Thinking Outside the Box of Failure

Y'know, I can come to terms with my weaknesses. And one such weakness is my general inability to think outside the box. It tends to hang me up in certain video game puzzles, I'll tell you. XD

A great example is in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS. Well, in PH there's a part where you need to get a stamp from a map on the wall onto the map you have to mark the next place to go. Well, when you examine the map on the wall, you get your map on the DS' bottom screen and the wall's map on the top, upside down. Perhaps the solution seems obvious to you, but I spent ages tapping and sliding on the touch screen, trying to get something to happen. I actually got the solution accidentally... my DS' battery was getting low and I, since I was in the car at the time and had no interest in saving and having to start over the dungeon, closed my DS to save power. When I opened, wow, what do you know, that was the puzzle. I had to close my DS to line up the screens and transfer the stamp... wow.

I guess that's excusable. Buuut you know there's a problem when you can't figure out in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption that you need to actually examine and press a button instead of scanning it as is a Metroid Prime staple... jeez. I guess I had the excuse that it was a demo in a public place. I guess.

At least I can hope that I'm learning from the Ace Attorney series, what with having to think outside the boxes on plenty of cases. At least I can hope.

Coraline + Pikmin 2 or something

Today, I went to see Coraline. In glorious computer 3D of epic! Now, I haven't read the book (though I probably will now), so I can't judge it based on that, but I really liked the movie. It seemed like it was really well adapted. Just about the only problem I had with it was the animation had some choppy parts, especially at the beginning... however, it seemed like it actually might have been on purpose, as the entire movie seemed claymation-esque. I really did like the movie, though. Especially the story.

...Still not as good as WALL-E, though. :P

Oh, and just recently I beat Pikmin 2. Which is saying something, since I've had it since, like, its initial release. Which was ages ago. Well, technically I had done the first part of the game ages ago, but had never finished the main story part two or gotten all the treasures. Which I did. And I must say, the final boss is EPIC. It wasn't too hard (probably in part due to the fact that I started that game when I had the terrible moral of playing games with the guide in my lap the entire way) but required a lot of startegy and was just... pretty cool overall.

...Still have to beat Challenge Mode though. DANG Challenge Mode. HATE IT. >_>

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Currently actively playing:
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Elite Beat Agents
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A rather random question

I PROMISED I'D KEEP REGULARISH UPDATES AND I INTEND TO KEEP THAT PROMISE!

So, yeah. I just got done adding printed box art to my used games without it, so yay. For the moment, I can't say I have much to say. I know there was something I wanted to rant about, but I can't remember what it was...

Oh, well.

Random Question of the Day
Please give your opinion in the comments.

If someone was theoretically able to travel faster than the speed of light while maintaining their standard physical form (as in, not turning into energy), what would that person see?
1)Normal
2)Things ahead of them
3)Things behind them
4)They wouldn't be able to see

OMG I finally made a blog!

...as per usual, it takes me forever to actually DO something, as anyone who has seen any of anything I've done should know quite well. This time, I made a blog! Why not? I figure it should get updated more often than my website, and I often have a good amount to say.

So... let's start this off. First post will just be a long list of some favorites of mine, just so you can know what to expect. Why not?

EDIT x A GAJILLION: Sorry about the formatting... the editor thing glitched up the HTML and screwed it all up. It's fixed now, along with some nasty typoes I typed.

Video Games
Favorite Game Overall: Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Yeah, I play Brawl more now, but Melee gets this spot because it was such a jump from the N64 original. Also, I like Melee's single player better overall. The pre-set stuff just doesn't do it for me.
Favorite Single-Player: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (DS)
The best of the wonderful Ace Attorney series, if you ask me. The plot is just so... epic. I mean, the rest of the series have great enough plots, but this one ties together all the cases and... well I'll shut up in fear of spoilers. Notable, Portal gets second place but just wasn't long enough.
Favorite Multiplayer: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Just barely beats Melee because of the chaotically fun items and stages. Kind've odd to put it above Melee when I said I liked Melee best overall, but hey.
Favorite Character: Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Though I admittedly don't love his personality in some of the more recent games, Tails wins me over for his personality in the other games and his overall adorable-ness. Runner up: GLaDOS (Portal) because she owns all.
Favorite Mario Character: Yoshi
Yeah, ever since I stole him from my Mom in Mario Party, I've loved Yoshi. He's just... adorable, and has the cutest voice ever, and also has every capability to be awesome (freakin' winged Yoshi, anyone?). Close runner-ups include Luigi, Dry Bones, and Blooper.

TV Shows/Movies
Favorite TV Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon)
Yeah, say what you want about Nick, but Avatar is epic. I've always preferred shows with an epic plot, but also like non-crude humor. Avatar has both. In perfect harmony. Well, with the rare exception of some dumb crude humor.
Favorite Educational TV Show: Zaboomafoo (PBS)
I loved this show way back when. That's a fact. The only reason Veggietales didn't when this was because I wasn't sure whether I considered it an educational TV show or not... I was considering making a "Favorite Christian TV Show" just for it, though.
Favorite Movie: WALL-E (Disney/Pixar)
I love this movie. It's cute and has a good plot and lovable characters and all sorts of good things. I think the biggest thing about it, though, is the fact that it has so many points to make depending on how you look at it. The irony of it being made by Disney kind of gets me, though.
Favorite Comedy: Kung-Fu Panda (Dreamworks)
I was one of the ones who expected this movie to be crap. I was so wrong. It has a good lesson behind it and is downright hilarious. And no, the lesson has nothing to do with being fat, if you haven't seen it and are assuming that.
Favorite Pure-Disney Franchise: Lilo and Stitch
Yeah, kind of odd. I blame the fact that I have a soft spot for aliens. And Pleakley pwns all.

Other
Favorite Book Series: The Bartimaeus Trilogy (Jonathan Stroud)
I can't pick just one book. And as much as I love Harry Potter, Warriors, and several other series, I can't not pick this one. It's just so... great. And the ending was so... wonderful. And... stuff.
Favorite Song: Endless Possibility (Sonic Unleashed; Jarret Reddick)
I see it, I see it, and now it's all within my reeeaaach! (Endless possibility!) I see it, I see it now, it's always been inside of meeeee! (And now I feel so free!) (Endless possibility!)
Yeah, I love pretty much all the modern Sonic songs. Sue me. Did I mention I love video game music overall? It's what fills my iPod, mostly.
Favorite Band: Linkin Park
Yeah, their songs appeal to the angsty, emo side of me. Or something. I dunno. Runner up: Crush 40! *shot*
Favorite Superhero: The Flash (DC)
Yeah, I'm not too fluent on superheroes. But running real real fast is an epic super power, and The Flash is pretty awesome in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Runner up: Nightcrawler (X-Men) because he poofs around, is cool looking, and I think he had a cool accent.
Favorite Thing to Draw: Sonic the Hedgehog (I wonder...)
Based on how freakin' much I draw him. Runner up: Kirby.
OK, I think I'm done Now: Yep, Done Now.
Better believe it.