Coming soon! S.T.A.R.S. and Umbrella

I was going to wait a little longer before I posted anything, but when I saw this I just had to write something. For those of you who don't know, I'm referring to Resident Evil (you may have seen the movie). Yes zombie dogs may be upon us, but from what they say they won't be mindless. Actually they're not really zombie dogs, it's just a technique similar to cryogenics. It's very strange to say the least and even more scary is the thought of human trials that will inevitably come. I can see it being useful for emergency situations to increase the chance of survival, but to volunarily have your blood replaced with saline solution then swapped over again ... not for me. Kinda reminds me of Flatliners too.

Some time ago I was discussing with Damien and Annmarie about what I was thinking of doing when I got back to Australia. My main line of thinking is to try to maintain a position in the computer games industry by going to work for Ratbag (it'll be either console or PC work, so at least I'll be rid of mobile development). If that doesn't happen or I think I want to wash my hands of the industry I'd probably favour working for a company like Motorola, perhaps still in a simulation/emulation environment. But I did pass comment on going to China to be at a Shaolin Temple for a while. At the time it was just one of the many random thoughts that I have (like making games) but Damien seemed to think I had given it some real thought. I put it to the back of my mind like I do most of these whims until I was reading something on HowStuffWorks.com about the new batman movie. I bothered myself to actually look up if going to a Shaolin Temple is actually possible and what is involved. I found a site that detailed what foreigners could sign up for, typically with monthly fees. While I know that true shaolin kung fu is all but gone, this would be about as close as I would get to it. I don't think I'd do something like this for a year or more, but now that I look at it maybe 1-3 months sometime wouldn't be out of the question. It could be another one of those things I could cross off my list of things to do before I die. I don't have delussions of becoming a great master, especially in the span of 3 months, but it would definetly be an experience to talk about.