Week 12 V4.0 - Stay Strong - 2/7/2014

Whata weekend. So glad I got my friends to reconsider.

Saturday night I went to Video Games Live. A concert showcasing the wonderful music of video games with Tommy Tallarico. One of my favorite VG composers. The list of songs that were played are: Castlevania, Mega Man, Halo, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter 2, Kingdom Hearts. God of War, Metal Gear Solid, Skyrim, Silent Hil 2, World of Warcraft. Final Fantasy 7, Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Cross. It was spetacular hearing those songs from an orchestra. I recorded some of it but my cellphone couldn't record sound too well and it ended up distorted . In the end they played Still Alive from Portal but the whole crowd chanted for a song from Zelda. It may have ended with us wanting more but all the songs mentioned were really good plus there were guest composers like Russell Brower (Blizzard), Eimear Noone (Zelda/Warcraft), Craig Stuart Garfinkle (Warcraft) and Gerard Marino (God of War). <---Yeah I looked that up hehe. In fact this page has a quick summary of the event so you can give it a look if you want here

As for yesterday, convention time with my buddies from BroniesMTY. I still don't know how I managed to stay up all afternoon after Sunday morning's long session of gameplay. I left my friend's house at around 8 and got home some time at nine. I only slept for a few hours. I should also mention that we are finally up to speed with the time now. Sunday morning we set our clocks one hour forward. So now I'm going to be getting up very late these days. While at the convention, I basically window shopped. I only bought a few minor things for myself and took a few pics. I did buy something for my sister. I have always wanted too. Seeing how this might be the last time I might ever go to the convention, I spent what I had to buy her a gift. A friend of mine cosplayed as Casey Jones from the TMNT cartoon currently on Nick. He looked really bad-ass. There was also a retro Casey Jones along with him. The best thing of being there was getting an autograph from Kevin Sorbo. One of my favorita childhood stars. Not only did I shake his hand but I also was able to express how much of an admirerer I was to him. I was able to tell him that I loved his voice work in The Conduit and how it was so awesome that he voiced Hercules in God of War III.

Not that I wanted to but I didn't go to class today. It was already late and I knew that I was gonna miss class anyway so I saved myself a day's trip. First time I miss Monday's class this semester so there shouldn't be much damage.

Now to wait for tomorrow's Nintendo Direct on Smash Bros. I don't expect much but if it reveals a release date then I'm gonna have to start saving ASAP.

Come this Friday I'll be going Home again for Spring Break. 2 whole weeks to unwind. I'll be returning on a pale horse.