Videogame Life

I've had a bad month I guess. I am behind in a lot of things around the home, and many projects. I am still hacking away on The Stoa, I am still hoping for a December opening maybe earlier if skinning goes fast. Halloween is up this month and we had done a few pictures with the twin which I think are just absolutely adorable.

To top this month off the I had to go to the hospital for a severe anxiety attack, which was triggered by god knows what. They are very creepy and very debilitating. The last one I had felt like a heart attack and that was 4 years ago. This time it was like a stroke, granted I was not having one it was still creepy. When ones body can make you feel like your dieing of something that's not really happening it can make you crazy.

Other than that setback things seem to be going good. I am getting ready to start martial arts again next week, well more like MMA. It will be a great treat to be away from home and the lil ones for a few hours out of the week. Daddy's need a break sometimes! With that I need a bit of rest to recover form these attacks. My medicine makes me very drowsy , so I'll leave you with a pic of the twins.

I am a bit under the weather today. And it seems that my pet project is too. I logged in to do a bit of work on The Stoa only to find They had moved all my site over to a new 64 bit server. I am thinking ok no problem all my sites seem to be up and running ok with the move.

That was until I tried to log into the admin panel of The Stoa. I got a nice big fail page. So I tried logging out of the system totally to see if it would clear the error. But logging out caused the same damn error. It seem the move killed my windows live login feature thus killing all ability to log in and out.

The funny part is you need to be in the admin section to disable it. So I am in the process of rebuilding it all today. If I can get the rug rats down for naps at the same time I might get a bit of painting in on my girls bedroom.

I'll be back for more blogging goodness later!

Well blow me down a post so quickly after the last one. Well I just happen to glance at my Xbox blog and noticed since I started playing Magic my rep keeps going down. Well what does this mean? It means some jackass is reporting me for something??? Hmm how funny. It just pisses me off when dip shits get beat and then report you and if you know your going to lose you quit and look for your next match.

If there is anything RK has taught me about playing Magic is once you definitely know your going down the shit hole just secede the match and go on to the next one. don't waste each others time drawing it out. And for you sick fucks who report people over that, you need to just suck my dick. That's right suck every inch of it.

It's bewildering to me why you would even get shitty over someone withdrawing when they know they will lose. You still win come on. Hey Wizards add a forfeit button so I don't have to deal with these pussy's getting mad that they couldn't see me end up with negative life points.

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TO ALL THE LIVE CRY BABIES

LEARN TO LOSE AND WIN WITH DIGNITY.

I really need to set up future posts, so there is something new to rea every now and then when I am backed up or out of play. Ive been slacking this week doing my daddy duties and playing Magic on the Xbox. I've been watching all the PAX shit I can dig up. I am desperately yearning to go to PAX next year if I can get it worked out with the wife. It's been a life long dream to go to a E3 or Big gaming event, and PAX is the little guys big event.

Each year comes and goes and I sit on the internet and watch the other nerds get to live it up thinking next year that will be me, yes maybe next year. Well there is no fancy pics this time just some short winded post. I got to get back to doing nothing well trying to work on the stoa. Peace!

Eh..
I've been down a bit the last week. Sunday I started a workout routine that were sill tweaking to fit everyone's schedules, but that's not what took me down. We are doing sparring during each routine and on the first time out I managed to crack a rib or at least fracture it. It's a very uncomfortable feeling I can tell you that much.

I need to get re-focused on my work and studying to get things caught back up. The Stoa is behind and so is my posting here! But I guess being a personal blog I really don't have to keep a daily posting. Well for now adios!

Damn....

I woke up this morning thinking it was going to be another crappy day, but that ended abruptly with a journey to one of my favorite gaming companies web sites. Upon arriving I was treated with what felt like a early god damned Christmas gift. It brought up feeling of joy and giddiness that only certain game releases can seem to do for me. No I am not bias towards them either I could defiantly point out many of the flaws from there last incarnate of this series.

Let's move to the pleasantries. I present you with the world teaser trailer for....

Compassion or Cruelty? The Race for the Crown of Albion Begins in “Fable III” Exclusively on Xbox 360
Microsoft and Lionhead Studios unveil a thrilling new adventure in the multimillion-selling “Fable” franchise, while introducing episodic distribution of “Fable II” only on Xbox LIVE.

