An interesting piece by GAMBIT game lab - the Singapore-MIT collaboration. The short gameplay, fresh game mechanics, and surreal atmosphere, just leaves one in a state of self-reflection after the entire experience. Take my advice and don't attempt to brisk forward in this game. Let it all in and ponder each line. It will be the best 5 minutes you've spent in a long run.
Great short film made about Aperture Science by independent film makers. Documenting the great minds at work before the fateful completion and debut of the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. A tad long at 20 minutes, but filled with lots of juicy geeky references from all around. Enjoy!
1000th post.
Big thanks to all who have been here throughout the years and listened to my rambles =P... yes, I do know that at times the content is a tad random and all, but yeah that's who I am =3
1000th post... I guess it also hints of a tinge of maturity. Well, a resolution that I'm making as of this post onwards would be to change my blogging style. I will still contain my rambling thoughts and all. But without the smileys and all. Hopefully, this will aid me in my professional writings in the years to come!
So yes, come 36 hours, I will be taking the GRE examinations. I guess this is where reality sets in, and my cynicism steps in. It does seem to appear that even with tons of hard work and dedication, there is will always be an unbridgeable chasm that separates prodigies and true brilliance from the pack.
PS: To those who know me - I know it has never been the habit on this blog, but you know, I do enjoy it when I read the comments left by you guys/girls. So yeah, do leave some in the future, either by the post or the chatbox. Yes, I do check for them! ^^x
Didn't sleep much last night. Kept thinking about the match. We were totally outplayed. The tricks used weren't new to me, but I was just too rusty to prevent my team from being ripped apart.
Felt so frustrated at my own helplessness. In that match, I wasn't a game changer at all. Sat up all night reflecting over it. Thoughts went back to a time in TP, when I was an avid gamer... part of a DOTA team... we were going to take part in the Nationals... and then priorities shifted... and I gave it all up.
But even then, I was the same. I always shunned the role as DPS or Hero Killer... but rather trained solely as a supportive healer or stunner. Preference I guess. Maybe there was a time when I would have craved for the power rush that came with domination. But it had come to pass. The peak, it was a lonely place.
I would be the prankster. I would be the lamester. I would be the protector. And I would find fulfillment. That's what I told myself.
But, on days like this... bad days like this... doubts gather. Practice makes perfect. The more you fight, the more you hurt, the more you kill... the better you get.
So then... can the one who protects... really be strong enough to save his loved ones... from the one who takes? Or is it all just poetic justice limited to literary works?
Sometimes, it's moments like this that really motivate me to work on long hours for research... these awww moments =3
" I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time :) Edit: For those of you who have asked the implant I received was Esteem offered by Envoy Medical. "