~Authur

Yep, I finally got one thanks to a friend's help.

https://bsky.app/profile/authur3389.bsky.social

Follow me if you're interested, though there really ain't much to see quite yet. I still need some feeds to follow.

I also have a Tumblr, but I dunno if you'd be into that.

Steam Support finally came through after I gave them enough evidence! "Avery / Aezel" is now safe to interact with. It's not hijacked anymore and the account is under my control. I deeply apologize if the hacker tried to interact with you using my account.

Whether or not you know this already, I've been hacked by someone on Steam. My account is "Avery / Aezel" with a Klonoa avatar. The hacker stole my account after posing as a fake admin. I mistakenly contacted him by Steam handle thinking he was a real admin after I was told by another hijacked account that I was being reported for item duplication, and when I wouldn't give him $500 I didn't have, he locked me out of my Steam account and stole it before trying to forcibly steal money out of my bank account.

I need as much information as I can get from this guy. He will try to interact with you because he will be out for your accounts. Don't let him trap you. Instead, your best bet is using fake accounts and virtual machines. The goal is to fish information out of this guy, bait him with the promise of money and trap him in hopes of getting my account back and turning him in to the proper authorities. Take screenshots, ask questions, but DO NOT give him your information.

If you can't do any of this, then just don't interact with him. Either way, BE CAREFUL.

I'm not gonna lie, my Thanksgiving vacation was shit. It has shown just how irresponsible I am for my own actions when my anxiety peaks, it has shown just how irresponsible Dad is for his own actions if he's making me uncomfortable, and it shows how mindlessly defensive of him my sister is literally because "family." She doesn't respect my needs, she doesn't respect my loss of anger control, and I think she needs to be better informed if she wants me to not go back to hating her, or hating her even worse than I used to.

I'm going to opt out of all future family gatherings and vacations until further notice so I can seek out my therapist and address this series of problems head-on instead of sitting here moping about it. I don't care if I'm required to see her every week. In fact, I welcome that. Because I need the attention and I need exercises and mental conditioning.

I can't let this get any worse than it already has, and I also can't let anything else interrupt me from chasing my dream to be an IT, especially if it's fucking stupid family bullshit. And while we're on the subject, I'm spending Christmas alone. Only, I'm not gonna be alone, I'm gonna be among friends. Because my online friends are literally better than my idiot family. I need to be surrounded by people who actually fucking know how to care about me.

...and by the way, I had to sit through a four-hour flight with my knees and ass on fire from sitting in an uncomfortable leather airplane seat while some bitch ass little brat kept crying their lungs off as if it was the solution to their problems, so I'm not in the best of moods right now.

I know I meant to do that earlier, probably should've asked  trakmiro to put it in there, but I didn't have any good info to give him at the time, so I'm going to add it myself soon.

Do not be surprised if I make a King K. Rool and/or a Ridley. I literally cannot wait to anally rearrange some fools with them.

Boy, this sure has been a shit end to the year, hasn't it? And it's still not over, but who gives a fuck.

I've been contemplating leaving this site, to be honest, but if I do, I'll probably do it quietly and without drama. Otherwise, you can still catch me right here. Okay, now that I got that shit out of the way, I want Ajit Pai's balls on a silver platter and then sent into space so he can never breed.

...that's basically my opinion on this clusterfuck right now.

Also, I want to try out the online portion of FFXV, because so far, I like how it looks. Granted, haven't seen much of it, but it's FFXV, I doubt they fucked it up that badly. Plus, I think the recent DFO update for the two new classes Knight has gotten is kind of the most amazing thing ever next to me finally getting a 4K TV. owo

Yeah, that's...that's about it, really. Sorry. I've chosen to keep most of my personal shit private since A. nobody cares, and B. I don't want to give people ammunition. So maybe expect the next journal in, hm...ten thousand years from now.

See ya then!

Hey~ Got back from having my birthday up in Virginia, and now I'm 28. Don't really feel any older than 22, really. To me, age is mostly a number. Also I got a bunch of money from my generous family members and am off to spend it very unwisely. Also I had Mint Oreo ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. All in all a good birthday, aside from a few problematic people I don't wish to name so as not to spoil the mood. Let's just say I could've done without their complaining. Anyway, hope you guys are enjoying the Switch, and if you aren't, well you probably have a good reason for that.

