12-12-2017, 01:47 AM
(12-11-2017, 09:46 PM)huckleberrypie Wrote: Thinking about implementing a TV Tropes link tag of some sort here, but I dunno. And I honestly couldn't imagine the Duracell brand being used or licensed for memory cards of all things. It's a bankable brand so I guess it wouldn't hurt to slap the name elsewhere (there was even an energy drink licence which was later found to be a scam or something), though from what I've read Duracell batteries have earned a rather bad rep due to numerous horror stories of leakages and so on.
As of now I am more or less engrossed into this fine sport of rallying (i.e. video games such as Colin McRae/DiRT and more recently Richard Burns), and I kinda' wonder why hasn't the WRC considered the Philippines as a venue for their races. I mean we do have jungles and forests here if that's their thing. Not to mention that RHD vehicles can't be driven here and the bureaucracy involved. Not to hate on them NASCAR fans but I seem to be more or less entertained at these off-road time trials involving a pair of drivers buzzing their way through a stage.
A TVTropes tag would be a fine idea as lurkers or new members would be able to find out why some words are CamelCased.

The Duracell branded memory cards and USB drives are made by a company named Dane-Elec, which in turn is owned by a Taiwanese firm called Gigastone. A nearby department store has brand new Duracell-brand memory along with Gigastone stuff.
Eventually, I do plan on swapping the card out again with a name brand SanDisk card for longevity's sake and do a final redownload of my purchased games before the Wii Shop closes for good. It's a pain, since Wii Mode still appears to be limited to Wireless-B speeds, and you can only redownload your content one at a time. :/ Also, why did they have to choose the Mario animation for the progress bar? It's cute for a while, but if you are redownloading all your stuff to a new card, it gets old and repetitive. I just mute the TV during this phase to block out the repetitive coin sounds.
With the Wii U eShop, they have an actual download manager and a standard progress bar for updates and eShop stuff. But they had to put in the pointless "gift wrap" icons for new games, like the 3DS does. One step forward, two steps back, it seems.

In terms of my current video game trends, I'm into breakout/arkanoid type games at the moment thanks to that Dr Fizzwizzle game. Last evening, I got something called Block Breaker off the Wii Shop. It's made by Gameloft, and it's a more straightforward breakout clone, while also adding in some casino-esque design and a rather nonsensical ExcusePlot. I also have Arkanoid Plus from Taito, which is what the title says it is.

I love foxes, especially the one in my avatar.