Thursday, February 11, 2010

On a Lighter, More Nerdy Note

I recently posed a question to myself, as I often do (sadly, this is very true), and I (I would just like to point out that the sentence in the parentheses rhymed with the previous sentence) could not come up with an answer, although everyone around me seems to be of a uniformed opinion. It is mroe of an understanding, as they all seem pretty definite. The question I posed to myself was this:

"Which have I done? Finished more books, or finished more video games?"

Then, something amazing happened. I was told by a good friend of mine, my best friend, that the best way to figure this out is to make a list of both. And since I have this blog here, just sitting all alone and untouched on the internet, I figured that this would be a great way to document everything! So, my first post is going to be a list of the video games I have beaten, and my second post (Which will appear once I look through my book collection), will contain a list of books I have finished reading.

The list:

Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Dragon Warrior monster
Legecy of Goku
Legacy of Goku II
Legacy of Goku III: Buu's Furry
Golden Sun
Golden Sun II: The Lost age
God of War
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry II
Devil May Cry III
Dragonball Z Trading Card Game
Soul Calibber III
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Illusion of Gaia
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Fatal Frame II
Fatal Frame III
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda II: Link's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The legend of Zelda: Windwaker
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Sprung
Castllevania
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: harmony of Dissonance
Casltevania: Dracula X
Casltevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Mario 64
Starfox 64
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Lost Kingdoms
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Fable II
Soul Blazer
Little Nemo's Adventures in Dreamland
Shadowgate
Pokemon Puzzle Leagure
Pokemon Blue Version
Pokemon Red Veriosn
Pokemon yellow Version
Pokemon Gold Version
Pokemon Crystal Version
Pokemon Platinum Version
Pokemon Sapphire Version
Final fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Death Jr.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 2

There is more, I am sure of it, but these are the ones that I can rattle off of the top of my head. The total count of games: 70. The books, I will list later on today, or tomorrow.

Esoteric, but Still Terrible

Google Buzz is a bad idea!

People use Twitter mostly because it is a quick, easy, simple way to convey messages to the outside world, be it friends, fans, or just to the internet itself. Google Buzz takes that concept, and completely destroys it. Taking a concept and completely changing it, while holding on to a portion of the initial idea, can be a good thing, but in this case it is not. If Twitter really needed a make over, either aesthetically, or how the idea is implemented, then it is very likely that they would have done it themselves.

There are examples. Twitter has attempted to step in only once, as far as I am aware, to take control of the site from the users, and alter it slightly. I am talking about, of course, the retweet button that the Twitter staff graced us with a few months ago. Since its addition, I have not seen, or heard, of more than a handful of people praise the idea, but many who resented it.

Ideas are mutable, that is fact, but sometimes they are just meant to be left alone.