Thankfully, or worrisome, I'm not the only one. Youtube user Zeddforever took a little love for that core and it's love for space and mixed that with "Fortune Days" by Glitch Mob. This is the result of that crazy marriage.

If somehow you take Texas getting drummed by OU last weekend as the wheels falling off a good team, I'm not sure what planet you're from. Much like this week against Oklahoma St., the Red River Shootout (get that Rivalry junk out of my...uhhh rivalry) was a test to see if the Longhorns are any good. This wasn't a good team falling off. This is an average team still finding it's way back up.

It's not really my style of art or music but I'm glad to live in a world with Child of Eden. Weird friggin game.

Speaking of weird, enjoyable things from Japan, Catherine.

Difference between the NFL and NBA lockouts. I was worried about missing offseason NFL action. I won't miss the NBA till spring gets here.

A Grand Prize in Texas

Seriously, find a friend and play it.

Fantastic Arcade when out not with a bang, but with a boot. A boot full of Shiner. Welcome to Austin, Texas. I personally went hands on a bit more with Payday the Heists, played a little more Pixel Junk Pilot, and Jesus vs Dinosaurs (seriously, it's stupid-crazy fun). We got a little four-piece Owlboy orchestra going. I'll share some thoughts later on Deep Sea, probably one of the most creepy experiences in gaming most of us will never experience (sadly) because I'm not sure there's a way to get this one out into the market.

Meantime, here's a rundown of the (absolutely silly) Fantastic Arcade Award winners:

I don't even know what to say about it. That is just a really, really weird game. Such is the world of indie games at times. It's the side of the industry that gives us oddball ideas as an octopus pulling it's best Mr. Doubtfire in Octodad, ultra-bloody fishing that makes Deadliest Catch look like a game of Go Fish with Radical Fishing, and canine's on trial for crimes against humanity in Murder Dog IV: Trial of the Murder Dog and a game based around a woman attempting to have as much as possible before getting married (insert politically incorect sorority/groupie/bopper joke here) in UTE.

It is at times a very, very strangely inspired group. Which is also why it is important to the industry. One fact remains in any big publisher (or big business, period): cash rules everything around it. And while I'll take to task any indie developer spouting the lie they aren't concerned with making money, there's a very real restraint on diverse and innovative ideas within corporate structures concerned with retailers, their confidence in marketing a product and shareholders. EA, Activision, Square Enix, Ubisoft and THQ are just not going to cultivate many of the previously listed ideas. Which is perfectly fine, those publishers are great at putting out the types of games they do and innovate in their own rights. Just rarely in true WTF ways.

As things come to a close today and I'll start putting together write ups for PSNFans and XBLAFans, here's a look at more sights from the floor as well as a very painful hip-hop karaoke night a much more likable dance party DJ'd in part with PixelJunk 4am.

Also expect some coverage for XBLAFans looking at Skulls of the Shogun amongst other games I get some hands-on and developer interview time with over the course of tonight and the next two days. In the meantime, here's a look at some of the sights from last night including Sony's feature PS3 and PSN games, the indie featured games, and the Starhawk tournament.

The last I did anything on this blog, it was mid-March and I was covering South by Southwest for the Involved Fans network of blogs. Something not so great happened in the time. Over the weekend the festival started, I started developing knee pain and eventually both my legs gave out. That Monday I wound up in the ER and most of this year since has involved trying to get to the root of the cause and also retraining myself how to walk and fighting off a resulting depression. 

It's been frustrating as pretty much anything I have planned for the year just got wiped. Never got started writing for Playmaker Magazine, been fairly non-existant writing anywhere, this blog fell by the wayside and pre-production I planned for the Open World TV/webshow never got started. That said all of that is still within reach and this week this blog will finally start to come back to life and I'll finally be able to start being an active contributor at the other outlets. So anyone that's still making any attention to this, thank you for your patience. And to all my friends and other writers, developers and anyone else that's been supportive throughout my getting back healthy and well, thank you as well. 

Costume Tyson at Rocklive ring

Also live here is my photo gallery of SXSW to be updated as the event goes on.

The "trashmaster" divides his time between collecting garbage and cleaning up other forms of trash fouling up New York City's streets: dealers, small-time criminals... When the dancers in his favourite strip club are mysteriously killed, the trashmaster finds himself hot on the trail of a particularly twisted serial killer.

The film can be watched below in it's entirety.

The trashmaster (nouvelle version nouvelle voix-off !)
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"A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but it's just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. Then you can focus on it and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient and you hold still, well maybe, just maybe, it'll come to you. I just have to be somewhere she can find me. And I mean hell...if you have to live the rest of your life in a memory...you might as well make it a good one." - Pvt. Leonard L. Church

"I feel I must remind you that it is undeniable, and may I say a fundamental quality of man, that when faced with extinction, every alternative is preferable." - The Director

"The point is you're on your own now, and I don't have enough time to tell you everything you need to know. So here's a few brief pointers: Invest in real estate. There's no such thing as a permanent record. Always eat breakfast. All the girls on the internet are actually dudes. And you should never, ever, buy the extended warranty on anything. EVER. Also, chicks like it when you tell them they're pretty, but they also like it when you're kind of a d**k to them. So mix it up a little." - Lavernius Tucker, to his son.

"You know, Caboose, I used to not care. I just went along with orders and hoped that everything would work out for me. But after all that has happened, you know what I learned? It's not about hating the guy on the other side because someone told you to. I mean, you should hate someone because they're an ***hole, or pervert, or snob, or they're lazy, or arrogant, or an idiot, or a know-it-all. Those are reasons to dislike somebody. You don't hate a person because someone told you to. You have to learn to despise them on a personal level. Not because they're Red, or Blue, but because you know them, and you see them every single day, and you can't stand them because they are a complete and total f**king douchebag." - Church

"I know it's been a while since we've seen each other and I have increased my skills as a medic in that time, but dead is still pretty much outside my jurisdiction." - Frank "Doc" DeFresne

"Shotgun to the face is a great contingency plan! Wanna see how it cures insubordination?" - Sarge

"Oh yeah! Well there's no "you" in "team" either! So I guess if I'm not on the team and you're not on the team, then nobody's on the goddamn team. The team sucks!" - Dexter Grif

"There's a very fine line between not listening and not caring. I like to think that I walk that line every day of my life." - Church

"I would like to remind the Sub-committee members that anything is possible. Some things are probable. This is what is. And my agency, as it always has, will continue to deal with what is... until it is no more." - The Director