Author: FyreHaar

Chat Box: Prescience

Note: This Chat occurred on March 2, 2012, two months before we saw The Avengers.

FyreHaar: Avengers
FyreHaar: is it gonna be good?
SonicRob: it will be ok
SonicRob: it looks weirdly small
SonicRob: Avengers fight in a forest
SonicRob: Avengers fight in one city block of NY
SonicRob: it doesn’t look cosmic enough
FyreHaar: so it’s told from Capt America’s POV
SonicRob: and it is Joss Whedon
FyreHaar: yeah
FyreHaar: Joss has a lot of credit with me
SonicRob: he doesn’t really do cosmic too often
FyreHaar: he focuses on personal stories
SonicRob: yeah
FyreHaar: so he’s doing what he is good at
SonicRob: maybe he wrote a movie where 6 superheroes hang out at a diner


Chat Box

FyreHaar: can I borrow the uncharted stuff when you are done?
FyreHaar: I figure that should take me through until the next God of War comes out
SonicRob: Sure, I can’t see myself playing them twice
SonicRob: next game is in a month, btw
FyreHaar: GOW???
FyreHaar: really?
SonicRob: God of War: Ascension comes out on PS3 on March 13
FyreHaar: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
FyreHaar: where have I been??
FyreHaar: oh, wait
SonicRob: apparently not on the internet
SonicRob: looks like this is the one with multiplayer, but there’s a short single player campaign
FyreHaar: oh, that’s right
FyreHaar: hmmmm
FyreHaar: Penny Arcade did that comic for it
FyreHaar: which I liked
SonicRob: Don’t pay $60 for this, for the love of God
FyreHaar: what about for the love of the God of War??
SonicRob: Not even that
FyreHaar: I’m not expecting to pay for it at all cough*birthdaycomingup*cough
SonicRob: …
SonicRob: too true
SonicRob: man, I need to find you a new favorite 3rd-person action franchise
SonicRob: I thought Uncharted might be it
SonicRob: maybe inFamous, ludicrous capitalization and all

How much time do I have?

Hey Sonic-

I think our respective game playing time budgets can be surmised from the fact that in 13 days from the last post I have managed to watch three of the trailers.

The only game I can reasonably expect to play out of this season’s crop is Assassin’s Creed III. I am all about stabbing and sneaking. We’ve been with the series from the beginning and I find it engaging. When they mess with history I feel a bit stroppy but I’ll get over it.

Speaking of stabbing people in the throat, Dishonored looks promising. I really enjoyed Bioshock and I’m a sucker for atmosphere. Throw in the rat minions and I’m sold.

I’ve never delved into FarCry/Crysis and I’m not likely to start now. Same for Resident Evil. I’m not into scary things so I’m going to pass on this one.

The Leatherworker will be well pleased to try out the new XCom, being an officianado of the original series. Don’t know if he’ll kitchen to a reduced difficulty. That was part of the charm, as far as I could tell.

I can’t believe you did a Midnight thing for Black Friday.  No savings are worth that. The ROI just isn’t there. If you do it again can you get me a copy of Darksiders?

-fh

…..and we’re back!

There has been a significant break in service here at FireandSonic.com. That is because FyreHaar and the Leatherworker welcomed a tiny, beautiful Spark into the world in mid-May. Our attention has not really been on blogging about the video games we aren’t playing.

Now the great fiery one has emerged from seclusion and is getting a reasonable amount of sleep each night.  We hope to provide you with somewhat amusing content on a vaguely regular basis.

Cheers!

-fh & sr

Lifecycles

Well, it seems that the life expectancy of a PS3 is about 3.25 years. We bought you on the way back from a friend’s wedding and you gave yeoman’s service. We have streamed more NetFlix and played fewer games via that machine than I really care to address.

Now you are sitting, waiting for me to decide what to do with you while your younger, cheaper, larger, faster replacement takes the place that was once yours.

The Playstation is dead, long live the Playstation!

-fh

P.S. Thanks for lasting until after the price drop!

Cannonball Read #5 & 6 – The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls

The Curse of Chalion & Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold.

The Curse of Chalion and its follow up novel, Paladin of Souls, are explorations of the human relationship with the divine wrapped in a pair of eminently readable fantasy novels. Continue reading Cannonball Read #5 & 6 – The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls

Chat Box: Fire and Forget

SonicRob: http://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html
SonicRob: haha, amazing

 

SonicRob: http://hauteslides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Game-of-Thrones-Infographic-Full-Screen.png
SonicRob: handy

 

SonicRob: http://wonkette.com/445855/afa-christian-women-who-do-yoga-are-heathen-witches
SonicRob: LOLOL

 

SonicRob: http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2011/05/bending-of-future.html
SonicRob: whoa, crazy

 

SonicRob: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135705721/crochet-vandals-do-graffiti-like-your-grandma
SonicRob: also insane

 

SonicRob: http://thog.org/thogmatic.php
SonicRob: omg best toy ever

 

SonicRob: http://bibrarian.posterous.com/freerunning-academy
SonicRob: ezio school

 

SonicRob: http://vimeo.com/9688132
SonicRob: whoa

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FyreHaar: I have returned!!
SonicRob: wb
FyreHaar: oh, yarnbombing
FyreHaar: that’s a whole thing now
SonicRob: wtf?
SonicRob: oh yeah
SonicRob: the crochet thing
SonicRob: you are going through days of links that I fired at you and forgot
FyreHaar: yes
FyreHaar: most of them are pretty cool
SonicRob: I apparently thought so at the time