Now I don’t know shit about the details of this subject. I’m not even going to try to come off as knowing what the hell I’m talking about. There are places for that. First let me just say I liked the movie Underworld. I don’t give a shit if it was swiped from those fags at White Wolf or not.

From what I’ve read the movie is not a swipe. Also if you read the Lawsuit and you have half a brain you may come to the same conclusion that Gawain did. And that would put you in good company. You really have to read the Rebuttal he wrote, because (besides being pretty damn funny) it makes sense. And you don’t have to have played the pen and paper rpg to know this.

Here is just one bit from the Rebuttal that really is my favorite:

#77:
PLANTIFF
In the world of Darkness, the vampires are ruled by a governing body. In Underworld, the
vampires are ruled by a governing body.

REBUTTAL
Shriners, Japan, and the crew of “The Enterprise” are ruled by a governing body. You fags.

Read the rest of the rebuttal and if you have any thoughts on the subject go and harass Gawain about it. Or you could leave a comment here.

Do you play D&D? Do you play D&D 3rd Edition? If you answer yes to both of these questions have I got a game for you. Temple of Elemental Evil is the game. It’s made by the guys at Troika, who you may remember from Arcanum. And if your in the know, you may remember a little game called Fallout that some of the developers in Troika helped make.

Temple of Elemental Evil is the closet thing to actually playing pnp D&D. It even incorporates the 3.5 rules into the game. But of course there are the bugs. There is no official patch for the game (yet), but a group of fans came up with a unofficial patch witch can be found here.

The game of course is very in depth, the combat portion of game play alone made me dig out my Players Handbook. The last three screenshots show off the various radial menu belonging to the combat selection.

That first shot is just for Gawain (who I like to poke fun at), it show I rolled my stats 275 times before I got something that made me happy. Is that cheating?

So I finally got around to getting me one of Gawain’s I download Illegal MP3s Online t-shirts. I would have got one a lot sooner, but I have been broke most of the time. He’s got a lot of cool stuff over at his store and I recommend you all go take a look and buy shit.

I also went and pre-ordered me a game I’ve watched from afar. It’s a game called Massive Assault. The game caught my eye just because for some reason it reminds me of my beloved Total Annihilation. Just check out these shots of the game:

Of course the game has nothing in common really with my favorite rts game. Can you believe from that screenshot that this game is turn based? It blew me away when I read up on it. It’s a true war-game. It has that whole hexed based thing going on, you just don’t see it. This page over at the games site explains it a lot better. The system requirements surprised me as well. It only needs 600 MHz CPU and a 32 meg video card. Which isn’t really asking a lot.

Work is the usual. Which is neither good nor bad. I was asked recently about this post by a friend. They know that I had been working on some website related stuff for the hotel and they wanted to ask about my demands. They wanted to make sure I hadn’t forgot what I had stated a number of times. Below are those “demands” I had asked for before I would do any website related stuff for the hotel:

1. I need a decent pc out at the frontdesk. Because I will not come in any other time. Third shift is when I work.
2. I need a raise.
3. I need a internet connection for at work, paid by work.

Now one and three have been met. Number two is looking like it will never happen. My friend suggested that I was being a hypocrite. I admit that maybe true. But if certain situations at work happen as I am told they will, I will suddenly become very uncooperative on the website related stuff. After all I’m only paid to be a night auditor. No more, no less.

It’s Gawain’s fault. I want that to be known in advance. But I’m like totally mesmerized by this. But I’m getting ahead of myself. When at work I kind of depend on Gawain, he keeps me entertained while I’m at work. He sends me funky links, music, just all kinds of shit. But this latest one just is strange.

It has to be seen and heard to understand. Below are six screen captures of this video. To play it you need the latest Real Player. You can find a copy of it here (hopefully, work internet blocks Real.com). Once your good to go with the software follow this link to the video (local copy) or here (external link) if mine doesn’t work.

Of course it’s this video that just blows my mind. I did a little research on the dude who sings it with varying results. I really only want to know what the hell the dude is singing. Because the video is a trip. I’m not sure what the hell is going on in it.The guy is named Daler Mehndi. He has a website even, which can be found here. If you dig this guys music and need more head over top this fan page here which offers a few more Real files and a few mp3. And if you really fancy this guy and his music you can become an ordained minister in his religion. I even found a link to a page about the cars this dude owns, which has a funny quote:

“I went to America in 1986 when I was in my teens but kept coming back to India to pursue my singing career. In the US, where my brother had a cab company and 16 cars, I have driven Chevrolets, a Mustang, Lincolns and Cadillacs,” said Daler.

I only mention it just because of the stereotype one assumes about people from that part of the world. Strange stuff. But oddly entertaining. Remember you have been warned.

Well it’s another fun link I found from Gawain. This one is called The Gematriculator and it rates a site good or evil in percentages. Below are my results:

So going by Gawain’s results my site is 41% more evil than his site. Of course being the kind of guy to tinker with this kind of shit I found that the results do vary based on the words it picks up on your pages. Just hit this url and see the different results my humble site gets. Eviler than Gawain? It could be possible.

So we have training coming up. Which just makes me all happy inside and I’m singing the “happy happy joy joy” song from Ren and Stimpy. I also enjoy the fact that someone new is going to train me. Now it all depends on the type of training of course.

If the training is related to the realm of the computer, well I don’t see what someone who’s been here since the 14th of this month is going to be able to teach. Of course if it’s the standard bore me out of my mind customer training, then I guess I could be taught all kinds of shit. Shit I admit I may need that kind of training for obvious reasons. Here is something I heard and it made me laugh:

This is mandatory training. If you cannot attend the times or days specified, you will need to contact <the person> and schedule a time that you can attend training. If you choose not to attend or do not make arrangements for other times and dates, you do not need come back to work.

It’s this part that almost sounds inviting “you do not need come back to work”, at least to me it does. I’m kidding of course. It also sounds almost like a dare, maybe even a double dare. And the time good for me? Let’s say any time between 10 pm and 8 am, ok? And on the days I work.

Do you know what they say about first impressions? It the first meeting that leaves the best impression, or is that just me? I like how I have yet to even meet this person. Of course it’s cool. But if I was to become the guy (or gal) in charge, I would make sure to meet all of my employees. It would be imperative to do so. You wouldn’t want any one getting the wrong impression.

But of course I’m very sure this new person has heard all about me from my buddies at the hotel. I wanted to take the opportunity to be the first to say hello. Welcome to the hotel and all that. With some luck they may last longer than some of the other managers that held the position.