Status report.
Okay... those people at Hewlitt Packard haven't returned my laptop from repairs.. so I'm going to attempt to update from this good old computer. (Oo! Ah!) Anyways, to make it nice and easy to do.. today.. I'm just finishing up my E3 coverage. Okay? Putting up the wrap-up. Oh, so you know.. the ZIP file in the E3 stuff is a winamp skin. (Don't unzip it.. put it in the folder by itself.) Oh, okay.. some actual news? Here's a list of what will be in the Sega Smash Pack. I mean.. what "could be". This is compiled from what I have uncovered. I'll soon see how close I am.

1. Phantasy Star 2. (Sega was looking for people to work on a port. Would be nice.. wouldn't it?
2. Sega Swirl, (No system is safe...)
3. Golden Axe. (Hmm......)

I think since it's the first of many.. that it might only have three games. Out of all the smash packs in the past.. here is what has been in them.

1. Phantasy Star 2
2. Altered Beast
3. Streets of Rage
4. Columns
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Wrestle War
6. Revenge of Shinobi
7. Vectorman
8. Shining Force
9. Sonic the Hedgehog
10. Sega Swirl
11. That Hang-On motorcycle thingy.

Plainly put.. any of these games can make it in. Are you excited now? You should be. Viva La Sega! -PAW-

Reviews? We don't need no stinking reviews!
Oh, yes we do. I noticed a lot of people talking about a subtle decline over here in DMG Ice. Well, I'm going to adress that. After I finish with the E3 wrap up. :) Which I'm finishing tonight... tommorrow.. well.. I have reviews and I'm not afraid to use them. I also have a US GBA unit and a copy of Import FZero. Both will be reviewed. I don't have my laptop back.. but I have been neglecting my readers and I am sorry for doing so. When I don't put up reviews.. I'm not doing what I set out to do. In fact,.. the website has ballooned out of control. We're doing a lot of things. For that.. I'm looking into getting external staff. I'm also considering a few options. One is who I am affliated with. IGN doesn't pay and while I visited them at E3 and I love those lugs as people.. I'm looking into a few options.. so.. what's your thoughts on Game Spy, FGN, Celebrity Blvd., and IGN? I would like to know. I met with a lot of people at E3. Also looking into sponsors from companies. I mean, odd enough.. THQ was interested in product promotion on this site. I find THQ to be an odd company.. I mean.. sometimes we diss their games.. but they appear to "want" to do something to change.. or maybe they just seem that way.. either way, they are bring GT Advance to the USA and I love them for that. -PAW-

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Radio DMG: Soon to be going Advance. hehehe

Hmm.. Pichu pie... yum.

Reviewer Dogs..
*All of this has been made by Philip Wesley.. none of the other staff had ANYTHING to do with it.. so it is Philip's fault*
*The Scene*
Five Men and One Lady dressed in BLACK SUITS, sit around a table at a breakfast cafe.  They are MR. ORANGE, MRS. PINK, MR. ICE BLUE, MR. BROWN, NICE GUY ADAM PEARSON,
and the big boss, PHILIP WESLEY.  Most are finished eating and are enjoying coffee and conversation.  Philip clicks through a PDA. Mrs. Pink is telling a long and involved story about Marin.

Mrs. Pink: "Link's Awakening" is all about a guy that digs girls with loud voices. The whole game is a metaphor for loud voices.

Mr. Ice Blue: WTF? No It's not. It's about a guy who is very vulnerable as he's been ship wrecked. Then he meets this really nice girl..

Mrs. Pink: Whoa...whoa...time out Greenbay. Tell that crud to the tourists.

Philip (Looking through the PDA): Foxlord.. who the %#@! is Foxlord? Foxlord...Foxlord...think...think...think...

Mrs. Pink: It's not about a lost boy who meets a nice girl. Now, granted, that's what "Ocarina of Time" is about, no arguement about that.

Mr. Orange: Which one was "Ocarina of Time?" Still early..

