I've never been able to do this well. Even after 22 years of being around on Earth, I still have not mastered this essential skill. How the hell do some people do it so well? I always end up playing a little too much, which then gets followed by a period of working too much. And then there is the region where work meets play, which is kind of ridiculous sometimes.
Oh well. That's life.
Guess why I haven't made a webcomic in a while?
1. At the beginning of the year, I still thought Guitar Hero was an average game with a peripheral. There was little doubt in my mind I wasn't going to get into it. Forward to today and Rock Band - you can guess where that thought went. To think it would be triggered by a friend + bongos + DDR. The randomness of my brain and my life is beyond understanding. 2. I made a resolution to study harder than I did in 2006. That obviously didn't go very far - and the degenerating process is still occuring this year. My results seem doomed to enter the land of awful this semester.
3. Surprisingly, I'm following even fewer shows this year than last year. I think a good reason is that there are fewer shows to follow due to the WGA strike and the lot. The effect is somehow spilling over to anime as well, so I'm guessing I'm just not in the mood for watching shows this year. Studying and gaming must be taking some sort of priority I guess.
This is something for which the effect you don't really see on Wii for some reason, and maybe I'm biased. I use a TV Box to convert all these video inputs into monitor friendly output, and boy was I shocked when I switched from a PS2 composite cable to a PS2 component cable. No, this is not 480p, no funny tricks of any sort. It is just the plain awesomeness from a simple cable change.
Just a simple cable change for an aging console which outputs in 480i produces a dramatic improvement in picture quality. So if you've got a brand spanking new TV with component inputs - don't skimp. Buy those new component cables for your PS2. It'll put your Wii's 480p output to shame. Maybe. (At least through a TV Box. :P)
Just goes to show new cables can indeed breathe life into old consoles.
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - Nogizaka Haruka is awesome. Or at least, the first 4 episodes are. I can't find any words to describe it besides being some kind sinful indulgence. =P Code Geass R2 - I didn't watch any Code Geass until during the holidays, when I raided kl's disc library - and then I got hooked instantly. High school kid with aspirations for power gaining the ability to make anyone follow his first set of commands - awesome setup. Coupled with a few crazy revelations here and there, the show becomes a joy to watch - and I have yet to want to watch another episode of anime this much before.
Special A - The show is still ongoing, so I'm obviously still following it religiously. The speed at which Hikari and Kei's relationship is growing is still painfully slow, but hopefully they'll make up for it soon enough. The show is amusing, but now I'm following more out of the fact I've watched most of it, rather than it being good.
I also caught up on Hidamari Sketch, and while I'd have to say the first one or two episodes were pretty bad, the show does eventually do away with the attention breaking randomness and form a more cohesive story after that. It does make a good show overall, but those first few episodes could be dealbreaking for many (being in anachronic order does give the show a better pace than otherwise).