A Zen Parable & Things I Like.

From Wayne Rowe, Zen and the Magic of Photography.

During the course of my college studies, I came across a Zen parable about a man who encounters a tiger in a field. The man flees, and in his efforts to escape the tiger, he lowers himself by a wild vine down the face of a cliff. Trembling, he suddenly realizes that the tiger he is fleeing is directly above him and that another tiger is waiting below. His life now depends upon the strength of the vine. If this situation were not bad enough, two mice, one black and one white, begin to gnaw at the vine. The story ends as the man sees a luscious strawberry growing near him on the precipice. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucks the strawberry with the other. “How sweet it tasted!”

The following are part of my first photography project. It’s simple: Thing I Like. I am trying to keep in mind that I did just begin school.. but all the mistakes I can see are so bothersome. Whatever. I uploaded them anyways because I don’t care. Nope. Not at all.

GAHHH! Xxx, tkp

Why Would You Vacation At A Place Called Dead Island?

       Warning: I Nerded All Over This Blog

      DEAD ISLAND IS OUTTTT!! I have a small obsession with zombies so I’m excited. However, I have not been this excited for a zombie game since Left 4 Dead 2. And that was a game to be excited about.

Finding this game was no easy task. I went to Gamestop, Playntrade, Target, Best Buy. Even little stores that sold a few new xbox games. They all said the same thing: everyone is sold out of this game within 50 miles. I searched nine stores. NINE. I talked with the woman from Gamestop and she said, “The only people who knew this was going to be a big deal were the ones who made it…”  I don’t really understand this because: there haven’t been any good zombie games in the last year. I have only heard good reviews of this game from the internet and friends who played it at VidCon. So, I would think that this game would be sold out just based on the demographic of zombie killing lovers, like me. But alas, we cannot all swim.

On the way home, I decided to try one more store: Walmart. I live fairly close to the sketchiest Walmart you will ever see and so this was a little bit scary for me. When you walk in, you are pretty sure that A. This store is bigger than you wished it to be. B. There are more than ten homeless people staring at you. C. Ten seconds in the store and you’re hoping your car is in one piece by the time you have checked out.

LUCKILY, no one shops at Walmart here so they had a whole shelf of them. In fact, I told the guy that every store is sold out and his direct response was, “I have never seen a girl buy a video game before.” Okay.

disregard the flash. I am a camera phone expert.

I played the game for a couple hours now. The graphics are pretty good, but the scenery is awesome. When I’m inside, there is a lot of low lighting and I remember how scared I was playing Dead Space 2, which only makes me grip the controller harder. This game does have the predictable story line of a zombie game, but you have big missions for your team and then little ones for each individual person. The best part is that it has less annoying character than Left 4 Dead. I wanted to shoot myself in the face after a while.

I think my favourite part of this game is that it has the option to watch all of the cut scenes. No need for a Christmas present, Deepsilver, you’ve done enough for me.

I do have to say that this game is rated R or mature. Hoooollllyyy crap. When you kill zombies, their money is either in their butt or their crotch. Whether or not you like buttcrotch money, you have to take it to survive. Even when everyone is dead, you still have to pay for energy drinks and weapons. Also, I walked into a room and there were two zombies er.. making a movie. Tis mature, ya’ll. Tis mature.

If you like the sound of this, go to Walmart, sponsor, to find it. That’s all I have to say about that.