I tried to post here from Japan, but Blogspot did not belive that anyone in Japan spoke English. It tried to convince me that, just because I was in Japan, all of a sudden I had forgotten how to speak English and converted to Nipponese / Moonspeak / Nihon--- um, Japanaese.
Well, as much as I like the verbalizable programming language that is Japanese (it isn't really a human language, it's a language of autobots... just think about it a bit whilst I stroke my all-spark forges), I can't claim to be fluent in it, esp. not the "written" (more, drawn) forms.
I hope to be someday soon, and to that end, I even bought some PS2 JP region games (and have to now buy a JP region PS2 console or sth, but that is another story all together).
Well, I have studies to do so longer rants will wait until later.
If you want, you can check out the videos on youtube, or the random stuff on tumblr (yeah, I now spam on tumblr) or the Bajan13K facebook page. None of these things are very active now, because everyone is busy, but hopefully by early next year I'll be actively seeking officers to do kool ish with these social network things.
Meanwhile, I'm just thankful for YouTube for re-categorizing use of copyright material into "copyshite matches" (paraphrased) and "mafia assasination attempts" (or "copyright strikes" if you want the humane sounding version). In these days of great evil, we must be thankful for the tender mercies of the Empire....
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, February 1, 2010
Revival?
Since Google owns YouTube, Blogger, and Google Mail... and has them well integrated, it is a bit easier for me to post here than on LiveJournal or elsewhere.
However, I will likely only use this blog to post information on videos and to promote stuff, if you really want to form a friendship or a casual online acquaintance or something (buddy-ship?), you can reach me easier via PM on YouTube or LiveJournal.
Now that that is out of the way, I have plans that are too big for my current ability, so, I'll be upgrading over the next few months. Hopefully it will take less time than I expect, for me to be making videos with consistent frequency.
Meanwhile, I have just over 400 videos on my youtube account right now. I'd like to talk a bit about the whole YouTube thing... on the one hand, it is a great invention, and it still remains one of the best sites for a combination of posting videos, receiving and moderating feedback, and linking into offsite stuff.
For people who are eligible (I'm not, by nationality), being a youtube partner also brings financial perks... enough that some people can make it into a second or part-time job.
However, for me, it was always a random, "do whatever" thing... but it turns out that my brand of "whatever" was actually above some of the semi-professional stuff out there. This is due to my intense training forworld domination self liberation....
The whole "being on YouTube" experience helped to boost my confidence, and also, I learned a lot, not only from my own interaction with visitors to my channel, people who leave comments and send PMs and such, some of whom became good friends, but also, from watching some of the more educational videos on the site.
Jimmyrcom, Keyeske, Bipolar or Waking Up, and others have helped me to develop my thinking process a lot, and inspired me to also think of ways in which I can help others with true edutainment (entertaining education). Sadly, I don't think I'm capable of doing anything close to their high level of education, just yet...
LPers like HCBaily, Valis77, LuccaRPG, and many others have also been an inspiration, esp. as they make me feel more at home. Although they vary in the amount of planning and organization that they use, they all love playing games for the sake of the experience, and that is something that I previously felt alone in.
It seems that as time goes on, the vast difference between people with taste who make conscious choices, and people who do things solely out of peer pressure, common conformance, and so on, becomes more and more clear.
In fact, it is hard not to get caught up in a rush to be just like everyone else.
Despite my focus on the Persona series, I am actually, less interested in gaming and more interested in personal development (back to self liberation again). Society and Economy are both forces that put restrictions on individuals, but even after you overcome some of the external restrictions, the internal ones remain, and can lie dormant, sapping strength and destroying potential for progress, growth, and success.
The Persona series is generally, a more "realistic" series in terms of setting and the challenge faced. There is constant pressure to pay attention to what you want, and how to get it, whilst balancing a myriad of positions within several systems. More realistic than the "save the world" mythos common in the other big two series (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy).
For example, in Revelations: Persona (aka P1), you have to manage your Spell Card inventory whilst also planning your excursions into battle zones carefully. It can be 3-4 hours between save points, and it really bites to lose all of the work you put in during a random battle, because you weren't properly prepared.
Persona 3 and 4 make "life lessons", i.e. philosophies that can be applied in the real world, much more explicit, with their emphasis on Social Links and their deeper development of even causal NPCs (for example, the shop-keepers who talk about things from their own perspective).
