In this post, I mostly rundown the past couple of days, including:
1. how I embarrassed myself on stage with the Beatles Rock Band
2. I’m officially heading to cable access! maybe
3. my two cents re: Inglourious Basterds
4. Japan’s siren song is extra torturous due to all the Gundam
5. the debacle that has been my new PlayStation 3
6. and various game related news links and stuff
As usual, been a busy past couple of days. Guess I’ll start backwards…
(A Little Less Than) Two Weeks Till Showtime
- Last night was yet another Rock Band bar nigh at The Village Pourhouse, which has been going down for the past couple of months. Usually I pass since it’s always on a bad evening for me for whatever reason, but not this time. Decided to bring along Kim, a former student and friend of mine, mostly since she’s such a fellow diehard fan of both the game and the Fab Four, and because I knew the upcoming Beatles edition would be making its grand appearance there as well.
Long story short, by the time I got up on stage, I had two “weak” rum and cokes in me, and was totally looking at the wrong lane of notes almost the entire time as a result. If not the Harmonix dude kind enough to point out my blunder, I would have ended up with a big fat 0% (I got the heads up near the end, and was able to rally a pathetic 20% of so when all was said and done). The best part was how I had simply accepted the fact that I was encountering orange notes, despite choosing the medium setting, where they should be absent. I almost made note to Kim while playing how the difficulty settings had been drastically altered this time around, but decided instead to recite bits and pieces from an old SNL sketch featuring Jimmy Fallon and Alan Cumming as John Lennon and Paul McCarthy, in which they never broke up and instead decided to open a fried chicken restaurant. Yes, I was that plastered. How embarrassing. Though I’m mostly just annoyed that I’m slated to get a copy of the game very soon, as to have a timely review once it officially hits on 9/9/9, but will have zero means to play it since my Xbox 360 died a few days ago. Which I’ll be going into in just a bit…
- The night before, Monday’s highlight was finally getting through KirkTV, yet another cable access call in show that I’ve been semi-obsessed with for some time now. I basically hijacked his entire program, mostly to chew out the host, regarding stuff that had been said in episodes past, like him going into McDonalds and giving the managers there a hard time for not using organically produced beef. But to his credit, the dude totally hung in there and let me speak my peace, and then some, plus he ended up saying things about politics that I’m totally on the same page with. By the end, I offered to lend my services as a co-host, mostly so I could get in some practice before…
- The day before that, Sunday, was the NYC Japan Street Fair that both Katie and myself decided to check out. Though I mostly wanted to just stop on by the New York Anime Festival’s booth and say hello to Peter, the show’s organizer, and whom I had yet to talk with face to face. Plus I also knew Dave (Roman) and Raina would be around, singing copies of their new X-Men manga that just came out. On a totally coincidental note, I ended up running into Joe (Simko) and June, and because the fair was just too jam-packed… those lines for authentic Japanese eats just way too long, at least for the heat and humidity that was also on-hand… so Katie and I decided to get something elsewhere. Whereas Joe and June had already grabbed a bite at some deli, again due to the overly long wait for delicacies from the land of the rising sun, and were regretting it, since what they got was fairly gross. June had with her some leftovers, and when we ended up in the CIty Hall area, Joe suggested I pass along the unwanted food, mostly because he recalled my exploits from trying to give a away a pizza to homeless people the week before. So I approached some ragged fellow on a bench, who seemed like he could use a bite, and who was also super appreciative afterward. I felt pretty good, like I had done my good deed of the day! Then a few minutes later, the dude began acting all wacky (for a while there, it appeared that he was coming straight for me, either to say thanks or strangle me, and the urgency in which everyone’s paced quickened as a result was rather funny), like watering the plants with some iced coffee…
The point of the trip downtown was to hit J&R, mostly because I needed assorted tools to deal with my technological nightmare back home, but once again, I’ll get to that in due time. Though somewhat related, Katie also wanted to check out laptops, which is where she spotted this on one of the demo machines…
Back to cable access, believe it or not; afterward we found ourselves at a Japanese-style restaurant… in Chinatown. It was here that June told me to be ready in two weeks, cuz that’s when she’s going to want to shoot me for… something. Katie, Joe, and June, among others, keep saying that I need to get my own cable access show, and my reaction has always been how I have zero idea what I’ do. Maybe this is the kick in the ass I need? I know I have that poll to the upper right-hand corner of this blog, though any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
- I’ll get to Saturday in just a few moments, so moving on, Friday night was when Katie and I caught Inglourious Basterds; Katie has seen practically every single Tarantino flick on opening night, and I was more than happy to oblige! And as most folks already know by now, it’s pretty f’n amazing. Some have gone or record by stating it’s his best work since Pulp Fiction, but I honestly can’t say since I more or less love all his movies equally, albeit for different reasons. The guy is seriously the only Hollywood director out there who actually knows what the hell he’s doing on every single level. Might actually watch it again real soon, with Dave (Mauro) and Joe (Salina); I honestly can’t remember the last time I sat through the Hollywood flick more than once in the theaters.
