http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:fledglingphoenix&section=today deviantART RSS for by:fledglingphoenix en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:27:48 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/27611311/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/27611311/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:28:10 PDT
While its true I haven't written much of late, I imagine I'll write even less in this coming time. I find however, that a lot of my creativity just goes to places that hold no interest to people other than myself, monologues and daydreams, lost expeditiously in a swirling fog that simply devours my train of thought. In fact I think its happening right now, because I'm quickly getting the desire to abandon the rest of this journal in favor of droning of to a Pandora playlist of absurdly relaxing music which I stumbled upon by asking for a particular Japanese Composer who's done work in a number of my favorite games.

And awaaaaay I float...

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It was my most stoic of friends who introduced me Dynasty Warriors, already in its third installment. I fell into its sway quite quickly. But I never purchased it for my own until its next incarnation, which I proceeded to devote large quantities of my time to. The overwhelming amount of characters, the compelling histories, the simple design, all these drew me in and later prompted me to purchase, read, and enjoy the novel and Koei's other flagship, the first game based on the novel and longer standing series of 'ROTK'.

But it wasn't long before I noticed some disconcerting patterns about my beloved, not long at all. It first hit me when I saw DW3XL, the first of the 'Xtreme Legends'. I thought to myself, "Well that may seem like a simple attempt to milk the franchise, perhaps it contains enough to warrant such a game. Surely next time it will all be included in one game." But imagine my suprise when instead of producing one all-encompassing game in their fourth edition, they instead produced three games. DW4, DW4XL, and now DW4E, all competent, though stagnant. And yet I submit to Koei, I owned two of the three, and played them quite fully. They then produced Samurai Warriors, same formula, different piece of history and I appreciated that to some extent even if I saw what it meant.

When a fifth installment was apparent, I braced myself for another system of three, shamelessly taking my money to no end. A second SW brought with it an 'XL' and it seemed there was no hope of breaking this cycle. But enough of this literary drivel, for god's sake they made a gundam game with a DW title, have they no shame? Then they cross-promoted themselves with Warriors Orochi, twice, what sacrilege is this? To throw out the idea of historical basis completely? Was this even the same company?

And then they made DW6...dear lord, I played it for a day and put it back down. I heard they were going for a more realistic look, which I welcomed, and then I saw that Lu Bu, the baddest motherfucker in all of China was wielding a fucking pinwheel. No Koei, just no. And then there were the character cuts and choices. If you need to cut people, don't cut the heir to the greatest strategist of all time, cut the 14-year-old girl using a fan. I appreciated that they removed characters like Xing Cai and Zuo Ci, who weren't even in the books, but I can think of at least 3 more who don't deserve space who were given it. Guan Ping, didn't do anything interesting except get adopted and then die, why not Guan Xing, Guan Yu's real son who swore an oath of brotherhood with Zhang Bao, Zhang Fei's son, and tore up the field in later shu? Pang Tong, I loved Pang Tong in game and novel, he represented something unique, but lets face it, he's in the novel for maybe 3 chapters and all he really does is come up with two great ideas and then die. Xu Chu shows up for a little bit as a great warrior, and then you never read about him again.

It turns out that they aren't just exploiting the novel, they are raping it with salt and sulfur, burning pitch and broken glass. The people at Koei who actually liked and read the novel are probably working on the last ROTK game, the others are probably gone. Goodnight sweet prince, I shall toast to your honor.

]]> ~fledglingphoenix http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/23456885/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/23456885/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:46:05 PST
The whole situation makes my head spin. Am I talking to myself who is talking to you? Or am I talking to you while talking to myself? All I know is I need to stop talking to you. I talk to me too much as it is!