I, personally, am taking the smart route and not ordering one yet. I'm seeing how it does from here. Maybe in a couple months I might change my mind, especially if there's like a summer sale going down.

I'm really not sure about the Nintendo Switch, to be brutally honest with you. I've been enlightened a little further about the whole battery life thing, and as long as I just play it at home, I should have all the battery life I need, so that's not the thing I'm worried about. The thing I am worried about is the games and the price of the console. I would rather see how this weird thing does first, because even though I have my doubts and I think it might fail, Nintendo has surprised me in the past. I actually didn't think the Wii would sell or even be usable because of how the controller looked, but look how wrong my ass was on that one! ...that being said, I wouldn't get your hopes up too high unless you like the idea of being massively disappointed. Stay positive, but wary.

And if you already pre-ordered it, I wish you the best of luck if it turns out to be hot garbage after launch day. Just saying. And if it doesn't? ...Breath of the Wild. That's the game I want.

Finally, the reason why I have the words "Lego Games" in the journal title. I've been playing a lot of Lego Games developed by Traveler's Tales, (FYI, they made Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic R), and one game that really got me to like them again is Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7. I really thought it wouldn't, because I didn't like the first Lego Harry Potter very much, and frankly, I thought their bugs were terrible and overlooked back in those years. Also I despise their Lego Star Wars games entirely and want nothing to do with them anymore (and I won't explain why if you ask). However, Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 proves to be amazing and pretty much what the first game should've been; better level design, less finnicky transitions from one place to another, and better-placed hidden collectibles. That being said, I hate Super Bonus Levels with a passion, so I will no longer do them even once I find all the Gold Bricks I need, but my point is that the journey to getting all the Gold Bricks and everything else is much better in my opinion. Especially if the game can be this great. Having tried the later Batman games and Lego Lord of the Rings, I can easily see where it gets better and better from here.

Honestly, even though their programming is still slightly off in some places, they just gave the hell up on Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (it keeps crashing incessantly so I gave up too), their Super Bonus Levels are annoying as hell, and some parts of their games are honestly kind of frustrating and probably should've been thought out a little better, I love these Lego games, and I may play them well into the future, barring some exceptions. As for whether or not I'll get Lego Dimensions on that note? ...sure, why not. Skylanders has left a bitter taste in my mouth when I hear the term "NFC Game," but this game has already basically proven to me how fun an NFC game can be without ruining a franchise while it's at it. While I don't agree with the price of the Starter Pack...I don't know how this shit works anyway, so the pack may have upped the price a bit due to its technology, anyway. And no, I will not play Skylanders. I already want to play one NFC game. I don't want to ruin my financial life with another. That being said, it would be pretty useful if I had a container of some kind for these things...like some kinda toybox or small safe.

Speaking of Lego, LOVED the movie, got the movie's game, I think the movie's game will be awesome, plus I have high hopes for the Lego Batman movie and the Lego Movie sequel! ...less so for the sequel, but hey, anything is possible. Also, even though literally all of the character packs for Lego Dimensions look cool, I might not buy them all, because I don't use every single character in a Lego game. Plus it costs too much to do that. In fact, my go-to Digger/Pet character might be Scooby-Doo. Oh, and you BETTER believe I'm getting the Sonic level pack. I'm a pretty huge Sonic fan, so I can't pass that up. Besides, I already kinda spoiled myself on the final boss fight anyway, and this is actually a very well done level pack.

I'm having a good time playing Moon, or I was until I realized I didn't beat the other generations yet. So I'mma go do that before returning to Alola. You cool kids have fun. Also I'm gonna try to dial it back a bit on the incredibly bitchy journals. I'm not really trying to be negative about things, but sometimes I really wish things like tropical storms and turbulent holidays would go fuck themselves.

Though, despite my dad being a giant moron, I did have a lovely Thanksgiving, in case you're wondering. I also had lots of juicy turkey meat and skin, and I'm even going to have some Turkey a la King soon once I visit the farmhouse again. So it's not like I ain't having fun. I'm having plenty of it. Especially since I got back into Dungeon Fighter online.

