"Super Skills" certainly seems like an apt decription

I just came across this video, which shows some of the "Super Skills" that can be pulled off in the soon-to-be-released New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

To say it left me speechless (an accomplishment in itself) would be an understatment.

My next fashion statement: Fingerless gloves featuring fire flowers

Actually, I should probably change that headline to something like: What I wish was my next fashion statement. After all, the gloves seen in the image below aren't for sale--they were made for the brother of a gal over at craftster.org. Maybe I could convince her to make me a pair if I offered enough moolah?

BTW, the designer's official moniker for the fabulously firey mitts is "Fingerless Gloves of Blindness and Insanity." Which, of course, makes me want them even more.

Bon voyage!

Sorry to leave this for the last minute, but I'm going to be gone for the next week and, as such, won't be posting anything to this site until I get back on Sunday, Nov. 8.

Of course, it seems like only one person is paying attention these days (thanks, Justin!), so I'm not sure anyone's going to even notice that I'm gone ;)

Anyway, the reason for my absense: I'm going on a cruise! A family cruise, in fact. My husband's dad graciously paid for our tickets, as well as the tickets of my husband's brother and sister and even those of my parents.

That probably sounds insane, but we did the same thing last year (we all paid for our own tickets that time, though) and it was a blast, so I'm expecting this trip to be similarly spectacular.

So, no posts for about eight days. Hopefully some of you will still be around when I get back!

They should have just called it Wii Sex

Don't mind that drool dripping from my chin--I just watched some of the first gameplay footage to hit the Web of Treasure's first Wii game (as far as I'm aware), Sin & Punishment 2:

Is that a logo in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

At first glance, the logo for the North American release of Cho Aniki Zero (thanks, Aksys Games!) isn't all that interesting. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's uninteresting--or at least underwhelming.

Give it a second glance, or maybe a third, though, and you'll probably see why someone at my favorite portable-focused site found the logo to be NSFW:

I can't say I'd call it NSFW, but it's definitely a bit more risqué than I expected--especially given how tame most gaming companies are these days.