08Oct02 (Monthenor): Boy, I thought speedlines sucked. Rain was worse in so many ways...so ends my brief foray into action comics. We have some more character interaction coming up for the next few weeks, and maybe even a resolution to Wai. Doesn't mean there won't be any action at all, though.
And now to a completley unrelated topic. So Morgion bought this game last week. It's called Devil May Cry, and I'd heard great things about it. It is definitely pretty, and stylish, and addictive, and all those other good things, but I don't remember anyone mentioning that it is butt-ass hard. I'm about two-thirds of the way through the game, and so far it's alternated between boards that can be beaten in under three minutes and absolutely horrible sequences that promise to give my ass back to me when they're done kicking it, but they lie. I have not seen a game bend me over this thoroughly since...since...that damn cow guy in Fighters' Destiny.
Damn cow. I showed him in the end. Devil May Cry will FALL to my Stylish combo power!
10.09.02 (Morgion):
How long till I can give the children the "special" candy?
For all you paranoid, child-loving freaks out there, no, I will not give poisoned candy to the children, or sharp things in yummy things, or intricately molded C4 jack-o'-lantern candies with chewy rat poison centers. I learned my lesson last year. :-P
Ah, yes, Devil May Cry. Of course, when Monthenor says the game is "hard", he means it's hard for him, which is a completely different scale than that of average gamers. He often speaks of games in archetypes and genres and comments on their rich bouquet while eating stinky cheese. For someone like me, who hasn't actually finished a game in quite a while (not even Diablo II... I know, I feel so dirty), this thing has quite the steep curve.
Until, of course, you start farming baby spiders that can't do anything except cough up red orbs (the "coins" of the game) with the goal of reaching 10,000. That's the reason I play games. Ascending to a godlike level and obliterating everything in your way without a second thought may not be "challenging", but it's damn entertaining. Not as good as beating ho's in the Magic Alley, but it'll have to do until we can collectively kill the 80's. Link complements of Monty; like I research games. Except for freaky, crack-powered ones.
Oh, and I guess I can post what I've been working on for the past forever. Look, almost no brushed steel! ;-) We're still in "beta" technically... which in this case blurs the line between broke-ass and final release, finding a happy, mostly-safe place in between.
10.09.02 (Morgion): UPDATE
One of my co-workers found this. I don't know how or why, but Monty agreed it needed to be shared with the rest of the unsuspecting world: http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/tribute/
Enjoy. And don't forget to sign the waiver.
10.10.02 (Morgion): UPDATE
Roughly 21,000 orbs. After roughly 5 hours of farming. That maxes out Alastor's attacks, beefs up your Devil Trigger gage and health bars, and buys back a yellow orb you lost while fighting Marionettes... the weakest monsters in the game... well, except the baby spiders, which farm quite nicely, I hear.... Hey, shut up; I was drunk with power on a nice run of Stylish combos and let one wonder off to the edge of the room, then he smacked me with a knife when I wasn't looking.
Anyway, I can now mop the floor with almost anything that gets in my way. We'll see how smarmy that damn shadow cat is when I thwack his orb.
Hmm, that didn't come out quite right... oh well, all's well that ends well with a perfect 'S' score from the judges. Heh, Horizontal Woo... very nice Monty... although there wasn't nearly enough fire in those sequences, and not a single dove! Not even a pidgeon. I think an 'A' might have been warranted...
Right. Hours of farming. Hey, it's not like I didn't have anything better to do... I could have gone to a friend's to hang out... apparently I missed out on some very tasty potato skins. ;-) It's just that, well, all I really wanted to do last night was push buttons. That's it. And I did lots of that... oh goodness me, so much of that. If the square button of the controller is
Tip of the Day: When farming the same board for hours on end, it helps to have a TV equipped with picture in picture to break, the horrible, mind-numbing monotony.
If, however, you are unfortunate and don't have such a device, a second, smaller TV placed in front of the larger gaming one will suffice. One must take care to position the smaller TV in a manner such that both are visible at any time.
This tactic should be employed cautiously when farming large and dangerous creatures. A good rule of thumb is that the entertainment value of the show on the smaller TV should be inversely proportional to the ferocity of your farmlings.
Happy obsessive/compulsive farming!
10.11.02 (Morgion): UPDATE UPDATE
Joe from work pointed out that something was missing in the previous update possibly due to some html problems. The point at "If the square button of the controller" should end with something to the effect of "permenantly damanged, [insert witty remark here]."
I just wanted to clarify that no html issues were the cause of this sudden break; it stems from the fact that after farming 21,000 orbs, my brain took on the consistency of tapioca. I therefore would be unable to consume my own brain, since I have texture issues with tapioca... it's icky.
Hope that everything makes sense now. Yes, everything.
Oh, by the way, sorry if I woke you up this morning, Monty, with my obsessive/compulsive carrot stick chopping. I simply had to have all of the carrots into stickicular form before venturing to work.