Archive for January, 2010

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New Pokemon Games?

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

So the official Japanese sites have just released minor details about a new Pokemon RPG for DS. People are speculating that it will be the start of the “fifth generation” of games, and with good reason. There’s going to be new Pokemon in it, and they’re calling it the first new game since Diamond and Pearl. Thus, it would exclude an upgrade style game like Platinum, as well as more remakes like HeartGold and SoulSilver. However, Pokemon XD for Gamecube was also a completely original RPG that had brand new Pokemon (Munchlax and Bonsly) in it, so it could be something as simple as that.

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TV Thoughts: Christian Kane and Crocodiles

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Some thoughts on last week’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold and this week’s ECW.

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Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box 1 Review

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I reviewed the first Dragon Box. Check it out, and then buy it yourself~

What a Tweest

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Until very recently, I’d never watched a certain popular show. But after every episode was added to Hulu a few months ago, I decided I should give it a try at some point. And as of today, I’ve now seen every episode, just in time for the premiere of the final season next week. If you hadn’t guessed already, that show is Lost.

This is going to be a relatively casual collection of thoughts rather than a formal review, but I’ll probably still use some big words anyway. There are some spoilers, but I’ve hidden them with color codes.

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TV Thoughts: I Still Hate Don Johnson

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

A few thoughts on the newest episodes of Raw, Dollhouse, and Chuck. Some spoilers, but they’re hidden.

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Comic and TV Thoughts: Last Aquaman in Hell

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Some brief thoughts on last week’s episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as well as those slightly old Angel comics that I mentioned the other day. No spoilers.

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About Subscription Feeds (Important!)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

I’ve made a new feed for this blog at this address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/magikarp46blog

Why? Because BlogSpot’s default Atom feed is not functioning the way I need it to. It won’t even update in my own reader, among other things, and from the looks of it, there’s no reasonable way around these problems. So I looked up how to write a new feed from scratch. And, when/if I can move to a self-hosted blog, this will make the transition much easier. But I’ll also be doing what I can to make this little transition as easy as possible, too. Editing URLs, attempting redirects, etc.

I love learning to do new things like this, though. But more than that, I love writing code from scratch in text editors. It makes me feel alive. If it wasn’t freezing outside, and my ankles weren’t in severe pain at the moment, I’d go out and run a few miles to express my joy.

TV Thoughts: Echoes, Lemons, and Jakens

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Some quick thoughts on a few shows that aired this weekend. Dollhouse, Chuck, and Inuyasha: Final Act. One of those things is not like the others. Oh, and no spoilers today.

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Monday Night Wars… Part No

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

I wanted to wait a while until the ratings were released and the shows really sank in. Raw ended up with a 3.6, which was identical to the week before. This means they gained as much for Bret Hart as they lost to TNA. Speaking of whom, Impact! did a 1.5, which was its highest rating ever. Just based on those numbers, it’s difficult to say who “won,” because Raw was obviously still much higher, but Impact! was the one who broke records.

But I’d say that neither of them really won anything.

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Comic Thoughts: Buffy, Willow, and Norman

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Check out my review of Siege #1 on FBR. But the rest will be quick thoughts on older things that I’ve accidentally let pile up. Buffy Season Eight #30 from two months ago, and the Willow one-shot from three weeks ago. Nonetheless, I’ll try to hide spoilers with color codes, which, as a warning, might not work properly in feed readers.

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