I saw a commercial for a game called Max & The Magic Marker, I think, the other day for Wiiware.  I don’t know if any of you know about it, or even care, but it looks like the natural evolution of Crayon Physics.  You have to get a kid from point A to point B instead of a ball, but the idea is essentially the same.  I haven’t researched it, but I hope it’s the same guys who made Crayon Physics…  Since it’s basically their idea.

That said, if I had extra munnies around I’d totally get it because it’s a game where you draw, and I like to draw.  XD  Except when it’s Drawn To Life, because those games suck.

Also Megaman 10 has to come first, after Pokemon Soul Silver…  Soooooo it looks like Max is dicked for a while.

I only got the Transformers one because I have Christmas iTunes money that you can’t use for anything but that.  Which is kind of good in a way because it forces me to buy things to keep me from going mental.  If you don’t force me to do that stuff I’ll usually just pour whatever funds I get into the pool and I never convince myself to do anything with it.  Or at least it takes me years to convince myself to.  XD

I’ve been waking up with these images of stuff I was dreaming about but I lose them moments after I become awake.  Which I understand is how it’s supposed to work.  That said, I’m kind of curious about them since I’m used to it being either all or nothing with dreams.  I know that my perpetual failing on Fire Emblem is having an affect, along with the eerily similar Transformers game, because I’ve woken up with music in my head related to either or both recently.

I don’t know if any of you run websites, but there’s a kind of spam comment that is made up of bits of text from books with suspicious links stuck in.  I check the spam folder from time to time because sometimes the filter thinks regular comments are spam.  Anyway, recently I’ve noticed that the text they’ve been using is from a book I’ve actually read.  Which is hard to do because I really haven’t read a lot of actual books.  Shocking I know…  It’s been bits of text from a book called A Spell For Chameleon, if I remember the title right.  One of two books I’ve read by that author.

I had a weird dream, but was so tired when I woke up I knew I was just going to fall asleep again, so I made a note to myself to help remember.  When I looked at the note it was so cryptic I had no idea what I was trying to say to myself.  It was sort of like my dream brain couldn’t understand how to write in a way my waking one would understand.  At the time I thought I was being very clear, but I absolutely wasn’t.  It’s just a series of words that make no real sense.  XD

Anyway, I started listening to this podcast about games for phones and that kind of thing so I could  maybe find ones besides Bejeweled, and Bookworm.  There’s not a lot of places to get decent information about app store games.  Mostly it’s one bit of information barfed up all over the net, which is useless.

They mentioned, in passing, that there was a Gen 1 Transformers game that came out.  On a whim I decided to get it, even though they didn’t actually say anything about the game, just that it existed.  It’s basically a Fire Emblem style tactics RPG with a Transformers skin.  Which is exactly the kind of thing I’ve wanted since video games have been around, but never got.  I won’t lie to you, it’s basic at best.  That said, it has a lot of potential.  If they made a version of Transformers Gen 1: Awakening for, say, the DS.  It could potentially be the game that makes up for every shitty Transformers game to date.  The character models are sort of a mish mosh of the cartoon, and the various sales images that Hasbro has been trotting around with for the last 5 years or so.  From one screen to another the styles don’t match between a single character, but it’s still nice looking, especially for a game made to be on a phone.  Plus it’s like $4 or something.  It’s glitchy, and kind of spartan, but it’s as close to a decent Transformers RPG as we’re likely to get anytime soon.  I hope it does well enough that they maybe expand on the idea and release a serious version later on.

Megaman 10 is out for the Wii virtual console.  I still haven’t finished 9.  I’m at the last stage, but just can’t bring myself to end it.  You have to play all the way the last Wily part all in a go and I hate to mess with it…  That said I’m excited for a new Megaman, but I know I won’t play it right away.  Of course you know that the download is never going to devalue so there’s no point in waiting it out.  I’ll have to get a points card, which sucks because you can’t shift points from your DSi to your Wii.  They need to fix that crap.  It needs to be all of a piece.  The DSi hasn’t enough worthwhile stuff yet so you get stuck with points floating in the ether till something comes along.  The stuff on the Wii is mostly stuff i still have on old consoles that still work so I don’t feel like I need to buy them again.  Except for Earthbound…  I’d buy the hell out of that if they’d JUST GIVE IT TO ME!

They should make it so that you can download the Wii virtual console stuff to the DSi.  It’s not like most of those games need a lot of power to function.  At least the stuff that doesn’t require weird motion controls.  I’d like to play  a lot of the old stuff portable style…

I wonder if anyone at Nintendo ever thinks of this stuff.  It seems like there must not be a guy like that there considering  that most of their focus seems to be focused on coming up with the next wacky peripheral I won’t like…  I’m looking at you Wii Balance Board.

Alright, it took forever but I now have the ULTIMATE Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance save file.  It’s not going to do a huge amount for me early on, but as Radiant Dawn progresses I’ll be glad of it.  If my first lame attempt at Dawn is any indication I should be entertained till well after the new Pokemon remakes appear.

I played Fire Emblem so much that it actually managed to infect my dreams.  My brain was clearly trying to give me some typically weird scenario, but it was all mixed up in turn based combat and grid tactics.  That’s actually pretty rare.  The things I do don’t usually have an obvious affect on my dreams unless I overdo it right before bed.

I got to see Ponyo.  As expected it was pretty good.  Very kid oriented, but something a parent wouldn’t mind having to watch a million times if a child became obsessed with it.  At least that would be my guess.  Anyway, I enjoyed it and I’m pretty childish.

