tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24984447994160918542024-02-19T02:43:02.750-05:00Roenik KnacksRoenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-3765072646871468412012-03-02T20:36:00.001-05:002012-03-02T20:36:21.964-05:00I’m 40, right?<p> </p> <p>First, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG2mdZ23eP8&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">this.</a></p> <p>My anticipation for this game has gone beyond the stratosphere. I can’t remember the last time I was SO engaged in a story, except for reading LOTR back in college.</p> <p>Thinking about Mass Effect puts a smile on my face and makes me all giddy. The lore, the universe and its races, planets, technology. Everything. I’ve read the comics, read the books (save <a title="Find out why" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBpMF3ONlI308D9IGG8KICBHfWKU0sXh0ntukv-_cmo/preview?pli=1&sle=true#" target="_blank">Deception</a>) and own a few pieces of clothing from the Bioware store.</p> <p>Nearing March 6 and Mass Effect is all I can talk about. I’ve made a great group of friends online in the multiplayer <a title="Download right MEOW!" href="http://masseffect.com/" target="_blank">demo</a>, which is (I think) a big part of my excitement. Most of these new friends are from <a href="http://femshep.com/" target="_blank">femshep.com</a>, and of the female variety. I’ve never had so much fun playing a game online. No condescension, no posturing. Just honest fun. Many are new to MP, which makes for a relaxed atmosphere of just trying things out together.</p> <p>They are courteous, polite and love to share tips and stories about the game. Ladies I have to say it’s a blast playing with you and I look forward to it every evening (and this is just with the demo!)</p> <p>I’ve found a great group of people who share a love of this universe (and many other titles I also love).</p> <p> </p> <p>Happy happy!!</p> Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-66237828045544130442012-02-10T13:33:00.000-05:002012-02-10T13:33:29.283-05:00I've been following Mass Effect as an IP since the first screens started appearing on the internet. I was amazed at the virtual actors and the settings.<br />
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From Mass Effect 1, I've been playing a female Shepard. Tweaked just the way I wanted.<br />
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Infiltrator.<br />
Earth-born, forced to survive the slums and gangs.<br />
Sole survivor on Akuze.<br />
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Short hair, light chip on her shoulder.<br />
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I played this character five or six times on ME1, then imported her in ME2, where she beat the Collectors and destroyed their base (no base for YOU, Illusive Man).<br />
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She's ready for ME3. Ready to face the music concerning her actions in Arrival.<br />
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Bioware now <em>finally</em> is using femshep in their advertising.<br />
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Here is their canon femshep:<br />
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Good to see you in the spotlight, femshep!Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-42538245595301026772012-01-01T10:29:00.001-05:002012-01-01T10:29:19.884-05:00How to be classy, in three easy steps<p> </p> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.rainymood.com/" target="_blank">Open tab here.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k" target="_blank">Open another tab here.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIx3aMRDUL4" target="_blank">Open another tab here.</a></li></ol> <p> </p> <p>*sips coffee*</p> <p>Quite.</p> <ol> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p></ol> Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-76311980696842249142011-12-30T12:11:00.000-05:002011-12-30T12:12:16.553-05:00Tag! You’re it!<p> </p> <h2>Tag, you’re it! Here are the rules: Each tagged person must post ten things about themselves. You have to choose and tag ten people. Go to their blogs and tell them you tagged them. No tag backs.</h2> <p>1) I don’t have any tattoos. I’d love one, but I can’t decide what I’d want to keep forever.<br>2) TRON (original 1982) defined my love of computers and my career with them.<br>3) My alter-ego online is a female avatar named Roenik.<br>4) My favourite colour is sky blue.<br>5) I love video games and video game culture.<br>6) I’ve mapped out my family tree up to 1588.<br>7) I still don’t own a cell phone.<br>8) I have mild social anxiety, yet I teach adults for a living, hah!<br>9) For some unknown reason, libraries and bookstores make me gassy.<br>10) I’ve never been drunk in my life. Ever. First of all I don’t drink and can’t stand beer.