Objection!

So i finished Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney today. I have to say that while the game was great i felt empty after beating it. Probably because i wanted more but realised at the same time that if the game had of been any longer it would have been too long. Believe me, Phoenix Wright is a very long game for an adventure game.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney has 5 cases in total, the first serving as a tutorial of sorts where you have to defend your friend larry who has been framed for the murder of his ex girlfriend. This beggining case helps show the player how everything works inside the games court room, the tutorial goes through presenting evidence, finding contradictions, and pressing statements to get the witness to elaborate when you cross examine.

Each case has been very well written and each are very interesting to work through. Lack of animation in the characters animeish artwork hardley is noticed because of such well written dialogue.

Phoenix Wright is a very linear game and there is never more than one way to do anything and because of this sometimes your left scratching your head trying to figure out what to do next. A side effect of this is that this game leaves you with absolutely no desire to replay it.

The Ds's touch screen's functionality in the game isnt really that well highlighted until you reach the last case, a bonus case added into the game especially for the western ds release. Keep in mind that the original version of this game in japan was a GBA title, so they probably couldnt have drastically changed the existing cases without making some of the parts completely different.

One of the touch screen features in this final case really blew me away and gave me a feeling i rarely get when playing games, a sense of amazement of sheer originality.

In this specific example, you are taking finger prints in an evidence room, and you are required to sprinkle the powder onto the print using the stylus and then it asks you to blow the powder away to reveal the print. I have to admit that at first i wasnt sure what it expected me to do and i spent 30 seconds or so thinking "whats the blow button?" until i finally realised that this game actually wanted me to blow away the powder by blowing on the touch screen. I couldnt believe it....

I'm glad i chose this game as my first DS title because at the time i wasnt expecting to be able to purchase another game until around 1-2 weeks afterwards because i didnt have anymore money and my descision to pick up this title was very wise as it is a very lengthy game.

I am now really wanting to pick up phoenix wright 2. The first game has made a fan out of me.

Who could have thought an adventure game where you play the role of a defense attorney could be so satisfying. The looks on the witness's faces when you find contradictions sometimes is priceless and quite comical.

On the PSP Front (yes i have one now) i have been playing Tekken Dark Ressurection and Street Fighter Zero 3: Double Upper (Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, i call it Zero 3 cause i have the japanese version) and am impatiently waiting for DJ Max Portable 2 to arrive in the mail.

I made a mistake buying 2 fighting games in such close proximity without getting something else to mix things up, because now i'm totally sick of beating people up for the most part since in my excitment of getting the psp i've over played the thing a little bit and will probably end up taking a break from it until my new game arrives.

I can get another PSP game on monday if i wish to, but i'm conflicted as to whether i should get:

Metal Gear Solid Portable Op's (PSP), Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (PSP), Initial D (PSP), Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: And Justice For All (DS), Or the first DJ Max Portable game so that i can transfer all the song data onto my memory stick from the original and double the catelogue of songs i have to play through on DJ Max Portable 2.....

I guess logically i should get the game thats harder to get readily, but if i do that and i fall into the trap of non variety again i'm going to get brain dead again from no variety.

Dont get confused and think that i hate the 2 psp games i have already, its just that i need variety i suppose.

Anyway in a weeks time i'm ordering the Ram for my PC, after that is done all i need for my new PC Box is a new harddrive, case and power supply.

On the topic of new current gen systems... i still feel conflicted over the 360 and PS3, why? because the PS3 will have tekken 6 ...... and i prefer the playstation controller, not because its nessesarily better but because i'm used to it. I guess i could get both eventually but for now i'm trying to cover most bases with 1 system as i can for now.... Virtua Fighter 5 is coming out on 360 check... Devil May Cry 4 Check, Resident Evil 5 Check, Blue Dragon Check, Lost Odysee Check, Gears of War Check, .... i cant think of any others right now... but as you cans ee i probably should just STFU and get a 360 but i think i have a stupid brand loyalty problem perhaps

On Respect.

Al's right....respect is disappearing...and way faster than i'd like.

What the hell is wrong with people these days? Is each generation being raised progressively poorer, or is it just a product of people simply not giving a shit anymore?

I've ranted about it before, in an earlier post, but i'll bring out this example again...at work, i'll greet a customer, say hi, be nice, put my hand out to take their items, and what do they do?...they drop them on the counter, instead of handing them to me, like civilized people. I'll ring them up, and they're either trying to get me to take the cash or credit card before i even know how the fuck much they owe me, or they're dropping the cash or card on the counter, and walking away to the end of the counter where they pick up the movies....i mean, the fucking transaction isn't even finished, and they're walking away...at that point, i simply refuse to complete the transaction, and i help the customer that walked up, because they thought the person that walked off was finished. I've actually been written up for doing this....but damnit, someone's gotta do something....THE UNDERWEAR GOES OUTSIDE THE PANTS, PEOPLE!

What i mean by that is that there's a certain order to things....you're supposed to walk up to the counter, give the person your shit, wait for them to ring it up, give them the money, wait to see if you have change, or hafta sign something, THEN proceed to pick up your stuff, after the transaction is completed....are these people stupid?...Rude, maybe?....just don't give a shit?...maybe some combination of the three?...seriously....what the fuck?

People who run stores....Service reps, Supervisors, etc...we're not fucking robots...we're people, Show a little fucking respect....We're there to serve you, not to be shit on..

I'll give you another one.....this just happened to me the other day...

