Linteria

the End of Fansites...

2006-09-29T22:18:00.000-04:00

...The beginning of true opinion.

Una Ves Mas

2006-07-01T16:01:00.000-04:00

Warcade 7.1.06

Run and Get Your Quarters In

2006-06-15T04:14:00.000-04:00

the Warcade.

Remote Reading

2006-06-09T08:26:00.000-04:00

"...Nintendo's diehard faithful possess a willingness to be swayed. They want to be swept away from the competition's notions of gaming's next plateau, building facades of indifference whenever a tantalizing game comes along that doesn't bear the Nintendo brand. They shoot catapulted boulders of flame at opposing
gamers when an opinion isn't shared. They will behead you if you don't score Mario Party 9 perfect 10s.

Ok, that first one was a tiny bit exaggerated, but the rest are all proven facts."

Objecting Nintendo vol 1

I-man Lost his Bandages

2006-06-04T18:13:00.000-04:00

Tony aka Mugwump aka Dracula aka Invisibleman, i need you. If you ever stop by here again, leave me your email. Contrary to reports, i'm not dead. I need to contact you. Serious!

Find some new bandages so someone can see you, or wear a trench coat, or some glasses damn you. Stop watching me when i shower.

Well, um, for the rest of you, go about your business of not reading this blog, as usual.

Assume the position.

Comment of the Year

2006-05-23T03:30:00.000-04:00

"I really love my gamecube, though I probably won't find myself touching it again until that [Super] Paper Mario game. I will say this though; If you're impatient like me, and you don't already own one, I would definately suggest the buying of a used PS2 to hold you over until the Wii. It's nearing the end of it's days, most of the good games for it are already out, and you can make one hell of a killing with fifty dollars at your game store of choice. I know I walked out of Game Crazy with Katamari Damacy, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Final Fantasy X, and Castlevania: Lament of Innocence for just shy of fifty bucks, and the only title among those that I would consider to be anything less than classic would be Final Fantasy. As much as it pains me to admit this, there are only two Gamecube titles that I can think of that I've enjoyed more than Ratchet & Clank, those being Super Smash Bros. and Wind Waker. I'm still primarily a Nintendo fan, but I've enjoyed gaming a lot more since I've learned to put all this pointless fanboy shit behind me that to date has done nothing more than deprive me of some of the most entertaining game experiences since the 16-bit era. "

-Anonymous

Disagree with his game choices-- along with his opinion of them (Maximo better than FFX?!)-- but goddamn did he nail that last part. Props to you, Anon.

My Thoughts Exactly

2006-05-19T00:17:00.000-04:00

"The quote [in the link below] is funny because it typifies so much of what's wrong with "reporting" at E3. First, we've got to give credit to the anonymous blogger who at least recognized the need to remain calm and somewhat even-keeled: good job. You recognized that you were there to provide coverage and to keep a level head about you, even as the company on the stage did their best to inundate you with trickery designed to sweep you off your feet. For that, you deserve recognition.

It's unfortunate, however, that many members of the E3 "press" failed to quell their enthusiasm. I now recall in embarrassment the hoots and yells that routinely break out at E3 press conferences, particularly the Nintendo conference. Such ad-hoc outbursts of passion are appropriate at a pep rally, or at an Evangelical telethon, but they're completely out of place in a room that's supposedly full of members of the press (wouldn't be much of a press conference without press there, would it?).

Why do press allow themselves to get carried way past the point of no-return, past the junction of logic and reason, to the point that they've lost all rational ability to see the hype for what it is?"

And i'm the crazy one...

"Polite clapping for Nintendo is quite enough, fanboys". [Full article]

Can't Please Everyone

2006-05-18T04:57:00.000-04:00

Y'know, i'm cool with haters on Inf, so long as they're funny, witty, or clever. None of these adjectives apply to a certain Inf reader, sadly. This person can't get over the fact that i caused some noise and dead air on the last podcast because of my unpreparedness and noisy mic that he won't stop attacking me. Jesus, is it that important to you?

He/she (and i do mean he/she) complains that i couldn't contribute 30 seconds of "content" and caused some idle time in thinking up an answer to a question. So, doesn't that mean he/she was eager to hear what i had to say? Talk about irony. The guy/gal has some sentimental issues, obviously.

Read our quabble here. Full with my sharp sarcasm and "its" lame insults.

AMN Points at Me

2006-05-16T13:27:00.000-04:00

DS Advanced (part of the Advanced Media Network) has a review up of New Super Mario Bros. In it, Matt Green- also the webmaster for PressTheButtons-- has a section on the second page called "Game Boy Advance Need Not Apply", a 3 paragraph allusion to my "'New' Super Mario Bros?" article.

I find it funny how people keep trying to justify this game's intentions when its sole objective was fan service. The point isn't whether it could or couldn't run on a GBA, it's that Nintendo only made it to capitalize on the current DS rage with a nostalgic throwback. Reviewers are also saying it, it's not "new".

Listen, i'm not trying to shine a spotlight on myself. I've let the NSMB thing go; i really don't give a shit. (I never expected it to get the publicity it did in the first place.) But, apparently, the faithful haven't stopped coming at me and i thought it was worth pointing out. I just say this because i've been accused of having an ego over it. Seriously though, what other "outspoken people" could Matt be referring to?

However you may think, I don't care about internet recognition. Gimme a fuckin break, please. This is blogging, not film.

