My Nook Dilemma

I love reading.

I'm glad my parents got me into reading books when I was younger. Movies are nice and all, but books do so much more for you.

Being a big geek and tech lover, the next logical step in being such an avid reader would be getting an e-reader no?

I really think I would enjoy getting a Nook (I love Barnes & Noble). My roommate has a Nook, my girlfriend has a Nook, and my other friend has a Nook. They seem pretty great. Having one would be great for travelling; I could have as many books as I wanted and they would take up no space!

I want one. I think :\

BUT


I love books! Real books. Having a real book in your hands feels so much better than reading off an e-reader. You can see how far you've made it through a book and track your progress. You can feel the paper in your fingers.  Then when you're done with it you can put it on your shelf, almost like a trophy.


I love owning books. I just put up a bookshelf in my room the other day so I could fill it with my books. It feels good to have a shelf full of books rather than a shelf full of movies.

I would rather have something like this in my home than something like this:

I even collect books in Skyrim! My character in Skyrim is a deprived murderer with hardly any morals, but I go out of my way to collect books and fill my house with them.

My house in Skyrim looks like that, but with more books. LOTS more books. I don't even read the books I grab in Skyrim, but I collect them nonetheless! 

I love the satisfaction of having a collection of books, which in the end seems to be the biggest deterrent to me getting an e-reader. 

Do you have an e-reader? Which do you prefer? How do you feel about all this? Do you love owning real books? Or are you indifferent? 

I'm torn on this decision... I would love to hear your advice! Leave comments below!

The Amazing Adventures of The Rogue and Neon Girl!

I stumbled onto this site today.

I was chilling with my girlfriend between classes and I decided to make Neon Girl, who she claims her superhero would be. She's neon girl because she's so pale.

I also decided to make myself a super hero. The Rogue. (Not simply Rogue because that's already an X-Men character.)

This is Neon Girl. She uses bright light of her neon skin to blind and stun her enemies. 

This is The Rogue, Neon Girl's superhero boyfriend. He has an awesome magical sword, but if the baddies are too far away for the sword he just shoots them. 

Together The Rogue and Neon Girl fight crime and evilness in Fargo! They prowl the city looking for people who just don't know how to park properly or are just plain douche bags and they deal with them appropriately.

Their arch nemesis is the Evil Count Drunkass! *Dun dun duunnn!*

Count Drunkass's super powers include toxic belches, pinpoint accurate projectile vomiting, insulting women, smashing things, and more. 

He is Neon Girl and The Rogue's greatest foe. They have encountered him many times but have yet to defeat him. 

Bison Man

I really love this picture and want it framed in a fancy antique frame.

I like to think he was some kind of wild west superhero vigilante who was transformed into a bison man after being struck by lighting while touching a bison. 

This picture is just bad ass. 

The end. 

The Ewoks are coming for you

You may or may not be aware of the Star Wars Miniatures Game.

It's awesome and a lot of fun to play as well as collect.

Yesterday three of my friends and I decided to play a somewhat unorthodox game. Normally there are just two players facing off, but we wanted to have a four way battle.

We used this map of Endor's shield generator bunker:

The teams were these:

Imperials, Rebels, Ewoks, and Ugnaughts/Jawas.

It was to be a silly game indeed.

But the ewoks sided with the rebels you say?

Nope.

That's why I wanted to make this post. The story we conceived for this scenario was so funny to me I wanted to share it.

Naturally the imperials are there because of the Death Star, the rebels are there trying to stop them. The ugnaughts and jawa team is there trying to conquer the moon simply out of greed.

And the ewoks.

Those cute cuddly bear guys...

Well, the reason they're not with the rebels is this:

When Leia met Wicket she took her helmet off and it startled him. Before she could explain to him that it's just a hat, he stabbed her in the neck with his spear and killed her. He took her body back to his ewok camp and they ate her.

When Luke, Han, Chewbacca, R2, and 3PO got caught in that trap they cut themselves out. C-3PO was damaged in the fall.

The ewoks perceived him as a god, and they blamed Han, Luke, Chewie, and R2 for 3PO's death. They were taken back to the camp and cooked and eaten.

The ewoks were not happy about people invading their moon.

And that's why the ewoks were not sided with the rebels in our little game of Star Wars miniatures.

The ewoks actually did quite well in the game too. It ended up being a draw ending with one ugnaught and one ewok.

The imperials in the bunker were swarmed by ewoks. It was funny.


Anyway, just thought I'd share that. The image of ewoks swarming people and chopping them up and stabbing them just seems funny in a twisted way.

Yub Nub!

5 Songs about Games that aren't really about Games.

Here's some songs about some games that aren't really meant to be about the games.  

I was going to put this on IJAG, but it seemed kinda pointless. What do you think? 

Enjoy

Gears of War

Megadeth - Gears of War

Battlefield Bad Company 2

Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company

I realize this is a cover song, but I prefer this one. 

Cawa Doody

Lil Wayne - Call of Duty

This song might actually be about Call of Duty. I don't follow Lil Wayne, nor do I follow CoD. I feel that the quality of this song reflects the quality of the game. 

The Darkness

Disturbed - The Darkness

Halo

Beyoncé - Halo

My Kinect Dream

I could probably draw this out and post it on It's Just a Game, but I thought I'd get this jotted down here while I could.

Last night I had a dream where I buddy of mine had a Kinect. Some girls were playing a game on it.

In the game you were playing Kinect. So on the TV, in the game, you were controlling an avatar in a living room who was playing a game on Kinect. (think World of World of Warcraft.)

I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to make this one a reality.

I shopped together really quickly a visual aid to let you see what I'm describing.

What's up with the National Anthem?

The Star Spangled Banner.

I've always thought it's a boring song, but that's besides the point.

Why do they play it before every sports game?

I've never understood this.

Though I have distanced myself from sports in the last few years. (I don't care about sports at all. I don't get what all the fuss is about.)

But why play the national anthem before every sporting event?

The United States wasn't founded on the basis that everyone should be able to play sports. Hell, professional sports discriminated against minorities for a long while.

As far as I know there's nothing about sports in the constitution.

Maybe it's played before sports like Baseball and Hand Egg because this is the only country that really likes those sports. It's some kind of show of 'Merican pride.

Or perhaps the sort of people who get all riled up about some guys playing a simple game like to feel some sense of national pride once and a while. They need to remind themselves that they live in "the greatest nation on Earth." Though I feel that anyone who touts that has never been abroad.

Do they play the national anthem before tennis matches? Or before a game of golf? I doubt it. Though I don't know for sure. I feel that the people who invest their time in those sports are of a different mindset than those who would scream and rant over a missed field goal or a robbed homerun.

I don't get sports. I don't get uberpatriotism. I don't get why the Star Spangled Banner is played at sporting games. I don't get why I'm expected to put my hand over my heart when it plays. I guess I don't get a lot of things.

And that's fine with me.