After Hours

I've decided that when I rule the world, there will only be two language spoken. English, by North America and most of the rest of the world. And Elven, by Europe. And it will be illegal for anyone outside of Europe to learn it.

Yeah, suck it Europe. No more of your goddamn accents woo'ing women. But really, who the fuck wants to listen to Europe anyway?

On a lighter note (ha ha ha), there's a game in Japan about rape.

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About 50 people gathered in front of the Dutchess County Office Building Friday afternoon to make the public aware of the objectionable nature of the game.

"It's unacceptable," said Dutchess County Legislature Assistant Minority Leader Robert Rolison, R-City of Poughkeepsie, who sits on crime and domestic violence victims' committees. "It's outrageous to market and glorify sexual assault. You'd think that it would be the one thing you wouldn't do."

The Japanese company Illusion released the game in 2006. A player stalks a mother, rapes her and then hunts her two daughters.

A note for foreigners on Illusion's Web site says the company's software is only available for domestic customers over 18 and not for sale in foreign countries. Illusion also sells other sexually violent games.

Amazon and eBay have pulled RapeLay off their sites. This week, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn urged a boycott of the game.

"It's dangerous, this type of video game," said Wingdale resident Julia Saquicela, an attorney who worked with domestic violence victims in her native Ecuador.

Grace Smith House Executive Director Judy Lombardi said there was no doubt this type of product contributes to violence against women.

"I am thoroughly disgusted and horrified by computer software that makes a game out of the rape of women," Lombardi said. Grace Smith House provides shelter and support to domestic violence victims and their children.

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Sounds like an amusing game to me. And here's my feelings on it...SHUT THE FUCK UP. What the fuck are you fuckers bitching about? It's made in Japan. They're the only people fucked up enough to make something like that. And the company doesn't sell it OUTSIDE of Japan. So really, you don't have all that much to bitch about. Plus the fact that it was made three goddamn years ago.

The game is called RapeLay. It doesn't sound like that much fun to me, but hey. I'm not Japanese and I don't rape women on trains. I'm clearly not their target audience.

Oh, and if you're in Japan, and a woman, stay the fuck off trains. Seems like a good idea to me!

Oh, and if you were thinking that "oh, SOME video games have learning value and can help the brain to grow", No. No they do not. All those faggy little DS games don't do shit for the brain, as was decided recently by....Some...Medical board somewhere. I read it last week. Fuck you if I can't remember it all.

Also, we've got someone else bitching about sex and violence rising in video games. And yes, violence has been in video games since the start of them. What happens when Mario jumps on a Goomba? That little motherfucker DIES. HE'S DEAD. NO LONGER ALIVE.

And fuck him. Walking mushrooms are abominations.

But anyways, sex? Really? The article I just skimmed (fuck actual reading) mentioned Grand Theft Auto and the hookers you can get in the game. I for one haven't picked up a hooker since Vice City, and even then it was only for the 125 possible health. And that was their only real platform to stand on.

You're obviously not going to stop violence. Nothing will stop video game violence. Because we outnumber you.

But the sex. Maybe if she named another couple games, I'd take her more seriously. As a note, JAPANESE GAMES DON'T FUCKING COUNT.

So tell me, Mrs. Lady, what other games are you aware of where you can get hookers? I personally don't know any. I mean, there's a couple random fun sex games in the God of War series, but that's all done off screen, and it's a mini game that most people don't even find. So maybe when you do a little research, we can discuss your findings. By which I mean rape you. Because obviously that's what video games are training their youth to do.

DAMN I love bitching about this stuff.

Anyways, I'm in Rockwood visiting the parents for the weekend, and Kate's coming over, so I'd best go so that she doesn't get here and have to wait for me to finish blogging.

Also, watch this video.

Until next time,
I hope they at least made the gameplay fun in the rape game.
~Kataron

Reverse Engineer

You know what I never understood about the beginning of Popular? When Fatty McFatass (aka Carmen) doesn't make the cheerleader squad, and then she disappears and everyone gets upset that she didn't get on the squad. And they all talk about how good a dancer she was.

But she wasn't. It was fucking horrible. I wanted to kill her and cut her open and take her blubber to use for lighting old timey lanterns and shit.

Fuck Carmen. She's fat and useless and I hate her so very much.

You know who's fatter than her, though? The male character, Sugar. But he's not a massive bitch, so we LIKE him. But Carmen fails for the entire fucking series. I blame her for the cancellation of the show.

Also, I just picked this up off of BBC News:

"A new skin disorder caused by use of games consoles has been identified by skin specialists.

