Starcraft 2 comes out tonight!!!!!!!!!! I’m so addicted to the game that I have decided it would be unhealthy to buy the game. As such I have opted to abstain from the game, until I am done 3 of the major projects I am working on.

For many of the female readers who have gamer partners, I have bad news. Today is the day you become a starcraft II widow. Your boyfriends will suddenly become “too busy” with “work” to hangout. They will be “too tired” staying up til 3 am trying to get into double diamond league with 2 or 3 of their closest friends. They’ll start talking in obscure code like “7 pool” zerg rush. Or talking about the sick ass avatar they unlocked.

Don’t worry we be back to our normal selves after about 3 or 4 weeks when we realize we are not and will never be Korean.

Danny

I’m also doing things

Playing Dragon Quest IX. No one else around me is, though, so that makes the multiplayer aspect of DQIX kind of moot. There is a Gamestop/EB Games event this weekend downtown, so I’m thinking of lugging myself down just so I can trade items and whatever. (They’re holding DQ events in select cities in Canada and the US that day, check out their website.) I don’t know how that trading thing works yet, I’m only about fifteen hours into the game.

– Alex

I have to admit that I’m not all that good at Starcraft. My strategy is usually build Carriers/Battlecruisers/Hydralisks until the other side dies. I usually tech up too fast and forget things such as expanding and base defense =/

Danny’s still on vacation, so, no podcast this week. I know that you’re probably not that sad, but I cooked up a screencast for you in case you are.
Enjoy:

– Alex

I played SC2 back at PAX 09 after waiting about 2 hours in line. Was it worth the wait you ask? Yes, but why did they make the play limit only 20 mins?

Lately my coworkers have been addicted to Starcraft broodwars. Our office spans a full city block, so we have an east vs. west match every friday using WINE. The team I am on (west side) won most of the early matches, but the east found some new godly players who really could give us a run for our money. In the being our boss had not idea how to play starcraft, but after several weeks of yelling and coaching he’s quite the pro now.

One of my coworkers got the beta key recently and says the new game is amazing. However, no matter how amazing SC2 will be, SCBW will still have a special place in my heart.

Danny

ps. the lava comes from this beta video.

I’m feeling kind of bummed out because my kick-boxing gym closed down. Not only did I lose a months membership, but I also lost a great place with great people to workout with.

We take for granted how hard it is to start a successful business. We end up ragging on the big businesses, yet we forget that they all started out as a small business just trying to get by. Sure they may have grown to a bloated monster, but wouldn’t you be sad if McDonalds closed down forever? Think of all the jobs that McDonalds maintains.

Danny

Re: MikuMikuDance

Vocaloid is a Japanese voice synthesizer used for lyrics in songs and whatnot. Apparently some guy made a dynamic 3D renderer for the mascots (Hatsune Miku, et al.). Now you too can re-create famous Michael Jackson dance moves without busting a real-life hip. You can find other MikuMikuDance videos imported onto YouTube; this is my favourite so far.

I downloaded it and played around with it for a little bit; I got a thirty second clip of her moving her leg, and then blinking. That was time well spent.=p

If you want to try it yourself, here’s the download link: http://www.geocities.jp/higuchuu4/index_e.htm

– Alex

Some of the courses offered at UC Barkley.