Thursday, November 13, 2003
OK, I haven't posted in AGES, but I have an alibi. I think.
Part of the reason is that nothing much has really been happening... nothing interesting, anyway. So I waited until I had enough material. And then when I did, I was struck with a case of too-depressed-to-blog.
Alright, firstly Mario Kart. It still rules. I wrote a set of impressions up for 1UP here, and over the weekend I bought a second copy of the game, two GameCube Broadband Adapters and about 20 metres of Ethernet wire. The plan? To link the GameCube (with Mario Kart) in my room to the GameCube (with Mario Kart) in the living room. Why? For eight player Mario Kart, that's why! And it works a treat... well, only in the sense that you can play eight player Mario Kart. There are some limitations though, like not being able to choose your character. It's frustrating, but I suppose just being able to play eight player Mario Kart is good enough...
What else... I've been filling my new hard drive with some cool programs. The Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon shorts are awesome. Basically, Lucas called on Cartoon Network to produce a set of four-minute cartoon shorts telling the story of the actual Clone Wars (which we saw kick off in Episode 2). They're really well done... short, sweet, to the point, and full of Star Wars goodness. There's also the trailer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban out, and that looks great. The new director (Alfonso Cuáron) has made some changes to the formula, and it looks great... different, but great. I absolutely cannot wait for that.
So, the depression. On Saturday, Liverpool lost to Man United in absolutely AGONISING circumstances. It's just ridiculous. People say we need to attack more. So we do! We play well! We attack! And Man U score twice! And win 2-1! WHY GOD WHY?
Humour does help you get over bad things like that, so all bloggers and blog readers alike MUST READ this hilarious entry from the always-hilarious Onion. That's just insanely wonderful right there.
Posted at 11:58 PM
