Survey Says...

What's up everybody? So today is just gonna be the same old, same old: I'm gonna plug some stuff I think is cool, show you some funny videos, bitch about stuff, and tell you the weird news. You know, the usual. First up, stuff I think is cool.

So, lately, I've been playing emulators. "What the hell is an 'emulator'?" you ask? Well if you'd stop interrupting, I'll tell you. An emulator is a computer program that simulates a gaming console. Now, you can emulators for pretty much any console, from Atari to Playstation 3. Why is this so cool? Because I can sit here on my laptop and freaking play Legend of Zelda any time I want. It's tricky, and sometimes difficult to save; it's not perfect, but it's fun as hell. I played Lemmings for like a hlaf an hour last night. Let me show you some good places to go.

The Old Computer - The only really good emulator on this site is the NES emulator, but they have thousands of games for NES, SNES, Gameboy, Atari, the works. So if you're looking for games for your emulator, this is definitely the site for it.

Emulator Zone - This is the real place to go for your emulators. They've got access to all kinds of different systems, including the Visual Boy, an incredible Gameboy Advanace emulator.

Dope Roms - This is another great place to go for games. If you download the Visual Boy, the Gameboy games on this site work for it, the ones on The Old Computer don't. Other Gameboy emulators work with 7z files, though.

Let's see, more cool stuff. Oh! Ever heard of IMVU? Probably, considering their ads are freaking everywhere. If you have, you might be wondering why I'm plugging it. It's a 3D Chat network, and even though it's used mostly for people hooking up (or so I've been told) to play out little sexual fantasies with complete strangers, I've met some really interesting people on it. Plus, it's a fun way to pass the time. You can talk with people one-on-one (so to speak) or you can go to various user-created chat rooms. I really dig it. You might too.

The other thing I've been doing lately is writing a screenplay based on DJ MacHale's Pendragon series. I don't know if anyone has ever read any of these books, but I absolutely love them. There's 10 in all, so you all had better get started. People have approached DJ before about making movies, but he's always been kind of hesitant, because he doesn't want Hollywood to ruin them. This concern is also shared by fans, and thus thependragonmovie.com was born. And that is why I'm writing a screenplay. So far, I think I'm doing pretty well. Click that link if you wanna read it.

Now, let's watch some videos. This first one is... well, probably one of the coolest things I've seen on YouTube in a long time.



Pretty sweet, right? This next video is by the same guy. It's his ideal way to film an action scene (specifically, no shaky camera work to make up for a lack of decent stunts).



I really like that video. But I think this next video is going to be the highlight of post today. This is, by far, one of the most talented performers I've ever seen. Just watch.



You see what I mean? Frankly, the drumline isn't really that difficult, but the way he was playing it, it may as well have been a Dream Theater song. I mean, look at what he's doing with his drum sticks! To maintain that much energy while still keeping the beat... it's unprecedented!

Anyway, let's turn to the news. I wanna start by saying that Armando Galarraga was fucking robbed of that perfect game last night. Like, I don't follow any sport very much, but I saw that game. And that ump, Jim Joyce, fucking blew it. Jason Donald was out by a good four or five feet. Joyce apologized later, but while an ump admitting a mistake is rare, it doesn't change anything. That should've been the third perfect game this season (which in itself would be awesome, not to mention it would've been Galarraga's first perfect game). You can read more here.

But let's see some really weird news, though. Sound good?

In Adelaide, Australia, a couple were buying a trailer when it was stolen. They were in the trailer with a sales manager, and the thief jumped into the car and drove off, with them still inside. Apparently, he just did it for the rush, because he abandoned it a few streets over... Or maybe he just sucks at stealing cars... Read the article here.

Well, what say we call it a night. Some interesting stuff to mill over. Tomorrow's Friday, I'll have to think of something cool to start doing on Fridays. See ya then!

~Christian