destructoid has a video of a kid playing the wii and crouching as he plays — you know, getting to the game. and then the family dog gets into the game as well, so to speak. and the humor begins when the humping dog knocks the kid down and yet — he keeps trying to play! and the cameraman (assuming it s the father…) just keeps right on filming the action.

you know you want to watch the video, so click through and do it.

warning: playing the wii may end up in bestial rape

i remember the first time the idea of a video game system even entered my worldview. i was in college, and it was a period in my life when i was visiting all sorts of people on school breaks–anywhere, really, as long as it meant i didn't have to go home.

this time, it happened to be matt and tripp in virginia. and on the day i'm thinking of, they were both on a quest to go out and buy a copy of the recently-released "final fantasy vii" at any price. i have a very clear memory of sitting in the back of matt's battered blue car, listening to a cassette of depeche mode's "violator" on that tinny car stereo, and paying a bemused sort of attention to the two of them sitting up in the front as they waxed rhapsodical in their anticipation over this game. i remember looking at the little box they brought out of the store, and being utterly nonplussed over their excitement. it looked sort of cool, but the idea of a game needing three CDs to complete seemed almost ludicrous. i mean, think of the time that would take. who has that kind of time? :)

then we parted company, and i went home with matt and watched as he started to play. and all i could do was stare.
every now and then, something happens to change the frontiers of your head. most of the time it's a big thing, a deep thing; a relationship, parenthood, a brush with death. and you come to expect things like that to change you in fundamental ways. but what i keep forgetting is that the frontiers of your head are always changing. a conversation, a piece of music, a book–a video game. anything can do it, at any time.

one of the first things i bought with my first month's salary here is a used playstation 2. i bought it so that i could watch japanese movies without changing the region code on my laptop. but, you know, i really wanted to order a copy of the japanese final fantasy. and so i did. i play it at home every now and then, learn some interesting japanese phrases ("attack!"; "fire blast!"; "watch out!"), and get out of my head a little.
good times.

we have a house. this is nothing short of amazing to me. we do grownup things like spend $2K on a fence for the yard and have A Mortgage. and i still feel about 22. not that 22 is that far away from 29. but these things that are part of an adult life are a part of my life, and somehow the obviousness of that correlation does not sink all the way into my noggin.

after weeks of packing and then unpacking i can't handle anymore organzing. i'd say about 80% of things are out of boxes and put away, but i have reached an impasse where i simply do not want to do any more at the moment. i sit here in our computer room knowing the entrance hall is cluttered with random plastic totes and shopping bags, a couple things needing to be assembled, and i just can't deal with it right now. i love our house but i want a vacation!

so today so far i have slept in, had some non-breakfast food, joyfully watched the dogs frolic in the yard, checked my gossip websites, and played a few hours of sims 2 pets on wii. and i feel guilty! which is ridiculous. or maybe i just tell myself it is ridiculous to feel less lazy. particularly because i know it is pretty damn lazy, for example, to want to go outside to get the mail but to not do so because it requires putting pants on (flashback to new years: "no pants in 'o7!").

i'm hoping to get to new york next week. i think in 4 days i can approximate getting a fill of the people and things i need to see and do. (er. doing the things, not the, ah, people, to be clear.) it feels bizarre to think i have been away from brooklyn now for the same amount of time that i lived there. my mindframe considering this is melancholy, a little, but not regretful.

now, i love me some super mario brothers. and i like to think i know my audience on here. which is why a 23 minute movie of someone trying to make progress in a homemade super mario board might be as amusing to you as it is to me.

someone is very very patient. and i don't mean me for watching too much of this.

this morning, i've been listening to the old op ivy album, as well as gnr's use your illusion 2. they both hold up much better than i would guess.

what a holiday. i'm still exhausted. it's easier, for now, to perhaps do a carter style list.

crowded planes. sleep dep. burger king's sneak king.* mst3k. broken baggage carousel. super shuttle. misunderstandings. emptying boxes. vomit on a plane. ihop. kilmarnock. moonshine. fried food. christmas lists. eggnog. the sopranos videogame. carter verus carter. petunia, her father and diesel. anna and elizabeth. winning the airplane seat lottery twice. the office season 2. grupreet in sfo. mike's xbox collection. caltrain and bart. wrapping christmas presents. carting food back and forth across the country. tetris ds. cindy, john and ben. a confederate flag and trying to explain why there isn't a reason to fear terrorism. david, melissa and julia. the atlanta airport. seeing jaffrey. mike's moving plans. weight watchers.

* seriously, if you have an xbox, go to burger and, for 4 bucks, buy their 'sneak king' xbox/xbox 360 (same disc for both systems) game. creepy, weird and very amusing, it's worth every penny of the 399 you will spend.

quick update: my name will not be appearing in the credits for 'the sopranos' ps2 game. i dont know the full details beyond that — i had several people on the inside ask about getting me in there. it wasnt just me that isnt getting credited; there was some sort of formal decision about it. i assumed that working on a game for a quarter off its production cycle would be enough but it seems it wasnt.

based on what i know (and assume) about the game, its prob not a huge loss. i know it would be fun to see my name there, but so be it. i guess the turnover has been high enough there that they dont feel they can name everyone, or the credits would be miles long. that or they are just dicks.

im about 10 minutes from meeting my weekend goal. ill have converted a pretty good portion of the site over to the new system. another couple of weekends and i ought to be all done. this qualifies as good news, mainly because i will be able to move on to something else.

like finally getting over to nyc.

in the meantime though, kurt wrangled me into buying a ds lite yesterday.

i should use the word loosely, as i merely went with him to purchase one yesterday and felt the pressure.

its a guilty purchase but im pleased. i had been threatening to get one for the last year, so it didnt come completely out of left field. and there are just too many good games for me to pass it up. (i ended up with new super mario bros and trauma center yesterday. im still on the hunt for phoenix wright, ace attorney.)

ill let you know my friend code as soon as i really get it all going. in the meantime, ill go back to watching japan beating australia in world cup.

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Redesign Competitions
amen.

YouTube launches upgrade in TV-like quest
one more step towards videoblogs. with this and the sousveillance news yesterday, we are getting there, slowly but surely.

Sousveillance/Surveillance updates
and one more step towards real videoblogging….

Wendy's says bye to Biggie, adds new large drink
wow, i thought this was a joke. and here i was giving wendy's props last week for allowing you to substitute things other than fries into your combos. but now the biggie is a medium? and large is 42oz? this is exactly what is wrong with this country. im furious. wendy's — you're on warning.

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tetris for the mac
yes yes yes. and multiplayer…so who wants to go?

Why Goalies Hate the New World Cup Soccer Ball
way to change something so dependent to the game.

2006 MTV Movie Awards - Gnarls Barkley
this is so genius, im blown away. amazingly awesome. (though i guess this is one def of genius, right? something so obvious you can't believe it hasn't been done before.) watch this right now. over and over. you wont regret it.

BBC NEWS | Guantanamo suicides 'acts of war'
can someone please explain this to me? with a straight face and mean it? because i seriously dont understand how this could even begin to be 'an act of war'. it makes me so sick.

how to watch the world cup online
interesting, but ive been using tuvplayer and its the bomb. windows only, but super super awesome.