Unfortunately, the screening was not without its share of annoyances. First off, I made “a friend”, this annoying bald guy who took a seat next to me and asked if I could guard it and the one next to it while he went downstairs to meet a friend, which I didn’t mind doing, but afterwards was a bit too appreciative, with his constant offers to pick something up for me at the snack bar. I actually came close to taking up on his offer, but knew in the end that doing so would make us best buds in his eyes, and I just didn’t need the commitment or aggravation. Though what was worse was his date, this total Long Guyland guidette that wouldn’t shut the hell up the entire time, who kept gasping at all the blood and violence, which while shocking, did not justify all the shrieks and nasally “eww”s that came ad nauseum. Worst of all was how she clearly didn’t get the memo that the film takes place in an alternative reality. Reaction to the ending… which not to give anything away, but something happens in that world’s WW2 that clearly didn’t happen in ours,, and was met with an annoyed (thanks professor)… was especially befuddling since anyone with any familiarity of history would have been able to figure this out by themselves in the first couple minutes. And to save this somewhat pointless bitching, she reminded me of a story that my buddy Mike Rovin recently told me:
… He was hanging out with a friend and mentioned Kim Jong Il, who was starting to make news again at the time, and this friend of Mike’s was totally confused to as who he was referring to. Acting justifiably shocked, he then explained who this mystery man was, and the friend was taken aback by his attitude in return; she wondered how and why in the hell should she care. As if that needed to be explained, but Mike still tried his best. She then remarked that most people were in the same boat, as in didn’t know and didn’t care, which Mike refused to believed, so a bet was made: Mike would go on the street and ask ten people at random if they knew who Kim Jong Il was. And guess how many recognized the name of Soviet Korea’s grand leader? None. Zero. I asked Mike who these people were, and he noted that it was comically across the board, a mixture of old and young, from varying economic and racial backgrounds, both native New Yorkers and out of towners. Not a single soul recognized the name of the man who might possibly start WW3. Depressing…
- Thursday night was the opening of the Kings of Pop art show at some Japanese restaurant in the East Village, which featured various artists’ takes on pop cultural icons…
… Joe’s piece, on the dearly departed, self appointed King of Pop, made the most sense since the show was christened the day after MJ’s death, who was supposed to be the sole basis. But then the criteria was later expanded upon to allow anyone who was dead and famous, then eventually just famous. Didn’t know that going in, hence why I was surprised by the pixel portrait of Mike Tyson, a la Punch Out. Oh well. Unfortunately, much of the finer details is lost in the picture, like how Joe had bedazzled the piece.
Anyhow, it was here that the upcoming Magma 2009 tour was discussed. Unfortunately, it’s now more than abundantly clear that Joe, June, and myself will not be making a grand return to Japan for the show after-all. It was always a long-shot for sure, but I had always reserved a tiny bit of hope, especially since the first time was rather last minute as well. Damn. At the very least, Katie and I have plans to go there after she finishes graduate school, but this very second is where all the Gundam related hijinks is going down! Since it’s the 30th anniversary and all. I’ve already passed along pics of the giant, full-scale RX-78 Gundam, which was recently the site of a wedding. Though on a slightly less wacky note is the also recently held Gundam Expo…
- And Wednesday is when all my troubles began…
The Cursed Child
As some might recall, I got a PS3 last week. Now, that very same day, everyone was still abuzz over a report that Xbox 360s supposedly had a failure rate of over 50 percent. I knew that 360s were less than reliable machines, but my initial reaction was of supreme skepticism; no offense to Game Informer, but they hardly qualify as Consumer Reports. Anyhow, as some might also recall, I didn’t have plans to set up the new console till I went to Ikea and got a new TV stand, since it was already buckling under the pressure of two 360s. Well, later that evening, Katie wanted to play some Rock Band, and just a few minutes in, something weird began to happen… In the background, but not clear across the screen mind you, were these green dots that covered are characters and the stage. The lane of notes, which is in the foreground was not affected. At first I wondered if Katie had activated some special, hidden graphics filter. But when it became clear that there was something wrong, I decided to reset the machine, and that’s when it happened. The dreaded red ring of death, not three but just one, which is mostly associated with the E74 error code, which is the new Xbox killer. F*ck. My 360 was officially dead. And I hadn’t even gotten the chance to finish Shadow Complex yet.
