| Gin 2nd go |
[Jul. 19th, 2009|10:55 am] |
I finished watching all 21 episodes of Gin.
Beautiful.
How did it do it, though? I've seen it done before, and it's usually saved for the end, but this show, it did it every episode.
On the surface, it's using the 'noble self-sacrifice' angle, but there's a real reason it works so well to move people. And it's not the idea that it's an ideal, when it's shown as an ideal is when it fails. Gin didn't show it as an ideal, but as something real, something you don't want to see. It's sad in that it happens, to see the strongest pillar of virtue support its weight by itself against unbearable force. It's compounded when it's presented with a backdrop of characters who see it but for whatever reason are unable to help, even if they try. And in some cases, the pillar won't allow them to help, having this drive that they alone will make it happen, and the undercurrent, the sub-theme presented is that to make things right, it takes brave individuals where the majority are too afraid or don't have the ability to, or aren't in a position to.
A rundown of what stood out to me as examples:
( (SPOILERS for whoever's crazy enough to want to watch it) ) |
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[Jul. 19th, 2009|02:29 am] |
something orchard did for the game |
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[Jul. 18th, 2009|11:29 pm] |
worked the game being able to remember where you left off. can't seem to get it to work right anymore. i had it working once today, then it broke and didn't work again. i'm a bit too tired to try to solve it today but will try again tomorrow. |
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[Jul. 19th, 2009|01:41 am] |
I have a question. Does anybody have any or can link me to tutorial on how to make this kind of icons?
 
credit: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) loller_pop
thanks in advance. :)
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[Jul. 17th, 2009|11:10 pm] |
designed (but didn't yet implement) 'obstacle/barriers', one for each function, which would block access without the player having that function. i don't want to do *too* much of it, for the reasons discussed here, but a certain degree is necessary and enhances exploration, particularly in the starting / central areas |
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[Jul. 17th, 2009|10:56 pm] |
yay, gave the gift certificate to my sister elisa, and she loaned on kiva:
http://www.kiva.org/lender/elisaandaidan9518
(22:37:39) RinkuHero: also
(22:37:47) RinkuHero: sometimes you automatically read what's on the screen
(22:37:51) RinkuHero: without thinking about it
(22:37:58) RinkuHero: like if i type something here
(22:38:00) RinkuHero: you don't have to read it
(22:38:03) RinkuHero: but you probably will
(22:38:15) Elisa: ha
(22:38:20) Elisa: i probably WONT
(22:38:21) Elisa: hahaha
(22:38:22) Elisa: j/k
(22:38:35) RinkuHero: what was that
(22:38:36) RinkuHero: i didn't read it
(22:38:39) RinkuHero: so i don't know what you just said
(22:39:04) Elisa: I said, "WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN FROM EL SALVADOR HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY LENDERS FOR HER BAKERY YET?"
(22:39:13) RinkuHero: link me and i'll check
(22:39:33) Elisa: http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=122371&_tpos=1&_tpg=1
(22:39:45) RinkuHero: she did
(22:39:48) RinkuHero: get 75$
(22:39:58) Elisa: oh, i guess i need to refresh
(22:39:59) RinkuHero: but also the true answer is here:
22:40
(22:40:02) RinkuHero: Date Listed: Jul 17, 2009
(22:40:05) RinkuHero: so it was just listed today
(22:40:08) Elisa: lots are listed today
(22:40:11) RinkuHero: true
(22:40:17) RinkuHero: maybe the answer is
(22:40:21) RinkuHero: she looks old
(22:40:29) RinkuHero: and people like loaning to young and healthy-looking people
(22:40:32) Elisa: yeah, i do
(22:40:34) RinkuHero: people who won't die before they pay it back
(22:40:34) RinkuHero: haha
(22:40:35) Elisa: but i'll loan to her
(22:40:58) Elisa: there were probably like, "You know, mami, you can get money from other people around the world, and pay them back, with no interest."
(22:41:05) Elisa: and she was all, "Whaaa?!"
(22:41:26) Elisa: so they were like, "Stand by your ovens; we'll take a picture and put it on the internet."
(22:41:32) Elisa: and she was all, "Intereta?"
(22:41:44) Elisa: and they were like, "No, INTERNET! You know computers?"
(22:41:55) Elisa: and she was like, "I'm afraid of robots. Keep them out of my shop."
(22:42:17) Elisa: so she said, "you take picture of my oven. I stand away over here."
(22:42:20) Elisa: and they got her anyway
(22:42:34) Elisa: Then they were like, "Booya, abuelita! Booya!" |
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[Jul. 17th, 2009|05:23 pm] |
i just got a titanium spork which i ordered online, it seems great. i will have to test it out soon. |
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| New song - "On the on the way out" |
[Jul. 17th, 2009|12:45 am] |
I guess a comparatively 'normal' song:
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Your god, they got him, still he opens the night
When you're alone, even when you stopped believing,
Let the pictures talk when the phone rung
Saw him once or twice in bars, your bars, on streets that had shut
With him you can't find the exit
Saintly problems roll through the gutter right to you
Send it home
Don't have brains to know you're leaving
Let the picture talk when your phone rung
It has lots to say through you, all you
Letting out through the back
No sin on that beat up smile
No,
No point in asking these
We wait around
And maybe see
Your second go
Saw him once or twice in bars, your bars
Letting out through the back (on streets that had shut)
With him you can't find the exit
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[Jul. 16th, 2009|11:39 pm] |
created the starting room, along with a makeshift "escape pod" graphic (just using komera's egg creature instead as a placeholder)
gah this game is taking so long to make! if i finish it in 2010 (probably) it'll have been 3 years |
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[Jul. 15th, 2009|11:46 pm] |
today was the closest day to missing a day yet -- put in some of the tiles i hadn't put in yet in the last 20 min of the day after waking up at 11:30pm. was feeling very tired today and sleepy, not sure why, like could hardly sit up for more than a few minutes without wanting to lie down again. but in any case, here's i put some of orchard-l's coral tiles into the game. they should not have reflections of course, since they're supposed to be *under* water, will tell it not to reflect them later |
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| odes to Kim Jong Il (yeah) |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|11:22 pm] |
I found each of these left as a comment on different youtube videos of Kim Jong Il. I don't remember if they are all by the same person.
