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| Vmoehk ec naymmo hud so vunda! -- 2008-02-25
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Today's article is a review of Final Fantasy X. I'm actually glad that I played FF12 first, because I would have been disappointed with it having played them both. FFX will definitely be in my top 3 as far as Final Fantasy games go.
-- sector24 | Ata Bra Golem Devuk Hakhomer VeTigzar Zedim Chevel Torfe Yisroel -- 2008-02-20
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My favorite article on this site is Necromancing the Stone, a light philosophical piece about the lich and what makes it such a great monster in video games. I have frequently wanted to write similar articles, but I've had a hard time finding monsters that are equally interesting.
I'm going to take a stab at it today with an article on the golem. I was watching a rerun of the X-Files while I was doing research on this topic, and it just happened to be the episode about the golem! Kismet, I say. So in homage to Mulder, I tell you that just like the ghost is spirit without form, the golem is Form Without Spirit.
-- sector24 | 1 Year Anniversary -- 2008-02-15
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I've been working at my new job for exactly a year now. Everything in my life has been fantastic since I left my old job, but how have they fared without me?
If you've read my White Collar Slavery articles, then you know the reason I left was because they were going to use me as a scapegoat to mask their own incompetence with regards to validating an electronic data capture (EDC) system. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get the documentation from the vendor that proved the system was tested, I couldn't even get a username and password to see the system for myself. I suspected this was because there was no documentation, and the system didn't really work.
The EDC system was necessary in order to get a contract for a new study they were doing. From what I've heard, after the sponsor found out that the EDC system was not as advertised they decided to pull the EDC portion of the contract (which accounted for 80% of the revenue). The rumors flying around the office recently are that after a year of mismanagement the sponsor was also considering cutting their losses and pulling the last 20% this month.
So the short answer is, everything at the old job is exactly the same. Now all I've heard are rumors, so I can't really confirm anything. But I do know that at least two of the directors left this year, one who was caught embezzling money from the company. I'm reminded of the people who quit before me. Every time someone in the IT department left, there was a 1-3 month stretch in which my boss basically trashed them verbally in front of all the other employees.
"Now that Jim's gone we're going to have to pick up all the pieces and get things back on track."
"This would have been easier if Bob hadn't shot us in the foot."
I wonder how long I was the bullet in their foot? How many months was it my fault that they couldn't run a successful business? Who is the bullet in their foot today now that I've moved on? The answer is that if I'd really moved on I wouldn't ask those questions. Working at a place so horrible scars you, you can't get over it right away. I don't know how long it will take, but apparently more than a year.
-- sector24 | Jealousy -- 2008-02-08
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My friend is in Canada right now interviewing at Bioware, and I'm jealous. All I've got is this review of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. A distant 2nd place to be sure.
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