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The GBA SP as Jerk repellant I pay my cell phone bill at my local Radio Shack. It’s convenient, assures me of no late fees and is more or less painless. The more painless part is because these jags over at the Radio Shack think they’re salesmen. They shill me with cell phone offers and all other manner of second-rate crap that the gods deemed Radio Shack worthy; that is to say it’s crap. It’s the same type of stuff you’d see at a Best Buy but there’s less of it and more than likely it’s a Tandy brand rip-off instead of the real McCoy. So I always say “No, thank you.” See? I’m a nice person. I don’t fuss and don’t get frustrated openly with these idiots. I just wait until they finish the transaction and then I go out on my way. But today I decided that I just didn’t have it in me to go through that, however the fact that I had to pay the bill at this time persisted. So I came upon a solution: I would play my copy of “Tactic Ogre” on my Game Boy Advance SP with the headphones on, thus making me impervious to all their advances. And it worked, kinda. I didn’t have to answer any stupid questions at the check out counter, save one. While I’m transacting my business with the cashier another guy comes up to me – my least favorite clerk, the one with all of the different sales pitches – and asks me if I found everything I was looking for. What a prick! I looked at him with a visage that spoke annoyance and then motioned towards the GBA SP and said: “*sigh* yes”. The point is not that I’m a jerk and games make me antisocial. The point is I really really hate the Radio Shack and especially that one sales clerk that works there, and I’m glad that my gaming habit can minimize my exposure to annoying situations. |
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I don't normally visit gamespy.com, I feel it's too PC for my gaming tastes. But I have been there every now and then to check out their MMORPG previews. However, I did waste pretty much my entire Sunday morning reading their "25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming". Interesting stuff and much less enraging than stupid Ign's "Best 100 games but not really cuz we're stupid" list. |
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I got your drama, right here! So I’m almost through my DVD box set of the first two seasons of “Homicide, Life on the Street” and in case you didn’t already know, tell you this is good good stuff. I’ve long been of the opinion that “Homicide” was one of the best shows to ever air and taking this second look on DVD I think I was right. If only for the 6th episode “Three Men and Adena” it’s worth the paltry $40 their asking for it. I just hope that they eventually release all of the episodes, as the middle years of the series were definitely the finest. |
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An interesting side effect of the transition from cartridge to disc is what happens in the event of a crash. In the old days Link would just sit there in the same spot, the entire screen would freeze, or worse it would start to streak unintelligibly almost imitating a wave and the sound would be stuck on a single note. Yesterday while going through an interesting bit of “Shenmue II” I came upon the modern day version of this; the screen went blank and then I was told that the disc could not be read and would I please remove it and place in a disc that could be read, thank you. Besides the fury I was feeling because I had not saved at the last given opportunity and I would have to rework the last few minutes at a later time, I also couldn’t help but feel patronized by my Xbox. It had crashed on me, it was then smart enough to know that it had crashed on me & then finally with a cold touch it told me that it wasn’t its fault it had crashed but rather the disc was to blame and wasn’t I an asshole for letting my property fall into a state of disrepair. I simple blue or blank screen with the word “Error” would have done the job & would have left me feeling a little bit better about my relationship with my machines. As you are no doubt wondering about the disc, it was, of course, spotless. I’ll have to break out the game doctor or whatever that thing’s called and simonize it before playing again.
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This picture just struck me as funny. Also showcases my new glasses. |
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Big Boss Metal Gear Solid 3 will take place in the 1960's and Big Boss will be the main character! I don't know how y'all feel about this but I'm pretty excited. The only thing that worries me is that bit about how it will be more action based and less story based. I thought the story of the MGS games were the best things about them, so I hope they don't take away too much of that. John's displaying in a gallery today. So I hope to have pics up tomorrow of the opening. |
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