AOL Time rant.
Not much news.. so I will talk about how AOL and Time Warner are merging to make a lovely widespread coverage of cable modemness. Oh, well. There goes the neighborhood. I want a Cable Modem.. but will I have to put up with AOL? Will I have to have a USB instead of a PC Card modem? Will Linux and Mac users cry EVIL and attack AOL? Might be fun. ^_^ -PAW-
 

GO Mega!
My copy of Mega Man Xtreme shipped! My Song Pro has not. In fact, despite what other sites are saying.. I'm saying we won't see it until March. It was March at their booth at CES. So, I'm saying March. Why? Because I know. Anyways, it'll be worth it. Thanks to the Secure Digital Music Initiative and some *finally* smart moves by the Song Pro company... we get a superior MP3 product. Although.. can't wait? Song Pro Jr. is available as "MP3 Boy" in Hong Kong. You're local import and grey market goods distributor might have one. ^_^ -PAW-
 

Viral Speak!
Once again.. good to the last drop. I think you will enjoy it truly. ^_^ Please, help yourself to some. -PAW-

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
So, I said.. I don't want lick that. It's not a puffy marshmellow.
 

January Stuff.
Previous newsity for your textual pleasure.

Why no Pokemon gear in the store? Well.. we're working on it...

Lucky Stiffs...
Hey, do you live in Japan? If you do.. um be at these places below on those dates at 9AM to 3PM for a nifty little "13th Annual Next Generation World Hobby Fair".

Tokyo Big Site: January 13 and 14
Fukuoka Dome: January 21
Osaka Dome: January 28
Nagoya Dome: February 4

It's free, nifty, and here's the kicker. You can get Celebi for your Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal. Okay.. only if you applied for Celebi in advance and are one of the first 20,010 to get there. Nice. Oh, for those who wanna know.. both versions of the superior sequel to Dragon Warrior Monsters will debut there for hands-on play. The sequal is called: "Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Malta's Magical Keys" and it's two versions are named: "Luka's Start on a Journey" and "Iru's Adventure". The difference between the two? The gender of the main character and how the game plays out. Oh, yeah.... monster distribution as well. Of course. Like 'em! -PAW-

Salohcin Geen: So, wait, If Pokemon has Mew and Celebi, and Dragon Warrior Monsters is kind of following in Pokemon's foot steps, does that mean that they'll have their own Mew and Celebi? Maybe it'll be in the form of one of those Green Slimes. All hail the gooey...
Akemi yawns.
Philip: I nabbed him from the reader cage.. bwa ha ha!
 
 

Sew make her Singer.
Izek. (Bless You!) It's a bulbous, translucent blue, $799.95 sewing machine. Why should you care? It's a sewing machine... with a dark and seedy connection to Game Boy. You see, what you can do with the machine.. is well.. to put it straight.. the Game Boy can be used to tell the Sewing Machine what to do. And it's coming here in the USA. YAY! -PAW-

Salohcin Geen: Slap it in a Pokemon box and let it sell! Can't wait to see those at the local Gamestop...
Akemi coughs.
Philip sighs.
 

A little ranting!
Squishysoft? The heck? Anyways, that's a tad odd. The game looks.. okay. I certainly hope the main character has other animation than what I saw in the screenshots. "Score points for its innovation in removing the glare from the screen, but take away a bunch because the screen doesn't light up as bright as its competition." That was rather ripe. Ahem. The Cobra Light isn't as bright as the Worm Light; but it's loads brighter than everything else. Especially when compared to the Blob Light. Oh, well. Oh, the mother of all Tiny, Tight Ranties updated. Mmm.. Viral Speak.-PAW-

Salohcin Geen: From the pictures, that Squishysoft game looks more like a Gameboy version of the movie Office Space then anything else. ::Shivers:: Freaks me out...
Akemi goes back to sleep.
Philip: And now Salohcin Geen goes back to his cage.
 

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
So, do you eat her often?
 

January Stuff.
Previous newsity for your textual pleasure.

Work? Make Machop do it!.