At any rate, hope you and yours have a happy and safe rest of November, hope Thanksgiving was good, still wondering why we have a day seemingly commemorating a huge meal we could have with family and friends at like, any time during the year, but whatever. I had fun and I hope you guys did too.

tl;dr Had a good Thanksgiving despite my dad, gonna cut back on or outright delete really bitchy journals nobody cares about, I have Pokemon Moon and it's been nothing short of amazing, eat your greens, appreciate your penis, okay bye

And EVERYBODY looks good to play as...oh yeah, I've had my desktop back up and running for 5 months now...and I have Windows 10 on it because I thought I didn't have any other choice. So if you guys know how to get Windows 7 on this...

If you go on Tumblr, Twitter, news sites or anything like that, and see a lot of shit about Charleston flooding to all hell...that's the reason. I had to be very quickly moved out of there and to my parents' farmhouse on Johns Island, and if Mom didn't rescue me when she did and just barely get out of the city before some real damage was done, I don't know if I'd still be here, let alone in proper storm-resistant shelter.

...well, semi-proper. It's an old ass house. Been here since cowboy times.

But, I have been completely safe, fed, and protected for 4 days now, today's going to be the 5th, Mom is already seeing when she can get me home and if the conditions near my apartment are safe enough, and I JUST got internet in time so I could tell you guys to begin with. Friends, if you are reading this, I have not been able to tell you shit about where I've been because the weather has literally been so bad, I couldn't get on the internet. And that's because AT&T IS A BUNCH OF FUCKING DICKLESS ASSWIPES WHO WON'T LAY DOWN FIBER OPTICS ON A DIRT ROAD!!!

...

So anyway, that means I have satellite internet, it is easily interrupted by weather, it's not nearly as fast as I'd like it to be, and I think my mom's laptop has a severe problem trying to launch Chrome, because I had to wait like 5 full minutes for it to friggin start. Either way, it could be a whole lot worse, but I and the rest of South Carolina is nearing the end of the terrible flooding, and we'll be backed up for a good while. But roads are starting to open up, and I'm willing to bet there's even power in most places now. So we're already trying to rebuild, and everything is going to be okay.

So let me close with this. I fucking hate. Bloodmoons. And I don't care about lunar eclipses. God can shove them up his ass and so can you.

PS: My prayers go out to those affected by the flood. I hope at least most everyone is safe.

This time I actually mean it, because it was a crushing disappointment last night with no fireworks, hamburgers or hot dogs. There was beer, but I really wasn't up to it.

I wouldn't even be that mad about it if every time I tried to celebrate this retarded holiday, the universe didn't do something to piss me off and completely ruin my fun, such as fireworks being launched in a really inconvenient freaking place, the celebration being held the fucking 3RD of July, and having an old-timey horn quartet dressed in red and white-striped suits that not only sounds like the most annoying thing I ever heard, but is apparently so bad it physically gives me a migrane.

I repeat. I went to a 4th of July celebration that not only happened before the fact, but the "live performance"(if you could even call it that) WAS LITERALLY SO POOR, IT GAVE ME A PHYSICAL MIGRANE AND I HAD TO GO HOME.

Next year, I'm going to plan to get off my ass for once and go to a celebration in my city, and if I don't get that fucking good time, then screw this holiday and screw any sense of its meaning!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to have some goddamn crab salad and try to have some fun today, because I'm seriously gonna go crazy if something good doesn't happen in the next hour or so!

Now that I got your attention, my life has been improving a lot since I last made a journal because of a lady who got me a volunteer job somewhere in this place called Park Circle. It's kind of a dump and has a cash-only "grocery store", which kinda blows, but it at least has a good few restaurants and even an organic grocery store for hippies. And as I have learned, hippies are awesome.

Of course, I call vegetarianists "hippies," so don't take that statement too seriously. Also there is indeed such a person called a "vegetarianist," look it up.

Anyway, thanks to the lady, who happens to be a vegetarianist, I got to explore my cooking abilities, finally learned the struggles and ethics of a hard day's work in more ways than one, and hopefully things will turn out so great for me in the future that I'll start being paid for data entry or something. Apparently, my alpha speed is 91wpm. Pretty sure that's almost superhuman typing, because the regular threshold is 80 or so. In case you think I'm exaggerating, I tested at least twice. It's a solid 91.

