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Hah, right there, smack dab in the middle!

MAN WITH A MISSION - database feat. TAKUMA (10-FEET) [Log Horizon OP] In the database, database, I'm struggling in the database, wow, wow It doesn't even matter if there is no hope, as the madness of the system grows

I watched, uh... an episode or two when it aired on Animax here. I heard good things about it, at least! ...seriously tho, it's a show that's been in the back of my head for years because of its premise and Satoshi Kon, but that I never really watched... The from the premise similar ログ・ホライズン has just started airing, which is already being compared to that, and which I just started watching - was a good first episode, and the Engrish OP is catchy as hell. Like with Paranoia Agent, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo is something I've had on my mind for a while now, but still haven't watched... Hell, it was shown on public TV here before even (on 3sat, I think?), so I have even less of an excuse for not having seen it yet as I do for Paranoia Agent...

I guess "eulogy" is the most appropriate way to put it... Anyway, earlier today two close friends and myself finally brought the car that one of them drove for the last 5+ or so years, a Renault 5 from (IIRC) 1993, to the scrap. At 170.000+ kilometers, with a whole lot of faults, it either having failed or would fail the TÃœV vehicle inspection, and him having gotten a replacement - a somewhat younger (1996?) Opel Astra with far less kilometers -, it was time... I complained a lot about the thing when we went somewhere with it, especially initially, but I warmed up to it after a while. Also, some of those faults were responsible for memorable events or running gags among the three of us. Like the one time the intercooler broke down, smoke started rising from it and the whole car stunk like dead fish! Or how the car sounded much more "potent", like something with far more horsepower, because the exhaust was all rusted and loose and created a lot of noise - which also contributed to what we dubbed the "Renault effect", where the people in the front of the car couldn't hear what those in the back were saying, because everything was so loud. Or of course the stuttering and jumping speedometer, which ex. sometimes indicated 30km/h while waiting at traffic lights, and needed to be tapped from time to time, so that the needle would jump to the correct position. Well, a lot of memories with that thing, but with repairs being completely uneconomical by this point, its time has finally come. Here's to that rusted, old red R5, with the black racing stripes ("they make it go faster!") - thanks for the memories!

The 2013 Fall season is upon us, with... COPPELION IS: Infinite Stratos 2 Kill la Kill Log Horizon ...among the shows I consider picking up, plus/minus a few others. Although IS2 is probably a given, seeing how I liked the first season a lot... I also picked up a show from earlier this year (last season, I believe), which I didn't have on my radar for several reasons, ex. it being a spin-off in a franchise I'm just casually aware of: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya. Actually not sure what prompted me to watch the first episode of this, but that one was fun, funny and likeable. Not sure what'll happen later on - hopefully no Madoka-level drama; drama is okay, just not that much - I suppose I'll just keep watching it.

I'm rather sure it's not the sync commands because I do create a PipeSync at the beginning of the display list and PipeSyncs and LoadSyncs inside the texture loading commands - the latter being what the LoadTextureBlock in the SDK does, and both being what OoT does. Sure, I'll do more comparisons between display lists generated by my tools and lists in the actual game, but to the best of my knowledge there's very little structural difference between them.

The Kickstarter has ended: $3,845,088 (number still fluctuating slightly) plus at least $186,380 via PayPal - all stretch goals have been reached!

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S episode 24 (END)

I'm the type of person who just blows through a whole volume in no time at all, which is one reason why I prefer anime. That said, I do read manga, but I only really follow a single series right now - GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class, a yonkoma slice-of-life/comedy centered around a group of art students in high school, which has the positive distinction (for my wallet and attention span, at least) of only getting one new volume roughly every 9 to 12 months. Additional links about GA: Wikipedia, TV Tropes (oh god, be careful!), the Anime adaption at Crunchyroll