By Koobare,
On 08/01/2011,
In General Rants,
With 3 Comments
Our life is littered with ads – and millions of ‘em. Some of them are pretty good, others at least qualify as “interesting”, most of them are worse than Hayden Christensen’s acting… But we don’t really care, as we’ve become so used to them by now, that we’re not really paying them too much attention, whether they are in print, television or around the internets. Once in a while, however, an ad comes up that you just cannot take your eyes from. When I saw Samsung’s new Galaxy SII printed ad for the first time I wasn’t sure whether it wanted to get me psyched…
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By Koobare,
On 07/25/2011,
In Game Development, General Rants,
With 6 Comments
“Conan”, prompted the Mongol warlord, his breath spreading a scent of freshly roasted Marmaduke, red peppers and cinnamon. “What is best in life?”. The Khan rightly assumed that a question of such philosophical magnitude should be answered by no other than his own ward, bloodthirsty and proud, though measly educated (his faculty: making a giant wooden wheel spin for 20 years – which is still a better career move than signing up for European Studies at a Polish college). “To crush your enemies”, the beefy warrior answered. “See them driven before you, and to hear the…
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By Koobare,
On 07/16/2011,
In General Rants,
With 5 Comments
A few years back, when I was arriving at my 20′s, I had an awkward conversation with one of my aunts, asking whether I’m not too old already to be spending so much money on computer games. I was a bit bedazzled by the question – I was at my second job back then (while attending the place of everything uncreative and unholy, my University), saving up a regular percentage of my income every month to buy the newest, hottest titles… Basically, it wasn’t the question of spending someone else’s money. It took me a couple of seconds (which translates roughly to billions…
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By Koobare,
On 06/16/2011,
In General Rants,
With 4 Comments
Yeah, I know, hardly the news of the day, right? But, hey, I’ve got stuff to write, and – since you’re reading this pseudo-exposé right now – you seem to have a bit of free time on your hands… Looks like a match. Maybe you’re stuck at a slower day at work right now, maybe you’re just browsing around at home, looking for a picture of a dog wearing a monkey as a hat (I won’t judge)… Maybe it’s 2022 already and you’ve come here ’cause I’m famous after saving the King of Britain from that crocodile trap at Bannockburn. Either way, since you’ve already swapped boots…
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