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So the first week back to work from training has been rough. On a lighter note, I found this video on Digg today. Pure comic gold!

I knew three out of four, and I have to agree that Aeris’ death is definately number one on this list.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20079877/?pg=1#games_top5_070801

He’s lucky the marine wasn’t carrying a gun.

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You find this. You can check out the guys website here. I would avoid reading both links at work.

So I’m sitting in Port Columbus (CMH) waiting for my flight, and I decide to pull out my Mac. After checking to make sure nothing is on fire at work, I decide to hit Digg up. Here is one of the more amusing stories that is not safe for work. After blowing a half hour on digg, I decided to play WoW for a bit. After freaking out the people around me with the game noise, I decided to blog about it. And yes, I know I’m weird.

http://xkcd.com/400/

Being handed a knife.

Nicci: “Knives are not my talent.”

Kahlan: “It’s not hard. When the time is right, just stick the pointed end somewhere important in someone you really don’t like.” 

Nicci: “I think I can do that much.”

Exchange between Nicci and Kahlan in “Confessor”, the final book of Terry Goodkinds “Sword of Truth” series.

Found this little video on Digg today. It is so true.

Well aside from being my birthday, today is also a special day. Today is the birthday of the late great Douglas Adams, writer of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. In honor of his birthday, and mine, I like to drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. I do make some modifications to the recipe like using Apple Pucker in the place of Gatorade to make it taste a little better. The fact is, no matter what you do, it is still going to taste horrible. Drink it shot wise being sure to swallow the shot whole without tasting it (an art form in itself). You might also want to have a chaser handy.

I also want to send a thanks out to Katy for drinking and playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl with me tonight. You rock!

So for those of you who don’t live in Ohio, we got nailed by about a foot of snow Friday afternoon to Saturday night. Needless to say, I didn’t leave my apartment till Sunday morning.

Now I know what you are thinking, why in the world I brave the road conditions if they were so bad. Easy, my preorder for Super Smash Brother Brawl came in.

So I made my way out to the garage and spotted what I thought to be a problem. The snow removal service for my complex had cleaned the roads for the complex, however they had failed to plow the section in front of the garages. This left about 4 feet of snow about a foot high butting up next to my garge door. I opened the door, got in the car and said fuck it. I floored it and plowed my car out on the first try. Woot!

So I’m driving down the street. Its mostly plowed but really just a lane of packed powder. Those rally racing skill I picked up playing Gran Turismo really paid off. Although I’m not sure you can get rally tires on a Mazda 3 4-door.

So I popped into Gamestop to pick up my game. Here is the conversation as I was checking out.

GS Employee: Hey Mario Kart is coming out in April would…

Me: (Cutting him off) Sure. What’s the minimum for pre-order

GS Employee: $5

Me: Do that.

I slide my way back home, and slip the game into the console. It was like an old friend coming home on a new console. So I pick up and Wii Mote and Nuchuck and wasted my entire afternoon. Well I wouldn’t call it a waste, but it was fun.

So about the game. The classic mode is everything that made the series great. All of the characters I care about are there. Some of the new ones are pretty cool too (Solid Snake, Sonic, and Zero Suit Samus to name a few). The story mode however does lack something, namely a cohertent story. I mean my nephew, who started middle school, could write a better fan fiction story than the thing they threw together. But let’s be honest, if you bought this game for the story you should be drug out in the street and shot.

So are you still wondering what a donkey kick. Its a kick that Zelda had in Melee, and presumably has in Brawl, that can knock you off the board for good at only 30% damage. Its what I like to refer to as her “I Win” button. Granted any decent player can avoid it, but it only takes one time lucky to feel the pain.

Speaking of the “I Win” button, I think I’ve mashed it so may times using different characters this afternoon that I have become numb to the carnage. God did I miss Smash Brothers.