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Torrance, Calif., (May 27, 2009)—Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games announced today that
Flower, Sun, and Rain for the Nintendo DS has officially gone gold and will ship to retail outlets nationwide
starting on June 16, 2009. Originally created for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the DS port
brings the same creative quirks that made the original a cult classic, while also incorporating the touch screen
functionality of the DS along with some additional content.



On the tropical island of Lospass sits a seaside resort called Flower, Sun, and Rain. On the surface, this
island oasis resembles everything you would find on a picturesque vacation; swimming pools, the bright
shining sun and an ocean paradise waiting to invigorate even the weariest of travelers. However, all is not as
it seems at the Flower, Sun, and Rain Resort. While the tourists are busy soaking in the sun, a bomb has been
detected on a plane docked at the island’s only airport.



Sumio Mondo, a searcher, has been urgently summoned to the island by the owner of the resort to help
defuse the bomb before it interrupts the carefree island atmosphere. Upon his arrival, Sumio becomes caught
in a time loop as the events of the same day are played out over and over again, each day culminating with an
explosive end at the hands of the terrorists. With the aid of his trusty computer, Catherine, Sumio is able to tap
into the minds of his subjects and hopefully stop the explosive device that threatens to destroy the entire
island.



With a story and universe created by the infamous, award-winning game designer, Suda51, Flower, Sun, and
Rain is unique, off-the-wall and completely unpredictable. The DS port includes 50 exclusive new puzzles and
18 mysterious scenarios contained within the rich storyline with a wealth of bizarre outcomes.





Flower, Sun, and Rain carries a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is rated “T” for “Teen.” For more
information on Flower, Sun, and Rain, please visit the product website at http://www.flowersunandrain.com/.

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The madness starts here

[13:59] Aerox: oh wow
[13:59] Aerox: I am refilling my stapler
[13:59] Cataract: I woke up at 1PM today. I hate it when I sleep away half of the day.
[13:59] Aerox: and these staples are PREMIUM STAPLES
[13:59] Aerox: ULTIMATE STAPLE PERFORMANCE
[13:59] Cataract: All the pros use those!
[13:59] Aerox: PRECISION ENGINEERED CHISEL POINT FOR MAXIMUM PENETRATION
[13:59] Aerox: It actually says that on the box
[13:59] Cataract: lol "maximum penetration"
[13:59] tsunamikitsune: MAXIMUM PENETRATION
[13:59] aborto: PENETRATION!
[13:59] Tdiddy: Sounds like a Cblog to me
[14:00] tsunamikitsune: PENETRATION TO THE MAX
[14:00] SurplusGamer: Those premium staples are far stapler than even the staplest of staples you've tried before.
[14:00] aborto: THIS IS CBLOG WORTHY!
[14:00] Cataract: OOMPH OOMPH OOMPH
[14:01] Vlambo: I'm gonna get that tatooed to my wang
[14:01] SurplusGamer: you get the feeling this guy used to be the marketing guy for something like Nike.
[14:01] Gandy: CATARACT YOU ARE AWESOME AND I LOVE YOU
[14:01] Cataract: Que?
[14:01] Gibbo: You love all of us Gandy
[14:01] Aerox: I wish the iPhone camera could take close up shots without looking shitty
[14:01] Gandy: not you gibbo
[14:01] Gibbo: each in an individual way
[14:01] Vlambo: PRECISION ENGINEERED CHISEL POINT FOR MAXIMUM PENETRATION One both sides, like racing stripes

And a mere 5 minutes later, everything has fallen to hell.

