I have decided in my infinite wisdom that this website is going to get redesigned. Expect it to be done in like a year with my current schedule, heheh.

Seriously though, I'll hopefully be able to get it done quicker than that.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Here is my current plan.

Step 1: Flash-itize the website and homepage.
Step 2: Overhaul these blogs so as to get rid of the commenting error.
Step 3: Actually start broadcasting Crazy Ninja Rave Radio.
Step 4: PROFIT

EDIT THE SECOND: Overhauling is slow due to me working on an OCR collaboration and finals. Don't worry, I will work on this. Eventually.

If you read this, download Hamachi.

I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it basically creates LAN networks over the internet. Pretty cool stuff. Makes it a lot easier to have private game sessions and all.

Download here.

EDIT: Terrence, you use a Mac. That makes things a bit harder for you, but oh well.

Well, I haven't been feeling very well lately (bit of a cold) and school just started up again. I decided that I needed a quick laugh.

Some of you may know that I am a member of OCR, a remixing community that rocks hardcore. I was also a member of UnMod .

UnMod was a strange, almost indescribable place within OCR. Its name stood for "Unmoderated" (which was a lie at times). It was like the spam forum, except not. We UnModders had our own memes, our own identity, our own quirks. Think of it as something like 4chan's alternate universe. (In fact, a few 4chan fads started as UnMod fads, such as the "Charging My Laser" meme.) Things definitely got out of hand at times, but in general the mockery that went on was all in good nature, and it was a fun place to be.

So, imagine my surprise when on the front page of OCR is an announcement saying "The UnModerated forum has been deleted."

Well, isn't that a bitch slap in the face. UnModders had always been a bit spiteful of the moderators, seeing as the main mantra of UnMod was freedom. But, we hadn't seen this coming.

Turns out that a good portion of the mods had taken a vote, and it was unanimous that the forum should be deleted. Only the founder, DJPretzel, had the power to get rid of a forum. Turns out he was mainly against it. But, he trusted the judgment of his peers, many of whom spend a great deal of time working on the site.

The big problem here, was that most if not all of these moderators had nothing to do with the UnMod community. They did not call UnMod their home, and therefore saw no use for it. It was just the sewage bin where all of the stuff that didn't belong in GenDisc could seep to.

Boy, were they wrong.

In the wake of the deletion came retro-bans of many famous UnModders, in which these members were banned retro-actively for offenses committed long ago. In essence, this ripped open wounds that we thought had healed months ago. And of course, all of this happened while a good portion of the staff was away at MAGFest.

In revenge, many UnModders flooded the General Discussion board, posting image bombs, thread breaks, porn, and the like.

So, between the moderators power-tripping and the UnModders seeking vengeance, things got pretty ugly.

So, in essence, this is a sad goodbye. UnMod was a special place, and it's sad to see it go so suddenly, and without warning.

Of course, some of you are saying LOL INTERNET SERIOUS BUISNESS. But that's missing the point. It was like a sanctuary for some people. With UnMod gone, OCR, and the internet as a whole, won't be the same place.

A new forum called Off-Topic is going to be built in OCR, not as a replacement for UnMod, but as something new. Some hope it can be "A 'Best of UnMod' Forum" or "An UnMod without all the bad stuff". But the good and the bad together were what made UnMod, UnMod. Simply taking the good parts of it won't make it a better place to be.

Rumor has it that a bunch of UnModders are trying to build a new website where the old community can go to. But as a separate entity from OCR, it still won't be the same.

So, goodbye, UnMod. It was fun while it lasted.

Sorry for the extremely lengthy post. I won't torture you like this any more.

Well, I've been having a good week so far. I think this may be linked to the fact that I'm not in school, but whatever. I'm not complaining.

First off, I bought Yggdra Union, and all I have to say is this.

If you own a GBA and don't own Yggdra Union, go buy it, or you can slit your throat. I think the correct choice is obvious.

Second, Twilight Princess is amazing. I was uber-hyped for this game and it still exceeds my expectations. I stood agape at the sheer size of the overworld for like five minutes. And, just when you think you've seen it all, some beastly new item/boss/cut-scene/plot development comes along and sweeps you off your feet again. At first I was worried, because the game starts off extremely slowly and the Wii controls take some getting used to. But, pretty soon the plot picks up and you're hitting monsters with headshots five times in a row consistently. The controls work well, and going back to the Gamecube version would feel archaic at this point. That being said, getting the 'Cube version would be retarded. The music is pretty sweet too, although I would have preferred live instruments. The lack of voice acting hurts, too. Still, that doesn't make the game any less fun.

Thirdly, Eragon is a sweet book. People have told me to read it for a while, and I should have listened. I bombed through 200 pages in one day. At times, it feels too much like Lord of the Rings and too little of its own story, but these moments usually pass quickly.

Fourthly, go read Dr. McNinja.

Finally, if Final Fantasy XIII is half as fun to play as watching this trailer, it's going to be one hell of a game. After the flop that was FFXI, the awesomeness of XII and the supposed awesomeness of the upcoming XIII trilogy puts Final Fantasy back on my awesome list.

That's it for today. Happy Christmahanukwanzaa everyone!

This is incredible.

So, I decided I wanted a Wii a while ago. Gamestop was getting a shipment this morning, so I got up early (4:30 AM) with some buddies and went to camp out in the freezing cold.

Finally, it was getting close to opening time (10 AM). I was 8th in line and they were getting 8 Wiis. "Score!" I thought to myself.

But then, two people show up with little green stickers with numbers written in marker on them. "We have rain checks to get first in line, guys." No Gamestop icon, no signature, no nothing. Just marker. So, everyone who had been standing in line for 5 hours was kind of pissed off. It is common knowledge that Gamestop does not give out or honor rain checks. But they said that they had stood in line last week, had been guaranteed 9 Wiis, but the shipment was short and they got rain checks. Everyone was extremely skeptical, and not too worried. A few of us shouted that we had waited in line 3 or 4 times before and not gotten jack. But the Gamestop employees honored these little green stickers and screwed me out of a Wii, after waiting for 5 hours in numbing cold. Then they put two more units on hold because according to the numbers on the stickers, there were two more people yet to claim their Wiis.

So, not just me, but four of us got screwed out of Wiis by shitty customer service, including two parents buying for their kids' Christmas present. They won't even give us "rain checks" for next time, because that's not store policy. How gay is that?

Chalk one more up on the list of corporations that suck.