Jen's Brain Drippings

I just imported everything from my Livejournal here to my Dream Journal. There are some posts that I'll delete, like the "Writer's Block" posts, since the formatting went to shit on them. XD

Okay, this is the first of my posts about the Nintendo 3DS! I went to Best Buy this afternoon and they had a 3DS demo unit set up, replacing the DSi demo units.

So, here's my first impression...

Machine Demo'd: the Nintendo 3DS
Features tried out: 3D slider, touchscreen, stylus, the 3D itself, and analog slide pad
Game Played: Pilotwings(no choice there, since that's the game Nintendo's sending with the demo units to Best Buys)
Time played: Just a few minutes, since a couple of the guys who work at Best Buy had wanted to play with it, as well. XD;

My impression: It's completely awesome, and it's really in 3D! It's more of a depth 3D than the "pop out at you" 3D that you get in 3D movies. I wasn't able to test the angle to see exactly how far off center you can move it and still see the 3D, since it was fixed in one spot. When I get mine, I'll test it out. The 3D slider works really well in that, when you push it down for less 3D, all the way to 2D, you can see the background seem to move toward you until everything flattened out, and, when you move it upward to full 3D, the background seems to move away from you until everything has depth. Also, the graphics are really crisp, even in 2D mode; one definitely shouldn't use screenshots to judge the machine's graphical capabilities. In full 3D mode, I felt like I could reach into the game and grab the plane's tail.

The touchscreen...well, that's pretty much unchanged from the regular DS, so there's really nothing to say about it. The new stylus, on the other hand is pretty neat. It's telescoping, so, if you need a longer stylus to fit your hand better, you can extend it for better comfort. The analog slide pad moves pretty smoothly and isn't at all awkward.

I didn't get a chance to test the speakers, so I'll test that and everything else I didn't get a chance to this time and post about it.

So, all in all, I'm glad I pre-ordered this machine, since it's pretty cool.

Okay, I'm going to be moving a few fics(both newer and older ones) here so I can continue them. ^^;

I'll start with my Gintama one-shot.

Title: Looking Through the Tears
Author: me
Rating: PG
Pairing: Hijikata x Okita
Summary: Hijikata helps Okita deal with a tragedy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama, I'm only borrowing the guys for my own nefarious/perverted purposes. If I owned it, Gintoki x Hijikata x Okita would be a canon love triangle.
Warnings: Spoilers for episodes 86 and 87
( The fic, it be here! )

Okay, while waiting for my copy of the second Death Note DS game to get here from Japan, I decided to finish Story Mode in Death Note: Kira Game. Even though the text is in Japanese, it's still possible to play the game. Here's how I did it:

( Look here for the guide! )

Title: Downward Spiral
Chapter: 3 of God knows how many
Fandom: Code Geass
Pairing: SuzakuxLelouch
Rating: PG-13 for now, NC-17 later on
Warnings: Death and very depressed Lelouch and AU. Also, unbeta'd.
Summary: What would happen if Nunnally died before Lelouch got his Geass?
Previous chapters: Use the tags

( Here be the fic! )
Liked it? Hated it? Wish I would stop writing it? Let me know(except for the last one. I'm determined to finish it)! 

This "review" is for two games this time: "Code Geass DS" and Death Note: Kira Game.

( This way! )

So, Obama's now, officially, the President of the United States. Even though I'm a Republican(seriously, this country needs a Conservative Party. The Republicans have been acting like Democrats for the past 8 years), and would've preferred this inauguration to be McCain's, I'm not going to scream, stamp my feet(hmm...that was my reaction on election night back in November. I quickly got over it, though), or blame everything bad that happens on Obama(you know, like the Democrats have been doing for the past 8 years). Like the vast majority of Republicans(obviously, I'm not speaking for everyone), I'm going to give Obama a chance. If he does well(i.e: upholds the Constitution, doesn't hand this country over to the terrorists on a silver platter, etc.), then I'll keep supporting him; if he doesn't, then I'll oppose him.

Fellow Republicans, regardless of what you think of the man, he is the President. So, just give him a chance. Let's show the Democrats that we're more "grown-up" than they are(if I recall correctly, they were attacking Bush in every conceivable way before he took office when he was first elected and haven't stopped yet).

To all Democrats/Liberals: Attacking me for the statement immediately above this one will only result in flames and scorn from me. I'm frankly tired of dealing with smug Dems right now.

Title: Betrayal
Fandom: Code Geass
Rating: Possibly R for violence. It is a rebellion, after all
Warnings: Un-beta'd, possible suckage because this is my first CG fic, and therefore my first time writing these characters(and therefore, possible OOC-ness). Slight season 1 episode 25 spoilers.
Summary: Suzaku feels betrayed by Lelouch because he turned out to be his enemy.

( Lelouch is laughing at my attempt at a Code Geass fic )

Yes, this is just the prologue. I originally set out to write a one-shot, but it wanted to be a multi-chaptered fic about halfway through. So I made this a prologue. ^^;