Stuff!
Hey, we updated! Well, I was working on something you'll like! In fact, I'll post it right below! On a nice note, Mega Man Xtreme is finally hitting ALL the stores. It was released last week; but not everywhere. (Go figure..) Also out this week is Mario's Tennis. Yummy. I have just beaten the Extreme Mode in Mega Man Xtreme. I'll be reviewing it very shortly. Expect the review by tommorrow. In the world of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance.... here's the new deal! And my impressions.

White with grey trim = Classy!
Purple with light grey trim = Sassy!
Clear with white trim = Naked!

Mario Advanced = Mario All-Stars with only one game. Here's to hoping that Nintendo keeps this up and gets us SMB3 and Super Mario World too.

Kuru Kuru Kururin = Guide the stick. Be the stick. All sexual overtones aside. Guide a long moving stick through narrow passageways. If you get stuck or hit certain areas.. it's over and you'll be left feeling a bit sad and unsatisfied.

F-Zero = Do it fast and hard or you'll crash and burn. Drive that is.

Napoleon = Radio Free French.

Golden Sun = gaaaaahhhhhh *moisture forming*

Mario Kart = Nothing like fourplay with banana's and spiked shells for that next get-together.

Game Boy Wars = Turn Based Murders on the land, air, and Sea.

Fire Emblem: Maiden of the Dark = Nintendo has kept this series from ever reaching the shores on the NES, and on the SNES. They should consider at least giving us this one.

That Horse Racing game = Here is a title with a chance of getting to the US that is about the same as a Snowball's chance in the Stock Market... I mean.. Hell.

Tactics Orge = No relation to the Flail-Mindlessly-Into-Battle Orge.

Magical Vacation = Book me on this one. It'll be a real pleasure trip.

Mmm.. let's see. One real time strategy game, two turn based strategy games, three RPGs. Mmm.. yummylicious! -PAW-

Philip: Mmm... yum.
 

Hooray for Nubys!
Draw something that smells funny. Or maybe not. ^_^ Anyways, Nuby could use a new mascot. Details at Snowflake Studios! YAY! IT's one mean beer coaster. -PAW-

Akemi runs off to get her pencil.
Quagh draws a stick figure, will this work? It won first place at the "Can't Draw, Can't Vote" contest this year in Florida.
Philip: If you haven't noticed.. I've been grabbing random people off of my AIM and/or ICQ lists. You have to add Philipdmgice (AIM) or 10714727 (ICQ) to your AOL AIM, ICQ, Everbuddy, or whatever you use. NO BEGGING. If you beg, I will not consider you.
 

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
Shouldn't everything taste like Bubble Gum?

January Stuff.
Previous newsity for your textual pleasure.

Time to talk of the Pidgeys and Beedrills.

Get it good!
Reviews? Yup! Philip has Mega Man Xtreme. He's had it since Friday. He's also beaten the daylights out of it. ^_^ And now there is a review up there! YAY! Also two new reader reviews. -PAW-

Ice Blue: Ice Blue thinks speaking in third person is fun.
Jazz: Feh. Jazz has no idea what you're talking about.
Akemi:  How Xiting.
Adrock: It's Xilerating.
Super SaiyaMew: ... no more good X words...
Philip: I think the world needs more X. X is a healthy thing. I would like some X.
 
 

New section, coming soon!
Okay, I'm working on something new and interesting for you to play with. Or rather.. download and play with. Bwa ha ha! Also, expect some heavy Area DMG updates really soon. bwa ha ha! -PAW-

Ice Blue: Yes... bwa ha ha ha ha... [cough cough]
Jazz: No, not that interesting.
Akemi: Play with ME.
Adrock: But I can't download YOU.
Super SaiyaMew: If only the GB had a DexDrive you could. Wait, GB share something with SONY? I take that back with my most sincere apologies.
Philip grins.
 

That's Snow?
Well, we've got a LOT of Snowflake backlog.. O_O So, I'm doing larger updates for it, starting tommorrow... Oh, enter the contest! Yes! No? But You MUST! -PAW-

Ice Blue: No.
Jazz: I will not enter on a plane, I will not enter on a train.
Akemi:  He will not enter in a box, he will not enter with a fox.  He will not enter for you or me, he will not enter, Jazz-he-be. *smirks*
Adrock: Umm... One fish two fish... forget it.
Super SaiyaMew: Hop on Pop... oh that's just wrong.
 

