http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Ajollyjack deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:jollyjack en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sun, 19 May 2013 11:58:07 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Wormholes-a-health-and-safety-nightmare-372291583 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Wormholes-a-health-and-safety-nightmare-372291583 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:33:11 PDT Wormholes: a health and safety nightmare. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
'I was recently walking my affenpinscher (a sort of rat on a string that some people claim to be a "dog") around the Hanover area of Brighton when I noticed that a wormhole or vortex has opened up on Montreal Road.
'On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions.
'I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it.
'Is this meant to be there? At first I believed it might be part of the Brighton F ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Strange-and-exotic-foods-371791317 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Strange-and-exotic-foods-371791317 Wed, 15 May 2013 08:16:05 PDT Strange and exotic foods. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack For those that take my jibes, barbs and sarcasm too seriously: I have no problem with that kind of cultural permeation. Far from it. I find it rather fascinating.
It has however led to a few "WTF?" moments. Questions as to what those crazy Yanks are talking about, as there is nothing comp ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/I-d-buy-that-for-a-dollar-371569671 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/I-d-buy-that-for-a-dollar-371569671 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:16:34 PDT I'd buy that for a dollar. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack Today I want to show you the kind of thing public funds SHOULD be spent on: http://kotaku.com/detroit-really-is-getting-a-giant-robocop-statue-here-504967648

Yes, the city of Detroit is getting a giant, bronze statue of.....ROBOCOP.

F**k. Yes.

I'm moving to Detroit. The place kinda looks like Fallout, but they have taste! ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Never-a-Japanese-whaler-when-you-need-one-370837595 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Never-a-Japanese-whaler-when-you-need-one-370837595 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:47:12 PDT Never a Japanese whaler when you need one. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack Well, in Australia; by flying a mutant udder over it: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/67518000/jpg/_67518550_67518549.jpg

The "Skywhale" is the work of one Patricia Piccinini, the latest (and, I promise, not the last) in a long line of "artists" who have managed to convince politicians that the sh*t they're peddling is worth the price tag.
It's not a difficult con, admittedly, as career politicians are always eager to prove that they're a cultured, educated group, who are up to the intellectual challenge of leading a nation. Spending public funds on art is the fastest way to ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/There-is-lowbrow-and-there-is-Baybrow-370568249 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/There-is-lowbrow-and-there-is-Baybrow-370568249 Thu, 09 May 2013 01:27:37 PDT There is 'lowbrow' and there is 'Baybrow' nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack Classy.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/first-pics-of-megan-fox-as-april-o-neil-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-094900978.html

I am not going to watch this TMNT film. I am not curious in the slightest. If you have seen one Bay car-crash, you've seen them all: just picture a cookie-cutter pin-up girl, reciting dick-jokes while everything around her explodes and, off ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/RIP-Ray-Harryhausen-370254164 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/RIP-Ray-Harryhausen-370254164 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:30:36 PDT RIP Ray Harryhausen. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
Godspeed, Sir.
Your creations scared the living sh*t out of me as a kid.
Loved you for it! ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Always-someone-that-ruins-it-for-the-rest-of-us-370011856 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Always-someone-that-ruins-it-for-the-rest-of-us-370011856 Mon, 06 May 2013 02:28:46 PDT Always someone that ruins it for the rest of us. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
Or would be if some dick hadn't decided to use it to make a weapon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

Yes, we're back on the gun-debate-thing. And this time the pro-gun crowd are pissing me off because they've set in motion a chain of events that will stifle the potentially fabulous ability to transfer what you create on your computer into the real world.

The man behind it harps on about liberty being his motivation for doing it.

Wh ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Anime-home-of-the-arsehole-369231218 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Anime-home-of-the-arsehole-369231218 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:57:29 PDT Anime: home of the arsehole. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack Only a handful of those, however, can I refer to as being "good". Or even "tolerable".
Having watched them for most of my life, going back to things like Mysterious Cities of Gold and the original Astro Boy, I can say with a certain degree of authority that: Japanese storytelling is a bit wank. Daring and dynamic visuals, sure. Crap narrative.
And it can't ALL be blamed on "bad translation".

