Philip Wesley
Member since: Jan 3rd, 2006
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Swag Saturday: Final Fantasy spinoff pack (PSP)
Oct 11th 2009 1:38AM (Joystiq)WayForward's new IP is DSiWare's Mighty Flip Champs
Apr 20th 2009 7:46AM (Joystiq Nintendo)Obama and McCain face stiff competition
Jun 16th 2008 1:10AM (Joystiq Nintendo)Go watch "The War Room."
Everything Obama has ever said in his life is taken word for word from the 1992 Clinton campaign. Right down to "hope" and "change."
Obama's Patriot Employer Act would cause a surge in job loss.
His idea of raising capital gains taxes would do damage that could not be repaired to the economy. He even admits that it would, but still wants to do it.
His idea of getting America out of Iraq involves sending them into Pakistan instead. A much larger and better armed country.
McCain's 100 year statement is only part of a sentence that elaborates on the idea that we should stay even after the place has "normalized." Which is exactly what we are still doing in Japan, Panama, South Korea, Bosnia, and Germany. If we had stayed in Germany after World War 1, we could have prevented World War 2. Staying after fighting has become back page news is a valid and intelligent strategy to prevent future conflict.
Saying that we should leave immediately is the exact opposite of positive change. Imagine if, after the set back of Martin Luther King Jr. being shot, the entirety of the black community in the United States decided to just pack up and leave the country; instead of staying and continuing to press on. You do not quit when you have a chance to evoke change.
The shirt is cute, I guess.
Back onto Iraq though, we are still in Iraq without extreme progress because Obama and his ilk are too lazy and stupid to do their part. Normalization of a place depends on two aspects and only one of those aspects is doing its job. The equation is simple, so simple an idiot like silver spoon-fed Obama can understand it.
Drastic Shift + Gentle Reassurance = Normalization.
The drastic shift is the US military action in Iraq that ousted Saddam. The Gentle Reassurance is the liberal side of the US system coming in with social programs, charity programs, rebuilding programs, et cetra. In fact, the major charities are ignoring the idea of helping people in Iraq out. They instead would rather focus on jerking themselves off to Zeitgeist or the latest Naom Chomsky book. We have people like Habitat for Humanity FORECLOSING HOMES instead of mobilizing people and volunteers to help rebuild Iraq, China, et cetra. Right now, a massive window of great opportunity is closing for Obama and his ilk. We have troops there who are handling violence. While they handle violence, why not go in and offer HOPE and CHANGE for people who could really use it after thousands of years of despair, torture, and poor living conditions.
That is what pisses me off the most. People who talk and do nothing but talk. Which is what Obama is. A bunch of failed ideas that did not work for Carter, Clinton, or Bush Sr. In short, Obama just stands for Obsolete Banter And Minimal Action.
Live-action Turok movie in the works
Jun 11th 2008 10:16PM (Joystiq)But yeah, Turok is an old franchise from like 1954...
The science fiction space junk from the games was never a big part of the original comic series. I would rather prefer it if the live action film was closer to the comics and DIDN'T have any time travel, cereberal bores, or other superfluous stuff.
I don't need talking alien dinosaurs. That isn't really what Turok was about.
Send in the cosplayers
Jun 4th 2008 1:16AM (Joystiq Nintendo)That Travis Touchdown is nothing compared to the other one.
Anyhow, here i a Flickr account with over 400+ pictures from A-Kon 19. Lots of video game cosplay there. Also, a little red squid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14056438@N08/sets/72157605409824265/
Yes. Go to it.
Cinematical Seven: When an Animated Series Goes Live Action ... and Gets it Right
May 12th 2008 2:40AM (Cinematical)Successful Japanese animation to live action films would be Boogiepop & Others, Cromartie High School, and Great Teacher Onizuka.
But yeah, the list is iffy. The inclusion of Super Mario Bros. seems odd because at best.. you could say it was based on the cartoons that were based on the games?
The mention of Josie and the Pussycats was a good one, and I'll see that one and raise it Alvin & The Chipmunks, and Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Hell, I'll up it further and say that Casper: The Friendly Ghost was a pretty good cartoon based movie.
What gets me is that some cartoons which really would not make decent live action films are getting tapped. So, we have Dragon Ball Z coming.. but not.... ROBOTECH?
Hell, where's VOLTRON? Space Ghost? Johnny Quest?
We'll probably get a live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie based on the "SATam" version of the cartoons or Denver: The Last Dinosaur before we get a proper cartoon movie like.. say.. a "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" movie. (Yeah, she had a cartoon.)
Hell, the great hopes may be the Avatar: The Last Airbender trilogy of movies. Hell, I would watch a live action "Totally Spies" over the cartoon it would be based on. I would really enjoy a live action Oban Star Racers movie. Especially if it moved at the clip the series does.
Disney Wants You to 'Fear Phil'
Apr 23rd 2008 8:06PM (Cinematical)Greenpeace: Nintendo is nonresponsive
Apr 5th 2008 8:14PM (Joystiq Nintendo)Also, global warming is not the result of anything scientific. It is the result of our belief that nature should adhere to our calendar system. Because, when it says it is SPRING on a piece of paper on our wall, it damn well better be Spring. If I write SUMMER on a piece of paper and stick it on my wall, it better suddenly be warm and Summer-y outside! Because if it is not.. that must be the fault of major corporations not sending me money!
Writer's Guild of America announces nominees for game writing award
Jan 16th 2008 2:20AM (Joystiq)The WGA is absolute crap. The people on strike right now should say: "Forget this union, I'll go back to work, and instead... join the Animation Guild."
Focus on new firmware, PC Store and UMD movies part of PSP future
Jan 8th 2008 5:22PM (Joystiq Playstation)In short, buy a slim, or go without features.
Also, I thought it was kind of cool to download PSP movies off of select Blu Ray discs... then I remembered that there are DVD releases currently that do the same thing for the iPod and the PSP. (Die Hard 4 for example, and a ton of hentai releases.)
So, it's really nothing new.. just Sony claiming innovation from other companies ideas.