A Connection is Made
Jun 05It always excites me when I find geek connections in seemingly non-geeky things. For example, my friend got me hooked on The L Word last year and there are so many fun things for nerds to spot within the show! Like, there are all these Battlestar supporting actors in bit roles. Chief plays an angry protester…Tigh makes a few appearances as Dana’s homophobic dad…Callie, Kat and Leoben all pop up in various capacities. Also, comic book author Ariel Schrag is a writer for the show. Also, Laurel Holloman!
Anyway, in a similar sort of instance, I recently got into the fine crime writing of Scottish author Denise Mina, and I went to her website, and she has a little Hellblazer graphic on there. So I click on it and hey! She wrote some Hellblazer! Did anyone read her stint with the series? Is it good? Should I add it to my wildly out-of-control mountain of graphic novels I need to read?
Pluggarino
Jun 05I’ve got a few new reviews up at ComicBloc:
First In Space is a terrific book from Oni Press, a historical graphic novel telling the story of Ham, the first monkey in space, basically from the monkey’s point of view. Well worth your time, and quite good for the kids.
Countdown 50 was, well, kinda crappy.
Conan #39 was reviewed as the result of losing a bet (no seriously!) but it wasn’t a “loss” at all; it’s actually quite a good little done-in-one tale of the sworded and sandaled barbarian.
Also, have I mentioned I wrote a novel?
I'm cold.
Jun 05Feel that chill in the air?
That dark, foreboding wind blowing through the trees?
It’s not a storm that’s approaching. It’s not a spooky ghost.
It’s just principal photography for Indiana Jones 4, which begins next week or June 18, depending on what you read.
I’m scared.
Hold me.
Portrait of a Prick
May 31For starters, the guy’s choosen nickname means, to paraphrase the Urban Dictionary, a socially unskilled, heavy-handed, self-important prick.
His involvement with WoW suggests that it is his entire life, as evidenced by his character and that he sells items on eBay. Everything about his account suggests that he does not play the game for any sense of wonder, or thrill of the gameplay. Everything points to a drive for in-game status.
And a guy like that will always hate someone else having something he can’t and a guy like that will always beak off when a normal human would know to keep their mouth shut, assuming they actually felt it important to have an opinion on the wishes of a dying kid in the first place.
I’m with Matt – see you in hell, you malignant knob.
[UPDATE] Blizzard just deleted his posts. Five bucks says he’ll beak off over that now.
Nerf Assholes
May 31When I read the nice little story about the dying kid who received a highly coveted mount in World of Warcraft as part of his Make-A-Wish experience, I first felt a little glow. Gosh, that’s neat, I thought.
Then, recalling my own brief time spent in WoW and the horrifying human beings I encountered on Blizzard’s official boards, I wondered how long it would take for some prick online to pervert the gesture. I quickly found out: Twelve posts.
Touching story and all but I must point out the glaring differance between in-game and real life:
In-game: Phoenix mount, woot, I fly fast! Phoenix rises from the ashes when it dies.
Real life: This kid is worm food.
He should have wished for something that mattered, way to blow a wish douche bag.
Touching, indeed. When this fucker burns in the firepits of hell for all eternity, I hope that’s what his own personal demon keeps shouting in his ear, or writing on his penis with a hot poker, over and over: “Way to blow a wish, douche bag.”
