I'm sure I'm just overthinking everything, as I tend to do, but I'm just trying to cope with a whole lot of new and strange thoughts and feelings. I think the very biggest thing I'm grappling with is what I wrote in my very first entry on this blog:

Something I am learning about myself is that I am a masochist. I intend to use this space to explore exactly what that means.

Maybe it's the result of spending so many years on the outside looking in -- feeling like a cowardly "wannabe" -- that makes it strange for me to accept and acknowledge that I've reached the other side. At this point, there really is no doubt that I find great sexual satisfaction in pain. Or, rather, sensations most people would describe as "pain" but I find quite delightful.

This shit is intense. The mental aftershocks of receiving 100 needles will last long after the wounds have faded from my flesh. I'm definitely proud of myself; I don't regret a single thing. Acting out dark fantasies has been a deeply rewarding adventure. And loads of fun.

And maybe there isn't anything to be figured out or decided or resolved. Maybe I'm just feeling like a shook-up snow globe right now and soon the storm in my mind will settle. Which takes me back to yoga and what Baron Baptiste says. He says something about yoga practice helping to calm the mind so that we can find that center of stillness in the midst of the storm of thoughts and feelings.

One big thing I have learned is that S&M isn't one thing. Everybody's kink is their own, and I'm getting a pretty good sense of what mine is. So much of it is so counter intuitive -- an electrified rod down my urethra feels GOOD? -- maybe that's an obstacle to relaxing and just accepting it?

And then there's Mitsu. I'm simply fascinated by her, and that fascination keeps changing shape. Early on, it felt very much like a high school crush -- I was eager to know all the most mundane details of her life. Does Mitsu like soup? What's her cat's name? and so on. I think that kind of curiosity is a natural response to the clear limits on the Pro/client relationship.

Then there were times, usually the days immediately following a session, when I would embrace the unknowability. There's a certain thrill in the contrast of intimacy and anonymity of our relationship. What would be lost if I DID know all the mundane details?

Whatever this relationship is, it's unique. If no two people's kinks are the same, no two D/s relationships are the same. Whatever ours is, it is wonderful.

Tina from TickTock is really very dark now, look the difference between us lol

A close-up of Topia, too :)

The cute blonde girl is Lily from Catania, we know her also as Hanna from Catania :D

Some nice group pics of us:

Thanks a lot for your visits! I'm really glad to know such many kind people.:D

Then later on Tina from TickTock with the green hat also popped into my town.:)

Here some nice close-ups of my guests ^^:

Very cool Alfie, especially your hairstyle is very courageous ^^

Woosh, very cute Eileen♥ :)

Aww, lovely Tina :D

Alfie wanted to display one of his designs at Able sisters

Nice pattern Alfie :)

At 4PM I had to close my gates, because I was expecting another new friend. Thank you all for the great fun. :)

After that I went back to Tanja to replant the wielded trees. See in the background, many trees grown succesfully and we had to replant only around 15 trees from 100.

This is Patrick, a sub chara from Tirol, and helped me watering the saplings (but you don't really have to do it ;) )

Then Patrick brought all the flowers out of the cabinet and we put them here and there over the whole area.

Well, again 1 hour of work, but still Pelly and Phyllis aren't satisfied, we still need more trees *sigh*. Let's continue it next monday ;)

Peter Moore, voorheen werkende bij Microsoft en tegenwoordig directeur bij EA Sports, wil de E3 graag weer een grote show maken. Volgens de beste man werkt de E3 simpelweg niet met het huidige formaat, waardoor de belangstelling en het eigenlijke doel van de E3 vervalt. Volgens Moore was de E3 van dit jaar zelfs 'zielloos'. EA gaat daarom samen met de Entertainment Software Association, ookwel bekend als ESA, proberen de E3 nog te redden. Zo willen ze de show weer toegankelijk maken voor publiek, waardoor de E3 meer aandacht trekt en bedrijven het evenement dus belangrijker gaan vinden. Peter Moore zegt al dat hij er zeker van is de E3 weer beter te maken met de hulp van de ESA.

quote:

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"Whether it's E3, or whether it's in our forums, my belief is bringing in the fans helps us to create better games and bring new ideas to the market."

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Bron: Wiids.nl

So what the hell? Cotton Babies can send out poop-stained Bum Genius diapers and call them seconds now? We aren't talking a mix up with one mom, there were at least 5 on the thread this AM before it was pulled...

Oh hell no; I would be PISSED if it were me. I went through and checked the “Terms” that these moms agreed to, and NOWHERE was it disclosed that they would be receiving used diapers. Who in their right mind would pay $12+ for used seconds? I also had 2 moms email me their order confirmations and such. Used was not disclosed on those either.

Here are the “Terms” Taken from Cotton Babies Web Site Yesterday: http://www.cottonbabies.com/index.php?cPath=51

Clearance

By purchasing products from this category, you agree to the following terms (please read):

• You acknowledge that you are purchasing second quality merchandise that is non-returnable and not covered by any warranty.
• To be fair to all customers, there is a limit of twenty-four total sale diapers (regardless of version purchased) per customer and/or delivery address. Orders for more than twenty-four total sale diapers will be cancelled.
• Insert is not included.
• Please be sure that you order exactly what you want. Due to extremely high order volumes, we are unable to accomodate order changes on sale orders.
• Seconds will sell out very, very quickly so please be prepared to check out immediately.
• Your sale is guaranteed when you successfully check out AND complete payment for your order using a credit card.
• We cannot guarantee inventory for PayPal orders during heavy load times on the system. For best results and the fastest possible checkout process, we strongly suggest checking out with a credit card instead of PayPal. If do you happen to choose PayPal as your method of payment, please remember to click that very last button to return to our website for your final order confirmation.

DS Pulled the thread this morning just a bit ago, I didn't get a chance to grab the last of it or the photos of the used diapers. Cotton Babies was not “outted”. The photos were just of the velcro, no tags etc.

Here is what I got of it before I pulled it. And to the mom that posted the pics, I didn’t get to screen shot those, but YES YOURS ARE USED!!!!

Ummmmm.....EWWWWWWWWWW.
Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 07:45 PM

I just got some second quality diapers from a major retailer (please notice how I am not naming any names)....one if them looks as if it has been POOPED IN. Whats the scoop here? Has anyone else received any USED STAINED diapers from any and every major retailer offering seconds recently????

