Nerdiness Episode XIV

Alright so today is Halloween, so obviously massive nerd power activates today, I mean dress up as whatever you want? The possibilities are literally endless, considering you can go from Superman to Megaman, to Godzilla, to a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, to Sherlock Holmes, to maybe even the infamous Pumpkin King Jack Skellington. So what is Halloween really all about? I have no idea but I do have a theory that I think is pretty amazing. So long ago an ancient evil was brought into this world by a dark sorcerer to destroy the land so he could rise up the armies of the underworld to fight the angels in the battle known as the apocalypse, but one young warrior stepped up with a Blade forged in both the darkest depths of hell and the highest clouds of heaven created only to be used to destroy the end-bringer. So the warrior fought with the beast and the armies of heaven were beside him, and they were able to vanquish the evil, and killed the dark sorcerer. But did they really? The sorcerer regains a small amount of power every Halloween, enough to enter into someones body to rise the evil once more, but since everyone is shrouded by masks and costumes, he can't make a clear entry to any body and must wait until next year.

Now this might sound crazy but honestly, this is why I think Halloween is around, so the sorcerer may never rise from the dead again seeing as how we have no fabled warrior around any longer to vanquish the threat, and the blade of peace has been lost forever. So today when you are out having fun, remember the sacrifice made for the human race to be in existence still, and the price we would all pay if you didn't wear a costume. Have a Happy Halloween now ladies and gentlemen.

Nerdiness Episode XIII

So the first anime I ever saw was Dragon Ball Z, don't make fun, it is actually really good. So let me start from the top, the main character is an almost extinct race known as Saiyans. The Saiyans hail from Planet Vegeta, which was blown up by an evil tyrant known as Freiza. The main character is Goku(Kakarot), who didn't show much promise as a Saiyan warrior, so they sent him to conquer Earth because they figured he could handle it. But when he arrived he fell and hit his head losing all memory of his mission, where Grandpa Gohan finds him and takes him in as his own. Goku grows up thinking he is an average human child, but that all changes when he meets Bulma, a teenage girl on a mission for the 7 Dragon Balls that grant any wish. They begin their adventure together and Goku shows promise as a fighter, slowly learning more and more becoming one of the strongest fighters in existence.

Which brings us up to Dragon Ball Z. Goku is an adult now, married to Chi Chi, with his son, Gohan. And all seems at peace until another Saiyan named Radditz lands on Earth. Shocked that it is not yet conquered he goes to confront Goku. Goku, who now cares for the people of Earth, obviously would never kill them. So Radditz takes Gohan, causing Goku to go after him. This starts a whole new series of adventure, and many powerful enemies arise, but Goku is there to defeat them, except in the case of Cell, whom Gohan defeats and claims his place as the universe's strongest fighter. Through nine seasons of battle and death and resurrection, this show has made me feel all the feels you could expect, and that is why this show will always be one I recommend and watch over and over.

Nerdiness Episode 12

Okay so a new show just started around the first week of October. It's called Elementary, and I have become a big fan. It follows the life of Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) in New York after his drug issues. And Dr. Watson (Lucy Liu) is his sober companion. Sherlock happens to know the lead detective of New York crime investigations. They worked together in Scottland Yard about 10 years prior. The first episode shoots off with a series of murders of red-headed girls. A crazy man who likes to murder only a specific looking women. And he is going to therapy to get better, but it only leads to another murder. Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite book series. Conan Doyle is such an amazing author, and I respect the way he works out cases and how serious I can believe the characters are real. So Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective for those who didn't know, in fact the greatest one who ever lived. Holmes solves the most complicated cases and knows nothing is as it seems. Catch the fourth episode of Elementary this Thursday.

Nerdiness episode 11

Chrome Shelled Regios is one of my favorite short animes and animes in general. It is set in a world where outside the towns, these Chrome Shelled Regios, it is poison and kills people. So everyone usually has to stay inside them, but there are exceptions like these suits that can handle the air for a short amount of time, or if you are a filth monster, the monsters who live out of the cities and often attack. The last way to handle the air is to be a Heaven's Blade wielder, one of the chosen twelve to use the most powerful DATEs known to exist. DATE are the weapons using Kei energy to fight off filth monsters, or in school cities, to have battles to be the best military artist of the school.

The story follows the strongest Heaven's Blade wielder, Layfon Alseif who was a former wielder of the Katana Heaven's Blade in Grendon, leaves it all behind, or at least that's the plan until he gets to Academy City Zuellini where he plans to not be a military artist. But when a fight breaks out and he is the only one who can help, he dashes in and catches the eye of the student council president, and the leader of the 17th platoon, which he soon joins. But his past keeps trying to come back and many problems erupt and it's up to Layfon to save Zuellini.

Nerdiness episode X

So like Doctor Who is a show, that in my opinion is pretty fantastic. It was big back in the 70's. Then it returned in 2005 and that is when I first started watching it. It came back with the infamous Doctor, the last Timelord alive, a race of time travelers. He meets Rose, a girl who seems to want more in life, and she gets it when the living plastic try to take over. This show is British so you will encounter accents and cities of Europe.

But when the doctor a rose defeat the plastic, he offers her a chance to see all of time and space. She accepts and many adventures unfold. When her journey with the doctor ends, he brings along Martha, then Dinah, then Amy, which brings us to the current episodes as latest as last Saturday when the season ended, to return in December. This show encounters so many enemies including The Dark Lord himself. Daleks, Cybermen, Ood, Smilers, Weeping Angels, and many more.

Nerdiness Episode IX

So I found that I literally have no life when I do it right. All weekend all I did was work on leveling in the new expansion of World of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria. I already have three characters at the new level cap, 90. Also I did some work on Guild Wars 2 and got a Thief to 15 already. First off in WoW, I got the expansion and immediately started leveling, I was at it for about 13 hours the first day, and then nearly all of the second day. It helped that I had the new heirlooms, thank you extra 14% experience, and help by a few of my friends who had already hit 90. I also re-discovered my talents as both a healer and a Dps. I am sad to announce that out of anyone on my realm, I have the second most 90's as of the 1st of October, and what's worse is I only had the expansion for 4 days unlike the other guy who has 4 capped toon(Characters). So not that you are wondering but my three current 90's are my Rogue, Paladin, and my Death Knight(Not as impressive since he started at 55 but still it counts).



Let me talk a little bit about Guild Wars 2 here, I got it the same day as Mists, and got online and began leveling with Jacob, and we got to about 10 or so the first day, and the second we got to 15. Now I have a slight issue with the game, it feels very linear to actually get leveling done, the path to get to the maximum level the fastest seems to be straight foward, but I often find myself in spots where unless I have the patience to sit and wait for events or anything that gets quick easy experience, then I find myself HAVING to grind on monster kills, which give little to no experience, so it gets very boring and seems like it requires more work then it should just to get to a high enough level for the second zone, which worries me, because going foward, does this mean I have to have hours upon hours just to sit and grind enemies or wait for an event to occur? That doesn't seem quite right, and I know there ARE other zones but honestly walking across half the world to get two levels doesn't seem quite right. Now one other problem is I feel broke quite often, although it could be my low level, but I feel like most things just cost amounts that are unreasonable. All in all though, I enjoy the game when it runs together smoothly, and I recommend it strongly.