Sorry I beamed out.

Posted in Curmudgeonry on 16 February, 2010 by That Awful Nick

Hey, sorry for the lack of updates. On top of my typical work load, in which I had apportioned time for blogging/internet-related activities, I recently subscribed to Star Trek Online and laid off on my Modern Warfare 2 habit, which has significantly reduced my stress level but also made it impossible for me to manage my time correctly any more. I’m working on remedying the situation, but until then I’ll still only be posting sporradically. My bad!

I’ll be posting regularly about STO once I get back into some good habits.

You’re in violation of Imperial Law!

Posted in Let's Play! Update on 28 January, 2010 by That Awful Nick

Just finished the test video for my first serious Let’s Play! video. Check it out, folks!

PS: That new banner image obviously wasn’t well optimized. I’ll fix it soon. Promise.

New Banner image – one year late.

Posted in Black Mesa Restoration Project on 25 January, 2010 by That Awful Nick

Hey guys,

I finally ’shopped up a new banner so that it will look nice and stuff, so I guess I ought to put that up. I know I said I’d have a banner complete by February. Of 2009. But hey, better late than never!

GMod project is done (at least the proof of concept part is). I’ll post up a massive image dump of cool screens tomorrow and see what the down-low is on how bad I am at scene composure, rigging, props, lighting, posing, and just about everything else that I did.

Until next time!

Productivity is Relative

Posted in Original Thoughts on 24 January, 2010 by That Awful Nick

This blog is good evidence that I am not very good at staying committed to something that doesn’t have deadlines fixed by anyone other than me. I am terrible at keeping promises, but only to myself. Someone needs something brought somewhere? It’s done. Doctor Benoy needs a test sample ready by 10:30? Done by 9:30. But when it comes to things like sitting down to write or working out, I can never keep myself committed to my own goals in any organized way. I do my Friday night workouts on Saturday night. I refuse to go to the store for milk or food, because I don’t feel like going out.

But today I did something. Apart from watching what feels like a five hour marathon of Bait Car on TruTV, and catching at least two episodes of Man vs. Wild, I also have been getting back on the PC to play Half Life and Half Life 2 again. And the mods. Oh boy, the mods. And I realized, while playing, that what I really needed was something creative to do. So I’ve started work on a little project, one that isn’t entirely unique or innovative, but one that gives me a chance to get my creative juices flowing, so to speak (I haven’t bought any juice since I’m too lazy to go out, which is exactly one of the problems I’m talking about here). So keep an eye out, because here soon (probably today or tomorrow, or all next week) I’m going to start tossing up ideas and work-in-progress images of something I’m working on in Garry’s Mod (9, not 10, because I’m cheap). If it starts working out, I’ll probably buy GMod10 soon.

I guess we’ll see.