The Stellaire Steam Giveaway Winners!

As promised, here are the winners for The Stellaire Steam Giveaway!

Check All The Entries!

That's it for The Stellaire Steam Giveaway! Thank you to everyone who participated! I will be selecting the winners soon and will announce them later or tomorrow (because today is laundry day).

Keep checking back for the announcement, thank you!

The Stellaire Steam Giveaway

What is a gamer?

Historically, the term "gamer" usually referred to someone who played role-playing games and wargames. Since video games became popular, the term has changed to include players of video games. While the term nominally includes those who do not necessarily consider themselves to be gamers (i.e., casual gamers), it is commonly used to identify those who spend at least some of their leisure time playing or learning about games.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamer

According to the article on Wikipedia about gamers I think I am a mid-core gamer while Jex is definitely a hardcore gamer. I've always enjoyed playing video games since I was a kid and my interest in games expanded a bit more when I met Jex.

Contemplating A Giveaway

I know I post about food most of the time, so here is a post that is not about food but about another one of my interests -- gaming!

Steam is a digital distribution platform used for games and other related media. I created a Steam account a little under 2 years ago for some reason that I can't remember. My account has mostly been dormant since I created it until the middle of last year. It was the first time I participated in the annual money-spending ritual that is called the Steam Summer Sale. According to my transaction history the first games I ever purchased was a packaged set of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and The Witcher 2. I have so many games, which I don't play a lot, but I am happy about having them. They don't expire and they'll wait for me until I have time to spare, haha.

This year's Steam Summer Sale is about to end in a few days and so far I've enjoyed playing my recent purchases. Since the sale started I've been thinking of doing a small giveaway with a few Steam-bought games but I'm not sure if there will be any interest from any of my readers (if you're out there).

So here it is: if there are any of you guys out there who are interested in participating in a small Steam giveaway here, please leave a comment. And while you're at it, tell me if you have any specific game that you wish I'd give away, and I'll see what I can do about it!

Thank you!

Retweeted

I just have to post about this!

I replied earlier to a tweet from Jared Leto and he replied to me with a retweet! I fangirled while Jex was hugging me hahahaha!

Jared tweets

Jared replies!

The Fast and the Furious Blue Screen

Jex and I were going around a gaming arcade to kill time and saw this:

"The device driver got stuck in an infinite loop" -- LOL!

Ergonomy Problems

I have the poorest posture and form when I'm on the computer. I'm pretty sure I don't follow the correct way of typing (this finger goes where and whatnot) either. So, I am more or less just like any average computer user.

Unfortunately, I've experienced the downside of being so careless with my posture and form. The day before my wedding (oh, yes, I got married! But that's for another few more posts) I was feeling some pain on my right arm, running from my wrist until my elbow towards the inner part of my arm. The pain was tolerable so I thought it might just be because of the pre-wedding stress or I was tired.

Anticipating

I have never finished Torchlight. Yes, I'm lame. I've spent hours and hours playing the game and I haven't finished it. But it is an awesome game.

In 9 hours Torchlight 2 unlocks on Steam. New character classes and multiplayer! I AM SO EXCITED. I'll probably make my first character an Outlander. I just love 'em pistols and daggers, plus magic!

9 hours from now, though, it will be around 2 a.m. in Manila, so I probably won't be able to play just yet. Hopefully the weekend will allow me to, at least, open it up and create a character.

Steve Kardynal's Chatroulette Videos

I was starting to have a tension headache a while ago, and then I decided to watch this video that was being shared by some people on Facebook. *poof* headache gone! It's so hilarious!!!

Here's another one of his Chatroulette videos. It's not as funny, but still entertaining.

Traffic

Over 30 minutes ago Jex texted me that the shuttle he's in hasn't moved for almost 30 minutes. A few minutes ago I check up on the traffic situation. He says no, they still haven't moved. Less than a minute later he suddenly texts me:

"We MOVED! OMG it's barely at 5km per hour but it feels like I'm on a JET."

Sad sad traffic in Manila.

Manhwa

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons (common usage also includes animated cartoons).
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwa

So, I guess manhwa is just the Korean counterpart of the Japanese manga, which I'm more familiar with.

