"What To Do When Booth Gets Back…"

SO, I’ve been debating a few things over the past couple of months about this blog and NO, I’m not going to drop off the planet with another project (well, not just yet). While I was writing up all 95 pages (or 57,522 words) of that Neo Nectaris: Military Madness strategy guide for Hudson Entertainment, I was also streamlining my games collection. Selling off some titles while expanding others. I think my tastes are changing or revolving back towards strategy, role-playing and quality adventure games across different platforms more than other genres, but I’m certainly not giving up on everything else I like.

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The Madness is OVER (But Boy, Was It Fun While It Lasted)!

Yes, I FINALLY completed my strategy guide for Neo Nectaris: Military Madness for the iPod Touch and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. I’ll be reviewing the game later this week, so keep a  eye peeled. How is it? Let’s just say if you’re a fan of Nectaris, you’ll love what’s here. The game is pretty tough and definitely not a “casual” experience and it’s definitely not one of those cutesy Japanese strategy games with spiky-haired characters and cranky, demonic end bosses.

But I’m getting ahead of myself – back in a few with a couple of updates. I’m going to be catching up on a lot of stuff, that’s for sure…

Open Season (or Thanks, USPS!)

Hmmmm… This paranoid anti-terror stuff is going too damn far AND invading my privacy to boot. So far, every game I’ve gotten addressed to me at Destroy All Fanboys! has arrived OPENED and very badly resealed or in at least two cases, not sealed well at all. I’m gathering that those postal inspectors out there have been screening my DAF mail to make sure I’m not some home-grown terrorist or something like that.

Hell, if they keep opening my mail and sending it to me in the condition it arrives in, I might go postal after all (but for a totally non-terrorist manner).

Idiots.

Freelan¢ing for $ony (Slight Return, Once More with Feeling!)


This article has appeared in at least two places, once in print (in my fanzine, Continue? back around 1999 and a second time a few years later over at Digital Press in my “Did You Know?” column). I figure I’d expand it slightly and give you folks who miss my usual postings something to read as I try and get my Sony PR contacts back after too long.


(Heh, like THIS is going to help?)

Anyway, it’s a fine and funny story, and yes, it’s all true (well, except for the parts about my head popping off or being otherwise damaged).

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No Comment (Well, For Now…)

Yes, I get mail and yes, I actually respond on occasion – case in point:

“Hey, why’d ya disable comments?”

Well dear readers, I was getting some very annoying porn spam and Asian porn spam at that! I’ve nothing against Asian gals, porn or SPAM (although it’s too salty for my diet, sorry Hawaii – love the islands, but SPAM will kill me if I ever go back there and have it every day – as Fred Flintstone once said, “Pass the poi”)

Anyway, I’ll add comments back to the blog once I can sort this Hello Cutey Honey Kitty nonsense out.

Besides, those of you who know how to reach me by other means can do so, so there!

Back in a bit – busy week still in progress…

The Dragon Has Landed!

So, I’m walking in the door on this wickedly freezing day and the Fed Ex guy pops up out of nowhere from behind me and almost scares me to death with his big grin and package waving ways. Seems I was his last stop and he was more than happy to see me, as it meant he got to finally go home.

Anyway, my review copy of Divinity II Ego Draconis hath arrived, so I now have New Year’s Eve plans. Yeesh – I KNEW I should have finished that preview a few weeks back!

Tempus Fugit, that’s for damn sure!

Ah well. Early impressions from the preview builds: the game is pretty damn good. The final versions should be better. Off to get in some more flight time… Back in a bit with an update.

Coming Up For Air (Plus Tax!)

Yikes. Who’d have thought writing a strategy guide could be so… intense? Anyway, nope, I’m NOT dead. Been buried in a few things including the aforementioned guide. Here’s a Now Playing update:

Left 4 Dead 2 (360)
Dragon Age Origins (PS3)
Scene It? Bright Lights, Big Screen! (360)
Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked (Wii)
Need For Speed NITRO (DS)
Divinity II: Ego Draconis (PC & 360 builds)
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (PS3/360)
Tekken 6 (PS3/360)
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (DS)
Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (DS)
Wedding Dash (DS)
Military Madness: Neo Nectaris (iPod Touch)

Well, back to the salt mines for me – I’ve some neat site updates coming this weekend – stick around…

So, What Did YOU Do For Halloween?

Me? I Stayed the heck home starting work on a little writing project for Hudson Soft I’ll have big news about shortly. My pal Jeffrey Wilson over at 2D-X, well… he was having a VERY game-related great time, NYC style! Check out his blog post HERE.

Post Wall-busting Update!

OK, folks… Phase One is completed, but things are a MESS here. The plasterers will be back on Monday to finish up and let me get back to regular posting until Wednesday of next week, when the painters show up. Unlike the thirty minute fixes you see on TV all the time home repair is actually a total pain in the ass. In the meantime, games have arrived and there’s stuff to be reviewed and such… plus I’m tackling a HUGE side project that involves a certain mobile game and a bit of tactical planning…

more on this in a bit… stay tuned.

General Generic Non-Threatening Update Time!

In the process of moving a ton of games off the walls here for the big repair job that starts Friday, so updates will be slower this week. Still finishing up a few older reviews that SHOULD get posted before Friday (when I won’t be posting at all unless the worker leave early enough for me to upload/download stuff).

Cooking up a Holiday Gift Guide for November as well as some more interviews and such, so stick around for that…