Henroid

I am Hideo Kojima.

It's not really that surprising to see of Konami. They've been having financial issues for as long as I've been using this alias on the internet.

On literally-business news, Konami has delisted itself from the New York stock exchange. http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/27/what-is-going-on-with-the-business-of-konami?abthid=553e7ecae0fab5215c00000f&utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Just wrapped up A Link Between Worlds. It was a little refreshing doing things in whatever order I pleased, but the game's difficulty wasn't really up to par. Puzzle-wise it was certainly interesting, but the moment I caught on to whatever any given dungeon's gimmick was, it ended up being a breeze. Turtle Rock was probably the most 'difficult.' Though it was more of a matter of not wanting to miss anything before progressing. Combat-wise the hardest fight was certainly the last, which is fine, but it was a sudden punch up in difficulty compared to how the game had been. Edit - Derp, hit post too early. But yeah overall, I liked it. The ending was actually WAY more satisfying than I would've guessed.

Hideo Kojima strikes again!

At the time of Oscar Grant's murder, I was freaking out when I didn't know the victim's name because I knew a lot of people still living in the area and I'm no stranger to the Oakland PD's bullshit. But even then, it really made me cry. Like the brazen wrongness of it... just... fuck. And it was right there on people's phones. I didn't know a film was made about this. I just checked out the highlight scene from it. I knew it would be dramatized for film's sake, but as far as accuracy for what appeared to happen on the many cameras recording the actual shooting, it was really good and not crushed with overwhelming bullshit film-making antics. Which I appreciate.

Rejected names were: Darth Meandude Darth Castro Darth Napoleon Darth Hitler Darth Darth Darth Goldforce Sithblum

Annnnnnnd relevant:

Copyrighted content isn't allowed.

I have to admit, my source about this is really, really biased (to the extent that she's calling such modders "traitors" and such).

Indeed. At the same time though, Valve is the one what is going to eat shit when a mod breaks the game, etc.

Actually a lot of mod makers are taking down their mods from sites like Nexus, at most leaving behind broken legacy versions. Which is what has a lot of people crowing about "greed." The refunds thing is news to me though. If that's the case then I can't see any problem with this.

Today Valve launched a new Curated Workshop thing for TES: Skyrim, allowing mod makers to put a pricetag on their work. People I know that are involved in the mod making community are outraged by this, calling others "sellouts," but from where I sit making mods is actually work and maybe it's not the end of the world? What I want to know is the following: - If I buy a mod, do I own it like any game regardless of updates? Or do I have to pay per update? - Is Valve going to curbstomp anyone who tries to abuse selling the same mod multiple times over, especially via BS "v 1.0 for $2, but v 2.0 is separate and also $2"? If the answers to those is "yes" then I'm fine with this concept. Work deserves compensation. And unless someone hires mod makers, the portfolio they're more or less putting together to show off their talent / ability doesn't mean shit. Edit - Okay there is one piece of information about this that makes this bad news. So previously, mod files were basically zipped up folders / files in a single package. What this new system via Steam does is make the mod files .BSA files, which means mods are now "all or nothing." To translate further, if two mods affect the same thing like a texture, only one mod will work (or maybe neither). Whereas before, in the loose-set-of-files form, you can pick which to override the other.

That makes me really sad. I mean, the thing that must be a kick in the nuts is how Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic have successfully made it an accepted EU fact that maybe the Jedi (and Sith alike) weren't all that and definitely defeatable by a soldier or whoever else. I was torn on SWG as a game when it first came out because, on the one hand, it would be neat to just live in that setting. On the other though, there definitely is a valid point in Star Wars being action and adventure. I think a Minecraft / Terraria style game would fill the niche of what SWG was meant to bring. Doesn't necessarily have to be an "MMO."

"I live on, through this arm! MOTHERFUCKER."

Sadly he still went out like a punk getting electrocuted and looking like a goof.

Wookiepedia is removing content? Shouldn't they be conserving it but noting it's from the old-long-ago? Edit - I bet they have their article on breasts still.

So there's this band, The Warning, consisting of 3 sisters. Like, pre-teen sisters (one of them is like 15 now I think). They do covers. They're actually pretty good. I mean, two of them really. The youngest, the bassist, isn't really into it. But the drummer is great. Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

The audio is atrocious. He's like, "Oh whoops, sorry." Also since that news broke it was discovered that the police department officials were under orders to falsify the guy's training and certifications.

Then the answer is to have Yoda present as an advisor but not the guy to go to in order to have shit done.

Lucas stepped back when Empire was made and let someone else direct it. Hence it being awesome. It's really a lesson that sometimes someone will have a great idea, but it's better for other people to execute that idea (or expand on it). As for how Yoda would've confronted the Emperor, he would've used negotiation and politics. Or should've I guess. I mean really, that's how the Emperor came to power, so Yoda could've been like "I'd like to request an audience with the Senate and Chancellor." Make his case, repeatedly if need be. And hey maybe he would've sat on the steps of the Jedi temple, douse himself in Corellian gasoline, and light himself on fire. All this before "Order 66" of course. A protest against the Chancellor's increasing power. For all the talk about the Jedi being diplomatic mediators and such, Lucas never showed that. Instead it was, "And then they picked up their lightsabers and went to war and tried to handle shit in the dark."

The problem with Star Wars characters is that they are very different in the original trilogy vs. the new trilogy. One of the highlight points of Empire Strikes Back was showing that there was more to The Force as a thing to use / religion to follow (in the universe of Star Wars) than choking bitches and cutting shit with lightsabers. Luke arrives on Dagobah and tells Yoda (before knowing it's Yoda) that he is searching for "a great warrior." It's an assumption Luke has about what it means to be a Jedi, based on his limited experience with Obi-Wan. Who had to give Luke a very practical "here I can prove it's real" type training course. Which is why Yoda and Obi-Wan debate training Luke further being a risk. Part of the point is Yoda teaching Luke properly. All the tasks about physical training with some Force-drawing for stamina / endurance, or lifting stones and doing crazy hand stands - it's all smoke and mirrors to help gain attunement to the Force. To make that connection, the spiritual bond if you will. The physical shit is just training wheels - this is why even Darth Vader spends time meditating. He's above doing the silly shit, he can reach out by having a moment of calm (or rage harnassing, though I choose to believe Vader having a meditation chamber was time for him to contemplate his regret and plan vengeance on the Emperor - if he ever could). It's funny how Luke misses out on Obi-Wan displaying true Jedi behavior when he just stands there waiting to take the death hit from Vader. But at least he seems to understand it when he takes the plunge on Cloud City because fuck the Dark Side. Going back to the new trilogy, Lucas seemed to had forgotten where the original trilogy lead the Force and what it meant to be a Jedi. He got confused by needing to show the Jedi in their prime as a regular part of galactic society. Yoda declared in the OT that the Jedi only learn to fight for the sake of defense, and he generally has a spiteful attitude toward combat at all. And then in the NT he's actually going, "Oh hey I'll go fight this dude, you fight THAT dude." It was a complete reversal of character. But again, it had shit all to do with any sort of clever writing or character concept of hypocrisy or imperfection. It was just Lucas being a pandering idiot.

You just made me realize, there's definitely going to be a, "I always shoot first" type line from Han in this.

Kyle being made into a Jedi was probably Lucas being all "NYEH ALL CAPABLE PEOPLE ARE JEDI NYEH." Lucas hated Wedge.

The plot of Rogue One has been revealed. The movie is going to depict the theft of the Death Star plans. So y'know. Dark Forces fans are shedding a tear. RIP Kyle Katarn.