Wii are the Champions [update]

2006-04-27T13:50:00.000-04:00

No time for losers.

The feedback has been strong. Mostly negative, mainly retarded. So retarded that people have actually started petitions. Some fools have started one (among the many) called "Are You Serious, Nintendo?" that pleads Nin to change the name. If you scroll down, you can find signatures from me (comment #211) and my bud Silent K (comment #206) ridiculing them for their stupidity. Soon after making those comments, he urged me to put them in their place. Thus, out of the rubble and debris of a massive fanboy backlash, came...

Petition to Boycott the Nintendo Wii Petition, the Nintendo Wii Petition Petition. This is my answer to all the dumbasses who think Nintendo will listen to them. Also, let it be known that there are some folks who dig the name. Weird as it is, it stands for alot of things, probably more than Nintendo has revealed.

Sign it if you want, but it's a goof so signatures aren't really important. Although, people have already started to support it, so we might as well see how far this thing goes.

Update- Ok, this is war. My petition has slowed to a crawl. Their petition is still going steady. Here's what i need you guys to do: Using every email address you have, spam theirs with the URL to mine. I just did it myself (comment 1520) but got cut off. I'm out of emails! Let's do this.

Signature count for my petition: 70

Signature count for Wii petition: 1872

Fellowship of Ghosts

2006-04-21T23:21:00.000-04:00

Herro.

My peoples, welcome. I know you occassionaly come here longing for some wisdom or sense of self, but i cannot provide it that often. Fuggit, that's how it is. Anyway, since i don't catch you ghosts when you come round and respond days late, leave a note under this post so i know the tumbleweeds bring company.

Say/comment on/show me something interesting, give me feedback on something i may've said anywhere, leave a friend code or two, tell me where you're from, how you arrived here (if you're not a regular visitor), and tell me your brain age.

I'm an ED-suffering, senile 73. Wanna see me smell my own hemorrhoid?

[Image shows the phantom population that visits this blog.]

Inf Radio #4

2006-04-20T12:06:00.000-04:00

Best one so far. Have a listen.

Inside a Nut's Shell

2006-04-15T13:50:00.000-04:00

People who read this site don't really know much about me. They know i write for Infendo, i'm musically inclined, and i'm a closet racist homophobe (in reverse order). But that's only 3/4 of the story. So, to better relate with you, here are some helpful links to my ventures and happenings that'll fill your gaps with Rollin juice.

General info:
Influences
Quotes

Music:
My band
Friends' tribute band dedicated to me
AOR- Art of Rollin
MP3
Barbershop quartet

Film:
Independant film production company
Second production company
European film endeavors
My biopic
Rollin the movie

Games:
Online game i created

Sport:
Motocross
Buggy
Cars

Business:
Restaurant
bed & breakfast
Charity foundation

Heritage:
Grampa
Past life as a (casino) indian

Other:
Posters
My liquid film
Art glasses
Me on Flickr
Luggage

That's not everything, but enough so you can make shrine websites about me. Enjoy.

A Viewpoint Shared

2006-04-13T01:41:00.000-04:00

"HQ, we need backup, over."

Inf Radio #3

2006-04-10T11:40:00.000-04:00

MP3

Inf Radio #2

2006-04-01T12:25:00.000-05:00

[Update 1]

Infendo Radio's 2nd recording is up now. There were a lot of Skype troubles with Blake so we had to switch over to a telephone call and do 3-way. (We're profressional, we are.) You'll hear alot of changes in the audio quality, though. You will DEFINITELY notice the HILARIOUS screw-ups.

Try to leave us some mail of the e- or voice variety. We only had 1 good one of each.

And regarding the "Revolution will lead by 2010" thing at the end, yes, i didn't read it through at the time and it turned out to be bogus. Har har har, MTV. It was almost as good a joke as your programming.

[Download the amateurism here.]

Tet and Met

2006-03-27T18:02:00.000-05:00

This used to be a wifi blog once. Since then, AC has died, Mario Kart's been flooded with snakers, and Tony Hawk never amounted to anything. Now, 2 new guys arrive with a lust for wireless.

Metroid Prime Hunters and Tetris DS are the heaviest of the WFC hitters, Metroid being the new king of wifi. When you get tired of that, pop in Tetris and let your brain get comfortably numb with 3 friends. Don't worry, they aren't (official) drugs, but this dual concoction can be lethal in large doses...Increase the dosage.

Leave your codes for Met and Tet at Infendo, post your meet up times here.

Infendo Radio Impressions

2006-03-26T18:16:00.000-05:00

Infendo Radio finally went down yesterday. As the picture indicates, only Blake and Scott (from MyExtraLife.com) were actually on the show, the rest of us were too busy to attend. In case you missed it, they talked about many goings on in gaming, such as the recent GDC and whatnot.

I found it to very interesting, actually. I liked the mix of Blake's passion for Nintendo and Scott's radio expertise/Nintendo appreciation. It was definitely rough, i thought. Definitely a pilot show, but the content was good. Blake's nerves got the best of him alot of the time, which was my favorite part. There were times when he'd stammer 4 times before he'd get a word out, which i found hilarious. It was a funny, charming nervousness.

Once it hits its stride and has the 3 writers per cast, it'll be more fleshed out. Plus the content will get better. I hope i can join it soon. I've been incredibly limited in my free time and my PC isn't exactly fit to run whatever program they used on the podcast.

