(my google search for a proper image for this blog has brought me to this... it's a sin not to post cute pandas if you stumbled upon em.)
I decided to brush up on the games i should have played, but didnt. Been a long time fan of Silent Hill, and decided to start with that since its the sort of game you can play despite the shitty graphics- enjoy the storyline and atmosphere.
Certainly i've been spoiled tho. By the games that at least try to make sense and care about being user friendly. But in the time of Mario where you couldve spent hours trying to beat a frustrating level comfort was not part of the equation. It is utterly frustrating(or tilting) how unplayable the controls are. Spoiled by the fancy FPS and 3PS that employ playable controls(i.e. Hitman, Max Payne) I straight up suck at killing in SH. The camera angles the directors chose do tend to creating a solid atmosphere of dread at times, but mostly it just always turn you away from the mobs youre supposed to be facing. Which is doubly frustrating cos i'm, as we all nerds are, good at games, and in some ways I take pride in that(although much less now that i'm old and boring). I'm only at the opening the clock tower in the Midwich elementary, and i'm already out of bullets and medkits. I am dreading the moment i will have to encounter the boss, because it will likely mean i will have to restart from some obscure prior point.
OK. As to making sense. Spoiled(again) by the games that try to abide logic I find the puzzles extremely tilting(i.e. the piano puzzle- OMG the fucking medallion is ON THE FUCKING WALL USE A CHAIR MOTHERFUCKER), ffs how hard would it be to hide it in a safe on the wall. Also what the fucking fuck are bullets doing all over elementary school? Isnt that a tad bit "unsanitary"???
As for enjoyment. The atmosphere is surely splendid, Akira Yamaoka is a genius. Even tho it really isnt, i manage to scare myself into being scared. Creepy thing happened today in the morning when while the game was loading up the door to my room suddenly came open for no logical reason at all. OOOH Spooky.
Not so well. The very next day(or yesterday in common speak) after I made the promise in my last blog(which yall should definitely check out- it's quiet epic, mostly thanks to Ryan) my computer got fucked. Surely it seems like not a big deal but I am a man of principles and breaking a promise tilts me to no end. This seems to be the latest of the negative things I had to face in the last couple of months. I can only hope that the brutal life-downswing will come to an end soon. An upswing is definitely in order.
Also if somebody didn't notice Krantz has posted a new Duel video on DC, against some Russian called Durrrra1000. Which is quiet epic, like everything Krantz.
Also while trying to find out who durrrra1000 was i stumbled upon russian mirror of PTR which is titled vigorish which in RUssian means "Burn out" or, go bust, as opposed to vyigrish which means money won. Just an interesting tid bit i thought.
To finish up this blog im gonna post a video that always helps me keep on going.
I'm not even a fan of Alba, but i find this GIF nothing but mesmerizing.
Also I make a commitment to post the pics some of you requested, of the view out of my apartment during the day tomorrow. I don't know why i procrastinate so much even on such minuscule things. FM.
Well well tomorrow is the second round of Sengoku FWGP. While not packing as many big names as Dream FWGP they nonetheless made a point out of making an exiting GP and not a boring snoozefest courtesy of Imanari&Co. There first round fights were fantastic and there is no reason not to expect the same from the 2nd round.
Hatsu Hioki(18-3-2, 9 subs) vs Ronnie Mann(16-1-1, 10 subs)
For a reason that escapes me everyone picks Hioki over the jolly brit, probably because of the W against the legendary Rumina Sato on his record. I however beg to differ. Mann is in my opinion one of the few well rounded Featherweights in the business and his last fight against Yamada(which is one of the best fights of this year so far) is a testament to that. Kid can strike, and he can grapple too. His Muyai Thai background and 75% sub rate speak for themselves. The scary part? Mann is only 8 days older then me, at 22, and Hioki is 25. Way to contribute to my inferiority complex guys.
Michihiro Omigawa(5-7-1) vs Nam Phan(15-5-0)
Well, i think the record speaks for itself in this case, and while the former's victory against LC Davis seems to suggest otherwise, it was a fight Davis did not come in properly prepared for. Another TKO victory for Phan.
Masanori Kanehara(12-5-5) vs. Chan Sung Jung(6-0-0)
I do not know enough about either fighter to draw conclusions.
Marlon Sandro(13-0-0) vs Nick Denis(7-0-0)
This is tough to predict, on one Nick Denis who reminds you of Joachim Hansen, and not only for his bright red bearded face, but for being a tiny whirlwind of destruction. On the other hand Sandro looked real shit in his last fight against "Jagger Bomb." But the problem is that Denis's ground game is largely untested and while having one submission on his record, it is questionable what he can do against the reasonable BJJ skillset of the Brazilian. I, however, will go with my gut and say that Sandro is gonna get mini-Hansen'ed.
anytone else staying up to watch it? its gonna be super sick fo sho.