There's a wide range of gripes to be had, but chief among them these days is that the major charact ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Peddling-Posters-367924256 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Peddling-Posters-367924256 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:37:57 PDT Peddling Posters nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
There's only one of each, and they will only be defaced by a signature if requested

Vicky:
[sold]

Chloe:
[sold]
[sold]

Other pin-ups:
[sold]
[sold] ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Iran-has-pressure-cookers-367230311 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Iran-has-pressure-cookers-367230311 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:25:53 PDT Iran has pressure cookers! nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
However, I'm also in favour of accuracy. At least as far as claims made by the authorities are concerned, because if they're permitted to mislabel things during a period when emotions are, with good reason, high; they'll use that inaccuracy for their own ends at a later date.
A nuke is a weapon of mass des ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Get-your-ass-to-Mars-366207036 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Get-your-ass-to-Mars-366207036 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:46:57 PDT Get your ass to Mars. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
The catch? The ticket is one-way. Their goal is to establish a settlement, not a resort.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456

So, if you're bat-sh*t mental and want to take part in "Operation Space-Grave", contact Mars One. I and all the other sane people will wave you off and divvy up the Terran luxuries you'll no longer be using.

Like: air. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Buy-a-pitchfork-get-a-flaming-torch-free-366008564 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Buy-a-pitchfork-get-a-flaming-torch-free-366008564 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:17:50 PDT Buy a pitchfork, get a flaming torch free! nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack If you spot someone else's art in amongst his gallery, let them know.

>>>> http://pauleta1999.deviantart.com/ ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Like-it-s-1999-364988123 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Like-it-s-1999-364988123 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:32:28 PDT Like it's 1999. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack I'm either hardcore, or that just wasn't as difficult as they said it was going to be. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Infinite-B-S-363948654 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Infinite-B-S-363948654 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:45:04 PDT Infinite B.S. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack In most other titles, you press "continue" on the main menu and you're taken back to where you logged off, or, at the very least, in that general area. Not so with the Bioshock games. Nooo. None of that player-friendly nonsense here. And "Infinite B.S." takes it one step further and sometimes doesn't even record chapters you've passed through, thus forcing you to replay them again! Yes, that "Autosave" logo is clearly just decorative.
They've also kindly removed the ability to manually save, ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Disney-closes-LucasArts-363312873 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Disney-closes-LucasArts-363312873 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:04:11 PDT Disney closes LucasArts nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/03/disney-closes-lucasarts/

If you are not angered by this news, you're obviously a very young gamer and probably (rightly) see LucasArts as nothing more than a mediocre-Star-Wars-title-discharging-sewer-pipe.

Disney bought LucasFilm because of the Star Wars cash-cow, but the number of classic IPs produced by LucasArts throughout the 90s makes the descision to close it rather than attempt to return to the studio to its glory days pretty staggering.
I actually see way more potential in LucasArts IPs than Star Wars.....but then, so would anyone with even the most stunted of creative ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Karma-363047970 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Karma-363047970 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:49:32 PDT Karma nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
Can't say I don't deserve it.....

*urp* ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Urgent-help-needed-362834018 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Urgent-help-needed-362834018 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:33:14 PDT Urgent help needed nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack As some of you in the UK will have heard on the news these past two days, Phil has gone missing. No one has seen him since Wednesday last week and we are all extremely concerned for his wellbeing as he has never missed a family gathering, such as that over Easter.
More distressing is that the office complex he works out of was broken into on the evening of Wednesday 27th March, and there is a very real worry that those responsible may be involved in Phil's disappearance.
The police are of the mind that all of this may have something to do with Phil's online work, and that a cartoon or comic may hav ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raided-358622226 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raided-358622226 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:46:35 PST Tomb Raided nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/and-if-that-don-t-work-use-MORE-gun-358418523 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/and-if-that-don-t-work-use-MORE-gun-358418523 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:08:12 PST '....and if that don't work, use MORE gun.' nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21722377 ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Lara-s-Adventure-on-QTE-Island-357851740 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Lara-s-Adventure-on-QTE-Island-357851740 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:32:28 PST Lara's Adventure on QTE Island. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack It doesn't.
It never has and never will.
It doesn't make a game more cinematic. It doesn't add a sense of thrill. It simply makes viewers (I can't call them "players", as that would imply they are actually permitted to DO something) dread cutscenes, because they have no idea if they're going to be allowed to enjoy them or if they're going to have to watch them 5 times in a row because they fail to hit the random sequence of buttons ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Sinister-advertising-357458656 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Sinister-advertising-357458656 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:06:53 PST Sinister advertising nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
A relative got a message through the door over Christmas. It was an envelope containing what looked like a page torn out of a magazine. The recipient's name was hand-written on the page as part of a note, singing the praises of the product, how they had tried it, etc. The whole thing was a fake, a very, very clever one, perhaps obvious to the more media-savvy out there, but it caused said relative a bit of head-scratching.