… BTW, since that’s been such a hot-topic as of late, due to it’s association with Orson Scott Card, who hates gays and all that jazz, may as well talk about that for a few. First off, I certainly can’t blame anyone for having a beef with the game, despite the fact that none of his nonsense appears to be present in the game. I’m all about separating art and the artist, and one unfortunate truth in life is your writer/director/actor/author/musician/game designer is probably a gigantic dick in the real world, but disassociation is also very difficult for us human beings, and if I was gay, I’d probably not want to come anywhere near that game either. Though my real beef is with the all the unanimous love that was being heaped upon the thing, at least before the aforementioned controversy popped up. Hey, I have a hard on for Super Metroid as much as the next guy, but the main reason why I never finished Shadow Complex, despite having a copy well in advance, was directly due to it’s God awfully drab and boring atmosphere. Gee, take the wonderful gameplay of Metroid but infuse it with the brain-numbing aesthetics and personality of a generic FPS, thanks. I also found it’s FPS inspired aiming, primarily the whole shooting stuff in the background, while a novel idea, rather poorly executed. Perhaps I’d feel differently after I finish the thing… if that ever happens, that is. Also not helping was I became too wrapped up on Trials HD, which has been the closest to video game crack I’ve encountered all this year. That is what I’m jonesing for the most…
The next day I had to deal with the hell that is Microsoft’s customer service, which was just as bad as everyone’s says they are. Afterwards I decided to fire up my debug 360, since it had been a while, to see if there was anything new on PartnerNet to play around with, and wouldn’t you know, it too started going on the fritz. Just splendid. Not to the extent of my own machine, but I did begin to quietly panic. Though in the end, I believe I just need to apply the latest firmware, which I can’t do by myself since it requires burning a disc in Windows; last time I tried doing so with my Mac, I fried the machine and need a replacement, which was another headache all by itself. Anyway, with one 360 gone, there was at least a little room left on the TV stand to pop out the PS3 a bit early, which is precisely what I did on Friday afternoon. And because I’m tired or re-explaining everything that happened next, I’m just going to have to ask everyone refer to this thread for the specifics. But another long story short, I was immediately faced with all this feedback on my television, both audio and visual, which was driving me totally insane, since I couldn’t figure out why such problems would exist in the first place; I already had 900 game consoles hooked up to my television, so 901 is officially too much? Not helping me was how, when turning to the denizens of NeoGAF for help, I got a fairly vitriolic reaction, mostly due to the fact that I still have a standard definition set, which I guess shouldn’t have been too surprising. Also that same day, while in the midst of dealing with the PS3′s unexpected bullsh*t and internet goons, Katie came to me with a problem on her eMac; when she tried typing a letter, a totally different would pop-up, along with a number. Hence the statement: “I think someone is hacking my keyboard”, which I thought was a joke but she was totally serious. So cute! I simply figured that something was wrong with the keyboard, but she tried a hard reset and was stuck on the boot-up screen for ten minutes, which is a cause for concern.
All of Saturday was spent looking for answers and messing around with the nest of wires that lies beneath my television, unhooking this one, re-hooking that one, but in a different manner, over and over again, as well as running diagnostics on Katie’s Mac. It wad during all this, as well as going down the long list of stuff that had just broken down… two 360s, a Mac, and perhaps my shiny new PS3 or my television, maybe both… that I had reached an epiphany. And that is, technology is the root of all my misery; way too much of my time is dedicated towards dealing with tech related problems, or just being pissed off about them. I’m fairly certain that nothing would make Katie happier than to see me finally ditch my iPhone, since it’s given me so much misery. To be honest, giving it all up… including video games, computers, cell phones, and all that’s associated, including movies, video games, the internet, yes even my blog… doesn’t sound like a bad idea, and in fact is fairly enticing. But technology is so firmly entrenched in this modern age that me becoming a farmer all of a sudden just ain’t an option. In the end, as one can see in that thread, I eventually did find the answer to my woes, thanks again to the fine folks at NeoGAF, at least the ones that actually know stuff and like to help. A 50 cent piece from the corner hardware store ended up being the key to the puzzle, which itself is pretty hilarious. In the end, what pisses me off so much is how, after all is said and done, I went through so much aggravation for a game console that honestly has really nothing worth playing on it.