And I know they are used cause the part of said diaper that is used for fastening is very pilly (way more than any of said diaper I have owned for many months) and the laundry tabs are extremely fuzzy. I was not aware of any part of the listing that stated I might receive a POOP STAINED dipe. :yuck:

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Posted by: MatildasMum
On: 07-24-2008 07:46 PM

Oh heck no.
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Posted by: celestialdreamer
On: 07-24-2008 07:47 PM

that is really gross! :yuck: I have no idea what they were thinking!
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Posted by: marymom
On: 07-24-2008 07:47 PM

O. :yuck: M. :yuck: G. :yuck:
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Posted by: Pierced
On: 07-24-2008 07:48 PM

I would not be happy.
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Posted by: jenns3kids
On: 07-24-2008 07:48 PM

SS mama.

Maybe they believe seconds to mean that you are the second owner?!?!?!?
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 07:48 PM

I did contact them but I won't hear back from them today and i just needed to find out if I 'am the only one' :giggle:
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Posted by: mikoto127
On: 07-24-2008 07:49 PM

Blech! :yuck: I would take pic's immediately and email the pics to the retailer showing them that, and demand an exchange for a NON stained diaper. That is disgusting :yuck: Personally, I only buy used diapers if I can see a pic first.
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Posted by: mindycat72
On: 07-24-2008 07:50 PM

---Quote (Originally by jenns3kids)---
SS mama.

Maybe they believe seconds to mean that you are the second owner?!?!?!?
---End Quote---
:giggle2:
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Posted by: Jennymac83
On: 07-24-2008 07:51 PM

---Quote (Originally by jenns3kids)---
SS mama.

Maybe they believe seconds to mean that you are the second owner?!?!?!?
---End Quote---

:roflmbo:

i hope they dont mean that... :roflmbo:
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Posted by: skueppers
On: 07-24-2008 07:52 PM

That's totally messed up. Second quality ought to mean mistakes in the sewing/manufacture, not pre-owned!
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 07:52 PM

---Quote (Originally by mikoto127)---
Blech! :yuck: I would take pic's immediately and email the pics to the retailer showing them that, and demand an exchange for a NON stained diaper. That is disgusting :yuck: *Personally, I only buy used diapers if I can see a pic first.*
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I was under the impression that I was receiving flawed diapers, not secondHAND diapers....I took pics, thanks mama...I am sure they will handle this as they have excellent CS. I am hoping it was just a mistake, an oopsie daisy 'how did THAT get in there' kinda thing.
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Posted by: lilmama
On: 07-24-2008 07:53 PM

WHAT!!!???:yuck:
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Posted by: ekmaurer3
On: 07-24-2008 07:53 PM

---Quote (Originally by mikoto127)---
Blech! :yuck: I would take pic's immediately and email the pics to the retailer showing them that, and demand an exchange for a NON stained diaper. That is disgusting :yuck: Personally, I only buy used diapers if I can see a pic first.
---End Quote---
And they should let you keep those and send you new ones.
That is just horrible.

Just for clarification: you bought a second quality diaper and it came as used?
Or did you buy a repairable diaper? I think those do come as used?
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Posted by: kmwell
On: 07-24-2008 07:55 PM

Oh thats bad!
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 07:55 PM

---Quote (Originally by ekmaurer3)---
And they should let you keep those and send you new ones.
That is just horrible.

Just for clarification: you bought a second quality diaper and it came as used?
Or did you buy a repairable diaper? I think those do come as used?
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Nope - I even checked my invoice to be sure that I hadn't accidentally bought a 'repairable' dipe...it was a SECONDS so says the invoice anyway. And ew on the repairable ones too...its one thing to be used...I buy used a lot from here, but I rarely if ever will agree to buy stained. I love the 'never been pooped in' listings myself :giggle:
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Posted by: Teeniebean
On: 07-24-2008 07:55 PM

Yuck!
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Posted by: bigbellydreams
On: 07-24-2008 07:55 PM

---Quote (Originally by Bukawww)---

And I know they are used cause the part of said diaper that is used for fastening is very pilly (way more than any of said diaper I have owned for many months) and the laundry tabs are extremely fuzzy. I was not aware of any part of the listing that stated I might receive a POOP STAINED dipe. :yuck:
---End Quote---
On two of the eight I ordered the tabs look like that too, though the rest of the diaper looks brand new.
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Posted by: twirl
On: 07-24-2008 07:56 PM

holy grossness.

um, no, none like that here.

hopefully CS is all over that for you.
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 07:59 PM

---Quote (Originally by bigbellydreams)---
On two of the eight I ordered the tabs look like that too, though the rest of the diaper looks brand new.
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Well that is comforting...maybe it is just rust or something, then, right? Except for the tiny amount of lint in the tabs as well. But I can get past the fuzzy tabs (most of us know I am just going to rip out the aplix and add snaps anyway :giggle: )...
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Posted by: Sh@nn@
On: 07-24-2008 08:00 PM

OH SS mama! Thats a no go in my booK!
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Posted by: ekmaurer3
On: 07-24-2008 08:00 PM

---Quote (Originally by Bukawww)---
Nope - I even checked my invoice to be sure that I hadn't accidentally bought a 'repairable' dipe...it was a SECONDS so says the invoice anyway. And ew on the repairable ones too...its one thing to be used...I buy used a lot from here, but I rarely if ever will agree to buy stained. *I love the 'never been pooped in' listings myself* :giggle:
---End Quote---
Thats funny. You know I bet if I kept a tally of all the diapers LO poops in, I would find out that I could list some as never been pooped in. He probably wears some diapers but never atually poops in them.
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Posted by: Jenette
On: 07-24-2008 08:02 PM

I didnt buy any of the ones that said used but I saw them. Here is what it said ... REPAIRABLE: xxxxxxxx One-Size Cloth Diapers

Description: *_These diapers are used._* They exhibit some type of defect (elastic or tab failure). The diapers are usable with repair. We're putting these out knowing that there are plenty of parents out there who can sew who might appreciate an inexpensive boost to their diaper stash. We hope these can help you!!
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Posted by: cdmd1023
On: 07-24-2008 08:05 PM

yup mamma! and mine had hair in them too!
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Posted by: Connors_Mama
On: 07-24-2008 08:06 PM

Ummm thats disgusting
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Posted by: heidip2p
On: 07-24-2008 08:08 PM

OK, if someone used it for #2 how does it not make sense that it's a seconds? :headscratch:
:giggle: totally teasing you mama. You know I :wub: you. That would make me upset and :yuck:
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Posted by: ktmelody
On: 07-24-2008 08:11 PM

VOMIT
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Posted by: shureeg
On: 07-24-2008 08:12 PM

gross!!!
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Posted by: raelynn
On: 07-24-2008 08:14 PM

Yuck!!
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Posted by: lirpasirhc
On: 07-24-2008 08:15 PM

yuck! i'm grossed out. i hope their CS comes through for you.
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Posted by: lakerhart
On: 07-24-2008 08:16 PM

GROSS! I would be ticked!
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Posted by: addiesmommy
On: 07-24-2008 08:16 PM

That's TERRIBLE!
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Posted by: Lisa_delo
On: 07-24-2008 08:20 PM

Mine haven't come yet, but i double checked my invoice and I should be getting 2nds. If mine have any stains in them, I'll be beyond pissed. That's too gross.

