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Stupid sexy Flanders...

Maybe it's a tumor.

I, too, use my passport as ID quite often (because I don't have a driver's license, and very few places will accept my photo health card as valid ID) and losing it while I'm out using it is one of my larger fears.

So yesterday I finished the original Full Metal Alchemist. Of the two, I think I enjoyed Brotherhood more overall, though FMA had some good things going for it.

In high school I ended up putting a lot of emphasis on being in a relationship and basically defining my life on that fact... Of course this did not end up being a very good way to think. For a little bit I felt like blaming the people I asked out, but after my... oh, 5th or 6th rejection, I realized that its really not their fault, and that maybe I should focus on being a better person if I wanted to be in a relationship with anyone. Just kidding, I got really depressed for a while and it wasn't until college that I realized I was putting too much emphasis on something not worth it, and that I really wasn't doing anything to improve myself.

That makes me feel like I should go and watch some more Miyazaki films. I still haven't seen Howl's Moving Castle or Princess Mononoke.

That smell is how you know its healthy!

Maybe its just because I watch a lot of streams and Lets Plays of games, but I kind of thought the whole "Sharing" thing on now-current-gen was a really good idea.

In fairness, in my experience, installing doors can be a real pain in the ass. Don't get it in quite right and its rubbing on the floor, or not closing all the way, or one of a hundred other things because you accidentally put it in at a tiny bit of an angle...

As someone who hasn't played the game, that was an incredibly interesting bizarre post.

Bumpity bump. Just got this a little while ago for PC, I've been playing it off and on for the past few days. I'm really enjoying it so far. Just one question though: Is there any point in the game where you don't feel like you are completely broke and constantly scavenging everything for a little more cash? Its starting to get tiresome.

That's awesome. "This thing is the best because it does X, Y and Z! I don't know what Z actually is, but this is clearly the best option!"

I like how he goes on and on about Windows XP support because so many people still use it, but never even mentions Mac or Linux.

I find the argument of a toilet being dirtier than another type of toilet to be kind of a stupid argument... even a little shit is too much shit.

It makes me wish the game would be open-source, so they could just hand the guy the source and be like, "Fine. You do it." Seriously, some people are kinda seriously entitled. And just oblivious.

...magical.

It was just meant to be a bit of a joke about how Bowser really is completely forgettable in that game.

Bowser was in Paper Mario Sticker Star? Man, I must have completely forgot! I don't remember seeing him anywhere in that game...

Another! I also used to have the Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book! It was kind of neat, but I never got a chance to play either of the Oracle games so I feel like it was a bit wasted on me. ...also, I don't know if this counts exactly because it wasn't a standalone book, but there was a magazine thingy I got on occasion called "Disney Adventures", and there was I think one issue dedicated to video games. Either that or they had a video game section that had some weird video game related stuff in it each month. Anyways, I remember one of these issues included a thing about Crash Bandicoot, and another one having a little "day in the life of Mario" type of thing. But one of them was a short story about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was about Link meeting the Gorons and defeating the Dodongo. It wasn't until I actually played OoT some months later that I realized it was basically a strategy guide written in a fictional way, it was really cool. Ah! I found some images from other video game stuff in that Disney Adventures magazine:

If we were to include comics I would have to include Sonic the Hedgehog and Megaman comics...

Oh man! I had completely forgotten about the Metal Gear Solid novelizations! I read the novelizations of Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2. They were complete garbage. On the other hand, I was about to start MGS2 when I read the first MGS book, and hadn't played MGS1 in a while, so in a way it was a nice refresher of what happened... even though it turned out I needed basically none of that knowledge at all in MGS2. ...turns out I read a lot of video game novel adaptations. I may have a problem.

I wish there was a Taco Bell closer to my place. As it is I have to ride a bus for almost an hour to get to the nearest one. And I really like their food...

I personally feel that the last few seasons have started getting much better than they were for a while, though still not anywhere near the "golder years" of the show. Although they still pump out a few real stinkers each season. Like the episode revealing Carl Carlson is from Iceland... that was kind of weird, and discredits a lot of other episodes detailing Homer's childhood.

Yes. Yes it is.

Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about the Worlds of Power books! I remember I was in a used bookstore one time and saw the Ninja Gaiden one. I opened it up and read a bit of the first couple of pages, and, if I recall correctly, it started off with the main character doing stuff while blindfolded. (It is worth pointing out at this point that I had never played Ninja Gaiden) I didn't end up buying that book, but the thought stuck with me of an NES game starting with the main character being blindfolded, and how that would work mechanically in a game. Of course I later found out when I actually played Ninja Gaiden that no such consideration was taken and in fact had nothing to do with the game whatsoever, thus making me incredibly disappointed in the game.