Saturday, March 15, 2003

dot HACK (link to site) The first DVD is great(thanks braddah Joe). It's a Japanese anime series. The story's about the online and offline dramas of a MMORG(Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game). I don't know what the game will be like since it's not an MMORG, but a virtual one. There's a online and offline world within the game. In the offline world you check your email and get updates about the online world. I wonder what a virtual online world would be like. The only MMORG I've experienced is Ultima Online. I've always enjoyed the Ultima saga of RPGs, but playing online with other players is real RPG. I mean you can only do so much with computer controlled NPCs(Non Player Characters). MMORGs offer so much variety and the communities whithin are just as interesting. Sometimes you can spend hours just chatting and socializing. Another neat thing about it was when I played late in the night(more like early morning) Japanese users would come online. I would be a translator between English and Japanese players .. I guess that's what I'm used to doing offline anyway. 5:32:44 PM    comment []

Temple along the way Here are some shots of the temple I pass everyday to get to the subway that I took last week. The weather last Sunday was really nice .. this weekend the weather sucks. It's funny how it can affect the mood. There's this tree that I thought looks like Sakura .. I think it might be a plum tree. Looks like the same type of flowers as on The Dynamic Duo's site. It's almost Sakura season. Hanami .. party under the Sakura trees (literally translates to viewing flowers). I hear alot of people talk about it especially since the Sakura are estimated to bloom March 29. This is going to be my first time in Japan while the Sakura tree's are in full bloom. Everyone tells me that it's very beautiful, but they also keep mentioning that there'll be alot of DRINKING involved. I don't know how the two got mixed .. sounds FUN none-the-less. 3:13:02 PM    comment []