Published on
March 8, 2010 in
Anime, Editorial and General.
Tags: Anime, Benefit, Betrayal, Doomsday, Editorial, Error, Fail, Fear, General, Genocide, Humanity, Love Machine, Materialism, Overdependence, Possibility, Science, Sentience, Stupidity, Summer Wars, Technology.
Deus Ex Machina
Let’s face it: Human beings of today cannot live without technology. It’s everywhere, from cellphones, to desktops and laptops, to the most critical of operations like national security, international relations, and even weapons of mass destruction. But we’re not stopping there. We’re never stopping there. The addicting allure of technology would only make us yearn more for its benefits. It’s not surprising to predict that in the near future, everything will be done in just a simple push of the button. But before you say Google is great, let me ask you this: Is it really okay?
Continue reading ‘Me and Summer Wars: Rage Against The Machine’
Published on
March 1, 2010 in
Blogging, Editorial and Touhou.
Tags: Analysis, Basis, bloggers, Blogging, Comparison, Completion, confusion, Content, Discord, Dividing the Fans, Dividing the Franchise, Doujin, Editorial, elitism, Fandom, Generalism, Logic, Material, Original, Our Gensokyo, Perfectionism, preference, Semantic, The Blogosphere, The Children of Touhou, The Grey Zone, Theorization, Touhou, Touhoudom, Tribute, Warring Factions.
This is probably what I was doing while this whole thing was brewing.
With the blogosphere slowly succumbing to the powers of bullet hell, I can say that the hijack is going smoothly as planned. That was one thing I was worrying. The other thing, we’ll talk about, heart to heart to heart, you, me, and Touhou.
Continue reading ‘When The Pillars Of Touhoudom Collide: Original Material VS. Fan Material’
Published on
February 19, 2010 in
Editorial, Games and Touhou.
Tags: Achievement, appreciation, Bragging Rights, Editorial, Enjoyment, Experience, Games, Hardcore Gaming, Replays, Touhou, Unorthodox Gaming, VICTOLY.
Two years.
For two years, I didn’t think of playing Touhou Kaeidzuka (東方花映塚, though most of you know it as Phantasmagoria of Flower View, or simply PoFV ). All those short sessions back then were something out of boredom. Now that I’ve picked up the pace, I played it again, and here’s what I got:
Pure, unadulterated… VICTOLY!
Continue reading ‘Impoverished Takes on Hardcore Gaming: Take That, TheBigN-I mean, Shikieiki!’
Published on
February 6, 2010 in
Anime, Art, Blogging, Editorial, Events, Games, Hentai and Manga.
Tags: Anime, Art, blatant display, collective labelling, Comparison, Editorial, extremity, Fandom, Games, implied depth, Manga, otaku, Otakuism, rabid and mindless, rawr, Row Row Fight The Power, society, the game, theoretical approach, zeal.
It’s like Touhou Nekomata: You can show how you’re rabidly cute… WITH A CHAINSAW.
The game is moving in a steady phase somehow. Because of that, the blogosphere suddenly questioned a certain factor that makes us what makes us. Strength? Rage? Depth? Mindless Inclination? Rabid Determination? Surely, this goes beyond preference, depth, and the different ways to achieve satisfaction from the fandom, yes? So what about it?
Continue reading ‘The Extremities of the Impoverished Otaku’
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