The Energon Pub

[Shadowman]

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney:
Finished the first part of the first trial. Of course, I still haven't proved that Lana Skye DIDN'T do it, but just like Edgey in the last trial, everyone (Including the defendant herself) is convinced she did.

Time to put these awesome powers of Defense to work!

[Thyunda]

Unlocked Sima Yi on Warriors Orochi, reached level 20 CQB and rank Gunnery Sergeant on Rainbow Six Vegas 2, I also completed a Terrorist Hunt on Killhouse with every difficulty and density (except high, still working on that on Realistic. Damn, SPAS 12 shotguns are fun)

[The Happy Locust]

GTA: San Andreas
Got 100% with Michelle and Katie, thus earning the racing suit and Paramedic outfits. having pretty much done all I can in San Fierro, finally took on Toreno's missions. So far, I've driven the monster truck around the desert, hijacked a fuel tanker, and protected a dropship from enemy helicopters.

[1337W422102]

GTA San Andreas [PC]:
Finished 'Key to Her Heart,' giggity, but I still need to nail-- I mean, date her to get the key.

World Reborn [GBA]:
Reached Level 7.

[Senor Hugo]

Elder Scrolls Oblivion: Level 20+, I'm now the Grey Fox of the Thieves Guild, Arch-Mage of the Mages guild, and a Slayer I believe in the Assassin's Guild.

[The Happy Locust]

GTA: San Andreas
Bought the abandoned airstrip and learned to fly. Got gold medals on all but 2 events (barrel Roll is 1 second shy of the goal and Parachuting needs some practice).

[Shadowman]

and a Slayer I believe in the Assassin's Guild.

Does it come with a finger amputation and a small blade to fill the gap?

Ghost Recon Advanced Wafighter 2:
Started the "Why Isn't Sam Fisher Doing This?" Mission over. I replaced Beasly with Hume (Hume being a Sniper, thus being better for the mission) and also equipped myself with a grenade launcher for my rifle and a set of Frag grenades.

We did a lot better, and actually managed to get inside the Haciendo. Of course, the waypoint set for th Black Hawk actually led to not only a blind turn, but a stationary turret at the end of it. The Black hawk was, in fact, ten feet BELOW the turret, underground. I am so kicking some pencil pusher's ass when we get home.

[The Happy Locust]

GTA: San Andreas
Finally got all golds in the plane school, thus earning me the hunter helicopter. Using this unfair advantage, completed the vigilante missions without ever touching the ground.

Still crashing and burning on the NOE mission though.

Guitar Hero III
Finally managed to clear Raining blood on Hard, thus earning me the boss battle with Lou. Didn't go well...

[Shadowman]

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2:
Got Rosen out of the Haciendo. Hume was incapacitated, but he'll be back in time for the next mission.

Now I'm back in Juarez, and I have to help a second Ghost Team get rid of the Terrorist nukes.

[The Happy Locust]

GTA: SAN ANDREAS
Cleared the NOE and stowaway missions. Decided to be a showoff after stowaway and not open my chute until the last moment. Lets just say I missed my mark.
Nabbed Dynamite from the Quarry for the heist scenario, unlocking the quarry mission in the progress.

[Shadowman]

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2:
Jesus H. Christ this mission is annoying. I'm about two deaths away from becoming the Angry German Kid. Ghost Team Bravo disables one nuke, then I'm hit by an RPG from some place I can't even see, or I'm shot in the head by the MASSIVE SWARMS of enemies.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney:
So the victim in the case was, apparently, killed in two places, at the same time, at two locations that are about a half an hour apart. My head hurts.

[Psycho Warrior]

Final fantasy 12
Entering the tomb to fight Belias, only managed to kill the second demon door by using oil and blasting it with fire magic.

[Senor Hugo]

Started the main quest line in Oblivion, gotta go find Martin and bring him back to Weynen Priory.

I'm now the Grey Fox of the Thieves Guild, The Arch-Mage in the mages guild, Listener in the Dark Brotherhood, and Master of the Fighters Guild.

So now aside from the main quest just gotta grind most of my skills up to 100, then I can hit the shivering isles stuff.

[Shadowman]

Super Mario RPG:
I had a 13" TV, and it didn't have composite support, so I couldn't play this. Now that I have TWO TVs with composite support (One of which I remember having since I was extremely young), I can play this and watch Scrubs at the same time. Life is good.

Just wiped the floor with Punchinello. He was way too easy, so I guess grinding really paid off.

[The Happy Locust]

GTA: San Andreas
Saved Johnny Sindacco from a mafia hit by hijacking the ambulance he was in.

Guitar Hero III
Finally conquered Lou's Guitar Battle on Hard. To celebrate, went and 5-starred 2 expert songs.

[Shadowman]

Super Mario RPG:
Nimbus Land! This is the farthest I've ever gotten. (When I was younger, I could never get past Johnny Jones)

[Thyunda]

Two Worlds
Retrieved the old mage's staff from the Grom camp, and gained the second goblin totem. Reached level 19, and created permanent strength and vitality boosters, and protection against fire and lightning. For permanent boosters, try mixing a headless heart with a health or mana potion, or replace the headless heart with a winged demon eye. Same for protection against the elements. Sulfur + potion = protection against fire, and magnesite + potion = protection against lightning. Neat, huh? Like my weapons. A destroyer saber and a pirate saber. One does up to 400, the other up to 350. One has spirit damage, the other fire. Now I have to find a dragon scale. Ooh, that's gonna be fun.

