Awesome Verse of the Day (AVoTD): Waste of Time, Pennywise

I've got a question for all you sinners
Have you ever wondered is this all there is to life?
A quick adventure not much to mention
A slow procession leading us to die
Or is there a heaven a distant valley
A golden meadow waiting for us in the sky
No one right answer spirit seems broken
Still I just can't help but wonder why
Seems like a tragic waste of time
Who cares what happens when you die?
Life's too short to wonder why
Get on with your life

Pennywise - "Waste of Time"

Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons wins Best Visual Effects Oscar

Ahhhh yeah. It's obviously because we worked on it. Any film we touch turns to gold imo.

Congrats everyone at Image Metrics, DD, D. Fincher, Hydraulics, etc., etc.!

Darkfall EU Release - February 25th, 2009

Anyone else excited? Man it's been a long time coming.

Darkfall > Warhammer Slayers Patch.

Have fun in your little "RvR's" fellas, I'll be PKing bitches and conquering shit.

Awesome Verse of the Day (AVoTD): Henchman, Bad Religion

Don't be a henchman,
Stand on your laurels,
Do what no one else does and praise the good of other men
For good man's sake.
And when everyone else in the world follows your lead
(Although a cold day in hell it will surely be)
That's when the entire world shall live in harmony.

Bad Religion - "Henchman"

Congrats to Christian Brierly

My buddy at work got bumped up to a Lead Animator today. Congrats to him and all that jazz. You rock man. Since I sit next to you I expect special treatment constantly and instant critiques whenever I ask for them. =)

Check him out..

Weekend for the Win!

Friday rules. I'm headed up to Emily's college until Sunday night for a weekend of good food, good company, good soccer, and relaxation to the max.

You sirs, wish your weekends were as awesome as mine.

Darkfall Pre-Order Stuff, Continued...

Seems the pre-order got completely screwed up when they received ~20x the traffic they anticipated all at once. Tasos (Dev) issued a statement saying that basically their servers were being hammered beyond all reasonable expectation. It's broken now, and most people haven't been able to pre-order it at all. It's fortunate that so many people are interested in the game, but I'm a bit scared of what's going to happen to the servers on release. Here's hoping they didn't overestimate their capacity and under-estimate the amount of players that would be coming.

I happened across the pre-order about a minute after they posted it and managed to be one of the first handful of successful orders. So yeah, that is awesome.

Darkfall
MWH

Seirei No Moribito - Anime/Manga

This series was recommended to me today, so I started watching. So far so good! I'll give you another update when I finish it and let you know what I think. For now though if you're looking for something new, check it out. I'm enjoying it, about five episodes in so far. Thanks to Champion without the "o" for the suggestion.

Darkfall Pre-Order

Got mine. Word.

Darkfall Beta

I've been beta testing Darkfall for awhile, and now that the NDA has been lifted I can post some thoughts about it.

http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/Paragus1/3314_Review-Darkfall-Beta.html

This review here does a pretty accurate job of describing my thoughts on the game. Give it a read if you're interested.

Some videos:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUS0SCYuyNM MWH Video
-http://www.youtube.com/themercsdotorg The Mercs Video
-http://lod.networksynapse.net/media/LoDvsMercs.wmv LoD (Lords of Death) Video

Quite a few to watch there, good stuff.

It's going to be great. Been following the game personally since early 2005 but it's been in development since 2001. It was put together by a small team of Indy developers in Greece.

Python Rules!

I started learning to script in Python today finally. Been meaning to do it forever but was waiting for a project to come along. We're building this tool that needs to do this certain stuff and we decided Python was the best option for it but the Python guy (Oleg Alexander) is busy so I get to learn it now. It's awesome. Let's all join hands and nerd out together about how cool Python is. Ready....go.

def PythonIsAwesome(x):
    while x == awesome:
        print "Yes, it's awesome."
    return totalNerd
PythonIsAwesome(word.)

Northern Kings - Finland at it's Finest

Somehow I missed this band. Perhaps through some odd twist of fate, or a missed connection somewhere it hasn't been until now that I've become privy to this gift basket of awesomeness. Northern Kings are a Finnish band comprised of 4 of Finland's most talented and prominent musicians. (Recognize any faces?) They are a cover band, and they cover famous songs and give them a little bit of their own metal flavor. The singing is so, so, so, sooo good. Let this be your band of the day folks, they are amazing.

"Take On Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlupRATWkm0

Use your savvy internet skills to find more, and you're welcome in advance. =)

Code Geass: Lelouche of the Rebellion - Anime/Manga

I just finished a series that I really enjoyed and would like to pass on to all of you awesome people. Champion got me hooked a few weeks ago and I encourage anyone who is an anime fan to check this series out right away. The writing is fantastic, art is cool, good characters, plot twists you can't even imagine. Not your average stuff here.

He swears up to the sky, you will not have died in vain

On a cold and misty night,
a ring of torches light the hallowed ground
where his father's laid to rest

In the reflection of the sword
he sees his destiny and he swears up to the sky -
"You will not have died in vain"

On the field - with sword and shield
amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged - and the battle will rage
until only the righteous prevail

From the shadows comes a man,
returning to his land - Winds of change
taint the sweet smell of home

And all around him, he can see
the pain and misery
this tyrant's reign is through
"I will stand and fight... Will you?"

A heart of gold pumps within his metal skin
A noble line he carries on

On the field - with sword and shield
amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged - and the battle will rage
until only the righteous prevail

I wish to stay...to be here with you
You were my strength...How can I go on?

On the field - with sword and shield
amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged - and the battle will rage
until only the righteous prevail.

Symphony X, "Accolade II" from album, "The Odyssey"

One of my favorite songs ever. True.

Shortfilm: "Hemlock" by Tyson Ibele

http://vimeo.com/3117336

This is a short film done by a friend of mine for the latest CGSociety competition. Check it out, it's freakin' awesome! He also runs SimplyCG.net so stop on by and check that out as well.

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