Cleaning out my Closet. Literally.

   One of my primary goals over my week away from work was to clean my room. I decided, sense I really had a few days with nothing to do, that I need to deep clean my room. Started by pulling everything out of my closest; Including old games, about 4 Sega Genesis (or would it be 4 Sega Genesi? English is tough some days.), the Japanese Evangelion Manga 1-6, and clothing I'd never wear again. After about 1 & 1/2 ful 30 gal trash bags later, I had it all cleaned out.
   Packed up 2.5 years worth of Shonen Jump & placed them in my closet & took all of my electronics out of my dresser and filled it with clothing that was previously in a basket near my bed. That's right, the dresser is now full of clothing. Took down everything off my walls, and wiped the dust off my wall scrolls & figure collections I have on the walls. Scrubbed the walls, the baseboards, vacuumed 3 times. Despite the fact I was getting tired, I kept energetic with the soundtracks of Labyrinth, Little Shop of Horrors, & Tron Legacy.
   Finally, I did something I never thought I'd do.. I packed away 80% of my video game collection. Before that, I took some pictures of the most horrifying disappointment in my entire collection. The one thing, that to this day, I weep whenever I think about it.
  

There are no games here, only Zool.

   Really? Did Atari need to release this birth defect of a gaming system onto the masses? Why do the cartridges look like a copy of Sonic & Knuckles that melted in the sun? Why does the controller look like a rejected cell phone from AT&T? Then there is Zool, the sole game in my Atari Jaguar collection.

"Let's be different" they said.

   Zool was a decent platformer game from the SNES-platformaga Era in video games, and was originally created for the Amiga in 1992 to be a rival for Sonic the Hedgehog. Zool almost beat Sonic 2 in sales, making it the best selling game in 1993 for the Amiga. The game then was ported to all current generation systems at the time, despite the fact that Zool's Wikipedia page doesn't mention that it came out for the Jaguar. The Jaguar port itself was a decent port of the game, but that big bitch issue goes back to the controller.

Same basic shape as a Dreamcast controller;

   This thing makes the first Xbox controller comfortable. The A,B, & C buttons are reversed from what we're used to, possibly confusing a lot of gamers.  I'm not sure if they were planning on using the phone-like keys for something decent, but this controller is probably the ugliest thing I have in my gaming collection. I even own Shaq Fu for the Genesis, and I find it less revolting then the controller for the Jaguar. I'll give it a little credit in one area: It doesn't look as bad as Vegeta's moustache.

E3 2011

   As much as I don't want to see to much about E3 this year, due to the fact that I cannot afford to go to a certain anime convention that takes place at the same convention center less then a month later. So, I haven't been all over E3 news as much as I usually can. ; ;
   So a quick rundown:

   Nintendo Announced Wii U, a Wii console that lives up to PS3 & 360 standards. As awesome as this sounds, this my be to late in the game. Unless this system can match pricing with the Sony's & Microsoft's systems, there will not be much hope here. If it is better then current consoles? Awesome, way to get your foot in the door early on Nintendo. Nintendo did give us a lot of 1st & 3rd party games, including some very exciting 3DS games. As for games, all the main players come back: Mario, Link, Kirby, and many others will be returning with new games. Plenty of exciting new titles that we should see by years end. Also, for you DSi users, you can now download Zelda Four Swords for free from your DSi stores.

   Sony has apologized for it's outage, announced that the NGP will be renamed Vita & sold as two different units; both concerning themselves with that sort of internet they can use. Sony then apologized again for it's outage, and one more time. Sky 4 was announced, making me want to try the first three games sense they have been released for the Ps3. Also there was more talk about 3D support.

   Microsoft... was big money even at E3? Something about more support for the Kinect. I did see that Halo was being remade for HD, but I think that was announced before E3. 

Actually this comic explains everything.

   In all honestly, I'm not impressed by the big 3. Nintendo should of had the Wii U out last year, Xbox could of been doing a little better in the R&D department, and Sony.. well, they were very sorry. Not sorry enough to give me games I don't already own, but sorry none the less.

Quickies

First and formost:
   Sorry for not being around the last few weeks. I've have quite an adventurous last few weeks, and I'll be sure to fill in some detail tomorrow;

For now, I'm tired and I am going to play FFXI.

I'm going to rest dreaming of clown college.

KAJI'S WEEKEND IN REVIEW: WOW! I FAIL!