I never played the cellphone game (or games?), and prob. never will, so I can't comment on them... but Persona 2 was basically messed up. Innocent Sin may be the better half of the series, but I haven't played it all yet, only a dozen hours or so... and Eternal Punishment failed to keep my interest, due to its inane Tarot Card system, which is inferior to both Spell Cards/Negotiation and Shuffle Time (although I hate Shuffle Time, the Compendium makes up for it to a degree).
Well, that's all for now. When I have more solid plans, I may announce them.
Overall, though, this will be the year that my awesomeness begins to multiply.
However, I will likely only use this blog to post information on videos and to promote stuff, if you really want to form a friendship or a casual online acquaintance or something (buddy-ship?), you can reach me easier via PM on YouTube or LiveJournal.
Now that that is out of the way, I have plans that are too big for my current ability, so, I'll be upgrading over the next few months. Hopefully it will take less time than I expect, for me to be making videos with consistent frequency.
Meanwhile, I have just over 400 videos on my youtube account right now. I'd like to talk a bit about the whole YouTube thing... on the one hand, it is a great invention, and it still remains one of the best sites for a combination of posting videos, receiving and moderating feedback, and linking into offsite stuff.
For people who are eligible (I'm not, by nationality), being a youtube partner also brings financial perks... enough that some people can make it into a second or part-time job.
However, for me, it was always a random, "do whatever" thing... but it turns out that my brand of "whatever" was actually above some of the semi-professional stuff out there. This is due to my intense training for
The whole "being on YouTube" experience helped to boost my confidence, and also, I learned a lot, not only from my own interaction with visitors to my channel, people who leave comments and send PMs and such, some of whom became good friends, but also, from watching some of the more educational videos on the site.
Jimmyrcom, Keyeske, Bipolar or Waking Up, and others have helped me to develop my thinking process a lot, and inspired me to also think of ways in which I can help others with true edutainment (entertaining education). Sadly, I don't think I'm capable of doing anything close to their high level of education, just yet...
LPers like HCBaily, Valis77, LuccaRPG, and many others have also been an inspiration, esp. as they make me feel more at home. Although they vary in the amount of planning and organization that they use, they all love playing games for the sake of the experience, and that is something that I previously felt alone in.
It seems that as time goes on, the vast difference between people with taste who make conscious choices, and people who do things solely out of peer pressure, common conformance, and so on, becomes more and more clear.
In fact, it is hard not to get caught up in a rush to be just like everyone else.
Despite my focus on the Persona series, I am actually, less interested in gaming and more interested in personal development (back to self liberation again). Society and Economy are both forces that put restrictions on individuals, but even after you overcome some of the external restrictions, the internal ones remain, and can lie dormant, sapping strength and destroying potential for progress, growth, and success.
The Persona series is generally, a more "realistic" series in terms of setting and the challenge faced. There is constant pressure to pay attention to what you want, and how to get it, whilst balancing a myriad of positions within several systems. More realistic than the "save the world" mythos common in the other big two series (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy).
For example, in Revelations: Persona (aka P1), you have to manage your Spell Card inventory whilst also planning your excursions into battle zones carefully. It can be 3-4 hours between save points, and it really bites to lose all of the work you put in during a random battle, because you weren't properly prepared.
Persona 3 and 4 make "life lessons", i.e. philosophies that can be applied in the real world, much more explicit, with their emphasis on Social Links and their deeper development of even causal NPCs (for example, the shop-keepers who talk about things from their own perspective).
I never played the cellphone game (or games?), and prob. never will, so I can't comment on them... but Persona 2 was basically messed up. Innocent Sin may be the better half of the series, but I haven't played it all yet, only a dozen hours or so... and Eternal Punishment failed to keep my interest, due to its inane Tarot Card system, which is inferior to both Spell Cards/Negotiation and Shuffle Time (although I hate Shuffle Time, the Compendium makes up for it to a degree).
Well, that's all for now. When I have more solid plans, I may announce them.
Overall, though, this will be the year that my awesomeness begins to multiply.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Shifting Over to LiveJournal
I don't plan to post on this blog anymore, check out the one at bajan13k.livejournal.com for now... the reason is fairly simple: I never tried to promote either blog, but, livejournal is a good place to get the types of news and discussions that I am keen on, so, even if both of these blogs are just as ignored, at least that one has other benfits.
There seem to be different ways to cross-link blogs and such, which are great for commercial interests or shallow popularity... but not so much for the type of social links which I enjoy via LJ and YT.
