Which RSS Do You Use?

To: Crecente
From: Bashcraft

Fucking hamster! The small animal that powers the site was in a disagreeable mood during the night and gobble up some posts. Bastard. Wonkiness abound!

Speaking of wonkiness, my RSS died on me. I've using Google Reader as a backup, which is pretty great, but do you have any recs for any other Readers?

What you missed last night
No More Ninja Gaiden
Rumored Spring Xbox 360 install
SNK is not closing its US branch
Liberty City vs NYC
MGS4 wants to sell you things
PlayStation sales
New RE5 art

The Landed Gentry

To: Fahey, Leigh & Mike
From: Luke

So! Few months back, I had to go in this crazy "land ballot", where new blocks of land to build a house on (I'm jack of renting, you see) are dished out via lottery. I missed out. Today, another was held, and my number was drawn! So on Monday, I trudge into some government office, and have to part with a sum of money I'm not comfortable parting with. Then, I shake someone's hand, and become a member of the landed gentry. Kinda exciting, but then, kinda sad. It's an awfully grown-up thing to do.

Oh, and you missed all the fun of the MGS4 wrap party in Tokyo. Ash would have written this, but he was either out of net range on a train or blind maggot drunk. Or both. Apparently we're getting replica ducks, MGS4 energy drink tie-ins and an Altair cosplay cameo. I'll leave you to form your own conclusions over whether this is marketing savvy or just plain madness.

You missed a lot of things to do with Metal Gear Solid 4 while you slept:
Metal Gear Movie Update
You Really Did Get Assassin's Creed In My MGS4!
New, New, New MGS4 Trailers
Presser Start!

Lights Out

To: Crecente
From: Ashcraft
RE: Work From Home, Earn Cash

Surprisingly busy day for a Monday, typically a more "relaxed" day. I'm knackered. Tomorrow will be busy, too.

What you missed last night
Kojima is humble.
Viva Pinata 2 screens
Miyamoto says American better at making unique products
First official Dragonball movie promo

Wife Back Home (What Fetuses Wear)

To: Crecente
From: Ashcraft
RE: Vomit Elevator :(

Post ultrasound conversation:

Mini-Bash: Is it a boy or a girl?
Mrs. Bashcraft: We don't know yet. The baby's still too small.
Mini-Bash: Know how you can tell?
Mrs. Bashcraft: How?
Mini-Bash: It's a girl if it's wearing a dress. Was it wearing a dress?
Mrs. Bashcraft: Baby girls are born wearing dresses?
Mini-Bash: Yes.
Mrs. Bashcraft: Oh yeah? What were you born wearing?
Mini-Bash: Pants.

What you missed last night
Niko Bellic Going to San Andreas?
Gran Turismo: 50 Million Served
Aaron Greenberg goes bananas
Apple Wii-mote patenet
Verbinski making BioShock
Kid Icarus might look like this
Motion Xbox controller coming next week?
MK modifying Fatalities

Riding the Vomit Elevator

To: Crecente
From: Ashcraft
RE: Hello? Helloooooo?

Ah, E3! Can't wait.

Every day when I go pick up my kid at school, I go to a bus stop near my house. There's only one other kid who gets off at that stop — a younger kid who lives in the same apartment. His mother is always waiting there, and we usually shoot the shit. She's quite nice and likes to chit-chat. Since Mini-Bash didn't go to school on Wednesday, she was wondering if he was sick. So, yeah, over Golden Week here in Japan, my kid kept barfing. It was pretty bad! We had to go to the hospital and everything, I told her. One day, he upchucked maybe 12 times? On Tuesday evening, he started to feel better, I continued. And at about 7 or 8pm, we decided to go to the supermarket so I could buy some soba noodles to make for him for dinner. After a technicolor afternoon of him not being able to keep anything down, he seemed much better and was very much ready to eat something.

So, we went to the elevator, pressed the button, the elevator pinged! and the doors open, revealing an elevator covered in puke. Someone else had thrown up all over the elevator! It was the worst thing I have ever seen, I told this to the mother. There was an inch of vomit on the floor and it was on the walls and everywhere. It was like an alien was slaughtered there, I said. Truly, truly, truly disgusting. Like why didn't the person who puked everywhere clean it up, you know? Since my kid was still feeling ill, we couldn't take the stairs, and just decided to make do with whatever we had in the house (instant ramen). Worse of all, the elevator is still stinky, days later. Her reply? "So sorry, it was my son who threw up in the elevator." My reply? "Oh."

Can't wait for tomorrow at the bus stop!

What you missed last night
Yahtzee vs. insane fanboys
Sony thinking about external HDDs?
Yamauchi has lots of money
Looking forward to that Dan movie
Gates talks Japan

So, Yeah, I Finally Watched A Blu-ray Movie And...

To: Crecente
From: Ashcraft
RE: A Rare Look At Mundanity

Sounds like Tristan had a nice b-day!

Back from Golden Week here in Japan. Dealt with a throw-uppy four year-old for a good chunk of it. Little dude is okay. Today, I watched my first Blu-ray movie: Happy Feet. Damn, that flick is annoying. Blu-ray? Very pretty. Never saw an HD-DVD movie with my own eyes. Was there any difference?

What you missed last night
GTA IV sold 6 million copies
Take Two boss claims GTA IV is glitch free
Why 360 HDDs are pricey
New Killzone 2 screens
Hands free Super Mario World Level
Wii Fit calls girl fat
Peeved SNK

What's Old Is New Again

To: Crecente
From: Luke

I did two things on the weekend: saw Helmet play, and saw Iron Man. Both are looking awful spritely for their age. For a 45 year-old superhero, Iron Man's never looked better. That movie is awesome, and these days, I don't walk out of theatres saying that too often. As for Helmet, same story. Page Hamilton's 48 years old, and rocked his ass off harder than most men half his age can manage. Good, good times.

You missed all this while I was working and you weren't:
Portal After Dark
Ken Levine And Co. At Work On New X-Com Game?
GTA Soundtrack A Little Obscure For Amazon
Microsoft Release Free Game Creator
The Sims & IKEA Are An Exercise In Tasteful Product Placement
Metroid Prime, Now In The Third Dimension

Using Two Computers At Once, So Awesome!

To: Crecente
From: Ashcraft

Last night was pretty rough. Kid woke up suddenly and starting barfing all over the futon — which I had the pleasure of cleaning. Beef stew. Yay! He didn't go to school today, but stayed home and watched Kiki's Delivery Service over and over again. Seems okay, now. I probably won't be eating beef stew until sometime during the next World Cup.

OH. So, today I started using two separate laptops while working. It actually seemed to increase my productivity. I can totally understand why Elvis would watch four (was it four?) TVs at once. Felt like I was getting more down switching between them. Now whether I actually was... Don't you switch between two computers while working?

What you missed last night
Stupid man talks GTA IV
Yet another MGS4 bundle
MGS4 changes
Miis are serious business
Another manufacturer says Blu-ray Xbox 360 is coming
Rockstars suggestions for GTA IV lock-ups
Iwata answers
Activision sitting out E3