October 31, 2007
Mamma Mia! Christmas in October!
You guys get most of the good stuff first, but every now and then it pays to live here in Tokyo. :D
Mmmmm, how do I focus on the last few hours of work today when I have this sitting next to me...
October 30, 2007
Smash Bros. Brawl: Alternate Reality Nintendo?
Have you guys been following Super Smash Bros. Brawl lately? The official site has been revealing new info about the game every day since May, and lately some of the stuff they've been showing off has been pretty frickin' insane. Online multiplayer and co-op play? Saved films? A stage editor? Buh? This is a Nintendo game, right?
Seriously though, on one hand it's super exciting to see stuff like this appearing on a Nintendo platform, but on the other hand it's almost painful knowing that this is probably one of the only games we're ever going to see on Wii that's actually up-to-date, feature-wise, with stuff on competing systems. Can you imagine if they put this much effort into every franchise game they released?
What they need to do is get Masahiro Sakurai working in-house overseeing all of the stuff that doesn't fall under the Touch Generations/Alpha Moms umbrella. The man obviously knows how to excite hardcore gamers. :)
Speaking of exciting...Super Mario Galaxy is out here in 56 hours, 28 minutes, and 17 seconds. Not that I'm counting!
Yeah...it's gonna be another good weekend. :D
October 10, 2007
In Rainbows
So the new Radiohead album came out today. I considered writing all kinds of LJ-esque thoughts and insights about what Radiohead has meant to me over the years (in short: a lot), but instead I'll just say this -- if you haven't yet bought this record, you really should. It's very good.
I'm not posting this elsewhere because it really has zero to do with games, but I did want to say that I'm enjoying the new music very much; 2007 brought with it a lot of tough times for me, but lately things have been on the upswing, and music like this gives me cause to celebrate life. So yeah -- cheers, everyone. :)
PS -- Back to school from Friday. OMG.
October 05, 2007
"Touch Me"
...is what the little iPod said to me in the Apple Store today, and who am I to argue? So I came home with my third iPod this year (yikes), a shiny new 16GB iPod touch. They just came out in Japan today, and I couldn't resist. I bought a slim PSP a couple of weeks ago, too, even though I already own an original PSP (okay, two). Yes...I have a problem. I cannot resist sexy new hardware. Sigh.
In other news, Halo 3 was fantastic, BioShock was a trip, and I'm still addicted to Jeanne d'Arc (though that addiction will likely switch to Final Fantasy Tactics next week). I'm gearing up to finally (yes, finally) play through Resident Evil 4 on Wii, and I'm starting to get excited for Super Mario Galaxy. Good times.