[14:04] SurplusGamer: if I ever marketed staples they'd have 'PAPER-THRU TECHNOLOGY'
[14:04] Fusiontr: PENIS
[14:04] Aurvantoid: With 'HOLD STUFF TOGETHER DESIGN'
[14:04] *** Gibbo is now known as Gibbo|Blogging.
[14:05] Vlambo: CLASPED TOGETHER WITH OPTIUM GRIP
[14:05] Vlambo: i think we should go into the Advertising bidness
[14:05] Aerox: Mine would be made out of diamonds
[14:05] halfleft|away: i have returned
[14:05] *** halfleft|away is now known as halfleft.
[14:05] SurplusGamer: and 'FLEXI-POINT CORNERS'
[14:05] tsunamikitsune: I would make gummy staples
[14:06] *** naia has signed off IRC (Connection reset by peer).
[14:06] Aerox: You are the worst businessman ever
[14:06] halfleft: mid3vol, you're the fag
[14:06] tsunamikitsune: So you can eat them when you fuck it up and they don't staple right
[14:06] aborto: OUR STAPLES WILL PENETRATE THE FUCK OUT OF YOUR PAPER!
[14:06] halfleft: not that there is anything wrong with that
[14:06] halfleft: i'm merely making an observation
[14:06] tsunamikitsune: which would be all the time, because they're made of fucking gummy
[14:06] Vlambo: HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THAT HOLD!?!! THAT PAPER COULD HOLD ONTO YOUR DICK WHILE FUCKING THE MOON
[14:06] Cataract: SHIIIIIIIIIT
[14:06] SurplusGamer: 'Sharper than THE SUN ITSELF'
[14:06] SurplusGamer: wait, what?
[14:06] halfleft: what the fuck is going on
[14:06] Vlambo: I need to find the extreme advertising pics i used to have
[14:07] arcadias: i have no idea
[14:07] tsunamikitsune: also, gummy stapler
[14:07] Aurvantoid: THE STAPLENATOR: SO FUCKING AWESOME YOU CAN STAPLE POWER POLES TOGETHER.
[14:07] arcadias: it want from gandy's penis to staples
[14:07] arcadias: and the marketing there of
[14:07] Vlambo: I would buy a stapler calld the Staplenator
[14:07] SurplusGamer: SO SHARP IT WILL SPLIT THOSE PAPER ATOMS LIKE A FUCKING FISSILE KNIFE THROUGH WATER
[14:07] halfleft: THE OMEGASTAPLER: FORCING PARALLEL UNIVERSES TOGETHER
[14:08] aborto: LUL
[14:08] Fusiontr: I'M SO CONFUSED
[14:08] Aerox: Maybe if you pay attention someone will staple some sense into you
[14:08] SurplusGamer: FOR PAPER SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT ALL YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS WILL BE TELLING THEM TO GET A FUCKING ROOM
[14:08] aborto: ULTIMASTAPLER: IT WILL FUCK YOUR MUM!
[14:08] Gemsi: THESE ARE THE STAPLES THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS
[14:09] tsunamikitsune: STAPLESAURUS REX: STRONG ENOUGH FOR A DINOSAUR, BUT MADE FOR A WOMAN
[14:09] Vlambo: THEY WILL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
[14:09] halfleft: lol gemsi
[14:09] halfleft: i'm ashamed to have spotted the reference
[14:10] Vlambo: Why Half?
[14:10] halfleft: STAPLEGA: BEFORE THERE WAS A GOD, THERE WAS THIS STAPLER
[14:10] Cataract: BELIEVE IN THESE STAPLES, WHO BELIEVE IN YOU
[14:10] Vlambo: Everyone loves TTGL
[14:10] halfleft: because !japan--
[14:10] theGoldenAvatar: Because he hates the japs
[14:10] halfleft: terrified might me more accurate
[14:11] Vlambo: Isn't WW2 hatred kinda old?
[14:11] Gemsi: i watched the first TTGL movie end of last week, it was pretty meh really compared to the parts of the series it was trying to retell
[14:11] SurplusGamer: FOR YOU, WATCHING ME STAPLE THESE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF YOUR LIFE, FOR ME, THE UBERSTAPLER, IT WAS TUESDAY.
[14:11] theGoldenAvatar: Terrified of another Pearl Harbor?
[14:11] theGoldenAvatar: Can't trust em, I know
[14:12] Cataract: lol
[14:12] tsunamikitsune: STAPLEROTH: LONG ENOUGH TO STAPLE A FLOWER GIRL TO THE FLOOR
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[14:12] Aurvantoid: ^this
[14:12] Gandy: My penis has staples in it
[14:12] Vlambo: Wife cheating ON YOU? STAPLE THAT WHORES CUNT UP WITH THE OMEGASTAPLER!
[14:12] darkwhitehair: HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
[14:13] Gandy: ohai dark