A less obvious ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Gullibility-I-haz-it-357236507 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Gullibility-I-haz-it-357236507 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:55:28 PST Gullibility. I haz it. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack During a little debate as to which news station broadcasts less BS (BBC News or Fox News), I, like a good little TV License holder, sang the Beeb's praise and slagged off Fox by pointing at a screen-grab containing one of their hilariously deranged headlines.

Said headline was, actually, a photoshop job.

Guess who feels a bit of a moron?

The only thing that saves me from being a "total moron" is that Fox News has such a reputation already that I (and other, it would seem) saw the hoax as completely believable.

The Internet: don't trust it.
If anyone wan ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/TOME-2-355229270 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/TOME-2-355229270 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:07:58 PST TOME #2 nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
:D

You wanna know what torture is? Torture is knowing that the box containing your proof copy has been delivered to your neighbour's place, because you were out.....and then THEY go out and you have to wait for them to return before you can get at it.
I think I'm gonna train myself in the forgotten art of lock-picking. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/British-broadcasters-Kings-of-diplomacy-354577402 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/British-broadcasters-Kings-of-diplomacy-354577402 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:41:56 PST British broadcasters: Kings of diplomacy nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Demoncon-5-352888360 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Demoncon-5-352888360 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:40:14 PST Demoncon 5 nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
I shall be there, under my shiny "Solo Endeavour" banner, peddling my wares and doing sketches, should anyone want to stop by and say "Hi".

http://www.facebook.com/events/413330588721907/455122431209389/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

I don't actually go to many cons. Really need to try and get up to "Thought Bubble" in Leeds, this year. I'll let you know if I nab a table. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/You-know-what-your-D-n-D-game-needs-Penguins-352193934 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/You-know-what-your-D-n-D-game-needs-Penguins-352193934 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:03:46 PST You know what your D'n'D game needs? Penguins. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
Ever since "Lorcraft" cropped up in Sequential Art, I've been working on an RPG system for an actual, pen-and-paper Lorcraft game and have a few really good ideas that should (in theory) work.
It's a ways off yet, though. It's the kind of thing that'll need some serious playtesting, and I have a zillion other projects to conclude first (LITTLEVICTORYLITTLEVICTORYLITTLEVICTORY!) ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Ejaculation-351875784 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Ejaculation-351875784 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:19:05 PST Ejaculation nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
Now who dares click the link?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99xbwrFWoc

Ahhh, language. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Paperman-351524808 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Paperman-351524808 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:41:53 PST Paperman. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Snow-Day-349123713 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Snow-Day-349123713 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:52:24 PST Snow Day. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW, DAMNIT!

*works from home* ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Having-trouble-with-Pagebuilder-348387151 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Having-trouble-with-Pagebuilder-348387151 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:16:25 PST Having trouble with Pagebuilder. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack I can, however still upload new content, and so Sequential Art and Battle Bunnies will continue to appear on their respective pages, even though I can't announce it as I usually do.

Hopefully Yahoo! will sort out the glitch sooner rather than later....

(Edit: Yes, believe it or not, Yahoo! do still maintain Pagebuilder) ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/No-Death-Star-for-you-348109958 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/No-Death-Star-for-you-348109958 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:49:07 PST No Death Star for you. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack
I'm not quite sure what percentage of those 30,000+ citizens realise that using a planet-destroying laser to take out people on the planet on which you live is an ever-so-slightly flawed agenda.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20997144

Probably won't stop the Chinese, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGLlbsyYUEw&feature=player_detailpage#t=1375s

:D ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/2012-in-summary-346232612 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/2012-in-summary-346232612 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:29:30 PST 2012, in summary nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2013 *jollyjack Take a gander before the BBC's henchmen remove it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKStgDaxxU
(Warning: contains profanity and mockery of American TV presenters) ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Ambitions-for-2013-345805856 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Ambitions-for-2013-345805856 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:58:16 PST Ambitions for 2013 nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack Let's see how well I did.

