MEGATON Revealed...Don't Get Excited Jesus. Like fools, the whole world went for it. "Nintendo owns Playstation", "Nintendo's buying Capcom", "Miyamoto killed Nicole Brown Simpson". Ok, not the last one, but pretty damn close.
V-Jump, the Japanese magazine that started this whole MEGATON bullshit has revealed that the news is simply that Nintendo is making a game based on a comic strip featured in V-Jump Magazine.
That's it. That's all. Go about your freaking business.
Projects Gentlemen in the audience, when you decide that you've found the one you love and wish to be with for the rest of your life, and the two of agree to get married and move in together, you'll find that all of a sudden you have projects to do. Perhaps your little cream puff will go to the store and pick out a new shelf she'd like to you put up, or decide she's like some work done on the house. Inevitably, you may even find little lists waiting for you when you come home from work. Task lists. "To-Do" lists.
As I mentioned, Christine is out of town this weekend doing some wedding planning and preparation back in our hometown where the wedding is to take place. Before she left, I was informed that she would like a phone line to be wired into the living room so she doesn't have to use the kitchen phone; she bought a mirror/coat hanger/picture frame thing that I need to put up in our back entryway; and I need to hide the bedroom cable line in the wall so it's not running across the floor.
Damn it. All I want to do is hang out, watch Kung Fu, and play video games. Instead, I'm friggin roaming around my friggin house like Bob friggin Vila with a drill, a level, and friggin phone wire. Look at me go!
Research Earlier, I made mention of the feature that I'm working on called "Drinking Game Games". I had no idea how hard it would be to write such a feature, especially since a great deal of "research" is involved. Last night, Aaron and I sat down with a pizza and a 1.75 of the Captain and began work on what is becoming the most difficult feature I've tried to tackle. I won't spoil any surprises, but I will say that of the two games we invented last night, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" is easily my favorite.
We're spending today recuperating in preparation for tonight's "research".
I know, it seems like I spend a lot of time discussing my various binge-drinking escapades. I've thought a bit about that and decided that as soon as this Drinking Game Games feature is finished, I'm going to change my tune and start discussing eastern philosophy and its relation to video games. Hell, if they can write a book called "The Tao of Pooh", I can surely skew the topic to a gaming audience. Sure, it'll take a little research and effort on my part, but won't the readers of GWX - who are so eager to expand their minds and broaden their horizons - be better and more well rounded individuals, ready to face the world with a more positive outlook on life?
Or perhaps, in the words of my great former college roommate Fabulous Joe Willinger, "I'll just get drunk instead."
Green Xbox A few days ago, I posted a news story about some funky green Xbox that I found on Games-Xpress, noting that it almost definitely was not the Xbox Next. Since that time, Martyn Smith from G-X was kind enough to share this with me:
Hiya, I noticed you'd found the image of the green xbox from my site www.games-xpress.co.uk - its definately not the xbox next, from what I understand its just a new design that Microsoft are going to launch at some point in the first quarter of 2003. Not quite sure if its a Japanese/US/European thing though. I think that its going to make an appearance in Europe, but I'm not 100%
Regards
Martyn Smith
Cool, man. Thanks.
Our UK Man, Craig Harwood has also informed me that there's a UK show called Game Pad in which this crazy green Xbox is always featured.
I don't want to get into a whole thing here about whether it's a Dev. Kit or a new special edition Xbox. I just posted the story because I thought it looked bad ass and I wanted to share the picture with our readers.
Anyone have any more information on it? Send it in.
Daniel Tosh Christine and I went to see Daniel Tosh at Acme last night. In my many visits to Acme, I've found that inevitably there are going to be one or two groups of really annoying people in the audience that either purposefully or just out of their own ignorance go out of their way to piss off or distract the comedian. Last night there were three comedians. The first was unfazed by the two blonde moron girls in the front row sitting adjacent to Christine and myself. The second comedian acknowledged them by making fun of them a bit. But when Daniel Tosh came out on stage, he immediately said, "Lady, shut your God-damned mouth. Seriously, if I hear one word from you I'm going to kick you in the teeth."
It was beautiful. This is my second time seeing Daniel Tosh, and if you haven't yet seen him, be sure to check out his website and check to see if he's coming to a comedy club or college campus near you. This guy is destined to be a big star and you won't regret the experience.
Killing Time The problem with having a column like this one is that there are some days when I simply have nothing to say. Today is one of those days. I have no interest in continuing the discussion on the GBA SP and probably won't until my imported unit arrives in the mail next month. I also don't really care to discuss anything else that's been in the news lately, because frankly, it's all been fairly boring.
So instead, I'd like to direct you to Something Awful's Greatest Pictures in the World Collection. No, there's no porno or nudey pictures, although you may find yourself saying, "Damn! Look at the tits on that kid!"
Enjoy.
By the way, I encourage you all to send in any links to pictures, articles, or crazy websites you find interesting or amusing. I'll be sure to post 'em right away.
Happy Birthday Joe! Let's all take a moment to wish our very own Fabulous Joe Mackie a happy birthday. Here's to another year of freaking out the GWX Staff with his crazy DDR contortions and beautiful wisdom.
