One year of blogging
I didn’t even notice it, but last month was the one year mark of blogging for me. Not here of course, but at where I started blogging, at 1UP. Have I been posting that infrequently? 
Last week(exactly one week as of today) I finished up my JR. year of High school. It almost came down to the wire, but luckily I pulled it off and so I only have one subject for summer school this year. Though I still have two classes… at least it’s all the same subject. In fact it may end up being the exact same class twice. I’ll make sure to fire up the photocopier if that happens.
This short break before summer school so far has felt like two weeks, almost like a mini-summer in itself. Everyday now I’ve been doing something: practice driving, going someplace with friends, ect. I’ve been to my local Arcade twice which resides in a place called “Sunsplash”. In case you couldn’t tell from the name it’s main attraction is the water park, but it also has a decent arcade. Decent that is - all of the machines are slowly falling apart. If you’re a die-hard fan of the NeoGeo MVS for example you may not want to look at the sad sight of their 4 MVS machines. Original Happ buttons broken, joysticks with faulty springs, some don’t even turn on anymore. RIP MVS’s.
Besides that you’ll love the place if you like light-gun games, this place is silly with them. Though the sight that angers most gamers(and me) is the giant horse racing simulation bullshit they replaced with half the floor space… no one even plays it.
Arcades are sad these days, but if a businessman with some common sense came along I think they could easily bring them back to former glory.
Besides the arcades I’ve been playing a lot of Bleach DS 2 and Jet Grind Radio. Jet Grind emulates surprisingly well and I finished it yesterday -great game. Bleach is good too and I’m going to be finishing up a review for Zero’s upcoming animethoughts.com website. After this I plan to review more crappier hand-held anime games, those are easier. 