I thought I’d write a little opionated review of this new game, since I recently played it a few weekends ago.

Smash Brothers Brawl had a huge cult following and almost all my friends were excited about the new game for Nintendo Wii.  Darren reserved his copy and we waited in line while playing Tetris DS (and I pwned him, btw) while chilling inside the mall.  I’ve never been a big Smash Brothers gamer, but I’ve played my fair share of each of the games.

The first thing I noticed was the graphics.  The graphics kick ass, and I love the special effects whenever you use your final attack during a battle.  The characters are beautiful, and the cut scenes are made so well.  Nintendo is really starting to show off what the Wii can do as far as graphics go with this game, as well as with Mario Galaxy.

When you first play the game, I suggest playing with various controllers to figure out which one you would want to use.  I personally like the Wiimote + nunchuck, but Darren used the Classic controller.  It really just depends on your style.

There’s SO MUCH to do in this game.  When you play Brawl (playing against up to 4 people without an internet connection), you can unlock new characters and basically try out each of the available characters and maps to find your favorite.  I did not play any of the other battle modes, but I did take some time to check out the trophies, stickers, and maps you can make.  I really have no clue why there are stickers and trophies in this game other than to raise your e-peen, but  they are interesting to look at non-the-less.  There are a few minigames which are fun, but didn’t peek my interest that much.  My favorite thing to do, other than playing Brawl tourneys, was creating my own maps.  Really cool!  There’s lots of different ways you can create a map, and you can even choose your favorite music.

Apparently you can play this game online with other people, but since my Wii isn’t hooked up, I wasn’t able to do this.  O wells

All in all, it’s a great game and I suggest it to anyone who likes old school style battle zone type games.

I am so sick of the bad weather in Missouri… It’s March 4th, and by now we should be having really nice weather. Spring Break is just weeks away. Two days ago, we had 78 degree F weather. Today, it’s 30 degrees. I’m tired of it! I’m tired of school being cancelled because of the snow. I probably sound crazy, but I really hate school being cancelled once a week because of the weather around here. When I lived in Alaska, we had four feet of snow, and we toughed it out. I walked my little kid ass to school, in the snow that went above my head. If Alaska can do it, I think we can too. You know, I’m paying MSU to take these classes, my family has given them a lot of money to put me through education. The MSU website says the roads are bad… they look pretty damn fine to me.

Maybe I’m just pissed off because I want to graduate on May 16, and not have the school decide to tack on an extra week of classes. Maybe I want to graduate on May 16, so I can actually attend my graduation, and my little sister’s graduation one week after that. Maybe I’m pissed off because I stay up late studying for a test last night, that is now postponed til next Tuesday. And now I have a test to study for over the weekend, while my boyfriend will be here visiting, instead of getting it done with this week.

Oh wait- MAYBE I’m ticked because although Missouri State University cancelled classes because THE ROADS ARE BAD, the DID NOT close the Plaster Student Union, because kids still need their food! Maybe thats why!? I still have to drive my little Honda Civic up to the school and park it in one of the parking lots that have not been shoveled, so I can go to work in the Student Union. And of course, Thomas, the manager of the PSU, INSISTS Domino’s stay open until 11pm, giving my car enough time to get snow shoveled all around it, making my time tonight even harder to get out of a parking lot.

Or maybe I’m just annoyed because I just drove up to the school, to find barely a sole around there.

So Missouri State University- If you decide to cancel school, please do me a favour and post this information early in the morning or the night before… NOT AT 11AM When I have a class at 1230!

Does this weather look bad to you? It looks quite fun to me.

Microsoft Research started this new computer visualization of the entire universe (or, at least what we know now as the universe). It basically lets you pan through the universe to wherever you want to go. Being a bit of an astronomy geek myself, I would LOVE to fly through the universe on a big projector screen. It’s like bringing one of my dreams to life (almost…).

This is the website

And here is a video

It’s beautiful. It’s just plain astronomical (ha, no pun intended.) I can see why it made Scoble cry.

I was talking to my SO today, and he said something along the lines of “Why don’t you have a blog?”

Why don’t I? I rant, I rave, I like to talk and talk… So here is my webblog. Be amazed. I’m not really sure what I’m going to make this about, whether it be my travels, strange daily happenings, or just conspiracy theories about random characters like Paul McCartney. Maybe I’ll just post random fun things I come by as I procrastinate my senior paper by surfing the net. I don’t know, I haven’t decided yet. But I do hope you enjoy it.

I listen to a lot of podcasts. I blame this on my SO, even though I love him. Well, my podcasters keep me informed on the news, because I don’t watch TV (Unless it’s Mythbusters). I like listening to podcasts when I’m on my way to class or work. It’s a good way to start the day.

For those that don’t know yet, you should. I’m glad I’m not an early buyer like a lot of people are. You guys remember the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray war? Well, Blu-Ray won. For sure this time. HD is gone, long gone. I actually somewhat consider buying a PS3 now. Hmmm…

BTW, the MacBook Air has nothin on the Asus EEE pc. Just thought I would put that out there.

Almost done with my paper that I’m procrastinating. It’s about Wi-Fi cafes. I was doing some research last night and I came across this “How Wi-Fi works” page. I scrolled down and I saw LabRats! How exciting! I think they are a reliable source, don’t you? http://www.labrats.tv/

I’m using LabRats as a source and I am very excited about this!! I’m also very excited about starting something new once this paper is finished… You’ll see.

Ja-ne!

-Shannon