So yeah, I'm no longer at Goodwill, which can go suck a giant cock, and I'm gettin by without them. I'm not going to identify who I do data entry for in the name of preventing internet drama stirring up in the comments section, but I CAN tell you that the people I work for are doing awesome things, I'm being awesome coming in to work so far(a huge improvement), and I'm 100% sure my boss doesn't have a rap sheet and isn't on parole or anything. And before you get too excited, Park Circle is a place near a high school surrounded by suburbs, empty clearings that lead into forestation, and fucking railroad tracks, so I'm not in a cubicle farm slaving away at a computer doing TPS reports having 8 different people up my ass about one little thing I forgot to do.

To be completely honest, though, if I can do something to where nobody can see the awkward boners I sometimes have in my pants, especially when I wear kahkis, I'd probably feel better about being in that kind of environment at all. It's fucking annoying what shenanigans happen down there...

Before you get grossed out at the notion of me worrying about my boner, remind yourself that you're on a fucking art gallery that has an entire mountain range of porn on it.

Even though I acquired a boyfriend. I'm proud. All this stupid holiday ever does is over-commercialize the concept of love, makes lonely people feel like shit, and make couples feel like they have to buy each other really expensive crap. Seriously, if you feel like you absolutely have to buy some really super expensive jewelry and a box of chocolates for your significant other just to say "I love you," I invite thee to reassess thine level of common sense. Because in any really solid relationship, you hardly even NEED that stuff. YOU are the best Valentine's Day gift your lover could have.

Also, I often feel like the concept of love is very, very misunderstood by others. Love is kind of an all-encompassing thing. Or it can easily become that. The words "I love you" can mean many things when you actually use the sentence for its intended purpose, and for practically all levels of intimacy with someone. You can say you love your friends, you can say you love your wife/husband, and you can say you love your parents and family, and although they mean different things to different people, there is something that is in common with each of those situations; a connection. A connection you never want to let go of.

And honestly, why devote one day to that feeling when you can feel that way about someone literally every waking moment of your life? I sure as hell do. That's why I say fuck this holiday, fuck the commercialism, and fuck the over-inflated sense of obligation to material things. That Valentine's Day dildo you're going to stick up your ass is going to feel the same as practically all of your other dildos. THEY'RE FUCKING DILDOS.

But if you're having fun with this holiday, continue to do so. I just wish more people would realize what love actually is, what it means, and why it means more than some silly festive box of chocolates. Trust me, you're going to get more value out of this really stupid holiday and life itself if you take this journal to heart. Oh, and if after reading this you STILL want to buy your lover that overpriced babydoll or that ridiculous looking "holiday" underwear, then by all means go ahead. I'm not stopping you. It's YOUR wasted money.

- Authur

Okay, so from what I read around the internet, a lot of opinions were had when the DDOS attack hit. I was scared, a lot of artists relying on commissions were scared, people using the site were scared. However, I came across some honestly pretty disgusting trash talk among fellow furries' Tumblrs about the whole thing, sarcastically thinking the attack was going to be a death blow to the site. I'm not an expert on websites, but I'm pretty sure FA is going to stick around whether we like it or not. Now, I have my small share of qualms with the site and a few of its actually pretty minor inconveniences, but that isn't enough for me to turn into a gigantic douchebag on my own personal blog and go typity typity typity about how Dragoneer sucks a large cock and all the admins are terrible, and blah blah blah, etc. etc.

So here is a special message from me to everybody still using this site who hate the admins and hate FurAffinity:

Go fuck your respective selves with a cactus and leave. Nobody is making you stay here.

Hell, if you're a guy who relies on commissions, move to Weasyl and let everybody know you're doing it if you really can't take it here anymore. Don't degrade yourself into a raving lunatic and act like a motherfucking adult about it. Capiche?

As for the rest of you, please enjoy your stay. I will, no matter what reputation this site or its admins have.

- Authur

And due to Amazon declining my payment method like a bunch of dumb assholes, I have to wait three more days! 8D

I don't know what's up with Amazon, but apparently, they've decided to decline my payment method when the product is kinda supposed to be here, and this is just a little suggestion, but maybe they should start requiring the fuckin security code on the back of every credit and debit card like everybody else. Even the eShop does that.

Now excuse me while I try to wait it out until monday. Happy Smashing.

