I've been listening to the radio, and reading comments on forums and news websites. I can't be sure that Labor supporters wouldn't be just as retarded in the same position, but it doesn't really matter anyway. I'm pretty openly supportive of the Greens.
On the radio, Coalition-lamenters were crying "communist" (especially in relation to the Greens, but a few times it was directed towards Labor) and a few mentioned the "death of democracy". Oddly enough, this is true democracy. Sure, it looks like a few have the power to be 'kingmakers', but each of the independents have no more real power than a Coalition MP. Or a Labor MP for that matter.
They're the "swinging voters" of the House of Representatives.
The Coalition is also crying that they won much more of the 'primary vote'. I've been hearing this since election night, and Sarah Hanson-Young's retort (to a Liberal Senator) was that if the system worked like that, the Greens should hold seventeen seats. It's not as if the Coalition won >50% of the primary vote anyway (ABC says they got 43.7%). Essentially, for me, that is a moot point.
And so, I will leave you with a quote from a lovely 4BCradio caller:
"I'm glad Julia got in, because she's the second born, so she's the better choice."
I'm just glad that I never have to listen to Oakeshott explain his decision about something ever again.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Splitting Headache
Something that's becoming increasingly frustrating is finding out that a console game has online co-op, and no local co-op. Basically, I can play through Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce with someone on the other side of the world; but playing with the person sitting next to me is off-limits.
I choose to name Dynasty Warriors simply because the entire point of buying that game (and all preceding versions) was to play local co-op. The story is pretty crap, the graphics are pretty average; but it's fun beating up armies with my boyfriend. So it was much to my dismay that while the gameplay has improved significantly in Strikeforce, local co-op was left out. And there are other culprits, too.
So my question is: What is scaring developers about split-screen?
It's not that it isn't visually viable - I remember playing 4-way split-screen on a TV half the size of my current one. And it's an old CRT, so it's probably on the crappier side of things.
It just feels like if you want a real gaming console - I say "real" because the Wii is not really designed for the average gamer, and is in a different class (in my opinion) - you forfeit the chance to play anything co-op in person.
Yeah, yeah I know. Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur and Tekken (etc.) remain. They aren't actually co-op - you play against each other.
I choose to name Dynasty Warriors simply because the entire point of buying that game (and all preceding versions) was to play local co-op. The story is pretty crap, the graphics are pretty average; but it's fun beating up armies with my boyfriend. So it was much to my dismay that while the gameplay has improved significantly in Strikeforce, local co-op was left out. And there are other culprits, too.
So my question is: What is scaring developers about split-screen?
It's not that it isn't visually viable - I remember playing 4-way split-screen on a TV half the size of my current one. And it's an old CRT, so it's probably on the crappier side of things.
It just feels like if you want a real gaming console - I say "real" because the Wii is not really designed for the average gamer, and is in a different class (in my opinion) - you forfeit the chance to play anything co-op in person.
Yeah, yeah I know. Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur and Tekken (etc.) remain. They aren't actually co-op - you play against each other.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Think twice about your ballot paper.
I'm thoroughly sick of this election. I think it makes me ashamed to be Australian.
The entire campaign goes against those "traditional Aussie values" both parties love to carp on about.
People complain about how it's so horrible that there is bullying in schools. They explain that the increase in digital communication has taken it to new and sinister places. And yet, these same people will vote in one of the two major parties every election. They will vote in one of two parties that have been bombarding every media outlet with smear campaigns. There's no dignity in this. Just because it's reciprocal doesn't mean it's not bullying.
Don't reward this abysmal behaviour. Make a stand. If you really care about the kids, show them that it doesn't pay off to act this way. And if you don't care about the kids, then make a stand anyway. For yourself. Show that you want an Australia which has dignity and class.
People shouldn't be judged by how they treat their friends, but by how they treat their enemies. Anyone can be nice to someone who agrees with them.
And since I haven't seen one policy out of Gillard this entire campaign, and I think Tony Abbott has a total of four (including STOPPING THE BOATS - entirely misguided), you have so very little to lose on actual political matters.
The entire campaign goes against those "traditional Aussie values" both parties love to carp on about.
People complain about how it's so horrible that there is bullying in schools. They explain that the increase in digital communication has taken it to new and sinister places. And yet, these same people will vote in one of the two major parties every election. They will vote in one of two parties that have been bombarding every media outlet with smear campaigns. There's no dignity in this. Just because it's reciprocal doesn't mean it's not bullying.
Don't reward this abysmal behaviour. Make a stand. If you really care about the kids, show them that it doesn't pay off to act this way. And if you don't care about the kids, then make a stand anyway. For yourself. Show that you want an Australia which has dignity and class.
People shouldn't be judged by how they treat their friends, but by how they treat their enemies. Anyone can be nice to someone who agrees with them.
And since I haven't seen one policy out of Gillard this entire campaign, and I think Tony Abbott has a total of four (including STOPPING THE BOATS - entirely misguided), you have so very little to lose on actual political matters.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
What I have learnt from videogames:
The RPG hero can scale high walls, jump superhuman heights and is generally deadly. However, they give up when faced with a step that wouldn't faze a regular toddler.
Everybody needs good neighbours
I'm pretty sure our neighbour is trying to spy on us.
I have good reason. He tells our landlord that our house is 'lit up like a Christmas tree at all hours of the night', and has suggested "jokingly" that if we clear a little more of the shrubbery that separates our houses, he can 'keep an eye on the place'.
Furthermore, he's clearing everything on his side of the fence. It's creeping me out.
There is a gap between the shed and the courtyard lattice, which is about a metre from the edge of our property. It is now virtually clear. This is in view of my bathroom and my back door.
My bathroom windows are visually impenetrable from the outside, so it's okay, but it's the principle. (Hurrumph!)
In other news regarding my neighbourhood; Someone likes hanging up chip packets on our gate, and there are expletives in yellow chalk on the pavement. Fun.
I hope there's a more interesting story behind that: Something disembodied wrote on the pavement in yellow chalk, haunting the child as he ate his salt and vinegar chips. Really, the chips were not his, but he had claimed them from the trembling hands of the girl with the hook to her nose. The girl had a guardian spirit, and this was it. Its methods were not like those you would think. Poetic justice has no place here - only hard words in soft chalk.
If only.
I have good reason. He tells our landlord that our house is 'lit up like a Christmas tree at all hours of the night', and has suggested "jokingly" that if we clear a little more of the shrubbery that separates our houses, he can 'keep an eye on the place'.
Furthermore, he's clearing everything on his side of the fence. It's creeping me out.
There is a gap between the shed and the courtyard lattice, which is about a metre from the edge of our property. It is now virtually clear. This is in view of my bathroom and my back door.
My bathroom windows are visually impenetrable from the outside, so it's okay, but it's the principle. (Hurrumph!)
In other news regarding my neighbourhood; Someone likes hanging up chip packets on our gate, and there are expletives in yellow chalk on the pavement. Fun.
I hope there's a more interesting story behind that: Something disembodied wrote on the pavement in yellow chalk, haunting the child as he ate his salt and vinegar chips. Really, the chips were not his, but he had claimed them from the trembling hands of the girl with the hook to her nose. The girl had a guardian spirit, and this was it. Its methods were not like those you would think. Poetic justice has no place here - only hard words in soft chalk.
If only.
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