Parodies

So in my free time, I like to write parodies.  A friend and I wrote one about KFC to the fine tune of Nelly's Just A Dream which, I must admit, we were quite proud of: http://www.facebook.com/kristiek/posts/10100301270353616

It was only KFC ...

I was originally going to write a serious post - I actually started writing about 1/3 of it and then bored myself.  I asked around for inspiration, but to no avail.  So now my sleep-deprived mind has come up with another brilliant idea: I will make another song!

Goodbye GameStop?

The used video game market, a subset of the video game industry, was estimated at around $2.5 billion worldwide in 2009.  Despite its success, many video game publishers dislike the used video game market because the publishers do not see any revenue from used video game sales.  

So what can they do about it?

How Legal is DotA 2?

One of my favorite games is Defense of the Ancients ("DotA"), a WarCraft III mod which has enraptured the attention of millions of gamers.  Prior to college, I played a lot of games, sure - my brothers and I had a N64, GameCube, and Xbox - but I had never really been into PC games (aside from SC and CS).

In college, I was so annoyed with my bf (at the time) because he was always playing this silly game called DotA.  Day and night, I would hear the constant clicking of the mouse, lots of curses, and occasional cheers.

All your base are belong to us!

One day, my bf showed me a character that he was using.  "This is Tiny," he said.  I looked at the character on the screen.  It was a small giant made out of rock.  He was SOOOO cute.  My attention was captured.  I watched Tiny stomp around, gleefully squishing creeps unfortunate enough to be in his path.  All of a sudden, he began to grow.  And grow.  And grow until he was the biggest character on the screen.

RAWR I'm Tiny!  The Stone Giant!

That was how I fell in love with DotA.  A tiny rock monster named "Tiny," the Stone Giant, who could grow and become a lumbering rock monster.  How adorable.

The Cost of Piracy

Games these days are expensive.  Most console games start with a retail price of $60 and PC games at $50, and that isn't counting all the costs of add-ons and DLC.

With the barrage of games released every year, and the uncertainty as to whether gamers will actually enjoy a game enough to pay retail price, it is no wonder that people have resorted to pirating games.

Mind-Boggling Questions

So here are two things I have been contemplating lately.  They are mind-boggling questions that may forever be unanswered, but I will raise them nonetheless.


[SPOILER ALERT]  For those of you who haven't read the Harry Potter series, please skip this post or just don't read the second half (SORRY!)

PREDATORS

So yesterday I came across a great article: CLICK HERE 

For some reason, the media really likes to bash on video games.  I've already discussed violence and video games and hopefully successfully demonstrated that there is little correlation between the two.  But in addition, the media loves to criticize XBox Live or PlayStation Home for encouraging children to use profane language and accusing these online forums of providing a medium for predators to find helpless victims.

Marrying a Doctor?

*Disclaimer:  This post is a product of my overactive imagination.  Except for the stalking med students part.

Parents are SO WEIRD about dating.  They yelled at me for dating in high school, and throughout college they didn't want me to date because I was supposed to focus on school and get good grades.  However, now that I'm almost done with law school, the question is WHY DON'T I HAVE A BOYFRIEND?  WHERE WILL I MEET SOMEONE AFTER I GRADUATE?! I don't understand how my parents expect me to not date at all and then BOOM! have a boyfriend the next day.

Recently, my mom has been getting a little worried that I'm going to be an old maid and never find a suitable husband.  Of course, he has to be a doctor.  No, not a lawyer.  A doctor.