Sony Embarasses Itself

As a followup to Rrriiiiidge Racer! from last week, I have a five minute video presenting the absolute low-lights of Sony’s E3 Press Conference. Is it somewhat unfair? Yes, certainly. Does it take advantage of all the dumb shit Kaz Hirai had to say at E3? Most definitely. Does Sony deserve this negative attention given all of the grandiose statements they’ve made over the past two years? Absolutely yes.

It tuns out that the 5 minute video is essentially an ‘ad’ for (my new favorite website) wii60.com. Sony couldn’t have played the month of May any worse than they have, between the anemic E3 showing, Heavenly Sword falling out of the launch window, and Sony’s ludicrous recent statements about how they’d sell 5 million PS3s even without any games available for the console.

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May 23, 2006

Bellevue Traffic

Dear 405,
Fuck you.

Love,
Aaron

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May 19, 2006

Riiiiidge Racer!

For all of you who missed Sony’s lame-ass E3 press conference last week, someone has compressed all of the salient points into a one minute clip on YouTube.

For those of you unwilling to invest that minute, here are the highlights:
– Riiiiiidge Racer!
– $599
– Riiiiiidge Racer!
– Take part in authentic Japanese battles, like one featuring a gigantic crab boss.

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May 16, 2006

Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane

And on a lighter note, how can you do anything but simply love a movie entitled Snakes on a Plane? I mean, really, it’s pure fucking genius. It hits theaters on August 18, 2006.

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May 16, 2006

You Know Your Presidency is Screwed When…

You know your Presidency is screwed when Bill Clinton polls better on honesty than you. Yeah, I know that the actual results fall within the polls margin of error, but it’s a pretty bad sign that they’re ranked equally in this category. Everyone agrees that Bill Clinton lied…about getting blown by an intern. To the best of my knowledge, Dubya ‘only’ got us embroiled in a war on false pretenses. That’s all.

Other results: Americans think that Clinton did a better job than Bush on…
– On the economy, 63% to 26%
– On solving the problems of ordinary Americans, 62% to 25%
– On foreign affairs, 56% to 32%
– On taxes, 51% to 35%
– On handling natural disasters, 51% to 30%
– On national security, 46% to 42% (within MoE)
– On honesty, 46% to 41% (within MoE)

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May 15, 2006

Nintendo DS Lite = w00t

As much of a hater as I was when I first saw it, I’ve subsequently been convinced that the Nintendo DS is hot shit. The only problem that I see with it is that it’s bulky and friggin’ ugly. Thus, Nintendo’s announcement of the imminent availability for the DS Lite here in the United States was met with much excitement from me. I pre-ordered one back on the 7th, and now I am patiently waiting for one month. In the mean time, I have begun researching which games are must-haves right now, and what I need to go pre-order (Final Fantasy III comes to mind immediately).

In no particular order, here are the games I’ll be picking up next month:

Final Fantasy III and Children of Mana are obvious candidates once they’re released, as is the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game that is forthcoming. One thing that surprises me about the DS is the dearth of quality RPGs available for the platform at present. I would’ve expected there to be more available at this point. Oh well, 2006 looks like it’ll be good to the DS in this field, and I can exercise some patience, especially since I’ll be wasting away tons of time on the aforementioned games already. Good times.

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May 10, 2006

Hookergate!

How can you not love a scandal with this name? Porter Goss, the unqualified CIA director, resigned unexpectedly today in events that appear linked to the Duke Cunningham bribery and hooker scandal. Party of morals and family values indeed.

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May 5, 2006

Hail Xenu!

How can you not love this? A group of disaffected, Internet-era youngsters have pooled together $4000 to rent a plane that will fly over the site of M:I-3’s Hollywood premiere. A banner reading “Hail Xenu LOL <3 OT" and "The Baby is Xenu's" will be attached to the plane.

For those not in the loop, Xenu is the evil alien overlord who, according to those wacky Scientologists, killed billions of people 75 million years ago. It just gets weirder from there. I highly recommend reading the aforementioned Wikipedia article.

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May 4, 2006

Sigur Ros

I saw Sigur Ros last night at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The show was absolutely spectacular. Nothing more really needs to be said, honestly.

Set List:
intro
glossoli
ny batteri
saeglopur
njosnavelin
e-bow
gong
andvari
hoppipolla
med blodnasir
olsen olsen
vidrar vel til loftarasa
svo hljott
heysatan
halsol

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May 4, 2006

Drunkenbatman on the Notion of Marriage

I was just chatting with Drunkenbatman on Messenger. What follows is a lightly edited copy of our conversation.

drunkenbatman says:
was dealing with some wedding stuff
aaron says:
huh?
aaron says:
who’s getting married?
drunkenbatman says:
cousin
aaron says:
ah ok
aaron says:
thought you were going to say you were, there, for a sec
drunkenbatman says:
oh hells no.
drunkenbatman says:
hells. no.
aaron says:
:-)
drunkenbatman says:
thanks for ruining my evening by even suggesting that
drunkenbatman says:
hells. fucking. no.

Sorry ladies, looks like you’re all out of luck.

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May 2, 2006