So, feel free to check out the archives and if you leave any messages, I think I'll still get an email... but more recent information will be either on my youtube channel, or more likely, esp. if it is a detailed writeup, on the livejournal blog.
There seem to be different ways to cross-link blogs and such, which are great for commercial interests or shallow popularity... but not so much for the type of social links which I enjoy via LJ and YT.
So, feel free to check out the archives and if you leave any messages, I think I'll still get an email... but more recent information will be either on my youtube channel, or more likely, esp. if it is a detailed writeup, on the livejournal blog.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Madara
This game was released only in Japan, on the Nintendo Family Computer or Famicom, roughly equivalent to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the US. However, it used a special "mapper" and an additional chip not present in the NES, so it took a long time for emulators to be capable of playing it properly.
The translation to English was done by AeonGenesis (AGTP), who I am not affiliated with, but I'll give you a link to their site:
http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=madara - Their Project Page about Madara.
I also did an FAQ for the game, which is still hosted on gamefaqs.com. Read that FAQ for a lot more information about the game. The link is: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/file/579581/46515 (just to make it absolutely obvious).
Sadly, I misplaced my savefiles in a frenzy of data migration, so I haven't beaten the game (yet?)... it is actually rather tedious, even with cheats, so, I don't know when or if I'll finish it.
If you have any questions about the game other than what I already said in the FAQ, then I probably won't be able to answer, since I haven't played it a long time and have no intention to do so, currently.... I hate to leave things unfinished but I have higher priorities.
Full Romaji name: Mouryou Senki Madara
Also know as "Madara 1", since there's a sequel, Madara 2, on the SFC/SNES (translation of which is still in progress, it seems).
On the subjective side, I love the music for this, and the impossible story is nonetheless amusing. It also has dramatic cut scenes! In an 8-bit game!
...and "saving trees", sorta like Revelations:Persona aka "Persona 1".
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Two Victories! Ken Dominates Thunder Hawk and Balrog!
I run thru T.Hawk and then Balrog,
playing as Ken.
A little-know fact is that the names of the warriors were, at first, limited to 8 chars for technical reasons.
Or maybe I just made that up.
Anyhow, that's why it's "T. Hawk" and "M. Bison" instead of the full names.
If anyone is actually reading this, leave a comment 'cause I don't think I've ever gotten a diddly squat of feedback on this blog, but I have on the LJ one... but that's how it usually goes.. LJ is a true community, blogspot, err, I dunno, it seems like a place to just post stuff easily but I wonder whether to continue with it.
Friday, February 20, 2009
337 P3 TV SummerTime 13 Re Recruiting
After talking to Shinjiro privately, several times, Akihiko decides to "just do it" and force Shinjiro to join SEES.
Main comes along, but mostly to be silent, as usual.
Game: Persona3
aka P3 aka Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
for Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2)
This occurs on 9 /2 (September 2nd) in the game.
Street Figther 2 Hyper
Capcom made a compilation release called 'Street Fighter : Anniversary Collection" (for PS2), which contains both Street Fighters 3 : 3rd Strike, and a version of Street Fighter 2 which I call "Hyper"; it has the look and feel of Super Street Figther 2 Turbo but has the option to select variations of your character from as far back as World Warrior (i.e. the whole SF2 series).
Anyhow, the difficulty on this game is much higher than the PS1 version of Super Street Figther 2 Turbo (which I also have and was playing earlier), but I was determined to beat it... I only died about 37 times, and I had it on one-round matches, so I clearly need to improve my skills... but I did beat it at Medium, which is equivalent to SNES level 4 for the sake of endings... beating it on there Hardest difficulty might give the best ending, but, I don't think I'll play it for a while.
So, here's a vid of the final match, with me winning with Ken, and his ending.
Hope you enjoyed it... check out my channel for more vids, just search for "street fighter" or "SSF2T" or something like that, in the search box on the video panel of my channel.
Anyhow, the difficulty on this game is much higher than the PS1 version of Super Street Figther 2 Turbo (which I also have and was playing earlier), but I was determined to beat it... I only died about 37 times, and I had it on one-round matches, so I clearly need to improve my skills... but I did beat it at Medium, which is equivalent to SNES level 4 for the sake of endings... beating it on there Hardest difficulty might give the best ending, but, I don't think I'll play it for a while.