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problems are as follows, feel free to add;

Naruto
furries
girls who think asian guys that look like girls are hot
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Politicians in general
the lack of lolcatz in everyday life
the lack of wizards in everyday life
the lack of aardvarks in everyday life
' politically correct'ness
people who manipulate photos and call it art
people who have no sense of humor
Kids
Parents
people under 5'5 who insist they aren't short
people who use internet abbreviations in real conversations
people who don't appreciate skateboarding as an extension of surfing
relatives who love to tell the worst story about you
racists
stereotypes
WoW (and the stagnant MMO market)
girls who wear too much make-up
girls who don't appreciate a goatee (maybe thats just my problem)
girls who say they don't care if you call (they always care)
girls who refuse to make out for my own personal pleasure (and theirs too!)
guys who get highlights in their hair
guys who insist on calling you 'dude' in every situation
guys who hang up posters of scantily clad women
anyone who abuses spouse, sibling, or child
slashers
emos
cutters
movies with no real plot to speak of
any fad that spawns a card game
the card games themselves
fat people who add a parfait to their McDonald's in order to feel 'healthy'
kids who sit in the manga aisle in bookstores reading all day
ADULTS who sit in the manga aisle and read all day
people who love comic book movies but have no idea about actual comics
people who know way too much about star wars (I'm guilty)
people who know too much about *X* <-insert any sci-fi or fantasy series
furries
religious zealots
'anarchists'
typical americana
Martha Stewart
online dating services
hippies
diets
doctors
clowns
mimes
SSBB release date
the increasingly blurry line between rap and hip-hop
hyphenated last names
mothers (especially korean ones)
apathy

well thats all for now i hope you join me again later

]]> ~fledglingphoenix http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15267707/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15267707/ Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:32:19 PDT
People are pretty friendly around here, who knows why, its kinda odd.

Either way, I've been deprived of the interbutts recently and am trying to make up for lost time.

and now for some mexican wisdom...

"Esperanza es la negacion de realidad"

]]> ~fledglingphoenix http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15082437/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15082437/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:13:13 PDT
Nah, I'm kidding, but you will be depriving me of much needed criticism.

]]> ~fledglingphoenix http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15052612/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/15052612/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:56:07 PDT
anyway, I picked up Reign Over Me today, an excellent movie that everyone should watch at least once. Excellent excellent movie. Go get it.
NAOZ.

Anyway. Upcoming pieces should include a piece of prose-poetry with the same title as the subject, and the beginning of my work in progress (which needed some heavy re-write and editing) Donut's the only person I know on dA so he's the only one who's seen it, and even you sir will be suprised with the new beginning. More complex, more early character development, I might even have to add another chapter if it gets much bigger. The first chapter in its original state bore my trademark flaw. It remains witty and entertaining (I think) but skips a lot of development to get to the action. I'm working on correcting that.

Anyway, its night-time and I'm mildly lonely, so I'm off to console myself with delicious snacks and computer generated entertainment.

Salaam, my brothers and sisters.

]]> ~fledglingphoenix http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/14808198/ http://fledglingphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/14808198/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:15:01 PDT
Luckily I get to do myself a favor in writing my first dA journal entry, I get to take a look at myself in earnest.

My name is Leo. My last name is unimportant because it has no relevance to who I am, plus, oddly enough, most people mispronounce it. I am a high school graduate, and future attendee of LCC, or Leeward Community College, a school once nicknamed Last Chance College.

I'm a slacker and a nobody, but a nice guy in general. I write a lot of poetry. When I was a little kid, I used to write a lot of short books, I say books because I would add illustrations and then staple them all into a vaguely book-like form. I don't really recall exactly when I made the switch to poetry, but I'm trying to return to my story writing roots, so please read my most recent favorite, Once Broken People.

I'm working on a few projects at the moment, one long novel, a one-shot short story, and a personal piece that will probably only have relevance to the closest of my friends. Make that two personal pieces, one which may have outside relevance.

To any young artists that stumble upon my works, if you like them thusfar (and god-only-knows why on earth you would) and are thus inclined, I am in need of a conspirator of sorts for my larger project, and if you feel you need something to draw for, I have a mess of ideas I would love and need to see illustrated, anything and everything from a map of a ficticious land, to characters and creatures, places and whatnot. I suppose I should go hunt in the forums for that kind of thing but it never hurts to mention.

With that, I thank you for your time and bid you adieu,

Salaam.

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