It's actually the opposite. All humans have problems in their lives; this is what happens when you have very real problems in your life. I hope you're doing okay Radio, you have a really good sense of humor looking at your Vine.
That's really nice of you to say
. I don't wanna give too much of a window in to my life and inner-nintard, but
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its fair to say my social life and mental state has been all kinds of wonky due to cumulative things that aren't really related to my persona on message boards: relationship problems, debt, taking redundancy, being forced to move back in with the parents at 30. Vidya is an odd thing to care about in that context, so I don't really understand some of my reactions like that either -- I kind of like that they gave people a laugh / cringe though. Stress is brain debilitating I guess...
Shits looking up at the moment, all that shit is a bad memory, I don't really have time to worry about more frivolous stuff. Still enjoying my games, and even observing console warz, just expending my own energy in slightly healthier ways... Been seeing a personal trainer at the gym for a wee while now (I'd never been to one before this year), and I'm feeling good. Been doing HIIT, weights, circuits and rowing. I kind of see the running, weights and rowing as a bit of a game / competition themselves actually..
On topic - Nintendo deserve this. Mario losing to Knack isn't necessarily the worst thing in the world -- I'd give Knack a try myself, and Nintendo need the kind of wake up call that tells them that throwing Mario at a problem isn't enough.
I am starting to wonder if word is actually getting back to Japan about how bad things are in the UK. From what I can tell, its worse here than it is in other parts of Europe and certainly worse than the US. It's now worse than the Gamecube was here. Even when you had Argos and Dixons pulling space on Gamecube (which was about 2 or 3 years in, not one year in), you would still have dedicated game shops and larger supermarkets carrying Nintendo stuff. It is as though nobody at Nintendo UK has walked into a GAME, Tesco, Sainsburys or Asda lately. Like they just don't know. Either that, or they are really going to shit with their relationships in distribution and retail. IF Rubin isn't already right about industry irrelevance generally, he's certainly at risk of it becoming right. I don't want to see Nintendo go the way of SEGA, but they don't seem to be doing an awful lot of good at avoiding that scenario. They could do a lot more. I will watch their Spike VGX appearance with great interest, but very little optimism. They'll probably show something we've already seen, or try and sell Pokken Fighters to a totally disinterested audience.
