1153 - Fanfiction Update - Present Release Schedule
Topic: Fanfiction

Figured I'd get this out of the way before all was said and done...

Here is the present timeline for the posting dates of the various fanfics I am currently planning on finishing and releasing on Fanfiction.Net (and eventually my own site when and if it gets done):

July 24th, 2009 - Solace: A Zeo Tale
July 31st, 2009 - Turbo: The Final Duel
August 7th, 2009 - Star Trek: Confusion

Just to clarify, these are the due dates that I'm aiming for to finish these stories. Once completed, I will be uploading them to the FF.Net page and hopefully, they will be appearing fairly quickly. Seeing as I haven't touched that account in years (literally), I can't say if the story will appear immediately or if there's some delay (presumably so), so I will inform you when you can access these works of fine reading... or not.

And if I absolutely miss the date, I'll let you know on that count as well. Hopefully, it won't come to that... maybe I'll make a deal with...

No. No, I won't go there.

Later.

1152 - Been sick for the past couple days...
Topic: Blog Servicing
Nasty little stomach virus has kept me incapacitated for the better part of a week... so bad I had to miss two days of work which pisses me off to no end, but I'm starting to feel a little better. A trip to the hospital has shown that I'm not suffering from any ulcers, faulty appendices, kidney stones, or any of that fun stuff. I still have to go back for a CT scan, but you know... I'm not going to jinx it. Bye.

1151 - William... oh who cares?
Topic: WTF?!

Trekweb.com has posted an interesting tidbit on why William Shatner (old Kirk) has yet to see the new Star Trek movie. Here's the link for people who actually care...

So the guy wanted to be in the movie, they made a cameo role for him, he shot it down because it wasn't a major part, ended up not being in the movie, and he decides for whatever reason not to see it. And yet he holds out hope that they'll fit him in the new movie? Really?

So why am I wasting my time with this? Furthermore, why is Shatner giving his reasons for not seeing the new movie anything resembling news? Is it really that slow of a news day?

Look, if the guy doesn't want to see the movie, fine. I don't care. Nobody's forcing him... just do us all a favor and don't give this guy any more attention than he deserves. I mean, what's next? "William Shatner's toenail makes cameo in Star Trek 25?" Please.

1150 - FIVE YEARS AGO...
Topic: Blog Servicing

On Canada Day 2004, I debuted two new things; the then-new version of the DTM Webstation site called "Webstation Black". Which didn't last long.

Also on that day, I posted my first blog post ever, beginning a strange and interesting journey along the way that has resulted in a flucuating mind and really, really, REALLY nothing to show for it.

So as of today, DTM Blog is five years old. And unlike Wrestlemania's recent anniversary festivities, my math is accurate. I started in 2004 and we're in 2009. Hence, fifth anniversary.

As to whether I have anything special planned?

Not really, but some neat stuff is going to get done here, I assure you.

In the meantime, enjoy your Canada Day, kids. I know I will.

1149 - Can't be bothered right now
Topic: Blog Servicing

I'm having developmental problems with the blog. Apparently, when I click on one of the topic lists, no entries show up. I'd try and figure out the problem, but I'm too damn sick now. If anyone else has this same problem, let me know and I'll try and find out what's going on.

Later.

1148 - RIP Billy Mays
Topic: Writings

Billy Mays, the energetic bearded pitchman who appeared in six hundred commercials to promote a whole bunch of stuff like Oxi-Clean and Orange Glo, passed away yesterday. The world has lost a talented salesman and a true, hard-working professional in a world that is lacking of such people.

Rest in peace, Mr. Mays. Hopefully, the afterlife will take heed of your loud sales pitches and buy the products you advertise.

1147 - T---t-- ------ -- -T----
Topic: Web Presence News

Webstation will be dead soon

Replaced with something else

More to come...

1146 - Donald Trump "buys" RAW
Topic: RAW Bytes

Been a while, but might as well comment on this:

- Donald Trump "buying" RAW just HAS to be a desperate attempt at getting back the show's sagging ratings... even though Trump probably won't show up for the most part during the show's run and will probably assign a general manager person, thus making the whole experiment pointless. Bottom line, expect this to last a few weeks before Trump sells it back to Vince for five dollars or something.

- Really enjoyed the Triple-Threat World Title match as well as the Jericho/Mysterio match, while I pretty much slept through the RAW portions of the show. Seems like Smackdown is finally starting to become the better show... it'll be a while before it hits 2002 levels, but it's getting there.

