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Apr. 25th, 2009 06:48 amThree days ago, Vincent took me out bowling with Mark and Taylor. I didn't talk much, but I did ask Taylor if he got Pokemon Platinum. He said he got the game, and he also downloaded the Secret Key. I told him I got that too, and he asked me which Rotom forme I got, but I told him that I'm actually waiting until Christmas, when I can get a Nintendo DS-i.
After the game ended, I suggested that Taylor bring his game and DS with him, so that we can exchange Wonder Cards, but he said it wouldn't be a good idea because it isn't social. Vincent and Mark said some stuff, and then I just said "Nevermind!"
While I did enjoy bowling, I didn't particularly appreciate being told that we shouldn't do something because it isn't social. That, combined with some other stuff, made me consider for the rest of the day, dropping out of the Dowling Project, which I did speak about with Mom several times. However, I did resolve it with Vincent the next day.
To be honest, there is the part of me that would like to better my life, especially for the sake of this blog. Even though I genuinely wish not to get married or have kids, having physical friends to socialize with would probably be a good idea. However, there is the other part of me that, for whatever reason, just wants something to gripe about. Pretty evident from my "Fuck the Wii" rant. Jake once did tell me that being bitter and angry is part of being a writer. Every time I look at the school calendar for events to go to, nothing interests me, and then I get all bitter about the fact that all I give a damn about is getting through college so that I never have to write another damn term paper. (Now that I mention that, I gotta wonder whether or not Jake partakes in any events at his school.) I even once read a Zits comic where Jeremy is pissed off about having nothing to resent.
Does this actually feel good? Could this have grown onto me ever since that whole thing from 12th grade, which I described on January 28, 2009? I think this might be worth bringing up next time I see Dr. Perret.
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Anyway, I got another term paper completed yesterday, and this one was actually kinda fun because it's a video-game-related one. Namely, one that discusses the Playstation 3, its advantages and disadvantages over the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 in the console market, and stuff that Sony should do to improve sales. I chose this, because once during Marketing, Dr. Merhige said that someone should write something about Sony, and I jumped at the opportunity also because I hadn't chosen anything for myself yet. Mom suggested that I do some electronic thing from Amazon.com that could make backpacks obsolete (or something like that; don't remember what it's called), but I remember reading a newspaper article about how Sony had been lagging behind in the current console wars. I also got Brian's help to come up with some stuff to write about, and got a total of ten items with his help.
Having been writing about Sony's current position in the console wars, I remembered that Jake once mentioned on December 31, 2008, that "Sony has been trailing quite behind thanks to bad management and attempts at saving face that, ultimately, are not working." I brought it up with him yesterday, and while we spoke about the whole situation, I told him that Sony's biggest mistake right now is continuing to license games for the Playstation 2, even two and a half years after the PS3 had been launched. My argument is that this creates less pressure for PS2 owners to buy a new console. However, Jake told me that it's actually the other way around: Usually, console companies wait until a new console becomes profitable enough before they stop licensing games for its predecessor.
I did share a copy of my paper with him, thinking I might as well offer it to him as long as it was relevant. But anyway, he's probably right. Considering that whole deal with the Atari 5200, (namely, that the controllers were prone to breaking), what if Atari had stopped licensing games for the 2600? Things would have been an even bigger mess for them, and they could have gone out of business even earlier than they actually did.
After the game ended, I suggested that Taylor bring his game and DS with him, so that we can exchange Wonder Cards, but he said it wouldn't be a good idea because it isn't social. Vincent and Mark said some stuff, and then I just said "Nevermind!"
While I did enjoy bowling, I didn't particularly appreciate being told that we shouldn't do something because it isn't social. That, combined with some other stuff, made me consider for the rest of the day, dropping out of the Dowling Project, which I did speak about with Mom several times. However, I did resolve it with Vincent the next day.
To be honest, there is the part of me that would like to better my life, especially for the sake of this blog. Even though I genuinely wish not to get married or have kids, having physical friends to socialize with would probably be a good idea. However, there is the other part of me that, for whatever reason, just wants something to gripe about. Pretty evident from my "Fuck the Wii" rant. Jake once did tell me that being bitter and angry is part of being a writer. Every time I look at the school calendar for events to go to, nothing interests me, and then I get all bitter about the fact that all I give a damn about is getting through college so that I never have to write another damn term paper. (Now that I mention that, I gotta wonder whether or not Jake partakes in any events at his school.) I even once read a Zits comic where Jeremy is pissed off about having nothing to resent.
Does this actually feel good? Could this have grown onto me ever since that whole thing from 12th grade, which I described on January 28, 2009? I think this might be worth bringing up next time I see Dr. Perret.
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Anyway, I got another term paper completed yesterday, and this one was actually kinda fun because it's a video-game-related one. Namely, one that discusses the Playstation 3, its advantages and disadvantages over the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 in the console market, and stuff that Sony should do to improve sales. I chose this, because once during Marketing, Dr. Merhige said that someone should write something about Sony, and I jumped at the opportunity also because I hadn't chosen anything for myself yet. Mom suggested that I do some electronic thing from Amazon.com that could make backpacks obsolete (or something like that; don't remember what it's called), but I remember reading a newspaper article about how Sony had been lagging behind in the current console wars. I also got Brian's help to come up with some stuff to write about, and got a total of ten items with his help.
Having been writing about Sony's current position in the console wars, I remembered that Jake once mentioned on December 31, 2008, that "Sony has been trailing quite behind thanks to bad management and attempts at saving face that, ultimately, are not working." I brought it up with him yesterday, and while we spoke about the whole situation, I told him that Sony's biggest mistake right now is continuing to license games for the Playstation 2, even two and a half years after the PS3 had been launched. My argument is that this creates less pressure for PS2 owners to buy a new console. However, Jake told me that it's actually the other way around: Usually, console companies wait until a new console becomes profitable enough before they stop licensing games for its predecessor.
I did share a copy of my paper with him, thinking I might as well offer it to him as long as it was relevant. But anyway, he's probably right. Considering that whole deal with the Atari 5200, (namely, that the controllers were prone to breaking), what if Atari had stopped licensing games for the 2600? Things would have been an even bigger mess for them, and they could have gone out of business even earlier than they actually did.