01.08.08
The Calmness of WAIT HOLY CRAP
These past few weeks I’ve been pretty heavily indulging in the geeky pursuits closer to the LJ-style than those things which would be applicable to blog entries. That naturally leans a bit more towards these posts being somewhat leaner than the LJ posts; then again, to be totally honest, after a month and a half of neglecting gaming and anime in favor of writing, the balance needs to be maintained again. I wouldn’t count on my attention wandering back to writing for a few more weeks, anyway, but I assure you it will in time, especially given that I’m likely to be doing up the first batch of query letters at some point this week.
On Thursday I’ll likely have something to say about life that’s a bit… let’s call it, unorthodox for me. There’s also tech news from CES rolling in, and that’s completely neglecting the matter of the upcoming Macworld show where undoubtedly people will be inundated with remorse over their post-Christmas impulse purchases of iPods or iPhones. (I came about twenty minutes away from breaking down and getting an iPod Touch myself these past couple weeks, but I didn’t, and I’m counting my blessings with each rumor that arises.) If there’s one thing that I really miss, it’s a May E3; still, I remember when there was no E3, and CES was the big event for both tech and gaming. I’m sure I’m not the only one to remember reading about CES in Nintendo Power long, long ago. Anyway, the tech news might be better held on to until the middle of next week.
Unrelated and slightly gaming-related: Playing through the first few bits of StarTropics last night, I came across an NPC proclaiming herself to be “Miss C-Island 1990″. And holy crap did that make me feel old. Hmm… now that I think about it… Well, I’ll just keep that idea quiet for now.
Catch you all tomorrow on the other side. Maybe with some thoughts on StarTropics and a quick update on Eternal Sonata.
Also: After finishing the post for today, Steve over at the Wicked Good Podcast brought it to my attention that The Mole is returning. Let me repeat that so it sinks in: The Mole is returning. Twice before was I denied the opportunity to go on the show, but now… NOW….
Ismail Saeed said,
01.09.08 at 7:05 pm
I remember her being Ms. Coralcola 1990. But uh, did she say Ms. C-Island? I remember Ms. Coralcola and Ms. Miracola.
And yes, I remember mention of CES back then in Nintendo Power, but I didn’t quite understand and the text looked dense and un-directly-related enough that I rarely read much of that coverage. Re-reading it now in the PDFs would be an interesting blast to the past, kind of like how the first issue of Nintendo Power actually documents the famous Dragon Quest 3 line phenomenon in a sidebar.
John said,
01.11.08 at 8:09 am
Oh, as for this– yes, it was “Coralcola” and not C-Island. Later on, Miss Miracola still asks you the same question, which re-confirmed it for me. The post’s inaccuracy was me misremembering, though given the “Yoyo” -> “Star” change, it’s understandable that there would be concerns of other text changes. Still, if they were going to change that, they could change the date, too. It’s bad when I can’t recall something that happened just the previous night.