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Dec. 9th, 2007 05:15 amYesterday, on my way to work, I told Mom that I wasn't going to make a list of manga or anime that I'd like to receive this year, and instead, for her to just get a Newtype magazine. I explained that the reason I'm more into games than into anime these days is because when you play a video game, you're more actively involved than when you just sit back and watch a DVD. I still have those DVD sets of Divergence Eve and Otaku no Video that I got for Christmas last year, and I never even unsealed either of them, let alone started watching them. (Of course, there is the exception of Mon Colle Knights, which for hard-to-explain reasons, I've become intimate with over the years ever since I started watching it mid-series. That anime series rules over any anime game I've ever played or will play.)
The above paragraph was all that I did mention to Mom. However, another part, I think, also has to do with the Angry Video Game Nerd. As someone who regularly checks his website for new videos, I kinda feel like a video game nerd myself, albeit a different kind. Whenever I write posts to the VGMusic forum, such as what this thread's topic became, I talk about anime-style games (such as Grandia III, Dark Cloud, Wonder Project J2, various Pokemon games, and even more primitive games such as Kendo Rage and Mahou Poipoi Poitto. Whenever I refer to a particular game console, such as the Nintendo 64 or the Playstation 2, I use "the" before the name of the console and write out the console name, not simply as "N64" or "PS2" (unless I've already stated it at least once. The exceptions would be the NES, which stands for Nintendo Entertainment System, and the SNES/Super NES). I'm even familiar with scrapped consoles, especially the Sega Neptune (which was mentioned in the AVGN's Sega 32X review and his Wii Salute video). But of course, since the AVGN also specializes in movies, why would I have to limit myself to video games? I could specialize in both anime and video games, and getting the magazine would be a good way to revive my interest in anime.
Mom went down to New Jersey to visit Grandpa Bob after dropping me off at work.
I finished the first draft of the pic I mentioned yesterday. Before me, Marie, and Scott went out to the bowling alley last night, I had a brief conversation with Jake, and told him about it. I sent him a sample of the pic, but he said that the eyes are too big for a teenage anime character. Honestly, I tend to think otherwise, although he does have a right to disagree with me. When I showed him Ellen's second pic, he didn't particularly like how the nipples turned out, but at least I was satisfied with it, and if I were to ask Martin for his opinion, I'd bet he'd say that the eyes are quite anime-like.
When we got to the Islip bowling alley, we asked someone what we should do before bowling begins. She said that it begins at 10:00, and since it was roughly 8:40 at the time, we didn't think it was worth standing around for more than an hour. We'd probably be tired by then, so we decided just to go to the bowling alley in Centerreach. Coincidentally, where we did bowl, the main lights were off, and music was playing in the background, accompanied by these funky lights moving around on the lanes. We only played one game, and the total cost was $28.79. At Islip, the cost for reservations was $18, so we would have spent $54 if we decided to wait.
The above paragraph was all that I did mention to Mom. However, another part, I think, also has to do with the Angry Video Game Nerd. As someone who regularly checks his website for new videos, I kinda feel like a video game nerd myself, albeit a different kind. Whenever I write posts to the VGMusic forum, such as what this thread's topic became, I talk about anime-style games (such as Grandia III, Dark Cloud, Wonder Project J2, various Pokemon games, and even more primitive games such as Kendo Rage and Mahou Poipoi Poitto. Whenever I refer to a particular game console, such as the Nintendo 64 or the Playstation 2, I use "the" before the name of the console and write out the console name, not simply as "N64" or "PS2" (unless I've already stated it at least once. The exceptions would be the NES, which stands for Nintendo Entertainment System, and the SNES/Super NES). I'm even familiar with scrapped consoles, especially the Sega Neptune (which was mentioned in the AVGN's Sega 32X review and his Wii Salute video). But of course, since the AVGN also specializes in movies, why would I have to limit myself to video games? I could specialize in both anime and video games, and getting the magazine would be a good way to revive my interest in anime.
Mom went down to New Jersey to visit Grandpa Bob after dropping me off at work.
I finished the first draft of the pic I mentioned yesterday. Before me, Marie, and Scott went out to the bowling alley last night, I had a brief conversation with Jake, and told him about it. I sent him a sample of the pic, but he said that the eyes are too big for a teenage anime character. Honestly, I tend to think otherwise, although he does have a right to disagree with me. When I showed him Ellen's second pic, he didn't particularly like how the nipples turned out, but at least I was satisfied with it, and if I were to ask Martin for his opinion, I'd bet he'd say that the eyes are quite anime-like.
When we got to the Islip bowling alley, we asked someone what we should do before bowling begins. She said that it begins at 10:00, and since it was roughly 8:40 at the time, we didn't think it was worth standing around for more than an hour. We'd probably be tired by then, so we decided just to go to the bowling alley in Centerreach. Coincidentally, where we did bowl, the main lights were off, and music was playing in the background, accompanied by these funky lights moving around on the lanes. We only played one game, and the total cost was $28.79. At Islip, the cost for reservations was $18, so we would have spent $54 if we decided to wait.