return void;

i borrowed crystal’s netmd this week, i’ve been dyin to get some use out of it. she got it for christmas last year and has yet used it. its a very nice piece of technology, but suffers from some major ailments that make it very crippled.

first, nobody uses minidiscs, which is a real shame. i love the things, they’re so neat. secondly, the format that it stores tracks onto the minidisc is ATRAC, sony’s proprietary format. this leads to the third flaw: communication is encrypted, fairly well from what i’ve read, which makes 3rd party support very difficult. so there it lacks linux support, which is a major downer to me. lastly, it lacks basic functions of a standard cdplayer like shuffle and repeat. how can you skip on that!?!?!

its neat, but it’s a shame that it’s been made so proprietary. that might have to do with its demise. usb devices are so easy to use and the protocol is fairly standard. why they decided to make everything this restrictive is beyond me.

i finally beat Gil last night in SF3. SF3 is a totally different game than snk2. the motion is more fluid with less emphasis on speed. all the fighters seem to be on a more level playing field this time. there is only 1 special system, and you choose which special you want before the match. the only super-human type of fighter is Gil, and he’s not all that good. resurrection is just plain cheap though. ken and ryu’s differences shine through more-so in this game. ken’s hurricane kick is much more powerful than akumas and ryu’s. his dragon punch is way better as well. ryu has the outstanding fireball again. i havent played with all the new characters yet, but Twelve looks the most interesting. having played against them all however, it seems that they just recycled fighting styles for more of the new characters. overall, im very pleased with the Anniversary Collection.