If any of the 2 ppl that stop by listened to it, what'd you think? Be specific, por favor.

Blogger's Gay

2006-03-15T21:21:00.000-05:00

Infendo is plagued with little news and Blogger's not helping. What we try to post, we can't attach a picture to. What's up with the upload pic tool, damn you?! Posts need pictures! Sons need fathers! Hulk smash!

Lemme test it out.

I guess it was only Infendo.

Playlist

2006-03-07T04:09:00.000-05:00

I can't think of anything else to post, but i want to kick-start this blog's engine. If anyone stops by, tell me what's in your DVD tray, in your game machine, on your MP3 player, radio dial, and your favorite channels. Feel free to throw in whatever other media you want. [Talk about a gay blog post.]

Ooh! My turn, my turn!

Micro
Drill Dozer. This one has the mic right now.

DS
Age of Empires on the backburner. Metroid Prime Hunters is the next in line.

GameCube
Tales of Symphonia on the backburner. Cube's going on ice after this.

PS2 (at the Best Buy on 86th)
Fight Night Round 3. Taking on all gangstas.

Media Player
Omar Rodriguez's self-titled Dutch album was something i was listening, dancing, and plucking along to until a week ago. Then i got some Mars Volta B-sides i'd never heard, including Frances the Mute, The Bible and the Breathalyzer, Ambuletz, and A Plague Upon Your Hissing, all taken from a radio-only LP. They're all great, the best of which being 15-minute Frances the Mute, which i am currently destroying on the frets (that's a good thing).

iPod
Since iTunes doesn't work on my PC, i'm still stuck with Volta's Scabdates as my go-to album. Not that it's bad by any means, but a brotha gets tired. I alternate between that and Omar's A Manual Dexterity: Volume 1.

I'm trying to get my hands on Roger Waters' Ça Ira, but that thing's like 100+ minutes long total. I love the length, but it would take a lot of time ripping and checking every damn track for errors on iTunes.

Then there's his best friend and his new solo album, David Gilmour's On An Island. I heard the first single from it last week and it punched me in the gut it was so good. Most important of all, it doesn't sound like post-Waters Floyd. It released on the 6th - that's yesterday or today depending how you look at it - meaning i have to buy it ASAP.

TV
I mainly watch indie films, classic films and docs, sprinkle in some tennis tournaments, and top it off with Adult Swim.

Radio
David Lee Roth sucks big wrinkly balls. If you're from New York or somewhere else where Diamond Dave replaced Howard, you know what i'm talking about. On the flip side, JV & Elvis have the best show on ex-Kroq Free FM. It sucks that their show got cut down an hour, cause they truly are the new Stern show of FM radio. Poor bastards.

Now you go.

Cue the music...Rollin's back

2006-03-04T05:03:00.000-05:00

[To whomever this may concern,]

Alright, the "mutiny" is officially on ice. I can't speak about it in any sorta detail, but i can assure you that the updates - like all the posts from those guys in February - will come back soon enough. There've been a few hangups that them fellas have come across, and once they have everything in order you will be the first they cryptically inform. The mutiny itself will happen elsewhere. You will find out when they tell you.

Back to business.

[When you see the sub-header "Engage Inform Enfold", that's your indicator that the mutiny is underway again.]

What was it that i did here again?

...And a Subsequent Hiatus

2006-02-21T04:46:00.000-05:00

For months, we've been contacting you, but now it's time I've told you a little more about us. My name is Nill, you knew me as Rc. I am not by any means the leader of our faction, but I am at the helm of the uprising. This is my brainchild and I want to see it work more than anyone. I've organized the majority of it, with some help from my superior, Rn, otherwise known as Cin. Rs, our leader, is very excited about our endeavors, however he has left the prep in our hands. Rest assured he will be right there with us when we address you and everyone else.

Regrettably, I'm writing this to you now because our efforts have met a standstill. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that a multitude of complications have arisen. Insufficient tools, unorganization, and a lack of faith amongst others in the group have effectively postponed this great project. Sounds unprofessional of us, but keep in mind that we're in the midst of a great undertaking that needs to be done right. The cogs have to be synchronized. It's better to hold off until preparations are done than to rush into this with a naive exuberance.

We know what this means to you and the people, as well as the city itself. I hope you understand our decision - it's going to happen with or without your approval.Remind yourself and your comrades that, when we do launch, we will change everything. Change it for your benefit and ours.

Cock your shotguns and wait.

Rc

Ear to the Door

2006-02-18T15:09:00.000-05:00

The War Room.

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5R

2006-02-16T19:56:00.000-05:00

12Fcs

2006-02-15T21:41:00.000-05:00

7Ba

2006-02-14T00:17:00.000-05:00

4A

2006-02-12T13:20:00.000-05:00

File 23C

2006-02-11T12:41:00.000-05:00

File 1A

2006-02-09T16:26:00.000-05:00

Sub-rosa Relations

2006-02-09T13:59:00.000-05:00

I am aware that D1 has informed you on the current situation. Since he has told you not to contact us until your work is finalized, I decided to do some dirty work outside of orders to help you. The Intelligentsia have provided us with some materials that may become useful in the predicting of the uprising's after-effects. A few people here are desperately trying to decipher its contents now, but you are far more capable. You will receive them immediately following this message.

Given that I am treading a minefield here, I need you to keep this confidential. You will report any new developments regarding this to me and only me. I would assume D1 would not be pleased if he finds out I've spoken with you, since he has ordered you to concentrate on the objective. However, I'm positive he will understand in the end-- he is more for the cause than anyone.

