Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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Manga Update

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Ubu Roi

Although I’ve been on a tear, reading a whole lot of manga, I really don’t have the time and energy to write about it all as much as I want to, so here’s the very latest summaries. Most of these … Continue reading →

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Question for Discussion

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Ubu Roi

So I was over at Steven’s place as usual, and saw a link to an interesting app/device that Google’s working on to (in effect) combine eyeglassess and their search engine. So, my question is this… Has Google become the Bell … Continue reading →

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Mis-heard Lyrics for $200, Alex

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ubu Roi

You know you’ve been enjoying High School DxD too much when the music system at the supermarket plays a song with the lyrics, “How do I get hold of these blues” and you hear it as “How do I get … Continue reading →

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Energy Crisis

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ubu Roi

Before I start, I just want to link this. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-08/strike-witches-film-trailer-streamed But I doubt anyone’s interested, right? So… If I had the energy, I’d write an article on manga, which I haven’t done a roundup of what I’m reading in a … Continue reading →

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Sigh… randomosity

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ubu Roi

I should have just rolled the last, one-paragraph article into this one. I’ve wanted to do a few more posts over the last three weeks, but I just don’t have the time. Onii-san has been in the hospital, and I’m … Continue reading →

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About that game…

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ubu Roi

Total victory. Can’t say it was my strategy; I think it was dumb luck from ending up with two empty continents to play with in the early going.

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MOM: Quick Update

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Ubu Roi

The game is going well. I got two cities producing paladins and one good high-level spell: Call the Void. i.e.: 20-megaton nuke. I only used it once, but to devastating effect; that pretty much put paid to the eastern front, … Continue reading →

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