Be Golden.
Golden Sun, I want you. That is all. -PAW-

Ice Blue: Stay gold, Poneyboy.
Jazz: Importers beware.
Akemi: I need a tan.
Adrock: I need a GBA.
Super SaiyaMew: I feel your pain.
Philip: And if you don't yet.. you will. ^_^
 

Viral Speak!
Umm.. you know the drill and the drill knows you. -PAW-

Ice Blue: I fear "the drill".
Jazz: I fear quotations.
Akemi chases after IB with a cordless powerdrill.
Adrock laughs because he took out the batteries. Mwahah
Super SaiyaMew: If you take one drill, many genetically altered staff members, and a bunch of virii, what do you get? <quickly puts all stuff in giant squishing machine> ... Oh, GOD! SURVIVOR  II!!
Philip: You amaze me with your not-funny-just-evil comment. Begone!
 

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
I'm no angel; but that doesn't mean I won't fly.

January Stuff.
Previous newsity for your textual pleasure.
More newsity to arouse perusal.

All the Snubbles are dancing the dance of veils.

NOE's Chozo-late Factory.
Tendoproject had the scoop up first; but Nintendo of Europe -the poor loveable people- had the disrepute of "leaking the information". "Metroid Advance" is coming to the Game Boy Advance. I'm here to tell you something. Should you be excited about the slightly altered Super Nintendo port? Sure! By all means be happy. How am I sure this is just a modified Super Nintendo port and NOT an original game? I talk to people. The current view of the Game Boy Advance is that it is a "Portable Super Nintendo". The view of retailers is also "Portable Super Nintendo". People hear "Portable Super Nintendo" and they want ports of Super Nintendo games. The Game Boy Advance will deliver specialized ports and remixes of Super Nintendo games. F-Zero Advance is a remix of the Super Nintendo game, Super Mario Advance is a remix of one fourth of Super Mario All Stars. Majesco is currently working to "port" Super Nintendo favorites. Nintendo of Europe was showing off old proto-type sketches of the GBA, before Space World, running Super Street Fighter 2 (The Super Nintendo Version). It stands to reason that this title is a "slightly altered" Super Nintendo port. Which means, it WILL have some slight tweaks and changes; but not enough to warrent calling it a brand new game. Also on that list is "Golden Sun 2". Which seems to make sense considering the way Golden Sun is being developed. Golden Sun has been in development for a while, actually. And if Camelot is intending to "pull a Square", then the sequel is already on the boards. What I mean, by pulling a Square is releasing 9, and 10 in their Final Fantasy series in under 6 to 8 months apart. It's "unsane" to think about in terms of QA and we won't see that rapid motion in the USA. But in Japan, this is entirely plausible. If Golden Sun hits the launch date or at least the launch month, we will -in Japan- see it's sequel by Christmas. Nintendo promised that game development times would be drastically shortened to "6 to 8 months" for the N64, GBC, GBA, and GCB (GCB = Game Cube.) and it looks like they might deliver. Although, I would like to say that a good 50% of this is speculation. The other 50% is fact, and logic. Take this as you will. There is some salt in the cupboard, to the right of the coffee filters. But in the best case scenario, I'll be able to wrap my hands around Samus Aran next Christmas. -PAW-
 
 

SD is better than VD.
Or rather Game Boy Advance, according to a Nihon Ltd press release, is expected to utilize that new SD Card thing. You wanna know why? Nihon speculates for games like Pokemon. I'm saying. Nope, think more on the lines of what a LOT of people in Japan can do at the nearest Lawsons. Yes, I'm talking: buy and download new game levels, or complete games onto the cards. Let's pretend that Golden Sun 2 had the ability to use the Mobile Adaptor to download a new dungeon, item, character, etc. Fine right? But WHERE will that new data go? Especially if it isn't merely "unlocked" in the game! Simple, an SD Card. You could also hook it up to the Game Cube for larger downloads, etc. Now, Craig of IGN Pocket has the right idea about a "specialized" cartridge. It's logical. We will see though. We will see. -PAW-
 