Project: Little Victory: Chimera
Goal: Complete
Result: Failure.

Project: Bad Nero: Backwater
Goal: Complete
Result: Failure.

Project: "Prelude"
Goal: Publish
Result: Failure

Project: Creepy, Lovecraftian Comic (working title)
Goal: Complete
Result: Assigned to cold files. Replaced with similar, purely literary piece. I'll post something about this in a couple of days.

Project: Battle Bunnies: The Secret Name
Goal: Start as ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Now-I-have-a-machine-gun-Ho-Ho-Ho-343963950 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Now-I-have-a-machine-gun-Ho-Ho-Ho-343963950 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:40:31 PST Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack Paranoia and a sense of impending doom.
The "party game" I just picked up should do the trick.
Each player gets a Nerf gun, the name of a target and the location in the house where they have to shoot them at some point over the course of the evening.
Nothing says "Christmas" like an assassination contract.

.....yes. I have been playing Hitman too long. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/A-classical-spin-343712418 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/A-classical-spin-343712418 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:39:12 PST A classical spin. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
Kinda makes you wonder why people with genuine talent aren't used more often in popular music..... ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Learning-to-read-with-Jolly-Jack-343452730 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Learning-to-read-with-Jolly-Jack-343452730 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:39:25 PST Learning to read, with Jolly Jack. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
Let's just go over what I posted yesterday: I voiced that I have no opinion on guns in America, because I don't live there and as such; don't care. I said that I, personally, am afraid of guns and think they're industrial killing machines. And I posed a vague, hypothetical question that could have been applied to any situation where an old law/doctrine is in effect.

That's it. Nothing more. Harshest word in there was "change" followed by a question mark. Not "ban", not "make guns illegal" and certainly not "outlaw free speech and trial by jury", which some people with a slightly looser grasp on reality seem to think go h ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Cold-dead-hands-343295974 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Cold-dead-hands-343295974 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:30:16 PST Cold, dead hands. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack I will say, however, that guns in general scare the crap out of me. Seeing, with my own eyes, CO19 march past me while in London and SO18 (http://www.eliteukforces.info/police/) patroling Heathrow sent shivvers down my spine, and those are the guys who know exactly how to implement deadly force quickly, but are trained not to.
If I saw a random, untrained guy in the street with a gun (which is unlikely, thankfully, given that gun control laws here make it damn near impossible to buy even toy f ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Going-full-retard-343032103 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Going-full-retard-343032103 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:52:59 PST Going full retard. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
Actual note, to me, and, regardless of the author's obviously diminished mental capacity, winner of my "Ass-hat of the year" award. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Bad-Games-341626227 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Bad-Games-341626227 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:11:34 PST Bad Games. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack No.
Why, then, aren't item's collected on contact?
Why do I have to press a button each time I want to pick something up?
Why do I have to press AND HOLD a button each time I want to pick something up?
Why, in a game, where collecting items is a key part of gameplay, is it so damn hard to get the crosshair to register contact with said item, despite being right on top of it?

I get asked occasionally (well, I think "challenged" is more the word) by some people (snide idiots) if there are any games I do enjoy. Yes, there are many. Too many to list, in fact, so I shall ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/The-End-of-the-Twinkie-338111028 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/The-End-of-the-Twinkie-338111028 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:09:48 PST The End of the Twinkie? nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
World War 3 may just be months away, with much of the middle east currently being blown apart by missiles and the locals setting their neighbours on fire, but the real news is that the Twinkie, the USA's primary contribution to world cuisine, could cease to be.

"You eat those?" I hear people ask. Hell no. Never eaten one in my life. There's something about their unnatural, chemical-yellow colour and that they have a half-life rather than a use-by date that just sets off one too many alarm-bells.
In fact, I'm prett ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/PuritanArt-337759624 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/PuritanArt-337759624 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:37:50 PST PuritanArt nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
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A member of staff has reviewed this deviation and has determined that the theme itself, or one or more details present in the scene, has made the work unacceptable for submission here.

As such this deviation has been removed in accordance with our policies and should not be resubmitted."

"Explicit Pornography"?! Aw, jeez, guys. You must have the worst collection of porn on the planet to t ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Andrew-Marr-s-History-of-the-World-336845128 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Andrew-Marr-s-History-of-the-World-336845128 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:08:55 PST Andrew Marr's History of the World nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
I love having this kind of thing playing in the background while I do my work.

