Thursday, May 19, 2005

Backstreet's back.. :'(

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Tony- The scary thing is that that OurColony stuff was ten times more obscure than that.

James- What do you think of all this "Pre-rendered Killzone" business? Honestly, I don't know what to think.

Shin- I'm excited about the DS stuff, but I'll talk about that later.

satan665- Don't you get demos? That's why I would get PSM.

Of course, that's why I subscribed to EGM, but now I find out that you only get preview DVDs if you buy them OFF THE RACK. Grr.

Tony- Revolution.. *sigh* I was at least hoping for some sort of hint at what the revolutionary aspect will be, but if they're going to a humongous media blitz at next year's show (sort of like DS), that will probably be more effective, right? I'm just a sad little fanboy.

Godel- You.. Like the controller?

God, Canada must be even more fucked up than I had imagined.

Dagger- As am I.

..Though I figure it would be better if I actually watched the series first. I had a similar problem with the Cowboy Bebop movie.

Shin- That was incredibly Penny Arcade Forum-ish.

Tony- Omfg batarang lolz!!1

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So, Nintendo conference. I was disappointed by the lack of Revolution stuff, of course, but I can't say that I regret not seeing anything. Once they perfect it.. That's when I want to see it. Not some lame-ass prototype that is going to be changed three times by the time it's finally released.

Like that damned PS3 controller.

But the DS stuff.. Man, I was so disappointed with my DS purchase until I saw the new footage of the sidescrolling Mario game and, perhaps even moreso, the new Mario & Luigi DS game. Then you have Advance Wars DS, or whatever the title is, which is apparently using the two screens in some sensibly cool ways (one screen for air, one for ground, for example).. Then there's Fire Emblem 2 for GBA, but considering how they're from the same studio and they're pretty much the same in gameplay, I'll probably end up choosing between the two.

But that Game Boy Micro.. Meh. MEH, I say. It's concave like the Xbox 360, which isn't that bad on a console, but I can't help but think it would be odd to hold in your hands.

Nintendogs.. Again, meh. I have a real dog. I don't need to dish out $30 for a simulation that lets me pick up virtual dog crap.

(Of course, one would argue that I already have a life and thus have no need for The Sims, but I love that series anyway.)

Apparently, Hideo Kojima is going to be writing and directing Metal Gear Solid 4 after all. A while back they that, along with the main theme of "No Place to Hide!" there was "No Place for Hideo!", implying that Mr. Kojima wouldn't be so directly involved. This trailer, however, corrected that, because there was such a demand from fans for him to not abandon his baby.

I would really like to see something new from him (as long as it isn't like Boktai), but I would hate to see Metal Gear wither without Kojima's input.

And then Zelda: Twilight Princess.. I'm excited and apprehensive at the same time. The werewolf thing.. I'm sure they'll do cool stuff with it, but I'm thinking that I'd rather play as humanoid Link thank a wolf, but I can't really say that until I've played it.

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As for mundane everyday things, we no longer have that old crazy sub. Instead, we have a new crazy sub. He's this young black guy fresh out of college, and he was sensible enough yesterday, but today he had this big rant- all period- about how we have specific goals in our lives, but the commercials that the media pushes into our minds have absolutely nothing to do with that. He had this big mathematical equation about how we've spend one fourth of our lives just watching TV, when we could be doing something constructive with his time.

Then he somehow got onto the subject of how our society is entirely controlled by worthless green paper and that his interest in it stops at how he needs it to move himself further along in society.

So, of course, someone responded with "So.. Can I have that dollar?"

I think he gave it to her.

Then he ripped up a dollar.

Then he reverted back to the "work for your goal thing," and in a very enthusiastic physical example, got up on a table and held a book in the air. The book symbolized our offspring, whom we shall push up farther beyond we could ever reach if we just try hard.

Hilariously enough, the book he randomly picked up off of the teacher's desk was a book of world religion with a big Catholic crucifix on the front. That was priceless.

So yeah, he's better than the other guy (He doesn't have us turn in assignments because they're "for us," not him), but he's still freaky.

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Today we started track & field in PE. I volunteered for the 50-yard-dash, much to the surprise of the teacher (he just doesn't watch.. I'm actually rather good at it), the high jump, and I got drafted for some relay. I don't really care the distance- I think it's a quarter lap a person, but regardless, I got put in rather low ranks by the teacher's judgement. Down with the fat kids.

Anyway, we did the 50 today, and I smoked the competition. These weren't fat kids, either, these were fit people. You could literally hear the rising chorus of "Daaaaaang, white boy can run!" throughout the campus.

He really doesn't watch.

I have a couple of friends who want to do track in high school.. I don't think I'm good enough to compete with district-wide groups of speed-demons, but maybe I would give it a shot, if it weren't for those questionable short shorts.

Then after school we registered for classes. Being in IB, we get first picks, which doesn't really mean much. We have to take a second language, and we only had Spanish and Latin, so I went with the latter. Because it's cool when you fit it into fantasy stories.

<_<

Then the electives were all music-related, except for drama and art. Even if I did have previous group-music experience, I still wouldn't do any of the music things, because you have to come to school an hour early for that, and we have to get up early enough as it is. That cut more than half of them out immediately.

So then that left drama and art. And what do you know, I dislike being on stage, so I got stuck with good old art again, for the third year in a row.

However, to take an elective when you are required to take a second language, you need to do summer school. It was between PE and Health, and I didn't really care which one I was in, as long as I knew people in it, but my friend got paranoid about sharing classes and organized it so that everyone we care about got the same health class.

Honestly, I'm not that excited about high school. Thrown back to the bottom of the ladder, for another year of freshman torment, more "thematic elements" like drugs, sex, etc.. And enough homework to take up an entire weekend. Maybe the clubs will be worth it.

Last thing: I sampled System of a Down's new CD, Mezmerize, and I liked what I heard. I'm considering buying it when I have cash to blow..

The funny thing is that when I think of SOAD I think of that video where they're all freaky looking. I saw them on Saturday Night Live last week, didn't recognize them, and I was very impressed by the song. Then I realized it was System of a Down, and I was surprised. They look a lot more mellow than in my mind.
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