Ramblings of a Rubber Mouse

Saturday, February 26, 2005

¡CALLAROS YA!

Sometimes I get really tired of trying to be the nice guy. I sometimes wonder: "What's the point of trying to be nice and play by the rules when NOBODY else does." Even in something as simple as a conversation. I mean, what's the point of trying to be neutral and impartial, when the person you're talking to is SO FRAKING CLOSE-MINDED?

I'm sorry. It's just that I got into a political disscusion yeseterday, really agaisnt my will. and the person I was talking to was saying dumb things like: "What news sources do you listen to?" Obviously implying that any news source that I listen to MUST be biased, while all of his sources of information diffuse the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, with no bias whatsoever. Yeah... fraking... right.

I mean, how do you even have a discussion with someone who will automatically dismiss any points you make, merely because they don't agree with his world view? It's like a wind tunnel, in one ear, and out the other. Sometimes I wish I could be just like them, blithely ignorant to the world around me and the possibilities that I might be wrong about some things in life.

I'm sorry to vent like this on you... but... UGH!!!! IT'S SO FRUSTRATING!

Friday, February 25, 2005

Aburrimiento

My life is BORING! School, followed by homework, floowed by more school, followed by procrastination of homework, followed by job hunting, just to be ended with school and more homework.


UGH!

Thursday, February 10, 2005

La muerte de una tormenta

Well, I just read that Eidos just closed down Ion Storm. The people who brought us Anachronox and Thief 3 and Deus Ex are no more.

JOLINES, ¿QUE PODRAN ESTAR PENSANDO? LOS TONTOS, ¡LOS ODIO!

Sorry. Anyway, Eidos is one frak of a dumb studio. I don't mean that the people there are stupid, but that Eidos has a record for making lots of money from cr*p games like Tomb Raider. Then, they also sell games from like the thief and System Shock series that are works of art from 3rd party developers like Looking Glass Studios, and run them out of business. It's like: "What? You're jealous that you can't makes games that are as good as theirs, so you run them out of business?"

I freeking hate Eidos.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against capitalism, I'm for it; but sometimes it really can get on my nerves, when stupid too-much-money CEO's line their pockets with the blood and sweat of others, while stifling actual innovation. But, hey, them's the brakes. And, to be fair... Without Eidos, we might never have gotten those great games in the first place, so I guess a few great games is better than none. No?

(And that's the most political you will ever see me get on this site. Don't expect very much of it.)

Friday, February 04, 2005

Bob Esponja

Okay, i don't get it. Relly, I don't get "Spongebob Squarepants." It has got to be one of the DUMBEST cartoons I've ever seen. Don't get me wrong: I don't think that all cartoons are just for kids. (I'm not talking about The Simpsons, either.) I like "Scooby-Doo," I LOVE "The Tick," and "Gargoyles" was okay. (I think that it would have been a lot better, if it had been specifically made for an older audience.) And yes, I'm not ashamed to say it: I like "The Powerpuff Girls." It really isn't just for kids. Yes, it's wholesome, and that's part of why I like it, but apart from that, a lot of the jokes would just pass over the heads of most younger viewers. (Like the entire "Beat-Alls" episode.)

Anyway... I've seen a bunch of S.B. cartoons, and never even came close to cracking a smile. I was bored the whole time. Maybe it was because I went in expecting so much, after having heard its praises trumpeted on every street corner and from the housetops, and then it was like: *meh.*

Of course, more than a few staunch supporters of S.B. didn't think "The Tick" was funny, so at least with a portion of the S.B.-lovers it's a matter of stupidity. But I refuse to belive that ALL S.B. watchers are dumb. So what is it, exactly?

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Corazones

I HATE Microsoft's little "hearts" game. I swear the stupid thing cheats like nobody's business. [frustration] GRRRRRR. [/frustration]