The condition, dubbed PlayStation palmar hidradenitis, is described in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Researchers outline the case of a 12-year-old girl who attended a Swiss hospital with intensely painful sores on the palms of her hands.

The girl, who had been using a games console regularly, recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence.

Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded she had a condition known as 'idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis', a skin disorder that generally causes red, sore lumps on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.

The condition has been previously found on the soles of the feet in children taking part in heavy physical activity, such as jogging.

It it is thought to be linked to intense sweating.

Unusual symptoms

For the disorder to only affect the hands is very unusual.

The patient had not participated in any sport or physical exercise recently, and could not recall any recent trauma involving her hands.

However, her parents did say that she had recently started to play a video game on a PlayStation console for several hours a day, and had continued to play even after developing the sores.

The doctors suspect that the problem was caused by tight and continuous grasping of the console's hand-grips, and repeated pushing of the buttons, alongside sweating caused by the tension of the game.

The researchers said cases of addiction to using games consoles had been recorded, but the symptoms had initially been thought to be psychological.

However, some physical symptoms, such as acute tendonitis, dubbed Wiitis, had begun to emerge.

They said 'PlayStation palmar hidradenitis' could now be added to the list.

Nina Goad, of the British Association of Dermatologists said: "This is an interesting discovery and one that the researchers are keen to share with other dermatologists, should they be confronted with similar, unexplained symptoms in a patient.

"If you're worried about soreness on your hands when playing a games console, it might be sensible to give your hands a break from time to time, and don't play excessively if your hands are prone to sweating."

A spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd, manufacturers of PlayStation, said: "We firmly believe that video gaming is a legitimate entertainment pastime like watching movies, listening to music, or reading books.

"As with any leisure pursuit there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines, as can be found within our instruction manuals.

"PlayStation was launched in 1995 and has sold hundreds of millions of consoles over the last 13 years.

"We do not wish to belittle this research and will study the findings with interest. This is the first time we have ever heard of a complaint of this nature."

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Yep. New skin disease. Wacky. I don't even want to know how much she was playing. But I do kind of want to know WHAT she was playing. What game could be so good that it would make you play so much? Whatever it is, I want it.

But yeah. That's kinda stupid. I mean, I'm not even sure how something like that could happen. I've had sore hands after playing a lot of games, and I've had all kinds of calluses on my fingers, but how does it move onto the rest of the hands? I think that were this a real condition, it would have affected at least one person living in this household. Which leads me to believe that the little girl already had a condition of some variety that had gone unnoticed, and was triggered by the large amounts of gaming, but video games seem unlikely to be the actual root cause.

Also, somewhere on the internet exists pornography based on Left 4 Dead. It's called Left 4 Head.

God dammit, internet. Just...Fuck. Why? Why would you do that, internet? Even -I- don't want to watch that. Fuck.

I have to raid now.

Until next time,
"I don't think I can go back there. I'm embarassed." That's Carmen talking about school because she didn't get into cheerleading. FUCK YOU CARMEN. YOUR CHARACTER IS IRRITATING AND FAT. I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
~Kataron

What Planet Is This

Hey bitches.

So I don't know if you people heard, but Ensemble Studios closed its doors a few months ago. No, I don't expect that to mean anything to you. They're the guys that did all of the Age of Empires games. Fantastic games, those. And they closed. It was sadness.

But much to my happy (shut the fuck up, at four in the morning I'm allowed to say whatever the fuck I want.), it was just announced that some of the key programmers have formed a new company, called Robot Entertainment. Yay!

Now, Robot Entertainment, go make me a zombie RTS. Go. Do it now. OBEY!

So...I guess as it is four in the morning on Saturday, it is now technically Valentine's Day.

Fuck Valentine's Day. Stupid goddamn holiday. Candy and presents and relationships. And if you're not in a relationship, it just reminds you of your failings and people that've fucked you over in the past. Well, gee, what a great holiday. Fuck it. Fuck Valentine's Day.

You know what I'm going to do for Valentine's Day? Maybe watch a movie with Rick. Maybe just play some WoW with a movie running in the background. Maybe start rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Point is, regular day.

I remember Valentine's Day last year. I wrote a story for Amy.

Back when I was in crapland. I mean...The place on Pioneer. Back then I didn't have a mini fridge OR a microwave in my room. Didn't even have a decent compy. I've made little progress in the past year, but little is better than none.

I suppose I could rant more about Valentine's Day, but why bother? If you're in a relationship, you'll enjoy it, if you're not, you won't, and if you're me, you'll be incredibly bitter all day, and occasionally shake your fist at the heavens and mumble something about bitches.