EDIT: Mom came to the rescue and as long as I paid her back Monday, I get the game! Oh, and as if this edit, which is 10/4/2014, I unlocked everything the night before. Fair warning? Randomized unlockable character when you succeed in the chosen method. If you don't get them the first time, just do it again. As for VS matches, don't sweat it there either. Just march off the stage one more time for a rematch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpQSvaduzk

EVERYBODY! MAKE A MILLION PICTURES OF HIPSTER BOWSER! NOW!

HURRY BEFORE THE GAME COMES OUT, DO IT NOW!

Am I excited for Smash Bros. 4?

Short Answer: *rejoices like the N64 Kid*

Long Answer: Super Smash Bros. is a favorite franchise of mine, and that goes for pretty much ANYBODY who likes Nintendo. It might even go for anybody who likes video games period. As simplistic as it was and as low the gravity used to be in the very first Super Smash Bros. for the N64, it was still a very good game we had. It wasn't as competitive or sleek as Melee, and it didn't have a weird roster or features like in Brawl. Of course, for what they were worth, Melee and Brawl were a pretty fun ride, too, even though doubles matches were kind of pushed to the side, especially due to that one match with two teams consisting only of Meta Knight.

Oh, but this one. THIS FUCKING ONE. The speed and gravity are basically on par with Project M(which really suggests Nintendo, Sora, or at the very least Sakurai himself must know about Project M's existence), the roster is a lot more promising, some of the stages look fun as hell to fight in(why does Nintendogs continue to exist!?), the assist trophies look even more awesome, and the weirdest concept for a Smash Bros. character in the history of EVER has been achieved with flying colors. They should've hired a Chinese music composer named Ho Lee Schitt, because the updates just keep getting better and better. Each Monday that goes by is like a mini-Christmas for me! Which only makes the real Christmas more tantilizing...

As for what I think about the Amiibo situation, from a very serious standpoint, I think Amiibo is going to save the Wii U. Not permanent, of course, but it will help. I don't believe Nintendo is necessarily doing some sort of marketing niche Skylanders style. I think they're really just doing this to add more functionality to the Wii U 2015 lineup at large, Smash Bros. 4 included. Yes, I know it's also called SM4SH, but I refuse to type anything remotely similar to l33t sp3@k. Fuck that. Anyway, I'm not quite as excited for the Amiibo aspect as I am for just about everything else that's been updated, but I think it's a welcome addition to the game nonetheless, especially for very strange grindoholics such as myself. I just both wonder and hope the Mii Fighters function somewhat like the Amiibo Fighters, as I've taken to calling them, and level up their stats or something.

Finally, in regards to the leak that hit the internet about the character roster, I'm fully aware it really might be true and not just some photoshop job since the guy took a screenshot of the fucking 3DS and everything. However, I'm still not going to get too crazy about it and take it in stride...besides, I knew right from the start they weren't ever going to put Zoroark in the game, anyway. At least unless they decide to let Smash Bros. 4 have DLC. If they're smart, they'll buy into the DLC market. And hopefully without going overboard like some companies...

PS: Team Midriff is the new funniest Smash meme ever. I demand there be a comic called Team Midriff Adventures. NOW.

Leaving me, my account, and the friends I still talk to online all huddled together around a big box of booze floating in the wreckage of the titanic like fordibben lovers! *sigh* What I mean to say is, due to some unforseen complete bullshit thrust upon me the morning I woke up, Skype doesn't really work for me. I want to see if it actually does, though, and doesnt just fuck me over in case I feel like saving Skype conversations or even getting those back from another account.

Especially since now, I'm Doctor Velcity on Skype instead of Doctor Velocity on my Xbox3-whogives a fuck! First off, I'm turning off auto updates. Secondly, I'm still going to chip away at the problem unless they really mean it by the whole "comes back in 24 hours" thing. So until then the whole Skype situation is kinda fucked, so I'm gonna roll with the Doctor Velocity thing for a while. Already compiled a list of people I still remember somewhere in WordPad, so if you're watching my FA or have my phone number or whatever and remember me, can I get your Skype?

