Discovered Suki Nihon. Just needed to say that without a doubt, the Cowboy Bebop movie deserved Duke's rating. Awesome movie and have owned it since the day it came out on DVD. Keep 'em coming, boys. - Boots

woohoo! FL CL rocks! i get bored waititng till midnight. i want to watch Fuli Culi! - Darkman

Pretend you were a democrat in 2004. Dean or Lieberman? - Dem' Bones

Everyone neds to get Pinball of the Dead. NOW! Second best undead-killing pinball game EVER. - Admiral Tailz

Hi, was looking for pokemon codes,behind the times i know u guys were reviewing bush jrs election,er uhm anyway you review hentai? Then have you seen the movie "end of summer",you might like it.  anyway what im really here for is how to find out the time change password, i tried that add your id+hex+money didnt work.please help. 
 
e-mail me at dragonblade1012@aol.com    or
blink41parkrock@aol.com - Richie/flexible chipmunk/Genchin

FLCL, is like Rocky Horror Picture show, it's normally great but it'w even better when you're high. - Shady

The following asinine attempt to justify his PSP bashing and his Nintendo bias, brought to you by Philip Andrew Wesley.  Good guy, and an upright bloke, but a gent who can't seem to look beyond his silly bias.

"The difference between the GBA and the PSP is that Sony only announced specs when news broke. No word on games or game developers. The original press release from Nintendo -found here - did not list games as well; but was accompanied by news from Japan confirming 15 games currently being worked on. Here's the list as it appeared then.
 
Capcom = 3 games.  
Nintendo = 5 games.  
Rare = 1 game.  
Hudson = 2 games.  
Konami = 3 games.  
Namco = 1 game. 
 
And while we all stopped in awe at the thing when it was announced, the later news articles on it ranged from how older games would look on it, to -after seeing preliminary shots of Alone in the Dark for GBC- stating that it did not need to come out as soon as it was because the GBC was doing just fine. Articles after that, there was gushing about it in Viral Speak; but for the most part, articles focused solely on GBC stuff. So, no. It didn't become some glompfest in the newsity. Lots of rumors of games came flooding though. Some of the rumors I printed -like Phantasy Star for GBA- and some I did not because they seemed too stupid to be true. (And a large majority of them were too stupid to be true.) Nintendo didn't start showing off the tech demos of it at first; but at least they announced GAMES were in development for it. A bit later, Nintendo of Japan allied with Cygnus Solutions to provide GNU programming tools for Game Boy Advanced. So, while earlier titles were using more of a set coding, Nintendo made efforts toward making the GBA more accessible to developers. Which Sony should do. So far, they have only mentioned that they will have PSP units into developers hands by Christmas; but nothing on the language it uses for the games other than that it uses a security protocol that was used on Ugly Mini-Discs. Which is what a UMD is; despite Sony insisting that it stands for Universial Media Disc. One thing I thought was kind of funny is how much -aside from the main core and a larger screen-, the GBA and the PSP aren't too far apart. Both are using 32 bit chips. Although one is using a 32 bit chip that is both faster and incomplete at the same time. Both can do Nurbs. However, the PSP can do it from the hardware alone, the GBA does it in software. So yes, the PSP is faster and has a better processor.

Now, in the last Viral Speak I said that Gran Turismo didn't sell over 4 million units combined. Since Sony hates me, they *finally* put out revised sales data on the Gran Turismo series. Originally, I was going on data from NPD TRSTS that was only for the United States.. and.. *sighs* was as old as GT3. The Gran Turismo series has sold over 29 million units in seven years world wide. To bring it back to the Pokemon comparison and using newer information *so I wasn't up to date on how many units it sold, oh well* Red and green (Our Blue) sold in their lifespan, over 18 million units in Japan. Oh, wait. That's just Japan and not counting the many sequels that sold just as good or better -as was the case with Yellow. But the proof is there that Sony does have some ammunition; but has yet to announce working on ANYTHING for the system other than movie UMDs and a GPS. They haven't even announced outside developer support. (Watches Sony announce outside developer support a little after their robots read this Viral Speak.) Sony does have a few hot franchise cards. Here they are.
 
Gran Turismo (Always exclusive. Always worth putting your fist against the ground really hard to avoid throwing the PSP over the liscense tests.)
Everquest (Hey, was Online Adventures really that bad?)
989 Studios Sports Titles (I think 989 Sports can suck my Donkey Kong. Although, some people like them. I can't really imagine why. I'm firmly entrenched into the EA Camp. Sooo I am a little biased.)
Fanta Vision (I'm only kidding here.. don't get so excited.. and please don't do that. That's not healthy..)
 
The price points were -thankfully- announced by Sony of Europe. They are in Euros. The Euro is strong against the Dollar, so for you people who use REAL money, I translated the prices. For those who use Euros, bring your GNP and a few beers to cry in. We'll talk exports. These are only software prices though and I rounded down.
 