Take photos and email them!!
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Posted by: Elena"s Mom
On: 07-24-2008 08:27 PM

Unacceptable :dontlikeit:
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Posted by: buggiekarma
On: 07-24-2008 08:29 PM

I hope the store you bought the diaper from works with you. That is totally unacceptable, even if it were a used diaper. I can't imagine a major retailer selling it like that.
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Posted by: NoahsBlissfulMommy
On: 07-24-2008 09:10 PM

So gross. So at least 3 people on here bought seconds and got not only used, but also poopy stained diapers?

Even if you did order "repairable" - elastic and snaps are repairable... I wouldn't really consider poop stains repairable! I would think the stains should be disclosed no matter what. ICK! So sorry, that's really icky.
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Posted by: Jewelgurl137
On: 07-24-2008 09:17 PM

That is REALLY gross! I hope that everyone with used "seconds" gets them replaced, because that is SO unacceptable! What kinda company would do that?!
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Posted by: Shawnah
On: 07-24-2008 09:17 PM

That is gross :yuck:
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Posted by: Rebeldream
On: 07-24-2008 09:18 PM

I'd be ticked if I got a diaper in that condition, for sure. I bought 10 inserts, though and 2 of the 10 are unmistakeably used - the tags are wrinkled and faded and they're not soft like brand-new microfiber. And both had huge yellow stains right down the middles. I wasn't terribly impressed, but I was getting ready to bleach all my inserts anyway, so I tossed them all in with the rest, bleached, washed, and stripped them and hung them outside. No stains left and I feel okay with using them now, but still. Blech.
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Posted by: katedanzer
On: 07-24-2008 09:18 PM

If you bought the repairable seconds, it did say that they where used. Still an ick about the staining :yuck:

ETA- Didn't read all the replies before posting. If they weren't marked as used, I'd be doing return to sender and sending them back on their way.
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Posted by: bigbellydreams
On: 07-24-2008 09:20 PM

I don't think any of us bought the repairables, so they shouldn't be used.
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Posted by: NaturalMomof2
On: 07-24-2008 09:20 PM

That's horrible!!! :yuck:
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 09:20 PM

---Quote (Originally by katedanzer)---
If you bought the repairable seconds, it did say that they where used. Still an ick about the staining :yuck:
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I did NOT buy a repairable one...just a seconds...mine was $12, the repairable was $8.50 or something. Its icky huh :giggle:
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Posted by: Tinabel
On: 07-24-2008 09:25 PM

Oh that isn't cool Momma, I would think that if I was buying a seconds that it would just be mistakes in the making of the diaper not used, hope it all gets worked out...and how do all you Momma's know what store she's talking about...?
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Posted by: tmrobinson
On: 07-24-2008 09:33 PM

I got my seconds today and while the diaper was fine the insert was definately used. It had a light stain and the tag was soft and faded and wrinkled like it had been washed several times. I don't plan to use this insert anyways but still didn't make me very happy.
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Posted by: katedanzer
On: 07-24-2008 09:38 PM

---Quote (Originally by Bukawww)---
I did NOT buy a repairable one...just a seconds...mine was $12, the repairable was $8.50 or something. Its icky huh :giggle:
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I didn't read the whole post :blush: Yeah, $12 and they weren't supposed to be used? I'd be pretty darn ticked. Even $8.50 I would be, I hate stains :giggle:

I hope everything works out and you don't have to spend the $$ to ship them back (IMO they should reimburse that too ;) ) :hugs:
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Posted by: greenMImama
On: 07-24-2008 09:42 PM

well I bought 8 seconds and don't have them yet, but this makes me a little uneasy, I really hope this gets worked out for you guys. I think we could all agree that seconds does not by any stretch mean stained.
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Posted by: alirebco
On: 07-24-2008 09:43 PM

My package is coming tomorrow and I will definitely be checking my diapers out closely now!
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Posted by: ClothDiaperMePlease
On: 07-24-2008 09:44 PM

---Quote (Originally by skueppers)---
That's totally messed up. Second quality ought to mean mistakes in the sewing/manufacture, not pre-owned!
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yeah, that is meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesed up.
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Posted by: orange4cab
On: 07-24-2008 09:53 PM

I hope they do something for ya! That is pretty gross!! I wouldn't stand for it! But, if it's the place I think it is....their cs is great! Had an issue with an order and they took care of it really quick!! GL mama!!
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Posted by: Bukawww
On: 07-24-2008 10:00 PM

---Quote (Originally by orange4cab)---
I hope they do something for ya! That is pretty gross!! I wouldn't stand for it! But, if it's the place I think it is....their cs is great! Had an issue with an order and they took care of it really quick!! GL mama!!
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Thats what I'm thinking - they do have stellar CS so I'm not worried, just peeved a little and wanting to 'get the word out' to check 'em over. I'll make sure I update when they get back to me.
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Posted by: Jenette
On: 07-24-2008 10:03 PM

---Quote (Originally by alirebco)---
My package is coming tomorrow and I will definitely be checking my diapers out closely now!
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Mine wont be here till Monday :reaction: I bought the $10 ones (AIO) :afraid: Did anyone else get those?
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Posted by: MadreJoyce
On: 07-24-2008 10:04 PM

O MY... Just reading how others have also recieved used diapers or inserts instead of seconds makes me definately want to avoid this company.
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Posted by: MommytoJandS
On: 07-24-2008 10:12 PM

---Quote (Originally by Jenette)---
Mine wont be here till Monday :reaction: I bought the $10 ones (AIO) :afraid: Did anyone else get those?
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I bought the AIO's and mine are all fine, no stains and the velcro looks new :dunno:
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Posted by: MegsMom
On: 07-24-2008 10:38 PM

I am going to have to go take another look at mine. I already talked to them once because they sent me pockets instead of AIOs for 2 of them. Great CS. She said it was crazy in the warehouse. I wonder if they got the piles mixed up.
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Posted by: CassidysMommy
On: 07-24-2008 10:40 PM

:yuck:...they owe you a lot more than just a fresh diaper!
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Posted by: ClothDiaperMePlease
On: 07-24-2008 10:49 PM

You guys have me nervous now...
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Posted by: BuNkY8384
On: 07-24-2008 10:52 PM

I got my package today (two AIOs) and one was still in the sleeve and the other looked new, I couldn't even find what the "defect" was with either of them. I was thinking about buying a couple more AIO seconds but am thinking twice about it now. Ick!!!!
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Posted by: MommytoJandS
On: 07-24-2008 11:05 PM

---Quote (Originally by MegsMom)---
I am going to have to go take another look at mine. I already talked to them once because they *sent me pockets instead of AIOs* for 2 of them. Great CS. She said it was crazy in the warehouse. I wonder if they got the piles mixed up.
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That happened to me, too. Two of mine came as pockets instead of AIO's, but they are sending the right thing out along with a return envelope to send the wrong ones back.

