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2-04-2006 1:37 pm
fuzmeister: Sound The Trumpets
The celebration officially began last night. The birthday thing is overrated, but if it is on a weekend I want to milk it for an excuse to hang out. Last night the lot of us got some pizza delivered and, oh, was it ever tasty.

Last night I found out about this band called She Wants Revenge from L.A. They're very influenced by bands like Joy Division... (early) Depeche Mode... post-punk, krautrock combined with goth-rock-ish lyrics. Anyway, good stuff. I recommend checking them out - it's rare that someone these days tries to form a band based around that kind of music. I respect that.

Mood: Groggy
Music: She Wants Revenge - These Things
Browsing: Bacardi O cocktail recipes: 20+ appetizing drink recipes.


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2-02-2006 2:29 pm
fuzmeister: R.I.P. Emulation
Those were the days...I'm not sure what it is lately, but nostalgia is creeping up on me like bad diarrhea after Mexican food. To be honest, I think it's just the fact that my birthday is in a few days and I'm getting yet another year older. Hoorah.

This time my nostalgia stems from emulation. Emulation was quite possibly one of the first ways for people like me (who didn't own game systems as a child) to really broaden their video game knowledge. When I first laid eyes upon NESticle's almost accurate emulation of the NES, I nearly wet myself. In those days, emulation served as a source of inspiration. Being able to completely fuck around with a game over a decade old really gave you perspective on where the developers were coming from. I know when I started really getting into game development around 1998, I drew a lot of inspiration from older titles.

So what's happened to the emulation scene?! Well, I think it's dead... or at least dying steadily. Just take a look at Zophar's Domain. This November, the site will be ten years old. Even into the early years of this decade, Zophar's Domain has served as a great source for emulation news and links. Lately, you can just tell that things haven't been so hot.

I think one thing that attributed to emulation's decline is N64 emulation. Emulating Nintendo's now-defunct console served as a barrier and people said it could never be done. Several emulators successfully did so though and blew a lot of us away. I guess we were really impressed by emulation of older consoles, but once the N64 was tackled emulation really lost a lot of the luster. While some are in development, emulators for this generation of hardware are next to impossible for a small team of developers to handle.

N64 emulation might've contributed to piracy concerns too. A lot of great ROM sites went under never to be seen again. Some of them (I'm convinced) went under because of the content. I don't see how the industry can make a big fuss about piracy when the primary emulation being done is for classic systems. Yeah, I can see them raising some hell about that which can still make money though. Definately.

So where are we going now? I wish I could say a revival of emulation would occur - that dedicated authors would continue to create reliable software for all kinds of devices. Why not iPod emulators? I sure as hell wouldn't mind dedicating 20MB or so of iPod memory to some old NES favorites.

Call it nostalgia, but I just wish we could still bask in the glow of 1997.

Mood: Good
Browsing: Zophar's Domain


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1-31-2006 5:08 pm
fuzmeister: Remembering
I really miss the days of game development. Yesterday, I was contemplating a remake of Freefallers since the original version (from 2002) sucks. Game development really encompassed a lot of my life at one point and now I feel like I'm drifting away from what I was with that. The market is going in an unfavorable direction anyway.

Enough pessimism... anyone know any good pixel artists with some love for game design and development?



Mood: Wistful
Music: Depeche Mode - A Question of Time
Browsing: fuzmeister's User Page - Last.fm


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1-27-2006 4:27 pm
fuzmeister: Probably My Only Political Post (AKA My Two Cents)
In response to the recent disrespect for poor Ethan and the apparent political fever instated, I have decided to post a post... or rant... you decide. My apologies to Ethan - and for the rest of you folks, let the man do what he will. His viewpoints literally have no effect on what you do. In short, let's just all do what we would do and at least feign respect for our fellow Ventilators.

I absolutely loathe Rupert Murdock's political lapdog of a news network. Their coverage of issues and disrespect of unbias makes them a prime candidate for official idiocy.

Nor do I approve of the Patriot Act and its foolish attempt to seize our God-given rights to privacy.

However, I side to the right with many "hot button" issues plaguing America today. Abortion? Maybe situational... but I don't think so unless we're allowed to purge the elderly from usurping tax dollars as vegetables too. Hell, let's just kill everyone who is an inconveniece.

Bring religion/faith/spirituality into the government? Not unless we taylor to all the vast beliefs we claim to embrace as an open-minded country; oh, this includes Christianity too and that other "evil" stuff. I think we'd be wise to either be secular entirely or to embrace all beliefs.

As for the war in Iraq - can we just not talk about it? Won't that make it go away? Guess not.

Independent, impulsive moderate, or ignoramus? You decide.

I'm interested to see what and how many comments I get for this post.

Mood: Politically Minded?
Music: America - Sandman
Browsing: Straight From Fox News HQ


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1-27-2006 2:46 am
fuzmeister: The Importance of Being Earnest
In general, people are too hard on others. Why can't we all just be friends... or, at least, tolerate one another?

Are we all just too naive to realize the finiteness of life?

I don't know, but I'm tired of conflict.

Mood: Disgruntled Employee of the Toy Industry


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