Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Eishi’s in town and sleepy. He’s in for the Scion – To the Masses show that I curated this weekend, on Saturday. Also schedule to DJ is DJ Will. Guess what music he will spin. He’s also on the message boards. Here’s the thread on the show.
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I played wii tennis with my cousin Jon risking my 1600 pro rating. He's a tournament player in real life and in his age bracket of 40s, he's a national ranked player. So thinking I would wipe him out, in his first few matches, he was pretty good, changing spins, ball speeds, and moving the ball around the court. All the stuff that it takes to play the real game. Of course, I beat him, using more...
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I played wii tennis with my cousin Jon risking my 1600 pro rating. He’s a tournament player in real life and in his age bracket of 40s, he’s a national ranked player. So thinking I would wipe him out, in his first few matches, he was pretty good, changing spins, ball speeds, and moving the ball around the court. All the stuff that it takes to play the real game. Of course, I beat him, using more shots than he has, and hearing tons of excuses, and definitely, him playing real tennis makes a huge difference in this game. But the lame, part, of course, after I wiped him out, he pulls out the “Let’s take it to the real courts!” card, and well, that’s another game. Wii is pretty cool, and in the heat wave we’re having, made me break a good sweat in a short amount of time.
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Working on a short documentary project is a tough one. It’s been a while, since I’ve messed with film. The youtube projects I’ve done, are mostly improv. I just shoot, get a bunch of stuff, then edit it all together. Here’s our Youtube page. The Space Invader documentary that I actually just shot through my camera has 14000 views, which is pretty cool. The others don’t have nearly as many views, but it’s a miracle that anyone has seen them. So, when you have nothing shot, and you need to economize, what do you do? How do you set up your projects without anything? It’s a tough thing in a way, and in the end, it’ll take more improvisation. I think my “docs” have been alright so far… and if I set out to do them as “docs” in the first place, they’d probably be even better.
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