Gaming in (some kind) of style

My bud’s been a bit distracted lately.  Too many projects going on.

Obviously, this meant the quantity of quality gaming time has been left wanting.  Preposterous!

To combat this, I started sending my bear bud appointment reminders.

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My bud didn’t accept.

But at least he replied.  Close enough.  It’s a date!

So in preparation for gaming date weekend with my bud, I decided to put on a gaming outfit.  If a bear’s gonna game, a bear’s gotta game in style.

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I was admiring my outfit when Peep came by.

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Peep.” He said.

Sorry pal, gaming outfits are for spirit bears only.  Don’t have anything for you.

He left.

I gamed.

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Peep.”  Said Peep.

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Alright, I guess we’re both gaming in style.

Commander Sumi takes to the skies again

It’s been a while since I saved the universe as Commander Sumi Shepherd.  As a dutiful guardian of the universe, I deemed it time to head to the skies to protect its denizens.

So I took up Elite : Dangerous.  Now this is my kind of space game.  I get to explore the universe and take down pirates.  Sweet.

Well an awesome captain needs an awesome flight experience.  The mouse and keyboard were not cutting it, so I busted out my bud’s wallet and ordered myself a Saitek X-55 Rhino.  What I really wanted was a Warthog, but my bud said I’d have to use my bearbox money for that, which wasn’t happening.  Saitek Rhino it is.

Delivery day came.  I wanted to rest up for my upcoming battles so I told Peep to watch for the FedEx guy.  It’s nice to have a minion.

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I was in deep slumber when I heard Peep.

Peep” said Peep.

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My flightstick!  We went out together, and there WAS a box at the doorstep.

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Except that it was the size of Peep.   Clearly not the flightstick.  Weak.  No more false alarms Peep!  Wake me up only if there’s a big ass box.

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Peep.

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My flightstick!  For real!

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This is what we’re talking about.

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Commander Sumi can now take to the skies in style!

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Well.

It seems there’s been a conspiracy to conceal information about the level of force necessary to move and navigate a spring-loaded flight stick.  Saving the universe is hard work!  I’m exhausted manning the ship.  Bud take over!

“Sumi, you were only on the stick for like 2 seconds,” said Nicholas.

As I was saying, extreme levels of effort and dedication are required to man my ships.

Oh the sacrifices I make.

Bathroom renovations and a song dedication to my bud

A couple weeks ago, my bud mentioned that he was planning to demolish the downstairs bathroom.

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Good.  I thought.  Good riddance.  Who needs bathrooms anyway?  They’re overrated.  This bear especially, has no need for bathrooms.

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So I watched it get torn up.  Then Erik come to visit and help tear it apart some more.

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And a week later they still continued to tear this bathroom apart.

Just how long does it take to get rid of a bathroom anyway?

Then it dawned on me that they weren’t just removing the bathroom.  They were actually trying to fix it up.  And it was taking a long time.  And during this whole time, my gaming routine was getting severely disrupted.

I tried to stage an intervention.  I sat down to talk to my bud.

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No avail.  He still worked on that blasted bathroom.

So right now days into this “project” I’m still sitting here left to my own devices.  So I decided to vent my frustrations by writing a song.  This song’s for you bear bud.

Les Miserables –  I dreamed a dream

adapted by Sumi Bear, video for your singalong purposes

There was a time when my bud was kind
And the cocoa was flowing
And his words were inviting

There was a time I felt top of mind
When the world was a game
And the game was exciting
There was a time
It all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When scores were high
And life worth living
I dreamed I fought; yelled battle cries
I dreamed that odds would be forgiving
Then I was young and too naive
And worlds were conquered, new skills added
There were no days I had to wait
No takedowns untaken
No time was wasted

But some people come one day
With their tools sprawled all asunder
As they tore my hopes apart
And they turned my dreams to dust

He left me sitting at my chair
He filled my days with endless waiting
He took the patience of this bear
And he was still gone when nightfall came

And still I dream he’ll come to me
That we will start our gaming sessions
This dream had really better be
Or there will be storms he cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
This bathroom has killed the dream I dreamed

My impressions of CES

This year, I got to go to CES for the first time.  The opportunity to be surrounded by tech and gaming gadgets?  Two words : bear heaven.

Except it was about as crowded as my last year’s Chinese New Year experience.  Should have known.

Still, I happily wandered the isles checking out weird fitness gadgets and trackers.  And then we were at the 3D printer section.

3D printers!

Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted a 3D printer.  See, being a bear my size is tough.  Things aren’t usually sized for spirit bears.  I’ve gotten by this whole time because my bear bud occasionally throws me a bone and makes me things my size (like my sweet commander jacket and commander chair), but really we all know life would be more bear-able with more bear sized things.

So with much excitement I came across a contest!  The New Matter guys were releasing an affordable <$400 3D printer and they were going to give away one every day!  My chance to win one!  (Too bad I missed it when they were $149 earlybird)

I followed the rules and tweeted my selfie to them:

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Didn’t win yesterday but fingers crossed since today’s my last chance!

Wandering on, we ended up at the car section.  I don’t care much for cars but I’d heard that they were previewing hydrogen cars and I wanted to see one for myself.  We didn’t end up finding it but I did come across an orange car.

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And then one my size!!  Woah!

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Maybe I can 3D print my own car in the future???

We continued to check out more cars, including checking out the Ford driving simulator

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And then finally onto the gaming section.  Check this out!  A VirtuixOmni!

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Next I got an autographed T-Shirt from Jordan Gilbert at the Intel booth. Just wish it was my size.  See what I mean?

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Finally I wrapping up the day by cheering on my bud when he got the high score of the hour playing some Benq game on their gaming monitor.

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Glad I got to check out CES.  Now back home to do some of my own gaming!

Operation Big Ass TV

For as long as I can remember I’d been saving money for my TV.  Not just any TV.  A big one.  At the time, Nicholas only had a 42″ TV, and I told him we needed to do way better than that.  I wanted an 80″ TV.  This bear has big gaming needs.  Needs that can only be fulfilled by a Big Ass TV.

Turns out a Big Ass 80″ TV takes a really long time to save for, and I wasn’t getting anywhere close anytime soon despite diligent and vigilant watching over my bud’s wallet for the presence of dollar bills.

Well we were browsing Best Buy one day and my bud jokingly said “I wonder how much projectors cost instead.”  Turns out they were much cheaper than 80″ TVs!  This is it!  My Big Ass screen opportunity!

So we ran into the room, we pulled out my bear box and I started counting bills.  Oh yeah.  We have enough!

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“Get thee a TV for me,” I commanded.

And then a package arrived.  My projector!

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And then another.  Actually it arrived to FedEx but I was impatient and I made my bud go and get it despite the package being oversized and not actually fitting in the car and all.  My screen!

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Oh yeah, Big Ass TV gaming and moving watching action is about to start.  Move over bear bud.  I’m getting comfortable for my moving watching marathon.  Forget about 80″ TV screens.  This Bear got 125″ !!

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I have the best bear bud in the world

He got me a flying quadricopter for christmas.  It came with lasers.  It was awesome.  We flew it inside the house.  Over people’s heads.  I thought that was even more awesome.

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Then we flew it outdoors.

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I liked flying it indoors better.

 

In turn I got him a super-video card so that we can crank up all the settings on our video games.  It was so super it came with 3 fans.   I’m so thoughtful.

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All we’re missing now is my uber gaming bear cave.

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