Friday, January 27, 2012

Blame a killer of responsibility

    A little while ago I was reading a book and in it it mentioned how when D&D first came out parents blamed it for kids being violent or joining cults.  In much the same way they’re blaming video games today or their parents blamed Rock music.  This got me thinking of all the political ads I’ve been seeing on T.V. as of late, and how they tend to fall into one of two types (at least from my point of view).  Those blaming the other guy or those saying they’re not the ones to blame.  This in turn got me asking what happened to taking responsibility for your actions for good or ill, and is it no wonder that more and more children are misbehaving when all their role models are indulging in one of the two most immature problem solving methods, either blaming someone else, or simply ignoring it?  This isn’t to say this wasn’t always a problem (witch hunts, inquisitions anyone) but due to technological advances there’s more ‘n’ more scapegoats and less ‘n’ less natural consequences.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

my favorite video game soundtracks

Hello Everyone

Today I am gonna show you all my favorite video game music and show you where you can listen to the music

http://www.gamethemesongs.com/index.php
Like this one

 This one has some of the Sonic the Hedgehog songs from the games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dB7XSqSCMs
Enjoy!!!!

Monday, January 23, 2012

dragon



for to day is the new year of the dragon
this picture is called dance of the dragon
for the winds of change and and anger of the winds be old and new
we shall move and dance the world
good and bad.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

On Twilight wings

On twilight wings she comes
In those fleeting moments between night and day
We dance though time and space
One moment rejoicing at the birth of a random unknown child
The next we weep like lovers for a stranger who died defending their home
Then we quietly enjoy the view of supernova as it destroys all within its reach
Only to trigger the birth of new stars in a nearby nebula
As she leaves she kisses me goodbye
A kiss that fills my veins with fire and ice
And leaves me both dreading and hoping to see her again

Var J. Grimhope

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The three types of bullies and how to deal

   I'm sure you've all seen those anti-bullying public service announcements(P.S.A.s) telling kids to tell the teacher if they're getting bullied, and while this is generally the best solution these P.S.A.s ether gloss over or completely ignore the true complexity of the issue.  I for one have the dubious distinction of being a target of bullies and one who solved my bullying problems on my own and my experiance as such taught  me that bullies tend to fall into one or more of the fallowing types.
   The benevolent Bully: I know this sound like a oxymoron but it's not. these uncommon and honestly least harmful bullies feel its there Job to thicken the hide of there "victims" and they're generally pretty none violent about it usually not going any further then shoving. They are also one of the easiest to deal with simply standing up to them in any real way tends to do the job after all for them it was all about preparing you for the world. now that being said they're by no means harmless. When there "victims" are an introverted and/or emotionally vulnerable this can lead to a downwards spiral that can lead to ether there "victims" suicide or a Columbine scenario.
   The head case: these unfortunate individuals are the most common type of bullies are themselves victims of some kind or another and bullying is a byproduct of whatever there own issue and the only real way to deal with them is to some how rectify the issue there having.
  The sadist: These most problematic and thankfully rare bullies as the name suggests actually enjoy inflicting pain on there chosen victim and the only real way to deal with them is to make it so that they are ether unable to bully you or that it's easier to go find another unfortunate soul In the best case scenario is that they end up picking on a masochist and they form a unhealthy but stable symbiosis. The biggest problem with these bullies is that any attempted to stop them will only escalate things so it best to try and make the first attempt the last.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Ninja Burger! game

Ninjaaaaa!!! , Burgerrrr!!! this game is a very fun and funny game. oh b.t.w. if you don't like crazy insane situations you probably won't like this game. lol well lets see if for example you don't like things were your a ninja delivering burgers to the C.I.A. or the international space station with out a space ship then turn right around and find a different game. on the other hand if you like these type of things' you probable should stay tune and continue reading for that's the game i am going to go into details of; a funny ninja burger delivery system were if you fail to much your ninja character card goes to apologize to there ancestors and never returns. this game is best played with at least three players and the more the merrier and of course the more the funnier. there are 18 ninja cards to use and there are also fortune cards with witch you can either boost your ninja character or hinder others or on a occasion help others. these cards go to help, hinder or mess with your mission card or your rivals mission cards. Now lets get to the point of the game before I get into the silliness of this game and that point is to become the branch manager of this burger delivery company. OK!, so there are actually three ways of wining the game and becoming the branch director, one: the branch director position becomes unexpectedly vacant and thus the ninja with the highest honor becomes the new branch manager, if there is a tie in whose ninja cards have the highest honor the ones who tie have a sudden death duel for who is promoted. the reason there are three ways to become the branch manager is because there are two ways that the branch manager position opens up; one is that the business dose so good that it has a total honor of ten times the amount of players and the branch manager is promoted, or it dose so bad that its total honor is four times the amount of players and the branch manager goes to apologize to his ancestors and never return and so the position of branch manager is open to be filled. the final way to win and become branch manager is that your ninja dose so well that he has five more honor than the closest rival ninja and is promoted to start their own franchise branch as branch manager. now lets get to the funny stuff for instance the mission card jury room you are to deliver a order to the inside of the jury room it has a flavor text of so thats seven for guilty and six for innocent... wait how many if you don't already know this there are only twelve jurors on any jury so how did they end up with thirteen lol that's the ninja while he was there for a sec. there is also one mission that is called wedding day and has the flavor text of to love and to hold ... mmh fries. and that's only the mission cards and two at that then there are the ninja cards them selves that also have flavor text and then the fortune cards like wasabi coating witch adds a plus one to combat on a ninja item and a fortune card that is called onion death blossoms that is used to well distract people. If you'd like more info either stay tune for more blog post by me or another diode blog person or simply look the game up well in-till next time good day and good bye.