<![CDATA[Comments from ManekiNeko]]> <![CDATA[Comments from ManekiNeko]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Save Wii Games Direct To SD Card (Starting Spring 2009)]]> Oh crap, is this the storage solution that Nintendo was talking about earlier? You have to buy a Nintendo DSi (yeeeeeOW!) and connect it to your Wii to use it as a high-capacity storage device!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Nintendo Make "Top 100 Brands" List]]> Microsoft and McDonald's merged?

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Peter Moore Killed The Dreamcast, Fired A Lot Of People]]> Oh, Peter, you give with one hand while taking with the other. Just when you were starting to win me over by telling off Yuji Naka, you had to go and admit that you killed the Dreamcast! You're totally off my Christmas card list.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Sarah Palin Action Figure Can Kick Barbie's Ass]]> This looks more like a particularly unattractive librarian, or Supernanny from that ABC reality series.

So I'm guessing this doll has kung fu vagina grip, right? After all, its inspiration was able to hold in a baby twelve hours after her water broke...

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Google Chrome: Anatomy Of A Logo]]> I was thinking it looked like Samus from Metroid, especially Metroid Prime Pinball.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Question of the Day: How Fast Can You Type? (Test Yourself)]]> 70 WPM. Dang, I'm losing my touch! Back at my peak, I could hit at least 75 WPM. Then again, I don't practice my typing nearly as much as I once did. Also, I never broke some of those bad habits I have as a typist, like reading by word instead of by letter.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on MK vs. DC: Joker Will Shoot You In The Face]]> They should have done what they did in the Batman Beyond movie, and used the "Bang!" flag as a deadly projectile. Also, I'm not crazy about Joker's frantic flailing... Joker's more sophisticated depiction in the Batman cartoons was a lot more appealing.

Rage mode sounds exactly like the Aggressor mode in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. It didn't work well there and it probably won't work well here, either.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Taito Considering Legal Action Againt 9/11 Invader Artist]]> The IP has been so diluted at this point that I'm not sure Taito is going to have much of a case. There were so many Space Invaders clones in the 1980s that it's hard to tell just where the line of copyright infringement can be drawn.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Sexual Gadgets Can Now Be Seized at US Borders Too]]> @robinandtami: Hooray for religious fundamentalism! Is there any logical (not dogmatic, LOGICAL) reason to ban sex toys? The answer, quite clearly, is no.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on PSP 3000 Photos Emerge: New Bright Screen is New, Bright]]> These are ordinary strawberries on a PSP... and these are strawberries on a PSP sealed inside a Debbie Myer's Green Bag!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on A Comprehensive List of Ultraportables, Netbooks, Mini-Notebooks, Or Whatever You Call Them]]> Hmm, it looks like the EEE's lagging behind the other machines in price and performance. Kind of crazy how the Acer Aspire One offers all the capabilities of the EEE 1000 for $150 less.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on RadioShack Flyer Indicates Xbox 360 Price Cuts on Elite, Arcade Systems]]> @digitalhen: Seriously! Talk about the king of wishful thinking...

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan, Totally Sold Out]]> Huh?! I think my brain just malfunctioned, because I thought I heard you say that the Xbox 360 was outselling the PS3 in Japan. They must have dropped the price through the floor in order to make that happen.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Soul Bubbles: Fighting the Tide]]> I can wrap up this game in five SECONDS. It's the DS's answer to Loco Roco. Wait, you want me to be more specific? You blow a bubble through mazes, making sure it doesn't pop. It's not that tough.

This is a pretty good game, though. If it's been a financial failure, that's a shame, because it really deserves to be given a fair shake. The graphics are beautiful, the gameplay is fun, and the bubble physics are amazingly realistic. The only thing I didn't like is switching between abilities, which can be confusing when your bubble is about to burst.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented]]> Great, now players can do to the Dreamcast what Sega did to THEM when they bought it!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Street Fighter IV's Akuma In Action]]> Wow. That looks downright underwhelming after all the flashy promotional videos. I thought this game was supposed to have a greater sense of depth in the backgrounds, but if anything, it looks even flatter than Street Fighter EX 3 did.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Disemvoweling]]> Don't do this disemvoweling thing. It makes the comments page needlessly difficult to read... it's not as bad as the comment white out on one of the competing blogs, but it's still a silly gimmick based on a dumb pun that stinks of site coder wankery. We've come here to share opinions with other gamers, not scratch our heads and wonder what the hell everyone else just said.

Let me guess, I just lost my vowel privileges for calling you out on this, right?

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on The Downside of Relying on Google for Everything]]> Hotmail! Ha ha! Wow, I'd rather send smoke signals than use Hotmail. It had a two megabyte storage limit until a few years ago, when Gmail essentially forced Microsoft to increase it. I can't count the number of messages I had to delete back when I used that service. I could probably have put all that lost mail in my Gmail account and still had room for more!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Yes, Even Oprah Has Purchased A Wii]]> Some of those comments on TMZ make me want to punch my monitor in the futile hope that the people who posted there will feel it. Now I know how the Ku Klux Klan spends its free time when it runs out of crosses and lighter fluid.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Asus to Release 23 Eee Models, Fail Grandma Test 23 Times]]> Asus, I like you, but you're coming dangerously close to market oversaturation here. You know how many iPhones that Apple's made so far? Two. Three if you count the iPod Touch. Yet you've got 23 different EEEs, and the system hasn't even been out for a year yet! You can't really define a brand in the minds of consumers if you keep coming up with new definitions.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Prince of Persia Creator Working On New Karateka Game]]> I'm still wondering why the Jolly Green Giant was in a bootleg version of Karateka that I played on the X68000.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Up: New Pixar Movie Has Us Completely Puzzled]]> I don't know what the film is about, but that's definitely Ed Asner in the rocking chair.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Windows XP Users Actually Love Vista... If They Think It's Something Else]]> We just switched this man's coffee with Folger's crystals... then peed in the cup. Will he notice the difference?

