Creepy bastards, when you get down to it

Has anyone ever watched an insect, or more specificly an Ant, crawl around? They're bloody fascinating!

Few things I want to get to your attention,
Thor's Kitchen - Little 5 minute (if that) skits. Quite funny.
Oblivious Films - WoW Machinima. The 'The Grind: Halloween Special' is especially funny.

Finally, Tomorrow (Unless I'm mistaken) is the official release for Minecraft Beta Survival Mode.

For those who are wondering at home, I'll leave the 'what's the title referencing' question up to you. The options are:
- Ants
- Thor's Kitchen cast
- WoW Machinima makers
- Minecraft players

UPDATE
At the time of writing, my Warrior is finally fully Plated out. Even better, he's finally gaining some serious experiance. I suspect if I keep up the good work he could well be 53 by the end of the night.

...And here lies the problem.

So, I'm running around as my Shaman, and come across a Warrior who just so happens to be doing the same quest as I. So I said to myself this is good.

So, we get to Northwatch Hold and start cleaving our way through the many squishy humans, and I think, "Great, he's compentent. Rare these days."
But then we get to one of the towers (holding Fairmount I believe) and he stops short of the entrance.

Seconds pass and it dawns on me - He wants me to go first.

Now, ordinarily I have no problem with this, but he's two levels higher than me. Sure enough, when I ran into the tower and got all the aggro, he went in and starting attacking the various enemies.
Now, I'm not an oxford scholar.
But I'm not a bloody idiot, either. You never, ever let the healer go first, with he possible exeption of a Paladin. I sure as hell wouldn't make the guy who's job it is to keep me alive go out in front and get a nice big helping of damage in his/her face, because that's the sort of thing that gets you healer-less and it's really difficult to do a instance without one.
So, stupidly, I played his little game, taking all the damage and having him arrive a few seconds into combat, when I had my health vurtually halved by the time he got there. I kept thinking, 'Sorry i died, i've never played with a tank who didn't do his flakin* job'. Thank god I'm a resto Shaman, because the reduced time to cast Healing Wave on myself really helped. It's mind boggling to think what someone could possibly achive by sending the healer out in front. Nobody else can res or heal (except maybe Warlocks), so they dying really isn't a good thing. And most of them also buff, so you lose that too.
You know what the deal was? He was talking to his goddamned GM. I wanted to scream. And not the normal kind of male scream, the kind of scream that makes the neighbours call the police because they think a woman has been murdered.

So, this little incident has prompted me to write a "What a good ____ does and doesn't do" for a future post/s, which should, hopefully, give (I'm hesitent to use the word 'stupid;, but i'm going to do so anyway) players, especially those who rolled Healers, an idea of what your job is and isn't.

* 'Flakin' is courtesy of Oxhorn, of Oxhorn Brand Movies.

Discovery Time!

I just realized something.
This is the only planet that we have as a race. We can't just fire off onto distant planets, because A, we don't have the technology and B, we don't know any other planet that can properly sustain human life.

So, humanity, we fuck Earth up, we lose. Forever.

Veering off the dark and edgy path for just a moment, I would like to start a new semi-section I like to call, "Don't you hate it when...?"

Don't you hate it when...
- Your freind threatens to steal your blog posts?
- You die for the upteenth billionth time in WoW trying to kill this ONE GUY?
- The private Minecraft server is never up?
- The Alliance kicks your ass in the Battleground for the thrid time in a row?
- You return to the Crossroads only to find the Flight Master dead?
- You don't play WoW and can never truely understand what I'm talking about?

Update
I don't get it, Blizzard. What's with the new patch? I remember when you had to work for your mount. Now, it costs a measly 5 gold training, and that isn't counting reputation. And whats with the ammo deal? Yes, letting the ammunition stack to a thousand was a well deserved improvment, but making Quivers useless? I dread to think what's next. I just hope they don't make it too easy, because then the fun goes away, but even more the sense of accomplishment goes away. They should have lowered the price for flying mounts. 5,000 fucking gold for a flying training? Who has that kind of cash lying around?

Can't wait for September 1st. Yes, I have joined the legion of people who bought Minecraft. I gave my character green tinted goggles I drew in paint. I feel so special.

On another subject, I'm working on things for WoW. Being a lifelong dream to work at blizzard, over the years I'm slowly going to build up a portfolio of work related to that of a games designer. It makes sense when you think about it. (All 'work' posted here copyright of me, and if you steal it I have a skinnin' knife in my desk drawer that needs sharpening.)

I suppose I'd better find something worth posting. Umm...
Oooh! Fresh from Slashdot, 'Swedish authorities attempt Pirate Bay shutdown. Yes, the swedish government wanted to fine TPB's primary bandwidth supplier with a fine most hefty. Now, I don't know what they where hoping to acheive with this, because TPB has evaded getting shut down for so long, why would they let themselves die now? so, they simply relocated (I still assume in Sweden, although they may have moved to it's southern reaches) and is back on it's feet. And just to show the people who tried to shut them down how proud they are for trying, they plan on sending them t-shirts mocking them. It's all explained in the article.
And apparently, Starcraft II Beta signups! Hell, it's about time. The Beta assumes that blizzard are starting to get underway with SCII, and that we may see it in the not too distant future.

And for your listening pleasure;
Something for the Pain - Bon Jovi (One of my current top 5 songs)
Fast & Furious Score Soundtrack
Transformers: ROTF Score Soundtrack

UPDATE
Gotta love Google. I just posted the, um, post, and saw a Yellow Pages ad that directed me to a list of knife sharpening services in wellington. Bookmarked.

CATACLYSM! HOORAY!

Just in case you where living under a rock, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is happening. I got the news late, so I can hardly say you heard it first from me. For those who don't know, Cataclysm is hurling the world of Azeroth down a flight of stairs. The entire planet will undergo a massive change, and it's going to be fucking awesome. Reserve your names for Worgen characters NOW, or they will go. I have, and I already have a Tauren Pally name. Also wouldn't be a bad idea to secure a Goblin name, too.

I have nothing to put here at the moment, so I'm going to list my favourite Webcomics.
1. Qyestionable Content - Slice of Life. Well drawn and usually funny or witty. Good read.
2. LFG Comic - Some may mistake the comic to be set in WoW, but I can't say that it is. It's set in it's own universe, with similarities to WoW, but after reading it it's clearly not WoW.
3. XKCD - I can't really describe it. It's just awesome.
4. Penny Arcade - Always fun to read, especially if your into a gamer.
5. Cyanide and Happyness - Great fun. Always a joy to read just to see what boundry they'll cross next.
6. Concerned - A comic made with Garry's Mod. Quite funny, if you know how the Half Life 2 story goes. Otherwise non fans will find it hard to understand.
7. Ctrl Alt Del - This use to be higher, but it, in my mind, degenerated into a shameful Slice of Life comic.
8. 6X9 College - This used to be quite a bit higher, but then their archive screwed itself over and they lost it all. It's (probably) dead, but still a good read and surprisingly high quality art.
Aaaaand thats it. I'm sure there's another one there, but i can't for the life of me remember what it's called.