Who you callin' a yo-yo?

Yo-yos are fun. Not to be confused with yos, who I think happen to be not so fun. Yeah, nothing like pretending you're a hard-ass and grimacing all day to have a good time. Anyway, yo-yos are cheap entertainment. And there's skills to be learned too. It's not easy to go around the world all the time. Sometimes when you throw it, it's twisted sideways, and the whole thing goes awry. And then, you know, sometimes when you throw it, the string slips off your finger, and you hit someone in the head, and their lawyer sues you. That's not always fun, but it sure is good for a laugh. Especially if you're the string, and you just didn't like the guy using you, and you were trying to get him in trouble.

So I learned from the last post to doublespace in between paragraphs. It makes the flow of thought (such as it is) easier to follow, I think.

I got to play Burnout 3 last night; I think I like 2 better. Not sure why; I think part of it has to do with the 'crash' portion of the game, where you compete to see how much monetary damage you can cause. In 2, you could have goals. Like, if you just smashed into a bus, that was, like, $120,000 worth of damage. But, if you could get the bus to roll? Easy $500 Gs. I didn't notice that in 3; it seemed to me like what you hit had a more or less set cost, regardless of what happened to the vehicle after impact. I didn't like the racing portion as much either; I like that you can wreck your opponents, but I don't like that the game play pauses to show you them wrecking. It throws off my rhythm, and if I'm zipping around a corner when it happens, and not prepared when the race starts back up, I'm gonna crash too. And that's no way to win races. Still a good game, and I'll say I have to play it more before making a final decision between 2 and 3, but for now I'm content to own 2. (Oh, 3 does offer more cars though, so that's nice.)

I guess that's all I'll post for now. I could (easily) talk more about the subject of the last post, but I don't want to bore any would-be readers out there. Variety is the spice of life, or so they say. So we'll limit this one to the subject of toys and video games, and on that topic, I'd like to add two final notes: 1) Final Fantasy VII is quite possibly the best RPG for any video game system (while replaying it, I wasn't quite sure what the fascination with it was until I got about 10 hours deep; then I went "Oh yeah.... that's why this game kicks ass...") 2) I can't wait to get a Game Boy Advance so I can play The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. In my opinion, that was the best Zelda game they ever did. (I just couldn't get into the whole 3-d world of the newer nintendo systems; the games look great, and I'm sure they're up to par with Zelda quality; they're just not my style.) Anyhoo, have yourselves a great one, and I'll see you on the flip side.