uh, happy birthday. Yea. Being 17 isn't that bad because it's so close to 18! (from a 17-yr old to another)

Thanks, guys. I love the endings of most games anyways, so I doubt a Zelda game will dissappoint me! With the money I accumulated, I bought Paper Mario 2 as well as Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. There went about $100, but it was worth it. These two are both great games, and both of them I can continue from files I made when I rented each of these. I can safely say I'm fairly satisfied console-gaming wise right now. Metroid Prime 2 seems to be way better than its precursor for some reason. I could safely say the same for Paper Mario 2.

Anyway, the Chinese food's here, gotta run!

Happy Birthday!

17...that was a good year. Where'd it go...? Well, 18 isn't really that bad, I guess...

Ah lore, such a fine and selfless samaritan.

Happy birthday Ovk! I shall join you on April 20th, and we shall commence our plans for... getting into R-rated movies? :(

When I was twenty-one... It was a very good year for city girls... with all that perfumed hair
And it came undone

Seriously, I'm not that charismatic in real life. I think I've come a long way from my daze of old and locking myself in the basement to go on four day coding binges, but I'm not Axl Rose, yet.

Also! Don't worry about your own self for that kind of stuff right now. For most people, being charismatic and outgoing requires some work. You've spent your life doing more important things, which you'll have with you for the rest of your life. Worry about the 'easy' stuff later.....

And the other thing... troupe! Thank you for the kind and completely true compliements. E-mail me so we can discuss stuff!

My turn! As of today I'm 23. Now I get to look forward to....um...yeah

Money! The gift that keeps on giving, or lets me get more GBA games.

Lore, my email is bonked. Plz email me at troupe.gATgmailDOTcom so we can discuss.

The DS is a great piece of kit. It can put a bit of strain on the wrists if you're holding it at a funky angle for too long but the design is fairly sturdy. No dead pixels or anything, plus the touch screen is impressively hard-wearing. I've seen one or two absolutely trashed in some major games stores but on reflection they must have been subject to some AWESOME abuse to be screwed that badly. I've been playing Project Rub solidly for the last few days - stabbing, rubbing and poking my way through all sorts - and there *still* isn't a scratch on it.

I'd like to give a PSP a shot but I'm a Nintendo man at heart. Lots of guys at my classes in Uni were hardcore Playstationers but I've really started to turn them around with many hours of Gamecube play and dragging them all down to the local gamestore's DS stand. Ehehe.

No idea when the REAL Metroid is coming out, but it will most definetly rock. The secret video on the start-up screen of the demo (touch the little glowing bit in the bottom left of the screen) doesn't even mention a date, so I'll assume it's simply 'soon'.

Anyone fancy posting their Metroid Demo survival mode high-scores? Currently (having only bought my DS over the weekend) I've managed to get a fairly good 332 points with 142 kills after some long stretches of extreme boredom.

I've worked out some good strategies for playing and can't wait to jump into some multiplayer matches. I've been using the thumbstrap rather than the stylus, pulling it tight over my thumb so the plastic bit is sort of at an angle, allowing me to look around wider and faster plus making jumping (by double-tapping the screen) a little easier.