99 Lives

Whoa, it’s Super Kim Bros! Where Juche Communism, nuclear proliferation and 8-bit goodness collide..

P.S - To my loyal readers, I know I’ve been slacking but I hope to have something of interest shortly.

I’m so going to Hell for laughing at this..

[source: ED]

Today, I received an email from Microsoft regarding a possible billing mistake:

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Thanks to the MacLive article I wrote, 99 Lives ended up gracing the front page of Digg. 800+ diggs and three gigabytes later, I’ve also been linked by the following:

• Wired Magazine’s Game|Life
• Ars Technica’s Infinite Loop
• The Unoffical Apple Weblog
• Techmeme
• XboxSpace
• The Aftermac
• Unlimited Gamer
• Cathode Tan

Thanks to all those who dugg my story.

As any Mac user can tell you, Microsoft is notorious for leaving Mac users out in the cold. Being a 360 owner who prefers OS X as their platform of choice, I’ve always been green with envy of the ability to access Xbox Live and track friends within Windows Live Messenger.

This has changed recently after I discovered a nifty little application, designed by James Howard, called MacLive.

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Earlier this week, I wrote a post regarding an uncanny similarity between one of my posts and one appearing on popular game blog, Destructoid. Expecting to be ignored, humliated or both, I was pleasantly surprised by a comment left behind by Faith, the author, announcing she would be linking back to my post.

While I was never angry over this, it’d be extremely hard to remain after receiving such sweet talk from a woman without requiring my credit card and a 1-900 number:

I’m sorry I forgot to link back to your site. I was having issues with my editor, cause he didn’t want me to even post about Jack Thompson.

I can go back and link you proper. Sorry sweetie. You know I love you and I plan to add your site to my link list on Girl Gamer.

Kisses and sorry

With snark and venom being so common in blog disputes, Faith’s actions are like a breath of fresh air. Newly impressed fans should check out her blog, her writings at Destructoid and her clothing line “Pwn Gear”. There’s no 411 on her fan club but when I find it, I’ve got dibs on being President.

Wanna play? My 360 tag is bandersnatched.

The last episode of 24 ended with the death of Graem Bauer, the evil brother, bluetooth-wearing villain that everyone loves to hate. While I don’t share the animosity towards him that many fans do, their inane ramblings and crackpot theories brought on by his constant appearances will be sorely missed:

Liquid / Bluetooth Bauer is a complete tool. You do NOT walk away and leave not one, but TWO Bauers together, in the same place. That’s like putting an ass-kicking in a petri dish with an unholy terror and waiting for them to breed a new species of armageddon.

– Kajijima

Why the HECK do you want Graem back!!!! He’s a freakin traitor!!! Anyone who tries to kill Jack is officialy my enemy!!! Traitor…..

– 24myadiction

NOOO WAAYYY….GRAHAM CAN’T BE JACK’S BROTHER..
IF IT CAME UP AS THAT JACK WON’T HURT HIM, HE KILLS HIM AS LOUD AS HE CAN

– dj_mrt

January 23rd, 2007 - I write a post covering Jack Thompson’s docu-drama Mortal Kombat

January 30th, 2007 - I leave a comment on the “4girlgamers” blog with a link to this blog. 4girlgamers belongs to Faith, an editor for popular game culture blog, Destructoid.

February 4th, 2007 - Faith writes a post about Mortal Kombat on Destructoid, linking to the same YouTube video. She references GamePolitics which is heavy on Jack’s legal battles but details on the Mortal Kombat docu-drama are mysteriously not present.

February 6th, 2007 - Upon discovering all of this, I can’t help but to find myself feeling flattered.