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Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works Coming May 28th, Previews Now [15 May 2008|11:03pm] It's true, the Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works is finally set to arrive, and we've got previews. You can read about it here, or here, or if you need a history lesson, here. Spread the word! --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

[14 May 2008|10:27pm] Well, this sickens me. "We know this species is endangered as a result of our actions... but, we won't be taking any steps to lay off those actions which caused the species to be endangered in the first place. Because that'd just be silly." "It's not a warning or anything, just FYI." Fuck you guys. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 3 comments|post comment

Tingle's Balloon Fight finally arrived [13 May 2008|10:09pm] Dear World, AFK. Sincerely, --LBD "Nytetrayn" 2 comments|post comment

[09 May 2008|02:15pm] Ok, this is driving me nuts. Firefox has gotten really bad about logging me out of damn near everything on a nearly daily basis. Does anyone know how to fix this? I guess it has something to do with cookies or something, but I know jack all about that stuff. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 5 comments|post comment

The Kid gets his Wiings [08 May 2008|11:38pm] Whoops, can't believe I forgot to post this here, of all places. Early concept art for Kid Icarus on the Wii. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 1 comment|post comment

[06 May 2008|01:07am] Didn't get to do the interview tonight. :( --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

[04 May 2008|01:02am] Well, today's been up and down. More up than down, thankfully. I finally won Tingle's Balloon Fight for cheap on eBay to start the day. I woke up... well, I'd rather not go into specifics. Let's just say the circumstances were unpleasant. We eventually went out. Skipped Free Comic Book Day, but my shop's cool, and is holding some aside for me. We went to Best Buy to exchange an SD card I got with a Gift Card that I could only use in the States, and did so upon my recent trip. Best Buy employees are gawddamn filthy liars, at least in the States. And I'm not preaching some country vs country thing, but simply put: I asked down there, knowing I'd be in Canada before long, that if I had to return it for some reason, if I could do so in Canada, and I was given a confident yes. Tried doing so here, as Red wanted a card for her own use; I had a 4 GB card, and they have two-packs of 2GB cards, and for less at that (4GB=$27, 2x2GB=$20). We tried to exchange, and were told plainly we couldn't. Turns out it's on the back of the receipt, and that Best Buy employees in the States are doing this a lot. It's a stupid rule, but that I can deal with. What I can't deal with is being given fraudulent info and losing out on the deal as a result. Angry calls will be made. Oh, before we went in, Red was getting some candy from a vending machine, the crank-style ones, and I saw that up top, they had these New Super Mario Bros. DS screen cleaners that fit through the loop on the DS (or cell phone, if one prefers). So I got one of those, and it was adorned with... a Fire Flower! Could've been worse, I could've gotten a rock. (Joke: There aren't any rock ones, and you just know that if there was a Mario rock, they'd be pretty cool anyway.) After that, we left and went to the CostCo next door, to find out they no longer allow people to just look around anymore. We got a snack before heading to the mall, which wound up being in the rain. We arrived, soaked, and dried ourselves to the best of our ability. Got our tickets for Iron Man, and killed a little time. Went over to EB Games, and found out that a used Wario World for the GameCube was correctly priced at $27.99. A five-year old GameCube game that wasn't especially popular as I recall, going for nearly 30 bucks. Used. Thanks, but no thanks. Asked on a whim if they'd gotten any Super Princess Peach or Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time... ...and they had! Of Peach, anyway. Brand new, only copy they got, the guy had just prepped the case to go on the wall. Which unfortunately means sticker residue. Was a tough choice to make, but given the EXTREME scarcity of the game, I had a feeling I'd regret it if I didn't get it. So I went ahead and took it, ridiculous price and all. My only regret. But given the amount of effort I've spent trying to find it, maybe I'm cutting my losses. After all, how much more searching would I have to do, unlikely to find it for any less, if at all? We then killed a little time at Indigo Books, saw what Death Note offerings were new, Vol. 13 and the novel. Didn't get either, ridiculously overpriced, though I think it was the Iron Man Graphic Novel "Demon in a Bottle" that beat everything else out; I think it was priced like $15 USD, and $40 Canadian. That is in no way right, and there is no way anyone on this Earth can justify that to me short of saying that people gave their lives to make sure the damn things got over the border. Went to see Iron Man. Loved it. Will write more about it later. Must get an action figure now. Went to Casey's for dinner, who had a pretty cool birthday special, which basically amounted to anything up to $15 free, or you pay the difference on anything more. With a free drink, and dessert. Sweet deal. But no more. They changed it. No dessert, no drink, and there must be a second meal involved. Equal or lesser value is free now, and there must be a drink purchased. Still not horrible, but not as good as it used to be; we may diversify our attention from our usual traditions now. Meal was good, though. Feeling a bit better today, too. The cough and stuff remains, but mostly weaker, save for a bit of acting up. It's more a nuisance today, akin to having a piece of toilet paper stuck to your heel. Hopefully I'll be back in good shape by Monday... especially if I get that interview. --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

