Am I the only one who doesn't care about the iPhone?

So, it seems like every news site is going all out with the iPhone, people are already in line for it outside the Apple stores, and the rates are already released. Every day Digg is flooded with topics involving the iPhone topping the most dugg stories each day. Even /. is getting hammered with new articles involving it. Entire websites are going to have to redesign so it is functional with it. But I have to ask, who cares? I know I don't.

Mew Mew Sony Mascot

Build me with paper silly!

Knocked-Up is funnier than 40 y.o virgin

I agree.

DARKNESS!!

I prefer 2D fighting games, and despite the hours I put into 3D fighters unlocking everything and getting like 11 Tekken Lords, I don't consider myself a serious 3D fighter. I remember ordering Tekken Dark Resurrection and reading somewhere about it not having endings before even getting it in the mail.

Well, it was a busy year for video games, so it just kinda sat around for the past like 10 months or whatever. Now, I haven't been playing too many games lately (Couldn't get into Wario: Master of Disguise but DID just start Dragon Quest 8 which I've had sitting around for a year and a half already) but all these pics of Tekken 6 have rekindled my interest. So, I picked it back up.

To my surprise, it actually DOES have all the endings, PLUS endings for the 3 new characters!!! Cool!! Turns out the downloadable PS3 version doesn't have a lot of the features that the PSP one has, either.

Gonna be killin' a lot of time with this one this summer. ...Then forget all the special moves and combos by the time the next one comes out, like I always do.

halo 3 -$51.99, and Nintendo DS browser only for the Lite?

Fry's Outpost currently has the pre-order for Halo 3 at $51.99

Also found at Fry's is a pre-order for the Nintendo DS Browser. It includes a memory expansion and says it will only work on the DS Lite. That is a bummer b/c I have old school DS, and like my old pal. WTF.

Why Knocked-Up is funnier than 40 yr old Virgin?

andy: i watched hot fuzz last night
so good
me: awesome, looking forward to it
I am planning on seeing knocked-up this weekend
andy: i wanna see that hard
looks great
me: heard it was funnier than 40yr old virginian
andy: no wayz
me: mm hmm, heard it!
andy: no wai!
me: mm hmm grl! heard it!
andy: well balls of tits

and there you have it!

New PSP Details! and finding a current 1st gen PSP since the price drop

Kotaku just ran a story about a new 2nd gen PSP. The 2nd gen PSP is using a LED screen. Most nerds know that LED's use minimal current to shine, so the 2nd gen hand held is rumored to have 4 times the battery life of the current model. It is also rumored to be much slimmer, have redesigned buttons, have 8 gigs of memory built in, and load much faster!
Hopefully with they can shoot for a price tag under $170 dollars to make this a serious competitor to Nintendo's DS Lite.


Finding a current Play Station Portable around the area I live in has been difficult.
I went to a couple big retail stores (Wal-Get = wal-mart and target) and the PSP was as scarce as a Wii! I was extremely surprised. It all must account to the recently announced price drop and the new marketing being done to make sure everyone knows that the PSP is now affordable! I assume that Sony priced the PSP lower to prepare for the launch of the 2nd version, and too allow retailers to move the current units to free up that valuable retail space.

Become Suave with teh Ladies and Men? in Japan through your DS

Well Tom, have you bought this yet?
It is a game in japan that simulate giving massages. It teaches the user proper techniques in the art of relaxation.

Check it out here

Diabetics and Video Games

One of my good pals is a diabetic. And diabetics have to check their blood sugar often! and administer insulin! What if their blood sugar level checker was a video game that they had to beat every time in order to get life saving insulin? I am kidding, no matter if they win or lose they would still get the correct reading and be able to administer the correct dosage. Just soemthing I was pondering.

RACE

You guys remember that game on the TI-82 where you guide the little "v" left and right through the "I's" and after a certain amount of time it gets to the point where you can't break concentration without hitting a wall? Well, I just remembered the time I played that game for over 30 minutes straight without blinking to hit a score of 27702. A friend of mine boasted to our entire Algebra 2 class the following day about how he beat my amazing score... then (much) later confessed to cheating with the calculator. The End.

Le Session

Finally TOM figures out how to post a blog. Took me long enough with all the displays being in Japanese and my internet constantly shutting down lately. So I should have something well-prepared by now, right? Well, I don't. But I did get really high before sitting down to write this so... I guess what I'm trying to say is... I ate ALL the gummi cola ;)

Introduction:

The term "Tom Session" dates back as far as college (after I was done with class but when I was still kinda just chillin' on campus) when my roommates and friends finally figured out what to call the way I play video games. Long. Intense. Insane.

Longest? 30 STRAIGHT hours on DBZ Budokai 3. People have died from playing 40. I sat all day in my boxers with a box of cereal. The way Alex tells it, I went to bed at like 4:30 in the afternoon? I'll just take his word for it. I probably didn't even know what day it was.

Feats worth mentioning? Maxing out everyone's STATS in Chrono Trigger on SNES, getting ALL the endings for every racer in F-Zero GX, ALL trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Defeating Bass in Mega Man: Network Transmission (whoa, lotsa hard Gamecube Games!), Completing all Challenges in KoF XI, Unlocking Proto Man and beating EVERY stage Capcom created for Mega Man: Powered Up (as well as every 2D Mega Man game ever released), getting 100% on Yoshi's Island DS, and ALL 108 characters in all 5 Suikoden games, just to name the first few that come to mind. When I unlocked Proto Man, I treated myself to a nice steak dinner!

I also was really into Punch-Out!! I remember beating Nintendo Power's knockout time for Super Punch-Out!!'s last boss "Nick Bruiser!"

More series I've dominated (other than Mega Man) include most (possibly all) things Mario, Kirby, 2D Metroid, and every Zelda game except for Twilight Princess (someday). RPG's I like include FF 1, 2, and 4-9, Lunar 1-2, Lufia 1-3, Breath of Fire 1-4, Xenogears, Alundra, Wild Arms 1-2, Seiken Densetsu 1-2 ("Mana" games), and again, Chrono Trigger and Suikoden 1-5 (and Tactics). Fighting games I'm into include The King of Fighters, Street Fighter, and Samurai Spirits (Shodown). Other stuff I'm into include River City Ransom and Katamari.

I've been slowing down on video games a lot lately, though but this sabbatical will end once any of the following come out: KoF MI: Reg A (English?), Mega Man ZX Advent, Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, FF Tactics: The War of the Lions, DBZ BT 3, KoF 98 Ultimate Match, Samurai Spirits Sen and KoF XII.

These are the things in life I look forward to. The rest is what I'm most proud of. I'm Tom and this has been a session. I also like drinking Sparks and playing iToy (Sparks = PLURAL).

Hawt Gamestop Sale!

Gamestop has a hawt sale going on this weekend. Biggest deal is Starcraft Battle Chest for 10 bones. They are also advertising some sweet pre-order swag and forza 2 which I have coming from Buy.com... for $50!!!!!!! and free shipping!