Do whatever it takes to help guide the "Rebels". While we most probably will take a hit in the insurgence, we are commited to being the ghosts that open their doors at night.

For the Future,
D2

Canine Provisions

2006-02-07T19:51:00.000-05:00

You will refer to them solely as the "Rebels" from this point forward.

They were supposed to strike last week, presumably Friday. Our mole sent word yesterday that the Rebels had experienced some complications with their preliminaries. We were awaiting a confirmation to send an update to your department. However, that doesn't concern you right now. You and your team need to focus on keeping the Pigs and anyone close to them in the dark. It is in both of our best interests to amplify the Rebels' efforts as best we can.

The people are still oblivious and the Pigs are still clueless. But the Rebels stay determined. They know they can and will make an impact. You must do nothing to impede them. As reckless as they seem, they have it all together. How they will execute, we do not know. Do what you can to ensure it's a smooth process.

No communications till the work is done. I'll be watching from my perch. Make sure you rule with an iron fist, breathe with an iron lung, and speak with an iron tongue. I don't want to see what the Pigs do to your team if someone among you slips. Take every precaution necessary. You cannot be too safe.

Under all circumstances, don't be a hero. Life insurance is a poor replacement for a partner.

Take care, D5...

A Postponed Delay

2006-02-04T03:30:00.000-05:00

....

The failed reflex of a non-reaction.

Eludes you.

Engage.

2006-02-01T08:16:00.000-05:00

D2: ...It can't be. It just can't be. They can't overthrow the pigs.

D1: But they'll try. By God Almighty, they'll try.

D2: It's a futile attempt for change-- a stupid go at revolution.

D1: Possibly...

D2: All these idiots know is that what they do, they do well. What everyone else does, they don't do.

D1: Idiots. Albeit, smart idiots. Visionary idiots.

D2: Their vision will dig them an early grave.

D3: They're all but screwed.

D2: Yeah, it boggles the mind. What could they be thinking?

D1: You're asking the wrong person. They're young. Naive. Idiots, maybe, but are they stupid? No. I think they know exactly what's going on. We're the ones that are out of the loop. We're uninformed. Telling us is their next step.

D2: We have an idea of why they want to do it, but we don't know what "it" is.

D3: Will the pigs be ready?

D1: They have no clue. We know because we're alot closer to the ground. The pigs are too high up.

D2: But will they be ready?

D1: I do not know. The pigs are comfortable where they sit, fat and happy. Might they sense an attack, who knows what they'll do.

D2: Not us...

D1: Not us.

D2: Should we do something? We're not exactly chummy with the pigs, either.

D1: If we back them, the pigs will know.

D2: What else is there?

D1: All that's left is a war waiting to happen. Sit back, watch, and hope for the best. Or the least worst.

D3: It's hard to gauge the--

D2: ...What's wrong?

D1: Look out the window...

D2: Oh my god...It's them.

Portable Awesome

2006-01-26T07:11:00.000-05:00

...That right there is all that you need to say, DS. Just flash that logo and let the world revolve around you.

Plus- It was just announced by Joystiq that Microsoft is supposedly planning on launching a multimedia portable, like the PSP, to combat the iPod. Seriously, DS and iPod know how to take care of business against these all-in-ones. MS can't possibly think that they can target the iPod exclusively, without going toe-to-toe with PSP. I wonder how they feel about their handheld intel getting leaked just a couple hours after Nintendo announced DS Lite.

A true handheld war is coming and guaranteed to be more interesting than both the current handheld situation and the console scenario right now.

How's that for drama?

[Infendo]

Nuff Sed

2006-01-24T23:35:00.000-05:00

[From BGB]

The Coup is Done

2006-01-24T06:29:00.000-05:00

Now i can officially pretend this is a real DS wifi hub- I got Tony Hawk DS. Man, i am so glad i didn't buy it back when i wanted to. It gets old very fast. I got it free from a friend who lent it to me, forgot to take it back, then went back to college over the weekend. Mum's the word, folks...

It plays pretty well, but the tiny face buttons are not ideal for this game. I still wonder why the Micro, of all things, has bigger buttons than the DS. Anyway, it's a good version of Tony and looks great. You can tell the amount of work that was put into it. It features the typical friend code system to play against your friends over wifi and an automatch option, like Mario Kart's Worldwide. I haven't had a friend match yet, so i can't comment on that.

I've done the automatch a couple times and it's ok. You and another guy get thrown in some park in Free Skate mode until one of you picks a game to play. Horse and graffiti aren't there, don't ask me why cause i don't fucken know. That pretty much makes multiplayer pointless for me. I mean, everyone on wifi busts out 12 billion combos each time, but still. Gimme my fave modes, damnit. All you can do is trick attack, combo mambo, and a few other useless modes. Unlike Mario Kart, all levels are playable online, so there's that.

The absolute best thing about Hawk's wifi is the downloadable goals. You can log onto wifi, download the latest goals, and play em right there without logging off. The best part is that they are actually challeging. Vicarious Visions seems to put some thought into these, so that's cool. It sucks that you can only do one-on-ones in these large skateparks. I think they coulda pushed 3 simultaneous players.

As a wifi game, it's a pioneer for the DS with downloadable content, probably the second handheld game ever to do it after Wipeout Pure. It's cool that you can form skate clans with your friends and increase your rank against clans from around the world, too. Other than that, it's a decent Tony Hawk with half assed online. The online features are good, but the online play is crap. Don't buy it, but if you have it, post your friend code below. You know the drill.

[Sorry for the essay. Anyone listening?]

Fanboys are Vicious

2006-01-20T07:52:00.000-05:00

These guys are rabid wolves, man. I never expected the Jared Fogle story on Infendo to attract so many comments, but the real shocker here is the contents of those comments. The readers tore Jared apart! I think it's all overreaction on their part. The guy only joked that Nintendo was his other childhood vice, which in all fairness didn't help his eating problem. He wasn't trying to blame Nintendo for it. But speaking of fairness, i did title it "Jared Blames Nintendo"...Hehe, mah fawlt.

Check it out here, discuss below.

[Unrelated]- Watch Blake flip on some Anon. Too funny!

Statue of David

2006-01-17T16:40:00.000-05:00

This may be a little late, but as usual, when my cable internet goes, my (neighbor's) wifi comes back. That's exatly what happened this time. That homo "bryant" is no longer around and the linksys is friendly again. Wifi's solid, stable 2 bars, 3 if i move around. Been playin MKDS when no one's town is open, getting my ass kicked by snakers with 0/3 records. Metroid Hunters and Tetris DS with wifi? Bring it.

AC update: Got cool with this guy Mike from Terra. Met Cocoa's 10 yr old neice Chey aka "Chey Now" who fished her ass off. Finally met Damiam aka "Swiss Cheese", he's a cool bastard too. Knoah was busy watching Aeon Flux so i fluxed my way back out that gate. The Owen Wilson to my Ben Stiller (in Zoolander) was nowhere to be found (ur lucky Ruben!). I tried to seduce Cocoa in her sweet master bedroom; it was very awkward, we both left crying. And Dael was as rican as he'll ever be. Maybe.

I'm back, bitch!

While I Chisel...

2006-01-11T15:30:00.000-05:00

...Life goes on. In AC, that is.

Lasant hasn't been on much since i was taken out by The Man. All he probably does now is sit on his bed and pretend that the T-Rex skull in front of his window is actually alive and coming for him.

Dave/Folax (known as "The Moped Bandit" in Crooklyn) has been cryin to me everyday about how he never sees anyone with their gates open, and when his are open nobody comes. Poor bastard. Send him a valentine.

Amy, who was there in the beginning of the AC days (and the 2nd girl i ever saw on it), has finally found her own group of animal people. She hangs with those guys now, which is probably why you haven't seen her in a while.

Dael i guess is still chillin, proud as ever, draped in his countless Puerto Rican flags. He should change his town name to "PRide".

Tony aka Mugwump aka Big Poppa i'm sure still leaves his gates open while he feeds his 1 yr old, ignoring all his visitors in the process. What a host.

Garyaga, or "Status" as he calls himself, i assume continues to play the most retarded form of tag i have ever seen.

Knoah i believe has never found his groove in AC. As a result, last i heard i think he bought Sonic Rush and went back to Mario Kart with his new dong(le). Mario. Kart. Obviously it's a cry for help. Hook him up with some friend codes, guys.

Juan, whom you've probably never seen, has only been on wifi once in his life. He hasn't been on because he switched from DSL to cable, leaving his wireless router behind, and is now looking for a dongle to call his own. Any suggestions on the Best place to Buy it?

Cocoa, my woman of women, did what all women do when they dont see their men during war time- she cheated on me! I hired a Private Aye (yai yai!) to do some sleuthin and spy on her to see what she was up to. This is what he brought me (she's the redhead):

Scandalous!

Anyhoo, as i chisel away at the stone wall, they continue to live. But can you really call it life without Rollin?

Nope. You can't.

Rough Venus De Milo

2006-01-10T21:02:00.000-05:00

I just tried to go on wifi...and it worked. I had 3 bars and a whole world a head of me. At least that was the sentiment before i hit the road. There was NO ONE hosting online. What the duck? I wanted to surprise someone! I tried to host, but it froze up like usual. Looks like i can sometimes bypass wifi security in AC by visiting other towns, but it is rare. After the first try, i failed to get through 3 subsequent times.

Do me this solid, guys. Leave your gates open. Please. I might drop by unnannounced. If i don't have your friend code, leave it in the comments. Maybe next time i breach the wifi wall i'll have somewhere to head to.

...They'll release the hounds!

[Screw Mario Kart.]

Crude Sculpture is Made

2006-01-10T03:54:00.000-05:00

Mario Kart DS is my sweetheart. With AC, the problem i have is that it freezes whenever i try to access the wifi connection. In attempting a connection, you have to tap ur touch screen through so many pages of dialogue that it sues you for harrassment. When ur trying to hack into someone else's wifi like i am, you don't wanna waste half a minute tapping through stupid questions. "I will now attempt to establish a connection. Are you ready?" Yes, mutt. I just told you so.

Anyway, MKDS makes it so easy to access wifi, it's ridiculous. You press "Yes" once and you're on your way. I've been on and off of wifi with Mario Kart for the past couple of days. Sometimes i stay on for a good while, other times it bombards me with errors. Still, MKDS gets me around whatever wifi barriers my "friendly" neighbors have put up and that's what matters. AC is an absolute bitch to use with these circumstances, but for now i can tell you this: Bring them sparks, bitches!

