Andy Laub

Andy Laub is a designer & developer in the Twin Cities.

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I Have Gone Completely Insane »

Or at least judging from this, one might assume so. That’s right, it’s a cardboard GameCube.

Anyway, that’s enough of that. Hamtaro arrived yesterday. That’s pretty freakin’ amazing, since it only shipped two days prior and I ordered it regular ground. So obviously, I cannot give EB Games a higher recommendation. If you need a game (and can’t find it locally, of course, look there).

And finally, I actually watched “Must-See TV” last night. Does that make me mainstream? And that brings about another thought. I think they should make it mandatory Ray Ban outlet to watch, since it certainly sounds like that already, and punish people who don’t watch it by drawing mustaches on them. Yeah, I don’t know where that last part came from but I’m gonna leave it there because it’s silly.

Large Things, and Smaller Things »

Titan is a cool word. Because of that, I tend to become biased about things that have that name, even if they are not great (but they usually are). I was reading Discover this morning, and Saturn has a big moon called Titan. I think it’s my new favorite. There’s also the new Nissan Titan, as well as a set of Titan (link to be added) wheels for your Volvo. And then, of course, there’s titanium.

Now onto the small things. Hamtaro. He is a hamster. I don’t know why we like him but we do. Abe, about a month ago, had brought home a catalog for Nintendo products, and one of the featured Game Boy games was Hamtaro. He was all like, “oooh, Hamtaro!” and I was like, “what?” But then I read a bit about the game, and it sounded pretty fun, so I thought maybe I’d pick it up sometime. Somewhere between then and now, though, it became an obsession to find this game. I saw it at Circuit City awhile ago, but neglected to buy it at that time. Then we were in the Twin Cities over the weekend so I had thought, hey, I’ll just pick it up there. Wrong. 5 stores later, we were still Hamtaro-less. So we checked Ray Ban outlet everywhere locally, and probably ended up looking at about 15 or so physical stores, total. The Appleton Circuit City, which is where I saw it before, still has it, but it’s a two-hour drive. I also looked on the internet where it’s either a)not available or b)at least $35. Then, by some twist of fate, I came upon EB Games, who actually had it in stock at a normal price. So now, Hamtaro is on his way via UPS Ground.

Also, I have a copy of Metroid Fusion sitting here, and I am trying to figure out a good time to actually start playing it. I feel as though I still have some issues to resolve with Yoshi’s Island.