[14:13] SurplusGamer: STAYPLES: STUCK IN THERE GOOD. FUCKING GOOD.
[14:13] darkwhitehair: hai
[14:13] arcadias: STAPLES SO STRONG THEY CAN CLOSE THE HOLE IN THE O-ZONE LAYER
[14:13] Aurvantoid: A NAGGING ORIFICE GOT YOU DOWN? USE THE PATENTED FLAPSHUTTER STAPLES. TRUST US. THIS SHIT WORKS.
[14:13] darkwhitehair: HAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHA
[14:13] Aerox: Amazing
[14:13] darkwhitehair: I was going through the podcastle forums
[14:13] darkwhitehair: what is wrong with all those people?
[14:13] Aerox: I hope someone is logging this
[14:13] Vlambo: WIFE PREGGERS?!!! USE OUR PATENTED ABROTO LINE STAPLES TO KEEP THAT SHIT IN THERE!
[14:13] Cataract: I autolog
[14:13] Tdiddy: They're english
[14:13] darkwhitehair: HAhAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
[14:14] Cataract: It's all gravy
[14:14] Aerox: Excellent, you are in charge of the blog
[14:14] Cataract: Yessir
[14:14] halfleft: STAPLÉR: IT'S SO FUCKING FRENCH IT'LL STEAL YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND HER MOTHER
[14:14] Gemsi: yeah i autolog as well
[14:14] tsunamikitsune: STAPLECRAFT: WHO NEEDS VESPENE GAS WHEN YOU CAN STAPLE THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR ENEMY?
[14:14] Aerox: J'ADORE STAPLE
[14:14] SurplusGamer: STAPLEX 3000: IF I WERE YOU I'D RUN. JUST RUN. WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!!
[14:14] darkwhitehair: anyone listening to the podtoid 100 live>
[14:14] darkwhitehair: ?
[14:14] Vlambo: STAPLECRAFT: THIS SHIT IS LIKE WATER IN KOREA
[14:14] darkwhitehair: HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHH
[14:14] arcadias: lol
[14:15] Gemsi: screw podtoid, we are talking about staples
[14:15] halfleft: darkwhite, hush with your chuckles
[14:15] darkwhitehair: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
[14:15] halfleft: podtoid contains no staplers/staples
[14:15] darkwhitehair: :P
[14:15] SurplusGamer: when is the podtoid thing anyway?
[14:15] Cataract: THE DARK SIDE OF THE STAPLER: HOOK THIS SHIT UP WITH WIZARD OF OZ TO BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAIN OUT
[14:15] arcadias: RUN OR STAPLE? RUN OR STAPLE?!
[14:15] darkwhitehair: 7 00 PDT
[14:15] Cataract: RUN AND STAPLE
[14:15] darkwhitehair: ok how did the conversation get to staples?
[14:16] Tdiddy: Doesnt matter
[14:16] Aerox: My awesome stapler packaging
[14:16] Tdiddy: we're there now
[14:16] darkwhitehair: k
[14:16] tsunamikitsune: STAPLE STAPLE REVOLUTION: JUST STAPLE YOUR FEET TO THE PAD AND THE BUILT IN MICROPHONE WILL GRADE YOU THE INTENSITY OF YOUR SCREAMS!
[14:16] Vlambo: CANT SLEEP? STAPLE THOSE GAY ASS EYELIDS SHUT WITH OUR KNOCKOUTSTAPLER! YOULL BE STAPLING SHEEP TO A FENCE IN NO TIME
[14:16] arcadias: to explain it would ruin it
[14:16] Aurvantoid: STAPLE GEAR?!
[14:17] Cataract: A WALKING, STAPLING, TANK?
[14:17] Tdiddy: A SECURITY STAPLER!?
[14:17] bloodylip: STAPLE? STAPLE?! STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPLE!
[14:17] Cataract: METAL STAPLER LAUNCHES STALPLES? NO!
[14:17] arcadias: I LIVE ON, THROUGH THIS STAPLER!
[14:17] Fusiontr: A NUCLEAR STAPLE?!
[14:17] Simmy: this is fucking comedy gold
[14:17] SurplusGamer: THEY'RE SINKING THE CITY WITH A GIANT STAPLE! A GIANT STAAAPLE!
[14:17] tsunamikitsune: TONY HAWK'S PRO STAPLER
[14:18] Vlambo: STAPLER STAPLING MY STAPLER
[14:18] halfleft: STAPLER is the new douche
[14:18] Kasreyn: nuclear stapler!
[14:18] Tdiddy: By the power of stapler, I HAVE THE POOOOOOWWWWWERRRRRR!!!
[14:18] tsunamikitsune: STAPLE THE HEDGEHOG: NO, IT'S NOT A NEW SONIC CHARACTER, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
[14:18] Cataract: I'd buy it
[14:18] darkwhitehair: SOLD!
[14:18] Tdiddy: lol, kit
[14:18] Gandy: agreed
[14:19] Kasreyn: STAPLER RUSH!
[14:19] arcadias: gotta be better than their recent efforts
[14:19] Tdiddy: sad part is, it wouldnt be the worst Sonic character ever
[14:19] halfleft: prepaid
