Author: FyreHaar

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies – Cannonball Read #5

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies – by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

The premise of this book is incredibly hipsterific. Pride and Prejudice with zombies!  Awesome! Elizabeth Bennett, expert zombie killer? How cool will that be?

Not very.

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Rant: CNN Plays The Game Blame Game

“After Tragedy, Dr. Plays Video Game Blame Card”

Here’s my question for this doctor. Were you treating this kid?

Oh, you weren’t?!?!? Then shut the hell up. His family is in unknown depths of grief, his friends, his school and his community are desperately trying to keep it together in the face of a tragedy they can’t understand. You are not helping anyone. You are an opportunistic famewhore. There is a special circle of hell reserved  for those who profit from the grief of others and you have a prime spot with your name on it.

Also, as you weren’t his doctor, how do you know he played video games at all?? Maybe his family doesn’t even own a console or they actually supervised his playing and limited his time. Maybe he had depression, it’s a disease, have you heard of it? Have you ever done a study on the social effects of video games and that it’s entirely possible they actually help lonely, isolated kids by enabling them to socialize with people of a like mind outside of their immediate geographic milieu and help them be appreciated for their personality and skill set rather than be ostracized for not having the right jeans or BMI?

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My sincere condolences to the child’s family and community.

-fyre

[ht to Destructoid]

Quick Review: Jonathan Coulton Live 1/23/10

Got to see JoCo live at the Great American Music Hall on Saturday January 23, 2010.  I couldn’t procure a ticket for Mr. Sonic Rob so I went with some nerdy friends.

As we loitered in the vestibule trying to decide if we should go upstairs or stay downstairs to find a good table (it’s all table seating), a staff member approached and asked “How many in your party?” He then led us to a table normally reserved for people who buy dinner tickets, which are twice as expensive. This table was in the second row back from the stage. Let’s hear it for aimless milling leading to desirable consequences!! Continue reading Quick Review: Jonathan Coulton Live 1/23/10

Sunshine – Cannonball Read #3

Sunshine by Robin McKinley. To quote Neil Gaiman “It’s not quite SF, and it’s not really horror, and only kind of a love story, and it’s all three while still being solidly Fantastique.”

Robin McKinley in my favorite author. There is no runner up, there is no debate. Since I first read The Hero and the Crown when I was about 14 I have devoured everything she has written. Sunshine not only did not disappoint, it blew my mind. Most of McKinley’s work is classified as Young Adult and this was her first book that was written for adult audiences. Not to say that adults can’t enjoy YA books, it’s my favorite genre, but this was her first book that was targeted directly at grown ups and featuring more material verging on an R-rating as well as being a more challenging read. I didn’t know that when I picked it up but I knew it before I was 20 pages in.

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Chat Box

SonicRob: are you hep to the demo/soldier war?
FyreHaar: the casualties are in the millions
FyreHaar: like 4 million, each
SonicRob: yup
SonicRob: apparently, this game is occasionally played by a few people
SonicRob: and it’s geeks
SonicRob: they love to increment numbers
FyreHaar: I hate fucking demomen
SonicRob: let’s argue over which class takes less skill!
SonicRob: the one that spews stickybombs willy nilly around your exit tunnel
SonicRob: or the rocket whore
FyreHaar: indeed!
FyreHaar: ooohh look who can jump super high!
FyreHaar: they let you do that in the olympics buddy?
FyreHaar: I know they both jump
SonicRob: soldier usually has much better cosplayers for some reason
FyreHaar: he’s white

Why I haven’t been reading…

…and how I’m going to change it in three easy steps!!

I am behind on the Cannonball Read. The challenge is something like two and a half months old and I am supposedly on book three of fifty two.

Frankly, the holidays sucked and I gave in to the anxiety and the stress. But I’m not letting you down!! I’ve got two more books under my belt, reviews pending, a third in progress and two more queued up and ready to roll.

Here’s my plan –

Step 1) Read book

Step 2) Review book

Step 3) GOTO Step 1

With your faith and support, I can complete the Cannonball read!! Especially once I get off my duff and get the pages in.

-fyre

Chat Box

SonicRob: I’ve always thought weapons are kinda cool
SonicRob: I like when they are functional and elegant
SonicRob: like Code Monkey’s login page
SonicRob: but you know, it is just never cool to share them
SonicRob: nobody looks cool on facebook with a picture of them holding a sword
SonicRob: or a gun
SonicRob: anyone holding a weapon who isn’t literally using it to defend their life looks like a fucking dork
FyreHaar: or to legitimately practice with it
FyreHaar: like a sport
FyreHaar: or fitness
SonicRob: I’m thinking on terms of posing
FyreHaar: don’t post a pic of you stroking your long sword
SonicRob: actually, all posing is dumb