Saturday Night Rant — Straight Drunk

The Saturday Night Rant is back again and this time it takes another dive in to my personal experiences with men, however straight, drunk, confused, or otherwise difficult.

 

Straight

Drunk

 

Nightmare Revisited

 

 

Disney’s milking that cash cow again. On September 30th, Disney Records is releasing Nightmare Revisited, a collection of covers by several different bands and artists of all sorts of genres. Danny Elfman re-recorded the tracks “Opening” and “Closing” for the new release and artists such as Amy Lee, Polyphonic Spree, Marilyn Manson, Flyleaf, and All-American Rejects have contributed to the collection.

Cover and Full Tracklisting afrer the jump. 

More Keric’s Komplex Goodies

I’ve managed to snag a couple more previews for Keric’s Komplex 3, including a flash teaser made by Hum himself. I’ve posted them after the jump. Take a look!

iRiver’s Mplayer — WTF?

iRiver’s working together with Disney to bring the Mplayer to the market. I’m assuming these are targeted at young girls as I can’t really see this design appealing to anyone else. Well, maybe the over-effeminate queens out there. 

But, seriously, WTF is up with these things? How could Disney think these looked good? The mickey mouse design was gaudy enough, but the swarovski crystals and little ribbons? Come on, Disney.

Gaming: Soul Calibur IV

 

So, I haven’t really mention it before, but I’m a gamer. I’m a nerdy gamer. I follow gaming blogs, I get excited for games I like, I go to my 24 Hour Wal-Mart at midnight to buy new games and get mad when the 60 year old lady who has no clue what a Playstation 3 is can’t find the game I want. 

Anyway, I picked up Soul Calibur IV this weekend. A friend of mine had bought it last week when it released and I was on the fence about it. Not that I didn’t want to buy it. It’s just, I didn’t know if I wanted to spend my last few bucks on it before my next cheque came in. 

He brought it over, we played. I still kicked his ass with Ivy and I was sold. The graphics have taken a fantastic leap from the previous games, the new characters are a welcome addition and the older characters have had new moves implemented while a few classic moves are brought back. 

The game does have a couple downfalls. While the new Critical Finish feature is very flashy and downright depressing when it does happen to you, it has to happen first. Most battles go by so quickly with Soul Calibur that this method won’t get used a lot unless you encounter that one person who constantly blocks. 

I also found the story mode very short and kinda boring. It’s five rounds, you usually fight three or four people per round. One character and one to three more randomly generated custom characters. I found even the hard mode for it easy and was hoping for something a little more… fleshed out. I mean, they have 50GBs worth of storage on a Blu-Ray disc. (You 360ers can handle disc swapping, can’t ya? Yeah, you can. ) 

But what I bought the game for is very good. Multiplayer kicks ass in this installment. There’s no mandatory install, which is nice, but there is the option available to cut loading times. Sweet. Why wouldn’t you do it? 

So, overall I really like Soul Calibur IV and it’s well worth the money. I’m definitely going to be playing, so if you’re a PS3 owner and you’ve picked it up, gimme an add on the PSN and we’ll duke it out. (PSN ID = EmWy)

 

(Oh, By the way, who else noticed that Ivy’s tits are now bigger than her head? Your tits are too big when you have to coin the term undercleavage to describe them!) 

Keric’s Komplex 3 is on the way!

 

Humbuged, one of the artists I profiled recently, is working on a third flash game in his Keric’s Komplex series. The first two can be found here.   

Hum’s characters are great. Funny, but sexy. The first Keric’s Komplex game centered around Keric, a modest hunky beefcake,  waking up to a good stiff morning hard on and needing your help to take care of it. 

The second introduced Cyl (pronounced like “sill”) to the series. A spunky, slimmer redheaded twink that Keric encountered for the first time on the train. Cyl groped the big elf before following him home. Cyl shows up at his doorstep and jerks him off on the front step. 

The third entry in the series is introducing a third character the the series. Hum’s given us a teaser image. 

So check out Keric’s Komplex 1 & 2 and keep checking back here for updates on Keric’s Komplex 3! 

Em’s Moved

After some careful consideration, I’ve decided to switch over to WordPress. Google’s Blogger is a nice service, but WordPress offers a very nice interface and further opportunities than Blogger. 

 

Look forward to new posts coming to the WordPress blog and old posts being archived here, too.

Saturday Night Rant — Absent

 

Hey guys, sorry to say it but due to the move and the extra work I’ve had to do with it has caused The Saturday Night Rant to be cancelled this week. I’ll make sure one goes up next week and will keep blogging on the go with the WordPress app for the iPhone!

Heart-Shaped Box

I was home this week, visiting family and my mother had received this lantern as a gift from a dear friend of hers. Seeing it reminded me of Nirvana’s song Heart-Shaped Box.

I thought maybe having a phone with email would help me post more often turns out that I’m just lazy. Ha.

That’s about it for now folks.

Peaceout
Em

Sent from my iPhone

Saturday Night Rant – It’s a Love-Type Thing

I figured I would start up a weekly sort of thing so that I had a reason to post regularly. We’ll see how long that lasts… 

Anyway, the first Saturday Night Rant is below. 

It’s a Love-Type Thing

I was at a wedding this evening when I ran in to an old crush of mine. We’d made out a couple of times and had even gone so far as oral, but nothing seemed to draw further than that. He was about a year younger than man, but whatever. 

So, I have to say, he looked good. But, unfortunately, he didn’t seem to recognize me and I wasn’t about to go “Hey, remember me? I’m that guy that used to suck your cock!” 

The night went on, I took a few pictures. Then my friend Hannah, her mother was the bride, pointed out her cousin and his boyfriend to me. I smiled and gave the obligatory “aww” and talked to her for a bit. That’s when I looked up and realized I’m really alone and it bugs me but doesn’t. 

It’s a hard thing to explain. I don’t know so much what I mean when I say this. But It’s sort of like… Like you’re happy but there’s that little voice in the back of your head that keeps saying “Yeah, you say you’re happy, but..”  

So, anyway, I was kinda starting to realize that maybe I’m not as happy as I thought I was. I blamed my single life on my little podunk town, but how could that be if these two guys had found each other? Okay, might not be the town. 

I tried to talk to this guy I’d known when I was young and it was so awkward. He either didn’t remember me or didn’t want to… And then I thought maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m just not wantable. There’s something fundamentally wrong with me that makes me incapable of relationships… 

But what should I believe? Is it my town? Is it my own fault? Is it society’s fault? Why do I feel alone and ashamed when I should be proud and surrounded by people that love me and that I love? What on earth are we supposed to believe? 

Who should we blame for the pain loneliness brings? I just don’t understand what I should feel. I want to be happy, I really do. But when every aspect of your life seems to turn itself against you and you’re getting no where, what do you do? 

I watched Hannah’s cousin and his boyfriend interact. Dance, whisper to each other, gentle touches here or there… I watched it and I wanted it. Instead, I was left with a table full of people I barely knew or didn’t get along with. Why had a shown up? Oh, right… I was getting paid for the pictures. 

I tried to bury myself in the work there, taking shots of the bride and groom, people having fun. but it just got to me further. It got to the point where Hannah was asking me what was wrong. I lied and said I was just tired. I didn’t need to bother her with my stupid inner workings…

So, I still don’t know exactly what it’s all about, really…

What do you think?