DairyBoy Comics!

So I’m just letting everyone know a day ahead of schedule that the comic series will no longer be known as “Our Average High School Lives.”

This was a change I’ve been wanting to make since before I started the series, but I didn’t have many name ideas at the time and that one worked for just getting the comics started. When I was in high school, I did a comic strip with these characters and it too was called “OAHSL”. The name worked back then. Now I feel it’s a bit too child-like, and now that I feel like the balls really rolling, I should give the series it’s new name, which from now on will be called “Austin’s Inferno”.

Now just to clarify things, because a few people I talked this over weren’t completely sure what the name change meant, this name change means nothing. Nothing immediate anyways. The series isn’t going to change slightly, other than the name at the top left corner of each comic. And it wont even have all the flames around it like that. I just drew those on there cause I was bored and didn’t want to do my homework.

It’s an obvious reference to “Dante’s Inferno”. Assuming I keep doing this, a more resonate connection between my comics and Alighieri’s epic poem will become more clear. But the comics as they are now, as they will continue to be, will still be the same exact story about a taco-snacking, classroom-slacking Halo fan on a high school newspaper staff. Same humor. Tony may make more Dante references, but I initially planned it to be that way anyways.

So yeah. Just letting you guys know haha

So I’ve been playing Combat Evolved Anniversary all day. I thought I’d go ahead and, with the hours I’ve been playing it, tell everyone a lil’ about it and reasons they may want to get it or not.

REASONS TO GET IT:

1. It’s Halo! Come on man.

2. Ok but seriously. This took even ME by surprise, but Halo: Anniversary has it’s own feel. It’s own gaming experience to offer. I’m not 100% what it is yet, either the new graphics and sound effects are just that amazing, or what. But when you play it, even if you’ve played the first Halo millions of times like I have, you’re going to experience something new with this one. And this is BEFORE I mention unlockables such as terminals, skulls, and achievements.

3. Multiplayer maps! If you’re only into the multiplayer of Halo: Reach and don’t care much for the story, just download the individual Anniversary Map Pack. Regardless, the new maps are amazing looking and fun to play!

4. The terminals offer a backstory that links the game to Halo 4. If you’re wrapped up in the Halo universe, finding them is worth it.

5. There are still people out there who haven’t gotten into the Halo series or played the first one. Yes, yes, I know. Unbelievable. If you’re looking to get into the Halo series, this is the game to pick up. And strangely, some people who ARE into the Halo series never played the first one. Well, they should be legally obligated, and nothing less, to get Halo: Anniversary.

REASONS NOT TO GET IT:

1. While it does have it’s own feel, it is, nonetheless, the first Halo. I’m offered no challenges. My first playthrough (as is my tradition with new Halo games, first time through on heroic difficulty) I’m slaughtering everything. I know all the moves the enemy will make and all the best strategies. While the skulls definitely help mix things up  a little, you will still always know what’s around the next corner.

2. The graphics and such are cool. But every now and then there’s a small bug. This isn’t THAT big a deal. But I’ve caught a few moments where an elite or grunt appears from thin air, or a character in the cut scenes misses a line. Keep in mind that what they did with this game was no small task (make two completely different game engines communicate with one another. Trust me, it’s a big deal). I don’t personally care about these little bugs, since they aren’t often. But I know there are some people who would be annoyed by such.

3. No Halo 1 multiplayer. I knew about this WAY before a lot of people, I guess because I pay extra close attention to 343. But yeah, 343 didn’t want to go and split the Halo multiplayer community between two multiplayer servers, and so they did with Halo Anniversary like Bungie did with Halo 3: ODST. Halo Anniversary’s “multiplayer” is pretty much just a map pack for Halo: Reach. Some were very disappointed. They DID however make it so you can have the Halo 1 pistol added to the multiplayer now. So if you get creative, you can make a gametype that is pretty much just like the Halo 1 multiplayer.

SO THERE YA HAVE IT. My honest to god opinion, if you love Halo, just freaking get it. Don’t listen to Anniversary haters that simply dislike it entirely for the fact it’s a remake and not a new game. If you enjoy Halo, you’ll enjoy Anniversary.

So today I tested out a new prank and just thought it’d be funny to share it with all of you. Nothing special, but well worth the laugh and confusion you install in the person you prank.

First decide who you’re going to play the prank on. Not that this is much a challenge to locate, but they need to have a cell phone they regularly text with. Wait for the moment that the person lets their guard down, and gain possession of their phone. Best recommended for if the person leaves the room, that way they wont see you messing around with it.

Once you have it, go into their contacts. If you are already in their contacts, change your name in it to “Darth Vader”. You may want to then re-add your name into the contacts just to avoid the person wondering where your name went, with a fake number like 1234 or something. If you aren’t already in their contacts, even better. Less work. Also, while in there, delete your text history with the person. There isn’t much of a way of preventing the person from seeing “Darth Vader” in their contacts if they decide to look through them and pass by the “D” section, so just pray he or she doesn’t until you go through with the prank.

Alternately, you can have someone close to the person, such as boyfriend/girlfriend or relative, do this for you, since they are more around the person. Plus, some couples are okay with the other going through their phone, so they wont think anything of it if their boyfriend/girlfriend is looking around on it. If you do this though, you may want to wait a little while. Try having the bf/gf do it right before the target goes to sleep, that way he/she will have forgotten about the bf/gf messing with the phone. Otherwise, as soon as you go through with the prank, the target will remember their phone being looked at, thus weakening the confusion. (The funnest part of this prank is how confused they are, so bare with me)

Now once your target has your number in their phone, but under the name “Darth Vader”, and previous text history is deleted, proceed to text the person with quotes from the Dark Lord himself. It’s best to start with the iconic “I am your father.”

Other good quotes are:

“Search your feelings, you know that it is true.”

“Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and son.”

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

“Hmm…the force is strong with this one.”

“You are a part of the rebel alliance, and a traitor!”

Don’t do them all at once. Go one at a time. If they don’t reply for a while, send another. If you know the person’s schedule, try to text them when they’re in class or at work, just cause it’s funniest to confuse people when they’re trying to concentrate! ^_^

So I’ve been writing a column for my college newspaper, entirely dedicated to video games. Here’s the link to the first one:

http://www.therampageonline.com/entertainment/2011/09/07/the-d-pad/

After they upload the second I’ll post it, as well as the third when it’s published.

WHERE. ARE. MY PANTS???