Good, but the first one was better.
A lot of trailer dialogue was only in the trailer.
And the mid credits scene was great.
Recommended!
Character Generation
Today I began to roll up a character for Mekton Zeta, an anime mecha role playing game.
They have a great background system called Lifepath, where you make some die rolls and it fleshes out your character’s background.
I was going to make a mecha pilot, male, professional level.
As I started going through the Lifepath system, I rolled 5 friends, the first being male, and… an ex-lover.
My first thought was to keep with the male character, for a same-sex relationship (Pride Weekend in SF may have influenced that thought), but I decided to go with a female, based on something else that I’d been watching lately.
She’s going to be based on Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop.
But still a mecha pilot.
And I’m going with the ‘Anime Babe’ rookie template instead of a professional.
Of course, who knows if my group will ever get around to playing Mekton Zeta.
Fridge Purge
Re-Kinect
Dis-Kinect
The Kinect has bet disconnected from the XBox.
For the longest time it was only good for turning the XBox on or off, and sometimes not even off. It never seemed to be able to do things as advertised, like ‘watch the Giants game’ or ‘watch Netflix’.
And to be honest, I had it on there for Dad, since he had difficulty with the XBox remote and the power switch on the XBox itself. Once he turned it on via Kinect, he could use the cable box remote to change channels.
I was the one who usually turned it off before bed.
Shows and Stuff
There’s a lot to catch up on, should I choose to do so.
- All 5 DC CW shows.
- Jessica Jones 2
- Lost in Space (on episode 5)
- Runaways (on episode 2)
- Other Netflix series that I never started (Sense 8, etc.)
- Cowboy Bebop (on episode 5)
Plus everything that I’d like to rewatch.
- 24
- Babylon 5
- Star Trek/TNG/DS9/Voy/Ent
- Person of Interest
- Alias
- Firefly
Problem right now is that I just don’t have the desire to watch anything other than World Cup soccer and baseball. I started watching Luke Cage 2, and stopped about 10 minutes into episode 2. I started Cloak and Dagger episode 4, and turned it off after the recap.
I may not be burnt out on super hero movies, but super hero TV is not that high on my list anymore.
Plus, I’d also rather be playing solitaire table top games, sports, wargaming, etc.
Hopefully I’ll get out of this funk.
Today in Housecleaning
The Dresden Files CCG
Best Buy Encounter
Wednesday I stopped by Best Buy on the way home from my optometry appointment. As I made my way to the registers, browsing the movies on the way, a guy wearing an Xfinity lanyard stopped me…
Xfinity Guy: Hi, do you have Xfinity at home?
Me (smirking): No, I don’t.
XG: Who do you use for internet?
Me: Sonic.
XG: Hmmm… how much do you pay per month? Over $50?
Me: Sorry, I just cancelled Xfinity at my house a couple of weeks ago, so I’m really not interested.
XG (now with a downtrodden look on his face): Oh.
And then he walked away.
Sorry, dude.
Oh, and I went home with a ream of printer paper and Sega Classics for the PS4. And a bottle of lemonade.
Don’t Stop Playing
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
I’ve never stopped.
In fact, I had the urge to finally pull the trigger on something that seemed to be calling for my attention for the last few months:
A toy rocket. Continue reading “Don’t Stop Playing”