Kim Jong II the greatest Elvis impersonator in the world. The greatest comedian and the greatest entertainer of all time. He can really ride a horse. He shouts and snow falls! He laughs and 1000 flowers blossom. Amazing Kim Jong II protector of all things. He is a heavenly God. He is a Jesus to all. An amazing human being.
Oh, my Dear Leader, Kim Jong-IL, we are glad to starve ourselves so that your collection of original Elvis films? may grow. May your belly never shrink. May your hand never leave the Big Red Nuke Button. May your bathroom always smell sweet. May your shoe sole inserts always uphold your tiny frame. May the little blue pills uphold your other tiny frame. You are better than a re-run of The Love Boat. What a guy!
Praise & Glory to the Great Leader Kim
He is the Leader of Leaders. He is the saviour of Korea. All Korean women dream to be fucked by the most sexy man on earth who is more beautiful than the capitalist & imperialist mr universe organised
The Great Leader's shit smells like roses
The Great Leader's voice is sweeter than humming birds
The Great Leader's urine heals all wounds
The Great Leader knows what is best. He will show the way? to his people & bring paradise on earth
GLORY TO KIM |
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| "I Will Be Acquitted" by R. Mosquito and Ujn (as Chthonic Youth) |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|10:49 pm] |
This is a song they wrote for SongFight. I normally don't listen to "spoken word" type songs, but I really enjoyed this one. The instrumental track is the kind of thing I would have liked to have written, just the style of it. Is it "post-punk" - I have no idea, but hey, it's mentioned in the song, it can't be too useless as a way to get people to listen who'd have no idea otherwise.
mp3
I think right now my neighbor hates me
But it's okay
He won't be my neighbor for long
R. Mosquito and I hanging out on Montgomery Street
Studying the Code of Hammurabi
Post-punk influences absorbed into our bloodstreams
Yeah, back then we were lo-fi
Yeah, back then we were lo-fi
Nowadays you can still find us
We're just on the other side of the tracks
I don't think I'll ever be accused of being too gangsta
But if I ever do
Well, I will be acquitted
Yeah, I will be acquitted
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
I met Ujn in 1997
He was an art student
Where as I, I was pretending to be an art student
He was the coolest guy that I knew
Because he had his own band
And it was called Cock
That's right, Cock |
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| Problems with patterns |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|09:22 pm] |
Hi, I'm having a problem getting my patterns to work. So, I put some patterns I downloaded into the personal patterns folder (the one for each user, not under program files), because I read that you're not supposed to modify the system folder and I didn't want to mess with it. Then I refreshed the patterns and I got this error message that says "Failed to load data:
Fatal parse error in pattern file 'C:\Users\(me)\.gimp-2.6\patterns\77words_scaling.pat': Unknown pattern format version 65536."
What does this mean? Why don't the patterns show up? They are in the right folder so they should be visible...I don't know what I did wrong. And I think you can use Photoshop patterns with Gimp, so it can't be that. I closed the program and reopened it, and I still get the error. Can someone please help me? |
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[Jul. 14th, 2009|11:38 pm] |
not much done today, but did edit the room you find venus in a bit -- i'm thinking of using the center area as a hub area that leads to each of the other areas if you can get past certain creatures or obstacles (which could be done in different ways), much like the maps in in guardian legend and majora's mask (although those were more structured and had a key-lock system rather than multiple ways thing) -- then each of the 'pizza slice' areas around the center would have a distinct music / color set / etc., and be somewhat self-contained, but still have a few passages to adjacent pizza slices |
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| opacity/tablet/gimp 2.6.6 |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|08:58 pm] |
i had to download the newer version of gimp (2.6.6) when my computer was restored and idk, but whenever i use (or try to use) my tablet on it, the opacity levels are messed up. usually when i use my tablet, the coloring will start off lighter and work it's way up to the shade i need, but it no longer does that. idk if it means that my tablet is busted or it's this new version of gimp, but it's super frustrating. i'm thinking of uninstalling and then reinstalling it, but i wanted to see if i could get any advice first.
thank you! |
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| PARADIGM SHIFT |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|04:31 pm] |
"SOMETIMES, SOMETHING KILLS NEARLY ALL LIFE ON THE ENTIRE PLANET. BUT IS THERE A REGULAR CYCLE TO THIS CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF EARTH’S BIODIVERSITY?"
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_extinction_oscillator/
"...Given reasonable limitations, almost any mathematical function—a line you’d graph with Xs and Ys—can be represented as a sum of sines and cosines, which have the familiar squiggly shape of oscilloscopes in old sci-fi movies. These “sinusoids” have different wavelengths, long for the long-term trends and short for sudden changes. Something called the “power spectrum” measures how much energy is in the different wavelengths. By looking at the varying contributions of sinusoids of different lengths to the power spectrum, you can reliably make estimations about the trends within a data set. Music is a good example. If you examined the power spectrum of the sound waves of different instruments playing middle C, each would look unique—which is why you could tell the instruments apart. But each would have a big peak at middle C—which is how you could tell they were all playing that note. So power-spectral analysis is a very effective way to search for regularities; one has to wonder why it wasn’t used sooner on the fossil record..." |
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