uggh, graphics cards. I need a better one

When you're making a game that even your own computer can't handle, that's when you know you need a better graphics card.  Currently, the HUD simply won't display on my computer.

Spice and Wolf

A mix between romance with a wolf-girl, and microeconomics with a merchant in the past.

It is a strange combination of genres, but it works, and quite well.  This is not an intense action fight sword gun killer anime, as you can probably guess.  Spice and Wolf focuses more on the plot and setting to provide entertainment.  It is a simple anime, but it can certainly draw its viewers in.

Spice and Wolf begins the story around a lone peddler in some past age.  He wanders into a town which has a legend about a goddess, and, of course, the legend comes true, almost immediately.  After some events take place, they travel together, and this is their story.

This anime is one that is difficult to stop watching; during the second season in particular, there was a segment of approximately 10 episodes in which I kept on telling myself 'Ok, one more episode, then when I'm at a good place to stop, I'll stop.'  I was naturally unable to stop watching until the conflict was resolved at the end.

It's not necessarily a perfect anime, but Spice and Wolf is entertaining.  It can feel a bit slow at times, but my primary complaint is that, as of now, it is a bit too short.  It didn't end in a cliffhanger, but it left a desire for more.  The second season ended in 2009, so there is certainly a chance for more, but if enough time passes without a third season, then I'm just going to read the light novels (which are currently ongoing, I believe).

One thing I find particularly striking about Spice and Wolf is how it's unique.  It has a bit of melancholy with just the right amount of emotion to tie it together.  It contains happy tones mixed with the occasional darker feeling.  I am unable to completely summarize the feeling that it emanates, but I can assure that it is pleasant.

Also, excellent soundtrack.  I still get "7 Apples on a Witch's Tree" stuck in my head at times.

Spice and Wolf is currently 2 seasons long with the first containing 13 episodes and the second containing 12, and it is enjoyable, but I still wish for more.

Azumanga Daioh

For a lighthearted enjoyable experience, ripe with humor and full of smiles, watch Azumanga Daioh

I can never get enough of this anime.  This won't please the people which wish for only action, blood, and violence, but everyone else who enjoys anime should find this one particularly lovable.  Azumanga Daioh contains a mix of quick humor which takes little thought and the occasional deeper joke which lasts for longer than 10 seconds, though, overall, most of the jokes are of the former category.

The best part of the humor of this series is its uniqueness.  Azumanga Daioh rarely has the 'humor' of simply drawing silly faces, and expecting the audience to laugh.  The humor begins with a standard above that level, and it maintains it throughout the series.

The only problem that I've occasionally noticed is that it references things well known in Japan, but not at all known here.  This is not Azumanga Daioh's fault in the least, because it works for its target audience, but occasionally there is a joke that leaves me in the dark.

As a side note, I still get some of the supremely joyful music stuck in my head, and it is an excellent way to obtain a smile.

Azumanga Daioh, as a small 26 episode series, with its happy, funny, heartwarming moments, is entirely worth watching.

I have entered the world of blogging!

My primary blog posts will probably be about:
minecraft
anime reviews
fun stuff on the internet
programming, and game design
puzzles

Also, I'll try to keep it geared towards those that follow me.

Now that the obligatory first post is out of the way, on to business...