Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Breathe.

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James- Yeah, the mansion's very pretty. No way I can deny that.

Shin- My mom used to play Columns- a Tetris knockoff on Sega Game Gear. She insists to this day that Columns came first. But we all know that's bull.

Sara- How many worlds are there in all? Back when I first played it I thought it was just the first one.. But then again, I never read much in the library back then. :P

Ethan- This was when I was six. Back when I was fairly normal.

Andy- There's.. Some. I recall seeing Doom 3 in the Mac section of Fry's recently.

I think.

Tony- The last guild battle I was in left me feeling disheartened to the extreme.

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Well, I just went through a Nintendogs phase. It first started when I read on a forum that some guy that worked at an EBGames read that they would be doing a promotion where you could turn three Game Boy Advance games in and get Nintendogs free. This quickly caused a lot of interest on the forum, until August first, when the deal actually began.

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't really care about Nintendogs. It looks like a fun game, though I don't think I would get as much enjoyment out of it as I would something like Advance Wars Dual Strike or Animal Crossing DS. But I had several GBA games I wasn't going to ever play again anyway, so I jumped at the oppurtunity for a free game (one that, if I decide I don't want to open, I can exchange for AWDS).

So I called EB, made sure they knew about it, and they did, so I went to the mall, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land, and Yu-Gi-Oh: The Eternal Duelist Soul in my pocket. Fortunately, the guy I talked to on the phone was still behind the counter when I got there, so I didn't have to explain the deal to another person. It took him a while to register the games and everything, but it went more or less smoothly until he read the fine print, where it said you need a coupon.

It was revealed earlier that day that EB was doing this promotion with some other company who was going to form a promotional street team. They would give you the coupon, and then you could do the deal. That was fine until the company pulled out and the deal was called off. But the stores don't know yet, or something.

I really don't get the whole story. There's different rumors coming from everywhere.. But that seems to be the general concensus.

I'm over it now, but at the time I was a little peeved. In the midst of "omg free!" I actually got kind of excited about the game.. But due to money issues, I'm probably not going to get it for a while.

If you have three GBA games you don't think you'll miss, and you're interested in Nintendogs, I still recommend trying it out at your local EB. There are people who have managed to do the deal without the coupon, maybe just because they were dealing with stupid register workers, but it's worth a shot anyway.

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My mom and brother are in Pittsburgh now. We woke up rather early to drop them off. It was pretty uneventful, with four whole seconds of saying goodbye, though the strip club / porn shop by the airport had a fun new addition to their general public indecency:

They now have a huge sign right next to the main road into the airport that says, in humongous bold red letters, "VAGINAS R US."

I found it hilariously trashy, but my mom's offended and feels a need to pressure my dad into calling the mayor and complaining.

I think it's the best way to say "Welcome to Los Angeles," though.
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