COLOGNE, Germany — Aug. 19, 2009 — Alexander the Great. Genghis Khan. Queen Elizabeth I. Che Guevara. Throughout history, revolutionary leaders have taken very different paths to power, bringing about prosperity and poverty, peace and sometimes anarchy to their people. Now Microsoft Corp. and Lionhead Studios will explore the journey to rule, with you in pursuit of a kingdom, in “Fable III,” the exciting new game in the critically acclaimed “Fable” franchise. The title’s debut was confirmed today at gamescom in Germany by Peter Molyneux, Lionhead’s creative director, and will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 in the 2010 holiday season.

“Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.” — Abraham Lincoln
Since its inception, the blockbuster “Fable” franchise has offered players the opportunity to choose their own destinies as a hero, villain or someone between, where the possibilities are limitless and the consequences can weigh heavily on the path to greatness. In this new adventure, players will witness tyranny, poverty and injustice plague their land. They will see a people divided, and they will be compelled to stand up for change. They will also be forced to answer a question: What would you sacrifice to secure the crown of Albion? Will you uphold the values and principles that led to your ascension, or will you be corrupted by the station you’ve strived to acquire? Will you be a monarch of the people, or bring the entirety of Albion to the brink of collapse?

“We’ve spent a lot of time at Lionhead thinking about how we can innovate the gameplay and progress the world of the ‘Fable’ games for its third chapter, and we’re confident that players won’t second-guess what we have planned for ‘Fable III,’” said Molyneux, who also serves as creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Microsoft Game Studios. “Though I can’t give too much away right now, players should expect to have to make much tougher choices with far wider consequences than ever before in Albion — and with many more interactive adventure elements.”

In the epic story of “Fable III,” the journey to rule the throne of Albion begins five decades after the events of the last chapter, and you play as the child of your hero from “Fable II.” As you rule your kingdom as king or queen, you will be called upon to make choices and sacrifices that will test your morality and can affect your entire kingdom. Themes of heroism, leadership and consequence are taken to a grand scale as you fight to unite a divided people.

Now before you go off into a rampage in expletives, and rage about how Fable 2 has only been out for a year and it took the 4 years to develop. Here is a quote from one of the devs at Lionhead on the forums working on Fable 3.

You have to understand that a lot of the dev time for F2 was creating the tools and engine from scratch. Our tools are now at a stage where we can work very fast (we can hot sync to the 360, rather than spend hours building and deleting an object takes seconds rather than 7 minutes).And it's not like we have just suddenly started making F3 last week and are rushing it.
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And it also seem that there are going to be some new game play mechanics or hopefull some that got left out of fable to due to time constraints.

No new mechanics? Just because we have not talked about them doesn't mean there aren't any.
There's some VERY cool new stuff in there.
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There is alot more interesting information at the Fable 3 Section of the Lionhead forum. I suggests you head on over there!

I am going to leave you with some pics to drool over!

Well what can I say about this movie. It was decent, it actually took me into the movie without use of big name actors. It's been far and few in between lately in movies that you see a movies like this. the concept was great but it lacked at times. And the ending could of done a lot more as well. All in all it was a great film, and was worth the $9 I paid to see it. I mean come on how ofter do you see someone get shot with a pig?

It's been a bit silent around here hasn't it? I have some posts coming up with some cool and interesting thing I have come across lately. I Just haven't taken the time to post them. Ive been pouring all my focus and time into The Stoa and graphics for our clothing line! Ive still got comics to finish drawing, videos to help work on, books, ect ect ect. ...

When do I start getting paid for this? Hopefully things will start coming full circle sooner than later! Id like to see my projects generate a bit of income. I need to make this short so I can get back to working on things. I also need a laptop or a new pc so I don't have to stop working when my wife wants to play WOW.

If only it were a Wii ad. I think it has potential.

Ok so it's after 2am, I just got done with about a 9 hour gaming stretch against Ritalin Kid. We squared off in Scrabble and we came out even in matches there. Then came a bit of connect 4 and RK got a schooling. I realy need to make a few vids of some of our gaming nights they can be quiet funny. We took a break for some dinner and the roast of Larry the Cable Guy. Then we went back to the xbox for some Marvel vs Capcom 2.

Needless to say we spent most of our night on this little gem. Again it wasn't pretty for RK. Let me see if I can get some pics that resemble his ass whooping. Eck there is no pics that resemble the ass whooping he got. It was 22 victories to his 9. Well I am off to bed now the little guy will be home early after noon and I need sleep to keep up with him!