Category: Musings

Sting Returns To TNA? And This Merited A Promo… Why?

Once again, Sting makes his return to TNA as a series of promos on their program kindly inform you. Because it’s supposed to be a surprise that Sting would stick with TNA rather than do something different and unexpected.

Look, I think it’s safe to say that Sting sticking with TNA for the foreseeable future is a sure thing. There’s no need to build up his return to TV every year; it makes build ups for really special things seem less special in comparison. What’s next? Promo videos building up to the day where Ric Flair shits on his legacy further by wrestling another match in his continually deteriorating appearance?

Oh wait…

Celebrating Christmas With The Power Rangers… Two Versions

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ version of a Christmas special is Alpha 5 kidnapping a bunch of kids from all over the world to sing Christmas carols… badly.

The Power Rangers Samurai version of a Christmas special is a clipshow of past episodes…

I never thought I say this, but Alpha’s Magical Christmas turned out to be the better special.

Digital Foundry's Wii Mini Review

Digital Foundry did a pretty comprehensive review of the recent Canada-exclusive Wii Mini console release and can be read here for anyone interested. After reading this review, it pretty much confirmed my original thought process on the console; stripped down to the bare minimum and not worth the money for a budget gaming system, especially since for an additional fifty bucks you can get an original Wii model with pack-in game.

Shit

Stuck with a massive headache the likes of which you’ve never seen before in your life… And on top of that, there’s a bunch of stupidities going on at the moment that just make me want to kill every single person on the planet. Goddamit, why am I stuck with complete fucking morons who wreck everything? DAMN IT ALL TO HELL! PLEASE TELL ME THIS WORLD’S GONNA END IN A COUPLE WEEKS SO THAT THE UNIVERSE WILL BE RID OF ALL THIS FUCKING STUPID! GAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!

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Yeah, so you can clearly see that I’m not in a very pleasant mood.

Headache

Stuck with a massive headache the likes of which you’ve never seen before in your life… And on top of that, there’s a bunch of stupidities going on at the moment that just make me want to kill every single person on the planet. Goddamit, why am I stuck with complete fucking morons who wreck everything? DAMN IT ALL TO HELL! PLEASE TELL ME THIS WORLD’S GONNA END IN A COUPLE WEEKS SO THAT THE UNIVERSE WILL BE RID OF ALL THIS FUCKING STUPID! GAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!

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Yeah, so you can clearly see that I’m not in a very pleasant mood.

Wii Mini: No SD Slot = No Buys

So another set of details has surfaced regarding the upcoming Wii Mini that’s up for sale in Canada and another bit of information has come up that might kill some potential sales. As if the lack of Gamecube support and Internet access might be rage-inducing to some people, it’s also been revealed that the Wii Mini lacks an SD card slot. So, in other words, if you’re looking to back-up your save data or carry over your save data from another Wii console over to the Mini, you’re out of luck.

This is disheartening to hear. While I’m not going to be shedding any tears over the lack of Gamecube and Internet access (meaning no WiiWare and Virtual Console), I would’ve thought they kept the SD slot for the sake of backing up saves or that sort of thing. I know some saves couldn’t be transferred, but I figured they would work around that at the very least. Considering that there is NO SD slot to be found on the system, my thoughts on whether this would be a worthwhile purchase – even as a budget system – seems to be waning even further towards the negative.

Mind you, I had no real intention of picking up a Wii Mini, especially since my 2008 Wii model – the one with Gamecube support, Internet access, and an SD card slot – is still working fine and might be subjected to a good softmodding if I can find a safe means of doing so… but there was the thought of picking this up as a novelty item. And if I could transfer my saves from Big Wii to Mini Wii, then at the very least, I’d have a back-up Wii. But the lack of a very common component in the SD card slot means that Nintendo will most certainly not be getting my money when it comes to this venture.

Really, I’m still not seeing the value of this thing as anything other than something for the collectors to buy and preserve for the eventual boost in resale value in five to ten years. I mean, if you were really looking for a decent budget system, there are dozens and dozens of better alternatives. I recommend picking up a Super Nintendo instead.