List attempted:
Download & Reinstall CuteFTPlite
  Update FFXI (Because I want to play Saturday Evening!)
  Download "Nyan Koi." Short harem anime series; Been watching to many serious anime lately.
  Organize Pictures on Hard Drive (Something that will never be completed.)
  Sleep
  Vacuum Bedroom
  Pick-Up Bathroom
  Go threw Laundry and get rid of things that are damaged or to small.
  Finish S.D. 0 Gundam (Need to see if Yopo will lemme borrow some of her nicer paint brushes~)
  Work on Gundam Wing a little.
  Sleep


List Completed:
Download & Reinstall CuteFTPlite
  Update FFXI
  Played FFXI
  Download "Nyan Koi."
  Played FFXI
  Sleep
  Work on Gundam Wing a little.
  Watched Indiana Jones & The Lase Crusade & Harry Potter 1-4.
  Played FFXI
  Sleep

So, I got most of it done? Right? RIGHT?!

KAJI'S WEEKEND: Episode 1: WOW! KAJI HAS ALOT OF PROJECTS!

   With this being the first true weekend out of my loving daughter's softball, and the first weekend with my love out of school, I decided to make some decent plans for this weekend. Decent plans for you may be going out on a date, partying with friends, or getting drunk and playing WoW. For me? Well..

  Download & Reinstall CuteFTPlite
  Update FFXI (Because I want to play Saturday Evening!)
  Download "Nyan Koi." Short harem anime series; Been watching to many serious anime lately.
  Organize Pictures on Hard Drive (Something that will never be completed.)
  Sleep
  Vacuum Bedroom
  Pick-Up Bathroom
  Go threw Laundry and get rid of things that are damaged or to small.
  Finish S.D. 0 Gundam (Need to see if Yopo will lemme borrow some of her nicer paint brushes~)
  Work on Gundam Wing a little.
  Sleep

Mind you, all of this will be moot if the Rapture happens. o.o;

Copyright SquareEnix

FFXI: The End of Perfect Ataraxia

   I joined my second Dynamis group back in April of '07, and was very well accepted as a Taru BLM. Back in those times, the group usually ran with around 20-30 players, and it was hard getting to know everyone. In the last few years we've become a smaller group lucky to have 12 players that where not a mule or second characters. We've had some amazingly fun runs, some very frustrating and difficult runs, and even some laid back runs. There would be nights where nothing dropped and it felt like a pointless run, then there would be nights that we'd leave an area feeling like thieves. Often we'd play together outside of Dynamis, so it was like having a small family. It was alot of fun, and I'd like to personally thank the leaders, long term members, and even short term members.

   This post goes out to all the current and previous members of the Perfect Ataraxia Linkshell, of the FFXI

Quetzalcoatl server.

   Thank you. Just because we're not part of a Linkshell anymore, you're all still my friends. Never hesitate to call me.

 

PSN Revival: Time to Bribe, erm, Thank Gamers.

It only does something.

   Sony feels bad for only doing offline for about a month now sense the hack. Bad enough to want to reward players with not only 30 days of Playstation+ (MUST DOWNLOAD FREEGAMES NAO!!) but also offering 4 free full games as an apology.

Choose from two (2) PS3 games:

Dead Nation (Think SmashTV with Zombies)
inFAMOUS (If you don't own it, you better own it after this.)
LittleBigPlanet (Great fun, but I think most people own it.)
Super Stardust HD (Looks like Geometry Wars.)
Wipeout HD + Fury (Remake of an older game, kinda reminds me of Tron racing)

Obviously the best deal here is inFAMOUS & LittleBIGPlanet. I already own them both, so I'll probably get Dead Nation & Wipeout on my girlfriend's Ps3 & get WipeOut & Stardust on my Ps3. ^^


Then, pick two (2) PSP games:

LittleBigPlanet (LBP on the go!)
ModNation Racers (Mario-Kart esque gameplay.)
Pursuit Force (Older PSP game, looks interesting. Got decent reviews.)
Killzone Liberation (FPS4PSP)

Unsure my decisions on this one. Definitely on LBP, so my daughter can play it on the go. I'll probably post my decision later on. It'll be last second, no doubt.

   The downside to this is that the PSN Store isn't up yet, but should be shortly. Remember kids: We only have 30 days after the store is online to download our freebies. There are alot of great games in here, so don't be shy.