That happened the last time I bought at one of their seconds sales, too.

Sure, GameFly seems a lot like NetFlix, the same business model and such, games through the mail vs. movies through the mail. But having the two services running side by side, including price, where there is less than a dollar difference between the two on my monthly statement, NetFlix shines and GameFly is a bit tarnished.

That is, of course, completely unfair. NetFlix is at least an order of magnitude bigger than GameFly, DVD rentals and game rentals track differently, and I happen to live in an area well served by NetFlix (I could drop off my movies on the way to work if they would put a box outside their corporate HQ) while GameFly is considerably further away.

So GameFly wasn't awful. If it was awful I would not have remained a subscriber for over a year. But there were the little things.

Delivery Times

As I said, I am completely spoiled by my proximity to NetFlix. I drop a movie in the mail on Monday and I have the next one in my queue at home and ready to watch Wednesday. They hit that 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time is mostly attributable to my either asking for odd-ball titles that have to be shipped from other NetFlix distribution centers or by my dropping the red NetFlix envelope in the mail box too late in the day.

GameFly has to live in that shadow. Their nearest distribution center is down in the Los Angeles area in the City of Industry (not to be confused with the movie of that title), which adds travel time back and forth.

Plus GameFly doesn't seem to be big on the "next title shipped the same day" thing that NetFlix does. So if I drop a GameFly envelope in the mail on Monday morning, I might see the next game on Saturday, but a good portion of the time it was there on Monday, so a week went by without a game. This is an issue because...

One Game at a Time

At the level of service I have with GameFly, I only get one game at a time. So if I get one new game a month, which is about par for our house, we spend a week out of that month sans game. Yes, for another $8.00 a month I could have had two games, but then we are starting to get close to the price of a new game every month. And I would still be spending a week waiting for replacements. Plus, as I noted, the NetFlix and GameFly monthly fees are very close, so there is a big psychological barrier, for me at least, to give more money to GameFly. Unfair, but that is the environment GameFly has to compete in at my house.

Drawing from the Bottom of the Queue

The biggest divergence from NetFlix in terms of service is how likely you are to get things that are in your queue. I began to think that my queue was somehow inverted, as I would have 8-12 games on my list, but would only ever get things from the bottom third. I understand that a new game is unlikely to get to me, but I had some old titles at the top. GameCube, Nintendo DS and even Game Boy Advance titles that showed high availability, but which we never saw.

So I was never sure what we would get next from GameFly. Compare this with NetFlix. I cannot recall the last time I did not get the movie at the top of my queue at NetFlix, and we put new releases on our queue now and again.

Very Limited Buy Options

I have come to the conclusion that you can tell if a game sucks with only two data points. First, you have never heard of it. Second, GameFly is willing to sell it to you. That is enough for me to wave it off. The test case was Mario and Sonic Shill for the Chinese Dictatorship, a game I detest on a few levels, which is readily available for purchase on most platforms supported by GameFly.

Anyway, GameFly has very few titles available for purchase, and they are usually titles I wouldn't purchase in any case. For the Wii, this was not such a big deal. We would rent a game, like it, go look if we could buy it, find ourselves thwarted there, and then go buy it at a local store instead. GameFly's loss is Fry's gain.

However, once my daughter got a Nintendo DS, things changed a bit. The Wii saves your game information on the console, so buying another disk does not change anything. In the DS world though, your game data is saved on the cartridge. So if you cannot buy the game you have in your possession, you have to throw away any game data you have saved.

This lead to the Pet Horsez 2 incident. My daughter had seen Wild Pet Tigerz and Wild Pet Dolphinz advertised on TV and wanted to try them out. I put them at the top of our queue which meant we did not get them. (Though when Tigerz ended up low in our queue, we got it, reaffirming my inverted queue theory!) As a back up I had put some similar games in the queue, and we ended up with Pet Horsez 2.

My daughter loves horses. She has asked us to buy a horse for her, offered to pay for it herself (if it costs $50 or less), and has suggested it could just live in the back yard and eat the grass. Of course, she became quite enamored with the game Pet Horsez 2. After a rough start, she actually got very good at the game, so much so that she wanted to keep it. She wanted to use her own, saved up money to buy it.

I went to GameFly to see if it was for sale. It was not. I said we could buy it at the store, but she would have to start from scratch again. This lead to a lot of tears, wrenching my own heart. Little girls become attached to even virtual horses it seems. Somebody suggested that I could just report the game lost and keep it, but I couldn't bring myself to do that or demonstrate to my daughter that such an action was the right behavior. So the it ended up going back to GameFly.

Since then we have approached DS rentals with a much lighter touch, trying to not get too attached, knowing that if we like a game, it will have to go back.

The End

And so, paying the bills and seeing GameFly again in comparison with NetFlix on my credit card statement, I decided to cancel.

The cancellation process is easy enough. They ask if you are sure. They offer you another month at a reduced rate. They warn you that all your coupons will go away, though since they are only useful for purchasing games, and since they don't have much for sale (literally just nine DS titles when I looked that night), that particular step encouraged me to continue the cancellation process. They give you one last chance. And then you are done, with a note about how you can reactivate, should you wish to in the future.

So, as I said above, GameFly wasn't awful. I am not going to go register gameflysucks.com or anything. (Somebody is already sitting on that domain... probably GameFly.) But the combination of small annoyances plus the obvious mental comparison with NetFlix every time I dealt with them just got me to the point where I could no longer justify paying for their services.

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Metroid Prime, Zelda Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii - die meisten der Nintendo Franchises haben bereits einen Titel auf der Wii, Brawl kam gerade erst raus, Super Mario Galaxy und Mario Kart Wii sind ebenfalls noch nicht sonderlich alt - was wollen die Fans also? Jeden Monat einen neuen Nintendo-Titel? Ich glaube im Moment sind die Fans eher sauer, weil sie kein großes Spiel haben, das bereits angekündigt ist. Aber ich denke jeder vernünftige Nintendo-Spieler weiß, das ein neues Zelda kommen wird und auch das ein neues Mario kommen wird, nur das das noch ein Bisschen dauert.

