So. If you take away anything away from today's 30 Day Challenges answers, it's that Russell T Davies is a hack. And not the kind of hack that makes bad television, because he makes pretty okay television. Sort of. The kind of hack that steals Doctor Who ideas from little children. Um, teenage children, anyway. Teenage... young adults. No-one in particular. But, every idea is stolen. Stolen!! ...the picture is unrelated, by the way. It's just Master Chief crossing the Delaware. You know, like in the parable. That was stolen.
An episode idea you created yourself.
When I was a kid, I would make Doctor Who animated fan-videos, for my own amusement. One of these videos involved a plot in which the Doctor - embodied by the obvious character of choice, Krusty the Klown - returns to his home planet, Gallifrey. Then, he and the Time Lords join in a massive war over the whole of Time and Space.
A few months later, Russell T Davies' introduced into the canon, this same idea, the "Time War". Needless to say, he stole my idea. No kid has ever come up with the idea of Daleks vs Time Lords. Nope. No-one. I was the first.
Otaku Challenge, Day 28
The last manga you finished reading.
The last manga I finished reading was called Boobs Fetish Ninja Thighs 2000. Whoops. I mean Battle Vixens. The copy I read has an interesting back-story - a man bought it in hope that it would be a hentai manga. Then it turned out, it was actually ecchi - which is basically hentai, without the sex, only, with all the painfully erect nipples. And such. He was so disappointed by this turn of events, he gave it away to my cousin; who lent it to me.
It was pretty cool, actually, if I recall correctly; just not as cool as its backstory. Still, at least it had... um... interesting layout angles.
Video Game Challenges, Day 28
Favourite game developer.
As an avid PC gamer, Valve has vastly improved the quality of my gaming experience. Ignore that Half-Life is possibly the most innovative first-person shooter of the 90s. Ignore that Steam is the best digital distribution platform available for our platform. Just take with you that Valve's community support is amazing. I mean, I can't think of any game company that not only supports community modding and mapping, but officially releases those mods and maps on their services.
Also, their design philosophy ensures that their games are always - always - liberally coated with elbow-grease and polish. Twice. They're just really awesome and I love them. Also... Portal. They did Portal. They... yeah. Portal. That's my sentence. "Portal."
Tune in tomorrow for who I think should be the next Doctor Who, who I am in the 2D world, and a game I thought I wouldn't like, but ended up loving.
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