Friday, December 23, 2016

How bad are the Avs?

We are last in the league in hockey. We are trash and yet we have talent.
Varlamov can't save worth a shit and the Avs forwards can not score it is embarrassing.

Talk about embarrassing . The Denver Broncos need to beat the Chiefs to even have a shot at the Wildcard.
What a topsy turvy crazy-ass sports year.
When will 2016 end?
It is taking forever.

Friday, December 16, 2016

Thunderstrike

Thunderstrike

The thunder wailed in all of the night. The black smoky clouds gathered to smack a huge thunder clap. It clapped so loud Aiden looked on.
This was a world with lots of lightining. Stark flashes streaked across the sky. The hollow trees swayed back in forth like some Japanese patty field.
Was there an invisible force? Who the hell knew? Aiden didn't care about the supernatural or "invisible forces." He decided to hop onto a rock and watch the orchestral thunderstorm. Each clap hitting a perfect note and terrfying all the besetter twins in the village of Landia.
He did however jump off the very rock he sat on and tumbled into the mud. The rain beat heavily and the claps happened faster and faster. He dashed as muddy as he was through the grouped and clustered brambles and high tailed it to his house. He slammed the door and approved of his movement. It was here that was home. Slog on the stove. And hominy chunks near the fire. His parents slept and so did his sister Svetty. He was damp but also dripping . How did that work?
He ate some slog and then stormed out the front door. His father screamed "Damnit, kid stop slamming the garos door." He galavanted again and let the rain hit him. He could not avoid it. He ran as fast as he could counting the numerous thunder claps. Clappity...clappity...BOOM! One hit so close to this old oak it shook him for a minute. He breathed heavily and hauled ass into the galor cave. 

Monday, December 5, 2016

Hideo Kojima the man with the exact plan

With Hideo Kojima's divorce from the most maligned company right now, Konami-- Kojima has challenged us already from day one with Metal Gear. The stories are confusing at time but they are told brilliantly and masterfully.

Goddamn the man is so good! Metal Gear games can withstand the test of time just like Ocarina of Time. But where they stand out and what I have always known is in the cryptic patterns. Kojima has to be extremely informed as a game developer. He encompasses world news, threats, themes, death, motifs and everything else in his game. But recently and I mean in the last year or so I have gone on a scavenger hunt.

PT was the thing that made me turn a couple more rocks over. Did Kojima have so much blatant symbolism that we as gamers understood his plight. Or did he want that creative freedom from the very beginning at Konami? Either way there is so many metaphors and cryptic messages throughout. The phone I didn't realize in the PT was a very telling sign...

And now with the newest IP Death Stranding I am back on the scavenger hunt. But this time I must read William Blake. Though, maybe in high school we skimmed material. Apparently, Kojima is fascinated on juxtapostionary prose in one particular poem. And for the life of me I forgot the name. But just watching about three analytical videos on Death Stranding I am that much more excited. Apparently, just like Metal Gear games he makes you think beyond the video game. He wants it to change your core, your soul and strives for something else that will linger within your heart. Even if it is sad there is this satisfaction that casts a brilliant shadow on the gamer. And I could not agree more. Games have been crafted and some last long after you have beaten them. Though, Death Stranding has a shit ton more questions than answers.

I need to investigate Ludens. They are key. And I told my friend the logo is Norman Reedus. Another hint. And umbilical cords? Where have we seen that before? So much to investigate as a fan of lore and legend and one of cryptographic messages.