Nice Guy Adam: You don't remember "Ocarina?" That was a big-arse hit for Nintendo! Shoot, I didn't even follow the whole Legend of stuff, and I've even heard of "Ocarina"

Mr. Orange: Look, Adrocked, I didn't say I ain't heard of it. All I asked was how did it go? Excuse me for not being the world's biggest Zelda fan.

Mr. Brown: I didn't play that one.

Mr. Ice Blue: I like the early stuff. You know, "Link to the Past," "Adventure of" - but when they got to the "Wand of Gamelon" phase, I don't know, I turned out.

Mrs. Pink: Hey, $#@% all that, I'm making a point here.  You're gonna make me lose my train of thought.

Philip: Oh DUH, Foxlord's one of the three Readers who's reviews I put up today in the reviews section.

Mr. Orange: What's that?

Philip: I put up three reviews today for no apparent reason. No real good news except that Victor Interactive Software is going to make a GBC Resident Evil game, and I put up three new Reader reviews. More and Viral Speak tommorrow.  Oh, check the E3 stuff if you haven't. -PAW-

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Radio DMG: Contains 0% of your regular intake of Carson Daly.

If you were a Pokémon.. would you be cuddly?

Come back? Naw...
Any real news? Not really.. OH! Philip tried his thumbs at Tech Deck Skateboarding and there is a new review. Viral Speak is new!  Oh, check the E3 stuff if you haven't. -PAW-

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Radio DMG: Dude, this Radio is not!

Okay, Arbok.. in you go.

Maybe I can distract them?
Again with the non-news! Oh, okay.. here's a little bit of news.. Mario Kart comes out according to Babbages in August. a few days after my birthday and I'm like.. yeah! Send me one!! Hmm.. 2 new reviews? Sure. ^_^  Oh, check the E3 stuff because I want you too. -PAW-

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Poor Link.. engaged to a tree!

Shake your SudoWoodo like there's no tommorrow!.

Lots of Ship... Advanced.
Hey! Gotta a GBA yet? If you do, then rejoice! Three games are shipping out to stores.. ALREADY! YAY! Or.. maybe not yay.. look at what they are.

Pinobee: The Quest for Heart = "A side-scroller with a bee that wants to bee a real insect. Oh, yes.."

Foxlord: Oh, That Sounds SO MUCH better the Castlevania and Tony Hawk 2 :P who knows. might be good.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure = "Run, jump, fall to your doom, and feed the crocodiles in this side-scrolling Super Nintendo port!"
Foxlord:But no remake of the Atari 2600 Classic I've been told. :(

Ready 2 Rumble 2 = "The only GBA game coming out this week without a subtitle. So I'll make a subtitle for it. I'll call it 'Ready 2 Rumble 2: The Quest for Actual Gameplay' OR 'Ready 2 Rumble 2: The Boring Adventure'. There we go."
FoxLord: :grins: "Let's Get Ready to Waaaaaaaaaaste Cash!"

For Game Boy Color, "Matchbox: Emergency Patrol" ships. Whoo Hoo! And just because I haven't mentioned them in a while, PS2 owners can look forward to Dark Clod this week. Last I saw it, it was the perfect distraction from all the actually GOOD RPGs that just recently came out for a certain system. In other words, leave Dark Clod on the shelf and reach for the new Zelda games if you haven't already. -PAW-

Philip: Tonight.. I'm grabbing random people off of AIM. Bwa ha ha!
Foxlord: Ah Yeah, Dark Clod will most defidentally make you Hate RPGs :)
Ice Blue: I'm tired.
Random Blue Virus: Replace T with F... bwa ha ha!
Beefy_B: You see, its funny because he said clod when the actual word was cloud...
Quagh: And you don't seem to understand, A shame you waste all the cash you can.
Akemi: I think Pitfall would be more amusing if they stuck the Crocodile Hunter in there.
 