Allgemein sieht Nintendo seine Wii und seinen DS anders als die Core-Gamer. Der DS zum Beispiel ist nicht einfach nur ein Handheld für Spiele. Inzwischen gibt es viele Lernprogramme, Gehirntraining- oder Kochkursmodule, die den DS eher in einen täglichen Begleiter verwandeln, als nur in ein Spielgerät. Die Wii bietet mit ihren verschiedenen Channeln auch mehr als nur Spiele, ist aber natürlich hauptsächlich Spielekonsole. Nintendo hat mit den Casualgamern einen neuen Markt erschlossen, den sie selbstverständlich weiter ausbauen möchten, nie zuvor konnten sich so viele Generationen von Menschen an Spielen erfreuen - für den Spielemarkt in Augen der Gesellschafft definitiv positiv, Spiele sind keine Randerscheinung mehr. Wie auch immer, ich bin der Meinung Nintendo wird ihre Core-Franchises wie gehabt weiterleben lassen, man braucht nur etwas Geduld. Zumal die Third-Party Entwickler inzwischen auch ganz gut in die Gänge kommen und vielversprechende Titel am Horizont stehen.

An in-house Nintendo DS™ version of the successful „Neighbours from Hell“ brand (with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide) is already in development. The DS version will be enriched by several mini games and provides entertainment for all ages combined with simplified controls. The acclaimed gameplay of the series remains unchanged, but new concepts for further conversions are in process.

The release of „Neighbours from Hell DS“ is scheduled for Q4 2008, while the following Nintendo DS titles will already be released by the end of August:

Published with The Games Company:
• Aquarium DS
• Fantasy Aquarium DS
• Matchstick Puzzle by DS
• Paint by DS
• Paint by DS: Military Vehicles

Published with Tivola Publishing
• Music Monstar DS in Spain and Portugal

JoWooD Productions is already in negotiation with several developers and publishers for FY 2009. Further cooperations will be announced soon.

Lieven Scheire, die zich mag rekenen tot het selecte clubje van mensen die ik écht oprecht grappig vind (wat een eer!), heeft een manier gevonden om de trage en vage koninklijke wijsheid wat flitsender te maken. Kijk en vergelijk!

Albert II anno 2007:

Lieven I anno 2008:

En zo herleidt Koning Lieven de 13 minuten durende portie wijsheid van zijn collega Albert tot een luttele 3:30 oftewel 210 seconden. Wie denkt Koning Lieven van zijn troon te kunnen stoten, neme de handschoen op!

Zoen patriottoloen,
Lieve

(nog even ruiterlijk toegeven dat ik het idee voor dit berichtje te danken heb aan de waakzame collega's van De Standaard en hun plezierige "En nu even ernstig"-blog...)

First, if you've seen my previous blog (which I seriously doubt) and signed up... or are an already existing user already, skip this step. If not, first I suggest reading the previous entry here. When signing up, use your main E-mail address and your real info. IT WILL NOT BE SPAMMED. Create another E-mail address for completing offers, because this one will be spammed into oblivion. Anyway, moving on.

Once you sign-up (and logged-in), your Home page should look like this:

Here you can see your:

Current points - Points you have redeemed through completing offers OR referring (will be explained later) people.

Points redeemed - Points you have spent buying whatever you requested from "Available Prizes" or "Custom Order" (will be explained later).

Offers Completed - How many offers completed.

Offer earnings - How many POINTS you've earned from completing offers.

Number of Referrals - Self-explanatory.

Referral Earnings - How many POINTS earned from referring people.

Lifetime earnings - How many POINTS you've earned since you have been registered.

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After you are familiar with your Homepage, we can move on to completing offers. The offer page should look like this:

You can see that there are different types of offers: Free, (Credit Card) Free, (Credit Card) Pay, and Cell Phone. I would suggest only doing free offers. They offer less points than the Cell Phone offers and Credit Card offers, but you will not have to deal with being forcefully signed-up to something, the free ones (that don't require anything) are the safest. Clicking on an offer redirects you to a new website of the respective offer. Here is where that alternate e-mail address comes in, use it for these offers. Now, using your address, phone number, etc. is at your digression, but you might be banned for using false info. Here are some good offers to start of with:

Brandarama: Purex - 0.25 points
Brandarama: Clean and Clear - 0.25 points
Brandarama: KMart - 0.35 points
Brandarama: AppleTV - 0.35 points
Brandarama: Hawaiian Tropic - 0.35 points
Brandarama: Adidas - 0.4 points
Brandarama: Madden - 0.35 points
Brandarama: Smartmouth - 0.35 points
$100 Red Lobster Gift Card - 0.45 points
WinningSurveys: Free $75 in Coupons - 1.35 points
BigWin: Laptop - 0.3 points
Popeyes Chicken Premium - 0.4 points

These will only take about 2-3 minutes to complete. To make completing offers as quick as possible, download this program called roboform. It is similar to googe autofill, it will allow you complete these offers a lot faster by filling all the info spaces with a click of a button.

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Now to talk about another way of earning points... referrals. Go to "refer a friend" to get your referral URL or "referral banners" to get a banner that you can put on sites and such to get that will redirect them to the site using your referral URL.

Where you get your referral URL

Where you get banners for signatures (in formus) or blogs

When someone signs up through your referral link, you get 20% of the points they earn. Now you don't literally take the points away from them, it just divides 20% of whatever they earn and gives it to you, no one loses anything. If you have some friends that you may think would be in trying out Rewards1, give them your referral link! Referrals are a good way to earn points if you can get a decent amount of active users, but try not to completely depend on them.

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Claiming your Prize:

Once you have enough points to claim the prize of your choice, you can send a prize request.

They have all 3 systems (Wii, 360, PS3) for purchase, plus both handhelds (DS & PSP). They have the big blockbuster games there, too, as well as most accessories. If what you want you want is not there, you can always place a custom order and they will get what you want from Amazon or Ebay.

If you didn't really know what to do, or were skeptical of if/how this worked, I hope this really helped. Feel free to leave feedback. If you haven't signed up yet, do it now.

Se ve raro, pero no se, como que me dan ganas de jugarlo.

This Week In WiiDs - Issue One - All Eyes On Wii

Hello and welcome to This Week In WiiDs, I’m Jack “The Jumpman” Smith and whether your at home, at work or trying to fill the gap while your favourite Nintendo Podcast takes a break, this is the best place for news, views and discussion direct on the forum.

