Man, oh man. I wake up in the morning, perform my morning rituals (nothing can beat arm-wrestling a T-Rex at 6 AM) and look outta the window. And there it is. SNOW. The streets were covered with bright matter, causing my eyes to burn. I then ran outside and rubbed this matter in them, causing them to cease their fiery revolt and apple hands. I hate snow, man. I really do. Don't you? Well, no matter, now it's ALL OVER THE PLACE.

Another thing that's all over the place is a hot topic: da piggy illness. Looks like I can't enjoy my daily pig gut baths for some time.. My school currently has the most confirmed cases of swine flu in the whole capital city, with nearly 200 students absent with it. That's.. a lot. And the Gov't is late with the vaccine, and the shots can't be given in a while (even though they were meant to be handed out weeks ago). My sister's got it, but she's slowly but surely starting to recover.

I decided to get Tekken 6 instead of Fallout 3. I actually found the GOTY Edition for 30 euros, but Tekken's the most fun with friends. I'm going to a friend's place for a fighting game weekend tomorrow, and we'll play it there. However, Guilty Gear wasn't released Nov. 1st in Finland, despite it being the European release date.. Oh well. I had heard lots of bad stuff of Tk6's "story" mode, but I never expected it to be as bad as it is! The Arena located within the mode is pretty nice, but the character stories have become pretty lame and there are only like 3-5 matches per character instead of the usual 8-9. Oh, and the series has seen lots of annoying final bosses, but this one takes the crown EASILY. My God, that Azazawhatevah is A POOPYHEAD.

Ah, still no Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 table for Zen Pinball. x.x' At least there's the free Brutal Legend add-on.. And a 3D Dot Game Heroes theme for my PS3.

I got Umihara Kawase Shun for the DS a while back, by the way! It's a remake of a VERY addicting cIassic platformer. There isn't much to say about it -- if you've played it, you know what the DS version is like. There are some extra options, such as a DS-exclusive control scheme and a new mode, but otherwise it's the same old extremely enjoyable gameplay. Who doesn't like flinging around with a rope?

Ooooh. Namco Bandai has released a mysterious.. teaser site.. for an upcoming project. Come on, what's this crappy little fashion that game developers follow? A week from now means a Thursday shock, which usually means Famitsu leaks a few days in advance and probably a Jump leak the weekend before. When did you become so predictable, Japanese game announcement cycle?

Anyone else hyped for 3D Dot Game Heroes!? The game was just released in Japan. It has a character creation tool that kicks a lot of behind. Seriously. People have made Solid Snake, Rorona, Cloud and all kinds of other awesome characters. From Software has also made a bunch of other characters (available for download!) as well as.. LINK. Yes, From Software (kind of) put in Link. So this is what a 3D retro Zelda could've been like..

Anyways, not only does my Internet connection malfunction, but my Windows as well. So, no updates (at least on my own computer) until I install that Windows 7. I'm off to do homework now, but I'll be sure to check your blogs during today. Later, then!

Hello, everyone. Having a jolly good time, are we? Oh yes we are. No wait -- we aren't. We're bored. And I'm writing this in the IT cIass. I just finished a health ed essay, so I can browse da netz for like another.. 35 minutes. What? I'm a quick writer. And you're not. Ha!

Man I'm sleepy. Had to drag myself alllll the way here in that delightful weather. And by delightful I mean horrible. And by horrible I mean OH GOD RUN IT MELTS OFF YOUR SKIN!!

What's keeping me alive right now, though, is my hype for Jump Festa and Games Japan Festa. The latter will be held Nov 14-15, while.. Jump Festa takes its time, entertaining us on Dec 19-20. The lineups for both events have been announced, and boy are they great. Some of my most anticipated DS and PSP titles mostly, plus a few multiplat action titles like Sengoku Basara 3 and such. However, Tecmo has a SECRET title to present us with at Games Japan Festa. Oooooooo. I wonder what it is! Hopefully nothing lame.

Hmm.. No way. With the latest concept art for weapons, enemies and.. uh.. costumes.. I might actually be recovering my Bayonetta hype! Even though SEGA completely ruined the "port"! Anyways, there are rumors that SEGA might be improving the game for its Western release. Sounds pretty farfetched to me, but hey, I can always hope.

Speaking of hopeful hype, new gameplay and a hands-on of Dementium II have hit! Woot! Dementium was probably the eeriest DS horror game since Nanashi no Game. Can't wait to see more, and I'm happy they're this far with the development.

Sooo. DSi. Have ya heard the full name, announced by Nintendo? Nintendo DSi Big Screen, also known as DSi BS! Man, that's a fitting name. Seriously, Ninty, stop upgrading your consoles constantly (Sony does that enough) and make a new console for a change! Stuff like this is not cool.

