Month: June 2013

ideas

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every
littlebigmedium
starts
in this place
an idea
i want to
take this thing
to form in words
to construct
something worthwhile
a beacon
or
maybe just a bent signpost
to be ignored
but there nonetheless
it spills out
to be raised as children
liquid mirrors
they flow
they become new
but they always are
what they were
no matter
what the are
or will be
there is a thread
a

c o n t i n u i t y

like a hall
strewn with waste
let us gather it up
put it
in its place
in the bin
to be carted away
in all its castoff glory
buried
forgotten
yet
still does life find a way
to grow in the shit
while night scavengers
dig out the best of the worst
and nothing can be said
to have been done
for nothing

to know

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this prayer, that prayer
lost words
of
electric static in the air
tossed words
bottled and sent adrift
that a hand might reach
that an eye might spy
a broken glint on distant beach
not to act
or
ride heavy to rescue
but to know,
and in that knowing
we might…
exist

what may fill the absent sky

amber is the evening
like a heart washed in gold
warm and wet as tongues
dancing with eager intent
while stillness rules
in expectation of
what may fill the absent sky –
some lightning
slow fork like a hand-drawn trident
pressing through a thick, resistance
or a heavy moon
white and fat and full of borrowed light
no matter
everything is pressed down
beneath the hidden weight
of an abusive, secret twilight

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Why?

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I received a letter today from a reader who was impacted by one of my editorials. She spoke at great length about how her family had been discussing the editorial over the past few months. 

She was thankful and encouraging and I was humbled.

This is why I write. Words are powerful. 

an impression

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I see that lonely
sings at the beach
when the day is grey
and the sun retreats
to a warmer place
Monet lives in the water
painting broken blue skies
in morse code colours
an impression of heaven
in brushstrokes of wind

in my head

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the sound of waves
rolling over and over themselves
a constant background static
that speaks of always
its in my head now
rhythm speaks of patterns
the sea sings inside
to let me know i am alive
being washed in salty brine
and cleansed in silica sand
shhh…there are gulls asleep
in the surf

wrestle till dawn

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point the battered boat
into towering waters
and settle in for the ride
whether down to drown
or beach on foreign shore
there are some powers
too strong to wrestle till dawn
let the journey be the blessed end
and not the end itself

E3 Sony Press Conference

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– ok obviously Sony needs to show the PS4 or the event will be a big fail

– start by slamming the Xbox home media platform aka “we’re all gaming”

– the opening video was toooooo long

– now it is just hurry up and wait. Watched the opening vid and spend forever on wallpaper screen awaiting the real show

– finally starting for real: substance please. Still opening montage.

– it is 21 minutes past start time and still nothing but filler

– groan: starting with Vita and PS3 and boring speech from Sony CEO

– yay…now you can plAy all the old play station games u played already only on a smaller, crappier screen

– now onto PS3 games

– ok After seeing Dead Rising 3 trailer the Last of Us looks lame

– puppeteer looks good

– Rain looks awesome

– Beyond Two Souls looks meh

– Gran Tourismo 6 looks nice

– still all PS3

– Batman Arkham Origins looks great but not exclusive

– Nothing original yet…sigh…Sony is losing its opportunity against MS

– so u opened the show with why we should NOT buy PS4

– 8:38 and finally PS4

– finally we get to see it – hmmm black and square and a lot like the original PS2

– Lots of responding to MS in little ways

– so far we have heard from two CEOs and a president but no gaming developers and managers

– yay Sony is selling Sony movies through its Sony products (yo dawg I heard u liked Sony products so we’re going to sell u Sony products through our Sony products)

– This is Sony reacting to Microsoft so far

– 8:48 we finally get to hear about PS4 games

– An exclusive?!? Nice looking cut scene/trailer. Steam punkish. Gameplay please. The Order…looks good but no gameplay

– Sweet futuristic shooter with Killzone

– drive club looks good

– Infamous Second Son looks exceptional graphically. Great voice acting! Very awesome looking and sweet music too

– Knack is a nice looking but standard platformer

– The Dark Sorcerer looks stupidly amazing but is it gameplay or cut scene… Never mind cuz I have no clue what it was

– Transistor intro by actual game developers. Top down third person … Not as cool as the cut scenes. Looks like an arcade game

– the indie games make me want to cram a quarter into the console…lame

– Ok the Zombie game looks cool

– Oddworld is very cool but a remake? Not cool for a game that was on the original Xbox

– woo…exclusive shoulder braces for Diablo III

– Square Enix will be good…they are always amazing. It looks spectacular. Final Fantasy XV – beautiful

– KINGDOM HEARTS 3!!!!! Awesome.