[01 May 2008|07:35pm] On another note, I was hopeful that maybe when May began, things would be better. Waking up to cough up blood has sort of dampened that hope. It stopped, but still... More positively, I've found that the hot wing part of the Doritos Collisions I just bought are actually somewhat helpful with my congestion. I may have to extend and further test this. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 11 comments|post comment

I'm going to Hell for this... [01 May 2008|07:30pm] ...but I can't help but laugh at it. I totally didn't see this coming, even despite the video's title. Maybe laughing at stuff like this is why bad things happen. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 4 comments|post comment

[30 Apr 2008|11:57pm] ( Just boring stuff about how my day went (crappy), feel free to move on if you wish. This is just for posterity and because I'm glad April is over. ) --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

[30 Apr 2008|11:54am] Depressing. You know the economy is in the shitter when... On an upside, personally speaking, I may get a WWE interview after all-- it just seems the nature of the live show and all means that it would very likely be a last-minute or nearly-last-minute sort of deal. So, at least now it's up in the air. :D --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

And now, a moment to screw with all of your minds. [29 Apr 2008|04:22am] You wonder if we do stuff like this. Admit it. And no, either way, we're not telling. Unless she does. But by then, how many of you will have clawed your eyes out, just to be safe? --LBD "Nytetrayn" 3 comments|post comment

[29 Apr 2008|02:34am] Yeah, I don't know if things are really getting any better or not. On the one hand, I'm still sick, but feeling a bit better. But now Red's getting sick, and needs to share my cough medicine. I still haven't heard back from WWE Canada to know if I'll get to do that interview when Raw comes to Toronto next week. I'm starting to have doubts, but I really don't know what timeframe this stuff happens in. Had to miss another Tingle's Balloon Fight auction, as I wasn't really sure we could afford it at the moment. On the upside, last time I looked, there were no bids, but apparently three people scrambled in at the last minute and drove it up a bit, so I don't feel so bad about that, now that I've seen it again. I think my Wii Fit feature, wherein I'd review the game when it came out and keep up with subsequent updates has pretty much been axed, possibly along with my chances of being able to get this one more costly item. Apparently, Nintendo won't send it out early, which one of my bosses was apparently hoping on for this, and that pretty much blows the whole deal; I never expected us to do the progress reports on how it worked for me until after it came out anyway, but... eh, bleh. Dunno if we're getting that one now, though I was hopeful it might actually be the thing to get me more active, particularly in wintertime when I generally avoid going out at all if I can help it, due to ice and slick rain and cold and such that my body doesn't seem able to take any more. ...and I thought I was getting better, but between writing that last paragraph and this one, I think I'm still a lot more sick than I thought, as several involuntary, spontaneous actions over the sink and toilet that I will spare you the details of would seem to attest. On the upside... well, there IS one good thing after all of this today, but I don't think I want to mention it just yet, as it's something of a surprise. Suffice to say, if you like Mario/Nintendo, I think it will make some people smile. --LBD "Nytetrayn" post comment

[27 Apr 2008|04:24am] Fucking, fucking, fucking Hasbro... They finally have Stealth Bumblebee in stock on their online store, and I found a code "HBRFF20" that gets free shipping and 20% off the order, but they don't ship to Canada! ARGH. Edit: And the code apparently expires tomorrow TODAY. DAMMIT. Well, hope this at least helps someone. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 5 comments|post comment

[27 Apr 2008|02:12am] Dear Yahoo! Mail, Is it too much to ask that I actually be allowed to check my mail? Rather than have to click off some transparent overlaying ad that springs up only after I try to start doing what I'm doing? What is it with you and others that have to employ ads that literally interfere with people doing what they came to your site to do in the first place? I'm fine with ads, just don't put them between me and what I'm trying to do, alright? Sincerely, --LBD "Nytetrayn" 3 comments|post comment

