Hey, it’s late Monday night, and I’m dead tired. Been so god damn busy these past couple of days that everything is kind of a blur. Hence the “just the facts, ma’am” post. Highlights from the past seven days include…
- On Tuesday, I did a follow-up interview with the director, producer, and star of the just-released video game documentary, The King of Kong, which some might remember me reviewing for GameSetWatch a few months back. Among the many things discussed and revealed is how my original assumption that Billy Mitchell is totally nuts was not without merit.
- Later that night was another world record attempt at Donkey Kong. You can check it out, as well as read about the aforementioned roundtable in my latest GSW piece right here. Also became friends with a researcher who works for the Letterman show. Once I found out that she was from Washington State as well, I barraged her with a ton of Almost Live references, which she thankfully all got.
- Back to the fort90forums, the place is still pretty hoppin! Highlights from the past week include bitching about both tourists and cops in the city, talk about Jane Austen, a brand-new Kenta Cho title, the return of an old anti-Disney game, Okami for the Wii, chiptunes, me defending Beautiful Katamari and bashing Select Button at the same time, as well as both the forum’s very first list thread and animated gif thread. Oh, and the “you’re a fucking lunatic and i dated you” discussion that simply must be read to be believed. Which, of course, is in the secret chamber! Hopefully both Katie and Jenny (and K Thor if I’m really lucky) will pass along their renditions of my very own crazy ex very soon.
- As for the blog, for whatever reason, last week I began receiving numerous comments on a two-year-old entry from folks that either claim to have copies of Nintencats or those desperate for a copy. Strange.
- Discovered that in Mexico, there’s a bad guy wrestler (or rudo as they are more commonly known down there) who goes by the name of Tony the Cartoonist that draws all over the faces of his opponents (like their picture, such as if they’re on that evening’s promotional poster) before each match. Right then and there, I knew that I must get back into Mexican wrestling.
- What’s the game I’ve been playing the most all week? Believe it or not: Virtua Racing. Both the PS2 edition as well as the Sega Saturn one too (which for some reason, despite all its faults, gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside). Also decided to go back to Odin Sphere after only playing that for a bit upon its release. Oh, and I’m still hammering away at Picross DS.
- After work Friday, it took me over two hours to get home because lightning struck my train, literally dead in its tracks. Kinda scary, kinda awesome, rather annoying, and extremely inconvenient.
- And this past weekend I went out to Boston for Rob‘s bachelor party. The trip started off a bit rocky when less than three minutes into the four and a half hour bus ride, the driver pulled over to head into a deli. and came back with what appeared to be beer. But from there on, it smooth sailing; got to enjoy the city, enjoyed plenty of awesome food, caught a game at Fenway Park (and enjoyed their fine Fenway Franks!), and shared the joy that is the Magic Bullet infomercial with some new people. Oh, and there was a part in which Rob scalped his tickets to some dude, and it totally felt like a drug deal!
- As for today, I got a fucking ticket from the NJ Transit police. The whole reason behind it is so FUCKING retarded…
… But I’ll wait till tomorrow to share the story (which btw has to do with the lightning strike on Friday), along with a few other game-related links. Time for bed!
