Kid Icarus: Angel Land Story
This was a pretty good game. Never got all that far, I kept getting stuck on level 1-2. Kid Icarus is really called Pit.
I can't do it. I just can't do it :'( This game is too hard.
Category Archives: Fangirlism and Snark
Kid Icarus! Kid Icarus! KID ICARUS!!!!
[Yup, guys, this is the start of the Kid Icarus Rabid Fangirl era. Prepare yourselves.]
Kid Icarus is easily my favourite character from Captain N — as you can probably tell from my home page banner, although I never got very far in Kid Icarus on the NES. And — Janey Mack! — he is back back BACK!!! I knew it was my lil Kid from the moment I saw him on the cover! *sigh*
Welcome back, Kid! Mega Man woulda been cool in this, I wonder why they didn't include him, too? And Ryu!! YEEEEEEEEES!!! Ryuuuuuuuu!
If Chun Li was in Brawl, everyone else might as well pack up and go home, because I kick everyone's butt as Chun Li. I was easily the SSF2 champ at my sixth form.
Ya!
Mind you, that's not saying much, as most of the kids in my class were rubbish and just button-bashers anyway. Oh man, jokes, during our computing lessons, we just used to play on the SNES instead of working. No wonder I failed module 4 (hardware yay!).
More EAxis of Evil — Spore Privacy Violation
Sheesh! What is wrong with EA?
As if SecuROM wasn't bad enough, there is also a MASSIVE SECURITY LEAK in Spore: If you EVER share ANY content with ANYONE, be warned that YOUR COMPUTER USERNAME is ENCRYPTED INTO THE CREATURE "IMAGE" FILE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE THIS INFORMATION BY HEXING! This means that ANYONE who downloads it will know what your username is on your computer.
This represents a MASSIVE security breach because many people (foolishly) encode their real names into their Windoze username. Even if you don't, revealing this username to the world presents a point of vulnerability for attack by hackers. By sharing any Spore content ANYWHERE, you are leaving your computer open to attack and leaving yourself open to stalking and identity theft.
From: MATY.
Like I said already, EA aren't getting a penny more out of me. What the hell is Spore anyway?
TSR’s PG-13 Hypocrisy
About Aikea Guinea (Again)
I just came across this thread on PMBD and something has happened which I thought impossible: my opinion of Thoma$$ has got even lower. This is by Aikea Guinea, explaining why she left FA at TSR (and also solves the mystery of why she and Gelydh didn't get listed on the retired artists page, which I was wondering about before)
I wanted tell you 'my story' and explain why I left TSR. This is in by no means a cry for attention, I'm just tired of staying silent to 'protect' someone else. I'll skip a long and stupid intro and just jump right into the long and stupid story.
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Two Cheeks of the Same Backside
A little game of spot the difference.
| EA | T$R |
|---|---|
| Expects you to hand over your money for buggy content and useless/ugly meshes | Expects you to hand over your money for buggy content and useless/ugly/broken meshes |
| Puts profit above the opinions and feelings of its paying customers | Puts profit above the opinions and feelings of its paying customers |
| Likes to screw up your PC | Likes to screw up your game |
| Illegally installs malware on your computer | Illegally charges money for custom content |
| Censors and/or bans anyone who complains about the aforementioned | Censors and/or bans anyone who complains about the aforementioned |
| Well, at least if you're unhappy with the product you can sell it on second-hand | Errr.... |
Still Why No Mention of Aikea and Gelydh..?
Something strikes me as strange here. It’s been some time since Aikea Guinea and Gelydh retired from FA status, yet their names have not been added to T$R’s retired artists page (thesimsresource.com/artists/retired/). Two more recent departures (so recent that, at the time of writing, their content still hasn’t been free released) Confide and Tantra, are already listed on the retired artists page. So I wonder why Aikea and Gelydh aren’t? Weird. T$R’s choice, or Aikea and Gelydh’s?
Why You Don’t Own the Mesh File
By someone who actually knows what she is talking about... A message from Nouk in response to copyright claims by RoseSims2.net (spellings corrected by me, because I am such a pedant)
1. Whatever you import into Milkshape, has the skeleton information from the Sims 2, which give the mesh it's animation. Even if you delete the meshfile, the skeleton (bones) remain, otherwise the hair wouldn't work in the game.
