Recently I have had so much Fettuccine Siena From this place called Uncle Veto's Pizza. It tastes really good.

And as you can see, I have run out of things to say.

At the end of the day, JusticeCovert addressed the issue swiftly and professionally:

Full response at the end of this page. Looks like my only concern has been proven to be unfounded. My faith to Gamespot +1.

I'm just going to keep this short since there isn't much to say about it. For those who are complaining that Army of Two, a game that made fun at US military, received a 6.5, go watch a video at Gamespot. There, you see an US Army's commercial? Did that answer your question?

I recall that my first major conflict with my parents took place when I was 16. The event contributed a great deal toward my transformation from a teenager to an adult, but ironically I cannot recall what the argument was about. Nevertheless, every man and woman seek independence through rebellious acts to demonstrate their capacity and eagerness to break away from the nest built around them. One might stumble and fall, but just as an infant who bruises and cry, eventually the steps grow sturdy and a path is walked with dignity and maturity, and hopes that came within when one embraces all possibility of future.

Individualism notwithstanding, human race also continues its inner struggle as philosophers around the world from all ages joining the great conversation. Theologians envisioned a wise, all-seeing father figure that define the purpose of our existence, while others battle this invisible cradle that has once sheltered us but now hinder our progress for human soul, too, seek not refuge but independence and strength to stand on own two feet and walk. As time went by, the great creator became more metaphorical but its importance continues to be praised and recognized, for no matter how strong an individual become, one always remember that it is not the flesh but the intangible values such as morality that define the civilized world as we know it, and a divine personification allowed us passing down the torch to the future generation without blinding us by its light; glory seen in a mirror, not through our own arrogance. Man might be the master of the world, but the world sustains thee.

What I don't understand is how anyone could see all these in a video game platform.

I mean, come on, give me a break. A company makes a bunch of video games and a system so they can MAKE MONEY. None of these companies cares if their customer get sick and die tomorrow. They don't care about the game buyer as a human being. So why get so angry when someone criticizes your platform?

I have seen people getting upset when their religious belief is criticized (which is down right ridicules in its own way,) but religion is quite a big part of human society for thousands of years so it is not unreasonable. Religion is part of the culture therefore it defines character of a member of that society. But a video game system? How does a video game system relate to a person?

It is just a piece of machine that I have to pay hard-earned cash for. It is supposed to SERVE ME. And when it doesn't work to my desire, I am going to complain about it whenever, however, and wherever I want to.

I used to drive a Toyota Camry. It was a great car and it was cheap. Good gas mileage, cheap maintenance, and so on. If I were to recommend a car, I would say go get a Toyota Camry. But if Toyota ever builds a car that sucks, I am not going to defend them. Toyota is a car company. And if they want my praises, they need to make good cars. I don't worship Toyota just because Camry was awesome. I just want to state the fact: I bought a Camry and it worked great. If I ever bought a Toyota and if it were ever to suck, I will not be afraid to say that Toyota screwed up.

That's how human beings grow. In fact, that's how every industry grow. Imagine what would have happened if all the graphic designers from the early 90s all decided to be fanboys. They would worship everything Quark ever has to offer, including the expensive plug-ins that should have come with the retail version of the program in the first place. But no, graphic designers weren't fanboys, and a lot of them switched to Adobe and today everyone know what Photoshop is. Because Graphic designers know something is stupid when they see it.

But I am making a mistake here. I am looking at fanboyism through my eyes. It is not fair. I soon realized that fanboyism means something completely different for a kid.

When I was much, much younger, I loved Captain Planet. I was a big fan of the show. I spent all my money on the toys. I used to spend all day pouring hot water on Captain Planet action figure's chest and watch the color change and yell "oh no I am polluted!" My life was all about Captain Planet. I would go to school wearing a ring that has a symbol of fire on it, and I always wanted to save the planet and fight the "dirty" industry that pollutes the world. I wanted to be a Planeteer. And remember Duke Nukem? He glows in the dark! I used to play that toy under my bed until the glow paint goes dim.

Of course, there is nothing great about Captain Planet. The plastic used to produce these toys and their packaging probably did way more harm to the environment that any Captain Planet could salvage. Not to mention the industrial waste generated in order to bring the cartoon to life. Imagine the irony, a Chinese factory with buckets of lead paint and tall chimneys emitting thick smoke, busy printing the slogan "the power is yours" on the back of the packaging. The power of hypocrisy, maybe? Oh, and Ted Turner is a douche. Captain Planet was nothing more than a market ploy to make money. No one should ever be proud of being a fan of Captain Planet.

But here I am, once the biggest fan of Captain Planet.

I could take out my entire intellectual arsenal and bash on fanboyism, which I sort of did, but the point I really wanted to make is that any criticism made on fanboyism is only valid if you are talking yourself out of fanboyism. But I believe everyone was a fanboy at one point. I can't even imagine how I would have reacted if someone were there and tell me what Captain Planet was really about when I was younger. I would not consider that as a new way to look at life; it would be nothing more than cruelty - why would you take my Captain Planet away from me? I mean, I was just a kid. My hands were so small they could hardly grab toilet paper, and my head could only understand so much. My world is just these little places around me, and my Captain Planet. Why can't I love something that meant so much to me?

My sister used to hug a big Hello Kitty doll when she went to bed. Hello Kitty, in terms of merchandise marketing, is probably far worst than any Captain Planet. Hello Kitty didn't have a plot, it looked and still looks stupid, and the only decent movie it managed to produce was based on Alice in Wonderland. What a piece of garbage, really, but my sister loved it. That cute-looking cotton-filled garbage did more to sustain her sanity during her turbulent three years at high school than my parents could ever have done.

So, go ahead, worship Sony. Worship Microsoft. Worship Nintendo. There will be a day when you don't look at these corporations the same way you once were, but I'm sure you will always remember the fun you had with your games. And maybe you will even hate these companies at some point, but I'm sure you will be glad that you had fun, just like I had with Captain Planet. I mean, life is so short. We took away spiritual supremacy but a solution never came forward. We set out to find an answer, without realizing that the belief that the answer is somewhere out there is a faith on its own. But we never chose this life, really... we are merely the product of this society. We want to believe enlightenment but we were strictly industrial, making us nothing but splinters of a dream of truthfulness. So, who is to say that anyone does not deserve to have a little innocent fun, having their own Captain Planet?

The best game ever made refuses to work on my computer. Hamburgers!

Well, I have been trying to play Oni but the game simply won't work anymore. I tried everything: Patched .exe for XP, patched .dll file, enabling Extension Limit in Nvidia CP... you name it. The game will run but the graphics are all corrupted and I can't get past the menu, so all I could do was listening to the background music.. Is it really too much to ask for some Devil Spin Kick and Rising fury?