That’s right. TGS 2009 is in full swing, and it just started yesterday. It offically opens to the public tomorrow, so I may be reporting on what I find out then. In another news, I am just getting over the flu, so this update is going to be a quickie. I’ll see you later for more TGS updates. If not, have a nice weekend!
Month: September 2009
Wild Card Friday – The Wait is Finally Over!
What wait? Katamari Forever! While this game was supposed to come out in 4 more days, I was able to get it early. That’s right. Gamestop just got it in today, so I drove to the mall and got my reserved copy. With that copy, I got a Prince cellphone charm.
It’s supposed to light up when I get an incoming call, but I can’t seem to get it working. I also heard that it can do this by tapping it against something. Granted, the trinket is cheap but at least it comes free with the preorder.
I also got a red DualShock 3 controller, so that I could do all the challenges in the game for the Platinum trophy. One of the challenges requires 2 player vs. mode, so that should come in handy for that. With that, I’ll be playing a lot of Katamari tonight. Let the Katamari celebration BEGIN!
Where the Frick is the Media?
On Saturday, nearly one million people protested in Washington regarding the health care bill. These people want their country back! I want my country back!
But where was the media to cover it? Okay, CBS did a little blip on the massive Tea Party. That’s hardly adequate. How could they ignore nearly one million protesters? That’s one frickin’ million and they pretty much dismissed it as a footnote. The Immaculation (Inauguration) was covered to death by the Left! About 1.8 million showed up and they covered it for weeks!
Why would they ignore nearly one million protesters? I’ll tell you why. It’s their agenda. Washington is playing their same old games and they are not playing by the rules. Well attention Washington! America is speaking to you!
These people are all united with one common goal: they want their country back! They are not being paid to do this. These people love their country and are sick of being ignored. If an event like this goes nearly unreported, then the majority of media can’t be trusted anymore.
What remains are the underground media like Fox News and talk radio. Call it fringe media, or an institution of wackos. That’s what the Propaganda wants you to think. Stations like this scare them, and the Left will stop at nothing to try to oust their enemy. I guess the statement is true: “Ignorance is bliss”. On the other extreme, overexposure can lead to insanity. I stand in the middle, between the two so I’m not taken by surprise, nor driven off the deep end of lunacy.
Looking on the bright side, this turnout in Washington is a sign that America is waking up. The Left may tell you otherwise, but that’s their agenda. Nutcases? Extremist conservatives? Far from it. These are people like you and me that are fed up with the way their elected representatives are running the country, and I support them.
Wild Card Friday – The Day I’ll Never Forget….
I’m sure it is the same with a lot of you. With it being 9/11 today, this is all that you’ll get for this Wild Card Friday. Have a nice weekend!
Congress is NOW Back From Recess.
And they are faced with an important decision. One that will impact healthcare in our country as we know it. They will either vote against this bill, or vote for it. I surely hope that they vote against this bill. Just look at Britain with their rationing and our neighbor, Canada. Both countries are an indicator of what healthcare will look like over here if this bill is passed.
Let’s not make any hasty decisions and think it over. Listen to your people, Congress! Don’t fall victim to your selfish ideals! There will be more on the healthcare debate later as this thing unfolds. Stay tuned.
Wild Card Friday – One Million Roses….
For this week’s Wild Card Friday, I will attempt to explain my 1,000,000 rose ordeal.
What words can describe the agony of rolling a katamari through a frozen ice rink in a seemingly endless circle, in a futile attempt to roll up one million roses? Well, it began with my recent completion of We ♥ Katamari, the sophomore PlayStation 2 release that I played, in eager anticipation for the upcoming PlayStation 3 release of Katamari Forever.
Having virtually everything done on my mental checklist, only one thing stood in the way of completing the game: those frickin’ roses.
Okay, two things needed to be done if you count the myriad of objects that I inadvertantly failed to collect in various levels, but that’s a picnic compared to those dang roses. Having pleased every fan in the game, the King of all Cosmos brings a rose to life. And this tiny rose utters the most absurd request my ears could ever bear to hear: One million red roses.
So I’m taken to the level, where I’m expected to carry out this ordeal. Scads of roses adorned the snow covered landscape everywhere. Single roses and bouquets of 10. With the counter starting at 0, I think to myself “What the heck have I gotten myself into? This is going to take a long frickin’ time.”
It then occured to me that I have completed this ordeal before. Twice! Once in 2005 and again in 2007. This isn’t going to be so bad, right? My optimism faded when I completed 200,000 roses for the day. Okay. That’s 200,000. But I still have 800,000 more of those crimson pests to collect!
The next day came, and then the next. In each of those days, I coasted along, collecting 100,000 roses a day. My count was now a slightly higher, but still low 400,000. Not even halfway there. Then Wednesday came. I thrust my katamari back into the sea of roses scattered around the frozen ice rink. I languished in my room, rolling each thousand. I rolled up a thousand, replenishing the roses with each reset.
I began to lose my sense of awareness with my surroundings. All I saw was my controller and the screen. The headaches began as my brain liquefied. Roll a thousand. Reset. Wash, rinse, repeat. Minute by minute. Over and over. The same route around the seemingly infinite rink of roses.
When the day was over, 300,000 more was rolled up. 700,000 roses now. Almost there. The next day, I cruised along, much in the same way I did before. Same level. Same strategy. Same speed. Clicking the analog sticks up and down. Making gradual turns to collect every bouquet of roses on my route. Averaging 50 seconds per thousand.
In my adament pursuit to collect them all, my total was now 900,000. Only 100,000 away from the million. So close, yet so far away. The next morning was the home stretch. The light at the end of the tunnel. I inched my way forward and rolled each rose up, becoming ever closer to the million.
Suddenly, the moment was approaching. I was at 990,000 roses. Just 10,000 away. A breath away from a million. Then it happened. The climax. The culmination of 16 hours of rolling all boiled down into a triumphant second of victory: I rolled up a million roses. The victory was signaled by a ridiculous anthem of bizarre absurdity. An assorted cacophony of squeals, screams, and singing in Japanese. As I ran my crowned Prince to the other screen to save my game, I knew that it was finally over. I have done it for the third time. I have wasted countless hours, in a constant pursuit to reach the absurd goal of that little rose: one million red roses.
There. I’ve done it, you stupid rose! I’ve done what you asked, so what more do you want from me? If it’s more roses you want, I’ll burn you and your friends! Understand, Mr. Rose? The trial is over. The victory, won. Just what is there left to do now? Oh yeah, the objects.
And just as I said before, the objects are a picnic. And now it’s time to feast, then wait in eager anticipation for Katamari Forever to come out.
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