</p> Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-54079766115659778882011-11-27T18:06:00.001-05:002011-11-27T18:06:15.361-05:00Movember support!<p> </p> <p>Showing my support in Second Life!</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPhZ2XGOM56h56qL8r-l6Ho7bc1wQaQJ4D6gm4Dh6ztszMWHMb_HqUUkAJ22zsL3Kq5fyx4ST42Q63GulaZHsit-GSDQJqXqMUkL44p1i5-hSJy1J3VK4OF34Z0lzHHBQZi18Nk3aK5-S/s1600-h/Snapshot_107%25255B3%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Snapshot_107" border="0" alt="Snapshot_107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkHsnji4p7wdu1cs91IlcGh2f3NRxoGyKR7p1YiNFazJmY9jxj1ykkdAfbcBO7AohPOVHdiWHft0IyZxc0nqLN_oao7gKO5v_ESL-yWltYJFVG_J4mj_-DUfsz786uwohyphenhyphenGpmaWuMbluv/?imgmax=800" width="402" height="236"></a></p> <p><a href="http://ca.movember.com/donate/team-details/id/236178/searchTerm/cte" target="_blank">My workplace</a> is participating too, check them out <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0zgUylC3fm2DYyPQ-ycFDkjanTE6RAOqADIW5zc0epJPbHFNc_5DFlAUkr0Y4SHewjlv_fsBmva0rGZliDe6MXySKGzL7tg2sYvrnCnf63Z35tFB8FAfT_C20dRLk5cGEGcsSVKsEH9L/?imgmax=800"></p> Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-22087462105230897342011-11-18T10:06:00.001-05:002011-11-27T18:08:40.563-05:0010 years<br />
November 15, 2001.<br />
Walking out of the Compucentre store at St-Laurent shopping mall, a shiny day one XBOX under my arm, the other holding a bag with extra controllers, with copies of HALO and Fuzion Frenzy. $800 less in my account. Whew.<br />
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After hooking it up and booting it we got right into the games. First few minutes of Halo actually had me going “meh” another FPS. It was only until the Silent Cartographer that the depth of the game materialized to me.<br />
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My daughter and I played Fuzion Frenzy together. A lot. She loved it, and I loved the time we spent together with it.<br />
My stack of Official XBOX Magazine kept getting higher every month, with demos and videos showing off the power of this box.<br />
A year later I’m beta testing XBOX Live. I had played online before over modems (Ultima Online, for one) but never over broadband and with voice. Playing MotoGP with 5 or so other people and hearing them all scream and laugh as we all faceplant at the first turn was pure gold. I was sold.<br />
My cousins and I starting meeting online regularly for sessions of Hockey or Halo 2. One of them was in posted in Belgium and we could catch up every weekend with voice while playing. Good times.<br />
Ten years later I’m now beta testing the 360’s upcoming dashboard update. It will be way more social, way more interactive. I look forward to what the next ten years will bring.<br />
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Thanks to the XBOX team for sticking with it, when the world and the odds were against you early on. It’s a great service. I use it every day.Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-20885517632312975132011-11-14T19:42:00.001-05:002011-11-14T19:46:22.870-05:00With time…<div style="text-align: justify;">
There are things you only realize with time, as experience, age, change of pace and a different point of view settle in your life.<br />
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Presently at 40, I am (finally) learning about myself again. At a younger age, my energies were often spent trying to "fit in”, even though most of my free time was spent in a basement with a Commodore 64 until university/college. This desire to fit in, these energies spent worrying about whether or not I will “make it” are now spent enjoying the things I now realize I enjoy and don’t have to apologize for it.<br />
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I enjoy the music I enjoy, I like the things I like. That’s who I am. I don’t need to pretend to like something to fit in or to get someone’s attention. Some figure this out early on, some later. I’m slow, so here I am. There’s a feeling of “settling in your comfortable shoes” and relaxing while living.</div>
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Has the shadow finally passed?</div>
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I’m looking forward to my 40s.</div>
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-RoeRoenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-6286287033612026682011-09-30T10:30:00.002-04:002011-09-30T10:30:28.720-04:00I was there back in 1997, loading up my shiny beta disk for this thing called UO...Ultima Online. A new concept for a graphical game where players from all over the world could play together at the same time, see each other, fight each other, trade in virtual items, etc.<br />
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The entire world was going to be dynamic. If people killed too many sheep, the dragons would then come to town and start eating people, etc.<br />
