Stefan Gagne (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} twoflower) wrote,@ 2008-05-13 08:57:00 |
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Inspiration Needs Better Timing
So.
Second Life announced they were gonna open up sales of a new kind of sim -- one with 1/4th the prims and script performance and cost of a normal sim, but 1/1 the size of a normal sim. Basically it's a big, light-use area that doesn't cost a lot of money to run, great for landscaping and simple projects.
I wanted to do an 'art project' type area for a long time, since I first joined SL. Something that exists only for its own sake, not specifically to push a product or provide a service. Jen's felt the same -- so we picked up two last night. She's going to be building a giant tree you can fly around and explore, ala Below The Root. I'm going to be building MSi, the Mad Science Institute, where bright young avatars learn how to create hideous mutants, giant shrink rays, and threaten the United Nations for a ransom of one million dollars.
I thought long and hard about my idea, about what I wanted to do. Weeks I poked at various ideas, none of them really fitting. It kept bubbling away on the backburner of my mind, trying to congeal into something workable. ...and unfortunately for me, inspiration always strikes at two times:
1. When I'm in or en route to the bathroom.
2. When I'm trying to go to sleep.
In this case, it was the latter, and boy did that screw me up. My brain will not listen when I say "Okay, okay, you're excited about the idea and you want to start popping off a dozen ideas for how to make it happen and what to do with it. That's very nice for you. Now shut up, I need to get to sleep!" End result? Poor sleep, waking up late, and going to work all burned out. I'm looking forward to getting more sleep soon to try and compensate.
Also, last night I saw Iron Man. I was pleasantly surprised -- this is probably one of the best comic book adaptations I've ever seen, with exactly the right mix of action, drama, and comedy. I'd rank it up there with Spiderman, X-Men 2, and Batman Begins in terms of comic book movies that do it the right way. (For examples of colossal fail look no further than Daredevil, Catwoman, Fantastic Four, and to a lesser extent the first Hulk movie.) If Marvel can keep it up, can keep cranking out quality stories with good acting, then the proposed Avengers movie might not actually suck. Wouldn't that be nice?
So.
Second Life announced they were gonna open up sales of a new kind of sim -- one with 1/4th the prims and script performance and cost of a normal sim, but 1/1 the size of a normal sim. Basically it's a big, light-use area that doesn't cost a lot of money to run, great for landscaping and simple projects.
I wanted to do an 'art project' type area for a long time, since I first joined SL. Something that exists only for its own sake, not specifically to push a product or provide a service. Jen's felt the same -- so we picked up two last night. She's going to be building a giant tree you can fly around and explore, ala Below The Root. I'm going to be building MSi, the Mad Science Institute, where bright young avatars learn how to create hideous mutants, giant shrink rays, and threaten the United Nations for a ransom of one million dollars.
I thought long and hard about my idea, about what I wanted to do. Weeks I poked at various ideas, none of them really fitting. It kept bubbling away on the backburner of my mind, trying to congeal into something workable. ...and unfortunately for me, inspiration always strikes at two times:
1. When I'm in or en route to the bathroom.
2. When I'm trying to go to sleep.
In this case, it was the latter, and boy did that screw me up. My brain will not listen when I say "Okay, okay, you're excited about the idea and you want to start popping off a dozen ideas for how to make it happen and what to do with it. That's very nice for you. Now shut up, I need to get to sleep!" End result? Poor sleep, waking up late, and going to work all burned out. I'm looking forward to getting more sleep soon to try and compensate.
Also, last night I saw Iron Man. I was pleasantly surprised -- this is probably one of the best comic book adaptations I've ever seen, with exactly the right mix of action, drama, and comedy. I'd rank it up there with Spiderman, X-Men 2, and Batman Begins in terms of comic book movies that do it the right way. (For examples of colossal fail look no further than Daredevil, Catwoman, Fantastic Four, and to a lesser extent the first Hulk movie.) If Marvel can keep it up, can keep cranking out quality stories with good acting, then the proposed Avengers movie might not actually suck. Wouldn't that be nice?