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Mortal Kombat 9 Planned As A Mature Return To Form]]> Wait, a dark and gritty Mortal Kombat? Somehow I don't remember early installments of Mortal Kombat being all smiles and sunshine.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Hitachi Drops Acid, Explains Terabyte Hard Drives In Crazy Cartoon]]> Bart: "What the hell is this?"
Lisa: "Oh, it's just one of those 70s videos designed to appeal to members of Generation X."
Bart: "We need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks."

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on <i>Font Conference</i> Shows Your Fonts as People, and They Are Ridiculous]]> @Metkis: Always have! It was the reason I watched the video!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Vote For Your Street Fighter IV Console Characters]]> Sorry, but my vote goes to Dan.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Thompson Calls Judge "Raving Wild Woman", "Unhinged"]]> I'm sure many, many more people would vouch for Dava's sanity than yours, Jack. But hey, you keep acting like a granola bar. It'll only give further credibility to the judge's decision.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Ex Journey Frontman Says Journey Arcade Game Was "Dumb"]]> He's right, you know. The game was dumb... but it was a silly, fun kind of dumb. Plus it had one of the smartest play mechanics I've ever seen in a video game... each round started out passive, but once you grabbed your instrument, the entire screen came to life and went after you!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Scientists Build Nanowire Memory That Uses Trits, Not Bits]]> Finally, something that's even smaller than mine!

Wait, did I say that out loud? Uh, never mind!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Mega Man 9 Details: There's A Woman!]]> @superapplekid: You are well on your way to earning a star, SuperAppleKid!

Let's see...

Poster Man
Digital Video Recorder Man
Amiga Monitor Woman
Chandelier Man (he's gay)
Garbage Man
Empty Bottle Of Ramune Man
Collection Of Games Nobody Else Bought Man
College Textbooks I'll Never Use Again Woman

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Even With MGS4, PS3 Sales Flattened By The Wii]]> @Gray665: Funny, that was my reaction to Metal Gear Solid.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Texan Law Requires Computer Repair Techs To Have PI Licenses]]> @Bachblast: Why, yes I have! Every time I find myself in that state, I always want to get out, but it never ends! It's like you're trapped on an eight hundred mile long conveyor belt! The cities aren't so bad (I went to Dallas-Fort Worth to attend a friend's wedding shortly after he moved to that state), but the rural areas are just nasty. Driving through cattle farm towns is guaranteed to turn you green... it's hard to believe that there are people who willingly live there!

Plus, I loathe the system of law in Texas. It's bloodthirsty, theocratic (sex toy ban? Are you kidding me?!), and even illogical. The state takes great pride in the number of criminals it kills every year, and your own governor (now our president, regrettably) laughed when a mentally handicapped woman was executed. I'm sorry, but anyone who's that eager to pull the switch just scares the hell out of me.

Then again, I'm from the deep North, so I have a much different perspective than you do. Michigan is a great big mess right now (high unemployment, factories closing everywhere, idiot governor), yet somehow I couldn't imagine leaving it for Texas.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Texan Law Requires Computer Repair Techs To Have PI Licenses]]> "Can I say the plants in Texas are dumb? Can I say the LAWS in Texas are dumb?"

I hate that damn state. Everything about it makes me retch, especially the revolting cattle farms which blanket a three mile radius with their overwhelming stench. I'm not particularly fond of their Yosemite Sam brand of justice, either, and news like this makes it pretty obvious why.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Bastard Thieves Steal PS3 From Disabled Teenager]]> Wow. Sounds like the thieves suffer from duchenne bag syndrome.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Seth MacFarlane Will Now Take Over The Internet]]> @sckmidry: Or better yet, we could just watch a show that's legitimately funny, like Futurama. It's not only hilarious, but manages to fit all its jokes into the context of the storyline! Imagine that!

The reason people hate Family Guy is not because it's tasteless, but because it's lazy and poorly written. It wasn't that way at first, but when the series was revived in 2005 there was no competition and no incentive for the writers to build jokes into the framework of the show. If the series is going to be just a bunch of random humor, they might as well be honest about it like the writers of Robot Chicken, rather than wasting time with annoying flashbacks and segues.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Miyamoto's Secret To Quality Control: Less Sega, More Mario]]> Nintendo and quality control. Hee hee! That makes me giggle. Lately the two words haven't belonged in the same *country* together, let alone the same sentence. Shine on, you crazy Austin Powers-looking diamond!

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Microsoft To Let Other Companies Build, Release 360 Consoles?]]> Hey, it worked great for the 3DO!

...wait, it didn't work, did it? Never mind, then.

]]> <![CDATA[ManekiNeko commented on Peggle Perfection Requires A Dash Of Madness]]> Peggle was a bonus in The Orange Box? Does that include the Xbox 360 version? I never saw it in there...

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