Sounds about right.

So moving on from crapholidayMccrapathon, the new Joss Whedon show premiered tonight. And it's about goddamn time. Nothing on tv worth my attention these days 'cept Heroes. And that only just came back on the air. Glad to have something else to watch.

Dollhouse. That's what it's called. The premise of the show is that the main character, Echo (note: Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eliza Dushku) is a woman that has her memories constantly rewritten, making her akin to a doll. Rich people order certain personalities to accomplish certain tasks. The first episode showed the main character as a hostage negotiator, and another doll as a commando. It was well written, interesting, and had good cinematography. I look forward to viewing it again.

It was good times.

Oh, I also got one of the best in slot items for a hunter tonight. I thought it was actually THE best in slot, but upon further exploration, a staff might actually be better. But I don't like staves, so the spear it is. It compliments my Envoy of Mortality well. The spear is called "Black Ice", and drops off of ten man Malygos. We were in there for about an hour and a half trying to kill him, and when we finally did, it dropped. Hex and I were the only hunters there, and there were no druids, so I had little competition. I rolled a very high number. He rolled a very low number. I then proceeded to laugh maniacially, then watched an episode of Firefly.

It was good times.

I think I'm going to try to get a game of L4D going tomorrow. Fuck, I'll play single player if I have to. Nothing takes your mind off of a crappy holiday like zombies. Maybe I'll bring my tv in here and play Dawn of the Dead in the background.

But now my eyes are starting to glaze, and the screen is getting blurry, so I'm going to call it a night.

Until next time,
It's not every day a man gets the chance to start over again.
~Kataron

Remind Me

Mornin', folks.

It's quarter past four, and I just watched Vantage Point. Meh. I kind of lost interest partway through and turned my attention to refreshing /b/ and looking for new L4D maps. Mostly the former.

Anyways....Shit, did I have something I wanted to talk about? Uhhh...

Oh, I found someone on /b/ that's apparently from Guelph. Occasionally they make threads that command "CanadaFags" to report in. ...On /b/, they call most everyone a fag of some variety. The Canada threads are actually pretty fun, they give you a decent grasp of how many other fucked up people from nearby are surfing /b/ at retarded hours of the morning.

Lots of people from Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and a girl from Guelph. I've been talking to her a little in posts, trying to figure out if I know her. Probably not. Just bored, really.

So we've been continuing our World of Warcraft raids, and on Sunday night, I acquired the Envoy of Mortality.

Best gun in the game. Huzzah for me!

Truly I am a God of some variety. Or at least a Demi-God.

Speaking of which, that game is probably gonna be awesome. Demi-God, that is.

Okay, realizing how pathetic this post is sounding so far and moving on to something else.

...What else is there...

I believe I already discussed my plans to conquer Haiti and rename is "Super Happy Fun-Land". That's the big project I'm working on right now. Only trouble is, I'm not entirely sure where the country is. Partly from not paying attention in geography classes, partly from a complete lack of caring.

At any rate, one day the country shall be mine. Also I think when I rule it, I'm going to enforce a uniform. A very happy uniform. Bright colours, maybe a big smiley face of a thumbs up.

Or maybe I'll just replace the entire population with tigers and see what happens. Tigers wearing happy uniforms. Will they maul each other to death? Probably. But it's for science.

At any rate, it should be interesting.

Oh, and it was determined that I did not know the /b/tard from Guelph. Oh well, didn't think I did.

Tired now though. Twenty to five, and yesterday I got woken up after only a few hours of sleep by somebody having a shower at the ungodly hour of nine in the morning.

Until next time,
Remember when I used the word sodomy all the time? Good times...
~Kataron

Step Right On

Hey there, folks.

It's about three in the morning.

Bored.

Very bored.

Came back to Rockwood for teh weekend, did youth group as per usual. Ended up watching a movie. Get Smart. Seen it before, when it was in theaters, but I lol'd. Then some Worm's Armageddon, 'cause that game is all kinds of win.

Turns out the team I had preselected in Andrew's laptop was The Vagrant Hearts.

Which makes me miss that game, and that guild. Cleft of Dimensions, one of the better muds I played in my day. Basically spliced from all sorts of other games and fantasy worlds. Scattered across probably most of the BEST oldschool games. Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy, all that shit and more. It was good times.

And it was where I met MuadDib. Apparently that name is from Dune, but I didn't know that at the time, I just knew that he was awesome, and that we were hanging out constantly in game.