So, here's a vid of the final match, with me winning with Ken, and his ending.
Hope you enjoyed it... check out my channel for more vids, just search for "street fighter" or "SSF2T" or something like that, in the search box on the video panel of my channel.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Kartia LP - Let's Play Kartia Series by Kentaro / Bajan 13 K
The Long Awaited Moment: My first "proper" Let's Play series... although it is unconventional in some ways, watch to find out more.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Rant 4 - A Really Sick Sounding Guy
Despite how I sound in my latest youtube rant, I don't really feel that bad.
Flu: 9,001
Me: 7,382.
The Flu is still ahead, but I'm gaining ground, slowly but surely.
Hey, I can embed my YouTube vids here:
But, you should still visit the Bajan13K YouTube Channel. It is all sorts of kool!
Plus, I just finished uploading a couple hours of Persona 3 (P3) vids, so if you are into that sorta thing, enjoy!
Flu: 9,001
Me: 7,382.
The Flu is still ahead, but I'm gaining ground, slowly but surely.
Hey, I can embed my YouTube vids here:
But, you should still visit the Bajan13K YouTube Channel. It is all sorts of kool!
Plus, I just finished uploading a couple hours of Persona 3 (P3) vids, so if you are into that sorta thing, enjoy!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Flu Versus Me
Sometime between Sunday night and now, Tuesday evening, I got some rest, built a PC, and did a 10-minute (or so ) video for the YouTube Channel, Bajan13K.
As a result of all of this work and static-ness, I'm now fighting off the symptoms of a 'flu. The enemy is not inside the gates yet, though, I am fighting it back with vigor and concentration. Not to mention, activity.
So, today I went and did a few errands, and I also cleaned up a bit... one of my neighbors says that I seem to somehow create space with my re-arrangement skills (which I call, humbly, layout-fu).
I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog yet, I haven't tried to promote it other than an easily overlooked link from the Bajan13K YouTube Channel, but it moved from something I just started out of a random link-following spree, into a diary of sorts which aims to parallel updates to said channel, but also includes a much more detailed and wider look at issues affecting video-gaming.
Well, in Persona 3 (P3) , if you study every night as well as run thru the dungeon (there's only one as far as I know, Tartarus or whatever) for extended periods, you'll be sick and have to forego both acedemic and physical excursions for a time, until you recover. It seems therefore that I didn't take the hint, eh? But, my problem is really the heat of this "cave" that I live in. It's made of mostly solid rock and metal, so it is hot an constricted, even at night. Actually, ambient temp. here is around 30-35 degrees C (90s of F. scale), so, for me at least, it is rather brutal.
The fact that it is hotter inside than outside is not inevitable, though: ceiling fans, high roofs, and box-fridges (you know, AC units) all help... none of which I have, so, I have to suffer, for now. However, I'm thinking of more and more ambitious yet somehow realistic plans to rennovate this apartment, ior build a better one... for now, though, I need to get strong enough to work thru the heat, which is why I worked so hard recently.
The score, then, is so far about 10-18, with me being the 18, in the match between the Flu and myself. I'm winning, but I can't afford to become complacent.
As a result of all of this work and static-ness, I'm now fighting off the symptoms of a 'flu. The enemy is not inside the gates yet, though, I am fighting it back with vigor and concentration. Not to mention, activity.
So, today I went and did a few errands, and I also cleaned up a bit... one of my neighbors says that I seem to somehow create space with my re-arrangement skills (which I call, humbly, layout-fu).
I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog yet, I haven't tried to promote it other than an easily overlooked link from the Bajan13K YouTube Channel, but it moved from something I just started out of a random link-following spree, into a diary of sorts which aims to parallel updates to said channel, but also includes a much more detailed and wider look at issues affecting video-gaming.
Well, in Persona 3 (P3) , if you study every night as well as run thru the dungeon (there's only one as far as I know, Tartarus or whatever) for extended periods, you'll be sick and have to forego both acedemic and physical excursions for a time, until you recover. It seems therefore that I didn't take the hint, eh? But, my problem is really the heat of this "cave" that I live in. It's made of mostly solid rock and metal, so it is hot an constricted, even at night. Actually, ambient temp. here is around 30-35 degrees C (90s of F. scale), so, for me at least, it is rather brutal.