My Shiny Teeth and Me

I love watching "The Fairly OddParents" especially after a long day at the office. Nothing like awesome cartoons for de-stressing. Anyway, in one of the episodes there's a song called "My Shiny Teeth and Me" sung by Chip Skylark, a singing celebrity in the cartoon. Just a while ago I looked for the song on YouTube to play out loud for my sisters to hear.

Name that Game!

I was looking through 9Gag and came across a certain post with screen shots of an old NES games. My sister saw this and as I scrolled down to the part with a certain game's screen shots we had a funny conversation...

Sister: Uy, I miss that game! What's it called...Cobra! Uhh...
Me: *buries face in hands, trying not to laugh*
Sister: Uh...Ah! Commando!
Me: It's CONTRA! Ahahahahaha!!!
Sister: Ahahahahaha!!

Unlock With Your Face

Me: Haha, I can unlock my phone with my face
Jex: ...
Me: Not physically
Jex: Ahahaha!
Me: Face recognition thingy from the update
Jex: I was like...face...hmm...must be bored
Me: Bwahahaha

Spotted: Hypnochili

Spotted at Chili's, Power Plant -- the giant hypnochili! (Google: "hypnochili swords and soldiers")

The Humble Bundle

One perk of having a gamer boyfriend/fiancé is that you get updated gaming news a lot and my favorite is getting introduced to different and new games. Jex told me to check out The Humble Bundle, which I did, and now I really need to blog about it.

What is The Humble Bundle? Simply:

Pay what you want. Support charity. Get awesome games.

So the idea is you pay what you want (seriously) to get a bundle of awesome games, at the same time you also donate something to charity. Who wouldn't like this idea?

Walk Off the Earth

I love discovering new artists through YouTube. I was introduced to Walk Off the Earth because Jex's brother showed us the video of their cover of "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye. They did an awesome job with the song, but what makes their rendition more interesting is that they performed it with just one guitar. That's five people on one guitar. Don't believe me? Watch the video.

Feeding My Mind

When I was a kid my parents encouraged me and my siblings to read a lot. I read a bunch of kids' books back then including, but not limited to, Sweet Valley Kids, Nancy Drew Notebooks, Goosebumps, and Archie comics. Yeah, yeah, no actual literature, I know. They were easy and enjoyable reading material, so at least I got into reading.

In school I don't think you could ever escape reading. You'd eventually need to read your text books or a novel for your English class. Reading assignments for English class introduced and taught me about well-written books. Some of the books I enjoyed reading for class were "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Le Morte d'Arthur". I never got to fully read both books, by the way. Back then they were just school requirements that I just had to finish so I didn't get to enjoy reading them as much I think I should have. So, yeah, I think I should jot them down as books to read this year.

Suggestions

Jex & I found something really funny while discussing about the wedding one night. I wanted to see the list of exhibitors for the bridal fair we attended just recently. For some reason I don't usually type in URLs of websites in the address bar, but instead I type in a search in Google and click on the webpage from the results. So I started typing in "getting married" in the search bar on Firefox and then the suggestions list popped up and guess what the top suggestion result is?

Why is Wikipedia Gone?

Well, not really gone, like forever, just for the meantime. But, why, you ask? It's because of the protest against the SOPA and PIPA.

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement andcopyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

PROTECT IP Act (PIPA)
A proposed law with the stated goal of giving the US government and copyright holders additional tools to curb access to "rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods", especially those registered outside the U.S.

You can read more on the two bills here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act) and here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act). They're not blacked out, unlike the rest of Wikipedia, by the way, so go ahead.

Okay, so they are bills made to control the widespread of piracy online. What could be so bad about that? I haven't read the actual text but http://theoatmeal.com made a really informative animated GIF which can help you easily understand what they are.

From: http://theoatmeal.com

Before everything else, I think it is important to get more informed. It's a pretty important and popular topic, so I don't think you'll have a hard time Googling about it. Nothing's more embarrassing and stupid than reacting to something you know nothing about.

Do it for the kittens! Do it for the love!