So what's really been irking me at the moment is the current trend for box art to use the same image several times. I understand that you might be pressed for images, but really, must I honestly see the same image three, maybe four times before I actually start playing? This trend seems to be particularly prevelant in EA titles, as all three of my EA titles, Burnout Paradise, skate. and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (what?! A gamer must have at least ONE relaxing game!)

I'll open Burnout Paradise to start, shall I? Well on the cover the first thing I see is that wonderfully simplistic cover with the blue and red car on it. Lovely. Now I'll open the box. What do I see? Two more! One on the booklet and another on the disk. Now, I like the cover as much as the next guy, but not THAT much.

On to the next title, skate.. Yes, double full stop. Anyways, on the front is that weird black and white photo of a boards wheel. Simplistic and Artistic (like Burnouts). Open the box and-oh! Another one on the booklet! Thanks!

But PGA Tour 09 just takes the cake and throws it at your dog. On the front we have that photo of Tiger in the green shirt taking a chip shot, with the EA Sports banner and logo at the bottom, and a weird grid sky. Open the box and oh! Two more! One on the disk and on the booklet! But it gets better. Pop the disk into the console, and on the title, the background changes so I can see it AGAIN! I quickly start the game up to get rid of it in a hurry. Phew! Safe, right? Wrong! The title screen has it as well! Aaaaahh!!

Now I've heard of promotional imagery, but this is just silly. Why must I be forced to see the same image over and over again? Was it really the best photo you had? A common trend happens in books as well. See the title on the cover. Ok, sure, nice title. Open the book. Oh! There it is again! And when you turn the page to get rid of the darn thing, the next one has it as well! What?

This morning was a blast. Mainly due to the fact I got promoted to an Officer in the Jak and Ratchet boards after only serving for about a day! Crazy, ain't it?

The afternoon was best described with one word: 'meh'. Most of the time was spent studying for a Maths exam. That all changed after dinner, where I got cracking on three new drawings. They're mixed versions of the Jak and Daxter logo and they other three logos in the Jak series.

Jak and Daxter II: Renegade
Jak and Daxter 3
Jak and Daxter X: Combat Racing

To top the day off, my mum got me the lastest copy of OPS2 magazine. Just because it's Australian doesn't mean I lose anything, in fact I gain a lot more laughs than what what Gamespot offers (sorry guys). Nice way to round off the day.

I usually don't get any mail for me that often. Usually it's bills for my parents, and the only mail I get are Birthday cards. Today was different, of course. A few days ago I registered my PSP after nearly a year of good service, and today in the mail I got a thank you package. Little did I know that I was apparently one of the lucky few to get Spiderman 2 as well. I don't care if everyone gets one when they register, at least my UMD library has doubled with this addition. I don't think Spiderman 2 is the best movie, but it is pretty cool. Lets hope I win that monthly competion as well!

In other Updates, I finally got around to making a tag for my forum posts. Dark_Jak723, if you're listening, could you please make a tag for me? PM me so I can get the specifics in.

Signing out, KBABZ

Not a lot happening today, compared to yesterday. Just same old, old. Oh hang on, I joined the Jak and Ratchet Union today! Also tried to stitch the two Blarog fights in Lord of the Rings together, so that you get the Blarog's reveal from Fellowship and the descent sequence in one, and put it on PSP, but it didn't work, as I could'nt find a PSP movie editing program. Any leads would be nice! Also made a new wallpaper for my PSP using Microsoft Picture It! Express. Looks really cool, and I'm making one for my computer right now.

Laters, KBABZ

Just found out today that I've got a week off school for exam study leave. Wait, did I say study leave? I meant to say free time. Also finished working on a Jak drawing to depict what Jak looks like in most (or so far, all) my fanfics, with Daxter standing next to him, of course. Note that, like most of the drawing I put up on the internet, that this has been traced. And here it is, along with a coloured in version.

Jak V
Jak V Colour

In other news, my Jak fanfic, which I started two days ago, is coming along nicely. Like Tolkein, I have no idea what's going to happen, but already it's at a total word count of 4,779 (using the Word Count tool). I don't have a title for the fanfic, and any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dear Diary,
Today was the mos-wait, this isn't a diary, is it? No, it ain't. Well, this is my first blog entry. Welcome anyone who can be bothered to read. It's been about a month and three days since I got banned from the GameFAQs/spot message boards, and ecos_rage, Dark/Light_Jak723, LightJak07 and light_daxter and many others are trying their best to get me back. It's so cool and quite touching, really.

In other news, drawing requests are a bit low at the moment, and I got the Lord of the Rings soundtrack on Friday, along with some new earphones my mum got me to replace the ones I blew earlier. Other than that, nothing too special.