ninja_chihuahua

Okay, at work today there were a few things that happened:
1) Burnout Revenge was released
2) Stupid gay Everquest and Everquest II got expansions
3) I got to play with a Gameboy Micro and put my Play-an in it and watch a little bit of Family Guy with the Take On Me video
4) I got to mess around for a VERY short time with the new Gamecube demo disc
5) I got some GBM lanyards and soon Nintendo will be sending a GBM to the store on a lanyard so that one employee gets to walk around with it around their neck and show it off to customers to promote it so everyone wants one when it launches Sept 19th.

Details:
1) Burnout came out on PS2 and X-Box and a different version of the game came out for PSP. I put the X-Box version up in a demo running an HDTV with up to 1080i res, but I think Burnout is only 480p (720p max, but I doubt it). The game looks amazing, but I don't think I'll buy it. It's not on my list of things to buy and that list is already too long...
2) They're stupid and gay... End of story.
3) The first time I tried to take my 15 minute break and run to Taco Bell I saw the Nintendo Rep carrying a bunch of stuff in on my way out so I stopped in my tracks to make small talk. She had a GBM around her neck which I took an interest in (the GBM, not her neck). She had DK King of Swing in it, but I asked if she would hold on while I got my Play-an. She didn't know what that was but she did agree to wait. I ran to the car and ran back and took the sexy little hand-held in my paws and put in the play-an. The screen is impressive. You'd have to see it to believe how much nicer it is than a standard GBA SP. I loaded up the only Family Guy episode I had on my SD card at the time, which was 409. I watched the Take On Me part and was very sad because the speakers on the GBM kinda suck. It's really clear, but very quiet. Much more quiet than the GBA SP. It could have been that I didn't know how to work it right because the volume isn't on a slider switch anymore. The GBM uses a single bar button that will click in on either the top or bottom end for Vol UP and Vol DOWN. The power switch on the GBM is where the volume bar is on the DS, so when the Rep tried to turn it up she almost turned it off until I showed her that it used the buttons on the side. I SHOWED THE REP. I do that a lot...

She doesn't know much at all about Nintendo products, but she does still get the perks. She was wearing a brown Nintendogs polo for one thing. She also went to a national convention for the Reps in Arizona recently and she showed me that she had her picture taken with "Zelda." By "Zelda" she meant "Link," and by "she" I meant "that one dumbass that has the job I should have." To her credit she did know the cost of the costume the guy was wearing. That number is $25,000. I'm guessing it cost so much because of the mask. The mask was a perfect mold of what would have been a real-life Link from Twilight Princess. It looked amazing for something that a person in a suit was wearing. She showed me the pictures too. I could kill her and wear her skin for her job and she flaunted pictures at me.

Another little diddy she let loose was that when she tried to put DK King of Swing back into the GBM, she accidently put in Fire Emblem: Sacred Stone. Whenever she noticed that, she made the comment "Oh, this is Fire Emblem. Yeah, Nintendo has a lot of cool things coming out soon, but I'm sworn to secrecy." WTF? What the hell is that suppose to mean? I want her job and need to find out how to apply and what requirements Nintendo has for it... Seriously, that lady has no right...

4) The demo looks really cool and has some games on there that I wasn't expecting, but more on that when I get to play it more...

5) The Rep let me in on this little bit o' info. I'm hoping I get to keep the GBM, but there's a couple other people to worry about. Jary is the Media Supervisor, so he may be up for it because of his position. He doesn't play Gameboy games, but he did keep one of the free SPs and gave it to his brother. I don't know if he'd pass up this one, but there's a chance. The other one to watch out for is Jason. He's been there longer than anyone and is the only other gamer besides me (that is as avid about the whole thing). So, Jary would have to pass and I'd have to get priority over Jason. If Jary gets to decide, I may get it because I would win in favoritism. Also, I'm going to lobby to be the one to wear it if we're both there and my Play-an will be the leverage. If I don't get it, I won't be upset since I don't plan on buying one (again, I have an SP and a DS, plus I'm going to be tight on cash), but I still really want one even if it's not high on my priorities list.

I guess that's it for today. I have to make some Lasagna for work... I'll post later maybe?