Software
20 to 30 euros or $25 to $35 USD
Some "special" titles *cough* Gran Turismo *cough* would cost 50 euros or $55 USD.
Videos and movies would cost less than 10 euro or about $15 USD. Given DVD prices though, expect Sony to lower or raise this last price at their own fancy.
 
That said, I expect the PSP to launch at $150 to $200 USD. Not gonna bother guessing the price in euros. Please note that I resisted the urge to make fun of Canada and it has nothing to do with their Weapons of Mass Destruction.
 
I will note that Nintendo of Europe announced that they will show off a new chip for GBA software that allows better 3-D capabilities. So, it's not like Nintendo is going to do nothing. Remember when the 32X and Sega CD showed up? Then Nintendo and Rare unleashed Donkey Kong Country to a stunned market that thought graphics of its calibur were only available on 32-Bit systems or CDs?  Well, ECTS is coming, and I think that the new "mystery game" will be enough to stave off any talk of the GBA being obsolete for a while. Well, enjoys!"
 
Wow, for someone who's typed so much, you've failed to say much of anything my friend.  You are trying to pass this tripe over on someone who's been a fan of your site for the past few years.  You where willing to let the GBA ignite your trousers based on specs, and the speculation that certain franchises would surface on that little kick ass handheld.  Now Sony's doing the same thing, what with releasing specs, and getting the fans all worked up that certain franchises may indeed surface on this thing, and you are totally dismissing it cause of your bias.  And y'know, it's not that I'm a Sony fan that you've lost my support, cause that's not it at all.  I love gaming first and foremost, and that's why I'm excited to see what the PSP brings us all.  No, what's got me disenchanted about you and your site is the fact that regardless of all your fancy words here, you are still letting your bias towards you Gameboy cloud your perception of the PSP.  I love my Gameboy, and I'll support it till the day Nintendo no longer does, and beyond.  But I cannot dismiss the PSP because I'm a Ninty fan, and neither can you.  Your credibility would be suspect if you let your enthusiasm towards the GBA lead you on an asinine crusade against a stystem that you know nothing about.  Especially given the fact that it is indeed mere specs at this point, much as the GBA was when you where championing it's arrival.  Don't be a hypocrite Phil, and please don't try to justify being one.

What's happened to this place?  The anime-related stuff is updated constantly, and hardly anything is updated that has anything to do with the gameboy or its games!  The gameboy sections of the site haven't been updated in months! - Bridget

I've finally decided what I want to do in life.
 
I'm running for Governor of California!! - Hbomb

Duke, you forgot Iria. Ir...I...a! - BrianC

Hey Phil, I've been curious about your  opinion about "Mario & Luigi: Superstar" and "Mario and Donkey Kong" for GBA. I mean if you're interested in them or not and maybe some possible reasons too please. Thanks. - Mario Fan

What??? Game ID system? This perplexes me. In order for the game to bear the mark of the first system to register it, the system would have to have some ability to write to the game disk, in order to make that mark. Go through all that additional hardware just to prohibit reselling games, which will only end up hurting them in the long run anyway? What a dumb idea. I was thinking, if it was a GBA game, you could just open up the cart and take out the backup battery... if that's what they use? Maybe it's Flash ROM. Oh, well. It's still worth it if they make FFVII-2.  - ME

I get no love from DMG Ice. - Yellow Snow

Amy: FFFFF!!! (translation: Actually say something if you intend to hit the infect button!)
 
fffff? - FFFF

Forums Closing? Hmm...
 
Now, I shall Spread the News of a New Forum Arisen form its Ashes...
 
*Hbomb Fires I?Neo*
*Spreads like a wildfire* - Imakuni? Neo

Kirby once told me that when worse comes to worse, always try to throw a goomba. So once I did throw a goomba. Needless to say it ran after me. Kirby just laughed. I think enemies in video games need to be more friendly. Just look at kirby. When you look into those eyes, you know he's not planning to take over the world. - Shizzle-Kins

I ask for viral speak! O yeah, and more msts. i already read that one long ago. make a new one. i already started on mine. you have to at least beat me! COME ON DAWN SPAWN! THIIIIIINNKK!!!! hehe, thats all i guess. - Darkman

Hey, Philip, I gotta question for you...
Let's say I'm doing a WebComic. Let's say all the jokes suck, and my art is worse. On top of that, I have no money.
Would anyone host me?
Ponder this. Meanwhile, go play games where giant robots blast the crap out of other giant robots with particle guns and magnet-propelled high explosives, and players complain about realism.
I'm speaking, of course, of MechWarrior. And not the stupid X-Box game. - The Jaded Falcon

You cannot comprehend the deeper meaning of what it is to be a Spubber. One must have a pure heart in order to find what it is to Spub. - Duke

I had a very, very, very good weekend. I blew a lot of cash. Pillar, 38th Parallel, Just... get their CDs. 
 
And Audio A rocked my face off.
 
I am going to be diving into a lot of music in the next little while. I'll continue to tell you what I find, if you like.  - TK421 (Submitted on Friday, August 01, 2003)

Love anime enough? - Boots

GRATUITOUS USAGE OF SHANTAE!!!!
(Buy her game or suffer greatly!)