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My new v92 modem warmed up and it was my first step into a world that would change the direction of my life. UO, then SWG, then Second Life, where I met my future wife (real life).<br />
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<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/30/ultima-online-celebrates-14-years/">UO celebrates its 14th birthday this week. Hail to the King.</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-3996239394992635952011-08-02T15:10:00.000-04:002011-08-02T15:10:39.532-04:00New mouse from Microsoft Design<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/08/02/microsoft-touch-mouse.aspx">Check out Microsoft's new mouse.</a> I was jonesing for a new Arc mouse, but might try this one to see if it suits my work habits. I'm the kind of user that has an inordinate amount of windows open at one time (Visual Studio, IE with 9 tabs on average, tweetdeck, mail, etc)<br />
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-RoeRoenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-75237644341810195322011-06-24T15:02:00.000-04:002011-06-24T15:02:31.130-04:00A glimpse of the future of healthcare, MS style.I love the <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/06/24/the-future-of-healthcare-is-calling.aspx">proliferation of MS surfaces here</a>. And that digital wallet is kickass.<br />
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Ideas are coming to me a mile a minute :)Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-62222597297267676632011-06-20T10:34:00.000-04:002011-06-20T10:34:32.743-04:00Picture fun<a href="http://photofunia.com/">Go here</a> and try putting a few good pictures of yourself, family, avatars or whatever strikes your fancy.<br />
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Here's a few of mine:<br />
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Impressive :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmuseumofme.intel.com%2F&h=62b3a">Museum of Me</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-24287149192229465742011-06-13T14:36:00.000-04:002011-06-13T14:36:19.023-04:00I could think of many other sites more deserving...<a href="http://planetelderscrolls.ign.com/articles/news/8006/Bethesda-hacked">Bethesda</a> is the next victim in this series of attacks. Sony, Valve, many others.<br />
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Hey hackers, why not concert your prodigious efforts towards the Republican party? Or the various nut jobs running religious groups?Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-73008203329038703052011-06-10T11:25:00.000-04:002011-06-10T11:25:03.934-04:00Got Klout?Want to know influential (or influenced) you are on the intertron?<br />
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Checkout <a href="http://www.klout.com/">klout</a>, an aggregator for your online activities, tied in with Facebook, twitter, linked-in, and so on.<br />
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You'll be given a score on various attributes.<br />
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Peace!Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-43941102292412243682011-03-04T21:27:00.000-05:002011-03-04T21:27:11.070-05:00How to eat a Family donutHere's a breakdown on the technique to eat a Family donut:<br />
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Get yourself to a Malbeuf Xmas Family reunion. Spot the goods:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9Fzuhx9AKQw">That is all.</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-85629014233253954892011-02-18T12:57:00.000-05:002011-02-18T12:57:18.223-05:00Project Gotham Racing, 2D shooters, James Bond...hours of fun.<br />
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Goodbye Bizzare Creations (raises glass) May all you guys/gals find satisfying jobs after today.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/20084659">Farewell Bizarre…it’s been an absolute pleasure!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/eamonurtone">Eamon Urtone</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-77700679061863788222010-12-21T21:55:00.000-05:002010-12-21T21:55:32.932-05:00Time28 years.<br />
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over 100 viewings since 1982, alone and with my friend.<br />
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We loved the movie, hell we lived it. In the school yard, throwing pebbles at each other and blocking them with our frisbees.<br />
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We quoted it in high school, then in college, as the terms of the movie finally came clear in Computer Science class.<br />
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Our constant passion for video games and computers.<br />
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28 years.<br />