True there’s all these cool PSN titles, though there’s still far cooler stuff available on XBL, with a margin of 2 to 1, heck maybe even 3 to 1. As for full games, I’m throughly enjoying MGS4, but am taking my sweet time since there’s absolutely nothing on the store shelves that have my interest. Might pick up LittleBigPlanet, despite not being a big fan, mostly since it’s one of those things that designers sorta need to mess around with. But that’s pretty much it, and as far as future releases go, there’s the Last Guardian and Persona 5, which hasn’t even been announced! I should maybe mention that I also have Ridge Racer 7, but it’s so similar to Ridge Racer 6, that there’s really no point to it. Speaking of, there’s plenty of multiplatform releases to choose from, but the 360 version is always the superior choice for a variety of reasons. It’s kinda sad that some of the best fun thus far has been with PlayStation Home alongside Katie, mostly for the lulz. At least I only spent $66 for the damn thing: first you had the immediate one dollar discount, take off another two hundred bucks from the Nokia N81 that I sold on eBay, plus another sixty or so from old PS2 games that I traded in.
Another aggravating aspect was how I was faced with the possibility of re-doing my entire entertainment set-up because of one stupid console. For the first time ever, I came to the conclusion that perhaps I really should invest in a HD set, but thanks to NeoGAF once more, it would seem that classic games still look like ass on modern displays. As Katie astutely noted, it would seem as if the PS3 is the cursed child that none of the others want or can play nice with. Thankfully there is one silver lining in all of this, and one definite plus that the PS3 has is its multimedia capabilities. If the new firmware does indeed include subtitle support, my animu watching will basically increase a thousand fold! Can’t wait to watch Zeta Gundam the way it’s meant to be watched; on a couch while eating popcorn.
Even If They Ever Made A Video Game Based On The Bible, Metal Gear’s Story Would Still Be The Greatest Ever Told
Since things have been really hectic, and my ability to pass along timey video game news and whatnot has been severely diminished as a result, so may as well pass along a few quick links while I still have a relatively small stack. And that’s mostly due to BlizzCon, which dominated most of the headlines. As most folks already know, I could give a rat’s ass about Warcraft or Starcraft…
- The big news from the past couple of days, at least in my scope of interests, was the release of the long awaited English fan translation of Policenauts…
… And apparently, it sucks! Or so says Joe Salina, whose a good deal of the way through it already (I just started playing it last night). Over on NeoGAF, a few folks did take issue of this…
… According to someone on the translation team (I think?), it’s based upon the original script. Here’s the untouched scene as it originally appears…
… At first I was going to accept his excuse, but as it turns out, there’s plenty of other nonsense like “”quoted for truth” and “and God said ‘let there be win.’” WTF. This is like Working Designs all over again. I can maybe understand the need to use contemporary jokes to replace those that were topical over ten years ago, and in Japan, but still. Much like Joe, I wonder if there’s an Obama joke to be found, or maybe some LOLcats. Though as everyone has pointed out, the original script was basically a piece of crap, so perhaps getting upset is pointless. Think I’ll just concentrate on MGS4 for now.
And for the record, when Nintendo slipped stupid internet speak into Paper Mario for the GameCube, I too thought that was extremely obnoxious.
- On the subject of Metal Gear, in the humble opinion of this guy at least, it’s apparently the greatest video game story ever told. lol
- So what’s happening on 9/9/9? That’s the birthdays of both Hilary and Joe Simko! What else? The Boredoms come back to NYC! What else? The Beatles Rock Band is finally released? Anything else? It marks the 10-year anniversary of the Dreamcast’s debut on American soil! Plus it’s also when… get this… the full version of Bob’s Game supposedly comes out. lulz
Hey, if you’re gonna go for one last, desperate attempt at attention, why not try to cash in one video game’s biggest day of the year, right?