Okay, so quite a few games have caught my attention, but I've finally compiled a small list of games I actually want to buy immediately. And I mean IMMEDIATELY, as in put down money as soon as I have it for the pre-order on Amazon or whatever. Now, the first one is mostly out of necessity, due to my sheer lack of a Wii U and all the awesome it has, so the first one is going to be Mario Kart 8. I am REALLY not sure I should be even playing a New Super Mario Bros. game without cheating because all of the complaints from everybody saying Nintendo has made nothing truly "new" thave circulated since that game came out are finally starting to make sense. What DOESN'T make sense is their criticism of Super Mario 3D Land and 3D World, both of which I actually WANT, because it's actually a little new. Well, 3D World moreso than 3D Land. Yes, the cat suit powerup is a LITTLE finnicky, but we've dealt with bad gameplay mechanics before. *COUGH* SUPER MARIO 64 *COUGH* Most likely going to buy 3D World a lot sooner however, due to finally having the console to play it. As for Mario Kart 8, I do kind of want it, especially if it doesn't do that stupid blue shell bullshit in Wii that REALLY makes me want to say "fuck this" and use someone else's hard work just to unlock all the courses and quietly run time trials to my heart's content. Not sure if Mario Kart 7 is any better. Let me know. All I know about that one is that Neo Koopa City is FUCKING AWESOME TO LISTEN TO!!! It's like Mushroom Kingdom Bad Future or something!

...I call it Neo Koopa City because that's a way less lame name than "Neo Bowser City." The name "Bowser" to me doesn't exactly sound threatening to me anymore. It's about as threatening as "Dr. Eggman" at this point.

Now on to more relevant things! Do I want Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright? Hell yes. I want to buy it. I want to buy it with my face and rub it in my no-no place. Do I want to play it? No. Not until I get the other games of their respective series so I know what the fuck I'm doing. Moving on. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire I'm obviously going to get since I got back into Pokemon finally after skipping a generation like a silly bastard. I already have plans as far as getting Pokemon from past generations, even though some will inevitably show up in X/Y anyway. If anybody has a legitimately good reason why I should give Nintendo $5 a month for what's essentially Pokemon Box X and Y, let me know. And also let me know if nobody really has a problem with it, because I'm not sure if I should entrust the security of my Pokemon to the fucking Cloud. Just saying...oh yeah, and I'm getting what side games don't suck, as well as the third gen games and up so said master plan can come to fruition. It was actually during said planning that I was thinking about making a "gamersona" of sorts for myself that's a Zoroark in some kinda Trainer clothing, but it might take me a while until I decide that's what I wanna do with my image.

Besides, I might confuzzle people. Including myself. <_> Game Freak should totally make a Pokemon Pinball X and Y, by the way. Make much mannies. And people named Manny.

Oh yeah, I should probably talk about it while we're on the subject. Super Smash Bros. 4. Am I going to get it? Yes. Am I going to get both PORTS of it? Of course. I'm enough of a sheep to do so even if one port turns out to be really uncomfortable to play. Will I let you kick my ass at it? Oh, definitely. Feel free to record it and everything. I'm a lot more likely to embrace defeat if good friends and acquaintances beat me up. This also applies to Pokemon. But here's a little house rule about that one. No Legendaries or Mega Evolutions please. This isn't fucking Pokemon Stadium, where you have a reason to be an asshole. Don't give me a reason to learn how to destroy your precious team of Legendaries using Magikarp. As for Smash Bros.? Eh. Anything goes. Just try not to hog the Smash Ball if you can help it. Let EVERYBODY have a chance at seeing Mega Man's Final Smash. Everyone should taste the Mega Buster Rainbow. It's a delicious rainbow.

I should probably bring this up too. I was really confused when I heard about the Smash Bros. Bundle. I thought there was going to be a Wii U involved in it. Nope! Just the game, the Gamecube controller, and the adapter for them. That's it. El Fin. No Wii U, no Amiibo figures(that I honestly might call trophies before long), nothin like that. Shame, but sometimes you gotta think about how much the customers have already spent, I guess. As for the Amiibo trophies(See?), if people like GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon sell them, and they're pretty much right there, readily available, I think I'm gonna go ahead and pick them up. I just hope this, y'know. Actually works. I like the idea of leveling up a fighting character if it isn't mind numblingly boring and actually has a point. Yeah. I'm looking at YOU, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. As for what else will come of whatever news we get of Smash Bros., I'm going to take it in stride. I know I'm not going to get everything I want. Besides, there's always mods and hacks for that once they become available, and no video game company in the world is honestly too tenacious or too "strong" for hackers to crack their machines wide open.

