JFC this game is gorgeous. There's been a lot of complaining about certain cashshop changes over the past week, but honestly most of it strikes me as typical gamer qq. I don't even care -- it's ridiculously fun just derping around and exploring the seriously vast vast world ( Read more... )

- Open Beta was just announced for next Thursday (9/4). Characters will be wiped before release ( Read more... )

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This isn't the first time I've complained about this and no doubt won't be the last, but Common Core -- for math, especially as applied in CA, especially as applied in my particular district -- is the most fucking ridiculous piece of shit I have ever seen ( Read more... )

So i totally sacrificed my weekend to Archeage (sleep, food, etc)... and don't regret it at all ( Read more... )

Was just at Yo Yo Ma's outdoor concert (Greek Theater @ Berkeley ( Read more... )

1. Bleach: I wasn't even going to talk about this ridiculous series for a while, but this chapter was surprisingly good (by recent standards). Mostly because my two all-time favorite characters show up in it. (I love those two~~~~~ even when they're not doing anything ( Read more... )

1. New Ghibli film trailer out: When Marnie Was There

I've been sadly behind on my Ghibli fannishness (still haven't watched Arrietty/Poppy Hill/Wind Rises) -- but I think I'm going to adore this one ( Read more... )

On the road tomorrow, so here goes.

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