- Back to that horrendous failure rate for the 360, just gotta love Microsoft’s response. You know, a super spectacular warranty is a totally moot point when you have complete retards working in the customer service depart, FYI MS.
- According to at least one study, the average gamers is 35, overweight, and depressed. Interesting, though it needs to be noted that the study took place in the Seattle/Tacoma area, where I’m originally from, and can therefore attest to how there is no reason to leave the house for the most part.
- Details regarding Persona 3 Portable are starting to trickle in, and can’t say I’m thrilled with all of them, but I’m trying my best to keep an open mind. Specifically how free roaming movement in the overworld has been replaced with simple, one point to another navigation, like in Devil Survivor. Then again, at least it should theoretically speed things up and is yet another element to differentiate the revamp from the original, which I’d like as many reasonable differences to justify going through the same basic story all over again.
At least there’ll be new costumes! Simply go here for a super tiny screenshot of Yukari in a sexy santa get-up. And for those who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the new opener.
- Oh and I of course TOTALLY want this Jack Frost beer mug…
- Remember Johnny Cash’s vestige being exhumed so it can be pranced around the virtual stage for Guitar Hero 5? Kurt Cobain is following suit. I wonder how much money Courtney Love stands to make in all this?
- And remember that retarded looking patent illustration from Sony, for some goofy interface detects the player’s smiles and laughs? Dave (Mauro) found this the other night, and it’s pretty much the greatest thing ever…
- Unhappy that Cave is not releasing any shumps here in America? Well, tell them yourself by shooting them an email! I know Dave already has. At the very least, I just want them to release their stuff on the PS3, since that system is not region locked. Otherwise, the only way I’m going to be able to enjoy the splendors of Mushihime-sama Futari here in America is at the dmauro arcade/kitchen…
- Speaking of the 360 in Japan, guess what just came out? Yup, Dream Club! And to mark the occasion, there was a bus tour…
… Reminds me of the not so impressive looking in comparison, but still fairly neat, as well as actually somewhat creepier Touhou bus that was rolling around during Comiket 76…
- Back to shumps real quick, a bunch of new things have been announced: there’s a new Darius title in the works, of all this, Thexder is getting a revival, and Raystorm is getting a HD revamp for both XBLA and PSN!
- BTW, it’s funny how Brandon Sheffield announced that Insert Credit, after basically gathering dust for month, was officially closing down, and then immediately goes back to updating it with all sorts of neat stuff. Scratch what I said last time, about how the IC might no longer be necessary in this day and age, with so many other blogs out there finding wacky, obscure crap on the internet related to gaming, cuz I’ve yet to see anyone else mention some of the things he’s spotlighted recently, like this ultra terrific Mexican site that does a terrific job connecting various game set-pieces and moves with pro wrestlers and martial artists, or this equally spiffy repository of screenshots for those who either love Saturn games, or chunky 32-bit polygons, or both.
- I too am also super interested in the upcoming 3D Dot Games Heroes…
- Another noteworthy item from the past week is how a Japanese Xbox 360 indie title was recently pulled for content that Microsoft Europe found objectionable. There’s a lot to speak of, including this perceived double standard that Kotaku speaks off, though their use of Dead or Alive is perhaps not the best of examples, since that game you can control the girl and are able to defend yourself/her, whereas in the other title, the female character is being overpowered. Though to what degree is the real issue here, but one that most will not want to seriously consider, since eroge soft is something that freaks everyone. And I can totally understand why. But what really bothers me is how some other region can dictate standards when it comes to taste, which is naturally going to be vastly different depending on where you are on this planet. Not to mention how this is yet another fine example of how digital distribution is far from perfect, and if certain rules and conducts are not firmly established now, it might be too late later down the road.
- Sticking with eroge for just a sec, Siliconera has a nice little write-up on KiraKira, that “game” in which a bunch of girls that are misfits at the their high school try to start a band that I’ve mentioned numerous times in the past. See, it’s not just for total perverts and losers! I’m actually somewhat happy to hear that there’s no sex scenes 3 or 4 hours in. Okay, not really. Can’t wait for my copy of XP to arrive so I can finally nab this and other titles from MangaGamer and Rockin Android.
