tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33882661000475282572024-03-20T15:43:28.642-07:00Yee Can Do ItGaming, Politics, and Fatherhood. It's amazing how connected those things are.James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-30116449322567171282011-04-22T13:19:00.000-07:002011-04-22T13:19:44.167-07:00The "X" Series. The greatest games you've never played<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LabrDe4XJo0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br>
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The "X" series has been around since 1999 and far too many gamers have probably never heard of it. <a href="http://www.egosoft.com/news/current_en.php">Egosoft </a>has been making games for quite some time, and while they are by no way "mainstream" they are still great games in their own right. <br>
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The X series is an epic single player space opera game. Sure there's a story line, but the majority of the game is basically the player making their way in a large glaxay any way they want. Everything a big sci-fi gamer wants in a game is here. Fighter combat, big ships, galactic trade, epic political powers, and even powerful alien species. This game has it all, except for one thing: Multiplayer. I hope Egosoft shows at E3 so I can ask them all sorts of questions about this great game! <br>
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<a href="http://yeecandoit.blogspot.com/2011/04/x-series-greatest-games-youve-never.html#more">Read more »</a>James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-5597868401903514932011-04-18T13:30:00.000-07:002011-04-18T13:30:15.733-07:00How do you found a new country?So I'm kicking around ideas for a story I'm working on (Yes I'm writing again) and I had this thought: "How does a country form?"<br />
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I can think of a few ways: Conquest, International Fiat, Revolution. Basically someone takes over something and calls it theirs. The UN or other body "declairs" an area a country or a treaty says an area is a country. Or the area is taken over from within.<br />
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Are these the only ways?<br />
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For instance if a group of people went out into international waters and created an island could they declare themselves an independent country? Will a private group be able to go into orbit of fly to the moon and declare themselves independent of the Earth's nations? <br />
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Honestly I'm not sure but I have a feeling if said country could defend themselves or had some sort of international leverage say a desired technology or commodity they could do it. Especially if they're "just" a station or a small island. Any ideas? Suggestions on where I should look?James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-13550895625845514592011-04-18T10:06:00.000-07:002011-04-18T10:06:31.758-07:00Your Australian Word of the day: Paddlepop!What's a "Paddlepop?" Or more specifically a "Paddlepop Stick?" My wife dropped this word on me today and I knew right away what it was. Here's how she put it:<br>
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<blockquote>"yeah i think we'll have to buy one of those container thingies that you put a paddlepop stick in and it freezes and voila !! iceblock!!"</blockquote>Which brings up the alternate word: "Iceblock." Answers after the break.<br>
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But is it okay for her to watch those same movies over and over again every day? <br>
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<a href="http://terryblas.com/briarhollowcomic/">Briar Hollow</a> is a "coming of age" story, or as I prefer to call it, "a school story." Currently at about 56 pages, Briar Hollow is just a fun read of a nerdy girl returning to college after a semester off. She seems to be trying to get past the "nerd" look and move on with her life, but as all of us who are nerds know, it is hard to leave the life. In a sense it is denying a part of who you are, and while this story has been told thousands of times it still resonates because so many of us go through a point in our lives of "rediscovery" or trying to change who we are.<br />
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I look forward to seeing how this comic grows as it ages and I will probably do a more "complete" review in the future but for now give it a shot and let me know what you think. Personally I like the art on top of the story as it was the art that made me look at it thanks to <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/">PvP's Scott Kurtz's</a> tweet about Briar Hollow.James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-29684814371422421662011-04-15T11:44:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:44:48.568-07:00Free to Play or Pay to Win?So as a Gaming/Politics/Father blog I figured I'd get started on one of the big topics in online gaming, the Free to Play model. As a father my gaming time is limited, as is my gaming budget, especially when compared to pre-fatherhood. (Let alone single life!) So the idea of playing a game for free is always appealing, then again when I hear that this revenue model is known by its detractors as the "Pay to Win" model it makes me cautious and curious all at once. I have recently been playing two different games that use the F2P model: <a href="http://battlefield.play4free.com/">Battlefield Play4Free</a> and <a href="http://www.worldoftanks.com/">World of Tanks</a>.<br>
