Games

[ Sep 3 2004 ]

Spriggan Powered JAMMA PCB

A very rare, possibly unreleased arcade game called Spriggan Powerd, was recently sold on Yahoo’s Japanese auction site, and it cleared a thousand dollars in bidding, making it one of the most expensive PCBs in the world. There are some pics of the PCB and in-game screenshots on the auction page, but you can’t view […]

[ Aug 23 2004 ]

My doorbell broke.

My doorbell ceased to function a few days ago. I only noticed ’cause, as a complete fluke, I happened to be on my way out the door when a delivery arrived. The first time I watched the guy through the window as he filled out two forms, put ’em in my mailbox, and left. I […]

Games

[ Aug 13 2004 ]

My Official Nintendo Magazine articles!

I received in the mail today two of the newest NIntendo Official Magazines from the UK, with articles in ’em that I wrote. I’m very excited. =D Here’s a link to a few of them; these are single-column or single-page short versions, and I’m happy to say I was allowed to slam the games when […]

Personal

[ Aug 6 2004 ]

Pizza with Kim Jong.

Last night I had a dream. I won’t clutter up this page with it… So yeah, I had a dream last night. I’ve always kinda wanted to visit North Korea ’cause it is – let’s face it – one of the last bastions of ridiculous propoganda with a freaky maniacal ruler. There’s apparently tours where […]

[ Jul 24 2004 ]

Canon, why do you hate me?

Why does Canon hate me? My beloved and uber-capable Powershot G3 developed a really strange issue with horizontal lines in dark shots, so we called Canon. “Sounds like a problem with the CCD!” they said. So we took it into Tokyo, to their Akihabara QR Factory (Quick Repair) and were promised a fix in a […]

[ Jul 23 2004 ]

Sega Saturn Switchless Mod: Done!

Someone recently asked me to modify their US Sega Saturn with one of my switchless mods and last night I did it. Since my camera’s in the shop, I had to use my celphone to take pics. It did a fairly decent job. Here’s the pics of the job: Closeup view of jumpers Jumpers with […]

[ Jul 23 2004 ]

V-601SH speaker killswitch

My phone makes a loud chime sound whenever I take a picture, as part of an anti-upskirt measure all Japanese cellphone makers adopted. I’m not particularly against this, tho it’d have been nicer if I could choose my own sound… Recently we were taking care of a kitten, a very cute photogenic kitten, and I […]

[ Jul 12 2004 ]

Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap