Monthly Archives: August 2009

Doing Yet Another Free Promotion (promise it’ll be the last for a while)!

What can I say? I love my online shopping and special deals.
Yesterday, Play-asia began a 20% off sale for Visa cardholders. If you pay by Visa from now until September 6th, you’ll get 20% off of any in-stock item–provided it wasn’t released in the last 30 days. (C’mon, it’s only fair to pay full price [...]

FREE MONEY! (IF you’ve shopped at Play-asia.)

Hey all,
I don’t know if I can put this on WordPress without getting some manner of long-distance backside-caning, but I’ve found a REALLY good deal for gamers.
Now, I may do a lot of free promotion for Play-asia, but then again, they’ve done a lot for me. Right now, they want to give me a $5 [...]

Problem Gamer: “Sonichosis”, Act 3!

Tan-ta-ta-TAAAN!
Yes, it’s really him! It’s SUPER Sonic, and he’s in Zone 1!
The Sonichosis trilogy may now rightfully be called as such! All my problem Sonic gaming comes to a head in this video, where the unthinkable becomes.. thinkable. You’ll see how the proud Genesis giant, Sonic 2, bows to the dogged will of a mere [...]

University Blues, and I Haven’t Even Started Yet

I’m trying to get into a translation course. Just one. And I’ve already spent 4 hours or so on the whole ordeal. Guess it’s a good thing there are 15 days left till the start of classes.
I could swear that by letting you take the qualifying test, they just want to make more work for [...]

Neglect Update: Offering a Post as Evidence of Vital Signs

Helloooo out there. (Helloooo out there.)
It’s been a rather ‘curious‘ week, for reasons of which you’re probably well aware–but more than anything, it’s because I have been unwilling to leave my DS unattended for any duration, and this for the first time in several months.
So, I will give you what I promised: a neglect [...]

Being Layton’s apprentice saves the brain! (Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of one’s time…)

I finally sat down with Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and as one might expect, I haven’t gotten up since. The game is sheer deducing delight, a bonafide Golden Apple for any puzzle bookworm. It’s almost certainly the perfect format of DS title ever to be conceived, and I would wish there to be [...]

A Wee Proposition for Ye

Hey ‘Gamerfans,
As you might have noticed, I have quietly added two new links to the site: one for Paypal donations on the Contact page, and the other to my Play-asia affiliate account in the right sidebar.
As with all things in life, the show takes money. So far it has taken a lot of time and [...]

A test to help the Blog Impress

Here I’m testing Vodpod for WordPress, a plug-in for Firefox that apparently lets you embed videos into WordPress at whatever size you specify. I really hope this works, as I find the current presentation size–the only size that WordPress allows for YT videos–terribly tiny. It’s barely made better by the modifier for HQ videos that [...]

A Happy soon-to-be Birthday to the Genesis, turning 20 years old this year. Plus, a commemorative poll!

Unbelievable that The Lil’ Nintendo Buster That Could is turning 20 this year–although If I’m not mistaken, the hardware itself already has, as the MegaDrive launched in Japan in November 1988. But I digress.
Three days ago I got my regular Sega.com Press Release in my inbox. As much of a Sega fan as I have [...]

It’s here! Act 2 of the “Sonichosis” trilogy now live!

‘Ello ‘ello,
If you spent last week waiting on my failed promise to deliver the next part of the “Sonichosis” trilogy, I hope you waited just a little bit longer!
Sonichosis, Act 2 is here, and as promised, it continues the ‘Crazy Early Emerald Saga’ of Sonic 2 through Emeralds 4 and 5–that is to say, through [...]