Rollin
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[I'm close to getting AC back to work; this isn't the end of it, I can't stress that enough. In the meantime, post your Mario Kart codes/names in the comments. It's mid-November all over again...]

Chiseling The Stone

2006-01-06T18:15:00.000-05:00

You're all aware of my wifi troubles with AC. Well, a little while ago i decided to try to work around whatever the problem was by taking Mario Kart online. And it worked, dagnabbit. After a worldwide race, i slid AC back in to see if MKDS had loosened up the DS' wifi or somethin, cause the wifi sig was clearly there. But no doubt, AC still froze up at the gate with Copper's ugly mutt face doin a Growing Pains freeze frame.

I decided to insert Kart again to see if it was still operational. Guess what? Nuh-uh. Wifi was there, but the error message told a different story. I headed for the rarely visited WFC Settings menu and started tinkering. I searched for routers and found 3, triple the amount of routers i used to "borrow". The first was the good ol' unlocked Linksys i've always used. The second was another unlocked one, this time a Mac router. The problem with both of these was that the signal was there, but i couldn't obtain their IP adresses for some reason. Hopefully i can crack this (with your help..?).

The third signal was coming from a locked *gasp!* router named "bryant". It seems as though this bryant is the culprit robot keeping me from my tribesmen. This bastard's probably infected all the others to malfunction when i access them. It could just be a router some guy named after himself, but no. Look more closely. The one locked router in the vicinity has a human name. Even more malicious is that this beast didn't even capitalize the "b"! You know what, bry? You're a DOUCHEBAG.

Booted: No Soup For Me

2006-01-05T15:33:00.000-05:00

[The following is an account of a true event. All racial slurs were born out of anger at that point in time, none were meant to offend entire races, only the persons on the receiving end. If you take offense, ur an idiot. Then again, there are no idiots reading this, so i shouldn't have to explain myself. But in this PC world, anything that's not PC needs a disclaimer, so here it is.]

You may have noticed the peculiar sub-header to the site that reads: Boycott The Nintendo World Store. Today, i finally explain why.

It was 4 Mondays ago, i think; the early days of the AC craze. Me and Dave (aka Folax, to you) were hangin out at the Nintendo World Store doing local and wifi pillaging. We sat at the Pokemon Card tables for max comfort. Some weird lookin dude came up to us, name was "DOOM". It was the three of us, chillin. At one point, one of the employees, a petit little girl came up to us, friendly as can be, to see what we were playing. We small talked with her, all chummy-like. She gave herself an RSVP to our little group for after she was done with her shift. We didn't care, what the hell, right?

A little while later, she returns in plainclothes with her DS and sits next to me, DOOM and Dave on the other side. The chumminess picked up where it left off and it seemed like we had a new friend. So we're talking and getting along, then Dave (was it Dave?) started talking about something that made me bring up something i did months earlier, even before the Miyamoto event. I mentioned how this one time while i was upstairs, i nabbed one of those Mario patches. Not that i was gonna put it to use or anything, but it was outside of its container and i thought, "what the hey". When i sed it, DOOM smiled, homegirl's grin faded, and Dave nervously chuckled. He then sed something to the effect of, "Dude, you're saying this in front of an employee?" I replied with a don't-worry-about-it expression and "Oh come on, she's off the clock. She's cool." I sed it in a very jovial tone.

I noticed she stopped chatting with us after that, silently concentrating on her DS. After a bit, she got up and walked away, but we didn't think anything of it. Then about 10-20 minutes after that, the latino security guy comes up to me- let's call him Officer Hick-- tells me to bring my DS, and brings me to the counter side. He says, verbatim, "We found security camera footage of you upstairs. Did you take a Mario patch?" Here's where i fucked up- i sed yes. I usually play the nice card in these situations to hopefully get the safest possible outcome, but...it backfired big time.

~Intermission~

Officer Hick proceeds to tell me that i am no longer allowed in the store. If i walk through those doors again, i would be trespassing. He said that if i do go back, "the bouncer in [him]" would grab me, throw me in the backroom, and beat my ass till the cops arrived. What a gentleman. So as i'm pleading for forgiveness and offer anything outside of sucking his dick to be allowed back in, we're standing by the GBA Bar with the tall black guy. Tall Black stands quietly as me and Tito Puente go back and forth. ThenTall Black chimes in and interrupts me with "Look, bottom line, you can't come back". What the fuck!? Who the hell asked your burgeouis ass!? Prim and proper black fuck, probably came outta junior college and thinks he's worth shit cause he works in midtown Manhattan. No one asked for your 2 cents, jackass. Juansito has it covered.

It was such a dick move. I shoulda lied. There was no camera footage. It was that cunt-faced twat who told Officer Carlos-Jose what i sed. And for what? Does she really think she's gonna get some bonus because she tattled on a patch thief? Nigga please. See if ur boss gives a shit about this incident when he fires you after the holidays are over, you fuckin temp. And clearly-ex-convict Officer Guillermo, with his jacked up teeth. He sed i "disrespected" him by taking that patch. You know what, Pablo? Keep earning ur minimum wage by nodding at customers. Bravo, man. You're real big shit. Stereotypical latino motherfucker...