 

Look Advanced
You live advanced, or rather.. you WILL live advanced. But can you see advanced? Word has it that there IS a Game Boy Advance camera coming out. *cues the heavenly orchestra* It should be able to hold 20 pictures and you can upload stuff from it to your PC. Okay. Should be good! -PAW-

Ice Blue casts resurrection spell on funtography hut.
Beefy_B: I spent the money i has saved for GBA on DDR and two dance pads.  Am i bad?
Quagh: ::wonders if he can go around taking pictures of people till they beat him up::
Akemi: *pats Beefy_B on the head* I am so proud. 
Philip: Beefy.. where do you live? I wanna go rob you.. umm.. visit you.
 

No more soap for you.
Well, according to EAGB, Nintendo is cutting production for the White (bar of soap) GBA, and the Indigo (My GBA is Indigo. That's the best color. So there.) Game Boy Advance units to focus on the increase in production of milky blue (muddy purple) and Fushia (Hello Kitty Pink and clear!) GBAs to meet the demand for them in Japan. -PAW-

Ice Blue: It's actually Kirby Pink.  The best color is the translucent blue one.  I think they call that glacier something.
Quagh: My GBA will be Glacier! It is written in the stars! Miss Cleo said so!
Akemi: My GBA will be sitting on the shelf at Software Etc.  I will visit it everyday.
Philip: Mine is right here in front of my. Indigo is the best color. It's the Nintendo difference. Purple is a color of kings and I'm King. *sips his milk* And all I had to do was beat an alien and watch Berri die. Hey.. people.. donate enough money to that thing below.. so I can buy my staff GBAs.. akemi, Ice Blue, Adam, and Mark (Yak) need one.. and Yak needs pants.
 
 

Complain, complain.
I have noticed a lot of this lately. Yeah. "DMG Ice is declineing!" "It's just not the same!" Well, here's a few responses to all the complaints.

1. "There's not enough Viral Speak!" Well, that is based on what people send in. Lately.. that has been quite literally NOTHING. So, if you're upset over a lack of Viral Speak.. remember that YOU send in Viral Speak.
Foxlord: "Heckron Bone for I?"- Chrono Cross

2. "When is Philip getting his laptop back so he can update Snowflake Studios?" Well, kids. NEVER EVER buy Hewlitt Packard products. And if you do.. never send them in for repair. They sat on their asses for a month and are sending it back.. UNREPAIRED. So, I'm sending it to a Staples Repair Center when I get it back.
Foxlord: Amen to that!

3. "The Buy the Best pictures aren't working!" Those aren't under my control. That's under gamestop's control and they seem to have forgotten to send me the new URLs. I'll fix that when I get to it.

4. "When is Philip hiring!" I will when I get my laptop back and then we'll get this into full swing again. With the GBA launching in the USA. I've been bogged down with actual life things and news has actually been rather scarce. No, to be honest. YES, news has been scarce. I gave too much news in the E3 coverage. I should have been like a lot of other sites and just reported it whenever and decided it was news.

5. "Why so little reviews!" Well, I'm working on that.. I have a lot of reviews half done and I'm working on GBA reviews. Last week I put up 6 reviews. Yup. I kinda fell out of the system.. but I'm working on it. I prefer to beat games before I review them. I havem't beaten Seasons or Ages yet.. so.. I haven't reviewed them. I unlocked Pawn "Master" class in FZero.. so.. I'm thinking I'm far enough to review it. So, yay! First GBA reviews on DMG Ice.. VERY soon.
Foxlord: As soon as I get the time I have a nice hefty boatload of reviews, including a bunch from the "wish list" :)

Overall, I think complaining about stuff you can ACTUALLY contribute to is like trying to bell the cat. If you remember that story. Congratulations. :)

Ice Blue: In the real world... they call those "excuses"... good thing this is DMG Ice.
Philip: In the real world, my hitman would have tagged you by now. *nods to Agent B.*
Beefy_B sets mode -whine #DMGice
Quagh: Close this world. .eciGMD ehT nepO
Akemi cracks her knuckles and stomps over to the Hewlitt Packard repair center, screaming back at Phil, "I told you to buy Japan-made stuff!"
 