It's currently airing on the BBC, but it can be found on Youtube - for now. I'd catch it quick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrKZiRhCOE

I have a sudden urge to play Civilization. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Turn-Based-Combat-336519172 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Turn-Based-Combat-336519172 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:00:58 PST Turn Based Combat. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack They seemed to go out of style about a decade ago, which is a real shame, especially on the RPG front.
Two of my all time favourite games are Shining Force 2 and Skies of Arcadia, both of which featured turn-based combat and felt epic as a result.
But with action games taking a fore of late, everything just felt like it had started to become a rush. You never have time to savour anything anymore. The character designs, the music, the monsters, the setting. With a turn based combat you c ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/And-the-world-sighs-with-relief-336505764 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/And-the-world-sighs-with-relief-336505764 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:02:16 PST And the world sighs with relief. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Elect-the-Delusional-336238321 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Elect-the-Delusional-336238321 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:52:11 PST Elect the Delusional? nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
Well....if by "world" he means "Pakistan".....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20008687

....and I think that's probably down to Obama giving the greenlight to the operation that saw US Special Forces conduct a cross-border raid into Pakistan which resulted in a very dead Bin Laden. They're still kinda cranky about that.

Posted for no reason other than that it's really, really funny. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Silent-Hill-Revelation-335669171 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Silent-Hill-Revelation-335669171 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:46:48 PDT Silent Hill: Revelation nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
I was surprised that a sequel was made at all, given the rather poor narrative (and acting. That kid was almost as bad as the brat from Phantom Menace) of the first movie, but in comparison with Revelation, it was positively Shakespearian.
If there's a third film in the franchise, I'll be amazed (to a point. We have had, what is it, 5 Resident Evil films, now?)

How hard is it to wrap your head around the concept, Film-Makers? Silent Hill has no face, it has no agenda, it's just an evil f**king mirror that reflects your personal demons. It's the perfect vehicle to use differen ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Galactic-Empire-under-new-management-335225821 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Galactic-Empire-under-new-management-335225821 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:28:05 PDT Galactic Empire under new management nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
$4 Billion? (£2.5 Billion, in real money)
Not as much as Pixar.....but then, if Lucasfilm were a house, JarJar would be the devaluing, sh*t-stained carpet a new owner would have to deal with.

And, no, I'm not going to denounce it. Disney buying Lucasfilm? That has potential, and I'm not talking Star Wars, here.
If I've read the press release on the Disney corporate website correctly, they now own EVERYTHING – including Lucasarts, which is a division of Lucasfilm.
Monkey Island/Day of the Tentacle/Sam & Max + Disney? That could be amazing!

As for the (inevitable) ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Evil-Dead-Remake-335107164 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Evil-Dead-Remake-335107164 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:11:03 PDT Evil Dead Remake nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
The most toxic remake thus far has been "Total Recall", which was terrible simply because it used the original as a crutch at more than a few points and, despite having a massive budget and 20 years of technological advancement on the original: felt less exciting and epic.
Closer to the book, sure, but just not as much fun.

And now they've turned their gaze upon "Evil Dead".

Now, I'm not going to try and defend the original Evil Dead, because it's not actually that great a film. This is pr ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/She-Wolves-of-DA-334208920 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/She-Wolves-of-DA-334208920 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:20:49 PDT She-Wolves of DA nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
http://my.deviantart.com/messages/#/d5iwjwu

:D ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/So-THAT-S-why-we-don-t-let-them-have-guns-332844463 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/So-THAT-S-why-we-don-t-let-them-have-guns-332844463 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:31:29 PDT So THAT'S why we don't let them have guns? nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
There WAS a drunk guy wandering around with a sword, but it wasn't Mr Colin Farmer.

Mr Colin Farmer was 61, blind and had been carrying a white stick.

*slow clap*

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184

How much warning did they give this poor guy?! I usually stick up for the Police, because I know they have a tough job dealing with the unruly British public while bound down by seemingly infinite bureaucracy, but come on!