The fact that it is hotter inside than outside is not inevitable, though: ceiling fans, high roofs, and box-fridges (you know, AC units) all help... none of which I have, so, I have to suffer, for now. However, I'm thinking of more and more ambitious yet somehow realistic plans to rennovate this apartment, ior build a better one... for now, though, I need to get strong enough to work thru the heat, which is why I worked so hard recently.
The score, then, is so far about 10-18, with me being the 18, in the match between the Flu and myself. I'm winning, but I can't afford to become complacent.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Prelude to Rant 3
Right now I can't really make YouTube videos, but here are notes from what was going to be my next rant:
- I actually don't like P2 (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) very much. Not a fan of the Tarot Card system they used for the persona creation/negotiations.... and the story bored me so I didn't bother to finish it.
- I'd probally play thru Tsumi, though. And then play thru EP again, with more enlightenment.
- Has anyone out there played Project: Space Station, esp. the C64 version? It was my fave game on that platform... a "simulation" type game and stuff
- Creative Labs sucks. A4 Tech rules.
- Sony, RCA, etc. suck. SANKEY is on the way to becoming good... they're good value for money for sure.
- You don't need to be perfect, or even very far above pathetic, to succeed. It's mostly about availablity to fufill than ability to astonish and awe.
- For example, YouTube "just works" as far as its main goal of serving video.
- However, it has a lot of flaws/problems for the 1% or less of people-time that are trying to use it to publish, rather than "consume", video. It fufills its major purpose, even at the expense of the minor ones.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Ah, A Purpose!
I've decided that this can serve a purpose, after all:
I can use this exclusively for stuff that I have made public and viewable by the casual world, like the youtube channel (Bajan13K) that we maintain. This then leaves my "Threshold of Kohesion" blog( granitor.livejournal.com) for rants (and general neglect).
At least, that feels like the right thing to do.
So, I've gotta go see if I can get my video capture rig operative again, but, here are some megaten related links (and news):
They're at least three translation projects in the works:
(the "Old Testament" of megaten):
http://kyuuyaku.blogspot.com/
(Persona 2: Innocent Sin, the prequel to Persona 2: Eternal Punishent, called Tsumi and translated for ... estimated retail price of $30 US (requires seperately acquired image of japanese game) work in progress, ETA before Dec. of this year)
http://tsumi.wordpress.com/
The main author of this work also has a youtube presence, with video clips of their progress so far:
http://www.youtube.com/user/geminimewtwo
The P3 Manga is beingtranslated by fans:
P3 Project:-
http://gekkoukanhigh.ongakusai.net/?page_id=4
but they're stuck and are recruiting people:-
http://gekkoukanhigh.ongakusai.net/?page_id=38
And, that's all for now.
I can use this exclusively for stuff that I have made public and viewable by the casual world, like the youtube channel (Bajan13K) that we maintain. This then leaves my "Threshold of Kohesion" blog( granitor.livejournal.com) for rants (and general neglect).
At least, that feels like the right thing to do.
So, I've gotta go see if I can get my video capture rig operative again, but, here are some megaten related links (and news):
They're at least three translation projects in the works:
(the "Old Testament" of megaten):
http://kyuuyaku.blogspot.com/
(Persona 2: Innocent Sin, the prequel to Persona 2: Eternal Punishent, called Tsumi and translated for ... estimated retail price of $30 US (requires seperately acquired image of japanese game) work in progress, ETA before Dec. of this year)
http://tsumi.wordpress.com/
The main author of this work also has a youtube presence, with video clips of their progress so far:
http://www.youtube.com/user/geminimewtwo
The P3 Manga is beingtranslated by fans:
P3 Project:-
http://gekkoukanhigh.ongakusai.net/?page_id=4
but they're stuck and are recruiting people:-
http://gekkoukanhigh.ongakusai.net/?page_id=38
And, that's all for now.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Just Another Mindless Link Propogation
Well, google is really "in everything", but I don't really see the point of blogger, when livejournal is doing an okay job and there are already vibrant communities...
EDIT: My newer livejournal blog: http://bajan13k.livejournal.com/
So, you can usually find my cousins' blogs at http://granitor.livejournal.com
and our youtube presence is http://www.youtube.com/user/bajan13k
and this is just something I did randomly, I guess.
EDIT: My newer livejournal blog: http://bajan13k.livejournal.com/
So, you can usually find my cousins' blogs at http://granitor.livejournal.com
and our youtube presence is http://www.youtube.com/user/bajan13k
and this is just something I did randomly, I guess.
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