Feeling Invincible

It’s true. Not even a thousand Goombas with lasers for eyes could take me down.

Singing my song so nice
Sounding like you do
Just humming along to your tune
– “Please Let That Be You” by The Rentals

A sign I’ve been playing too much Scribblenauts

Yup. Both Tara and I have been playing Scribblenauts lately, and we’re of the same mind that it’s fun, but flawed. Still, the art direction is fantastic, and for that I do fanart!

Bonus points will be awarded to those commenting if they refrain from using “aww” and/or “cute.”

Also, this is somewhat funny and sad:

Sky hangs heavy in lowest light
As the day slips down past the sun
Black and blue in the forest green
Shadows are gone, they have run
– “Lowest Light” by Matt Pond PA

Playing Assassin’s Creed

This probably won’t make any sense to those that have never played Assassin’s Creed before, but the above situation happens at least once per every play session, with a true average of three or four times in the end. Stupid rocks.

And it’s hard to explain
That all the things I’ve known are feeling strange
I guess I’ll always have tradition
To fall back on
– “Krazy Glue” by Less Than Jake

The Many Faces Tara and I Make Playing LEGO Batman

Despite its many flaws, I love the LEGO videogames. My parents got me LEGO Batman for my birthday (gee, that sentence reads like something a seven-year-old might type; oh well), and a gaming session with it pretty much turns out like the above. It’s all fun and games until things get frustrating as all gets. I don’t even know how kids play this game and get anywhere. Co-op is enjoyable…if you don’t mind dying a lot or getting snappy with your partner in crime. Because you will snap. Oh, you will.

Yet, even with the bad camera angles, glitches, horribly done automobile levels, and forestalling puzzles, one can’t stop playing. There’s too many studs to collect and not enough time. I want to buy–and collect–everything there is, and that’s the part that hooks me every single time. As of this post, I’ve completed somewhere about 45% of the game. What am I doing wasting my time here then? The Batsignal shines above!

My messenger in disguise
Makes up for such short goodbyes
You can’t come home again
Each time it’s different
– “On a Neck, On a Spit” by Grizzly Bear

Playing Oblivion

I take looting very seriously in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Also, in case you were wondering, I play as a Bosmer Night Elf with a high marksmanship level because I enjoy loosing arrows into goblins’ faces. Yes, yes I do.

Foux da fa fa
Foux da fa fa fa fa
Foux da fa fa
Ah ee ah
– “Foux Da Fa Fa” by Flight of the Conchords

Name Our Boxy Baby

Yup, that’s right. Tara popped one out, and it’s a next-gen videogame system! Dun dun dunnnnn. I guess the ultrasound lied.

Okay, truth is, I saved up me moneys from published short stories and freelance art gigs and made the big purchase a few days ago. It’s heavenly and amazing and superawesometimetown (not a word). But there’s a problem. As evidence shows, I can’t help but name inanimate objects (Tara says, “Don’t call our baby an inanimate object!”), but I’m struggling to come up with one for the ol’ Xbox 360. I need your help. Some criteria to consider:

1. It’s a boy.
2. It’s name cannot be Sam, Samuel, Samwise, Sammy, Sammich, Samamamamamama, or anything else Sam-like.
3. It does not have to be an actual name. Considering my laptop’s name is Macaroni.

If I lurve your name (lurve is a greater state of love, for those not in the know), you might just get a free drawing out of this. So suggest away, and may your babies be plentiful!

Go go go
Go have a baby
Go have a baby
Baby, baby
– “Baby” by The Psychedelic Teacups

Xbox 360 Fund Started by a Great Future Father

Actually, as of today’s real day of posting (12/15/08), I have a total of $32.00 saved now. Yes, trying to save money during the holiday season is just as easy as floating a hippopotamus down a river in a badly inflated tube. But what do you keep your loose change in? A real piggy bank?

Oh, and look. Today, y’all get a bonus MyLifeComic:

The funny thing is I don’t even like football. But by the power of the Lords of Kobol, my children will have beards.

Calm me with your lies, your simple tragedy
It’s all I wish to hear tonight
and you’re all I wish to be
And this is how we all fall
– “Glass to the Arson” by Anberlin

Dreaming of an Xbox 360 and More

EDIT: Oops. That second panel should read “I feel like if I don’t, I’ll do something rash…like buy an Xbox 360.”

Games that are specifically calling to me for the Xbox 360 are Fable 2 (you get a dog!), Oblivion (you get swords and magic spells!), and Fallout 3 (you get to be evil or good or somewhere in the middle/you get a dog!). These are the sort of games that really allow a player to…roleplay. Which is right up my alley. I love the idea of open-world games, and I’ve yet to really play one other than the early PS2 Grand Theft Auto games. Those were okay, but as you know Bob I’m a fantasy junkie. Not a car fiend. So in the mean time I’m trying to beat some ignored games from my collection and save up some cash.

But oh, if when I do get an Xbox 360, I promise y’all the first thing we will do is frolic in a field.

If you take it, I am yours

I’m up and doing circles

I’m taken, I am yours, I’m up and doing circles

– “Are You Ten Years Ago?” by Tegan and Sara

Super Mario Bros 3 Makes Me Angry

Alternative words for panel there:

JUMP, MARIO! JUMP! JUMP, YOU UNION-LOVING PLUMBERBUTT! I HATE YOU SO MUCH, YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO JUMP! THE OLYMPICS WOULD OPENLY MOCK YOU AND YOUR TINY LEG-STUMPS! GAH!

I can’t stand to think about a heart so big it hurts like hell
Oh my god I gave my best but for three whole years to end like this
Well do you want to fall apart?
I can’t stop if you cant start
Do you want to fall apart?
I could if you can try to fix what I’ve undone
Cause I hate what I’ve become
– “The First Single” by The Format

Sly Cooper 2 Cuts Like a Knife

The Sly Cooper game series might just have a special place in my all-time favorite games list. I’m not sure yet, as I have barely played a good number of critically-acclaimed games, but for my two cents they’re a blast. Espionage, humor, bottle collecting, The Murray, and more. Sly 2 was a lot of fun, even with a downer of an ending, but the third entry in the series is where the innovation and gameplay options really shine. If you’re still playing a Playstation 2 like me, give them a try. I got Sly 2: Band of Thieves for under $5.00.

When was the last time you felt high
Oh you were the best I’ve ever felt
I don’t need you to fix me
I just want you to listen
– “Killing Me Too” by Sister Hazel