Kojima has written a followup to his "promise" of Zone of the Enders 3, by the way! His promise blog got gazellion views.. *tries to imagine a gazellion* ..Wow, now I know why lions don't have horns. Anyways, and uh, people from Kojima Productions have been asking when he's gonna make it. In reply, he said "Please wait a little more" in a freaking cool fashion. Because, seriously, could Kojima get ANY MORE COOLER!?

I got Hero's Saga Laevatein Tactics and Nostalgia for the DS, by the way! You may look forward to my impressions in the near future. Oh, I also got Wipeout HD, been playing it for a while and it's just simply awesome. More on that in my next blawggie as well.

Yeah, err.. Yeah. My cIass is nearly finished, but I should be able to go through a few blogs. While you're waiting, check out this blazin' new Opening Trailer for none other than BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. Might actually get me back to BB, this one.

Laters!

Hiya. It's your buddy, Khezschnik here. But don't call me that, or I'll rip a demonic baby-spawning hole in the ground. Oh yes. I'm not joking.

I still don't have a working Internet connection at my place. So boring. In this blog, I'll have to use a category system thingy.

Sooo. How's it goin'? I seem to be catching a cold.. Again. This is the third time within a month! x.x I hope it won't develop into a tough one.. Again, again. As if that's not enough, the grand ball was horrible. Aside from dancing, there was only SingStar, board games and horribly overpriced lemonade. I'll just skip it next year, seriously. Too much traumas.

Randomnessisityism

Changed my avatar, as you may have noticed. From an orange thingy to another, this time it's Pyro Jack. Since he's the very start of the celebration of Halloween and an awesome character in a great RPG series, I thought he's a good pick. Now, Jack, how about you lend me a lantern of that awesome Magic stat!?

I don't really celebrate Halloween, though. It's not that big of a thing and it forces you to choose between giving away your candy and getting bombed with eggs. Pretty annoying if you ask me. However, I did order a couple of Halloween-themed goods..

I only got Kuro, since I already have Toro in a summer festival costume. Oh, the pumpkin's removable. Revoltech makes pretty great figurines, and I'm a huge fan of Toro and Kuro, as you probably know. I wonder if I have to get Christmas editions soon.. Oh, I also got this:

Yup. Well, he's not that Halloween-themed, being spooky around the year and all. Brook's my favorite character in One Piece (which is pretty much the only ongoing anime I watch; Sgt. Frog I only do as manga, after all).He's just so awesome! This figure's pretty small, and of the "construct it yourself" kind. Until a huge, high-quality Brook statue is released, I'll just worship this one. Man, I'm such a geek. But then again, dinosaurs are cool as heck.

Games

So, I've been playing quite a few games. I finished Brutal Legend (which was awesoooooome!) and I totally give it a 9.5. It's really near a perfect game, having been built around metal and all. The only minuses are its short length and somewhat kersnatchylistic textures. Other than minor visual and.. spatial.. time-related.. whatevery issues, one of the best games of the year.

On the DS, I tried out A Witch's Tale, which was a huge disappointment. Unlike I expected from Nippon Ichi, the story's clichéd and the battle system boring. It was boring but playable, if you don't happen to have any better games. Same goes for the Wizard of Oz. Well, the battle system is somewhat intuitive, but the story's not interesting enough to keep you.. well, concentrated. It's different from the original, in case you were about to say that the story's not boring. But yeah, it was okay.

Right now, other than going through Ninja Gaiden and Brutal Legend in loops, I'm playing Shounen Sunday x Shounen Magazine: White Comic on the DS. Don't know it? Oh you crazy parrotmonkeys, Shounen Sunday and Magazine are the biggest shounen manga mags after Jump. Conan and Zetsubou Sensei, for example, are "theirs". White Comic's an RPG with the greatest characters from Sunday and Magazine. Sure, the story's really lame and is just an excuse for so many ass-kicking characters to appear in one place, much like Jump Ultimate Stars' story mode. The battle system is nice and the dialogue is hilarious. It does have a little kanji, but not too much so that I can understand about 90% of it.

A strange friendship, huh? Conan appears in the very beginning to explain stuff and isn't seen again until further in the story. There are characters from hundreds of series. I give it a 9 for its excellency, with only the story as a grief. Only for Japanese speakers, mind you.

Now, the final issue. Tekken 6 or Fallout 3? I can afford only one of these. I need to get GGXXAC+ on Nov. 1 (its Euro release date), and that can't happen without.. money. So, a fighting heaven with Tekken and Guilty Gear or RPG goodness plus bloody pixel badassness?

That's it, I guess. Sorry for such a long blog (took me 2 sessions on separate days to write!). I'll see ya around and check your blogs asap. Hail to the llama box, and don't forget to hype Henry's NMH playable debut and the new Beatmania! So much hype, all over me. Oh yes. Rub it gooood.