Gone Tidbits, gotta problem with that?
Sorry.. I couldn't resist. Media Rings announced the Japanese RPG "Zero Tours" (Tenative title) for the GBA. YAY. Mega Man Xtreme owns j00; so I'm saying.. "Absurd diffiuclty", you're kidding right? It ticks me off when websites, and magazines get game reviewers who either belittle the Game Boy's specs, or appear to absolutely hate it. -PAW-
 

Snowballers.
Snowflake Studios won't update until Friday! I'm working on a remix of it! But on FRIDAY... there will be some great new stuff. ^_^ Collecting Viral Speak stuff for a large issue as well. Oh, at Snowflake Studios.. that contest is on.. GO ENTER! Yes, I am sorting through reviews.. this Friday will be a BIG update on all fronts for the weekend. Oh, yes! -PAW-
 

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
Internet Explorer Error! Window will now close.

January Stuff.
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Porygon 2 fixes all the bugs of the previous Porygon; but adds new ones....

Magi Nation Head Trip Vibes.
Hey, you like the Sixth Circle? You know I do. Anyways, I updated it with three new MP3s.. and more wil be on their way soon! Oh, yeah! Two from Magi Nation and one from Donkey Kong Country. Gotta love that! Download them and listen to them many, many times. Oh, if you LOVE the music from Magi Nation.. check out the game in our previews section! Snowflake Studios updated too! -PAW-
 

Snow falling on Weekends.
Snowflake Studios remix? Not yet... still working on it. BUT! I redid the archives for Fresh from the Ice Box and I put up the first Usual Suspects Advanced Comic. Yippie Ki Yo! Oh, the NUBY CONTEST rules have been revised! YAY! Now, much easier to enter!!! So, you have no excuse. So.. GO HERE -PAW-
 

Falling off the Radar.
Have you heard? I found THIS to be truly entertaining. Anyways, let me explain something about Copyright Law. I break it. I have broken a lot of copyright laws and I will probably continue to do so. I do so in the name of PARODY. Yes, parody, no matter how vulgar, or sublime is legal. But that's not the issue in this case. You see, as much as people would like to think Nintendo is being mean; Nintendo is doing the right thing. You see, in order to actually PUBLISH (this isn't the same for internet walkthroughs, or FAQs; because they aren't in hard print format) and DISTRIBUTE NATIONALLY/INTERNATIONALLY (sell) a guide with Nintendo characters; without Nintendo's express written permission or consent. It's a rule of thumb to ASK permission. This isn't about controlling content, or whatever *bad word coming up, close your eyes briefly* "doodie" Daily Radar is saying. In fact, it's all about Imagine (NO RELATION TO SNOWBALL OR IGN!) Media not asking permission first. A stitch in time saves nine. This lawsuit went forward on the 13th of December, 2000. Imagine just needs to say: "Okay, we'll ask next time.", then pull their guides and then redistribute them. Not a huge loss. No Nintendo coverage at that place? Screw it! Here's a list of better sources of multi-system news.
IGN
Gamerweb
This thingy!
 

More to come!
I think it's WRONG for Interact to publish up codes for Online Dreamcast games. Oh, Viral Speak, and reviews later today! And.. a special treat... you like Magi Nation? Wanna hear the music? Come back later for a Sixth Circle update! I have some behinds the scenes work to do.. gotta love that. -PAW-
 

I think they deserve to live.
Let me tell you about a great site that needs your help. You see, it takes money to run a website, especially a large one. Now, Otaku World is a *very* large site and very large sites need money. Sadly, I don't think Dove has written up a business plan for his site. But, he's got a good idea with this plan. Very good. Check out the website, get addicted to the little toys, Kissakae, Kamishibi, Themes, add-ons. Is this site worth saving? Oh, yes it is. Help save it. -PAW-
 

Please send money.
We desperately beg for you to take a look at Store DMG and at Buy the Best. BUY! BUY! BUY! Yes, we mean you. BUY! BUY! BUY! -PAW-
 

Short Muse
Is this gonna kill me, doc?

January Stuff.
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I'm waiting for OS Porygon X.