Welcome to Issue One of This Week In WiiDs, published on July 25th 2008, your weekly roundup of all things Nintendo while the podcast is on Hiatus. I aim to bring you everything you love about the show, plus a little extra straight to the forums every week for your viewing pleasure.

Question Of The Week

This weeks Question of the Week is from Dark_Link:

"What would you like to see on Nintendos next hand held?I would like a special stylus that when you twist is it would twist what was on the screen.
Thanks!
Oliver Ronaldson"

Thanks for the question Dark_Link :) Personally I’m going to be quite boring and say Rumble. All the games that utilise rumble on the GBA and DS have all used it brilliantly and it’s added that little extra spark. Plus, being a handheld means that you will get a much more engaging feedback response. The only issue would be in interfering with the touch screen in terms of tapping accuracy, but if it used well rather than a vibrationfest it would be a great addition.

Thats my thoughts, but what about yours? Please reply to this weeks issue with what you would like to see in your next-gen handheld.

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If you have a question of the week for This Week In WiiDs, please send me a PM and i’ll be sure to use it. Any unused questions will be forwarded to be used on the podcast. If you want to get in touch with the team, you can email them at Wiidspodcast@googlemail.com and if you register this link on your Wii we will send you a message to your Wii as soon as we are back on air as well as when further episodes are released. You can also check out the WiiDs blog at http://www.wiids-podcast.com for more news, views and discussion as well as the latest updates. You can also find us snooping around the forums at http://www.wiidsforum.com, so feel free to leave us a message or PM and we will make sure you are the first to know when we are back on air.

News

This weeks headlines:

• Microsoft Wants Wii60 Motion Solution
• Pirates Play On Unmodded Wii’s
• Judge’s Ban Causes Controller Chaos
• Wii Takes Top Title

Microsoft Wants Wii60 Motion Solution

We’ve all heard the rumours about Microsofts attempt at motion controls, but interviews this week have revealed that Microsoft might be trying to take a different apporach to their motion solution. John Schappert (Vice President of Xbox Live) was recently quoted as saying that they were very interested in the idea of using the Wiimote in conjunction with the Xbox 360. While it is slim to none that this agreement would ever see the light of day, Reggie wouldn’t deny any possibility.

While this may not be big news on it’s own, this certainly isn’t the first time we’ve seen Microsoft try and get close to Nintendo, with Rare having announced that they had managed to create DS-Xbox360 connectivity and pre-Xbox there was even talk of an attempt from Microsoft to buy out Nintendo. We’ve also seen Microsoft try and recreate Nintendo’s ideas and philosophy with many titles announced that will try and attract the expanded audience and their new Avatar system that bears more than a slight resemblance to Nintendo’s Mii’s. Such a deal would definately benefit Microsoft, as a partnership with Nintendo would pretty much spell the end for Sony as well as open up their markets to more casual gamers. However, in this generation, such a deal would seriously damage the Wii, so as I stated, it would be very unwise for Nintendo to think about such a proposal for this generation of gaming. Still, with Microsoft becoming ever more interested in Nintendo’s ways, perhaps a partnership may not be impossible in the far future.

Source

Pirates Play On Unmodded Wii’s

The battle between Piracy and Nintendo has always been a long one, but when Bushing, one of the Wii’s leading hackers, responsible for assisting in the Twilight Hack and Homebrew Channel, sent an open letter to Nintendo, it looked like Piracy may have won the war. The letter described read:

“Dear Nintendo

As part of our efforts to understanding how the Wii works, we believe we have found a security issue that could allow pirated Wii games to be played on an unmodified Wii console.”

If such a bug was released into the public domain it would definitely hurt Nintendo as it could be easily and cheaply (if not freely) implemented, However, they might be able to survive, despite the lack of sales and possibly support from third parties as they have done with the DS, which continues to sell impossibly well despite having one of the most thriving piracy scenes of this generation. Luckily, Bushing is not looking at releasing this into the public domain, instead trying to work with Nintendo to prevent the flaw from being exploited. However, the worry still remains as others may find this exploit now its existence has been confirmed, and as Bushing himself has admitted, we still have no idea how most of the Wii works. Therefore this may only be the tip of the iceburg in our magic white box’s secret buggy insides.

Source

Judges Ban Causes Controller Chaos

This week, a Judges ruling has banned the sale of Gamecube, Wavebird and Classic controllers in America as well as $21 million in damages. Nintendo was brought to court by the small Texas based company, Anascape, who claimed that Nintendo violated their patent on a control device utilising six degrees of freedom. They had initially lost their case in May, receiving a fine of $21 million, but their failure to overturn, or at least reduce, the damages has proven unsuccessful. Nintendo is currently trying to appeal to the U.S Court Of Appeals in the Federal Circuit and the ban will be put on hold, however, Nintendo will have to either post a bond, or place royalties in an escrow to avoid the halt.

Sony and Microsoft were also challenged, however Sony decided to licence the patent in 2004 while Microsoft decided to settle out of court.

While the ban has been put on hold during this appeal, if they loose their case once more, it will hurt Nintendo’s profits. Fortunately as they no longer manufacture Gamecube and Wavebird controllers, they will only be loosing money on Classic Controllers, however, without these three controllers, a large portion of Nintendo’s Virtual Console titles will be rendered unplayable. Therefore allowing the ban to continue will not be an option.

If Nintendo is successful they should be able to overturn the ban and reduce the damages to be paid, so will it be third time lucky for the gaming giants?

Source / Patent

Wii Takes Top Title

We knew it was coming, in fact it was inevitable and it’s a surprise it hasn’t happened sooner, but the Nintendo Wii has finally taken over the top spot of most consoles sold in the US from Microsofts Xbox 360. Despite a year head start, Microsoft has been unable to produce enough demand to keep their top place and the Wiis phenomenal sales show no sign of slowing down with 133,000 sales per week. So far the Wii has sold 3.5 million un its this year, with the PS3 following second with 1.6 million units, closely followed by the Xbox 360 with 1.34 million units sold.

The DS also continues to dominate the handheld scene, with 150,000 units sold per week. On top of this Nintendo also took six of the ten best selling games of June, with Guitar Hero: On Tour, Wii Fit, Lego Indiana Jones for Wii and DS and Wii Play, which remains in the top ten for it’s seventeenth month in a row, yet to fall from the charts with a total of six million units sold.

Source

New Announcements

This is the new announcements section, where each week we tell you what new titles have surfaced and are on their way to you soon.

While E3 may be over, the announcement of new games are still rolling in fast, with new games announced for the Wii and WiiWare.

