Once again we have a semi-unanimous decision on the polls. Apparently quite a number of people would be willing to attend a club meeting over the break. Because of that the executive council has decided to organize a special meeting over the break; however the meeting will be more of a celebration, like a party (similar to the potluck)
The meeting/party will take place at a Shakey's (the location is still being decided) and everyone in the club is encouraged to attend. However it would be best if everyone brought some money ($10-15) in order to pay for all the food and play the games in the arcade. The meeting will take place sometime during the last week of winter break (the week of the 3rd to the 9th of January)
Stay tuned to the blog and the forums so you can get the info. If you have any questions or suggestions you can post them in the comments section of this post or post something in the forums
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Merry Christmas
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
From your friends and fellow club members at
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
An 8 Bit Christmas
I think Christmas music is pretty awesome, but I think it's even better when it's remixed to sound like the video game music of the old days.
http://www.8bitchristmas.com/
O Christmas Tree sounds like something straight out of Megaman.
Check it out if you need some festive music to play around the house.
Merry Christmas everybody!
http://www.8bitchristmas.com/
O Christmas Tree sounds like something straight out of Megaman.
Check it out if you need some festive music to play around the house.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Orochon
Hello, Bokochaos here.
I went to dinner with my family of three, and we went to Little Tokyo last night for ramen. We caught Man versus Food about a year ago, and finally went to Orochon Ramen, or Bravery Ramen, in the native tongue. They have 2 walls of bravery, and nine different levels of broth spice, where 7 isn't spiced, and 1 is the hottest, except for special 1 and 2, which 2 is the worst.
We each got something different, I got Orochon spicy Miso ramen with egg and chashu (not the Chinese kind), my mom got Soy Sauce Orochon spice with egg, bean sprouts, and chashu, and our third got a salt with extra noodles and green onions.
Personally, it was great to get out of the cold, and eat something spicy. The first bean sprout tingled, the broth was bordering hell. I'm lame, however, as they have a broth called "special 2", where if you finish it in half an hour, broth and all, you get your picture on the wall. For an extra couple quarters, you're asking for hurt.
Personally, I hated myself from dinner, as I had stomach pains all night, and woke up this morning prepared to eat something not spicy.
The menu is cheap, about ten dollars a person, for a large bowl of food, the building's near Temple Street, take a left from Roybal, and the wait is about half an hour. What you go for is to feel pain, you leave with pain, you go back to do it again. Easily found, there's parking below the plaza, and It's on the third floor, right above a curry/rice bowl place.
I went to dinner with my family of three, and we went to Little Tokyo last night for ramen. We caught Man versus Food about a year ago, and finally went to Orochon Ramen, or Bravery Ramen, in the native tongue. They have 2 walls of bravery, and nine different levels of broth spice, where 7 isn't spiced, and 1 is the hottest, except for special 1 and 2, which 2 is the worst.
We each got something different, I got Orochon spicy Miso ramen with egg and chashu (not the Chinese kind), my mom got Soy Sauce Orochon spice with egg, bean sprouts, and chashu, and our third got a salt with extra noodles and green onions.
Personally, it was great to get out of the cold, and eat something spicy. The first bean sprout tingled, the broth was bordering hell. I'm lame, however, as they have a broth called "special 2", where if you finish it in half an hour, broth and all, you get your picture on the wall. For an extra couple quarters, you're asking for hurt.
Personally, I hated myself from dinner, as I had stomach pains all night, and woke up this morning prepared to eat something not spicy.
The menu is cheap, about ten dollars a person, for a large bowl of food, the building's near Temple Street, take a left from Roybal, and the wait is about half an hour. What you go for is to feel pain, you leave with pain, you go back to do it again. Easily found, there's parking below the plaza, and It's on the third floor, right above a curry/rice bowl place.
Avatar
Alright, alright. Everyone is either going to see Avatar or not this holiday season. I however, got lucky enough to watch it in 3-D over the weekend, I was just too lazy to write a review. Any who, here goes:
Avatar is a sci-fi action movie that sucks you in, moreso if you see it in 3-D (I can't watch McDonalds commercials with it anymore). The basis is that you follow a cripple marine's life on Pandora, a moon near Jupiter. As white as the guy is (no offfense), his name is John, who is a twin of his brother Bill.