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And together we sat for TRON: Legacy. <br />
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Older.<br />
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Wider? Yes.<br />
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Wiser? Perhaps.<br />
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Friends? Always.<br />
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Dude I'm happy we got to view it together, almost 3 decades after the original. After all the events of our lives leading up to this moment in time.<br />
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Still RAM and BRO.Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-77855347906486033132010-11-17T11:30:00.002-05:002010-11-17T11:30:49.853-05:00I would call it "The Armoury"<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/music-box-rock-band-ottoman/">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/music-box-rock-band-ottoman/</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-84504218027485132432010-11-08T12:04:00.000-05:002010-11-08T12:04:05.315-05:00YES!!!!! I loved the original and its soundtrack!<br />
WET is an awesome game with attitude to spare.<br />
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<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/wet-2-and-naughty-bear-2-confirmed-in-development-at-behaviour/%22%3EWet">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/wet-2-and-naughty-bear-2-confirmed-in-development-at-behaviour/</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-70535353485375263292010-10-05T12:08:00.000-04:002010-10-05T12:08:53.017-04:00Free RDR DLC coming next TuesdayHee hee! The <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/rockstar-games/free-hunting-and-trading-outfits-pack-for-red-dead-redemption-coming-october-12t/10150093991068975">Jackalope</a> is coming to RDR!!! And those outfits are top-notch too. Plus it's a free download next week!Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-39521339416116687582010-09-30T10:19:00.000-04:002010-09-30T10:19:34.296-04:00REAL gamers<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlQkzYjs-g">Yeah, we're all like that</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-80074616632687806232010-09-29T11:59:00.000-04:002010-09-29T11:59:06.154-04:00Oh Emm Eff Gee<a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/9151/first_screenshots_from_the_undead_nightmare_pack.article">Holy Crap Zombie Horses!!!</a>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-43062020355547163882010-09-29T09:40:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:40:41.785-04:00Rockstar treatment<p$1><div><p$1><div><p$1><a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/9281/the_marshals_are_coming.article">The marshalls are coming!</a><br />
<p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/9281/the_marshals_are_coming.article">The marshalls are coming!</a><br />
<p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1></p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1>Having finished Fable 2 + DLC, along with Assassin's Creed 2 + DLC, I now find myself going back to finish Red Dead Redemption (single and multiplayer). There's 2 DLC I don't have yet but plan to get soon.</p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1></p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1>Rockstar also announced a zombie infestation DLC in time for Halloween, sweet :P</p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1></p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1>They keep on giving: Marshalls are now free to use in MP.</p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1></p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1>Happy (Bounty)Hunting!</p$1></div><p$1><div><p$1></p$1></div><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></div><p$1></p$1></p$1>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498444799416091854.post-47828175284702700852010-09-09T12:59:00.003-04:002010-09-09T13:03:09.545-04:00Happy Birthday Mario (NES)!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlDYZsrcoy04m7htPVHYzli8UT62BVJdxWR18U_NfgsOEfozq0EfH1x_GxxvRqyPkcBUS13tk0QTSvG3fUTvC7Nn5WviV9IPaVFMD1wZN6stbYMjSZU-OVY0Gqo2CI3UFiCS4rmuyrY82/s1600/Mario+Anniversary.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514960009527808306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlDYZsrcoy04m7htPVHYzli8UT62BVJdxWR18U_NfgsOEfozq0EfH1x_GxxvRqyPkcBUS13tk0QTSvG3fUTvC7Nn5WviV9IPaVFMD1wZN6stbYMjSZU-OVY0Gqo2CI3UFiCS4rmuyrY82/s400/Mario+Anniversary.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Twenty-five years! Still loving it :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/307402">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/307402</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Roenik Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695912654859008975noreply@blogger.com0