First up is Sonic And The Black Knight, which sees Sonic enter the world of Authurian legends, as you dash and slash your way through a series of missions. The game will be using a similar level system to Sonic And The Secret Rings with multiple objectives given in each world, but replaces the tilty movement with nunchuck controls (presumably to leave the Wiimote open to waggle). You can read more here.

From Capcom we have had the announcement of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, which is a port of the Xbox360 title of the same name. The game will be based on the Resident Evil 4 engine and see you pitted against a shopping mall full of zombies as you try and survive. Source

However, this isn’t the only Wii title that we will be seeing from Capcom as in a recent interview they hinted that we have only seen half of the titles currently in development for Wii. So while there are no details, expect something soon! Source

Natsume have also announced plans to make a sequel to their puzzle title Puzzle De Harvest Moon. The original was a very interesting concept, but ultimately a bit shallow in its offerings so a well made sequel could tick all the right boxes. They also announced interest in making a WiiWare title but where this is the title mentioned above, or a new title remains unclear. Source

Speaking of Wiiware, Konami have just announced a WiiWare version of their classic title Gradius. From what i’ve seen so far it looks like the game will deliver the side scrolling shooting fun of the original, only with vastly improved graphics and sound. Source

We’ve also had an announcement of a new rhythm dancing game for WiiWare known as Helix. It looks like the game will involve striking poses using two Wii Remotes to the beat. The title looks to have a good selection of tracks and should be available this Autumn. Source

We’ve also had two new ERSB rating for Virtual Console titles. These titles are Sonic the Hedgehog on the Master System, which is for... you guessed it, the Master System and Splatterhouse 2 for the Mega Drive.

New This Week

Here’s what you can expect to see on your local retailers shelves this week in Europe:

Wii:

• No Wii games this week I’m afraid

Ds:

• Mr Slime ( 25/07/2008 )
• Race Driver: GRID ( 25/07/2008 )

Here’s what you can expect to see on your local retailers shelves this week in North America:

Wii:

• SNK Arcade Classics V1 ( 23/07/2008 )
• MLB Power Pros 2008 ( 28/07/2008 )
• King Of Clubs ( 29/07/2008 )
• Summer Athletics ( 29/07/208 )

Ds:

• Suzuki Superbikes ( 29/07/2008 )

WiiDs Online

Welcome to the Online section of the magazine, where we take a look at what’s new for download on the Wii, say hello to some new faces and take a look at the best forum topics this week.

Download Station

This week in Europe we’ve been given three new Virtual console titles. First up is Neo Turf Masters for Neo Geo (900 Points). Neo Turf Masters is a rather nice looking golf title with four 18-hole courses to explore and expect the usual power bar timing you’ve come to expect from golf games. If your a fan on the genre this is definitely worth a look. Next up is International Karate Plus for the Commadore 64 (500 points). This is pretty similar to International Karate released at the Commadores VC launch, only slightly prettier and the ability to have three fighters at once (but only two players). It’s highly rated by fans, but may its repetitive nature and unforgiving combat may drive some people away. Lastly we have City Connection for the NES (500 points) which is a strange car based platformer where your aim is to pain all the roads white without getting caught by the police. It’s obscurity leads for an interesting, but ultimately boring experience making this game 499 or so points too much for its enjoyment.

This week the US has been given two Mega Drive games and one new WiiWare title. First up is Super Fantasy Zone (900 Points), which is a colourful side scrolling shooter, so expect the usual mass onslaughts of enemies and rapid fire fun. Also this week sees the release of Gley Lancer (900 Points) which is another side scrolling shooter, only with a more futuristic theme. One WiiWare title also made it’s way to the Wii Shop in the form of Pirates: The Key Of Dreams (1000 Points) which sees you battling various pirate ships over ten levels. While the gameplay mechanics are fun, it’s on the short side so if your looking for a single player game, your money might be better spent elsewhere.

Japan has received a new Wii channel this week called the "Print Mii Out" (made up name) channel. This allows you to send off photos stored on your SD cards to be made into prints, photo books or business cards. There seems to be a good range of customisation and the prices seem fair, you can even have your Mii put on your business card :) There’s no news on a Western release yet, but we will let you know as soon as more information is released.

If that wasn’t enough, Japan has also received a code redemption section in their Shop Channel. This will be used to redeem free software using codes that come packaged in retail games. No word on what will be offered through this service as of yet, but it reminds me of the Band Bros DX, Speaker Channel, which allows Wii compatibility with the said DS game. This came with a redemption code, so perhaps we will be seeing more WiiDs connectivity in the near future.

There’s also been a new Wii update released this week. This basically installs some of the code required for the new Album channel to work correctly, so it’s nothing to get excited about.

New Members

New to the forums this week are:

• Tush
• Zimboo
• Lukepuke93
• McLovin

Welcome to the community and we look forward to talking with you :)

Topic Of The Week

This section is for the best news and discussions started by you the listeners. Be sure to check the following topic and post.

This weeks Topic Of The Week is by Darkoopa who asks “What do you want to see on your own custom DS?” We’ve had some very interesting ideas so far, from simple colour designs to character art. Theres also some very snazzy pictures of some of the rarest DS designs, so it’s definitely worth a look. Check Out the thread here.

And Finally...

After Butternut posted up a song based on the tune to Rainbow Road I did a bit of surfing and found this masterpiece based on the theme tune to Super Mario World. Is there no end to peoples lyrical imagination?

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Thats it for another Week In WiiDs. Please let us know your thoughts and opinions on the following topics as well as any feedback.

Until next time, We’ve Sown The Seeds, Now You Grow The WiiDs!

Nuevo "add-on": El Wii Motion Plus se pone debajo del Wii-Mote y esto le da por fin una lectura de si mismo en un espacio 3D, un ejemplo facil, es el manejo de una espada, lo cual lo podras hacer en  Wii Sports Resort (Wii Sports 2), el cual vendra junto con el Wii Motion Plus a un precio de $50 dolares.

Se anunciaron algunos juegos: Animal Crossing para el Wii, el cual contara con Wii Speak, es un microfono el cual lo pones arriba de tu monitor y sirve para comunicarte con gente que estes jugando, ya que AC contara con juegos en linea, otros juegos que no causaron emocion fueron Star Wars Clone Wars, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party, Call of Duty World at War, todos para el Wii. Ahora ,hablando del Nintendo DS, los juegos se ven mejor, ya que viene Spore Creatures y una mega sorpresa, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, este juego tomara lugar en Liberty City y saldra este invierno.

