Mario Kart Wii is finally out, actually it has been out now for about 2 weeks. Since getting the game, I’ve been planning to play the game each day, thats something I don’t do with video games I get, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Currently, my favorite game on the Wii is Mario Kart, not Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
During gameplay, I do use the GameCube controller instead of the promoted “WiiWheel.” I gave it a try several times, but I think it was too crazy for me to learn it. With the looks of the Gamecube version and the feel of the DS version, it made me feel more comfortable playing and others as well. With the Gamecube version, none of my friends wanted to play it because of the complicated setup of having 2 people in the car rather than one. With the Wii version, all my friends are able to play easily; including my sister who uses the Wii wheel.
Mario Kart has the exciting feature of playing people online, which I’ve been doing since I got the game. I’ve been playing online in 2-player mode with my sister Jen (her Mii is on the left of the top image) and Mike (his Mii is on the right); so far, I played over 300 races online with people worldwide (not regional) with over 6500 VHR points. When I play online, I might be by myself or with one of the Miis above (see below for names) and we will always choose Coconut Mall (in Worldwide or Regional Races); don’t forget it!
Sadly, I don’t have any friend codes so I haven’t been playing online with friends. If you would like to see my Mario Kart Wii friend codes and other friend codes click here.
The next game I am waiting for is Animal Crossing for the Wii.
Miis on top image from left to right: Jen, Fred (as Chouji), Anthony (as Antonio), Sarah (as Sita), and Mike (as Gannypoo).
I posted the coffee house photos on my site, the pictures are located here. Video footage of the coffee house will be available during the first FTC Newscast in March.
I’ve been using the Compare Friends application on Facebook and I found it pretty weird. If you don’t know the Compare Friends application, it basically lets you answer series of random questions and you have to answer by picking a friend out of the two (at random) that relates to the question. Some of the questions are like, “who would you hang out for the day” or too dating questions like “who would rather sleep with?”
Sometimes I just love the two friends it choses at random. My favorite of all so far was a question with my two friends, Amy and Sarah (who are sisters), with “Who would I rather marry?” I’ll let you decide which one I chose.
The release of vidgle.com is coming close. Today, there was a small meeting with members interested to be part of the website. It wasn’t a big turn out, but it was a great start to begin the site. Vidgle.com is not opened yet and the budget for the site is currently getting approved by parent Jenthony Enterprises, Inc. We currently have several shows that will begin production on the first week of February and the site will be open by the the second week in February.
From newscasts to reality shows, from talking about technology to sports, we are planning to have a huge variety of shows for anyone to watch and enjoy. We welcome any new ideas for future shows at anytime, we’ve already gotten so many ideas, that the lists of programming ideas just keep on growing!
Here are some of the current shows we are currently planning:
Behind the Mic: a sitcom show about a radio station written by Anthony and Niki Cruz.
AZ Tech Talk: a technology talk show hosted by Anthony and Sarah
Con-Goer: a on-scene report from a convention.
Sports Roundtable: Hosted by Randy Sobel, a weekly discussion show about sports
Cruzn’ Hollywood: a weekly newscast about entertainment news hosted by Niki Cruz/
Danny Karron’s Comedy Block: comedy standup by Danny Karron.
The Five Towns College Report: a biweekly newscast about whats happening at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York.
Comic-Tonic: a comic-book discussion show hosted by Sketkh and Geoff
The Forum: A roundtable discussion about hot topics going on in the news.
Talkin’ Theater: Behind the scenes of your favorite shows on theater, hosted by Christopher Cavallo.
MIA: A reality stunt show that should not be tried at home!
It was reported by Jenthony that WRAJ Internet Radio’s music guide on wrajradio.com was hacked on Friday. It did come to the company’s attention that there was a security vulnerability in the broadcasting software used for WRAJ Internet Radio to send song data to the website. My friend Maria O’Connell, in charge of handling situations like this one, said to Jenthony “It turns out that the hacker was able to access the computer used to broadcast the station at its headquarters in New York and was able to write the files within the music guide section of the website.”
Last year, WRAJ Internet Radio stopped sending song data to the website because of bandwidth issues. The WRAJ Internet Radio team in California is investigating and reviewing security issues on the site.
If you do see a page that seems to be hacked on my site, please notify me immediately with the timestamp and URL of the page.
During the New York Anime Festival, it was Santa-Con that took place in Manhattan, which hundreds of Santas came together. But this gathering is a little different, instead of Santas walking around, it was “No Pants Day,” that took place on Saturday. Hundreds of people came together at a Subway station by wearing no pants. According to Improv Everywhere, the organization that held the event, said there was an estimated 900 participants in the event.
“It was basically like a sci-fi convention with people wearing costumes, but instead, it was people wearing no pants.”
The group splits into three different subway trains and took the subway from downtown Manhattan to Union Square.
You can see pictures from Steph Goralnick on Flickr by clicking here.
The New York Anime Festival is over and what a great time it was. There was somethings I didn’t like about the con, but I still had a good time. This is the fifth and final con for the year, the next con is Katsucon in Washington D.C. this February. Each day, my sister and I took the train in, instead of staying near the city. That was because there is no good hotels near the convention center, the closet one was Hotel Pennsylvania, which is located near Penn Station. We stayed at the hotel in March 2007 for the IBS Radio convention; because of the poor quality, we are not planning to go back to hotel.Pictures of the con are already up, click here to see the pictures!
Of course, I can’t forget the friends who went to the con. If it wasn’t for them coming to the con, I would have left the con and never come back. I think its pretty much like that for most of the cons. Mostly everyone was there: Fred, Jon, Meredith, Louis, Jesse, Brian was there!
The Dealers Room was the place to be, actually, it was the only place to be. Luckily, there was a variety of different merchandise at different booths, which usually 1 out of 5 booths will have the same stuff as another one, especially at Otakon. I think there should have been more stuff going on, especially after 7:00pm. Most of the panels at the convention either did not draw me interest, or I wasn’t there at the time of a panel.
Compared to the Big Apple Anime Festival (BAAF) in 2002 and Anime Expo (2003) in New York City at Marriott Marquis, NYAF wasn’t as big and I believe that NYAF should be at the Marriott next year. (I compared it to BAAF and AE because it was the con in New York related to NYAF) Not only it was big, but there are other attractions outside of the hotel, which of course is Times Square. Of course, at the Javits Center where NYAF, there was nothing outside of the convention center, not even a variety of restaurants. The closest place to be near attractions is Times Square which is around a 10-15 block walk.
If there shall be another New York Anime Festival again next year, I won’t mind going again. However, I wish that the convention can be at the Marriott Marquis, which I mentioned, or at a different location near attractions; such as restaurants, hotels, and coffee shops where we can go to a place to sit down or hangout after the con is over.
I would like to thank everyone who sent me a birthday message this year. I had a nice, lazy, relaxing birthday this year and hopefully next year for my 21st birthday, I can get in a mood for a birthday party (without the alcohol drinks and beer since I’m not drinking in my lifetime)!
The picture is from my 17th birthday in 2004. I did have a cake made by Sarah and Jen, but it didn’t have my name or Happy Birthday on it, neither a candle, which made me laugh.
During the New York Anime Festival, it was Santa-Con that took place in Manhattan, which hundreds of Santas came together. But this gathering is a little different, instead of Santas walking around, it was “No Pants Day,” that took place on Saturday. Hundreds of people came together at a Subway station by wearing no pants. According to Improv Everywhere, the organization that held the event, said there was an estimated 900 participants in the event.