[14:19] Fusiontr: I'm going to make him a document he can't refuse to staple
[14:19] darkwhitehair: Staple Princess... the opposite team has your princess... they are feeding her cake... staple that bitch up so she doesnt get fat...
[14:19] halfleft: Our stapler is in another castle?
[14:19] Kasreyn: i want to play it
[14:20] theGoldenAvatar: John Romero's about to make you his stapler
[14:20] Cataract: lol
[14:20] darkwhitehair: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
[14:20] Cataract: ATLAS IS STAPLER!
[14:20] Fusiontr: I just want to say one word to you - just one word.... staples
[14:20] Aerox: The sad part is is that my precision engineered chisel point can't even penetrate 40 pieces of paper
[14:20] theGoldenAvatar: Would you kindly staple this?
[14:20] halfleft: darkwhitehair, on the internet, we'd say 'lol'.
[14:20] Aerox: I had to use our extreme industrial stapler for that
[14:20] darkwhitehair: You had me at Staples...
[14:20] SurplusGamer: mm. STAPLESHOCK
[14:20] tsunamikitsune: THE ORANGE STAPLER: WHO NEEDS FIVE GREAT GAMES IN ONE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE ONE FUCKING AMAZING STAPLER?
[14:20] Cataract: ASSASSINS STAPLER
[14:20] halfleft: nice, kit
[14:20] arcadias: wasnt the swingline in office space orange?
[14:20] halfleft: STAPLER'S CREED
[14:20] arcadias: the signs were always there
[14:20] Vlambo: THAT PYRO IS A STAPLER
[14:21] tsunamikitsune: PHANTASY STAPLER ONLINE
[14:21] Aurvantoid: Arcadias: It was red
[14:21] Cataract: STAPLER SAPPIN MAH SENTRY
[14:21] Vlambo: STAPLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEER HERE!
[14:21] Gemsi: UNREAL STAPLER 3
[14:21] darkwhitehair: Call of Stapler: Modern Warfare...
[14:21] Vlambo: STAPLER 4 DEAD
[14:21] Kasreyn: \o/
[14:21] Cataract: CoD: Modern Stapler
[14:21] theGoldenAvatar: Didn’t we have some fun though? Remember when the platform was sliding into the stapler and I said ‘Goodbye’ and you were like ‘NO WAY!’ and then I was all ‘We pretended we were going to staple you’? That was great.
[14:21] Aurvantoid: RESIDENT STAPLER
[14:21] halfleft: Stapler of Honour
[14:21] darkwhitehair: STAPLE STAPLE STAPLE!
[14:22] SurplusGamer: PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE STAPLER
[14:22] Simmy: STAPLESTATION 3
[14:22] Gemsi: mario kart : double stapler
[14:22] Vlambo: STAPLER CHEIF VS THE PAPERCLIP
[14:22] darkwhitehair: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
[14:22] Fusiontr: "You know how to staple, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."
[14:22] SurplusGamer: STAPLING MAMA
[14:22] Aurvantoid: There was this one time I was about to bone by girlfrind but we heard a noise and I looked up and I saw it was a Stapler. Then I went back to bone my girlfriend but she was like "there was no way".
[14:22] theGoldenAvatar: Run, you pigeons! It's a STAPLER!
[14:22] darkwhitehair: Big Mutha Staplers 3: Staple me harder
[14:23] SurplusGamer: semi obscure grim fandango reference, there.
[14:23] Fusiontr: SOYLENT GREEN IS STAPLERS
[14:23] tsunamikitsune: STAPLEMAN: YOUR MEGABUSTER WON'T HELP YOU WHEN HE PENETRATES YOUR ASS
[14:23] Gemsi: Today, i lost my stapler FML
[14:23] Aurvantoid: STAPLER OF SOCIETY
[14:23] Aurvantoid: or
[14:23] Aurvantoid: STAPLER TO SOCIETY
[14:23] Simmy: LITTLE BIG STAPLER
[14:23] halfleft: I CAN HAZ STAPLER?
[14:23] SurplusGamer: ETERNAL STAPLER
[14:24] Fusiontr: MARTINI. SHAKEN, NOT STAPLED
[14:24] darkwhitehair: RapeStapler... NEW STAPLING GAME FROM JAPAN!
[14:24] Kasreyn: yes!
[14:24] SurplusGamer: STAPLED, NOT STIRRED surely!
[14:24] Gemsi: KillStapler 2
[14:24] Vlambo: ENTIRE TEAM IS STAPLER
[14:24] Vlambo: cmon Aerox, you get these
[14:24] Simmy: GRAND THEFT STAPLER
[14:24] Fusiontr: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'S STAPLER
[14:24] arcadias: STREET STAPLER IV
[14:24] darkwhitehair: Stapler of Wars 2... bigger.. badder... and more STAPLES!
[14:25] Gemsi: Capturer the stapler
