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If you bet on one thing in the world it’s that there will always be a adult parody of just about anything in the world and video games are no exception.  I present to you Super Strip Fighter 4 by StudioS.  I’m really not sure if there are 3 prequels to this title, but really… who cares.  It also looks to borrow fighter likenesses from KoF, Tekken and Virtua Fighter as well as from the Street Fighter series as you can tell from it’s 16 player line up (including a greasy, over weight geek).  Screen shots and clip after the link…

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This, dear readers, is the first ever official Snack Swap post.

Some time ago we made an exchange with friends.  Some of our Canadian cookies and treats for some American ones.  The results where lack luster.  I proclaimed that all American candy sucks, put forth the idea of snack swap (a concept I dreamed up a year or so ago) and the challenge to prove me wrong.

Okay, so I wasn’t really looking to be proved wrong.  I know every place has their own snack foods, good and bad.  Lots of people came out and said that the ones we received where crap and that there are far better ones out there.  I was more then willing to start up snack swap with anyone that would step forward with a list of treats to trade.  Fucitol, from the DeviantArt community soon sent me a note with a list of snacks and asked if I was willing to swap for the items listed.  I picked the ones I’d never heard of and sent him a list of my own.  He made his choices, and so began the journey of snacks to new and exotic locals to be enjoyed (or not) by  strangers linked only by a shared curiosity of what junk other people eat.

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Oh gawd… I loved this idea the moment I thought of it.

hee hee hee ^_^

Woo!!~

I just picked up my copy of Monster Hunter 3 Tri for the Wii.  I picked up the classic controller bundle at Best Buy this evening.  I did have it preordered at EB but for what ever reason, they didn’t get enough copies.  So I got my money back and bought it at BB for $5 less.  Yay!

I haven’t tried it out yet.  I will after wife is done watching Glee.

BUY: Monster Hunter 3 $46.99 Wii

A friend of mine has started a small game company called Seremeres and is making iPhone/Touch games.  A while ago she gave me the opportunity to play one of her games.  The game is called Spin Puzzle and that also pretty much explains what the game is.  It’s not complex in execution but it will take a good amount of thinking to put the pictures back together.  In addition to sliding and swapping the puzzle pieces around, you can rotate them to add an additional level to the game.  Plus there was neat a “beat the clock” challenge and trophies too.

So what would be a puzzle game with out pretty pictures?  Each puzzle picture is a super cute anime chick and hand drawn and painted for the game.  It really helps push you to find the solution as you want to see the adorable art and see what’s next. ^_^

Spin Puzzle is fun game for sure.  It’s nothing heavy and great to pick up and play when you have a few min or want a nice casual game for the evening.  I recommend it for sure, so if you have an iPhone/Touch you should check it out.

Today is my Beagle’s birthday!

YAY!!!

He’s 8 years old! We where fostering his mommy at the time she was pregnant (we later adopted her) and so we where there for his actual birth, plus his 6 siblings. We even helped break the birth sac on some of the puppies. Beagle puppies are the cutest puppies. ^_^

Here’s looking at you buddy!

^_^