[27 Apr 2008|01:22am] Guess there's no harm in talking about this now, as it's pretty much broken everywhere. So johnct311 linked me to this the other day, yesterday in fact. I considered making a newspost about it, but given the legal gray area surrounding this (and I'm sure that's putting it mildly) and what I'd heard happened to a similar such Chrono Trigger project (of which I heard that no, they weren't making a game, just using Square's property to sell their engine and got reported, I dunno), I decided to just keep quiet. Of course, it seems that others could not, and now the news in on the frontpage of Digg, and even some guy who doesn't seem to be on staff reported it (badly) on Kombo. I'd link you to it, but that's how badly it was done-- it can't even be linked to. So, yeah, I'm sort of left wondering if I should've jumped on the big scoop, since it'd likely get spread anyway. On the other hand, if this brings SEGA's hedgehog-werewolves to these guys' door, at least I know I had no part in it. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 8 comments|post comment

[26 Apr 2008|01:15am] To hardcorehecxz, andrusi, and drneko: I haven't forgotten about this, there's just been a lot of crap distracting me lately, with something between bronchitis/pneumonia being the latest. I'll get to it, don't worry; I've not forgotten. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 2 comments|post comment

Oh dear. [22 Apr 2008|12:25am] So, for Otakon this year, I'll likely be sticking with my cheap Mario outfit, albeit improved over last year... but I've run into a bit of a problem. maqqy96 hooked me up with someone who does good plushy work on DevArt, Veste Notus, who was going to do a custom backpack for me, shaped like a sidekick from Paper Mario. Regretably, between being quoted a price and actually being able to put it through, well, something happened. Don't know what. But I don't know when or if she's coming back, so I'm forced to run under the assumption that using her as an option is now out. Which basically means I'm trying to find someone new who can make a functional custom backpack for a decent price. Veste told me 18" dimensions would run $45 plus shipping would be the cost for what I need, and while things have gotten more difficult financially since I was going to comission, I wouldn't rule it out yet. But it's all for naught if I can't find someone. So, for the sake of something to keep tabs on, can anyone recommend me someone capable who might be able to pull off what I need? I think one or two people had given me some suggestions (Shinkuu?), but I've since lost them, unfortunately, what with all the chaos and computers and crap. So any suggestions, even repeat ones, are appreciated so that I might investigate. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 1 comment|post comment

New Doritos and Canada Collide [20 Apr 2008|11:35pm] So we finally have Doritos Collisions here in Canada... well, one set, anyway. Lucky for me, it's the one of the set that I most wanted to try, Hot Wings and Blue Cheese. And better still, I got them at a Mac's convenience store that was holding a special for two bags, so I got these cheap and an extra bag of classic Nacho Cheese, just to be safe. And the verdict? Well, that's where things get a little bit complicated. I guess you could say it's a mixed bag (*rimshot*). Alone, either one is alright... I'm sure someone out there probably loves either one, but neither is particularly outstanding to me. Hot Wings pretty much lives up to the name, tasting more like the sauce than the meat it would normally cover, and the Blue Cheese is ok. But, it turns out, that if you eat them together, that's when they get pretty good, and I like them almost as much as the Nacho Cheese flavor. But I don't mean eating one, then eating the other. Nope, for the right effect, for the best results in my opinion, it requires that you eat both at the same time. So that means taking one Hot Wings chip, one Blue Cheese chip, and finding a way that they'll both fit into your mouth. And that's a little more trouble than I'm used to for a chip. Not to say it's bad, but it sort of slows you down. Ironically, though, it also speeds the rate of consumption for the chips. Since the maximum effect comes when you eat two at a time, if you'd normally just grab a chip here and a chip there, then you're more likely to go through these twice as fast, as you're getting two at a time. All in all, it's an interesting experience, but not necessarily a bad one. It does leave one to wonder if they just happened to produce chips that wouldn't work by themselves, and found something to do with them, or if it was a calculated plan from the start. Hopefully, I'll have a chance to test out the Zesty Taco and Chipotle Ranch type. But incidently, I never got to try the mysterious X-13D type that no one can quite agree what they taste like, or whether they're good or bad. On a related note, Retro Junk has a recent article that examines the logos of various food, beverages, and restaurants that have changed over the years, including Doritos. Personally, I like more of the older logos more, particularly where restaurants are concerned. I'm looking at you, Pizza Hut and Long John Silver's. Who the hell are you even marketing to now? --LBD "Nytetrayn" 1 comment|post comment

[20 Apr 2008|11:19pm] Hells yes! Is anyone going to SDCC? Because that King Grayskull figure is looking pretty awesome. He'd look even more awesome with the right sword, but I'm not going to nitpick. The other plans sound pretty good, too, particularly the one where they finish the main story the old 2002 cartoon left behind. --LBD "Nytetrayn" 2 comments|post comment

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