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I Think I've Been With This Site Too Long....

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +0000

...now, I'm dressing up as Mario (Happy Belated Halloween).

Itsa Me!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Just received my Club Nintendo Mario Hat.

I'll probably make a Products Page entry for it within the week.

In Memory of Captain Lou....

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:00 +0000

"Captain" Lou Albano - 1933 - 2009

New Comments System Fully Integrated

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Disqus finally added Blogger importing, so now all the comments on both this blog and the news page are fully hosted by Disqus (which should help make the blogs have a bit more of a discussion format).

Comment away.

Sorry for the Lull

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:40:00 +0000

The last 2-3 weeks were very hectic for me with both the return to school and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Things have calmed down now and I hope to have a new game page for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story up within the next day or two.

Thought I would share this with SMBHQ readers

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:43:00 +0000

I went to the Toronto Fan Expo last weekend (the Canadian equivalent of the San Diego Comic-Con) and I had the pleasure of meeting Victor Lucas and Scott Jones from G4 Canada (I wonder if Kyle knows them through his freelance work)

Here's a photo of me with them:

Update on Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:51:00 +0000

I can say that the recent lack of updates can be attributed both to me not liking to be on the computer when it's hot and that I can't really think of any good content for updates.

Perhaps I should find a way to make user-submissions more accessible, since I hardly received any of those (heck, even the mailbag questions have really slowed down).

Feel free to comment with suggestions.

What happens when you mix Mario with Tarantino?

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Something like this:

Gone for a Week

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Just a notice that I will be away for the next week or so.

As such, there will be no updates until then.

600 Club Nintendo Points and All I Get is a Hat?

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0000

True, it's a Mario Hat, however I was expecting a little more for all the work I spent accumulating points.

Well, I also had the option of a Punch Out Wii download, but that is even more worthless, since I don't own a Wii.

Oh well.

Don't Ever Promise Updates During a National Holiday

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:02:00 +0000

I put into consideration that we were going into a long weekend when I promised the update. As such, I haven't been home much this week.

So, I will now make sure to have that update ready for Monday (maybe sooner if I have time).

Updates to Look Forard to

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:52:00 +0000

I'm planning to continue the DSiware game pages with a page for Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again.

Expect that page by week's end.

The Five: New Super Mario Bros

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Written by Kyle Orland

http://www.crispygamer.com/previews/2009-06-08/e3-2009-the-five-new-super-mario-bros-wii.aspx

Top 45 Unusual Stylish Super Mario Artworks

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:42:00 +0000

They sure are unusual.

http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/top-45-unusual-stylish-super-mario-brothers-artworks/

Watermarks are the bane of my existence

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:27:00 +0000

My biggest pet peeve when making game pages is that I have to search for ages to find screenshots that don't have some sort of watermark slapped on them.

It's not like those sites own the Nintendo copyrighted images.

A couple of Asian guys playing Mario Music on Guitar and Violin

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:04:00 +0000

This should make your day.

The Beginning of a New Era

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Not exactly.

However, this blog will now be used more often now that the headlines are visible on the main page.

Slim Updates for the Near Future

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:24:00 +0000

Things are really busy this term on the school-front.

I find myself having trouble keeping up with my schoolwork let alone finding time to update SMBHQ.

As such the updates will be a little less frequent for the next couple of months.

Hope you understand.

Why Updates Have Been Slim Lately

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000

You might have noticed that when November came around, the updates almost slowed to a halt, with the only activity being the NC Elections.

As you may or may not know, outside of doing SMBHQ, I am currently studying for a degree in film studies at York University in Toronto. Well, on November 6, the teach assistants and contract faculty went on strike, suspending my classes and leaving my year in limbo.

The last six weeks have been a very stressful time for me and I have been spending a lot of my time either trying to keep up with my assignments or playing World of Warcraft to get my mind off the stress.

I will still try to do updates when I can and there is still an RPC on Friday I am excited about.

Hopefully the strike will be over soon and things can return to normal in my life.

It's an imposter I tell you!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Some of you may have noticed a "blog" for SMBHQ on blogspot (I will not post the link and give it free publicity - but you can probably figure it out).

That blogspot blog has absolutely nothing to do with SMBHQ. The only official blog for SMBHQ is this blog that you are reading now.

Ignore that blogspot blog and hopefully the guy will get bored and stop posting pictures of dogs.

An easy solution to not owning a Wii

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Next week I am going to start adding what I call "In-Store Reviews."

These will be short reviews (probably only a paragraph), which will based on my play experiences via in-store displays or similar demo formats. This will allow me to review games that I have not purchased, such as pretty much are the Mario games for the Wii.

Instead of putting a rating, I will say how willing I would be to playing the game in full. Then of course, if I ever do buy the game, I will later write a full review (though I would still archive the original).

Look out for it.

Get ready for Mario Kart month!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:56:00 +0000

The entire month of May is going to be declared "Mario Kart month" at SMBHQ.

We already have the Mario Kart Wii contest going on and later this week I will be posting the game page for that game.

Then, as part of my ongoing development of the Era Pages, in the subsequent weeks I will post game pages (and reviews where possible) for the three previous Mario Kart games (those being Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Double Dash, and Mario Kart Super Circuit).

Hope you enjoy the racing action!

Yeah, I'm and old geezer

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:03:00 +0000

Today is my 26th birthday!

I am now at least a decade older than most of the fanbase of SMBHQ.

SMBHQ's Super Smash Bros Coverage

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:16:00 +0000

Super Smash Bros Brawl just came out and it is probably the biggest release this year for the Wii.

I want to make sure that there is proper coverage on the site for the came, at the very least a decent game page.

However, getting content for said game page can be hard when 90% of sites watermark their artwork and screenshots (something I've never understood -- it's not like they own the rights to images from games)

However, I should be able to get enough content for a decent sized game page, which will be up within the week.

Update on the Era Pages project

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Kelly) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:03:00 +0000

I figured that the first blog post of 2008 should be an update of the ambitious project of having all the game information in one convenient section.

I was glad towards the end of last year to successfully have created game pages for every game from 2006 to present. This year I hope to create game pages for the Gamecube era, maybe even trying for two game pages at a time.

I'm working on a minor adjustment for the gamelist pages, which should surface as an update either later today (if I have time) or sometime within the week.

The adjustments are as follows:

A change in the colour-scheme for the Gamecube Era (purple) and Will Revolution (Grey)
The games will now be listed as rows in the table, which looks a lot neater.
I'm adding logos for the systems. I even managed to hunt down logos for rare items, such as the GBA E-Reader and the Philips CD-i.
The main addition, will be the inclusion of "quick links," where you easily get access to reviews, game guides, or codes (subject to availability). I would consider that a fair alternative to having a separate page linking them.

I have the new Wii Revolution list pretty much done. I will work on the other pages later today and hopefully you will see them soon.