- Speaking of sleep, Triple H wins another title shot against the new champion... Randy Orton. Wow, I honestly don't know what's going to happen in their match next week.

- Commercial-free RAW? Probably not here. I expect a couple Molson ads and more "greatness" from Jack Korpella.

Anyway, enough waffle. I'm going back to bed.

1145 - Two weeks left to go...
Topic: Fanfiction

...before I'm due to post some stuff. In all honesty, things have stalled a bit, but it's been slow progress for the most part. While a couple old stories are being retooled and finished, new ideas pop up that seem like a good idea at the time.

In any case, it looks like I'll have a couple short stories ready to go next month and I'll be posted those weekly. As far as major fanfics go... that's another story for now. I'll let you know.

1144 - Street Fighter IV PC requirements
Topic: Rants

So Capcom released the specs for the PC version of Street Fighter IV. For those who don't have gaming consoles of the hi-def variety, this would seem like a suitable replacement. My only concern is the SECUROM protection that's going to be employed. I don't know if my love for the Street Fighter series will be enough to overcome my disdain of modern PC game security measures, a contributing factor to me not getting involve in PC gaming... well, that and the fact that the games are either too demanding for my rinky-dink PC or they just don't seem to be worth my money. But we'll see.

Anyway, courtesy of this site, here're the specs:

Minimum

OS: Windows XP
CPU: Intel Pentium4 2.0GHz or higher
RAM: 1GB or higher
HDD: 10GB of free space or more
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 or higher compatible, NVIDIA GeForce6600 series, ATI Radeon(TM) X1600 or higher or higher, VRAM i?š256MB or higher
Sound: DirectSound compatible, DirectX 9.0c (or higher) compatible
Input Devices: Mouse, Keyboard


Maximum

OS: Windows Vista
CPU: Intel Core2Duo 2.0GHz or higher
RAM: 2GB or higher
HDD: 10GB of free space or more
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 or higher compatible, NVIDIA GeForce8600 series or higher, ATI Radeon(TM) X 1900 or higher, VRAM i?š512MB or higher
Sound: DirectSound compatible, DirectX 9.0c (or higher) compatible
Input Devices: Gamepad i?šXbox360 Controller for Windows
 

1143 - E3 has come and gone...
Topic: Rants

...and I didn't go. Shame.

But in any case, some strange has happened as there are actually some games worth my attention these days. Go figure. Here're the ones worthy of my attention:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Seems to be a follow-up on the similarly titled DS version that was released years ago. Neat 4-player function with gameplay worthy of having Screwattack rename it Super Mario Assholes. Let's put it another way. Remember playing 2-player games in the original Mario Bros. and playing all sorts of dirty tricks to get the other guy killed? Well, almost the same deal here. Can't wait to play this one.

Metroid: Other M (Wii)
I'll be completely honest: I haven't really cared for the Metroid series ever since Zero Mission. I've tried the first Metroid Prime, but it really didn't do much for me and therefore I had no reason to pursue the rest of the series. Having said that, this game sort of peeks my interest, but I'll have to wait and see where this one goes.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (XB360/PS3)
Comments on this title has been refering to this as a God-of-War ripoff. While I can't really comment on that (I never really played God of War - I haven't been keeping up, have I?), it does seem like a nice, quick-paced and frentic action game - something I felt Castlevania really needed in its transition to 3D rather than the previous offerings. While I regret not being able to play this game - lest I somehow conjure up a PS3 or 360 out of thin air - I do look forward to what other people think. Who knows? This might be the game that has been going for a stronger machine.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Wii)
So I don't need to import this game? Cool... I mean, the game looks really, really slick. Should be a frantic game indeed.

That's about it, really... Yeah, that's it. Bye.

 

1142 - Funny, I thought I had a post here...
Topic: Blog Servicing
Hmm... I had written this post on something, but it's not here. I don't know why.

1141 - Mr. Kennedy... Kennedy... Is Gone... Gone...
Topic: McWrestling

From wwe.com:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May 29, 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors. 

So much for that big return, huh?

1140 - IMPORTANT NOTICE: Black Hole Reviews, Fanfictions, Webstation, whatever
Topic: Web Presence News

Things haven't been going as planned, so here's a bit of a news update.

For the next month of June, all online operations (save for the Blog) will be on temporary hiatus. This will allow me to catch up on some content on the backburner for quite a bit, including a whole bunch of reviews, features, fanfics, original fics, and whatnot.

