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We have a lot of fun doing the Go Rounds.  We probably enjoy watching them more than anyone else as we quote lines from Go Rounds often.  With Go Round 100 coming up in a few weeks, we have been talking about our favorite Go Round moments.  Will decided he would make a video of some of the greatest moments in Go Round history.  Here’s where you come in.  If you have some favorite Go Round moments we want to know about them so we can include them in the upcoming video.  Just leave a comment to this post with the name of the game, a time stamp and a description of what you think is funny.  Will needs time to edit the video so make sure you leave your comments before February 19th.  Go Round 100 is going to be big, folks.  Just you wait and see.

I know you’ve been playing a Metroid game and thought to yourself, “Self, I just really think those Metroids look delicious.”  Well, have no fear you can now make your own metroid cake balls and eat them to.  Don’t they just look delicious?  They’re made with cake, white chocolate icing, M&M’s and cashews.  For the full details on how to make them head here.

I play music by ear a lot.  It’s time consuming and actually kind of hard.  The only alternative is a Google search for some sort of tab.  Most of the time those are made by people who are tone deaf or live too close to an airport.  I suppose if you look hard enough you may find some sheet music.  Like these for example.  These four sheet music collections have been supervised by Nintendo so I bet they are pretty accurate.  Take your pick of Mario or Zelda, guitar or piano, easy or intermediate.  Each book contains over 30 classic songs.  I just realized this post sounds like an infomercial.  So I’m going to stop now and just give you the link.

Alfred Music Publishing – Nintendo

In a move that is sure to make Gaz wish he wasn’t a broke college student, First4figures.com has released the next edition to their Sonic The Hedgehog line, Miles “Tails” Prower. This 12 inch tall figure is modeled after the classic Tails from Sonic 2 and will match the other Sonic figures in the series. This piece is limited to 1500 units and will cost you $180 (USD). If you’re one of those fans that just can’t get enough, you can up your investment to $200 and snag the exclusive versions with LEDs in the base. If you want your mushrooms to glow you better act fast as the exclusive run is limited to 500 units.

I have always liked Tails more than other Sonic characters; probably because Tails is the smart one that builds robots. I can relate to that more than I can to running fast or punching things. I am curious to know why First4figures released a Knuckles statue first. Then again, I never could understand the mind of Sonic fans. I can only feel pity for them. Sorry, Gaz, for so many reasons.

We do gameplay challenges from time to time on the site.  It’s basically just a fun little way to interact with each other and compare gameplay pictures and videos.  Tonight I was playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Jake and we decided to play through the 3-Minute Brawl to see how high a score we could get.  It was actually the first time that anyone had played that particular challenge on the system so we set a high score.

Then I told him I would put it up on the site as a Gameplay Challenge and that got him a bit excited.  He likes being featured on the site.  For this week’s Gameplay Challenge Jake and I want to see if you can beat our score in the 3-Minute Brawl.  All you need to do is post a picture here in the comments or in the GamePlay Challenge thread on the forums.  If you’re the video type post a video to Youtube and link to it.  Next Monday we’ll see who has the best score overall in the Gameplay Challenge and we’ll post a new one next week.

Here are some pics to show our high score, which happens to be set at 82.  Can you beat that?

Anyone who’s been around this site for any length of time knows how much everyone here likes video game music, remakes of video game music, remixes of video game music and music inspired by video game music.  We also like to share links to any music that we find available, especially if it’s free video game music.

Here’s a set of remixes that are sure to melt your face.  Jim Cook has remixed a number of songs in a heavy metal style full of double bass drums, shredding guitars and general awesomness.  You can download all 10 tracks for free by checking out any of the songs on Youtube.

Here’s just a sample of what you can expect.

The Heroes Journal is my attempt at doing a little creative writing based on the events that occur during different games I play. It started during my review of Dragon Quest IX and continues with Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones for the Game Boy Advance. I’m playing the game on the Nintendo 3DS.

This journal follows the events of the game from the viewpoint of a knight in service to Princess Eirika of Renais named Seth. Be warned that this journal could contain story spoilers about the game so if you don’t want anything spoiled don’t read on. You’ve been warned.

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I left the flash drive that I had written everything on at work.  I went to grab it out of my pocket at home and the only thing in there was a couple of pennies.  Normally I email them to myself, but today I thought I’d just write them up and save them and bring them home.  So, you won’t get anything new from me today that I had planned.  I’ll see if I can come up with something else to post.

Because of that you’ll get impressions of Resident Evil: Revelations and a new Heroe’s Journal on Monday.  Tomorrow night is the recording of Episode 100 of the Nintendo Okie Podcast so if you haven’t gotten them to us send us some of your thoughts about the last two years of the show.  What are some of your most favorite moments or memories from the podcast?  We’ll talk about them all as we celebrate two years of recording.

Hey, everyone. In case you haven’t heard we’re about to hit the two year mark on the Nintendo Okie Podcast. Next Monday will mark episode 100 of the show (I can’t believe we’ve been doing this for two years). We want to get you involved in the celebration. If you have any favorite moments from the past 99 episodes, favorites memories of anything that we’ve talked about let us know. You can leave a comment here. You can head on over to the Episode 100 thread in the forums or you can email them to podcast@nintendo-okie.com.

We’ve had a blast doing the show every week. The crew has changed over the last couple of years, but we want to do everything we can to get you the best show on the internet. We’ve got the best community around and we want to hear your voice. Share your most favorite memories with us. Shelby has some great pre-recorded segments that you’re going to hear. Just a little teaser, there’s one word that I say a lot when we’re recording and Shelby has pulled almost all of them from over the years and compiled them into one pretty funny clip.

So as we celebrate two years of doing the podcast tell us what you’ve thought of the show over the years. We’re going to have a lot of fun. We want you to join us.

It’s car, an Audi S5 to be specific.  I’ve never played any of the Persona games before, but I want to.  I’m posting this just to show Shelby what he’s missing in his Persona collection.  It’s impressive even if you don’t know Chie from Yukiko.

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