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(also from noww on expect shipty fish puns and deliberate mispellin and lack of punctuation enjoy)

You know what? If you look at just about any kind of current media, especially music and video games, and compare it to what it was a decade or more ago, you’ll find that current media seems boring, lack lustre and uninspired. You’ll also find that a lot of it seems very much alike. You might think I’m wearing the good old Nostalgia Goggles again, but I’m not.

It’s like we’ve reached a Shakespearean era of media. How many of you know that Shakespeare was not the first man to write “Romeo and Juliet”? How many of you know that the man before him was not the first, either? There was an era in time where stories were recycled over and over again. No one in that era wanted to hear or see anything unfamiliar. It’s like this now, just with music and video games. It’s like we don’t want anything new. How many video game titles have an obscene number of sequels? Final Fantasy The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario, Megaman, Street Fighter, Castlevania, to name a few. Just what bands, musicians, and singers stand out at the forefront of music? Think about it. I don’t mean how they stand out via personality or how they dress. What do they bring to the metaphorical table that makes their music different?

Growing up in the 90′s exposed me to a lot of music. Nirvana, Our Lady Peace, Green Day, The Backstreet Boys, The Tragically Hip (good god I remember when Much Music played them every half hour), Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera. Listening to the radio wasn’t boring. Every artist had their own distinct sound. There was a lot that I didn’t like and that’s okay. DIVERSITY IS KEY. Listening to the radio now is boring. It all follows the same formula and is usually autotuned. Turn on Much Music and there is only TV shows that can be, and are, aired on other channels.

Is there a future for me? I watch everyone around me constantly (heh) change, develop complex personalities and relationships, and forge on ahead through life. I stay the same. Static and boring. Eyes toward the ground, dreaming of something better.

Why is it whenever I think of (or rewatch or replay) the things I love, I find that I actually HATE them. It’s awful. ALL THE FLAWS STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.

I miss my old guild, the Kings of Azeroth (Caelestrasz). I wasn’t terribly active in the guild chat and I never did any guild raiding, but they were my bros. The KoA disbanded* after the leader wanted to start a raiding guild. We were all invited to join, but I wasn’t really interested in raids 3-4 times a week. After KoA was gone, I left WoW for at least 6 months. I really missed the chat. I no longer had a sense of belonging. Without KoA, I was just a lone Night Elf Hunter. Who was/still is terrible at her class.

*When I say disbanded, I mean most people abandoned KoA. Don’t know if it’s still around.

Steadily gaining weight. Too damn cold to go outside (already).

Replaying Dragon Age Origins. Playing WoW again. Getting amped for Cataclysm. Wishing Mass Effect 3 will come out in the next year. Going to replay Neverwinter Nights 2.

Or perhaps I shall type random impressions it left on me.

Big Boss can’t let go of The Boss. Kazuhira Miller is just another womanizer. Dr. Strangelove can’t let go of The Boss, either. Paz is two-faced. Huey is the second biggest pushover ever. The Boss is the biggest pushover ever. I am terrible at stealth games. Heaven’s Divide is a boring song but I have it stuck in my head. The “date missions” are just wow in the worst way possible. Also Kojima is obsessed/in love with Che Guevara.

El Che this. Che Guevara that. El Che was the most complete man of [his] century. Multiple comparisons between El Che and Big Boss are scattered throughout the game. I swear, most of the characters in the game worship El Che. Even Big Boss; “I’m not good enough to polish his shoes.”