I’ve had a busy week at work, having pulled enough hours at the day job that I’ve found myself dreaming in Adobe Premiere multiple nights in a row. Which is a weird way to dream, since a non-linear editing software does not make for riveting visuals. Perhaps even more surreal is that my respites from… Continue reading Break
Author: Joshua Tong
Robot Garage
As I’ve gotten better at reading Armored Core VI, I’ve been fiddling more with the loadouts of my ACs. Adding new parts and upgrading them as I unlock new things and also trying out new designs (I’ve been working on a tetrapod AC with the philosophy of too-many-bullets [and also missiles]). I haven’t really been… Continue reading Robot Garage
Fluency
I picked up Armored Core VI recently because it’s a game about giant robots and I am a noted sucker for giant robots. It’s a game where you take your mech (or Armored Core, AC, in the game’s parlance) and fight stuff. Sometimes other mechs, sometimes massive drilling platforms, sometimes a mobile artillery platform. It’s… Continue reading Fluency
Slightly Less Lower Decks
I really enjoy the animated Star Trek show Lower Decks. It’s pitched as a comedic take on the Star Trek world, mining humor from the life of the people on the lower decks of a Federation starship. What if the epic exploration of Star Trek was a workplace comedy? The humor is broad enough that… Continue reading Slightly Less Lower Decks
A Brief Screed Against Ticketmaster
I found out yesterday that Jon Stewart and John Mulaney were doing a few shows together near me. Seeing either of them live would be a delight, but both of them in one show? Let’s go! So I found the website, clicked through, and discovered in order to buy tickets I had to go through…… Continue reading A Brief Screed Against Ticketmaster
(Old) New Trek
Looking for a movie to watch this weekend, I saw that a theater near me was showing the 2009 Star Trek. I’ve been meaning to watch the movie again, I remember loving it; though not being much of a Trek fan at the time. It was cool and it’s much of the reason I was… Continue reading (Old) New Trek
Supercheese
A friend convinced me to check out My Adventures With Superman a couple weeks ago and I proceeded to watch all then-available seven episodes in a single day. Which is unusual for me — I am incredibly bad at binging tv shows. It’s a very good show. The cartoon follows a young Clark Kent as… Continue reading Supercheese
Not Just A Hobby
One of my (arguably too many) hobbies is LEGO. Like, buying sets, building sets, and then making my own stuff. Honestly, "hobby" is probably an understatement; this has been a lifelong passion of mine, as attested to by the multitude of storage drawers on the desk next to me as I write this. There’s a… Continue reading Not Just A Hobby
Tech Demo
Having finished Jedi: Survivor, I’ve moved on to checking out Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart. Though not one of the launch titles for the PlayStation 5, I remember a lot of the buzz around its release praising it as showing off just what the PS5 is capable of. Playing it now, finally, it really… Continue reading Tech Demo
Wheelbarrows
I will freely admit that I bounced off it the first time I encountered William Carlos Williams’ poem "The Red Wheelbarrow." As far as I was concerned, it was not a poem; it was in free verse with no describable rhyme scheme or pattern to speak of. And it was just about some silly wheelbarrow… Continue reading Wheelbarrows
