Mario Kart Wii - Aug 21 08 A

There are three characters people tell me I haven't played as in a while, if ever: Birdo, Baby Peach and Baby Daisy. So what I've been doing here is playing races with them. I guess it's a semi-request of sorts. You can request characters and vehicle combinations if you wish (pick a bike if you prefer), though I'm not taking requests for courses. The reason for that is because I very rarely get the track I want, which is understandable, as I always seem to play against huge numbers of other people who might feel like something different.

Not much variety today, unfortunately. In every room I went to, there's someone who constantly insists on GBA Bowser Castle 3. This course has become the Final Destination of Mario Kart Wii.

Race #1
GBA Bowser Castle 3
This is a preview of the room I'd be going to. I found it pretty interesting, as there are people playing as Miis of the Joker (the version as played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight), as well as Chuck Norris, which seems to have been copied, as every Mii of Chuck Norris I see seems to be the same. Joker ran into a bit of misfortune. I guess his ability to predict people isn't quite as equal to Light Yagami, despite what the movie suggested.

Race #2
Coconut Mall
Birdo's a pretty unpopular choice, definitely. I think a lot of people think she's ugly, or maybe a cross dresser. Really, the Japanese canon states Birdo has always been a girl. Her Japanese name is Catherine, and al these stupid rumors about Birdo's gender is due to a little typo on the instruction manual. I thought no one read the manual...but I guess anyone will read something scandalous.

Race #3
GBA Bowser Castle 3 (again)
I got roughed up a LOT playing as Baby Peach in the Cheep Charger. I suspect the reasons for this are that her low top speed makes her vulnerable to people aiming stuff, as people can come up close and strike; and because this kart's stats were designed to recovery quickly, meaning passing people frequently, meaning they might see me passing them repeatedly and try to shut me down so I don't pass them again. This group made my VR go down below 8000, but it seems I made the discovery that people play aggressively no matter where your VR stands. There were a lot of Lightning Bolts here. I wonder where thye were coming from.

These races began at 4:45 PM PTZ and 12:45 AM GMT.

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[andysido]

Did you really need to include the first 2:30 minutes?

[Overhazard]

@andysido Some people like it.

[deathboy126]

Was Joker in the Sneakster beacause it spells his name?

[heliotropei]

I've always found it a bit odd that Birdo came into the Mario Party series as a playable character in such a late installment (7). Even Toadette was playable in Mario Party 6.

[AngelIceshard]

4:16 GIANT BIRDO

O.O

[jolteonown]

birdo gives +1 weight and off road and +2 mini turbo. not a good character for you since you rarely use manual

[Overhazard]

Nah, characters only ADD stats to a vehicle, not subtract from them. I forget what Birdo contributes, but I think it wasn't too popular.

[FinalDamnation]

I don't get BBC America so I wouldn't know. I do have all 8 seasons on DVD however. Speaking of which, importing DVD's is horribly expensive.

Red Dwarf is still aired on some PBS stations, but not many. It's also available through netflix and vuze, here in the states. (In demand only in Europe).

Ha, its always nice to see childhood dreams like that come true. I wish I could see this movie, it sounds awesome.

With how complex The Twilight Zone was for its time, I could certainly understand.

[Overhazard]

I don't think any channel I have shows Red Dwarf, maybe except BBC America. Things shown on regular BBC don't transfer well here, since BBC runs on viewer payments rather than commercials whereas only PBS does that here.

Hitchcock made The 39 Steps because he read it in a pulp fiction book of adventures as a child and vowed to make a movie out of it when he grew older.

The Twilight Zone didn't last very long because Serling, a stage writer, was unable to keep up with the demands of television.

[FinalDamnation]

Really? I always thought that James Bond was the herald of that genre. It certainly sounds like a very interesting movie.

I never really got to into the office, but I also haven't really been exposed to it. I watch TV at odd hours and miss most prime time shows.

In fact, I learned about Red Dwarf through a PBS station when I lived in Colorado. It came on at 11:30 every night, right after the Red Green Show.

I loved The Twilight Zone. The Outer Limits is really similar show as well.