I’m going to get all livejournal up in here because it’s like 4:50 on a suddenly cold sleepless night.

Current music: Ugly Casanova
Current mood: Ugly Casanova

Since I’m lucky enough to have a job that always has a little downtime and an internet connection, I love playing Orisinal games at work. They’re short and arcadey and cute. Most of them use only the mouse, which is a key point. The Wii’s browser will have Flash support, and that makes me rather pleased. If it offered any sort of controller mapping or USB keyboard functionality (c’mon consoles, let’s use those USB ports for good and not evil), that would be great. But for now, I’m keeping tabs on mouse-controlled Flash games.

The Orisinal games never fail to get someone stopped by my desk going “What the heck.” And I have to explaing that I’m blowing bubbles to catch bees and this is serious business.

The games are all soft and organic in appearance. One of the benefits of Flash is superior animation made easier, though it can be a cheap-looking effect when misused. It’s never here. The games are almost all based in nature too, featuring idyllic landscapes and animals. There’s a few exceptions that are awfully weird, but they’re earlier works. They hold up pretty well too.

There is a progression of talent, as the newer games are toward the top. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a game added for almost a year, but you know how things can go (i have heard, through a friend, that the author is a student at UT-Austin). I’m grateful that the site’s there though, not banished due to neglect.

Check these games out if you haven’t. They’re what haiku would be in videogame form.

personal favorites: Panda Run, What Comes Around, A Daily Cup of Tea.
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I’m starting to get some serious job prospects now, I got a call today from a paper in San Angelo. The job there sounds exactly like what I’m doing now: copy editing, light design duties, midnight deadline. Not bad. It’s starting to look like I’ll actually have a job when 2007 rolls around. The idea of moving is exciting too, since I’ve lived here in the urban decay of Arlington for 16 years. Unfortunately, I’ll probably have to come back to get any pho. T.T At least there’s decent Mexican food pretty much anywhere you go in Texas.
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This post was totally brought to you by me accidentally finding a friend-of-a-friend’s livejournal and the trouble it caused me. XD