I don’t know if there’s any intent to make more of these movies, but they all seem to be extremely low-budget films with Cube Zero, the third movie, having the highest budget.

These psychological and frightening movies are really something people need to watch. The technology changes in both the companies and the movies themselves. It seems like the movies are designed in a way to fit the budget, not to convey the message. That’s a good thing though since the limits imposed on the filmmakers really help in moving the plot over the action and really leaving most of the story in our own minds rather than having them spoon fed.

I watched the first one in 2007 I believe. It shows up in my system as sometime, I think in October, of 2007 along with the other two movies which I didn’t watch until yesterday and today. They really grip you in and make you want to watch more. It seems like the movies are a lot shorter than they really are too, but this is the kind of awesomeness which is similar to the movie Primer. I think there would be two or three more movies in this series to finish it off, but I don’t see anything about a continuation which is really bothersome considering how much I liked these movies.

The mathematics of it all is also quite astounding as is the troublesome government and strange spending of tax dollars. I’m always saddened by the endings though and most of the movies have the same premise and same way of moving along the story that really makes each one seem very much like the others. I’ve noticed the movies seem to move along faster and faster because having seen the previous one(s) makes showing the same thing again in a new one less useful; thus, the creators leave that out and give you something else to watch while most of that stuff is happening. Still, judging by the monetary constraints, there probably won’t be anymore of these because there probably isn’t enough funding to accomplish making more with the props and people needed to produce another.

– Kevin out

I am finally getting around to cleaning up this blog again. The last time I did this was when I converted from Xanga to WordPress. Reading some of my older posts, I’ve been appalled by the content and even more burned over my poor grammar and spelling. I’ve thought about this for a while, but I can hardly understand what I was saying in reading my older posts and even gotten frustrated looking at how badly the posts were written. In light of being my own editor, even if up to seven years has passed since I made some of these posts, I’m going back and changing things so they’re more readable whilst keeping the integrity of what I wrote and the personality therein.  All of my posts will have titles and nothing should ever be in the Uncategorized category again. Here’s to the beginning of something new.

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I’m also changing everything that says Xanga to blog because that’s what this is, a blog, not a Xanga. And I’m on WordPress now; saying Xanga is like typing T.V. with the periods.

The main character reminds me of me, such a jerk. He says things as they are, and he’s always right. I wouldn’t say I’m right, but he sure tells things as they are with a complete disregard to the feelings of others. This is a shortcoming of mine I’ve been working on for almost a year now. I just wrote a blog post about it a few days ago even.
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I’ve been over this in an earlier post, but I just found my Arrowhead Fancard. As in, Arrowhead Stadium where the KC Chiefs play. WTF! I don’t remember this being so into sports. Oh, this must’ve been from the KC Wizards back when they were still good. Ha ha soccer. Man I’ve done some really normal-people stuff in my life.

I always wonder about the things I choose to read. Most of them I have no knowledge in yet I still read them. Take Garfield for example. Sure, it’s funny now, but back when I was a kid it really didn’t make sense at all but I bought more Garfield books than I can easily count. I dunno, I just liked Garfield and took up his eating habits, ha ha. Man.

TIPS & TRICKS magazine was my favorite magazine by far. It was videogame-based and even covered the arcade scene but left out PC games so I got that info from other places. It was mainly filled with guides, tons of awesome pictures, and a really well-made layout for individuals articles and guide. It was only $20/yr. From what I’ve learned, TIPS & TRICKS seems to be all but unknown to people; it’s one of those gems no one seems to know about. It was just a classic for sure. My subscription went from December 1998 to November 2004 when mom forgot to renew it.
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Since I’ve started a full-room cleanup, I’ve completely redone my closet, taken out t-shirts I don’t wear because they don’t fit and never did–they were too big–and started to hang clothes on the bottom-most post I never used yet. In doing that, I have this large space to use now for a closet and finally enough room for all of my clothes. I still don’t have enough room or hangars for both pants and shorts at the same time, but that summer/winter switch is normal. Now that I took down all the boxes I have space to put things like the bags I take with me on trips, my folded pants, and shoes. Tons and tons of room now! I dunno what happened, but I’ve just gotten really amazing at organizing these days. I’ve gone through phases of this through life, but really, in the last month I’ve turned around completely in how I cleanup and organize to a more usable and livable methodology.