– Assassins Creed Black Flag…not exclusive. Most game demo ever. Not compelling. nice action at the end though. Seems like the game has been freezing a lot…embarrassing

– Watchdogs looks pretty sweet. Awesome graphics. Looks open world. A little like GTA. Seems like u can hack everything. Nice idea. Spending too much time on it

– I give up…I will check back later for more details like price etc and edit it in

– Elder Scrolls Online!!!! OMG. beta exclusive only…never mind. Nice to know it will be a console game too

– Mad Max trailer but no gameplay

– No used restrictions on used games

– Needs no online connection

– Social media blah blah blah

– Destiny: gameplay trailer. Beautiful graphics. PS4 is freezing again. Not good. Very Halo-like. Super sweet. I like the weapons.

– $399…wowowowowowow. Might be first next gen I buy.

E3 – Xbox Presentation

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– An open world Metal Gear Solid with graphics I thought were from a cut scene but were actually game play…freaking sweet

– No word on exclusivity or exclusive content. Probably not.

– 13 next gen titles exclusive to Xbox One…nice

– Weird: starting with some Xbox 360 games that are coming. Xbox 360 redesigned and available today. Cool. Two free games per month for Gold members. That’s nice. This month includes Assassin’s Creed 2 and Halo 3. Some great games.

– World of Tanks for Xbox 360…that`s pretty awesome

– Max seems a pretty standard platformer for the 360 with nice graphics. Not too compelling for me

– Dark Souls II for 360 looks pretty awesome

– Ryse: Son of Rome seems awesome. Like Call of Duty set in Roman times. Cool.

– Killer Instinct fighter looks awesome as an exclusive

– Sunset Overdrive stylized open world shooter. It looks spectacular and fresh. Very exciting.

– Forza 5: yeah we all knew that was coming.Yeah it looks amazing. Graphics are awesomely sweet looking. Driveatar is a good idea.

– Minecraft: better be crazy spectacular to excite me more than the original. Nothing said. Bigger maps. Woohoo. Not too exciting.

– Quantum Break: so far all cut scene. Need to see gameplay. No gameplay. How do i know if it will be any good?

– D4 looks like an awesome cell-shaded game. Not much to tell what it will be like.

– Project Spark: Looks SUPREMELY awesome as a custom game development system. Wow. Uses Kinect and Smart Glass. This looks like a standout game for sure. Very excited for this one.

– Smart Glass integration: Who needs a separate handheld device when you have this updated Smart Glass. Pretty cool. Easy recording to Twitch for broadcasting gameplay and game videos. Nice.

– Losing MS Points for real $$$ is a GOOD idea. Thanks.

– Unlimited friends instead of 100

– Crimson Dragon: a flying dragon game. Meh. Seems cool. Not sure. Graphics seem average.

– Dead Rising 3 looks spectacular. Open world zombies. No load times? We’ll see. Whole lotta zombies going on…customize weopons, that’s cool. Driving too…sweet. Man this game looks like too much fun. Ok – you can call in artillery support via Smart Glass. C’mon how cool is this?

– Witcher 3. Completely free-roaming and open world. Nice. Spell-casting via Kinect is a great idea. Graphics look freaking awesome. Wow. Getting close to Skyrim.

– Battlefield 4: Actual gameplay. Ack. First glitch…frozen. Re-start. Graphics are UNBELIEVABLE. Battling on ship – that is cool. Battling IN ship – even cooler. The sound is very good as well. Ok – now some sweet battling from smaller gun boats.

– Below: It looks exceptionally creative but the small trailer really told me nothing. Cannot tell if it will be good or not.

– Black Tusk Studios: Looks good but no details at all.

– The first Halo trailer looked awesome but no game details. 60 fps. Nice.

– Overall an impressive line up. Launching in November at $499. Too much in my mind repeating mistake of the PS3 at launch.

– Final Exclusive is a very cool mech FPS called Titanfall. Looks great.

As cool as this Xbox is I will likely not be lined up on launch day for the first time ever. We shall see what PS4 brings.

the only living place

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this present day
wants to be unwrapped
there are no others
no past but dreams
fog and cloud
no future but blinding sun
there is only now
my rested breath
these green leaves
a smell of wet and cut
there is this coffee
in the shade of the wall
beneath the canopy
forever now and always
across from smiling grace
this lazy locale is summer
the centre of it all
the only living place
a reality in my fiction