Traveling and Graduating
I received a letter from the Graduate Studies office at Savannah College of Art and Design yesterday, stating that as of November 22nd, I had completed all necessarily requirements for my Master’s Degree and that I would be getting my diploma in the mail sometime within the next 4 to 6 weeks. Thankfully I didn’t forget to take any classes or anything. Whew. On to the next degree! Kidding...kidding...for now. Rainbow Studios has become a bit of a ghost town, as most people are already starting their Christmas holidays. I will be leaving for Florida on the 22nd and in Tallahassee on the 23rd, so...ya know, chirp me, or whatever the devil the kids are doing these days. I’m doing well on the Cars project. The characters are very fun to work with. It’s amazing how much acting you can pull out of basically a mechanical object. The big emotional eyes and the mouth helps too. I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XII for the last several weeks, and let me just say, that if you’ve ever enjoyed an RPG...ever...go get this game. Ignoring the lackluster vocal performance of the main character, everything about this game is like concentrated fun. They also managed to get writers for this one with not only a firm command of English, but with an apparant ardor for the construction of dialogue. In other words the script to this game isn’t just *in* English; it makes love to the language. Sweet, buttery love. As mentioned in the previous post, I’m also playing Neverwinter Nights 2, both in a single player game and a multiplayer with Jeremy. Neverwinter could be said to be “fun despite itself.” Obsidian, the company notorious for its “Box of Bugs” release of Knights of the Old Republic 2, has released another half-finished title in Neverwinter 2, with questionable graphics, incredibly insipid AI, and...well ok the spell effects are fun. That being said, I am enjoying the game thoroughly, especially in multiplayer, and am glad it was released. I...just wish they had maybe took the time to finish the game before releasing it. The modding community has already succeeded in making better AI scripts than the developers, as well as some other useful modifications that make the game more playable. But… I mean come on, its 3.5 edition D&D. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THAT?! Whew..sorry...I’m better now.
Oh I’ve also been re-collecting Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. I’ve got quite a few collected now, about 40 gigs worth, for whatever quantitative validity that provides. Last night I watched City Limits (starring the lovely Kim Katrell) and a terrifically awful Mexican children’s movie called “Santa Claus” to get me into the holiday mirth. Wow...what a freaky film. Satan tries to foil Santa’s merry-making, but Santa retaliates with the help of his army of multicultural child-laborers...seriously, go find that episode.
Alright, that’s all for now. Later viewers...or viewer...mom…