[14:25] SurplusGamer: STAPLE OF THE COLOSSUS
[14:25] Kasreyn: LEGO STAPLER
[14:25] tsunamikitsune: STREET STAPLER 2: TURBO HD MAX PENETRATION REMIX
[14:25] Simmy: STAPLEPOCALYPSE NOW
[14:25] Fusiontr: I gave her my heart....and she gave me a stapler
[14:25] darkwhitehair: someone buy the website... stapletoid.com
[14:25] darkwhitehair: get on it wardrox...
[14:25] Gemsi: Streets of Stapler
[14:25] Cataract: Is wardrox still banned?
[14:25] Fusiontr: You want staples?
[14:25] Fusiontr: I want the truth
[14:26] Fusiontr: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE STAPLERS
[14:26] Cataract: I remember when he got banned for bawwing about Home
[14:26] darkwhitehair: really?
[14:26] SurplusGamer: eh?
[14:26] darkwhitehair: wha?
[14:26] halfleft: no cataract
[14:26] Tdiddy: no
[14:26] Tdiddy: He whined his way back in
[14:26] Cataract: lame
[14:26] Tdiddy: then never really came back
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[14:26] darkwhitehair: hahahahahahahhaahahah
[14:26] Gemsi: Stapler Nukem Forever
[14:26] darkwhitehair: That is cancelled...
[14:26] Fusiontr: Staples...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. If there's anything I'm a sucker for, it's staples
[14:26] Tdiddy: besides telling me that I "didnt get" Far Cry 2
[14:26] Kasreyn: how clever of you sony. you have to give me an entire apartment before i visit your shitty home
[14:26] Tdiddy: I STILL DONT GET THAT
[14:27] SurplusGamer: Anyone getting the Playstaple 4 when it comes out?
[14:27] *** Simmy is now known as Simmy|Away|StaplingSomething.
[14:27] Kasreyn: they don't even have staplers?
[14:27] Fusiontr: HOW STAPLES GOT THEIR GROOVE BACK
[14:27] Gemsi: depends how many staples it costs SurplusGamer
[14:27] Gandy: Staplecats Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
[14:28] Fusiontr: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Smells like....Staples
[14:28] darkwhitehair: Staple Warriors: Gundam 2
[14:28] Tdiddy: bawww, no skate 2 in the mail today
[14:28] Gandy: boring game is boring
[14:28] darkwhitehair: does anyone here play DOTA?
[14:28] darkwhitehair: ??
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[14:29] Kasreyn: yeah not enough staples..
[14:29] Tdiddy: Nope, none of us are korean
[14:29] Fusiontr: Mrs. Robinson. You're trying to staple me, aren't you?
[14:29] darkwhitehair: hahahahahahahha
[14:29] darkwhitehair: seriousLY? cmon people dota
[14:29] SurplusGamer: stop badmouthing home! people have been banned for that!
[14:29] darkwhitehair: awesome game
[14:29] SurplusGamer: Oh wait, it sucks.
[14:29] darkwhitehair: Live long and Staple....
[14:29] Kasreyn: just wait for the stapler patch!
[14:30] darkwhitehair: Star Stapler: Wrath of Staples... STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPLE!!! *looks up at the camera*
[14:30] Aurvantoid: STTAAAAPLLLEEEEE PPPAAWWNNNNCCCHHHHH!!!!!!
[14:30] Kasreyn: stapled pancakes
[14:31] * Alucard falcon YES!
[14:31] Fusiontr: STAPLE BREAK *Keanu Reeves points his stapler up in the air and fires off staples* NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[14:31] darkwhitehair: Guitar Stapler 5
[14:31] Vlambo: I'll be stapler
[14:32] darkwhitehair: Id staple her...
[14:32] *** Tdiddy has signed off IRC (Ping timeout).
[14:32] Fusiontr: Teenage Mutant Ninja Staples
[14:32] Gibbo|Blogging: to my penis
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[14:35] halfleft: Stapler? I damn near killed her!
[14:35] theGoldenAvatar: Stapler? I hardly know her.
[14:35] theGoldenAvatar: ...
[14:35] halfleft: i like mine better
[14:35] theGoldenAvatar: You would
[14:36] darkwhitehair: Resistapler: Fall of Man...
[14:36] halfleft: because I'm a horrific human being?
[14:36] bloodylip: i like his better, too
[14:36] *** Fusiontr has signed off IRC (Ping timeout).
[14:36] Aurvantoid: Give me Stapler! or give me Death!
[14:38] darkwhitehair: are you a Heterostapler? or a HomoStapler?