Musica?: Y por ultimo Wii Music, este juego, segun fue la sorpresa de Nintendo, pero la verdad, despues de Guitar Hero y Rock Band, este juego se ve mediocre, ya que no es un juego, es mas bien un juguete, ya que lo unico que tienes que hacer es presionar los botones con un ritmo y la musica se oye, no hay nada que ganar ni nada por el estilo, realmente Nintendo se vio mal, un punto importante, es que se esta trabajando en un juego de Mario y uno de Zelda, pero esto no es sorpresa para nadie, creo yo.

]]> http://insideit.wordpress.com/?p=2116 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:11:10 +0000 den Koplak http://insideit.wordpress.com/?p=2116 Empat penerbit komik Jepang atau 'manga' siap meyuplai content di dalam konsol game Nintendo Wii. Keempat penerbt tersebut Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha dan Shogakukan, membentuk perusahaan kongsi alias joint venture dengan produsen software lokal untuk mendigitalkan cerita dan tokoh yang ada dalam komik.

Kongsi dagang yang dinamai Librica, dibentuk bulan Juli dan bertujuan untuk menyuplai komik ke Wii Ware agar bisa diakses oleh pengguna. Konsumen bisa mengunduh komik tersebut melalui internet dengan bayaran tertentu.

Pada awalnya layanan tersebut hanya diperuntukkan bagi konsol Wii, namun Librica sedang menjajaki kemungkinan untuk memperluas layanannya agar bisa menjangkau pengguna konsol Nintendo DS.

Komik sangat populer di Jepang, sehingga diyakini layanan komik digital akan menghasilkan keuntungan. Menurut data Research Institute for Publications, pada tahun 2006 penjualan komik menghasilkan keuntungan ¥481 miliar (£2.3 miliar) dengan volume penjualan sebanyak 22 persen dan jumlah copy yang terjual sebanyak 37 persen dari seluruh industri majalah.

Who has not had the dream of being part of a cool band and/or become a big star? “Music Monstars” will make this dream come true. Learn to play the songs performed by internationally acclaimed artists. To rock the world, you operate with the DS-Touchpen and play with Pianos, Drumsets and E-Guitars. Songs like “Can`t get you out of my head” by Kylie Minogue, “I want to break free” by Queen, “The final Countdown” by Europe or “Personal Jesus” from Depeche Mode and many more are waiting for your interpretation of these songs.

The 5 different game modes make the game a unique experie nce. Together with your manager Max, you learn to play songs, organize big gigs and much more in the career mode. Only the best performers will be called a “Music Monstar”. In composer mode you pull the strings as a music producer and you compose your own songs. Via LAN-Connection you can start a gig together with friends! The more accurate you play, the higher your score will be. A higher score equals more success and more top hits unlocked for you to play on your Nintendo® DS™!

First pictures are already available: http://youtube.com/OneMonstar

Dopo aver letto questo post, mi è venuto il dubbio che Luca Sofri sappia molte più cose dei magistrati italiani che si occupano del caso Telecom. Mi domando come faccia ad affermare in modo così perentorio che quelle di Tavaroli, altissimo dirigente di Telecom quando c’era Tronchetti Provera presidente, siano delle balle. D’accordo, saranno pure elucubrazioni e congetture, ma le parole di Tavaroli valgono almeno quanto quelle (inspiegabili) di Tronchetti che afferma di non sapere nulla degli affari svolti da Tavaroli per conto di Telecom. Oppure si deve ridurre tutta la questiona a banale difesa familista: Sofri parteggia comunque per Telecom, cioè per la società che è proprietaria de La7, che è la tv dove la moglie lavora e spera nel rinnovo del contratto dopo i tagli effettuati dal nuovo management. Insomma, difende la pagnotta della moglie o sa molte più cose di Tronchetti Provera? Vallo a sapere...

Ubisoft ha presentato oggi tramite la rete il primo filmato dedicato alla versione portatile di Prince of Persia, mostrato alla recente fiera E3.

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, come potete vedere dal video dopo la pausa, adotterà una grafica in 3D e un gameplay da classico gioco platform. Per quanto riguarda i controlli invece verrà usata la combinazione di tasti e touch screen.

In sviluppo presso gli studi Ubisoft di Casablanca, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King è atteso per questo Natale.

FONTE: gamesblog.it ]]> http://marcoleonardi1991.wordpress.com/?p=3242 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:52:13 +0000 Massi http://marcoleonardi1991.wordpress.com/?p=3242

Dopo tante immagini è finalmente arrivato il momento di vedere in un video Dragon Ball DS, nuovo titolo tratto dal manga di Akira Toriyama destinato alla console portatile Nintendo.

All’interno del filmato (in giapponese) è possibile vedere il gioco all’opera con una simulazione sul DS: vi ricordo che l’unica data d’uscita conosciuta per ora è proprio quella destinata al paese del Sol Levante per il 18 settembre.

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I'm afraid though that during one of my many visits back, I would fuck something up and accidentally create a time paradox which would disrupt the space/time continuum and all existence would then cease to exist. Then sadly along with all of humanity non existent, we wouldn't have Chrono Trigger for the DS, and that would be bad.

"Hey Frog, let's take it back, waaaaay back. Back into time."

Aww, look at her new arranged heart of roses. This time it's a colourful version, nice!

Another visitor was there too, Sink from Pompey at the left was the darkest of us three ^^

These designs are so awesome! Argh, the cute gyroid can't be seen on this pic, what a pity...
Oh another visitor is coming :)

It's Tina from TickTock, hiya! :D This time with blonde hair and another hairstyle, sweet.

Haha, those beach towels are great! "Catania Beach" is written on it, cool 8)

Sink, don't look so sad, it's no problem when you picked up a pattern of the bridge :P Hehe XD

Then we all said good bye, thx for the lovely meeting, Hanna, it was fun! :D

We also planted some coconut trees, he hasn't got them yet in his town but they're so important for the huge summer bugs ;)

A fishing competition after the work but then suddenly Wifi connection crashed again and I didn't see the gates open again :(
Thanks for you invitation Vesuvius, it's always great to go to Australia ^^

Chop chop

Yaay, that's fun! :D Chop!!

Second mission: dig out all stumps!

While I was doing that Tanja was marking the 16x16 areas with patterns.

Third mission: collect all fruits to plant them! Wow Tanja you are so tanned! XD

In every square we planted 12 saplings and we hope that they'll grow succesfully.

After 2 hours of hard work Phyllis doesn't told us about "not enough green" but "something is missing..." in this town. Ummm, I think it's not bad. As we haven't planted flowers yet I think that Phyllis meant flowers with "something" and Tanja wants to plant several flowers tomorrow and replant the weilded trees so fingers crossed for her, that she'll soon have success and that she can finally say:"Hey, I've got a PERFECT TOWN!!!" :D