[1337W422102]

Super Mario Land 2 [GB]:
Working my way through Tree Zone.

Metroid: Zero Mission [GBA]:
The Chozo Statues want me to go kill Kraid. I know that he's a weak little bitch in this game, so I'll do some more exploring before I give him some spanks.

[Shadowman]

Super Mario RPG:
Beat Valentina and Dodo, so I decided to run some side-quests. Got the Ghost Medal from the Three Musty Fears, which I sold off for an easy 800 coins. I got the fertilizer from the hidden Shy Away, and gave that and the Seed to the Gardener in Rose Town, and I got Mario's Lazy Shell and the Lazy Shell armor. (Which I equipped on Bowser) I sold off a bunch of stuff, and I ended up with just over 900 coins, so I bought a Gameboy in Mushroom Kingdom. On my second try, I got the new high-score, just over 40,000 points.

Now I have to go kill the Czar dragon, and I think I have to fight the Axem Rangers too.

EDIT: All that's left is Smithy himself. I work fast with boredom and caffeine.

I also beat Culex (WHO DA MAN?!) and all that.

[Shadowman]

Super Mario RPG:
Far be it from me to need the censor feature, but what the ****?!

I had trouble sleeping, so I decided to try and finish up Super Mario RPG. I start up the console, and, lo and behold, my saved game, saved right before the final boss, has been deleted.

The other three saves were un-touched; only mine was deleted.

Of course, the game had froze up a few time, but that's to be expected. The console is almost as old as I am, and the cartridge is around twelve years. I mean, it's got a better record than a lot of newer consoles. It froze up during the first part of the Smithy fight, so I decided to stop there, since I was having trouble (Peach had the Lazy Shell armor, so as long as I kept feeding her Maple Syrups I had as much healing as I needed). It had done this before, right before my first fight with Jinx, and at the shop in Nimbus Land.

I'm angry, sad, amused, and kind of surprised. I have too many emotions here to pick out just one.

Phooey.

[1337W422102]

I HATE when that effin' happens. When playing Mario RPG, I made sure to make backup saves by repeatedly jumping on the Save pad and writing to several files.

Metroid: Zero Mission [GBA]:
Speak of the devil. I accidentally corrupted my saved game data. So I started over, got back to where I was before the error, shaving about a half-hour off my time. Took out Kraid, got the Speed Booster, exploring.

Max Payne [GBA]:
Reached Part I, Chapter 3 - Playing it Bogart. At the fight with the Finito Brothers.

[The Happy Locust]

I HATE when that effin' happens. When playing Mario RPG, I made sure to make backup saves by repeatedly jumping on the Save pad and writing to several files.

Metroid: Zero Mission [GBA]:
Speak of the devil. I accidentally corrupted my saved game data. So I started over, got back to where I was before the error, shaving about a half-hour off my time. Took out Kraid, got the Speed Booster, exploring.

It happens, it's a bitch, but it happens. I usually don't back up my save games since I never come back to them. If I've already beaten the game, then odds are I'm starting over next time I play it anyway.

However, on my PC games, I always back up my saved files when uninstalling it, in case I ever do decide to pick up where I left off.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Completed classic with Pokemon trainer and Ike, bringing me to a total of 18 characters won with.

[1337W422102]

It happens, it's a bitch, but it happens. I usually don't back up my save games since I never come back to them. If I've already beaten the game, then odds are I'm starting over next time I play it anyway.

However, on my PC games, I always back up my saved files when uninstalling it, in case I ever do decide to pick up where I left off.

I always back up my PC saved game files. On consoles, if I'm able to save to another slot, I might as backup. Don't be a fool, backup is cool!

Metroid: Zero Mission [GBA]:
Got the Speed Booster and Hi-Jump Boots. I'm off to get an Energy Tank, try to figure out how to Morph Ball Shinespark, and then head on over to whatever it is the Chozo want me to check out.

[The Happy Locust]

Bully
Done quite a bit while accomplishing very little. That's that beauty of these games. Ditched classes so I could work on side missions. Up to level 4 of the paper route, did 3 levels of lawn mowing, ran some side errands, earning me the french fry costume and the tiny swimsuit.
Went on a date with Penny, but only after getting her into line at a movie theater (the things I had to do... ugh).
Took a swing in the Preppies' boxing tournament and won a beachside clubhouse/newsavepoint for my trouble.
Late night, helped the gym coach perform "laundry collection" for the girls' dorm (mission name: Panty raid).
It's been a good few hours.

Super Smash Bros Brawl
Gave Mario a run on All-star mode on medium. His super moves may have been weakened but his allaround stats are still playable. Earned the Mario Finale trophy for my trouble.

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Hey, in the Clovermutt poster, there's still an '8' floating in the water...

Max Payne [GBA]:
Finished Lupino's hotel. Reached the second-to-last Chapter of Part I.