My lamentations

Review of Ultimate Spider-Man

2005-09-21T06:27:00.000-07:00

Before I left Vicarious Visions, I wrote a preliminary review, something to give the guys an idea of how the game was going to be received. Well, having spent so much time with the game I guess I was a little biased, giving it an 8.5 out of 10. In this review though,click here, it was given an 8.0 out of 10.

This review and the one I wrote are about the same as far as what worked and didn't work in the game. I told them during production about these issues, but they felt it wasn't necessary to address them as it is only a DS game, which I think is disappointing. But anyway its a good reviews so check it out.

STATEMENT RETRACTION: Family Guy is Not Funny

2005-09-19T06:45:00.000-07:00

Regardless of whether or not I like Family Guy or not, it is funny. I don't want to go into details, but my previous post should be completely disregarded. It has its own formula, and set of characters, like any other show. So though not my cup of tea, it is in fact humorous.

Family Guy is not funny!!!

2005-09-17T12:26:00.000-07:00

I'm sure this is going to piss a lot of people off but it's true FAMILY GUY IS NOT FUNNY!

The Simpsons has been on for sixteen years, though the writer's have changed hands more times than I can count, it still retains that Simpsons humor. South Park, King of the Hill, Futurama, all great comedies. Why? Because the have stories that revolve around characters. Not just stories coherent stories.

Family Guy's first three seasons were funny, they were great. They invented a new style of comedy by interspersing their shows with satirical references running the gammit from obscure 70's TV shows, to obscure historical figures, all to great effect. They did all they could with three seasons, that should have been it. But no, the fans wanted more. They praised Seth Mcfarlene to the hills and gave him an ego he probably doesn't deserve.

So Family Guy came back several years after it originally aired. Did it have those crazy snippets we've all come to love, yes. Resoundingly yes. Did they have anything else? No. Good stories, no? Were those snippets and off the cuff remarks even remotely funny anymore? Not really. Sure they get a laugh, you have to laugh, its just polite.

So here we are with the new season of Family Guy. Five minutes of actual family guy stuff, Twenty Five minutes of filler. Jokes run minutes past when they should have ended. But that's what made them funny you might say. Yes, way back when having a single joke in a single episode. Now that's all the show is. They ran out of story ideas so throw a few lame jokes together and wa-la you have a thirty minute episode.

American Dad is funny though.

A bit of bragging

2005-09-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

In another post on another site, I said that over the summer I worked for a videogame design company. It was a great experience, seeing the other side. When I first started working on the game, I kept thinking to myself, wow this sucks, its not going to go anywhere. But throughout the months I worked on the game and with the developers, I got to see how the process works. By the time we wrapped up the game I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. Here's a link to a preview of it if you feel like checking it out.

Preview of Ultimate Spider-Man

Pets for Prisoners Program

2005-09-02T13:31:00.000-07:00

According to my research, these sort of programs work everywhere else. What I mean is that pets, dogs and cats help brighten the lives of various groups of people. The elderly, the sick, the mentally handicapped, all groups benefit from the kindness that these animals radiate. So why not prison inmates?

If anyone needs something to cheer them up, its these people. At the very least it would provide the shelter for the millions of stray animals in shelters. At the most it might soften even the hardest criminal. Sure I'm sure there's a downside to this but I want to be positive. This is something that needs to be looked into. I've written a letter to the governer saying as much, but I doubt he'll have much to say. Therefore I think a petition is in order. If it gets to that stage I'll let you know. But for now, rally around the Pets for Prisoners Program or PPP for short.

whats worse than walking in the rain?

2005-08-31T11:18:00.000-07:00

What's worse than walking in the rain? Walking in the rain with three oversized books for a class you don't even have today. What's worse than that? Walking in the rain with three heavy books up a rather large hill for miles at a time. Is there anything worse than that? Well yes, reading this post. sorry.