Turning 32 in a few hours.
Been a great day so far, raining (which is rad) and got a keen present from the lady (which is even radder).
Limited edition print from the last i am 8-bit show.
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How is this not the greatest invention ever?
Like, seriously? How did it take this long to invent something this amazing? I'm so firing this directly into my mouth. Or onto a heated griddle, as that suddenly sounds less gross. |
One day I'll go to TGS again, really. It's been a long time, the last time I attended it was when the Dreamcast was being debuted. Which, needless to say, was awesome.
Anyways, this year I was like almost everyone else I know - at home, glued to updates. Very happy with most of the announcements, including Sony's keynote.
Actually, I can't believe how most of the press said it sucked. Yes, the new Dualshock was a given, and the lack of a price-drop plus the delay of Home made it a disappointment for those hoping otherwise.
The big news, however, was with the bit of crow Kaz ate, and the fact he committed to providing a better game experience with the PS3 in the future. That alone was ten times cooler than announcing FFVII was being re-made for the system.
Well, sort of.
The thing is, Sony's previous focus - toting the PlayStation 3 as a "home media machine" - was freaking me out, and I'm glad they're setting their sights on what made the PS a household name. You know, the games. But, of course, we shall see if it's too late or not. Yeah, really doubt it's too late.
Favorite Thing Announced: Well, not really a big TGS announcement, but the fact Yakuza 2 is officially coming to America made me damn happy. LOVED the first one, and the very fact a (nearly) year old PS2 game is being brought over here made me more excited than seeing Rex and Ray in the new MGS4 trailer. Oh god, that was cool too. Really, really cool.
Worst Thing Announced: The new Rockman Dash (Mega Man Legends), Great Five Island Adventure. Was SO excited when I heard about this, but then I saw the platform. Cellphones? Gah. Where's my PS3 (or, hell, even PS2) Dash, dammit...
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Happy package day!!
That's right, feel the sour pang of jealousy - unless, of course, you live in a European and Tingle-loving country.
I can't believe we live in a world where a Nintendo-made, fully translated DS game - staring quite possibly the greatest and most influential Nintendo character ever - must be imported. From England. Really, the hell? It's in five languages! Two of which are utilized heavily over here!
Apparently we hate Tingle in America. I don't! What's not to love about a single, 35-year-old man who lives with his mother and is obsessed with forest fairies? That's right, nothing.
Tingle made Majora's Mask, folks - and the very fact he's didn't make Twilight Princess even better was apparently our fault.
Make it up, write Nintendo and demand Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland for America - say you won't buy Smash Brothers or something until they announce this important game for our shores. |
I was sitting here, deep in work with my iTunes library on random, and a certain Mojib Ribbon song started - it almost freaked me out as I broke out of my writing zone, trying to comprehend the sounds coming through my headphones.
Never played the game, is it any good? Loved Vib, and this soundtrack is pretty cool once you get used to the...interesting sound. |
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Holy shit.
Damn that makes me happy.
Sep. 12th, 2007 @ 07:35 am
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Wow, I sure pulled the wool over Best Buy's eyes last night, and got Persona 3 four days early! Um, what?
So then, I was on a mission yesterday. I had to have Persona 3, and every game store I called had sold out - which drove my obsession even stronger. Went into Best Buy for the hell of it, even though their web site said they wouldn't have it in stock until Monday.
Although it wasn't on the shelves, the first guy I asked said they had it, and then he went to the computer to make sure. At this point I was happy. Then he came back, and my mood dropped.
"Oh, sorry sir, the street date for that game is on the 21st. Come back then!"
I then explained to him the game was out. Like, everywhere. Hell, it was sold out everywhere.
"We can't help it if other people break the official date," was his response.
I explained the situation again. That it was really out. Like, really, really. I think they had some run in with Bioshock fanatics or something, because he said something about just because Toys R Us had sold it early, Best Buy follows the street date.
Getting a little pissed - hell, I was so close to my goal - I asked to speak to his manager.
This fun went on for a bit longer, until I called EB on my cell and handing it over. After asking the same question twice to the EB employee, the manager handed back my phone and said they'd make an exception for me.
An exception? To sell a game that's officially out? Nice.
