Them Feels

    Well, I think it about time I scribble something. Lets see, how bout a short game review? Bitches Peeps love game reviews. However, I'd like to highlight one specific game that I think captures the heart of players. No, I'm not talking bout Call of Doody or shooty dooty games, I'm talking about an indie game.

Simple yet provoking.

     What's so special about this game you ask. Well, To The Moon was one of the few finalists in Gamespot's 2011 Game of the year award, To the Moon was given the "Best Story" award, which was won which were also voted in the same category. To the Moon was also nominated in the categories of "Best Music","Most Memorable Moment", "Best Writing/Dialogue", "Best Ending", and "Song of the Year".

       Also, fans of Plant Versus Zombie will recognize who Laura Shigihara is. Yep, you got it right, Laura Shigihara is one of em composer for the audio in this game. Not only that, To The Moon was also a finalist in the Excellence in Audio category  in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. So, still hesitating on getting the game? 

      Abit of background stuff, you play as either one of two "doctors" named Eva Rosalene and Neil Watts, sometimes interchanging between those two throughout the story. They fulfill a patient's dream, allowing them to relive the dream right before they die. (Think Inception) Their patient, Johnny Wyles wants to go to the moon. However he doesn't know why. So here is where your journey begins.

         Its a fairly straightforward old-school point and click gameplay, colourful 8-bit graphic presentation accompanied by it's ever present thought provoking OSTs. Now, the OST actually spurred me on and I finished it in one playthrough that lasted about 3 hours? Nevertheless, when I got to the ending, I died a little inside. It had the perfect ending one could ask for. And Jesus Christ, it was full of feels. 

         If you're looking to get this game on Steam, I strongly suggest that you complete it in one uninterrupted playthough. Its worth every single feel you get. Honestly, I never knew this game could invoke such strong feelings. Thumbs up to the devs. Thank you :')

Is this game worth?

EVERY.SINGLE.PENNY.

Almost.

Installing Short Weekly Entry Update v1.3

        Recently, I had the pleasure of being acquainted with a fellow blogger and what came after that was well, I write em shortly. Heres a shoutout for you Mrs. Evelyn ! And thus began, a renewed motivation to keep this journal alive. Hey, still I'm not miracle worker.

         It started with a mere act of returning a lost phone. What I got in returned was more than just a reward. I was given an opportunity. However, as much as I'd like to write about the entire ordeal, I got this few days after.

Foursquare gone AAA+

Wished I could continue writing but MY PEOPLE NEED ME. Hey maybe I'll write a review on this too. Until then, whoosh.

Rumble in the Jungle : A Navigation Complex

            One thing about living in this concrete jungle is that, it teaches you to be an expert hunter. Not just an ordinary hunter that hunts for animal or whatever preys that you get your hands on, it teaches you to be the ultimate.....shortcut predator. *sniff*

What do you call someone who road rages while hunting for shortcuts? This.

*Hold it* Shortcuts? Yea, or detours or also known as the shortest-yet-slowest-at-times alternative.

           Now, I've only started driving for about 2 years and throughout that duration, I've come to realize that knowing and utilizing shortcuts is a necessary skill needed to survive in this concrete jungle. To know your city, is not to know where to go, but how to go.

           There is a saying, 'All roads eventually leads to Kuala Lumpur.' All you have to do is follow the almost universal road signs. Now I'm not implying that Kuala Lumpur is designed to have countless roads circling around it even when its already so fucking congested (I blame bad city planning). Qhat I'm trying to say is that the roads here are designed like a fucking hedge maze and we're pitted against each other to find our way out of it to our reach our destination.

My city, My rules.

       

              It gets worst when traffic is so congested and slowly starts to "clogged" all the main roads and builds up like fucking cholesterol in an artery. I know, traffic congestion is inevitable in bla bla bla bla. So, what ingenious idea road users come up? Shortcuts. Now let me tell you the process of a route's growth.