To put this in perspective, if you know Dave at all, he was my Paaainguin.

Yeah, that's an apt description.

We had some good times back in the day of the text-based game. I think...I -think- I was a mage of some sort. But I can't for the life of me remember. I just knew that he and I used to go around, destroy all kinds of bad guys, then have flexing contests. Because it was hilarious. Hilariously awesome.

I remember leaving for one weekend, going up to the pond with my parents, back when I went with them. Before I discovered how awesome being home alone was. Which still pales in comparison to living with friends. Anyways, went away for the weekend, came back, and he'd joined The Vagrant Hearts. Since we were buds, I joined too. It was supposed to be a guild for less...savoury people. It was our job to be dicks and to do mean things to people. Which turned out to be pretty entertaining. Giving new players poisoned food that kills them one tick after they ate them, sending them stupid messages. It was good times.

I miss MuadDib, and I miss the guy that started it, Pumpki. Good times. He had a pumpkin for a head. Not the most original name, but then....Looking back, I guess I was the only one in the guild that actually had an original name. Oh well.

You know what pisses me off though? In the future, anime tards are going to think that I took this name from the latest Gundam series. I think it's called Gundam 00 or something. Not entirely sure, haven't seen any of it. But there is a group that calls themselves Kataron. Fuckers.

So I've decided that I don't like Haiti. I am going to conquer it and rename it. "Super Happy Fun-Land". And make the national flag a smiley face. It's going to be win.

Also, fuck Spain. I'm sick and tired of Spain. I hereby formally declare war on that country, despite the fact that I'm too tired to actually remember where on the planet it is. But oh, WHEN I FIND YOU, SPAIN, it is SO on. Bitches.

uhhh...what else....

Oh, I had a good chat with Andrew tonight about superhero movies. It was good times. It turns out he'd also recently watched the two Hulk vs. movies that I'd stumbled across and downloaded a couple weeks back. The Hulk vs. Thor and The Hulk vs. Wolverine. Obviously the Wolverine one was better, and it had a bunch of other characters from Wolverine's past, which psyched me up even more for the upcoming Wolverine: Origins movie. It's gonna pwn face. I mean, let's look at a few of the characters. Wolverine? Awesome. Deadpool? Fucking awesome. Gambit? Holy fuck that's fucking awesome.

Awesome. Also, he heard rumours that Johnny Depp might be playing The Riddler in the next Batman movie. And I'd heard a rumour that they might be looking to make a new Spiderman movie, possibly with Morbius as one of the villains. Now, neither of these are remotely confirmed, and just random speculation that we can't even remember the origins of, but either of those would be awesome. Also, Andrew and I are psyched for whenever they get around to making an Avengers movie.

heh, I just wiki'd Morbius, and in the fictional character biography, the first three paragraphs end with him fighting Spiderman. The first two both have "battled spiderman again". It's funny. Like an afterthought.

Oh, Morbius went off and did this, this, and this. Oh yeah, and then he fought Spiderman. It's kind of what he does.

Awesome.

Anyways, I'm tired, I'm off to bed.

G'night internet.

Until next time,
Nothing can ruin a life like a little internet fame.
~Kataron

Sludge

Okay, okay, new post. Geez.

I dunno what you people expect from me, nothing happens in my life worth nothing.

Uhhh...What have I done recently....Nothing. There we go. Levelling a rogue, looking for a job, and spending too much time on 4chan.

Well, any time spent on 4chan is too much. I set it as my homepage for kicks, and now I spend my days reloading the page.

Right now I'm watching a cam whore. Get your minds out of the gutters, kiddies, it's just a girl on webcam on blogtv. I remembered I had an account there. I pretty much call anyone that broadcasts webcam stuff on public sites cam whores. It amuses me.

So yeah...I guess I should rant about something?

Hmmm...

I think I would be able to pick up chicks a lot easier if I had wings. Then I'd have something nobody else could offer. Something exciting and fancy. Plus I could fly around and drop shit on people. Not....LITERAL shit. Well, maybe. But not all the time.

So Rick's cat is in heat again. Most annoying creature ever. I'm going to blow it up with a nuclear missile. I just need to find the nuclear missile. It's actually really difficult to find a nuclear missile.

I think I should write a story. Not right now, 'cause it's two thirty in the morning. But I dunno, I feel like maybe I should continue one of the stories I was working on.

I need to write a new zombie story is what I need to do. I'll do that soon.

Well, I'm off for now. I'll try to post again before it's been a whole month.

Until next time,
My mini fridge tried to kill me once. True story.
~Kataron