Morale of the story is this: Screw the Nintendo World Store. The only good thing about it is that they get their games a day earlier. Forget that though- their handheld games, namely GBA games and certain DS ones, are overpriced by 5 bucks. It was never a great place to begin with. They kick you out after an hour, even if you are purchasing (ironically, on this particular occasion we were there for 2 hours+). There's not much to it. It's not the Mecca most people think it is. If you've seen it once, you've seen it a hundred times. Nothing more than a tourist stop. Can't say i'll miss it. The only thing i regret is that i didn't make a fool out of their lying asses. All i can do now is implore all who read this to boycott that piece of monkeyshit store. Go once, get ur fill, and move on. Do it for me. For Rollin! *black power salute*

And remember, for all your gaming needs, there is only one stop: GameStop! ^_^

In Limbo [Fanboyism Must Die]

2006-01-04T02:44:00.000-05:00

[In Limbo is a feature of this site where i will basically post articles that were "sent out to print" on Infendo, but never published. This one here is the 2nd article that got canned by the powers that be, and the 3rd i ever wrote for Infendo. It's a topic that's near and dear to my heart, so i'll post the original uncut, then probably make a follow-up later on. Might be a little on the soft side, but bon appetit.]

If someone were to ask me what i hate most in gaming, fanboys would win. These guys are biased beyond belief. Whatever you say about a system you own, if it aint theirs, you get called 14 different variations of the word "homosexual". If their console's marquee franchise gets 9.5s [instead of straight 10s] everywhere, they crash the reviewers' email servers with massive amounts of hate mail proclaiming superior knowledge and appreciation for art. You just can't talk to them.

Sure, i was a fanboy once upon a time, but at some point it became clear to me that i didn't have to feel down just cause the GameCube section in BlockBuster was so tiny, or cause every celebrity says they have every system and play every game then only name Xbox and PlayStation. I sat down and realized that i'm a fan of games before i'm a fan of Nintendo, not the other way around. Arguing with misinformed people in GameStop wasn't changing a thing, so i cooled off and decided to stop my occasional hate of MS or Sony games and hardware.

Ever since this happend i've had a growing hate for fanboys. Especially Nintendo fanboys. They give the rest of us a bad name. Currently the "points" they make in arguments are: Nintendo are the only ones that make profits, GameCube was a success, and PSP is a failure. A couple of those are subjective, but horribly spun. Sony and, to a far lesser extent MS, do make profits from software sales.But it's marketshare that needs to be gained before thinking about whether or not profits are made. I know you want to have something to brag about coming out of this generation, but you have to cut your losses and move on. Nintendo had a bad generation. They may not be competing with MS and Sony in the coming generation, but they sure were with the Cube. Get over it. And just cause DS is on an amazing 20 week winning streak on top of every other system in Japan doesn't make the PSP teh d00m3d11!. It destroyed the DS's UK launch record of 87,000 units in 2 days with more than twice that number in 3 days. It already is a status symbol and a household name in the US, beating DS sales monthly. Let's chill out and give credit where credit is due.

If i see another comment on Japanese hardware sales with a fanboy saying "the Xbox is stupid trash that once again fails to sell! Har har har! (*FIRST!!11*)" my taint will explode. I'm willing to bestow reason unto fanboys in hopes to solidify a basis to shed the extreme bias, but it's hard to get through to them. They're missing out on some great things by being loyal to only one party and denouncing the rest, encasing themselves in a bubble. How can you call yourself a gamer if you only play one of three systems? I could understand if you only play Nintendo cause you can only afford that and nothing else, but to exclude yourself from other great offerings is plain stupid. Don't play games to join a team. Play games because you like games.

[Written on October 18, 2005]

Out of Commission

2006-01-01T23:31:00.000-05:00

*takes podium*

If anyone still reads this, you've probably been wonderin where i've been. Well it sure as hell wasn't wifi. My real, non-AC neighbors seem to have either: a) taken a vacation, b) locked up their wifi, or c) swallowed their router in a drunken haze. My money's on all three.

Idaknow when i'll be able to get back out into the AC world, but right now i'm helpless. I don't even play it as much at the moment. Without wifi, AC's half the game. :( Don't cry for me, i'm already dead. Until my wifi returns, that is.

That said, nobody dare think that this is the end of our AC tribe. There'll be no domino effect here! I'm gonna return to grace and tear apart all your towns Howard Dean style. YEAAAAAAH!!!

I miss you Spic Floyd!

Animal Crossing

2005-12-29T01:46:00.000-05:00

Okay peeps, it's time.

To whomever may be reading this, consider this post ur private little AC haven. You can use the comments section to set up times to meet up on wifi and swap friend codes and so on. I'll update it frequently to keep it in plain view. I don't expect this to blow up into some huge Joystiq-status blog, so hopefully it will remain intimate. Nevertheless, everyone is welcome.

Trade items, assemble fishing/insect tournaments, show off your houses, and ultimately make friends. I hope you find that this helps.

Think of it as joining an AC tribe.

(and i'm 3-for-3 with the "T" paragraphs)

[Update- I shoulda done this from the start, but here's my friend code info:
0344-2052-8480
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AC Diary- Dec 24

2005-12-24T12:35:00.000-05:00

Another meeting in Mordavia last night. That place is my second hometown, i swear. I got there around 1 am. Cocoa and Las were already chillin up in thurr. I was late to the party and on time.

I had my college age, government-loathing, cop-hating, fuck the system teen attire this time. It comprised of a pink mohawk- which i'll explain in a sec- a custom made flippin-the-bird shirt, a pair of red glasses for that argumentative look, and a buncha anger. The goddamn Shampoodle hairdresser mucked up my 'do again. I chose "flirty" and "wear everyday" in the questions, thinkin it'd get me some crazy cool mess of hair. NOT. Chick gave me some dyke-lookin, Demi-Moore-in-Ghost short cut with pink hair, god knows why. So i just put a mohawk wig on and i was set.

