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The May Journal
5 years ago
Theme of December: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-N2540l3ZI
So the year is almost half over and our new normal is still continuing. I'm still dealing with customers at my job dealing with the effects of COVID and that somewhat doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon unless the governors start opening up the states because of the economy. I honestly can't say that's a great idea but if people are that hard up to work and not caring about getting infected/getting others affected (with no cure) then stay the hell away from me.
So I just got into Streets of Rage 4 when it came out Thursday and I've been loving it! A blast to the past I didn't thought i needed until now. Online is pretty rough but everything about the original trilogy is there and then some. While I personally don't have a problem with the graphics (aside from how Axel and Flyod look) I love it. The character style has a very french look to it with the lines and character details, and the backgrounds look sharp and active and colourful. As for the gameplay it's about the same with the original trilogy, it's almost about a love letter to SOR2 but you get the SOR3 stuff in there like Blitz attacks but that was the only thing they seemingly took from SOR3.
Axel, Flyod and Blaze can't run , Adam (when you unlock him) has a dash and Cherry (his daughter) can run. In SOR3 everyone could run and had an evasive roll that you could do to roll up or down the x axis of the playfield. Probably for new people or those who aren't beat-em up game fans it's going to come to a shock where you play a game where you have to take your time and stragitize your combat. Where the combat shines is with the Special moves. So when you use a special move it takes off health that you can recover by attacking and not getting hit. You can also do Special Moves in the air as well and with floor bounces and wall bounces (where the enemy bounces and can be attacked for more damage) the possibility and creation for combos are way more than in the original games.
Also I've heard about Phantasy Star Online version 2 being free to play on the Xbox and I would love to play that as well with others. I played the original PSO on the Gamecube with a friend back in the day.
As far as drawing goes, I've been working on redrawing some pictures but I've been having perfectionist syndrome, but I mean I guess it's good. I just want it do be good to that I can look back on it and have no qualms about it. That separates the mediocre from the greats. It seperates those that say they are doing commissions and get flooded instantly, and everyone else. THough I guess I was never really one to worry about making money off of my craft per se, but the added traffic would be nice. Especially in this current age of Social Isolation.
A for books, I'm working on a book called Why we Sleep by Matthew Walker and it goes into the science of sleep and the history of sleep and that (and melatonin pills lol) have been really helping my sleep to where I've been getting about 7 hours this week. I think what really helps is that we have to approach sleeping as it is a job, because it is. Before I was married I used to sleep at 2 or 3 am in the morning playing video games and surfing the net and then I also had an overnight job and that was murder on my sleeping habits. Sleeping is equally important and I would seriously suggest this book (I heard it from Bill Gates as one of this favorite current books) and I can't tell you how many times when I ask about sleep people give me an answer of less than 6 hours and be okay with that. dang. Personal health and upkeep is SO important in general and some people don't understand that your health is priority, not a luxury until it's too late.
As for working out/exercise I've been walking/run and doing High Intensity Interval training in my back yard and it's been really good. I have an hour lunch at work so I end up walking because I don't need an hour to eat sitting down when I have a job where I sit down for eight hours already.
So hopefully your month of May will go well and you continue to strive and do better than what you did yesterday. I'm down for Xbox games, chatting or livestraming my art whenever I get that off of the ground as well.! Safe travels peoples!
So I just got into Streets of Rage 4 when it came out Thursday and I've been loving it! A blast to the past I didn't thought i needed until now. Online is pretty rough but everything about the original trilogy is there and then some. While I personally don't have a problem with the graphics (aside from how Axel and Flyod look) I love it. The character style has a very french look to it with the lines and character details, and the backgrounds look sharp and active and colourful. As for the gameplay it's about the same with the original trilogy, it's almost about a love letter to SOR2 but you get the SOR3 stuff in there like Blitz attacks but that was the only thing they seemingly took from SOR3.
Axel, Flyod and Blaze can't run , Adam (when you unlock him) has a dash and Cherry (his daughter) can run. In SOR3 everyone could run and had an evasive roll that you could do to roll up or down the x axis of the playfield. Probably for new people or those who aren't beat-em up game fans it's going to come to a shock where you play a game where you have to take your time and stragitize your combat. Where the combat shines is with the Special moves. So when you use a special move it takes off health that you can recover by attacking and not getting hit. You can also do Special Moves in the air as well and with floor bounces and wall bounces (where the enemy bounces and can be attacked for more damage) the possibility and creation for combos are way more than in the original games.
Also I've heard about Phantasy Star Online version 2 being free to play on the Xbox and I would love to play that as well with others. I played the original PSO on the Gamecube with a friend back in the day.
As far as drawing goes, I've been working on redrawing some pictures but I've been having perfectionist syndrome, but I mean I guess it's good. I just want it do be good to that I can look back on it and have no qualms about it. That separates the mediocre from the greats. It seperates those that say they are doing commissions and get flooded instantly, and everyone else. THough I guess I was never really one to worry about making money off of my craft per se, but the added traffic would be nice. Especially in this current age of Social Isolation.
A for books, I'm working on a book called Why we Sleep by Matthew Walker and it goes into the science of sleep and the history of sleep and that (and melatonin pills lol) have been really helping my sleep to where I've been getting about 7 hours this week. I think what really helps is that we have to approach sleeping as it is a job, because it is. Before I was married I used to sleep at 2 or 3 am in the morning playing video games and surfing the net and then I also had an overnight job and that was murder on my sleeping habits. Sleeping is equally important and I would seriously suggest this book (I heard it from Bill Gates as one of this favorite current books) and I can't tell you how many times when I ask about sleep people give me an answer of less than 6 hours and be okay with that. dang. Personal health and upkeep is SO important in general and some people don't understand that your health is priority, not a luxury until it's too late.
As for working out/exercise I've been walking/run and doing High Intensity Interval training in my back yard and it's been really good. I have an hour lunch at work so I end up walking because I don't need an hour to eat sitting down when I have a job where I sit down for eight hours already.
So hopefully your month of May will go well and you continue to strive and do better than what you did yesterday. I'm down for Xbox games, chatting or livestraming my art whenever I get that off of the ground as well.! Safe travels peoples!