- Is there a new Okami game in the works? I certainly hope so, as long as… and I know I’m going to get a ton of flack for this… it’s for the PS3 and/or 360.
- Moving onto GameSetWatch, here’s a fairly novel concept: a Super Smash Bros-like title featuring stars of the indie gaming world! I’ll just wait till the final roster comes out before making a list of characters I’d like to see. Hey, Phil Fish, you gonna be a part of this action or what?
- From GSW?s daily GameSetLinks rundown (btw, I should perhaps mention that whenever sometime I post makes it on there, it always brightens up my day EDIT:same goes with Tiny Cartridge as well, naturally) comes yet another reminder of why I’m so desperate to head back to the east, because they mix video games and drinking like no one else. Fans of Brooklyn’s Barcade need not look, lest they wanted to be reminded once again why that place is so ultra lame.
- And here we have the Japanese phenomena known as parasite singes, told in a vaguely video game-like fashion.
- Meanwhile, Tiny Cartridge has an 8-bit ending to some animu that I can confirm is crappy (well, not so much bad, yet exceedingly generic), but somehow managed to score the talents of YMCK.
- Speaking of chiptunes, here’s a cover that’s original to say the least!
- The second Professor Layton game finally came out here in America this week, while Japan is already getting a fourth installment later this November, and will also include an unlockable RPG which, along with yet another recently announced Level 5 title, looks an awful like lot Mother 3.
And that title they were working on with Studio Ghibli? It’s been pushed back into 2010. Oh well.
- Something that really stood out at the recent GamesCon was Tower of Shadow, and as you can see, it’s very reminiscent of Ico, though according to the creator, that’s actually not the case.
Meanwhile, does everyone realize that the Wii’s Kid Icarus-eque platformer, NyxQuest, has been out for like two weeks? Just downloaded and fired it up, and thus far, seems pretty decent! The lack of buzz is rather troubling on quite a few levels.
- Now THIS is how you do a video game ad…
- Recently started replaying the first Ace Attorney. Translation: I’ve basically given up on Devil Survivor, sorry. Anyhow, here we have yet another neat and rather timely piece from Siliconera, about the next game in the series and what could have been.
- Did you wonder what prompted Sony to ditch the Spider Man font for the PS3? The explanation can be found here. I will say, the logo has somewhat grown on me, but it still looks rather lousy on the slim itself; I blame the matte finish mostly, which can make almost anything look ultra chintzy. It also seems rather peculiar on the new box-art designs; maybe it’s something that only really works by itself, with ample breathing room, and with no other typefaces nearby. Too bad Sony has virtually no design sensibilities to speak of these days.
- Guess what just showed up in the mail? A pair of shirts from Uniqlo’s UTxJapan Game line-up, the only two really good ones! I’d snap a picture, but I’m currently charging my camera’s battery, so next time. Maybe when my Persona 4 Teddy statue shows up, which I just heard from National Console Support is on its way. In the meantime, from Tiny Cartridge comes some fairly decent looking No More Heroes shirts. Though I’d still MUCH rather have some of the designs that Travis himself wears in the game.
- A cute little illustration, mostly due to expression that everyone wears…
- One last Tiny Cartridge item: today is the site’s one year anniversary! A hearty congratulation goes to both Eric Caoili and JC Fletcher, for putting together the best damn video game blog out there, which is no mean feat in such a short time. Good job guys.
- Meanwhile at Offworld, Brandon Boyer is currently on a vacation, so in his place are some other folks from Boing Boing I’m presuming. And it’s been interesting seeing how they?ve been running the show… one that?s very effectively Brandon’s, plain and simple. I have to wonder if he would have bothered to report on the 2 Girls 1 Cup Super Mario shirt, or the Super Mario porn. Must admit, that image of a Shy Guy taking off his shirt is pretty damn funny.
- Also must point out these sexy as hell Famicom cell phones. I like the Super Fami one the best myself…
… And yes, I still have a serious thing for mobile phones.
- The idea that Link should maybe be a girl? Not the craziest, IMHO. But Ellen Page as the Hero of Time? Well, I think she’s cute and all, but… Hate to say it, but I think Emma Watson might be far more appropriate.
- Heading back home, here we have some goof who got caught playing Halo in the New York Public Library. What a guy.
- Finally, guess who finally got a Twitter? My fave video game hottie Claire Redfield, that’s who! And a big thanks to Stephen Totilo for the kind words. 
