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	Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 "I'm gonna rock your body till Canada Day!" (Robin Sparkles from How I Met Your Mother) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 are now up. It's mostly character development in those pages, but a very important part for Mikey. Read on! (Note: Please don't forget to vote whenever you drop by! I'd appreciate it! :D) I've been playing Etrian Odyssey 2 again and again. I've found out that some character classes are completely broken i.e. you can use them for cheap victories. However, those broken characters cannot be used at their full cheap potential until you reach a certain point in the game, leaving you at the game's mercy. My position about this? If something can be done without exploiting a bug (like Missingno. in the first Pokemon games) or without the use of a cheating device, it's okay.	Click icon to read latest pages (from p.29).
	Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 "Thank you for playing. Please turn the power OFF" (Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 28 is now up. I really wanted to update a bunch of new pages of MNT Gaiden, but this weekend was full of parties, family reunions and tasks, so I had my hands full (and my brain numb). My friend recommended me to try Etrian Odyssey 2 on DS. I never played the first one so I didn't know exactly what to expect: I'm a fan of dungeon RPGs, but people claim EO is one of the hardest ones out there. One thing that I was sure of, however, was that whenever ATLUS releases a game, I should buy it now if I think I'll be interested - or never. That company tends to print their games in very small quantities their games tend to go for a lot on Ebay a year after their release... Etrian Odyssey 1 is no exception, unfortunately. So I started playing the game (while I was drunk after a party, no less) and I really enjoyed it! After finishing the slow grindfest that was Persona 1, navigating through EO2's quick and responsive menus is a relief! If you're a fan of dungeon RPGs that punish you horribly for your lack of strategic thinking and like grinding, customization and non-linear gameplay, THIS is the game for you. If you like story-heavy games, linear gameplay and easy games, avoid this game at all costs.
	Sunday, June 15td, 2008 "If I like you, you can call me sarge. But guess what? I DON'T LIKE YOU!!" (Enclave drill sergeant in Fallout 2) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 27 is now up. Oookay. Brain Age is starting to get boring. I guess there's a reason it's only 20 bucks in the first place. Oh well. I'll probably use it as a tool to annoy members of my family. Putting Brain Age aside, I mostly play "Phoenix Wright: AA" on public transit and "Tales of World: Narikiri Dungeon 3" before sleeping. Both excellent games and easy to pick up and put down anytime. It's confirmed, by the way, that I'll have a table at the anime convention in Montreal, Otakuthon. If you attend that convention, please drop by, mmkay? :D
	Wednesday, June 11rd, 2008 "I am not a SIR! I work for a living, you mo-ron!!" (Enclave drill sergeant in Fallout 2) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 26 is now up. Another one day delay in my update. Oh well, I do what I can, right? I bought Brain Age the other day. I think I'm the type of person who knows he's guillible enough to believe whatever a game says to feel better about himself. Hehehe. :) But it's kinda cool though. Some activities in the game are a real workout for my brain, like the word memory and the low-high exercise. I don't really do them often, but I'm probably missing the whole point of this game if I ignore exerices where I have weaknesses. I bought a bunch of TMNT figurines as well... not just any figurines! They are based on the early Mirage VOL.1 TMNT! When the turtles looked more like turtles instead of bulky mutants. It's kinda cool, but I'm thinking about whether or not I should take them out of the box or display them in my room WITH the box. Decisions, decisions... My next objective for this site would be to upload a pic of the month somehow, do something about the malfunctioning polls and redo some icons in the forums.
	Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 "Oh? A wise guy, huh? Look, I'm tracing you right now pal. We'll see how smart you'll feel with internal security all over your fricking ass. Dickhead!" (Enclave Soldier in Fallout 2) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 25 is now up. Hmm yeah. Basically, this update was done on Monday, but I consider this the update for Tuesday. For a moment today, my eyes simply decided to stop working. It's like there was something fogging my vision and making me unable to focus on what's directly in front of me. Note to self: stop playing portable games in the dark... And as you can see with my comments, I'm in a Fallout phase right now. Totally my favorite American RPG - though I heard The Witcher is just as crazy.
