Ah, the second month of the year is finally here! w00t and booyahs for all! XD And while I'm at it, I might as well keep my fingers crossed, 'cause if that groundhog was right, we'll be seeing Spring early here in the Great White North.
*and in unrelated news, the forecast for Montreal on Monday is a high of -2C with a chance of flurries O_o'*
[color=lightpink]In the mood for MUGEN[/color]
I kinda stopped playing Grandia and slowly drifted back into Guilty Gear X2... which got me interested in MUGEN... again.
MUGEN, for those who don't know, is a 2D fighting game engine developped by a company named Elecbyte, who went kaput a couple of years ago (their site has disappeared completely, but can still be viewed in Internet Archives ). It is quite flexable. Although I haven't had the chance to truly fiddle with it yet, I've seen some of the stuff that people are doing with it and it's awesome O_O Once I learn the ropes, I too shall create uber 2D fighting games, with characters straight from the Gamespot's Charlie's Angels Harem *drool* <_<...>_>... *ahem* I had to download a newer version of the program though - I had the older DOS version which keeps crashing >_<. I now have the prettier Windows version, which is... well, it ain't crashing ^_^ So far I only have the default character, the cleverly named Kung Fu Man... :| ... and I added Sol Badguy (who can snap Kung Fu Man like a Slim Jim). Anywho, here are some choice pics -
[color=lightgreen]The Fight of the Century:[/color]
[color=lightgreen]KFM kinda sticks out like a sore thumb, don't he?[/color]
[color=lightgreen]Show of hands: who didn't see this smackdown comin'?[/color]
For more info and some links check out the MUGEN page in Wikipedia.
[color=aqua]It's all GONE!!![/color]
The greatest tragedy of tragedies has befallen my DDR 2... <_< actually 2 things, really. First of all, I think the left button on my Dance Pad is goin' bananas. I've noticed that sometimes when I step on it, it won't respond, or that it would go off by itself without me being anywhere near the darn thing O_o That's really not good, especially a lot of the songs have tricky left steps; the last thign I need is a trigger-wonky left button T_T
Second of all (and this is the dumbest thing I've EVER done), my System Data got corrupted and I lost all my unlockables! :cry: :cry: :cry: I had just finish playing in Workout Mode, you see and was waiting for it to save my Data. Now, in Workout Mode it saves twice: first your Workout Data, then the System Data. I waited for it to save my Workout Data and it did... and then... I turned off my PS2 while it was saving my System Data! I turned it back on quickly just to see... and... and... :cry:
[color=lightgreen]The Moral of the Story:[/color] Say no to drugs... wait, what? O_o'
[color=plum]GDC for you and me[/color]
I got an interesting piece of mail yesterday: A brochure for the upcoming Game Developper's Conference! O_O The IGDA sent me a copy of this year's program, complete with a list of events and the speakers.
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That is evil :cry:
I can't even go. Not only can I not afford it (sure, I could get one of the cheap passes, but those can't get you into the creme de la creme; the meat and potatoes of the GDC: the tutorials and discussions), but even if I could afford to go I can't since I have to help close the April Reader's Digest Issue. Bah! I swear, if they send me a brochure come E3, they'll be blood in the water... and it won't be mine *stares at sacrificial lamb* :twisted:
Well, I've rambled long enough. Hope you guys have a good weekend. I know I will (tomorrow will be 2C... w00t! XD) This is DP signing off. And remember: It's all fun and games until someone loses a bullock.
Toodles :P