I’ve started summer school (No I didn’t fail anything.) I really miss Japan right now. Currently I need to start getting everything ready to see if I can spend my Junior year there…that’s about it. Right now I’m waiting for my lab class to start. Hope everyone is doing well.

~Kyle

So, I think I’m going to start writing in this again. I need to. What else is my web site good for besides illigal downloads…shhhh ;)

Well To start, this will only matter to those people that care about video games, well this post anyways.

So let me link to a website that NO one has ever heard of, it’s called Penny-Arcade and they making a gaming comic. Well what’s good about this site is they discuss the politics about the gaming industry. Recently there has been a rumor going around about a certain gaming web site firing a reviewer over a 6/10 review for a game. For a quick review read over either this Penny-Arcade post or this post over at Kotaku. So there, you have the info. Let me say what I want to say.

The gaming industry recently has been under fire in my mind due to reviews becoming more commercial. Part of this has to do with Gabe and Tycho of Penny-Arcade. They had a whole series of posts about Gabe pissing a reviewer off at IGN. Link (bottom of page.) Linked again.

So what I think is very true was said by Gabe. Reviewers of games have too much pushing to actually finish the game to actually enjoy it. Hey I’ve played some horribly horrible games in my life. Did I enjoy them? Actually yes! Why because I wanted to play them. I play games I WANT to play. In a way, I feel horrible for the people who review games for a living. I doubt they want to play a game for fun if they are forced to endure deadlines and hours upon hours of hounding to get the job done. I know I’d hate that. So, this is the first part of why gaming Reviews are broken. Just take it as an opinion instead of a set rule.

Part 2, people take reviews too seriously. OMG! IT GOT AN 8/10! NO I CAN’T WASTE MY MONEY ON ANYTHING LESS THEN 9! Why? B/c you might actually like it? Play it b/c you want to.

Part 3, the person who got fired. This is surly the end of times for reviewers as we know it. I mean this too. He got fired (if this is true) for giving a game a BAD review. Why? It’s because the sponsor pulled money due to him giving a crappy game the sponsor made, a crappy score. I understand that. But he got fired for doing his job and not being a corrupt ass like everyone who fired him. If anything, his review would push the studio further.

So really, I think the industry will gain some ground and revise the way they do things. This includes how people ship games and how people advertise. Also, reviewing may be going to the wayside in favor of the more precise phrase “THIS IS MY FEELINGS ON THE GAME!” warning at the beginning. Will this stop people from complaining on forums? Never. May this incident change the face of reviewing, hopefully.

~Waz

Sorry, it’s been a long long time since i’ve written in this blog. The reason is not as good as one might think coming from me as I’ve been known for some pretty crazy reasons. I started school on the 20th of Augest and I just forgot about this until now. Why now you might ask? Well I finally finished uploading all the photos from my trip to Japan this summer. I honestly don’t know how many were there but I think  I took close to a thousand pictures. The last batch is mostly of beaches…who knows. I do know that I got some very nice pictures of sunsets. I take pride in those. Also, I will update this more often with stuff about my boring-tastic life! I know, aren’t you excited! I know I am. So please go take a look at the last of the pictures. Right around here.

Thanks!

<3 always

~Kyle

Hey everyone! w00t I’m in a good mood today. you know why?! It’s due to this lovely and wonderful singer named MIKA! (me-ka not Mike-a) So I’m going to share the joy with everyone! Everybody’s going to Love Today!

And the next lovely tune from our good friend Mika (me-ka) is a litle diddy about our favorite actress of the name Grace Kelly.

I hope you enjoy the song of the same name! Enjoy!

This one I’m not keeping so protected so enjoy.

I had a crazy dream last night about vampires and stuff in this tall building. I was running around with all these people I knew from my Japanese experiance. It was quite interesting for the most part. This building was incredibly tall and huge. It was very empty as well except for vampires and pixel fish. Robert knows about that pixel fish. It wasn’t really scary but people were dying around me. Not in horrible ways and I never saw it really. They were just dying and I knew it. It was an odd dream that I thought I should share because I could also fly.

I bought a new computer yesterday. w00t Mac!

~Kyle

So my journey is coming to an end. I’m sad. I really am. This place has become my home now. I guess that shows how easily I move around I guess…anyways. This will be my last post most likely until I get back. So thanks to everyone who has read this. There were a lot more then I thought there would be. It means so much to me. I don’t think you have any idea.

My English has become so bad while I’ve been here. It’s odd. I’d hate to see how it would be if I was here for a year. It’d be really bad I suspect. Oh well. I’ve had a wonderful time teaching all the people new words and they have felt likewise I’m sure.

Yesterday was a wonderful day. It was sort of my lonely walk around my city just to see what I wanted to see. I’m gonna miss all the stores with manga and crazy drinks like “infused cell menbrames” yes, it was spelled like that. I will also miss my kit kats…they were so yummy and so nicely wrapped.

This weekend I went camping. I saw a crazy beach that was full of poisonous things. I swam there. It was just amazing. I have pictures of all of it there. I bought new books for people. I bought gifts. I bought…lots of things to remember this place. Gosh, I’m going to miss it. I…done I can’t type anymore. I’m crying.

~Kyle

This is a comic from my favorite video site ever Rooster Teeth Productions. So please visit them. Warning: They do cuss and make rude jokes.

I couldn’t stop laughing with this because we all know people like this. Enjoy.

I in no way made this. Please take it with humor.

~Kyle

Sorry, I’m not at school. I will be back on Monday. Talk to me at school. I’m happy to meet you. If you have questions please ask me. I will answer below.

~Kyle

Answers:

Do I have a nickname? Yes, my friends call me Waz. Said like Kaz with a W.

Do I like miso soup? I love miso soup. It’s very good.

I just expiranced one of the worst…yet memorible things in my life. I just saw WWII from the point of view of Okinawa.

~Kyle

Sorry for the long no-update I just havent really done anything worth updating on. I wasnt at school all week so I can talk about that now. And before i forget to mention it, the post below this one is a private one that was more of a journal entry for me. So dont fret about it.

So my last weekend was quite fun! I finally went to the beach and felt the warm water of Okinawa. It was a blast. Im very glad that I can swim well. Typing is another story at this point. Ive noticed that I cant spell as well as i used to be able to. Oh, the reason im not using the normal ` thing is the same as before. Im on a japanese keyboard.

Anyway, I also went and saw my little brother play basket ball and just traveled around the island. It was such a blast. Ill post pictures later.

As for this week, I went to various places and parties that involved the international students at Yosukes college.

Ill talk about that in a second. I need to go for now.

~Kyle