http://www.ajpapa.net Now with 70% more content, 30% grammatical errors, and 0g trans fat! Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:58:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/07/22/lets-go-justin/ What a devastating weekend, both in terms of the devastating Arizona 100+ degree heat and perhaps the biggest fighting game tournament of the year to date, Devastation '09. Again with camera in hand, I decided to utilize my amatuer skills to film a short little video montage. Aside from the ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/06/22/this-past-weekend-was-devastating/ Recently, I've been getting into this arcane voodoo magic that is videography. Granted I'm very amatuer at this stuff, I find I'm enjoying it more and more; I think it's because I'm trying to justify my $750 purchase on a camera and equipment, and for that amount of money, I ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/06/11/sbo-you-just-dont-know-get-hype/ Among others things like taking silly perverted photos such as the one you see below, I had a chance to go clubbin', walk the strip, eat at buffets and lose big with some old high school buddies of mine -- ya know, the Vegas experience. Of course I just had ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/06/02/vegas-adventures/ If you've read some of my interviews you'll notice that one of my signature questions that I ask is, "In the event of the zombie apocalypse, what is your ideal strategy for survival?" In this relative time of peace, it's a question that provides some fun insight to a person's ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/05/04/surviving-the-zombie-apocalypse/ Rotten Potatoes ... you know ... it's like Rotten Tomatoes except baring any legal copyright ramifications. You know, I made the mistake one time of telling one of my colleagues at work that I was at a Street Fighter IV tournament over the weekend, and I could just see that look ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/04/27/i-got-next-a-documentary-about-the-competitive-fighting-game-subculture-interview-with-director-ian-cofino/ The small aspect ratio of my website doesn't serve the gallery justice. Click here to see the entire video montage in full 720p HD. If it was ever more evident that Street Fighter is a cultural icon, it was definitely at the Nucleus Gallery and Store in Alhambra last night ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/04/26/jab-strong-fierce-street-fighter-art-exhibit-nucleus/ As a bit of an idealist, I like to think video games and professional gamers alike are becoming a bit more ubiquitous throughout the sexes, but the truth of the matter is, when you think of the Street Fighter scene, you think of legendary names such as Alex Valle, Justin ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/04/23/starslay3r-takes-on-professional-street-fighter-4-interview-with-ciji-thornton/ Rotten Potatoes ... you know ... it's like Rotten Tomatoes except baring any legal copyright ramifications. Touted as one of Time Magazine's top 100 Best Novels, it's expected that a movie adaptation has quite the expectation in the hearts of geeks. You can expect much more scrutiny from fans of the ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/03/06/who-watches-the-watchmen-i-certainly-did/ Rotten Potatoes ... you know ... it's like Rotten Tomatoes except baring any legal copyright ramifications. I had first heard of Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father from Dan Trachtenberg of the Totally Rad Show stating that the film had moved him to tears. Wow. To tears? ... http://www.ajpapa.net/2009/03/02/dear-zachary-a-letter-to-a-son-about-his-father-and-this-accompanying-post-from-a-stranger/