What originally drew me in to Fallout 3, other than the promise of an amazing story and intuitive combat, is the Capital Wasteland, its ruins, and the people who inhabit them. Over time, the Capital Wasteland becomes a character in itself. You can begin to feel the hopelessness that surrounds the survivors of the war that left the Earth in ruins. The wasteland is a constant reminder of the burden placed on these survivors, reminding them that they must be the ones to rebuild humanity. And just as important as the wasteland, are the remnants of building and culture that still populate it like a ghost. Now, for those of you who may be unaware of the basic story of the Fallout series, it goes a bit like this. In the 1950's, after a period of high tension between the United States and China, nuclear fallout occurs. The capitol of the United States, along with the outlying area, and even including far off major cities, become devastated, mere shells of their former selves. Buildings are skeletal shells of their former selves, and are rarely even standing anymore.


Welcome home, son.

For me, one of the most interesting aspects about Fallout 3 was the affect of nuclear fallout on culture and society. If you've ever spent a brief amount of time playing Fallout 3, you should know what I mean. The music, clothing, diction, and more are all straight out of the 1950's. Fallout 3 takes place in 2277 (according to the Fallout wiki located at fallout.wikia.com). That's about 300 years of difference, and yet half of the culture and society that is represented and shown in Fallout 3 prefers to cling to the previously established culture of the 1950's. Survivors of this man-made Hell roam the wasteland as an age of lawlessness and a new era of history begins. Raiders, Slavers, and others of their type have no problem adjusting to this new world. In fact, they seem to prefer it. Due to the lack of law being enforced in a post apocalyptic environment (with the exception of people such as Lucas Simms, who is interesting enough to write another full length entry on), not only is the possibility of living out a person’s sick fantasy now a slight bit more possible. However, there are those that do not wish to move on.