Bill is a scientist who has been genetically researching the native people on Pandora, and has created a hybrid between human and alien. He got rich, being a doctor in 2154. On the five year journey to Pandora, he was killed, so the marine has to take over.
How in the hell does a marine do such a thing? Well, as the name mentions, and as we're mostly all gamers, the hybrid is just a lifeless character. They're put on a military base looking for a rare ore, and a kilo is a quarter billion on Earth.
This brings us back to the marine, who makes a couple friends, and is put into a foamy coffin of sorts, where he is actively playing his brother's creation, a 10', blue semi-human with a long ponytail. Insanity partly, but you know that something's bound to happen.
Now, the movie goes on for about 3 hours, but it sucks you in with CGI, tons and tons. Basically, you end up with more CGI than you do the crew to make the movie. How this is balanced out is the high-quality of the animation, great story line, and the fact that if it wasn't CGI, we'd have actors in outfits that would make the $300 million movie a waste. It's a thrill ride, but we should all hope and pray natives don't fight our military with arrows, because they can pierce through bullet-proof vests faster than bullets. Many people die, and you'd cheer for the natives with arrows, not the guys with the guns.
For Gundam fans, you will see a lot of robots, people in oxygen support masks, and things getting blown up. There's also a lot of fantasy scenes, flight scenes, three to four battle scenes, and also see how corrupt the military is over nothing.
Overall, it's worth going to see, and worth the extra couple bucks to see it in 3-D, considering the guy who directed it also did Terminator 2 and Titanic. The music was able to set a good mood, the characters mostly to practically realistic, and the storyline was good up to the end, which you knew was coming. There isn't blood flying everywhere, but you can get attached to the characters until they die, where you feel bad for anyone who gets hit. Hope you change your mind about your holiday plans, as you go ditch your family and go watch a movie. Seriously, in high school, who wants to listen to your brother's annoying game, and your parent's banter when you can go view an enjoyable film with your friends.
Avatar is a sci-fi action movie that sucks you in, moreso if you see it in 3-D (I can't watch McDonalds commercials with it anymore). The basis is that you follow a cripple marine's life on Pandora, a moon near Jupiter. As white as the guy is (no offfense), his name is John, who is a twin of his brother Bill.
Bill is a scientist who has been genetically researching the native people on Pandora, and has created a hybrid between human and alien. He got rich, being a doctor in 2154. On the five year journey to Pandora, he was killed, so the marine has to take over.
How in the hell does a marine do such a thing? Well, as the name mentions, and as we're mostly all gamers, the hybrid is just a lifeless character. They're put on a military base looking for a rare ore, and a kilo is a quarter billion on Earth.
This brings us back to the marine, who makes a couple friends, and is put into a foamy coffin of sorts, where he is actively playing his brother's creation, a 10', blue semi-human with a long ponytail. Insanity partly, but you know that something's bound to happen.
Now, the movie goes on for about 3 hours, but it sucks you in with CGI, tons and tons. Basically, you end up with more CGI than you do the crew to make the movie. How this is balanced out is the high-quality of the animation, great story line, and the fact that if it wasn't CGI, we'd have actors in outfits that would make the $300 million movie a waste. It's a thrill ride, but we should all hope and pray natives don't fight our military with arrows, because they can pierce through bullet-proof vests faster than bullets. Many people die, and you'd cheer for the natives with arrows, not the guys with the guns.
For Gundam fans, you will see a lot of robots, people in oxygen support masks, and things getting blown up. There's also a lot of fantasy scenes, flight scenes, three to four battle scenes, and also see how corrupt the military is over nothing.
Overall, it's worth going to see, and worth the extra couple bucks to see it in 3-D, considering the guy who directed it also did Terminator 2 and Titanic. The music was able to set a good mood, the characters mostly to practically realistic, and the storyline was good up to the end, which you knew was coming. There isn't blood flying everywhere, but you can get attached to the characters until they die, where you feel bad for anyone who gets hit. Hope you change your mind about your holiday plans, as you go ditch your family and go watch a movie. Seriously, in high school, who wants to listen to your brother's annoying game, and your parent's banter when you can go view an enjoyable film with your friends.
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