	Monday, June 2nd, 2008 "The President of the United ****ing States of America! Who do you think I was talking about? What the f...! Who is th...! Wha...! I should kick your ****in' ass! Who is this?" (Enclave Soldier in Fallout 2) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 24 is now up. -MNT Gaiden's French translation of the Prologue is up. For today's page, there are no dialogs. The sounds are that of cars approaching - police cars, that is. With the next page (working on it), Japanese onomatopoeia or not, everything should be clearer. I'm keeping the Japanese onomatopoeia because I've been doing it since the beginning if MNT:Gaiden and changing it suddenly would not be very consistent of me. I haven't played sat down and played games in a while... usually I just play with handheld games on public transit. So this weekend, I decided to revisit one of my favorite PC games: Fallout 2. The game was far from perfect: buggy, slow and not very pretty. However, I downloaded a patch that repaired all bugs, made the game run ten times faster and turned up the resolution. What's so good about Fallout games? The atmosphere, the well written script, tongue-in-cheek humor, sarcasm everywhere, lotsa curse words, etc.. The post apocalyptic universe makes them unique, IMO. With Fallout 3 coming out in a few months, I want to be ready for it. I am still a bit concerned though: will it be just Elder Scrolls Oblivion in the Fallout universe? I hope not. And I certainly hope that all the smut, violence, sarcasm and social comments from the two previous Fallout games (excluding Fo:Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel) will remain intact.
	Saturday, May 24th, 2008 "You still have Zoidberg. You ALL still have Zoidberg!" (Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 are now up. Today's update is a bit bigger than usual. The pages of this update are also something kinda big for MNT Gaiden. Want to know why? Just read them.
	Monday, May 19th, 2008 "Miss May, I think it's high time you went shopping for a better excuse...?" (Phoenix Wright) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 17 is now up. Update here again. I've yet to find a way to put up the pic of the month! I'll have to refer to my CSS manual again and start coding...!
	Sunday, May 18th, 2008 "Actually, I, um, really hate your guts." (April May from Phoenix Wright) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 16 is now up. I went to see Iron Man at the theaters today. I must say, it really lived up to my expectations (which were raised after reading only positive reviews of that movie). I am not into superheroes, nor am I into movie adaptations of comic books. However, Iron Man delivered the goods: it was fun, entertaining and, best of all, not as cheesy as most movies nowadays. The script is cleverly written, Downey Jr. did a wonderful job as the main character, Gwenneth Paltrow was very likable as the heroine and the bad guys were very much hatable (meaning that the actors did their jobs wonderfully). And here I am now, wondering... What if Downey Jr. was not involved in the movie, would it have been just as good? Also, Downey Jr. will appear in the next Hulk movie as Tony Stark again. Under a different director, will that actor be able to deliver an equally solid performance? Hmm, hmm... (ponders).
	Sunday, May 11th, 2008 "Hey, do j00 do a lot of "cosplay," coz that costume r0x0rz!... *drool*" (Sal Manella from Phoenix Wright) -MNT Gaiden Chapter 15 page 15 is now up. -The Danish translation of MNT Gaiden Chapter 2 is now up (Thanks, Mattie!). I feel really terrible: even though I only had three days of work last week, I feel really exhausted. Starting tomorrow, it'll be 5 days of work - a full week! It's probably the necktie - or the suit - or those uncomfortable serious shoes. I'll probably have to be more disciplined and get as much sleep as possible so I won't feel like a zombie each day. Now, I'm not a huge fan of AMVs, but when they're nicely done, I mark them as a favorite and watch them at least once per week. This is the case for Yorae's TMNT AMV, based on the very dark episode "Same As It Never Was" from the 2003 TMNT cartoon. Watch it here - It's really inspiring!
	Thrusday, May 8th, 2008 SITE REVAMP, DONE! Yes, at last. Obscure Zodiac now looks less confusing, doesn't it? Anyways, there IS some kind of a real update that comes with this... -MNT Gaiden Chapter 3 is now revamped and up. -Uploaded a guest MNTGaiden Bakabakashii by Mcpaustin90! The "Mikey loses all work in progress" joke actually came from him originally. So anyways, let's talk about new things that come with this new layout: -Clicking on pages will lead you to the next one. At the end of a chapter, you'll have to go down and press the next chapter button manually, though. -No more popups in ugly windows for artworks and giftarts! They now open in elegant Lyte Boxes (excellent plugin)! -The character profiles are now in the "About Mnt Gaiden" section. -Lots of animated GIFs all over the place! They are, however, small than the JPGs from the old site, believe it or not! For the monthly image, worry not, I'll integrate it in this new layout later as well! Enjoy yourselves in this renewed Obscure Zodiac! Now... back to work for me. ;)

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