Christmas haul

So, here's what I got, with mini reviews!

PS2 Slim- Wow, this thing is tiny. I had the original version of the PS2 years ago (It died), and it was huge compared to this. The slim one is about the size of a trade paperback copy of Watchmen. Smaller, actually. Anyways, it's a nice little system, and, unlike when I switched to an Xbox, the controller didn't take some time to get used to. I also got a memory card for it, which is one thing the original Xbox has over the PS2 AND 360- built in hard drive.

Kingdom Hearts 2- This is why I wanted another PS2. I played the KH games years ago, and was starting to miss them. It's a very Japanese game, in that (Aside from being an RPG and all) there's quite a lot of story and videos and mysteries and what not. The gameplay is excellent. It has a lot of Disney's whimsical feel, which meshes surprisingly well with the Final Fantasy elements. Also, you can fight alongside Jack Skellington on one world. How awesome is that?

Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories- The card based fighting system isn't really as good, but the game is still enjoyable. You can still kind of tell that it's an upgraded DS game, though.

Tetris Worlds- It's Tetris. Tetris is, and always has been, perfect.

GameStop Edge card with subscription to Game Informer- Free magazine, and a card to get extra money on trade-ins, and money off used games. This will be particularly useful, as you may have noticed I did not get the first Kingdom Hearts (Apparently the main GameStop here (There's almost as many GameStops as Starbucks, including two right across the street from each other and another two next door to each other) didn't have it).

Clothes- You don't care, but I got some nice pants, shirts and a sweatshirt.

So, what did you get?

Happy X-mas

War is over

(If you want it)

Joes For Tots

Paul, formerly of ToyBender, has put up a post on Poe Ghostal's site concerning this year's Joes For Tots contest, which you can read here. Basically, you donate stuff to Toys for Tots, send along proof, and you can win freaking AWESOME stuff.

But to sweeten the deal, anyone who reads any of my blogs (Or even writes for them), who enters and sends me the proof as well (Email me at reilly_weakley@yahoo.com or rawtoys@live.com) gets a free, black and white, artwork commission from me, and if you win, I might even throw in something else.

So! Go! Donate! Enter! DO IT!

A few things

First off, happy Halloween! Or All Hallow's Eve, or even Samhain, if you so prefer. I, of course, implore you all to have as much fun and cause as much trouble as possible (Though, anything illegal you do is MOST CERTAINLY not my responsibility, m'kay?), while also staying as safe as possible. Can't have my readers dying on me, can I? To help get you in the spirit, here are a few scenes from the first 2 Evil Dead movies:

The creepily realistic pencil scene:


WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!


"Groovy."


Secondly, I have decided that this whole going a month or more between reviews WILL STOP. I'm going to review more, get the others to review more, and try to get some guest reviews. So, yeah, if you'd like to review something for RawToys email me at reilly_weakley@yahoo.com or rawtoys@live.com.

Third, I recently read Deadpool #900, and it was great. I have no idea WHY it was #900, but it's Deadpool, so reason doesn't matter. Be warned though, it has Liefeld "art" in one (Otherwise nice) story. Yech.

Finally, you should all read Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. I've been reading it lately, and it's one of the best comics I've read. Seriously. Read it. All of it. Torrent it if you have to.

Happy 4th of July!

If you're one of my non-American friends, happy Saturday!