This is what absolutely confuses me. Why does Three Dog continue to play music from the 1950's from artists like Billie Holiday, or play songs like "Butcher Pete" (other than the fact that Three Dog likes to "chop dat meat")? Shouldn't both society and culture have evolved at least somewhat in those 300 years? Shouldn't new buildings have been built, other than the shantytowns and scrap metal huts? For months of playing this game, I couldn't find the answer to these questions. For the life of me, I couldn't understand why the people couldn't have rebuilt.



Then, it hit me. It hit me so hard; it made me feel almost stupid for not seeing it earlier. The people, the "wastelanders", are scared out of their minds. They've been placed into a world where everything was being done by machine. Many of them have no way of learning other than by working with what little they have. Their culture hasn't evolved in 300 years because, to be honest, it's all they have left. When the bombs came and destroyed the buildings and the landscape, it destroyed records of history, along with most knowledge that was written down. The only real information lays scattered throughout the wasteland in small handbooks that the player finds, or whatever information that may have been stored on terminals. So they cling to the past. They cling to whatever has already been established, because I can imagine it's too damn hard to move on. So, in a way, they stop a bit of culture from advancing, so they can stop something from leaving them behind on a new, defiled Earth.


Probably too unintelligent to be scared of anything other than a fly.

[09:40] Cataract: All the way at the bottom
[09:40] Cataract: Dude writes a wall of text
[09:40] Cataract: I feel honored
[09:41] Aurvantoid: O_o
[09:41] bloodylip: oh damn
[09:41] bloodylip: vag-aract
[09:41] bloodylip: he zinged you good
[09:41] Cataract: how clever
[09:41] Cataract: he couldve called me cuntaract
[09:41] Cataract: I think that would've been better
[09:42] bloodylip: yeah
[09:42] bloodylip: either way, you're not a true wolverine fan like him
[09:42] Cataract: lol I know
[09:42] Cataract: I could never reach his level
[09:42] Cataract: Not even if I wanted to
[09:43] The_Young_Scot: you have no life, unlike the true wolverine fan
[09:43] The_Young_Scot: ...
[09:43] halfleft: lol
[09:43] Cataract: Then he says if I said shit like that in his hood, I'd get shot
[09:43] Cataract: Yeah, if I walk up to some guy on the street and tell him that he sucks at posting pictures to destructoid, Id get my ass shot
[09:45] The_Young_Scot: YOU CAN'T EMBED FOR SHIT, FOO'
[09:45] Cataract: OH SHIT SON, IMMA GAT YO BITCH ASS
[09:45] *** Detry has joined #destructoid.
[09:45] *** Mode change "+v Detry" for channel #destructoid by ChanBot.
[09:45] bloodylip: haha
[09:45] bloodylip: he better not see you at the premier!
[09:45] Cataract: this has to be fake
[09:45] Cataract: theres no way this guys for real
[09:45] Detry: Oh shit son
[09:46] Cataract: oh shit, detry
[09:46] The_Young_Scot: oh wait there is more?
[09:46] Detry: Sorry I ain't been around
[09:46] Detry: My ma has been sick
[09:46] Cataract: Ah, sorry to hear that
[09:46] The_Young_Scot: you know he's cool, cause he puts "-{end transmission}-" at the end of every comment
[09:46] bloodylip: is it the swine flu?
[09:46] The_Young_Scot: otherwise we'd assume it would go on FOREVER
[09:46] Cataract: lol
[09:46] The_Young_Scot: sorry to hear that Detry
[09:47] Cataract: We'd be waiting on baited breath
[09:48] The_Young_Scot: I bet he says -{end transmission}- after sex
[09:48] Detry: I think tis ok now, finally convinced her to go to the hospital
[09:48] Cataract: After he finished everything
[09:49] The_Young_Scot: in the toilet
[09:49] The_Young_Scot: before flushing
[09:49] Cataract: A test, sex, fapping, after shitting, after eating
[09:49] The_Young_Scot: wow, is she ok Detry?
[09:49] Cataract: Then he puts his arms out to his sides like he's an airplane and runs away making plane noises
[09:49] The_Young_Scot: then someone shoots him
[09:49] The_Young_Scot: as that's where he lives
[09:49] Cataract: ahahahaha
[09:50] The_Young_Scot: YOU AIN'T NO PLANE, BITCH
[09:50] Cataract: BLAB BLAT
[09:50] theGoldenAvatar: What a spaz
[09:51] Dr_BadSpoon: drank a jolt cola an hour or so ago
[09:51] Dr_BadSpoon: i'm actually tired
[09:51] Cataract: Oh god, this is why I missed IRC
[09:51] Dr_BadSpoon: rather than buzzed
[09:51] Dr_BadSpoon: have my caffeine requirements become that high?
[09:51] Cataract: Heh, I can't drink a cup of coffee without getting way too sugar high
[09:51] The_Young_Scot: YO BITCH, YOU LACK THE AERODYNAMIC QUALITIES TO GAIN FLIGHT, FOOL
[09:52] The_Young_Scot: BLAP BLAP
[09:52] Cataract: LOL
[09:52] Cataract: BITCH, YOU LEFT YOUR FLAPS DOWN
[09:52] Cataract: AND YOU AINT GOT NO LANDING GEAR
[09:52] Aurvantoid: lol, thats the worst troll ever
[09:52] theGoldenAvatar: That isn't even trolling
[09:53] Dr_BadSpoon: it's fact
[09:53] theGoldenAvatar: It's some sort of psychotic meltdown
[09:53] Aurvantoid: What's funny is that the guy who epically failed at posting the pictures isn't the one that made the wall-o-text
[09:53] Cataract: It's pretty obvious that it's an alt account
[09:53] Cataract: of the guy who I said sucks at posting pictures
[09:53] Aurvantoid: Yeah, but still
[09:53] Aurvantoid: Why go through that trouble?
[09:53] Cataract: I guess he's afraid that he'd be disqualified or something
[09:53] Aurvantoid: lol
[09:53] The_Young_Scot: or shot
[09:53] Cataract: BECAUSE HES A TROO WULVERINE FAN
[09:53] Dr_BadSpoon: also
[09:53] The_Young_Scot: as that's where he lives
[09:53] Aurvantoid: He looks like a tool anyways
[09:53] Dr_BadSpoon: alpha bits cereal
[09:53] Dr_BadSpoon: is terrible
[09:54] bloodylip: it really is
[09:54] theGoldenAvatar: Cröonchy Stars
[09:54] bloodylip: are you even eating the ones with marshmallows?
[09:54] theGoldenAvatar: Blargh
[09:54] Cataract: agh, I gotta leave for work
[09:54] Aurvantoid: Blue pill poppin fodder cock juggling neo n@zi?
[09:54] Aurvantoid: WTF does that mean?!?!
[09:54] Cataract: I'm posting this in a damn cblog before I go, though
[09:54] Dr_BadSpoon: bloodylip: no
[09:54] Cataract: I've no clue
[09:54] Cataract: But this is the stuff of legends.
[09:54] Aurvantoid: I'll give him points on originality on that one.
[09:55] * BigPopaGamer laughs at Areal7813
[09:55] Aurvantoid: lol, Vag-aract
[09:55] The_Young_Scot: incoherent babble does not an insult make
[09:55] The_Young_Scot: I should know

