PixlBit

That's cool you have an EA friend, I wish I had one. lol Sounds like a sweet deal.

Binary Domain does look awesome.

As for rape, with context and not doing just for yucks, but giving it the gravity it deserves, it can be implemented into a good story. There's a Clive Owen one called I'll Sleep When I'm Dead about Owen avenging his younger brother who was raped and killed by the mob guys he used to work with. And there's I Spit on Your Grave which I have yet to see the second part of Cinema Snob's review for, but it's been called everything from "trash" to "female empowerment fantasy" (cause she gets her revenge), apparently.

But it's a disgusting act no matter what the setting, so I understand your stomach bile reaction to it, especially in a dumb zombie flick where it's just not needed, and will be avoiding that movie. I'll also be avoiding I Spit On Your Grave for that matter, but at least that one seems like it took the matter seriously with proper gravitas.

Well, that's a major factor in me not deciding to buy one until down the line when we know how much all of this will be implemented. If the answer is "a lot," I'll just have to skip this next generation as well.

But whether the Pixlbit community and myself have as big of a problem with it may or may not be relevant to the mainstream at large that may not be bothered by it or realize the implications. So I'm ready to find out this is the future of gaming, but if it is, I'm done with it. I'm not paying full-price for digital rentals.

Motley Crue, nice. Saw them at Crue Fest 2 when I was nineteen, and the whole stage was based on Dr. Feelgood. I actually got to go for free, and just had to pack nachos before it started, as per a friend that knew a guy from her church working it.

I need a laptop upgrade myself. Glad Sonic/Mega Man is going well.

I remember that Wave Race game. Amazing graphics for a Gamecube game at the time, I thought.

Well, yeah, but technically, aren't all birds considered thugs in the fish world? Oh well, in the words of Kurt Cobain, "it's ok to eat fish, cause they don't have any feelings." Pretty sure there are some marine biologists that think otherwise, but what do they know when matched against a grunge rocker, really? Joking aside, I know what you mean. Damn eagles.

You've got an awesome and interesting job though; having a job outdoors certainly seems to have it's perks. Sorry you got sick, but glad you got over whatever it was.

Anyway, the Osprey video was very cool, I love those large birds and the way they swoop down to catch prey.

And last I checked, work and life are a lot more important than blogging, so I think you're forgiven a short absence. And can't wait to hear the secret news. Everything I do is under NDA until the videos go live, so I know how that is. I really want the first thing I worked on at least to go live, so that way I have a video for my StaffMeUp profile, and don't have to rely on my college work.

Have a great day!

Sounds like a fun guy, cool that you got a signed copy.

Yeah, I've only seen the Nostalgia Critic review, but it looks... unpleasant.

I'm glad they did too, Paper Mario is about the only RPG I can remember playing and enjoying completely of my own accord and preferences, and actually wanted to beat. Never did, and never owned it, but I have the strategy guide here somewhere, simply because I wanted to read it. I liked its world, characters, and story tha much, and really appreciated that they continued applying action/platformer elements to the combat in that series.

As the almighty Beebs would say if he were here, "never say never."

Oh, you don't like Bieber?

Try telling him no, mawfucka, he gangsta!

Jokes and the process involved in finding that picture making me feel like a subhuman aside, I agree.

I loved Ebert's take on almost anything else, especially this time he was apparently with Sid Vicious in a cab, and discovered Vicious had to shave his underwear off cause it hadn't been cleaned in so long; but I did have this feeling of "just lay off it old man," when it came to his take on videogames. And saying that, I'd even have to agree that I can't say I've played a game and seen it as art, but that really has no effect on whether other people can see it that way, or if the medium can evolve to bring more experiences generally agreed upon as being artful.

I never hated him for it, I just thought, "this is kind of a waste of everyone's time, and I hope you go back to doing what you love soon." I think at one point, he made some sort of half-hearted apology about the whole thing. Oh well, his writing was good, even if I didn't necessarily think all of his arguments were.