When i got there, i was awestruck-- Cocoa was lookin ohhh so hot. I wanted to get all up IN dat *thrusting motion*. She knows something i don't, cause her hair was effing awesome. I had taken my gay ribbon from the night before to give her, and when she put that on, my handheld nearly slipped outta my hands. And the DS, too (heyooo!). Truly smokin hot, head to toe. Later, the gang informed me that neither of them knew Spanish, to my surprise. I mean, i know they're Rican, but damn. I had assumed they spoke the language of hicks. Oh well. There goes most of my in-jokes.

Some dude named Jason stopped by, turned out to be Cocoa's mom. Wei-rrrrd. She then left and came back as Leah (who didn't speak Spanish either). Leah gave me an orange when we met. Even though oranges r my native fruit, it was the sweetest gesture! I gracefully accepted it...then sold it to Nook :/. Leah was constantly yelling. Unintetionally, but that only made it funnier. Lasant and i got into a dick-measuring contest with our fish. Let's just say his Sea Butterfly didn't quite match up to my Koi ("overgrown Goldfish" he called it). Me and Las were up till about 3:30am after the girls left. Good times.

I cannot get over how cool Lasant's living room is with the T-Rex comin through the window. It's like he was on the set of Jurassic Park 4 (5?) and they stopped production early, leaving the Rex there. Then when u get upstairs, his second floor is a freezer. Don't ask me, man. I'm not sure if we're getting together tonight, being Festivus Eve and all (i just realized this). I'm gonna be partying till the wee hours of mañana morning, so if you guys read this and still wanna hang, let's do it early damnit.

But seriously, i need to stop getting these homo haircuts.

I just noticed how Las, being an indian, is the only one that looks like he should be fishing. I later offered to trade a Koi fish and some beads for his entire town. (Un)Shockingly, he accepted.

AC Diary- Dec 23rd

2005-12-23T14:57:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, Nook returned with his new shop: Nookington's. Dude has a friggin salon in there now. All it's missing is old hispanic ladies gossiping in spanish with Telemundo on in the background. The hairdresser there asks questions to see which style you get, so it's anyone's guess as to what you come out with.

After i answered the questions, i got this incredibly gay green cut. My feyg factor was pumped to 11. It was disappointing, but i decided to keep it at least for the day. At first i tried to man myself up, but none of the shirts in my stock or shop were butch enough. So i decided to play to my homo strengths-- I put on a matching fresh shirt, a red ribbon on my slime-green head, and hit the road.

I'm always stylin' and (racially) profilin' in the game, so i get reactions from ppl when i visit other towns. But for some odd reason, in this certain case i was met with more praise than all my other outfits combined; especially from Spic Floyd. Lasant didn't even know who i was at first. That is the mark of a true fashionista *twirls*.

The Message

2005-12-22T13:42:00.000-05:00

I figured i should tell all these non-existant, invisible ghosts who fake read this thing what it's about. I sorta explained in the Megaton Announcement, but let me clarify.

You can sort of see it as an unofficial supplement to Infendo in a way. That way being that it's me writing it. It's like the Sirius to Infendo's terrestrial radio. By that i mean i'll say what i want without repercussions or censorship or editing, or worry of readers getting offended. I'll use it to expand upon any points or articles from Infendo that i or any of the other guys have written. It'll just be my portion.

That's not all. It is a blog (i will never get used to saying that word) and therefore i will speak on anything that permeates my brain tunnels. Brain farts abound. I also hope that i can amass a group of intelligent people with which to have discussions or whatever. Sometimes commentors on other sites irritate the taint off of me. Only a select few are worthy of your time. Let's see if i can weed out the crap, or keep it out period.

Help me out, readers-who-don't-exist. And fanboys, kiss my cute little brown(ish) ass.

Megaton Announcement

2005-12-20T16:13:00.000-05:00

My internet was down for about a week- due to Time Warner's inability to process a bill payment efficiently- so when i got it back today, i realized that ppl actually check my profile and, in turn, this blog. That's most likely thanks to all the commentors from Infendo clicking my blogger link to see my man-porn Reggie pic. Or to see if i run a blog of my own where they can curse me out. I love dem peeps (for being awesome, not for looking at my profile).

Hithertofurthermorehencethus, i decided i will be updating it half semi regularly since i have some stories to tell and thoughts to share. Someone out there is bound to hear it. I'm not gonna have a gay blog where i update every time i go shopping for groceries. Whatever gets me thinkin is what i'll publish. It'll at least be interesting. Cause if it isn't funny, it has to be interesting (somebody said that once). And trust me, it will never be funny.

Now the people who wanna curse me out have their promised land- Linteria.

*enters blogosphere, grimaces*

(Don't bother leaving ur shoes at the door, it's gonna be dirty in here regardless.)

How'd I Go From 1st to 4th Post?

2005-11-05T03:27:00.000-05:00

So yea, blogs...

Talk to me, someone.

1st post

2005-10-04T12:28:00.000-04:00

Heyo.

I think i'm up

2005-10-04T09:52:00.000-04:00

Looks like it's working.

Test

2005-10-04T09:40:00.000-04:00

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