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It's so fucking hot over here.

The weather in New York has been muy ridiculo the past couple of days. I go to sleep during rousing thunderstorms and wake up to sweltering heat. Since there's no AC or other utilities in the house and my bottled water's running low (the tap water is vile, even boiled or filtered), I just chill down in the basement for most of the noon hours. It's no wonder I have a mild fever.

On a more related note, I found a ragged copy of the January 2000 issue of GameFan. The editorial content is pretty much the overly snarky and loquacious writers of the 90's who all have cartoon avatars of themselves (like in the old GamePro), and it's kind of funny to read about them gaggling over the graphical power of the DreamCast, debate the possibility of Microsoft producing a gaming console and lauding the graphics of Jurassic Park: Warpath as "gorgeous". How little they knew.

The ads, on the other hand, are a fucking blast from the past, like Dew Prism, Dino Crisis, Evolution (didn't that get remade on the Gamecube?) and Parasite Eve II. One that stood out particularly was an ad for the Pioneer releases of Serial Experiments Lain, which had only put out four of the five discs at the time. For those who don't know about it, that show is OLD. There's even a section at the end for that "Japanimation", "not-for-kids" stuff! Most of it's just reviews of Tenchi Whatever, Darkstalkers manga and gossip on J-pop bands or import DVDs (back when Geneon was still in business), but what really got me laughing was the huge 'Game Cave' mail-order catalog at the end: things like a Game Boy emulator for your PC (only $49.99!) or Rei/Asuka wall scrolls with the prices in big exclamation text boxes.

Oh, GameFan. You sure were a piece of crap. MS Paint, a night and a half.

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It's so fucking hot over here.

The weather in New York has been muy ridiculo the past couple of days. I go to sleep during rousing thunderstorms and wake up to sweltering heat. Since there's no AC or other utilities in the house and my bottled water's running low (the tap water is vile, even boiled or filtered), I just chill down in the basement for most of the noon hours. It's no wonder I have a mild fever.

On a more related note, I found a ragged copy of the January 2000 issue of GameFan. The editorial content is pretty much the overly snarky and loquacious writers of the 90's who all have cartoon avatars of themselves (like in the old GamePro), and it's kind of funny to read about them gaggling over the graphical power of the DreamCast, debate the possibility of Microsoft producing a gaming console and lauding the graphics of Jurassic Park: Warpath as "gorgeous". How little they knew.

The ads, on the other hand, are a fucking blast from the past, like Dew Prism, Dino Crisis, Evolution (didn't that get remade on the Gamecube?) and Parasite Eve II. One that stood out particularly was an ad for the Pioneer releases of Serial Experiments Lain, which had only put out four of the five discs at the time. For those who don't know about it, that show is OLD. There's even a section at the end for that "Japanimation", "not-for-kids" stuff! Most of it's just reviews of Tenchi Whatever, Darkstalkers manga and gossip on J-pop bands or import DVDs (back when Geneon was still in business), but what really got me laughing was the huge 'Game Cave' mail-order catalog at the end: things like a Game Boy emulator for your PC (only $49.99!) or Rei/Asuka wall scrolls with the prices in big exclamation text boxes.

Oh, GameFan. You sure were a piece of crap. MS Paint, a night and a half.

FEEL FREE TO COMMENT.