Now the Webstation has been shut down and will stay shut down for the better part of the month. The reason for this is because there'll be some restructuring on the way things are being done and so I'll be cleaning everything out. Basically, the layout and linking of elements will be the first thing to be worked on in regards to the site and then content will follow. The site will look the same (somewhat) but will clean up a lot of crap that has plagued it in recent months. Hopefully, the hiatus won't be for months on end.

With regards to fan/original fiction, I'm (very) slowly trying to get back into the groove of things. I'll be starting off with a couple one-shot posts on both FF.Net and some other site for the original story. I still intended on starting the long-agonizingly-delayed Keonoke Chronicles story this year and hope to get it ready for next year. As far as the fanfics go... well, we'll wait and see for now.

If all goes well, things should get better by Canada Day. In the meantime, have fun.

1139 - Consider me a Trekker (not that kind anyway)
Topic: Rants

So last night, I went on a long audious trek by foot from downtown Montreal to slightly home... in the suburbs. Most Montrealers probably heard about the mysterious package that was left in one of the metro stations and forced almost the whole system to be shut down. (Here's the story so far.)

While people were waiting for buses, I was walking home and making due progress. By eight o'clock, I took the rest of the way home by bus. Of course, around that time, things were slowly returning to normal. In any case, I made a long Trek, so that makes me a one-time Trekker.

But I still consider myself a Star Trek fan and refuse to get into this stupid debate about which pet name is preferable and accurate.

1138 - Adding to the Nugget of Stupidity...
Topic: McWrestling

From rajah.com:

As noted last week during TNA Wrestling's important announcement to wrestling fans in Colorado feeling burned by WWE canceling shows, president Dixie Carter made a formal invitation to the Denver Nuggets players and staff to attend this Friday's TNA live event in Pueblo, Colorado. Unfortunately, they will not be able to attend the event as a result of their win over the Los Angeles Lakers last night at the Pepsi Center. They evened the series and have Game 6 scheduled for Friday night at home.

Apparently, someone else didn't think the Nuggets were gonna make it this far. Oh well.

1137 - RAW Bites...
Topic: RAW Bytes

Last night's RAW offering from LA was actually... good. Didn't expect that, did you? Anyway, here're my thoughts.

- The show opens with McMahon and the Nuggets owner bickering over the whole deal in Denver, with McMahon getting all kinds of cheap shots in while the other guy just takes it and looks like a fool.

- Santino says his sister would fight Viki for the Miss Wrestlemania crown in a Hogpen match at the next PPV. What is the point of all this? I don't know, but it's good to see Santino show off his comedic dukes.

- Ric Flair gets a beating from  Randy Blowton... before being saved by Batista.

- Also the return of Kennedy Kennedy. Kennedy.

- Kofi Kingston wins a match to become No. 1 contender to Montel Vontavious Porter's US championship. Both guys are cordial to say the least. It's nice to see a championship match between two guys being respectful. Of course, this will probably be ruined by one of the guys turning heel unnecessarily.

- The ten-man match has each five-man team dressed in basketball jerseys representing the two NBA opponents taking place in the other arena. Of all of them, Batista is the only one in full Lakers garb, complete with shorts. I guess his grudge with basketball is over.

- Oh yeah - the Laker team of wrestlers win. Which is funny because the actual Denver team won the basketball game. Yeah, about that grudge...

Later.

1136 - RAW Nuggets
Topic: McWrestling

Haven't had the chance to comment on the whole debacle between WWE and Kroenke Sports Enterprises with regards to the duel between the RAW show that's supposed to take place in Denver and the fourth game in the NBA Playoffs. Now, as you probably already know, WWE had already announced that tomorrow's RAW show has been moved to the Staples Center in LA and will hold a Denver show some time in the future

I've got nothing to say... I really don't. I think it says a lot about the sports organization when they book a wrestling show at their arena due to the fact that they don't believe their home team would last long in the playoffs. So, um...

Next.

1135 - Screwattack Screw-A-Store
Topic: Random Stuff

1134 - Star Trek Review (Read - GO SEE IT. NOW)
Topic: Black Hole Reviews

So Star Trek has been out for a week. And Angels and Demons came out yesterday. Pretty difficult decision...

Not really. You should go see Star Trek.

No, really. Go see Star Trek.

It's a fucking good movie.

...

No... that's a lie.

It's a fucking excellent movie.

What makes it fucking excellent?

I'm not telling. See for yourself.

My new favorite Trek movie.

Just go see it.

 

 

Yeah, I know. Not much of a review, but still...

Now.

That's an order.