FrankCastleAZ

I had high hopes for the possibilities at my last, short lived place of residence, but things didn’t go as well as I had anticipated. I won’t go into any details, as I’m not someone who enjoys dwelling on the past or causing drama, but I learned quite a bit from the situation and it allowed for what is now a much loved current living situation with the girlfriend.

Moving in with the girlfriend is a step I personally was ready for as we’d been in a relationship for almost 1 year and had known each other for over 4 years. I can undoubtedly say I’m very happy. Moving in with someone you love does change the relationship quite a bit and both of us have handled things well. Most of our relationship’s success while living together has to do with the fact that our personalities mesh well and neither of us sweat the small stuff (which is IMO is the major key in any relationship). We both have a ton of our own individual projects and neither of us prevents the other from completing them or getting things done. After all, by completing projects such as school or business and improving one’s self and one’s assets is good for the future of both parties. Our only issue is that we both have a LOT of stuff. As a collector of all things geek, I have a lot of comics, computers, video games, toys, sports cards and other relative material and she has lots of anime and a ton of clothing and Cosplay costumes. The solution would be a bigger place, which is in discussion and probably coming soon enough. Hopefully I won’t be far from Tempe area.

Speaking of Tempe….Wow!

I’ve lived in Phoenix almost my entire life and I proudly tell people I’m a Phoenix Boy, but Tempe is NICE! The youthful atmosphere, clean streets, newer buildings and convenient public transportation to name a few things get an A and gold star on the proverbial city report card. Given, not all of Tempe is nice, but the percentages in comparison to Phoenix is no comparison at all.

That’s it for now on the “Personal Life” level, lots of “Personal Media” and “Business AZHP” posts coming soon.

-FrankCastleAZ

It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated as I’ve been extremely busy, but it’s time to catch up with what’s happened in the past and look at some things in the short term and long term future.

List of things I’ll be writing about:
(This will likely be edited with more material as it comes to me)

Personal Life-

Living Situation (From house in South Phoenix to Apartment in Tempe)
Girlfriend Update
New Years Resolutions

Personal Media-

Video Games acquired recently
Video Games I’ve beat in 2009
Video Games I’ve beat in 2010
Mentions on Cheap Ass Gamer Podcasts
Anime I’ve seen recently
Comics I’ve read recently
TV Shows I’ve seen recently
Thoughts on recent writing of Punisher comics
Recent success of my NFL team New Orleans Saints in Regular Season and entrance in Playoffs

Business AZHP-

Conventions and Events Past
Photography and Video at Conventions and Events
Video Game Equipment and Games acquired for AZHP
Video Game Equipment and Games acquired for resale
Arcade Machine Restoration and Customization
Connnections with Others

Business Misc-

Webhosting for NyuNyuCosplay
Webhosting for AIComics

Business Project X-

Minor Filming Details
Website Building/Finalizing
Connections with Others

I have a lot of catching up to do!

-FrankCastleAZ

I’ve been on a major push to get these videos done.

So 3 more are available to view on the front page of AZHP:

www.arizonahp.org

or click the EVENT VIDEOS/PICS button to view all videos

08-25-07 – AZHP Gathering at Arcadia Ice Arena

10-24-07 – Atomic Comics AnimeFest Halloween 2007 – AZHP Console Gaming “Team Tournament”

10-24-07 – Atomic Comics AnimeFest Halloween 2007 – ‘Maja” Hip Hop Performance

-FrankCastleAZ

FrankCastleAZ, Duncs and TDotimus chill with nasty Natural Ice beer and pizza and talk about this weekend’s Cosplay events, Anime news, Comic news, Gaming news and what we are doing in each of the BIG 3 (Anime/Comics/Games)

Shownotes and Download here:

http://www.arizonahp.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7602

-FrankCastleAZ

I’ve decided on Merc (Mercury) from Mirror’s Edge.

It was almost a immediate decision after playing thru the first 4 chapters and seeing concept art.

To Girlfriend: Thanks honey, buy me a game you know I want and I end up wanting to cosplay someone from the game. See what happens? Maybe you should buy me games more often.

lol jk <3

-FrankCastleAZ

I beat “Flower” the beautifully amazing $10 PSN title the other day.

The  dark and sinister level really caught me off guard after playing thru the first few levels of such serene and peaceful landscape. It was a good changeup and really gave an unexpected emotion and feeling to a game featuring no characters or dialogue.

Although it’s a bit short, Flower has a good replay value in it’s trophies (which I have yet to acquire all of) and I can tell it will keep me coming back and playing thru it multiple times.

Mos def worth your $10

-FrankCastleAZ

I walked thru the Atomic Comics Mesa store today with NyuNyu and the store manager Julian and checked out where we’ll be putting the AZHP run gaming tournaments as well as the Anime and Comic events for next weekend. It all seems that it will work just fine and it should be a packed house. Saw Wakkatana shopping a bit while I was there and caught up on things with him since I hadn’t seen him in a while.

Should be a good weekend.

-FrankCastleAZ

I picked up a bunch more stuff on PSN lately including:

• Astro Tripper
• Burn Zombie Burn
• Flower
• Noby Noby Boy
• Savage Moon

I beat the everloving shit out of Savage Moon already. Got 100% of the trophies by mastering each level and I rank in the top 200 on some of the levels on Vengeance mode.

It’s the first game in a while I couldn’t pull myself away from.

Ironicly enough, Pixeljunk Monsters and now Savage Moon are the only two games I’ve got every trophy for on PSN, so I guess that says something about me and tower defense games.

I’ve been playing a little bit of Burn Zombie Burn and Noby Noby Boy since then, I’ll update on those once I’ve gotten a bit more play in.

-FrankCastleAZ