Well, it works

Though posting on wordpress is annoying, and it won’t let me upload media (wordpress must use flash).

So, after transferring them to my computer, I have some screenshots of brand new PS Vita fun!

Tales of Innocence R is as good a place to start as any...

 

I even managed to hit PS + Start while fighting to get an action screenshot.

Even Twitter works!

I downloaded the Netflix app, too, but it’s very laggy. I’ll get in more play time tomorrow and over the weekend; for now, it’s back to the law school grind.

I suppose I should thank Lexis Nexis and their student rewards program; if it weren’t for the points they give for research and training, I would have had to pay for this myself! Instead, I traded my points in for Amazon credit and got a huge discount.

In which Amazon lets me down, Or First World Problems strike home…

For some reason, my PS Vita order (which ended up costing me $89, thanks to various amazon.com credits) didn’t ship with release date delivery.

So instead of amazing handheld gaming today, I have to wait almost 24 whole hours for its delivery tomorrow.

I used to think #FirstWorldProblems were something that happened to other people, but now I know better.

They can happen to anyone!

Nic Cage is the greatest actor of our time

I attribute his versatility and range to his nouveau shamanic acting method.

Anyway, I saw Ghost Rider over the weekend, and while it didn’t rise to the level of so bad it’s good as the first Ghost Rider did (this one was more so bad it’s okay, but that’s still better than so bad it’s terrible), it was still entertaining.

And most of the entertainment is from Nic Cage just throwing himself into the part; he tends to act completely crazy, but somehow it works. Maybe it’s the shamanic influences. Maybe he got his Oscar and just quit caring and decided if he was going to get paid for playing pretend, he would really throw himself into it.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance was probably not worth seeing in theaters, but if you can get past its mediocrity, you’ll have a good time.

Henry Fonda was a better devil, and Sam Elliott was a better narrator.

Fighting of the Spirit

The original Tales of Phantasia boss music (for fights against the spirits) was pretty good.

S.S.H.‘s arrangement is even better (not really surprising, since the SNES, while pretty good for music, was still limited by the hardware).

Of course, I tend to think just about any music can be improved by fusing it with metal. I must have been dropped on my head when I was a child.

Quote of the Indeterminate Time Interval – YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAARGH

On an NRO post excoriating Santorum’s strong anti-libertarian bent, commenter YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAARGH has this to say:

The problem with the Republican party today is that they are the party of Boromir: they don’t want to destroy the state, they want to use it for good. They mean well–as does Mr. Santorum–but that’s because, like Boromir, they don’t understand the problem.

I read something similar in a piece yesterday talking about how it’s all well and good that the Republicans want to cut departments and programs like PPACA, but what are they going to replace them with?

Why do they need to be replaced with anything? Most of te stuff the feds are tied up in isn’t any of their damn business in the first place, so why would any sane person who just cut the government replace it with anything at all?

I just want the government to leave me alone. And because I’m such a nice, friendly guy, I want the government to leave everyone else alone, too. Is that so much to ask?

If This Goes On–

Nehemiah Scudder*, is that you**?

At this point, I think i may just wash my hands of the whole shebang and pull the lever for Gary Johnson.

*The first Prophet, elected President in 2012 in Robert A. Heinlein’s Future History***. Even for RAH, that’s pretty damn eerie.

**I can’t decide if a “by their powers combined” Captain Planet reference or a Voltron/Constructicons reference is more appropriate here.

***Which seems doubly (trebly?) appropriate, given that Newt Gingrich (wannabe psychohistorian) is doing his damnedest to be The Man Who Sold the Moon. Ladies and Gents, welcome to the science fictioniest election of all time!

It may have taken me longer than most to get around to it…

But I did manage to doff my hat to Starbucks today (and leave a Jefferson in the tip jar).

When you’re fighting against people on the wrong side of history, every little bit helps!

It doesn’t hurt that they’re completely divorced from reality, either.

On the other hand, I paid cash for my coffee.

Now the fuzz has another reason to put me on a list.

Why does society seem to think health insurance should cover…

Routine maintenance?

Car insurance doesn’t cover routine maintenance.

Housing insurance doesn’t cover routine maintenance.

Why, then, do we expect health insurance to pay for everything?

I’m with Richard Pryor.

Romney is a technocratic flip-flopper.

Gingrich missed his chance by 16 years (he should’ve run in ’96), and is a bit too fond of Hari Seldon (much like the Krugman).

Santorum doesn’t like libertarians.

And Ron Paul is Ron Paul.

Brewster was ahead of his time!

Vote for none of the above!

What the hell, Sony?

Seriously?

You have a new handheld console coming out in ~10 days, and this is the best you can do for an ad?

Seriously?

Do you even want the PS Vita to succeed, or are you just phoning it in?