Today I got my two Jiraichi Pokemon from a relatively nearby Gamestop.  I already have the special Pichu from earlier on, as those of you who follow my insane twitter ramblings will know.  I have no use for either of these Pokemon, but they were free and I didn’t have to actually enter the store to get them, so that was good.

I am far too excited about a new Pokemon game.  I know it will be just like every other Pokemon game, in every important respect, but still I am filled with childlike glee.  I’m also thrilled that the Pokewalker gadget is included.  Walking is boring as hell at the best of times, but getting game stuff for doing something good for me is enticing.

I’m doubly pleased by this release because I now know other comic type making peoples who are as poketarded as I am.  At some point battles will be waged.  Sad, pathetic, battles between nerds.  Nerding it out like only nerds can.  The epic struggles of my people.  XD

When I was a kid everyone thought I was advanced for my age.  Now they think I’m childish and odd.  It seems like I just knew who I was quicker and stuck with it.  At this point it’s far too late for a rebranding, so I may as well enjoy being me the way I am.

Let’s see…  I’ve  been playing through Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance one last time to achieve the ULTIMATE SAVE FILE.  Because now I understand how the transfer system works in Radiant Dawn.  I want the transfer to go well because Radiant Dawn is super insane difficult even on normal mode.  I got as far as, like, the fourth part and kept losing guys over and over.  As you may know, death is permanent in Fire Emblem, and I leave no man behind.

The ending of Path Of Radiance was awesome though.  I like how everyone gets a little scene to themselves.  I was really sad to see how badly things went in the 3 years between games though.  Of course if things don’t go to Hell you have no story, but…

I totally forgot it was Thursday today because of my trip.  XD  At least I premade the comic post even if I didn’t remember to write anything under it.  That said, now that I realize it, I do have a story of success.

I got the Wii Pokemon game for $12.  Suck it Nintendo!  I win this round.  I finally got a console Pokemon game for an amount of money equal to as half assed as the game will undoubtedly be.

I have no idea how it is Nintendo can’t make a decent console Pokemon game.  Although there are those who would argue with me on this opinion.  I actually enjoyed the first Gamecube outing.  I HATED the art style though.  The same goes for the next one.  At least the Wii thing seems to look a bit  less crap.   I don’t know why you’d toss out the sweet style they use for the packaging on a game for a system capable of rendering it.  I’ve always liked the art for the trainers and whatnot.

Anyway, I got a good deal.  Last copy on clearance at a Target.  I was denied my potential clearance Masterpiece Skywarp, but what can you do.  I wasn’t about to pay $60 for it.

I guess my dream cycle isn’t as over as I thought.  Had a dream where a tornado had destroyed most of the town I used to live in.  Strangely no one was hurt, but the land was nearly wiped clean.  I was visiting after the fact and all the places where there were buildings before had wooden frames instead.  In the context of the dream my parents still lived there and apparently and the family cat was lost.  I think I woke up as he trotted into the incomplete house.

I flew over the town in a helicopter at one point, which is something I would NEVER do in real life.  I’m super ultra acrophobic.

I’m not really sure how many people I actually know still check the comic every update, but I’ll be in Garden on Wednesday the 24th.  Probably will end up at the Gamestop at around 2, your time, and then we’ll have dinner at the usual place around 5-6 ish.  Let me know if you’re going to be around.

I’ve been playing through the Gamecube Fire Emblem.  At first it was a few battles a night, but as they got more complex it’s become more like one, or less than one, a night if I screw up.  I’d be done with it already, but I restarted it about halfway through because I decided I wanted to focus on other characters.  Of course, no matter what you do you can’t see every support conversation without playing a bunch of times.  Unless I’ve done something wrong at least…  I’ve missed out on Ike and Elincia’s ones though because I didn’t think to save any conversation slots for them.  X<  I’m hoping you can save them up on subsequent playthroughs…  I understand if you play the hard mode the ending is different.  These reports are unconfirmed.  I’d like to see whatever ending is the “real” one.

You can transfer information from the Gamecube version to the Wii game.  I didn’t know this before, but now I’m obsessed  with having the best save data ever on my Wii game will be extra cool.  The downside to this obsession is that it’s making my replay things I wouldn’t necessarily.  I mean I already play halfway through and started over.  This can’t end well…

That said, the story is awesome.

I’m wondering how many people are going to understand the connection between the title and what happens on the page.   It reminds me of a guy I worked for once who was really interested in LOTR and knew a lot more about Radagast the Brown that I thought was necessary.

I wish you could hear Nina delivering her last line like I can in my mind.  X]

I think I may have come to the end of this cycle of remembering dreams.  I woke up the today and knew I had been having one, but it just faded away.  Anyway, I had one last one I remember bits of.

It had something to do with wandering around in a school.  It looked as if the place hadn’t been used in a long time.  I honestly can’t recall what the point of things were.  I just remember the floating dust particles in the rays of light as we wandered from place to place.   I’m not even sure who I was exploring with.  I have a vague memory of it being a woman though.  It was a very normal style high school.  The kind they built in the 80s and 90s.  I’m not sure if the style has changed since then.  I assume it’s gotten even cheaper and shittier.

There were parts that were very dark and other parts where light was getting in through windows where the covering was falling away.  I think we were catching glimpses of apparitions moving between rooms in the darkness, but I don’t remember feeling bothered by it.  It seemed like the school was closed after a disaster of some kind, then abandoned.  That’s not much of a plot compared to most of these, but I guess they can’t all be potential film ideas.  XD  Of course it could just be that I don’t remember the key bits that would make it make sense.  It was neat to see at any rate.  It might make a good game.  Better if I’d had a sweet proton pack though…