Ode to the weary

Ub-wa.

These last few weeks have been mostly stress. My mom is in town and she is dealing with a lot of stuff. I have been with her for the large blunt of it but it's getting to be a lot of stress. My blog, my creativity, and my overall demeanor have been suffering. I'm at this state where I feel like I'm working full time and I've lost the will to do a lot of stuff.

There will be more updates, and more art, but for now I am focused on family matters. I'm sorry folks.

Internet Logic?

Blizzard Entertainment (aka Activision Blizzard) has just announced that it's next game, Diablo 3, will require you to be online in order to play. There are a few reasons they are doing this but the big reason as far as I can tell is that they are going to have a micro transaction auction house. Allowing players to play offline would cause item spawning and duping to fetter the online auction house, skewing the micro transaction market.

People are up in arms over this. As any fan community gets over any sort of logical step in the gaming community. A group of people are mad because they allegedly don't have internet access, they posted this on an internet forum, by the way. Really people are mad because this actually makes it a challenge to pirate the game, and it also makes it impossible to hack. Well, not impossible, but it won't last very long, I can guarantee that.

Either way this is a logical step in the right direction for the online gaming community. something like 62% of gamers play online games, and I'm sure that at least 80% have internet access. You can still play alone, it's the same gaming experience, and it's a pretty simple concept to grasp. If you want a premium online experience then you need to control what your players are doing with there accounts. As terrible as that sounds it's true. Your not forcing your player into some awkward social situation, you're simply not allowing them to poison the online community with game breaking spawned items.

While I'm talking about stupid fans, Mass Effect 3 just announced that the box art Female version of Commander Shepperd is going to be one of six models. They put them up to vote last week and it looks like the blond Shepperd won. An internet movement was outraged at the audacity of a stereotypical female figure being chosen. Calling her a "Bimbo," among other ridiculous things. I find this hilarious, Sheppard can be what you want her to be, who cares what she looks like. My Shepard is a red head with a quirky smile and a knack for killing anything that moves with any weapon on hand. And one of my favorite video game characters? Samus Aran. A blond intergalactic bounty hunter, with the power of space aliens. She is definitely modeled after a stereotype and yet this has never been brought up, in fact she is regarded as the perfect female lead in the video game world. No gender conflict, no issue with taking any sort of responsibility, and absolutely no issue with fear. (Terrible Other M Samus not included.)

How I view Shepperd is not going to change because of the box art, and how you view her is also not going to change. Hell, this might even help to reinforce your idea of Shepperd. Because she is probably the most underground game hero ever.

Also Diablo 3... Buy it... I know, you might be like, but I don't play video games. But this, this is a continuation of a game that has been begging to be continued for years. Blizzard, make it sing!

Bwa!

Trying to draw a blog post today, and I just can't. I don't want to force it either. I'm sorries guys. :<

All I have on paper right now is a doodle of a cat with wings.

On the road

 

Considering I’ve been missing a few days, for that I am sorry, I thought I would switch Monday and Thursday’s to-do’s. I’m going to write on Mondays and draw on Thursdays. This is because of the circumstances of my current schedule. I apologize for the lack of posting recently. Family has been in town, and they take priority. This is to let you know that I’m not done, and I do fully intend to continue to write and draw.

On a different note, Utah… Not a fan. It’s dry, hot, and boring. I was only there for a period of 24 hours. That felt too long, one could say that it was more then enough to make me remember why I love winter, and why the cold is a good thing. Not following? It was 96ºf when I landed yesterday morning. It was hot, and although it was humid for most of the desert dwellers, it was dry for me. It enraged my body, and I found myself drinking more fluids then I have ever drank in a day.

I’m glad to be on the road, that’s where I am right now. It’s not too hot today, and Idaho is being blessed by my favorite type of weather.

Rain.

So that is what I am doing right now. I’m sitting in a car. I guess that it’s better then being on an airplane though.

Speaking of… While I was on the plane I overheard a “special” conversation. A man who was sitting behind me was confused about the power of time zones and the implied time travel they offer.

“So, the plain takes off at 7:20(am) and it only takes an hour and a half to fly to Utah… Why are we supposed to land at 10:00?”

… This is a real thing that people are talking about. Were they not taught about Utah’s placement on the planet being a little further east and causing the sun’s cycle to be… what’s the word… ahead? No, I suppose not.

Either way, I’m not on a plane, and I’m not dealing with the modern masses. So I can be thankful for that. I’m also able to write a blog post while sitting in the car listening to the music on my computer with the car speakers. So, I have that, and I think it’s nice.

Now I am going to list some of the things I see for you. Perhaps it will help you paint a picture of what I am seeing.

Barn

Tractors (plural)

Sprinklers

Farmland

Camper toeing a Subaru

Two trees

This is actually pretty boring. So I’m going to stop, what took me fifteen minutes to view is only going to take you five seconds to read. So there is no reason to continue this. I wish I could type incredibly fast while I’m looking out the window, but I have to be looking at the computer screen to see that I am actually typing words on the computer.

I think instead of telling you what I see, I might just draw it on Thursday. I’m at a loss as to what else there is to type, so I think I’m done for now. Enjoy your Monday.

(Note: this was typed on a Sunday.)