The quest for entertainment

In my neverending journey to conquer the realm of videogames, i have recently taken to buying used games and selling my old ones. While there are many websites that cater to this target market, i feel that the salvation of gaming still lies in good old fashioned game stores. Big chains like wal-mart are excluded from this of course, and stores like gamestop are key examples of what im talking about. They provide used games at discount prices and even take your old games to use as credit towards new purchases. They offer big discounts if you put old games towards approaching release titles, and give you stacking bonuses the more you trade in. I have recently started visiting my local gamestop more than i used to, and gotten to know the people who work there fairly well. The level of service you get from people who understand the games and share your passion is something you cant get from an online store, and its a factor that i will always include in my purchases. Gaming is meant to be a group effort! It isnt about sitting in your room by yourself, its about passing that controller to your buddy when you die. Teaming up to conquer unstoppable evils. Facing off in epic battle! The more the merrier.

Long Time no Blog

Well summer has finally come and gone for all you school going kids, myself included, and its back to the tedius grind of class after class after class. I suppose I have it easier then most what with being in a more open ended field. Video and Audio are fun considerations for a career choice, but i would recommend that nobody else ever join these degrees ever so that i may continue to entertain dreams of one day getting HIRED in this rapidly filling field.
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Charles in Charge

I have been spending a lot more time with my brothers lately. After moving back home from Western to attend gaston college i have been seeing them more and more often then i have for the past few years. I realized one very important thing over these past few months, my brothers rule. We all get along so well, we almost never fight, and we always seem to have each others backs in tough situations. My younger brother and i live at home, and our older brother lives just over a half hour away. We all get together a few times a week to just hang out and play, and we have some of the most fun i have ever had in my life. Its great, and i love my family.

End of the Year

Well the semester is winding down, and i must say I have had a great time these past few months. Now that im actually getting into classes that pertain to my major im doing much better then i used to. The workload seems more managable when you're having fun doing what you love. I find it odd to think that i used to dread getting up and going to clas every day, but now its almost a relief to get to go shoot film or edit movies. Im having a blast doing this kind of stuff, and really look forward to more in-depth projects. I have all these ideas for new films to make and i cannot wait to put them together. The most enjoyable thing i did this semester was definitaly for my video production class. I was allowed to make any kind of movie i wanted, and having that kind of creative freedom was increadible. I loved taking my vision and making it into a corporeal thing! Hopefully ill get to do more stuff like that in the future.

SF4

Street Fighter 4, the long awaited new installment of the Street Fighter series of videogames, has finally been released. I must say that i am really impressed with the way it plays. Street Fighter, for those who are unaware, is a fighting game where two players each select one character and proceed to beat the tar out of each other. It is a venture into violence at its most primal and base nature, and it is fantastic. This latest venture into the art of fighting in the streets (and sometimes in odder locations) is a wonderfully balanced and varied game, where there are different characters to suit every style of play. The game is paced slower then most other fighting games, where each match is more of a tactical back and forth then a straight up brawl between combatants. Being able to utelize each characters moves effectively and quickly is the key to victory, and experience plays a large part in each victory.

I give it 4 karate chopping fists out of 5

The General part 2

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders, not knowing what to do with these contradicting orders, the general said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further, the men could go as they pleased.  But not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said.  The old general was left with his own words, echoing in his head.  He then prepared to fight.  He said...

I have seen the others, and i have discovered, that this fight is not worth fighting.  And i've seen their mothers, and i will no other, to follow me where im going.  So take a shower and shine your shoes, you've got no time to lose, you are young men you must be living.  Go now you are forgiven.

The General part 1

There was a decorated general with a heart of gold, that likened him to all the stories he told, of past battles won and lost and legends of old, a seasoned veteran in his own time.  On the battlefield he gained respectful fame, with many medals of bravery and fights to his name, he grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face, and always urged his men on.  But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream the old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning.  He awoke from that night just to tell what he had seen, and walked slowly out of his tent.  All the men held tall with their chests in the air, with courage in their blood and fire in their stares.  It was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fair, until the old general told them to go home.  He said...

I have seen the others, and i have discovered, that this fight is not worth fighting.  And i've seen their mothers, and i will no other, to follow me where im going.  So take a shower and shine your shoes, you've got no time to lose, you are young men you must be living.  Go now, you are forgiven.