In honor of his special day, I thought I share an example of Joeism. Enjoy: "If Mr. T came up to you and stuck his dick in your ear, and then said it was a mistake and that he'd never do it again, would you trust him?"
Food for thought, eh?
Happy birthday Joe and many happy returns!
Be sure to drop a line to our Nintendo Department Captain and wish him well.
Forums I'd like to thank those that answered my request and filled Sonny's inbox with hate mail and death threats regarding our Forums. You guys rule. I suppose now would probably be a good time to let you know what's going on. Up until recently, the GWX Forums were hosted by Fragoff. Suddenly, without notice, Fragoff, and consiquently our Forums, went down and are lost without a trace. We've been trying to contact the folks at Fragoff for some explanation or some idea of what's going on, but have thusfar had no luck.
The good news is that we have a test version of the new forums up and running and they'll hopefully be online by early next week. Unfortunately, the worst-case scenario is that all the former posts will be lost and you may have to re-register your screen name. I know, it sucks, but there's nothing we or I can do about it; unless by some miracle, Fragoff goes back online and our old Forums are restored.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or our Webmaster, Sonny Uppal.
The GWX Awards are nearly finished and ready for publishing. We just finished up our Round Two voting procedure and are taking care of some Tie Breakers today. After that, we'll be deciding the Overall winners. I know, the anticipation is pant-wetting, isn't it? Look for the feature sometime next week.
Christine is out of town this weekend so Aaron and I decided that this is the perfect opportunity to work on our Drinking Games feature. Yes, we at GWX are proud to support binge drinking in all its glory.
We're looking for suggestions for our feature, so if you have a good drinking game to accompany your video game playing, drop me a line and I'll consider it for the feature.
GBA-SP I've got some seriously mixed feelings about the newly announced GBA-SP. We all knew it was coming as different iterations of the same rumor have been circulating all over the internet for months, but I guess I was hoping for something a bit bigger. First of all, I hate the look of the thing. It just doesn't look like a gaming machine, and while I haven't touched it yet, I can't imagine it feels much like one either. I've seen PDAs that appear more ergonomic than this thing. Why not take the existing GBA design and pop in a flip-top screen rather than make it look like a boxy calculator?
But here I go again. Nintendo gives us what we've been begging for since the moment the GBA was released and we strained our eyes to see Castlevania, and I'm bitching about the design. I can't help it. Nintendo just seems to perpetually underwhelm the public with its hardware and I'm getting a little tired of it.
I love my little GBA; don't get me wrong. But I, like many others, am dying for some serious competition to come out of nowhere and force Nintendo to get their shit together. The GBA is a great machine that could've been so much greater. But I suppose Nintendo is getting the last laugh as they rake in all that cash.
Skank Is it just me or has Christina Aguilera really turned up the Skank-O-Meter(TM)? Between that video of hers and this photo shoot, I'm beginning to think that maybe Disney isn't so bad after all.
Check this quote: “I’m not conservative when it comes to that sex stuff. I have a problem with the whole society thing where guys have sex and get praised for it but girls do it and get labels put on them. So more power to the girl who says she can enjoy sex and not be ashamed of it. I’ll back that up 100 percent.”
So will I, Christina. So will I.
I guess when your music sucks as badly as hers, one must flaunt their more obvious assets.
Ys Education I just posted this story about Ys Book I&II coming to the PS2 and realized that many of you may not know much about the Ys series. (And no, it's not pronounced "Wise")
I first got acquanted with Ys on the Turbografx CD. Book I&II was a total masterpiece of RPG gaming, even rivaling Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star, but because of the relative obscurity of the Turbo systems, Ys really didn't make much of a splash stateside. In Japan, however, where the PC Engine reigned supreme, Ys received the appreciation it deserved. Ys Book III, while not quite up to snuff with I&II, also appeared on the Turbo CD, as well as the SNES.
Rather than giving you a synopsis of every game, I've found some sites that'll do a better job educating you than I can. Enjoy.
Excess I have a certain set of friends that inspire me to indulge in the excesses of demon alcohol. When I say "inspire", I in fact mean "fill my glass every time it nears emptying and after about 6-7 rounds of that, they bring out the shots."
Such was the case Saturday night. I went over to a friend's house to watch the Packers get annihilated by the Falcons and nothing short of madness ensued. We wound up going to a party for some girl who had been promoted to a higher rank in the U.S. Army. I didn't know this girl - none of us did - but somehow we wound up in her basement watching people drink body shots off of her mother. My friend also convinced a girl that he was an up and coming rock star and his manager would press charges if she took pictures of him. Yeah. I downed an entire bottle of their cheap champagne, pissed on their front porch, and we headed home.
Once home, the four of us headed down to the basement where we attempted to play some MechAssault. Alas, our motor skills were somewhat hindered so instead I wound up firing up AIM on my computer and reaming Miyuru for our lack of news updates lately. That part was very fun, let me assure you.
And here we are today. You may have noticed that our forums are down. It just seems like one fucking thing after another lately, doesn't it? Unfortunately, our Editor's Roundtable feature is done on the forums, and until we get them back up, no ER. Isn't that lovely?
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