Well, there's a buzzkill

If you were psychic, you might know that I occasionally enjoy Pat Condell and his somewhat bleak version of humor. I'm subscribed to his page on YouTube. If you have a YouTube account and are not subscribed to Pat Condell's videos, you're probably a Nazi.

Anyway, something he's been talking about a lot lately is the rising influence of Islam in Europe and elsewhere. If you're living in the UK or the Netherlands, or you're like me and give a shit about the rest of the world, you should really look into this stuff.

Particularly, take a look at this film Fitna if you get the chance. It's only 15 minutes, and it's a pretty grim reality check. The dramatic mood music is a little cheesy, but it doesn't change the fact that the film makes a good point.

While you're at it, watch Pat's latest video. He really drives home the point that Islam extremists are getting way out of control in the UK, and unlike some YouTube mouthpieces, he has the courtesy to link to news articles about what he's talking about.

I signed the petition he links to, and I'd suggest you do the same.

That's all for now. Peace and love.

Vloggalypse Now

So, I finally got my webcam going and recorded my first-ever video blog entry. I'd been putting it off thus far, but I finally have a few topics that warranted you actually being able to see me and the objects in my room. Plus, don't you want to hear my charming voice?



There may be more of these in the future, but not too soon.

This is the Best News Ever

I got my absentee ballot in the mail today. I voted for Bob Barr. No, that's not the news, but I thought I'd mention it.

No, the big news is this: YouTube has officially added audio previews for comments. Yes! This has been suggested many times in many forms by many different people, but I never thought I'd see the day that it gets implemented. This is fantastic. Now, when people go posting comments on my videos, they'll first click audio preview, and something like this will happen:



(Congrats go to Randall Munroe. He called it)

Video Editing 101

Remember a while back when I said I was going to make a God Hand music video? Well, I'm still working on it, but I'm much closer. I took some test footage today and decided to make a short video out of it. Aside from the crap video quality, I think it came out pretty well.



I'm hoping I can get the right equipment for when I do the real video. That, too, will have a Bullets and Octane soundtrack, because Bullets and Octane rock on epic levels.

But yeah, actually getting the raw footage will be the most time-consuming part of the whole thing. Aside from the video quality issues, the idea I had for the GMV involves cutscenes that I would only have access to by playing through the whole game. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I've played through it a good 4 times already. What's one more?