This lady comes in, and asks me about a problem with her account....i look it up, lo and behold, her account is locked because there are movies that are out, and haven't been returned...they're like 2 months overdue. She swears up and down that she returned them to our store, not blockbuster, not another of our locations....THIS store.....she's getting progressively ruder...i had the unfortunate distinction of being the manager on duty that night, so i had to deal with her....i had my partner look on the shelf, to see if maybe they hadn't been scanned in upon dropoff (it happens more than you'll know), nada....i checked all the places they could have been...nothing. I explain to her that they are not in the building, and that there is no log of them being dropped off anywhere else. As is standard procedure, i ask her to just check her home and car once more, just to make sure she's not mistaken about having returned them. When i say this, she gets even MORE rude, and starts yelling at me about how i must be lying, and about how i'm calling her a liar (i never once even implied that she was lying), then she starts accusing us of having "Crooked employees stealing movies".....every attempt i made to calm her down, and make her happy was met with increasing frustration, and more insults from her. I finally gave her the number for our corporate customer service line, because i was sick of dealing with her. While i'm writing it down for her, she's all like "Well, come on"...i was so tempted to tell her to go eat a dick.....

So she sits in her car, in front of the store, talking on her cell phone for like 15 minutes...no doubt talking to her husband about what assholes we are.....

about 20 minutes after she leaves, i'm on break, eating my dinner, and i get a call from corporate...it's a service rep from the support line....the lady had called, and yelled at her, and was making shit up about how we're liars and theives....the service rep had her on hold, and was confirming what had happened....when it was confirmed that i had done everything by the book, and that there really was nothing more i was empowered to do under policy, she thanked me for my time, and let me get back to my dinner.

What the fuck is wrong with people?.....why are people so rude, and so fucked in the head?...what the fuck happened to respect?


Speaking of blockbuster.....what a bunch of cunts.....seriously...

As a courtesy, we call them to tell them when one of their dumbass customers drops off their movies at our store...the SECOND we mention what store/company we're with, and that we've got their movies, they put us on hold...and it's always for fucking ever....i'll bet almost anything that they do it and they sit there, taking bets on how long it takes before we get annoyed and hang up....i mean, i don't have all goddamn day to sit on hold and wait for one of their shitass reps to pull his finger out of his asshole, and pick up the damned phone....i've got work to do, ya' know? They also steal our movies....someone will drop off there by accident, and when they go back to get the movies, blockbuster will claim they don't have them....fucking pricks...

Where's the respect?

Don Imus, called the Rutgers woman's basketball team a bunch of "nappy headed hos"...bad move...what a fucking colossal idiot.....he got fired for it, which i think is fair, because he's a complete jack off douche ...still, that's another example of a lack of respect for people...what the fuck is wrong with our society?

Instead of getting better, it's getting worse.....LESS cultured, LESS intelligent, LESS respectful, and overall LESS civilized....shit's going backwards, and it needs to stop before it's so fucked that noone can fix it....

Anyway, i think i've ranted enough on respect.....let's go on to other things...

I realize it's been a while since i last posted, and i'm sure Al's more than a little annoyed that he's the only one saying anything..sorry about that, life's a cunt sometimes, ya' know?

My job's a total buttfuck, my personal life is a wreck, and i just constantly find myself either with a lack of time, or a lack of inspiration, and on the worst days, a total lack of both....i need a change of direction...a change of career, hell, a change of life...i'm tired of living the way i am now....shit needs to change...just gotta figure out how to make it change.

So many things in my life are fucked up right now....Chris disappearing like he did still hurts, even after all this time...he's like a brother to me, it hurts when you completely lose touch with a family member....the constant worry of whether or not they're alright, of why they disappeared, of if they're ever going to come back....it sucks, and not a day goes by that i don't think about it.....am i a faggot?, no...he's my bro, and i'm worried about him....

Then there's my girlfriend....she lives in florida, i live in jersey...i REALLY wanna get down there and spend some time with her, but because of my shitass job, i can never afford it....i love her so much, and want so badly to be with her, and i can never make it happen. i'm having a hard time figuring out which hurts more....that, or the chris situation...they both suck hard, and hurt a lot. It's all VERY depressing.

Which leads me to my actual family.....my blood...my sometimes clueless, always aggravating little brother, with his always irritating comments about how i choose to live. my obsessive-compulsive father, with his always biting, barely veiled assertions that despite everything i've done, i've ultimately failed at life. And my pre-menopausal mother, with her constant mood swings, and easily aggravated temper...when they're all in top form, i almost don't wanna come home....having to deal with shit at work all day, then coming home to that makes sticking my cock in a Cuisinart seem downright delightful....

If i weren't such a hopeless optimist (i really do believe that no matter how bad shit is, it can and eventually will get better), i'd kill myself.

The only bright points in my life are my girlfriend, my best friend, and his wife...as long as they're around, the whole world could explode, and i'd still feel like i might be alright....they're THAT important to me...

everything else that is positive in my life is just a dim, dull light at best....chris was one of the bright points, but he's gone now, and i really don't know if he's ever coming back...that depresses the shit out of me....

now that's not to shit on or downplay the few other friends and acquaintances i have..they're all great....the staff here, and my family (as irritating as they are) included, but the other three.....we've been through all kinds of hell together....it's hard to describe the bond...i'm sure you understand though..

Why am i writing about all this here, in public?...i have no fucking idea....just seems like the thing to do...at least i'm being honest...not looking for sympathy, or anything like that...i just felt like writing...and as any good writer knows, when you get started, everything just kinda flows....

EDIT: ...can't believe i forgot my cat....he's one of my favorite things in the world....i think i'd totally lose it if he wasn't around....i love t3h kitties, lol