The Inaugural Address: SlowMotionKarma's Introduction

Welcome to Unhealthy Habits. I'm going to start off with a little anecdote:

I despise the term “blog”. Don't ask me why, because I really can't explain. I suppose it has something to do with the word beginning with “b” and ending with “g”, giving it the sound of a pre-vomit vocalization. You know, how it just starts coming up and all you can do it let out this guttural yelp before the deluge? I'm thinking that may be it. Anyway, I've had a few weblogs in the past, and I referred to them as that, weblogs. While it was a great alternative to the abbreviation blog, it presented another problem that ended up even more annoying. 9 out of 10 people which I used weblog during a conversation replied with, “Weblog? What's that, kinda like a blog?”

Now that that's out of the way, hi. I'm SlowMotionKarma and I'm part 1 (or A if you prefer) of this dynamic duo of a weblog team. I've known RedDragon for going on 19 years now, and we were talking a few weeks ago and decided the world would be a better place if we could somehow get our thoughts out there. This is the result. Here you'll find a growing list of articles dedicated to all the best stuff “The Man” says is a waste of time. I'm a huge fan of anime (otaku desu! But don't tell anyone...). At present I'm watching about 10 anime series and reading 4 manga series, along with re-watching the anime I buy every few weeks. I'm also a guy, and under 40, so I'm a big gamer too. Throw in a healthy dose of “film buff” and I'm sure its easy for you to infer what I'm going to be writing about most of the time. Beyond that there might be an occasional “side-story” or two; something not really in any of the main categories but what I consider worthy of being immortalized here.

Now for a little personal background.
-The first “real” anime I saw was DragonBall Z, way back in '96 I think. It was, funnily enough, when I was hanging out at RedDragon's house. We were flipping the channels and came across this awesomeness (at the time. I'm no longer a fan. More on that some other time.) We figured out what it was and started watching. Almost immediately after the wonderful Toonami block on Cartoon Network started airing Gundam Wing and Rurouni Kenshin. I fell in love with anime and started watching as much as I could. Gundam: 08th MS Team and Outlaw Star started airing on Toonami's “Midnight Run” block, the precursor for [Adult Swim] a little later. By that time I had the “super cool” 56k internet and began researching and watching, albeit in terrible quality, all the anime I could find. Today I have a HUGE list of anime I've seen and I'm watching and collecting even more.
-Video games, I've been playing since the mid-eighties. Good 'ol NES was my first platform. I still have fond memories of playing Super Mario Bros. 3 over and over again. Heck, I still can't get enough of it. From there it went:

1. Game Boy
2. Sega Genesis
3. Sega Genesis' Sega Channel
4. Sega Saturn
5. Game Boy Pocket
6. PC (The Ultimate Gaming System!)
7. Sega Dreamcast
8. Sony Playstation 2
9. Microsoft Xbox
10. Nintendo Wii
11. Microsoft Xbox 360
12. Nintendo DS lite
13. Sony PlayStation 3

So now I own all the major systems this generation and I have quite a nice collection of games. My favorite genres are: FPS, RPG and action adventure, with an undying love of Rock Band (yeah, I consider it in a genre of it's own) thrown in. For the most part, as long as the game appeals to me, I don't care what genre it is. My favorite game list includes:

• Panzer Dragoon Azel
• Half-Life 1/2/Episodes
• Baldur's Gate 1/2/Throne of Bhaal
• Xenosaga 1/2/3
• Every Zelda Game Ever Made
• Super Mario 64
• The Smash Bros. Series
• Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy
• System Shock 2
• Deus Ex
• And the list goes on and on...

-Finally, movies and TV. I love movies, as I'm sure many people do. I'll watch pretty much any movie once, and do, so this is something else I'm sure you'll be reading from me quite often. I have a nice little collection of DVD's and an even nicer growing collection of Blu-Ray movies. Television, on the other hand (for me) consists of: House, Burn Notice, True Blood, and Supernatural. And everything else is terrible, or a spin-off of a spin-off, so that's about all I'll be talking about regarding that subject.
There you have it. I'll fill you in with other necessary information in future posts, but that's all you'll need to get a feel from this half of Unhealthy Habits.

-Cheers.