Was only able to play for a few minutes when I got home. But hot damn, neat stuff. This weekend is going to be fun...
Aug. 17th, 2007 @ 10:09 am
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Finally bought my first Blu-Ray on Friday (was holding out for a great-looking movie I hadn't already seen), and had the chance to watch it today.
On par with Jaws? Not quite. That said, The Host rocks in all sorts of rad ways.
The creature is simply fantastic to look at, and the soundtrack was surprisingly grand. The movie itself was...well, good. Hell, very good. It was fun to watch - aside from a few slow parts - and had an interesting mix of laughs and loss. Overall, though, the hype was too large, and I was expecting more.
Certainly glad I bought it, at the very least.
Aug. 12th, 2007 @ 09:37 pm
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It has a scratch. Not on the screen, mind you, but on the shiny metal edge.
It's not a major scratch - it's actually quite small - but I'm glad it finally happened, because now I'm not super paranoid anymore. And that's one of my complaints about this device down.
After a week with my iPhone, I've come to a few conclusions:
1) It's the greatest phone I've ever owned. By far. And it's actually a joy to use, in almost all of its abilities. Plus the screen is super ace - colors are great, smudges like mad but seems to repel scratches like a pro.
2) That said, it comes so close to true greatness, some parts of it actually remind you of its glaring faults:
- Keen maps and traffic, but no GPS? Gah.
- Super fast Wi-Fi connections, then super slow Edge? Gah.
- Bluetooth 2.0, but it can only be used for headsets? Gah.
- Can make notes, but can't sync them? Gah.
Hopefully updates will fix the software issues, and I'm sure the version 2 model will address the rest. Of course, I'm sad they're not available now, seeing as how other high-priced phones include them.
3) The touch interface is simply grand. Love the way it's implemented (although, a bit inconsistent across different apps), and it just feels nice. Typing took me a few days to get used to, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it now. I never, ever, ever enjoyed typing on my SX66 or Treo or E62, as their keyboards were stiff and actually hurt my fingers after a bit.
4) The way it moves between Wi-Fi spots you've already selected and Edge is seamless and fantastic, but it's a constant reminder how fracking slow Edge really is.
5) I'm a bit mixed on a few of the apps:
SMS - Hot: love the way it looks and functions
Calendar - Mixed: love the list view, hate that it clumps everything into one calendar type in the month view
Photos - Hot: but I don't really care about carrying around photos on my phone. Neat interface though!
Camera - Poor: it sucks both in quality and function. Too simple and almost impossible to take a picture of your vain self
YouTube - Mixed: awesome on Wi-Fi, the suck on Edge
Stocks - Neat: but I don't care
Maps - Hot but Mixed: it's a joy to interface with on Wi-Fi, and it's not bad on Edge. Traffic is great. No GPS sucks something serious
Weather - Hot: neat interface
Clock - Hot: very cool interface, especially with the timer
Calculator - Hot: or as hot as a calculator could be
Notes - Poor: crappy font and you can't sync with a computer
Settings - Hot: rad interface and lots of options
Phone - Hot but Mixed: voice quality seems great, love the interface, hard to dial numbers while speeding on the freeway
Mail - Hot but Mixed: love the way it displays emails (and most word, pdf, excel and picture attachments), hate how you can't just mark emails as read (instead of opening them all up), and there should be a spam filter on the phone
Safari - Hot but Mixed: love the way it displays most sites, great tapping and dragging and sliding interface, crappy that there's no flash support and it's crashed more than a few times
iPod - Hot, Hot, Hot, but slightly Mixed: love the interface, love the fact it's in my phone, love the screen quality for movies, sad it's only 8 gigs
6) Last one, but it's important. By purchasing this phone I've become a salesperson for Apple. Even when I don't want to be. Every time I pull this out, be at work or in the elevator or in line at the super market, people start asking questions. Random people. They all want to touch it. Which is fine if you seem like a keen person, but that one dude who actually dropped his phone while reaching for mine? Scary and omg please no.
Jul. 8th, 2007 @ 08:26 pm
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Just found out Sony's PlayStation.blog has a flickr account, which is quite nice for large screenshots. Today's update, though, featured this:
Which I'd very much like to play.
Now.
Jul. 8th, 2007 @ 07:52 pm
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