I wish I could talk about what is taking up all my time. But I find that if I actually talk about said projects they never come to fruition.  Let’s just say that there’s a lot that’s going on and hopefully I will be able to prove it pretty soon.

So during the interim, let’s just enjoy a classic Dueling Analogs and then weigh in on your opinions about this year’s E3. I’ll start…

Nothing from the Microsoft camp at E3 really excites me. It’s about friggin’ time that Twisted Metal is coming out for the PS3. Nintendo pretty much dominated the show. I really want to get a hold of a Nintendo 3Ds. Game wise: Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Kid Icarus equal awesome. Disappointed that the Wii HD was not announced. I really thought it would be. I like how Mortal Kombat is returning to it’s roots. And Bulletstorm looks frantically sweet.

Now, it’s your turn…

Wow! Really?

First off, I definitely want to hear from the Australian readers. They mention that GAME and JB Hi-Fi will still be carrying the system, but does EB Games not carrying it affect your decision to buy it in anyway? And/or were you ever even intending to buy it in the first place?

Second, my two cents. Now as of right now I have no plans on buying a PSPgo, but things can definitely change down the road. That said, from a consumer’s point of view I think it sucks that Australia’s branch of EB Games, EB Games being one of the biggest video game retailer’s in the world, will not be carrying the latest incarnation of Sony’s handheld. But since I’m not a regular patron of EB Games, they’ll neither gain nor lose my business when and if I ever decide to buy own. But from a business point of view, I kind of understand why they did it…

Let’s compare the PSPgo to the iPhone, of which AT&T is the exclusive retailer it here in the U.S. Both the PSPgo and the iPhone have no physical “cartridges” that hold their games or applications on, they are all received digitally. Also, both the iPhone and the PSPgo have very little profit to be gained by the retailer from sales the actual device. With that said, when AT&T sells the iPhone they still make money from the consumer for monthly service fees for at least the next two years. Now when EB Games were to sell a PSPgo, that’s where their profit gains cease.

There’s no misconception that EB Games makes the majority of it’s money of the sale of the video games of consoles. And that their highest profits come from sales of used video games. So here’s the question: If you were a company where the majority of your money came from the sale of used video games, would you support a system that if it does well will hurt you financially in the long run? Or would you not support it in the hopes that your company’s shunning is it’s undoing? Definitely a mixed bag of tricks on that one.

One last thing, I will be at SPX this weekend. And I will be keeping up with the happenings via my Twitter account. So if you want to know what’s going on at SPX or just follow me for fun, here’s a good time to do so.

Now during the process of receiving entries a very unusually thing happened. Almost half of you emailed in telling me not to change the comic. That the comic worked find without any dialog at all. David Park’s email was very moving to this point:

I sugest you just leave it as is.

Currently, the expressions convey many meanings (ie it could be a penis joke), but if you add a punchline then thats what people will always think of when they see it.

Imagine someone going through your archives who sees that, having become used to spoon fed punchlines. They will stop and consider what the punchline is supposed to be, and more likely than not come up with something better than anything we could stick to it. Rather than restrict it’s meaning, why not leave it open, for people to interpret as their mind takes them?

~hntr/

So I decided to leave the main image being the comic without any dialog. So does that mean no one won? Well, no one did win. But three people did: Austin Ertelt, Donovan (no last name supplied), and Bhlaab (I think that’s French). All of them will receive a free copy of The Outer Circle Digging Up the Past trade paperback and the free t-shirt, as well.

If you want to see their winning entries and why I chose them. Check out the rest of this post in the forum.

As far as dead pixels on a PSP, I guess I was lucky. I only had one. From what I read at the time of launch, you were pretty much guaranteed to have at least one. So I guess I got the best possible outcome. Plus, it was in the upper right corner where you could barely see it. Not sure if that issue has been resolved with the newer versions or not.

HEY LISTEN!!! Don’t forget about the donation drive on the home page of Dueling Analogs. It’s only been two days and we’re about 10% of the way there, which is mighty impressive. But we’ve still got a way to go. May sure to ready the details for further incentives. And thanks to everyone who’s donated so far, I greatly appreciate it.

To anyone out there who looked at the comic and waited for something to actually load and it never did. I am sorry. But look at it this way, you just had yourself a virtual Sony experience. Congratulations!