That's about it for now, but seeing as I'm a Sonic fag, there's pretty much a guarantee I'm going to get Sonic Lost World. Why? Because I'm a Sonic fag. I'm almost legally obligated to buy these fucking games nowadays...speaking of which, I REALLY need to make up for lost time on Steam. I STILL don't have either of the Adventure ports for it! Or the racing games, for that matter.

Or a spare Wii for that matter. I really need one when SSB4 comes out, especially in both forms. Plus, I never really got to play Super Mario 3D World or Sonic Lost World, so that's another reason to get it.

A friend I have been without for about a month has contacted me again. At first, I wasn't exactly happy to see him, but once he told me he got over what happened between us...I decided to let it go, too. What broke our friendship was this big argument we had, and in order to make myself feel better, I decided to tell some of my online friends about what happened in the hopes that they'd give me advice. Well, some did, some didn't, but apparently, I heard that a few people I may have told have decided to exaggerate or otherwise misunderstand what I told them when I was seeking comfort. These individuals have threatened my friend to the point where it could negatively affect his employment. Not only is whatever those individuals said not true in the slightest, and not only is threatening my friend like this highly disrespectful, it is also potentially, if not already damaging to his life. I admit I probably shouldn't have shared what I have in the first place, but this is absolutely NOT okay. Not only are we trying to get past what happened between us, but we DEFINITELY don't want it to be the subject of a court case. My friend has not threatened to physically harm me, nor has he attempted blackmail or do anything ridiculous that the people who have confronted him may have accused him of doing. I will not actively pursue the ones who have done this, but I hope they can find it in their hearts to either apologize or just back off while I patch things up with my friend.

Also, let this be a lesson of sorts...even though you may seek comfort, there are some things about your personal life that you should not disclose at all. I think I'm taking my own advice from now on.

And guess who's the first visitor? None other than the source material for that hot pink horse! DISNEY'S HERCULES

It happened just recently when I was done playing Poo Stashers Alcatraz: Beatles Reunion(PS All-Stars Battle Royale in case you don't speak ridiculous idiot) when I came across the JonTron review of 12 Hercules games, including the game based on the movie! No, there isn't a Game Boy Color version, what're you talking about? *kicks cartridge away* Anyway, I noticed a familiar song in the review, and it was the password theme in the PlayStation game.

"I Won't Say I'm In Love". Most people, especially back then, would probably think that's a bit girly for me to fangasm over, but HOLY OLYMPIAN SHIT FROM THE LAST GYRO ZEUS ATE THAT GAVE HIM GODLY FOOD POISONING!!! THIS SONG WAS AMAZING!!! In fact, the whole movie was, but that entire sequence especially. Take a look see! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bEWXs_FX4

Not only did a bevy of hilarious images come up in my head, including some silly music video bullshit that usually happens, but I ended up listening to this song for like, 10 minutes straight when I was trying to go to bed. That's how you know you made a great production. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to fanboy very hard at that movie and watch it, along with the other Disney movies that kick large amounts of ass. But first, some sage advice from JonTron himself about our mighty, Disneyfied, ancient Greek hero. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCz_hHh6n8

It has been 12 and a half hours since GTAO has gotten out on XBL and PSN, and you know what? You should get on there right the hell now. It is probably the best thing ever, at least for me, and I love GTA. I've actually dreamed of something like this happening. Getting killed by players, getting killed by police, getting run over once, looking like a very SoCal douchebag version of MusclesGlasses, getting FIRST FUCKING PLACE IN A MULTIPLAYER WATER RACE...

This game has freed me! I have never felt this kind of rush ever since I hung out with the kids on the playground during third grade!

...and I'm still pretty short on friends. Literally, it's only one guy so far, and he hasn't even played yet, so if you guys reading this want to maybe be on my Friends List, it's drvelocity3389. I haven't gotten too deep into the game yet, since I'm waiting for the one guy on my list to play with me, but I'd like to play with a whole bunch of people. I dunno if I'm good enough to be in a crew, though...

- Authur

PS: And for those of you new to GTA, the title of this journal is very significant to the franchise. So here's a free history lesson... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXw5JzhIz0