Strange…
Oct 13th
I’m writing this with a certain feeling of melancholy. I am feeling uncertain about things I felt certain about before, and I’m feeling certain about things I was uncertain about. I can’t seem to shake the feeling either. Why must you pester me, strange feeling?! Maybe it’s school? Yes! It must be school. Speaking of which…
While I’m sitting in the bus I’m wondering if I’m prepared for today’s events. One would assume I am, since I’m sitting there with my backpack and with a certain look on my face. Indeed, physically I am ready. But mentally? That’s a different story… What have I been doing the past 8 weeks. Have I helped society in any way? No. Have I prepared for school? Of course not. Then, what have I done?
I worked in a factory for a day, that’s what. Yes, I had the privilege of working under Mohammed that day. Mohammed was an all right person, though he did tell me an interesting story about his son. Apparently his son has both asthma and allergies. Surprisingly my own allergies return that day, after years of being absent, they return. Strange, perhaps working in a factory where they work with glass wool wasn’t a smart thing to do…
The bus stops to pick up some people. This reminds me of something; I’ve been through this before. Looking around me, I can see more students. Will they be attending the same school as me? How many of them will start their studies with enthousiasm, then two months later quit due to a lack of interest. I’ve been through it before. My previous class started with 45 students. Only 16 graduated.
School looks immense. One could easily get lost here. Oh well, I’ve got four years to figure it out, it’ll work. The first class isn’t too promising. A somwhat bald, middle-aged man tries to explain how this year will go. Tries is the right word here, since his laptop stops working during the presentation. Not much later an ICT guy check it out and it appears that our beloved middle-aged man forgot to plug the laptop in. Ehh, I’ve been through worse.
The rest of the day feels similar, no, it IS similar. Will I really be spending another four years in school? Oh man, I’ll be 23 by the time I’m done. Well, it’s better than working full time, at least. We’ll see how it goes…
Autumn clean-up
Sep 29th
Hey there, nice to see you again. 
As you may have noticed, I was sort of MIA the last few months. If all goes well the blog should get updated again, though I sort of changed servers today since the last server kind of sucked when uploading files, but this one seems to be fine. All of the previous posts have been imported, so if you haven’t read those, feel free to do it now. I lost the images however, so just imagine them when reading the posts. 
Until next time.
Bye, bye PSP…
Jun 14th
I recently lost PSP. Yes, PSP: my Playstation Portable. We had some great times together, but in the end we had to depart. It’s better this way, right? Yeah, I thought so. All good things come to an end, don’t they?
Say, are you interested in our story? I figured you were. Now, take a seat and let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with PSP.
It’s early 2006. I had just quit my job at the local supermarket due to exams and I was sitting on quite a lot of money. Well, considering I was 16 at the time, it felt like a lot of money. Anyways, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the money. No, I did now want an Xbox 360. No, I did not want a new cellphone. The thing I wanted – no, lets call it a she – had beautiful graphics, could play all my music and would play all my movies. She went under the name of Playstation Portable. But I prefered to call her PSP.
PSP was a real lady. She was unlike anything else I had seen before. Yes, I had met DS. But she had her flaws. DS was bulky whereas PSP was slender. DS looked cute whereas PSP looked pretty damn sexy. DS also had this weird dillema with her micophone. It seemed like all the games back when the DS launched had to use it. This annoyed me and really hurt our relationship. Oh! Looking back I should’ve given you more love! She had two screens, a touchscreen and was more fun to play around with. Yes, I realize that last sentence sounds really awkward.
But PSP! My love… When I bought you, you immediately disappointed me. Yes, for no reason whatsoever your lovely skin had to crack, forcing me to return you to the cold and lonely store. We had to depart, understand it love. You would soon get replaced by another model. No, it’s not your fault. She looks identical to you! If I didn’t know any better you two could’ve been twins! Sorry, my dear…
Your replacement did not disappoint. We had fun together for a while! We listened to music, we watched movies, we even browsed the internet together. It didn’t matter you had to be charged every four hours! The time we spent together felt like an eternity! Alas, my love. You failed to please at one single, but crucial point; you sucked at playing games.
When I bought you, I didn’t think clearly. I didn’t think about your awful deformed child; the UMD. Yes, your child never matured. It was slow at everything, it was prone to sratches and basically required all your energy. I understand it’s not your fault, love. UMD was like a parasite. It’s too bad we couldn’t ditch it.
I tried, honestly I tried. It just didn’t work out. Please don’t take this personally, but your father, Sony, refused to change. He didn’t want you to stop using UMD’s. Instead he kept claiming the format was alive and well. We were made for each other, PSP. But UMD… Argh!!
It was a rainy day. You refused to play Metal Gear Solid and I just couldn’t take it anymore. I put you back into your box and left you there on the street. I felt awful, honestly I didn’t want to leave you… Sony found you though.
