I’m talking to Shari this morning and ask what she’s up to, to which she replies ’speedpaint - 30 min.’

Just for fun she went about attempting to complete a quick recognisable CG in painter and had to be done within 30 minutes. I head off to work and leave her to it and as I arrive back online, I’m linked to the following two pictures:

I had an impulse to talk about Writers, Artists, and compromise, as well as how Shari and I generally worked on ‘The Clarence Principle’. It was kind of a ramble as I kept jumping from point to point. I’m not even sure I reached any conclusions.

The thread in question that I talk about is linked here. In general though, you guys really should visit Sweatdrop.Com, the forums there are amazing, the gang are great and the advice and helpful critique is priceless.

This is THE game.

I think I found out that I have a thing for rhythm games, one that isn’t dance dance revolution. I mean, I like dance dance revolution, I even own a mat back when the very first version came out on PS1, but I found out that I cannot playing that game really well, because, well, simply my body wasn’t up for the challenging ^^; I would play one or two songs and had my body shook so bad that I can’t do anything for hour.

Then came along Taiko no Tatsujin, Which is better for me cos it doesn’t involve moving my whole body, and I think my arms are a tad stronger than my legs, since I use them extensively. (you know, comicking is LABOUR) but still, my record for Taiko is, 40 songs in a row, before my arms fell off.

and then, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

I got to try this game once before, but the first time I tried it, it didn’t strike my fancy very much, mainly because I didn’t like the songs in those stages that I played. Months later, Kotaku (either Kotaku or Joystiq) posted video of someone playing Ouendan in supposedly ‘uber hard’ mode, with girl cheerleaders. And the song in that stage was ‘Over the Distance‘ by Yaida Hitomi, which instantly caught my ears. and that, had me run to buy the game right away.

I wasn’t disappointed. It’s ideal game for me, it’s something that I can pick up for 5 minutes, taking a break from working. It wasn’t as taxing as Taiko, also It’s more convenient to pick up and put down than Taiko, and I can play my favorite song over and over.

I’m thinking about getting Guitar Hero, since it’s another big rhythm game that I didn’t try yet, but it doesn’t come cheap, and I have to import it only, and because of the controller, the shipping cost is high, and I probably got taxed the hell outta it *shudder*

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Just ordered myself a Creative Audigy Soundcard (OEM version, fairly cheap at £16). I was investigating as to why my PC kept recording so much hissing and electric interference when I did my last ODEO blog. Turns out the onboard soundcard on my PC is quite shit and I just never noticed before. When I tested recording on my sisters PC (she has my old Creative Live! Soundcard) it was very sharp.

So my mic. isn’t as crap as I thought it was, it was just the oboard souncard. Goes to show, onboard stuff is still awful, even today. Shame really.