I just never knew. This is beyond me and definitely not funny at all, but I’ll try to make fun of it if I can. The reason I’m single, I realized, is because I didn’t think of my existence as worthy of actually sharing the same love and caring as others; I actually thought I was just here to serve and nothing more. Later on, I find out that by thinking that way, people look at you that way. Frankly though, anyone who treats someone else like that is despicable. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I treated others how I’d always been treated. The reason for this posting is to explain why this way of thinking made me single. It’s really quite amazing that a small misunderstanding was the most major event to ever happen in my life.
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I SUCK! I’m soooo freakin’ bad. What happened? Ha ha ha. I need my cheer crowd and girl back it seems, ah ha ha ha. Oh man those days where I was in my prime are over, but I’ll get back into the game somehow that’s for sure. I need to get back in shape and just move around a bit more. My reading skill is just terrible now too! I was having problems reading songs I’ve passed at least 8 or 9 times before. I’m actually gonna try putting a song in 2x to see how I do. This is sad, but if I can get back to where I was, I might try slowing songs down to 80% or 90% or their main speed so I can get back into reading notes proplerly.

I will never drop my old 1x/Vivid play-style just because my talent went down the drain over the last year, no. This is my time to shine. I need to finally get back into doing things the way I wanted to do them. I need to work back up to passing 10s, then 11s, all the way up to where I was at physically with 13s, and I’ll pass some of those too if I can do it. Working out at night might help, but I need some kinda partner or drive to work out. I had one before, I had a drive to get better at this game, now I just need to find another.

Ok, I can’t even read it on 2x, ha ha. Good for me.

You know what I’ve noticed over and over again in my life? I suck at following directions. I don’t know how many teachers have told my parents or me that I don’t follow directions properly, but I’m sure it’s been almost every single one prior to me getting into college. Even then, I have a terrible time following directions.

Using Google Maps, it’s easier to look at the map than the directions. I do pay attention if I need to figure out the number of the exit or something, but the visual reference is worth a lot more to me than a sheet of words.
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I finally didn’t fall asleep through all the final episodes. By episode 10 of 13, it finally stopped putting me to sleep mid-episode. FINALLY. So I finished this piece of crap anime, and I’m done. I don’t get the point of most of it. Just stupid! It wasn’t as bad as most of the stuff out there, but it was just so slow and not much in developement. Just about everything occured in the last four episodes, especially the final one. Strange.

I completely forgot to write about finishing up this series. I dunno what happened, but I could’ve sworn I wrote about how funny it was. I think I finished it around when I finished Blade of the Immortal actually. Astro Fighter Sunred was hilarious! With 15 minute episodes, it’s something you have to watch. Take on the life of a hero and an evil faction trying to rule the world, it is beyond a normal functioning hero vs villain Power Rangers theme and puts it into reality with some extremely funny instances of the hero actually being the bad guy almost. Situational is just everywhere. Check this one out because it can be watch through very quickly.

It’s been an eventful week. Two anime finished, two games beaten. I wonder what else is in store for me.

This game was very repetitive after the 4th or 5th level and while I did enjoy screwing around with the enemies for most of it, I could’ve easily done without. Past that though, the same’s story was quite the ringer. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what all was going on and didn’t seem to be wrong about who’s who in this; although, I did have my doubts. This was one of those games where you didn’t just blindly do things, you actually had to think about your actions. Think of playing Mario and wondering if you should really go and save the princess. Crazy huh? After finishing this one, I really can’t wait for the sequel hopefully set to release this year.

– Kevin out

Yesterday I finished this little diddy. I guess it looks like the end of the entire show. It was well worth it too so nothing really bad at all. I don’t have much to write about it except that it’s really the gay-man’s anime if anything. Enjoyable but kinda strange.

Finally finished this masterpiece. While thinking about this kinda stuff might be weird, looking at it from the perspective of a videogame makes the story a lot easier to wrap around. It’s got a ton of content and as is the nature of Tales games, it has tons and tons of plot twists. I’m surprised there haven’t been anymore in the last few episodes, but as this last one winds down, I’ll go ahead and explain my findings because I can just see it coming. Actually, one huge story-point just occurred so yes, more is definitely on the way. Tales of Phantasia taught me something, the bad guys aren’t ever really bad and this anime totally rings up with that notion. It just humanizes everything like it is in reality.

Yeah, nothing, ha ha. I guess there was some minor development, but it was fairly anti-climactic. Oh well. I really enjoyed this one. I think it’s good for anyone who really wants to see a videogame play out in anime form, but if you think of it and try to be all realistic and ask why the people are constantly moving and why the plot moves just a tad too fast, realize that it’s a 60+ hour game and you’re cramming it into something like 6 hours. That’s a lot being missed out on. Hmm, I didn’t cry either. It was pretty darn awesome at the end though. Someone make me a costume like that.

I really still need to find someone that’ll have me work for them. I don’t even need pay, I just need to travel; that’s all I want. I can do my own work for pay, but I’d love to travel places. I really need someone that has travel contacts who could get me some standby deals or something. I think it’s win/win.

– Kevin out