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…buying “Mario Bros” instead of “Super Mario Bros”. Brilliance! Oh well, it’ll be fun if a friend comes over I guess.

This system is pretty slick. I was surprised it didn’t come with an S-Video cable, although I’m sure research would have revealed this. I do like the built-in wi-fi, and that Nintendo managed to make it so this thing can speak to WPA WAPs. (Bizarrely, the DS can only speak to ancient WEP devices).

I’m waiting for some games to come in via Amazon used game merchants, but so far I really dig the sports games. Except baseball. I can’t figure out how to pitch well, or something, and I couldn’t figure out how to quit prematurely other than going back to the home menu. I’m sure this is all stuff explained in some manual somewhere, but I’m a busy man!

Of course, everyone else in the world has already reviewed the thing, so you don’t need to hear me blather on. I was shocked to see 3 Wii’s at a Target in Northgate, it was my understanding that the console was still largely unavailable, and an insider informed me that they were actually reducing production staff rather than increasing it. Also bizarre.

Anyway, after all that it turns out I really suck at Super Mario Bros. Ah well, time to practice.

While in nethack, I’ve observed that:

• when I’m trying to chase a monster down, I often tap the keys more rapidly
• when I am about to strike at a monster I’ve been chasing, I hit the key extra hard
• when I am near a sleeping nymph I tap the keys lightly
• I am actually gravely concerned when I see a cockatrice, after way too many insta-deaths

Only while not in nethack do I observe just how much time I have spent on the game.

So far I’ve received: Magic The Gathering “Core Game”, w/ 2 starter packs, a guide, a “collectable premium card”, and some extra cards, along with “Magic Online”, a PC version of the game. 2 booster packs for MTG. A copy of Project Gotham Racing 3. A t-shirt from 1UP.com. $10,000, if I was the first to solve a puzzle (find out tomorrow, but I bet I wasn’t). And, this thing:

What the hell is it?

The taste of bawls is surprisingly good.
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Sweet. Won a copy of PGR3 from Microsoft. More racing goodness.
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Watching the video of someone beating Zelda in 30 is funny. The crowd is passionate about his methods — he uses secrets and exploits, so there are many cheers, and many boos. More the former than the latter at least.

Too fun.
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Sweet. I guess people who pre-registered don’t have to wait in line after 9 or so. So I got to walk straight in.

I can’t believe I got a sunburn yesterday, going to a *video game* convention.
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A bunch of people were using the DS’s built-in Pictochat program. It’s a whiteboard/text chat that runs wirelessly (but not on the 802.11b chip).

There were many crudely drawn wangs and crudely drawn breasts. Until I combined the two.

“Is that a woman,” someone asked.

“Sorta.”
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