Rose did not create the game animations nor the skeleton and bone information, EA/Maxis did.
2. After that, the mesh gets exported into the .gmdc format. Also, EA/Maxis made coding, not Rose.
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Will You Be Buying The Sims 3?
Poll results
- Yup, as soon as it comes out! (32.3% / 30 votes)
- Yes, but not until there are a few decent EPs (20.4% / 19 votes)
- No way! (12.9% / 12 votes)
- Does the word 'warez' mean anything to you? 😉 (34.4% / 32 votes)
Cherry Pie (Sims 1)
Ayyy!! I managed to finally get a 5 star Sim! This is Cherry Pie, #1 pop singer 😀
Nice big fanbase
I took loadsa pics of her performing the music videos, but they didn't save!!
Dance, Kitty, dance!
Posing with her trophy cabinet — 2 awards so far
Betty the Yeti!
I didn't know how to feed the cat on holiday, it almost starved to death, so I had to send Cherry back home after less than a day 🙁
Meow!
Relaxing at home
More SecuROM Links
I haven't ranted in ages. So now is the time for my sounding off!
My PC was once infected with SecuROM and we were no longer able to even backup our files (yeah, just back up our files, pictures, documents, suchlike) onto CD because SecuROM decided that anyone who wants to burn a CD is automatically a pirate and a crim. Stoopid load of rubbish EA.
Awesome quote from muridae @ MATY:
As I understand it, you only get the uaservice7.exe service installed if you're running Bon Voyage under a limited (non-Adminstrator) account. SecuROM needs that service to give it administrator-like privilege in an account that shouldn't have that, which to me is one of the more worrying low-level activities it gets up to on your computer.
Okay, rant over. Here are a few links for those who want to rant, or who might need a lil more convincing as to why SecuROM is NOT good for your PC. In fact, it is not even good for the publishers who stick this s___ on their customers' PCs, and it's about time they realised it.
So... Tada!
Why No Mention of Aikea and Gelydh..?
... the torrents will stay up until T$R free-releases their work, but isn't it strange, they've both decided to call it a day at the same time...
Sorry about the blurry pics, this danged theme is so frickin' narrow. Now could they... could they really be one and the same person?! 
Or perhaps they're going to set up a free site together elsewhere... One can only hope...
Edit: It seems they are! From PMBD:
Fixed meshes from Aikea and Geyldh - hosting at their request while they get all of their content on their new site. Find these items under TSR/z-retiredartists/aikea/fixed_meshes_from_aikea and TSR/z-retiredartists/geyldh/fixed_meshes_from_geyldh.
Nice though, more departures from TSR — I bet Thoma$$ is weeping into his hanky. I've already removed two torrents, Juttaponath and Cloisonne, because they have both gone free! Gelydh and Aikea will make two more.
Exploring the Makin’ Magic EP
Made a magic sim the other day, Roberto Magik
Oh no, the cockatiel died 🙁
Having fun with the nectar press... I know. You don't have to tell me. They look so wrong don't they?
The baker's oven. Well, that was a waste of time. It set on fire and all my ingredients were lost.
What super happy fun goodness! I'm bored of it already.
All Your Monies Are Belong to Us
Coming soon to Leah's Corner
Super Happy Sims 1 Fun
Meh, I finally did it. I installed TS1 and I'm not even joking, it took a whole hour just to install. Anyway, gameplay was kinda confusing at the beginning, because I'm used to TS2 gameplay, but I've got the hang of it now (kinda). The thing is because I installed all 7 EPs, before even playing the base game, there was so much to learn in one go. So right now I've decided to ignore most of the stuff and concentrate on just the Unleashed pack and the Superstar pack (which is the one I was mostly interested in anyway).
Two things that are annoying: the rotate/zoom! Argh! You can't even zoom in that much and the rotate thing is so annoying I don't even bother unless I really need it. The other thing, making friends seems so much harder than in TS2. Or is it just my imagination? So far my poor little Simmie has only made one friend.
Anyway, here are a few piccies. This is the only sim I've played so far, Catherine Star. She currently has a fame rating of 3. Tee hee hee.
Just like real life, Avril hasn't time for the little people
Relaxing at the Oxygen Bar.
Catherine and her dog, Billy.
Catherine performing and gaining some star credentials.
The Obsessed Fan. Please just leave me alone!