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First up, Battlefield Play4Free:<br>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Slayers was a simple, comedy/fantasy show featuring Lina Inverse as the crazy overpowered sorceress and her sidekick Gourry Gabriev the idiot swordsman with a magical weapon of immense power. I ended up taking a lot of ideas from the Slayers universe and incorporating them into my role playing. (The Merge came from it directly) Slayers, Slayers: Next, and Slayers: Try plus all sorts of OAV's were bought and watched. Even after the switch to DVD's (which mooted the Sub vs Dub debate as both were on the disc) I still watched the dubbed. Yes, even with the changing of voice actresses for Amelia I hung through and enjoyed it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br>
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That said start off <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/bullied-boy-at-chifley-college-dunheved-campus-suspended-after-fighting-back/story-e6freuzi-1226022076411">here</a> to check out the video: <br>
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My lovely wife isn't from the good old USA, she's an Aussie. Even more than that, she also spent her teen years in South America in the country of Uruguay. So needless to say she's not an "America First" kind of person. In fact every time she hears a character or politician praising America or calling it "the greatest nation on Earth" it really irks her. I understand completely and she does bring up a good point as well, "What makes America so great?" <br>
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So "why America" and "what makes America so great" are two big questions I want to touch on today. <br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Really? Now don't get me wrong nuclear events are big deals but do we always stop production of new products when really old versions fail? I mean this is like stopping productions on new Cadillacs because a 1967 (the year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant">Fukushima </a>was built<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">) Cadillac killed it's passengers after hitting a train, going 100 miles an hour, in the rain. </span></span><br>
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Add to that the sheer lack of actual openings even from those who attended, the poor showing of businesses advertising, and running into former coworkers who have been out of work for the last two years really brings home how hard the job market is right now. 9% unemployment sounds bad, 20% underemployment with those who have "stopped looking for work" sounds worse, seeing it in person just puts it all into perspective. <br>
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Another striking perspective I just heard? Japan vs. the National Debt.<br>
<a href="http://yeecandoit.blogspot.com/2011/03/little-perspective.html#more">Read more »</a>James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-17521116504935430212011-03-14T14:41:00.000-07:002011-03-14T14:41:05.504-07:00Meteorological Musings: Nuclear Power in Perspective<a href="http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-power-in-perspective.html?spref=bl">Meteorological Musings: Nuclear Power in Perspective</a>: "There is no question that the events in Japan are ongoing and serious. That said, I believe a lot of people are being misled by much of the ..."James Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637699486755915238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388266100047528257.post-54732483443816329322011-03-14T14:03:00.000-07:002011-03-14T15:03:56.282-07:00I'm not worried about Japan's reactor either.This post is in reaction to this one that was tweeted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tested's</span> Will Smith. (<a href="http://www.tested.com/">http://www.tested.com/</a>)<br>
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The original post is here:<br>
<a href="http://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/">http://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/</a><br>
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While it's not the best written (Build instead of Built kept popping up to bother me) I think it does a fair job of explaining some of the factors of the current situation in Japan. Does the author know all of the details? Hell no! But the general premises and physics of a nuclear power plant are sound.<br>
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To me the funniest part of the blog were the comments. While I didn't read it until after comments had been shut down, I find it hilarious how afraid people are of nuclear power. For instance:<br>
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<blockquote>"Nuclear energy is not 100% safe and the risks it takes if something goes terrible wrong are not worth it in my opinion…"</blockquote>Seriously? Nuclear has a terrible reputation due to the 60's and Chernobyl. It's like sharks, thanks to Jaws everyone is terrified they'll be eaten by sharks, yet more people are killed by cars than sharks yearly, yet we don't fear cars like we do sharks. (It'd be funny getting to work if we did!) <br>
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