Well, this past weekend I got the chance to go and visit a few friends of mine at a gaming store called Digital Press. At the end of every month, they host a get together/mini party which features tournaments, snacks, and such. One of the really cool aspects is that the owner of the store allows people to come in with their stuff to trade or sell to other people who come in that day. He makes no money off of this, but allows it anyway.

That's how fucking awesome this store and the owner are.

I stopped in this past Saturday during the meeting to see if anyone was selling anything interesting. A friend of mine who I see at the store was selling a Neo Geo Pocket Color, in perfect conidition, with five games, an AC adapter, and a small case he was using to store it. All this....for $35. I bought it in a heartbeat.

Here be pictures:



Here's the NGPC itself. The screen is fine, and the joystick on it feels absolutely amazing. Sony, put this into the PSP, it feels absolutely amazing, and it's incredibly responsive. The buttons aren't sticky in the slightest, and the system itself is very clean. It was definitely very well taken care of.



And here are the games, they each came in their own case.

Metal Slug is Metal Slug, except with the addition of a lifebar, when that empties out, it's a game over. So technically, you have one life per continue. This makes it a bit challenging, which is nice.

Capcom vs. SNK Cardfighters Clash is surprisingly good. I don't usually play CCG's much, let alone on a console. The system is pretty straightforward and simple, which is probably why I like it, not to mention that it's got Capcom and SNK characters. That doesn't exactly hurt it either.

Capcom vs. SNK: The Match of The Millennium is everything you'd want in a handheld fighter. Everything is really well balanced, and challenging. When you consider that there's also around 12 minigames inside, and that it can hook up to the Dreamcast for added content, you start to realize how amazing this game is.

Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure is...alright. I've never been too big of a Sonic fan growing up, but I already spent quite a bit of time on this one, and I'm really enjoying it. There are some pretty annoying parts, but nothing that makes me want to stop playing it.

And last but not least, Crush Roller, the only game that needs an explanation. You play as a ball of paint who needs to run over the entire floorspace of a maze/floor while being chased by two other blobs. Most of the time they're faster than you, so you need to lead them into crushers o you can get about 10 seconds without them so you can go and paint more of the floor. Oh, and once they're crshed, they come back faster and smarter.

Overall, I'm incredibly happy with my NGPC so far. This little machine is great, and it's a shame that it received such little attention and ultimately died out.


Also, I got these in NYC a few weeks ago at Toy Tokyo, figured I'd share them here. Two Dragon Quest bottlecaps and a magnet from....some anime series. I just thought he looked cool, so I got him for a dollar.

:D