"A Lancashire Police spokesman said the incident was being investigated and th ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Entomology-332666866 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Entomology-332666866 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:29:40 PDT Entomology nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack Ignore them/report them. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Modern-games-are-crap-332513278 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Modern-games-are-crap-332513278 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:41:39 PDT Modern games are crap. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack I sink hours of my time into them, so I can say with a degree of authority: modern games are complete and utter manure.
Why?
Because they're never finished.
In the race to get them out the door, and thanks in total to broadband connections, they are buggy and full of holes.
You never get a complete game for the huge sum of money you're expected to pay for them.
Case in point: Borderlands 2.
I've just encountered a bug that renders a mission impossible to complete (The "Get to know Jack" mission), ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/DevArt-update-331754245 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/DevArt-update-331754245 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:16:23 PDT DevArt update. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
god.....DAMNIT.
I am not some sort of luddite. I don't mind change. All I ask for is consistency.
STOP MOVING THE GOD DAMN BUTTONS AROUND.
Every five freaking minutes you move them.
Make a decision.
Stick with it.
Thank you kindly! ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Orcs-of-Maine-330938776 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Orcs-of-Maine-330938776 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:59:25 PDT Orcs of Maine nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack In my little corner of the world, things like fraud and corruption regularly bubble to the surface, usually by way of the media. The police investigate and the offending politician is, more often than not, destroyed. Possibly literally, as they're not usually heard from again, but more likely because the parties distance themselves from the offending moron, who was stupid enough to misbehave while the public gaze was upon them.
The parties use incidents like that to discredit their riva ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Top-Gear-in-hot-water-again-330157743 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Top-Gear-in-hot-water-again-330157743 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:51:28 PDT Top Gear in hot water......again. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19785998

It's playground-level nonsense the presenters spout and people keep getting up in arms about it.
With the number of petty complaints* that have been levelled at the show you'd think that anyone of a hyper-sensitive nature would change channel as soon as they heard the theme tune.

*uh, well.....aside from those that have led to a strain on diplomatic relations between the UK and Mexico.....and India.....and Botswana........Vietnam, Turkey, Bolivia, Israel, Jordan, Albania and certain souther ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Americanisims-in-British-English-329515585 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Americanisims-in-British-English-329515585 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:24:57 PDT Americanisims in British English? nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686

Anthropology holds a some fascination for me, so I do love to watch various sayings and turns of phrase spread across the world.... like a plague.
Takes a while to get used to, though. Certain things (usually insults) just sound better when said with the right accent, be it English or American. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Dear-Japan-329327077 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Dear-Japan-329327077 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:04:10 PDT Dear Japan, nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2208051/Bagel-head-trend-Are-saline-injections-Japans-extreme-beauty-look-yet.html?openGraphAuthor=%2Fhome%2Fsearch.html%3Fs%3D%26authornamef%3DTamara%2BAbraham

Kindest regards,
The World. ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Pointless-groups-327476928 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Pointless-groups-327476928 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:36:11 PDT Pointless groups. nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack "Advertise your art"
Etc
Etc
Etc

Just because you have the ability to create a group; it doesn't mean you NEED to!
What is the point in creating a group that has no specific purpose when you're already on DevArt?!
"Oh, I'll create a group that will show any kind of photo"
WHY?!
Why create such a group when you can just hit "photography" on the DevArt front page?
"I'll create a group that'll display the work of anyone that wants to draw attention to their art"
WHHHHYYYYYYYY??????!!!!
Why create a group for that when it's already DevArt's PRIMARY PURPOSE?!

F**kin' morons…..

……..hmmm….perha ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/No-Not-the-KFC-327127595 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/No-Not-the-KFC-327127595 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:13:24 PDT No! Not the KFC!! nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
In the face of something small and insignificant sparking off mass hysteria, I (again) direct the world to the words of Steve Hughes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tn2EhGK5ok ]]> http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Meanwhile-at-a-secret-underground-facility-325133867 http://jollyjack.deviantart.com/journal/Meanwhile-at-a-secret-underground-facility-325133867 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:53:50 PDT Meanwhile, at a secret underground facility..... nonadult journals/personal jollyjack http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jollyjack.gif Copyright 2012-2013 *jollyjack
Or you were, but couldn't do much more than drool on the keyboard and gnaw the mouse like a rusk.

Luckily for you, some die-hard fans have spent the past 8 years using Valve's own tools to lovingly rebuild the legendary locale that Gordon Freeman escaped over a decade ago….

….well, most of it. Xen is missing for now, but that bit was sh*t, so who cares?

Black Mesa will be free to download on the 14th September….which really did surprise me.
When I first heard about the project (a good few year ]]>