper I had jotted down a few blog notes on at work, and lacking a scanner, I have put together a crude mock-up in photoshop:
Who are people, indeed.
Who are people, indeed.
I like semicolons
Univision was back today, but there wasn't any crazy stuff going down, just extremely loud and repetitive spanish rap. So, they weren't the most exciting part of the day: the rain was.
It rained quite heavily, sending dozens of park-goers into the fairly small confines of the confectionery, as I am wont to call it. Of the $800 I made today, I'd say around half of it came from the 45 minutes directly following the rain. Another thing I noticed is the sheer mass of people who attend the park. A good 30 minutes after it started raining, I could still see throngs of people walking down the street in front of the store towards the exit, and even when most people had left, there were still isolated pockets of activity from time to time. This raises questions, questions like: "Who are these people," and "Why don't they go home?"
Thing about rain is, it's like throwing baking soda into vinegar; it froths and foams for 20 seconds or so, then fades into a boring, goopy mess. From 8:00 to 10:00, I probably made 4 sales, leading to (what else?) many more paper cranes. Even that couldn't quite dispel all the boredom; imagine my excitement when I *pause* changed the register tape! And even that doesn't even compare to the time I got something sticky on my hand and *pause* had to wash it off.
Whoo. Good times.
Seeing as there is upwards of $100,000 in the park every night, and it's mostly in small, non-sequential bills, I've started thinking about robbery, purely as an academic exercise, of course. Aside from the bars and the cameras, the biggest problem would be getting the money out of the park. The bank is situated dead center, and while the perimeter security isn't exactly stellar, they would probably be able to respond in the time it took to get to the edge of the park.
However.
I noticed today that the light rail actually goes through a corner of the park, and it's fairly close to the bank itself. If you could rig up some sort of device that would allow you to latch the money onto the light rail cars as they go past, they could leave the secure zone quite easily and quickly, meaning you'd just have to go pick up the money later.
Christ, I play too much Hitman 2.
It rained quite heavily, sending dozens of park-goers into the fairly small confines of the confectionery, as I am wont to call it. Of the $800 I made today, I'd say around half of it came from the 45 minutes directly following the rain. Another thing I noticed is the sheer mass of people who attend the park. A good 30 minutes after it started raining, I could still see throngs of people walking down the street in front of the store towards the exit, and even when most people had left, there were still isolated pockets of activity from time to time. This raises questions, questions like: "Who are these people," and "Why don't they go home?"
Thing about rain is, it's like throwing baking soda into vinegar; it froths and foams for 20 seconds or so, then fades into a boring, goopy mess. From 8:00 to 10:00, I probably made 4 sales, leading to (what else?) many more paper cranes. Even that couldn't quite dispel all the boredom; imagine my excitement when I *pause* changed the register tape! And even that doesn't even compare to the time I got something sticky on my hand and *pause* had to wash it off.
Whoo. Good times.
Seeing as there is upwards of $100,000 in the park every night, and it's mostly in small, non-sequential bills, I've started thinking about robbery, purely as an academic exercise, of course. Aside from the bars and the cameras, the biggest problem would be getting the money out of the park. The bank is situated dead center, and while the perimeter security isn't exactly stellar, they would probably be able to respond in the time it took to get to the edge of the park.
However.
I noticed today that the light rail actually goes through a corner of the park, and it's fairly close to the bank itself. If you could rig up some sort of device that would allow you to latch the money onto the light rail cars as they go past, they could leave the secure zone quite easily and quickly, meaning you'd just have to go pick up the money later.
Christ, I play too much Hitman 2.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooal(s)
Univision was having a wild bash at Elitches yesterday. (Univision, for those of you who don't know, is a spanish language television channel.) They had a big stage right by the store I work at, and when I passed it on my way to clock in, something crazy was going on. My spanish is pretty rusty, so I'm not sure exactly what they were doing, but one of the men on-stage was wearing a dress.
Once at work, I learned I can pass the time fairly well by folding paper cranes out of used receipt paper. I folded about 10 of them throughout the day, two out of paper measuring less than 3/4 inch to a side. I am quite proud of them, but I need to learn how to fold something else. Oh, and I should probably help some customers, or something.
Things I've Learned:
1. When it's 102 degrees out, you can charge anything for water.
2. A surprising proportion of parents have extensive tattoo work.
Things I Need to Learn:
1. How to juggle.
2. How to throw a playing card really hard.
3. How to beat the fucking expert setting on minesweeper.
As you can see, I still have a lot of work to do.
Once at work, I learned I can pass the time fairly well by folding paper cranes out of used receipt paper. I folded about 10 of them throughout the day, two out of paper measuring less than 3/4 inch to a side. I am quite proud of them, but I need to learn how to fold something else. Oh, and I should probably help some customers, or something.
Things I've Learned:
1. When it's 102 degrees out, you can charge anything for water.
2. A surprising proportion of parents have extensive tattoo work.
Things I Need to Learn:
1. How to juggle.
2. How to throw a playing card really hard.
3. How to beat the fucking expert setting on minesweeper.
As you can see, I still have a lot of work to do.
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