           When an existing yet isolated route is first discovered as a shortcut, the initial "shortcutters" (What I call em) will utilize it. Eventually, as the number of users increases on the route considering the fact that more people got to know about it, the route becomes known. Now, the number of those who uses the shortcut will eventually increase and be equal to those who used the original route. (You know, like migration? Displacement? Ah forget it) So the shortcut eventually turns into an ordinary route. Its no longer a shortcut because the commute time is just as bad as the original route. No difference see?

           So what do shortcutters do when that happens? FIND MORE SHORTCUTS OF COURSE. You know shortcuters are like some sciency spacey galaxy explorers charting unknown planets and galaxies routes.

 If they clogged off one shortcut, two more shall take its place.

          

       Though if you have some sort of NIDS (Navigational Inferiority Disorder Syndrome) which I simply put, the inability to recognize roads (I feel sciency already), I suggest you start by charting your shortcuts. As far as I'm concerned, the cars will never stop increasing, while the number of available roads decreases.

OR TAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

            I myself am a shortcutter. Though, at times certain circumstances impedes me from exploring more shortcuts. Circumstances like road shortages. Whatthefuck can you believe that some places have road shortages? If there is no road, how am I suppose to chart a shortcut?! Some of the shortcuts, are traps. Like how they put shortcuters in a hazadous situation (Yep I'm talking about those illegal turns you make to save commute time)

When a shortcut is nowhere to be found.

              So next time when you are in a hurry, a shortcut is there as an alternative to cut short your commute time as its name implies, a shortcut. (Thank you Capt. Obvious.) So go out there and chart those shortcuts of yours and put Christopher Columbus to shame. Until then, ciao.

What? Someone found more shortcuts to the West? 

puta mierda.

Simplistic Badassery

*Cough* Look at the amount of dust in here. Mayn, its like I've stumbled upon the lost treasures of King Solomon. Its been over a year since I last updated. Kinda feels alien after all these months of inactivity.
          Not that I'm implying I've been abducted by extraterrestrial beings, I still can't honestly say why I stopped writing here. Perhaps it was the matter of laziness. Somehow there was an invisible wall that obstructed me and discouraged me from coming back here. Anyway, updates will be resume and expect 1 post per week (If I don't procrastinate herpderp)
         Anyway, I'd like to talk about raindrops. Whatthefuckdude Allow me to tell you about my fascination with raindrops. You see, as a kid, I've always had this fascination about raindrops.

'But Peeni, they're just water !'
They're different because they're the hero we deserves. They are the silent guardians, a watchful protector... the dark knights. Woops. (Got a bit sidetracked there.) Nope they're not just plain water.

'Dude, that's just gravity doing their work when it rains !'
Fuck Science.

You see, I always look upon raindrops as a symbol of simplicity. When they flow down, they just keep going and going until a point where they become stagnant. A very down-to-earth trait there ! If only more people in the world exhibit such traits. And at the end of the day, they all evaporate. Continuing the cycle once again in their dull life.

And they're awesome badass. Why?

1. They're immortal. 
THEY DON'T DIE. THEY JUST LIKE OMG RESPAWN EVERY TIME WHEN IT RAINS.

Like this guy.

2. They can make them girls wet when it rains. Most of the time.
If you know what I mean.

Word of advice: Use protection. Like the umbrella.

3. They play the supporting role for antagonist in movies.
Omg its fucking raining. Bad shits is happening.
Omg its rain. Bad shits gonna happen.
Omg its raining now. Bad shits gonna happen now.
Omg its gonna rain. Bad shits gonna happen later.
Omg its a movie with rain. Bad shits is gonna happen in the movie.

Definitely rain.

4. They make more babies when they fall on a surface. Anywhere when it rains.
 Like babies omg. One raindrop and splash, more smaller raindrops babies ! And then imagine when it rains.

'Guys, its getting dark. Whats happening !'

'Cause tonight for the first time,
Just about half-past ten,
For the first time in history, It's gonna start raining babes.
ITS RAINING BABES, HALLELUJAH ITS RAINING BABES.'

Babies Captain Picard, Babies.

5. They're full of badassery.

Oh wait I wrote this already? Doesn't matter, still badass.

I wished I could go more, but my eyes are getting weary. WEAK. Unlike raindrops, they're not badass :c Will update by next week again. Ciaaaaao.