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I added my old "Game of the Month" articles for Kartia, Ogre Battle 64, Robotrek, and Rygar, as well as the "Rec Room Spotlight" feature on Star Fox to the Reviews Page. If you've already read those articles before, they won't have anything new for you. But since they were unique articles for games I hadn't yet given formal reviews, and the articles are practically reviews as they are, I thought I may as well add them in. (Also helps pad that section out a little more.) There won't be star scores for these games, although I still put the little emoticon next to the description that best describes how I felt about them.
Crawl and I start officially moving tomorrow, so it may be awhile before I can update again. My Links page is kind of a mess right now. I'll try to get it fixed up soon.
You know what I find amusing about doing these Site Tracking Adventures? Most of the times when I find offsite URLs in my tracking system, they stay in there for several days, no matter how many or few hits they bring in. But as soon as I do an STA for an URL, the very next day - boom, the URL vanishes completely. Not one more hit, nadda, even if it was previously getting hundreds. Coincidence? You decide.
Anyway, I did some maintenance on the RAU Gallery sketches. I fixed up a bunch of problems and broken URLs that were pointed out to me by Doveblob from the Port Saiid forums. I fixed some spelling errors here and there and I changed all external links to open in a new tab/window.
Also, I've been having difficulty for some time now in getting the Google ads to show up on the Hazy 80's Days sketch, and I've double and triple-checked my code, so I know the problem isn't on my end. C'mon, guys, with the sheer number of things I referenced in that sketch, you seriously can't find one relevant ad to place on it? Sheesh!
And finally, this was the single best RAU-related email I ever received (the day after I wrote "In Case of WTF, Break Glass"):
AH! I LOVE YOUR NEW SKETCH! YAAAY!
HONEN/DEUCE! HONEN/DEUCE! I LOVE IT!
You are A GOD, Mr./Mrs./Miss./Something Flying Omlette! This is a REALLY
COOL SITE! And I hate you so very much for being awsome.
Though I'm still on hiatus, I still managed to find time to write another Site Tracking Adventure. With each installment of this series, I always think that at least it's not possible for people to get any dumber... and they always prove me wrong.
Edit: I got myself on a roll and managed to complete the other Site Tracking Adventure. Bon appetit!
I might have a few more sketches in the near future... Including another Forum Archive topic, and a sketch I actually wrote on paper during a slow day at work.
Still on hiatus while I get the house situation taken care of, but right now I have nothing to do, and there isn't really much I can do, so I uploaded a bunch of new stuff for Arcana in the music section.
BTW, I'm not going to update the RSS feed right now. I'll go back to using it after we've moved and settled in the new place.
Quick note: Sweetbee's Game Hive is the latest site to join the FlyingOmelette.com subdomain family. Check it out if you haven't already and if you have... well visit it again! It's definitely worth it.
Due to situations beyond our control, Crawl and I have to move out of our apartment (hopefully) within the next month. During this time, I will not be able to update this site. But fear not, I will return eventually when everything is sorted out, and FlyingOmelette.com has become such a huge site that I'll bet even some regular and long-time visitors haven't seen everything on it. So, here is some suggested reading to keep you busy:
Game Reviews The heart and soul of FlyingOmelette.com. I confess that almost everything written in the old "category" format is crap, but most of the ones that aren't marked "Old Format" I've done my best to make worth your time to read, and there are quite a few of them.
The RAU Gallery Someday, AT6 will be finished, but there are plenty of other sketches for your enjoyment in the meantime. While it has been one of my most controversial sections, the amount of positive feedback I've gotten on it has been tremendous.
Game Shrines I tried my best to make these shrines interesting even for people who haven't played the games yet. Some, like the Arc the Lad 4 and Donkey Kong 64 shrines, are more humor and odd observation articles than complete shrines, while the others cover almost all aspects of the games. (Equinox shrine is halfway complete, Drakkhen shrine is just started.)
Game Music Downloads Hundreds of high-quality mp3s of the music taken directly from the games. I doubt that you've listened to each and every one, so what are you waiting for?
What? You still want more?
Then check out FlyingOmelette.com's subdomains:
Crawl's Review Site It's just as the name suggests, though it has more than that. Definitely check out the "Reader Reviews", too.
Deathamster's Nest The DHN/Port Saiid community's archive site. Still updated semi-regularly.
Gameplayers & NES Retreat Deathspork's fantastic sites. The reviews here are really good, too. Though the original versions still exist on Angelfire and 50megs, this archive is ad-free and has had some of the missing content restored.
NES Enshrined I recently cleaned up this subdomain, fixing broken images and links, and anchored backgrounds to make it more readable. The reviews here are really good. Just turn down your sound when you visit because of the auto-loading midis. (Diefwolf, the site's creator, had a thing for midis.)
Random Hoo-Haas Great site with tons of video game shrines and cartoon reviews that's still updated daily.
"So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road"