Enter PSP GO. Sony’s answer. I dont know what he did to you love, but he slaughtered you. Sure, UMD was gone, but why did you look so alien? It’s all your father’s fault, don’t blame yourself. I’m sure there are plenty of guys out there who still love you. As for me… I’m going back to DS. Yes, I should’ve never left her…
Rest in peace, PSP…
E3? Electrified Eel Explosion? I hope not…
Jun 1st
It’s that time of the year again. Can you feel it? It’s the companies spending countless money on doing what you love most: announcing new games. What will happen this year? Will Sony finally release a PSP with two analog sticks? Hmm, I guess not. Will Microsoft ever enter the handheld market. Perhaps. Will Nintendo finally release a proper Zelda sequel. I wouldn’t bet on it. So what does E3 offer us, then? A whole lot of speculation.
Today Microsoft will hold their conference. I’m not holding my breath for any interesting announcements What I am hoping for however, is a new dashboard update for the 360. NXE is great and all, but I also loved the old menu system. What I want is an option to choose the menu you want yourself. Knowing Microsoft’s enthousiasm towards NXE, the chances of this happening are slimmer than Amy Winehouse never touching another alcoholic drink.
Now, on Nintendo’s side things are looking less grim. Honestly, they don’t have much to lose. Well, excluding all the ‘core’ gamers. Do those exist anyway? I thought they all moved on to other consoles since, you know, Nintendo is of course the only company developing games. Me personally? I’m hoping for another Star Fox (on-rails again pl0x) or a new F-Zero (what does the F stand for anyway?). They’ll probably announce another Wii Fit game just to tick me off though. I thought they were about kicking ass and taking names. Unless kicking ass is a excersise in Wii Fit, I feel cheated. Yes, I could lose a few pounds, now quit advertising it as the best way to do it. Deal? I hope so.
Ah, Sony. I still remember Sony’s conference from 2006. It was so amazing… -ly funny. Giant crab, RIDGE RACER, fivehunderedandninetyninedollars. Jokes aside, we’re already pretty sure they’ve got the whole GO thing (GO! Cam. GO! Maps. GO! Messenger. GO! Away) going on. Yet they still forgot the most important feature; a second analog stick. Honestly, if they’re not going to put that on it, don’t put one on at all. Aside from that I predict another Little Big Planet game (overrated) or yet another Final Fantasy spin-off. If you couldn’t tell already, I don’t really care about Sony.
A 360 motion controller! A Wii HD! A slim PS3! We’ll find out in the upcoming days.
What if Nintendo went bankrupt
May 8th
The year is 2005, not long after the DS’s launch. Somewhere in Japan two people are having a serious conversation. Their recently released DS would decide the company’s fate. If it succeeded, then all their troubles would be over. Failure on the other hand, was not an option.
The office looked like any other office, save for the seemingly endless supply of Nintendo plushies lying on the floor. Some were missing their limbs, others had been completely torn appart. The whiteboard on the wall was filled with the same words: ‘THE PRINCESS IS ANOTHER CASTLE’. The windows had been closed, there was a strange aura in the room. Behind the only desk in the office sits a man. His face is not visible.
Suddenly, the man starts talking: ‘It seems the DS failed’, the man says. There’s something odd about his voice, it almost sounds like he’s in pain.
The other man stares at the floor. ’That would appear to be the case, yes’, he says.
‘You do realize that we could not afford another failure, not after the Gamecube’. The man in the chair sounds angered. He spins his chair. His face looks awful.The face of a man that hasn’t sleeped in days; the face of a man that just heard his wife died; the face of a man that just heard he lost his company.
‘It’s not our fault’, the other man whispers. ‘The DS was a hit or miss. Yes, we took chances. But did we truly have another choice? The idea was briliant, you can’t deny that’ The man sounds desperate. He spent weeks, months working on the design. How could his idea fail?
‘That’s what we thought about the Gamecube! Hell, I should’ve known better. Listen, it’s not your fault’, the man wipes some sweat from his forehead. ‘Listen to me, they’ll be here any second now’.
‘What are you talking about?’, the other man says nervously.
‘The cops of course. We had to do some underground work to get enough money. How else could we afford the production of one million of those worthless toys!’, the man shouts in rage. He needs his medication.
The other man takes a few steps back. ‘I’m sure there’s a way out of this’.
‘No, there’s not. If we run, they’ll catch us. If we hide, they’ll find us’. The man opens a drawer, there are two gun like objects inside. ‘I’ve prepared two modified zappers. They’re both loaded. I’ve already made up my mind, do whatever you want, I don’t care. I’m going to coin heaven.’ The man holds the zapper to his head.
The other man is shocked. How could his boss do this? He wants to scream but isn’t able to for some reason. He sees his boss’ index finger reach the trigger. A clock ticks. Finally, he’s able to utter some words. ’No, don-’
Bang.
It was already too late: the doors of the office flew open as the cops came swarming in. They arrested the two people in the office. These two people were Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto, both keymen of Nintendo Ltd.
They were never heard of again.
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