Well, naw..
Here you go! Viral Speak! Whoo Hoo! Some reviews tommorrow! -PAW-

Ice Blue: Mmmmm... chocolate donu... I mean... reviews.
Beefy_B: mmmmmmmm...BEEFY!
Quagh: Reviews! Reviews! Crispy, Crunchy Reviews! Good with ketchup.
Akemi: I'd just like to take this time to say that i'm out of school, i'm going to be a senior next year, and to all those who are STILL in school.... HA!  (nah, just kidding... hang in there you guys!)
Philip: I'm looking into classes.. I'll be in school with "Quagh" and.. my.. Foxlord took over this update didn't he. O_O

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Poor Maple.. always with the bumping and the grabbing.. but at least later on she does some sucking.

Somewhere.. the Clefairy are mateing. CLE! CLE! FAIRY!

Iridion and on and on. All night long.
And left before you woke up! Oh, Iridion 3D is out on store shelves already as well! It's a 3D Shooter; where you marvel at the pretty graphics and pretty much avoid enemies. Should be nice looking and short. Think of it as an average PS2 game. Oh, yes. I'm dissing it again. Until the XBox comes out.. I must continue to bug Sony without mercy. It's not funny. -PAW-

Adrock: Black boxes are butt ugly.
Salohcin: *Laughs* Yeah, But I think Iridion might be fun. How many PS2 games can say that?
Philip: None; because they can not speak. ^_^
 

L33+ R@Y80Y!
Well, this is self explanitory. Yup. -PAW-

Salohcin: Cross overs are fun... Just beware of cross dressers.
Philip: Oh, I nabbed the commenter above off of AIM. BWA HA HA!
 

Tales of the Pointless.
Oh, I forgot to mention this from E3. Nintendo is putting the new Game Boy Gateway system in airplanes so you can play Game Boy Color games on your next international flight! Oh, wait... if you are here, you most likely have a Game Boy and if you have a Game Boy.. you can take it WITH YOU on the flight. So, having GBC games imbedded into the seat in front of you on a flight is well.. overkill. -PAW-

Salohcin: If Elvis can watch six TVs and be surrounded by women at the same time I'm sure I can play two Gameboys and pretend I am surrounded by women at the same time. Oh yeah... Lower back... 
Philip: I wonder what this Cabin Pressure button is for.. I've always wondered.. if you lose Cabin Pressure.. the passengers fall asleep.. so.. if I increase it drastically.. do they pop?
 

Stolen news and other things.
Well, I like news. Looky this on Hiroshi Yamauchi! YAY! He's so.. cuddly like a rabid bear... yes. Also from a friend of mine who works at an EB in Florida...
Quotes from the floor of EBX...
"Is this out yet?!"
"Nope. Not yet. June 12th."
"Oh.. Why must you tease me with this big box?? I really want one of these things."
From thy mouth of Micheal Jackson about Game Boy Advance.
Isn't that just funkylicious? Most funky. Nearly BAD! -PAW-

Salohcin: Yep. I'd say so. It's also a real shame that they don't make Hiroshi Yamauchi plush dolls. Be great to have one of those hanging from the rear-view mirror.
Philip: I would hug my Hiroshi plush everyday and tell him that he's my hero.
 
 

A few parting smacks.
Hey, if you want to import games. Read THIS first. Okay? It's one of many that have been popping up all over the place about Upstate Games. Hmm... -PAW-

Adrock: Burn in your customer service hell Upstate Games!
Salohcin: I think that has got to be the longest HTML file name I have ever seen... I'm in awe... 
Philip: I like LikSang....
 

Oh, okay.
I had a lot of news and I thought.. hmm... put up only two reviews... and do Viral Speak tommorrow.. or finish up my GBA review and put up three reviews tommorrow and one Viral Speak today.. Okay. New Viral Speak! -PAW-

Adrock: *Cough*
Salohcin: Well, Seems my minute in the side-comment spot light is up. Back to the dungeon with me...
Philip: Take him away my Pikmin.. umm.. Blue Viruses.
 

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Hmm.. Where the GBC has a butt, the GBA has thighs... gotta love these Nintendo systems...

Show the world your Metapod and they'll just think you're a lousy trainer.