Hey guys,

  Whats up?  Well, I got a new emblem...the Outlier emblem.  Also my popular emblem has updated to two butterflies and my tagger emblem has updated to an M, Ill be trying to get both of those updated to the top tier emblem though. :)

  Anyway, who do I contact about me not getting my turkey emblem?  I did log on to GameSpot on Thanksgiving but didnt get it.  :(  C'mon Gamespot, Im trying to get to my fourth row of emblems here!

  Well, I just wanted to say hi to all of you guys and let y'all know I got the new emblem...y'all stay tuned because there is a new Readers Choice  Emblem coming out on the 14th.

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  Whats up?  I know its been a while...I've been really really busy lately.  Between Work, PS3, Wii, Being out of town, and meeting my biological father and my two brother and 3 sisters form him for the first time Ive had no time for you guys. :(  Im sorry.

  But anyway, good news...Im back, lol.  All of you who sent me messages while I was away thanks for keeping in touch. And those who didnt...you suck! :)  Anyway, whoever it was that wanted me to make you a sig and tell you how to make the Gamespot link divider hit me back up so I can tell you how.  TXBadBoy00@hotmail.com, add me to your friends on MSN messenger and it will be easier.

  Well, I must say that PS3 rocks...I love it.  Oh yeah I finally got a few pics of some of my rides form Need For Speed Carbon, Ill post a video showing a all 360 degree around my first exotic car...the Barera. or Brerra, however it is spelled.  Just click the link below to see it...yall better let me know what you think of it too.  PLEASE!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/10/211048/DSCF7100.AVI

  I see that I missed out on a turkey day emblem somehow, even though I was logged on and on Gamespot for a little over 3 hours...DAMN!  Wish I would have gotten it. :(  Oh well, I still love you guys, now leave me some comments!

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  Whats up?  As you can tell these past few days I have not posted any blogs or hardly any comments on your guys profiles...well, that would be because I got my Playstation 3 and my Wii!  Technically the Wii is for my wife, but I bought the damned thing so I play it too. :)

  Damn it feels good to be a part of next gen, finally! In case you guys are wondering what games I bought for the PS3, that would be...Resistance: Fall of Man, Madden 07, Fight Night Round 3, and this week I'll be picking up my fully paid off Need for speed Carbon, and wheneer it comes out...my fully paid of Heavenly Sword!  For the Wii, I got of course Wii sports...everyone got that, Zelda: The Twiligth Princess, and Monkey Ball Adventures.  I only play Zelda though, my wife likes the other games for the Wii.

  Currently I am saving up for a new Sony HD television which I will be picking up in December...not sure if I want the new Bravia or another one I seen at best buy, I cant remember the name of it.  Right now I got it all set up on a 52" Flatscreen Phillips and a Sony surround sound...complete with monster cables (PS3 Composite Video ONLY), and the Monster cable Digital Audio cable. :)  It looks and sounds really good...but I cant wait for the HD!!!

  Anyway, Ive been really busy as you can tell, locking myself away in my house playing games when I am not working.  I've been working a lot as well. :(  I hate work...being an adult sucks because of work, lol.  Due to work and Next Gen gaming...I havnt been doing any designing, sig making, nothing...so it may e a little while before some of you who requested things get them.  Sorry!

  In other news...look at my emblems, they sure have been building up lately :), I just wish I wouldnt have missed the MK contest and afterhours. :(  Te other I missed I can deal with cause I didnt know I had this account.  Ill e getting my outlier emblem soon, and when I get level 10 you can bet your ass I'll be getting 3 or 4 more from videos as well. :)

  Well, I just wanted to drop you guys a line and say whats up.  Look for my next gen reviews coming soon.  Im going back to the batcave now...

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  Its me again.  Once again I am back with more sigs.  Lately I have been trying out a lot of new things and trying to create some new styles...so bare with me, Im not trying to annoy you with constant blogs or showing off.  Just looking for a little advice on how to make them better and some honest opinions.

  These two are ones I just done tonight.  From two of my favorite ranchises ever...Metroid, and Final Fantasy.  Enjoy! 

-Mike-

P.S.- Any sigs you see me post here, feel free to use them if you want.  All I ask is that, if you do...please also add my Fan Tag to your sig as well.  You can find that with all of my blogs. :)

Edit:  Hey peep, I just added the new link sig that I made last night.  I finished around 4:00am so I was really tired when I was working on it.  I kinda feel that I fumbled the ball on this one.  I'll be giving it another shot today, since I am no longer tired.  It's 12:45pm here and I got plenty of rest. :) Thanks for responding guys.

  By no means is it my best work.  For some reason I feel it just didnt come together right...:(  It may be because Im in a bad mood right now, but I will try again later. ;) 

  Anyway, Im not sure why the text came out pixelated...I had it on smooth.  Sorry but I only have Photoshop 7.0...If I had CS2 I'm sure it would look better.  Does anyone know how to anti-alias font?

But anyway, here you go Empress:

  I had to shrink it down so you could see a preview since its for a banner, but you can see the full image here: http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1619/iceempresswz5.jpg 

  I hope you like it...but like I said, I'll give it another shot.  Im not totally satisfied with it.

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  Its me again.  This time to honestly ask you guys, "Am I good enough to enter the banner contests so that I can get my Artistic Bagde?"  I know many of you havn't really seen my work...many of you barely even know me!

  So here I am, and I'm putting up some of my work.  This is by no mean my best work...but its all I could find for now seeing as I recently deleted all of my damned .Psd's, Banners, Sigs, and Photos from my computer. :(  This was by no means on pupose either...I was really and still am really pissed about it!  I just so happend to have some of these hosted and just thouht I'd show a few.

  Well guys, you've seen a small bit of my work.  The sad thing is most of these I am showing you are sigs from when I was just learning these styles or just learning Photoshop period, lol.

  I made a Banner for Punch-Out the other day...I made the whole thing from scratch.  I recreated a scene of Little Mac punching King Hippo in the Jaw and it looked like old school pixelated NES graffics! Guess what though, I deleted it with all of the others lol.

  I did host it however, but lost the damned link.  All I know is its on ImageShack.us somewhere!  Anyway, if you guys think these few sigs, bg art, afiliate tags, whatever are good enough for me to actually start making banners could you let me know?  Or just feel free to give an opinion on what you see here.  Thanks!

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  Whats up?  Its been a few days since I;ve written a blog...or anything at all to be honest.  Im not really sure why, I;ve just been lazy, I guess.  But anyway, I was messing around today and decided to make a animation sig.  It's nothing big...I just decided I would try it out.  What do you guys think?

  I know its far from the work that I usually do.  You know, the abstracts, the Character sigs, etc. But I actually like it for some reason.  I can also do pictures, character renders,  and other things like this...as well as many other animations.

  I've only told one person how to do it, and that happens to be my friend Diablo_66.  I've been trying to teach him a few things and help him step his game up a little bit. :)  With any luck...he and I should be getting our artistic badges soon. :)

  In other news...I got my Tag Maker Badge now...yep, it upgrades again...only 800 more tags until I become a Tag King, LOL!  I also got My PS2 Aficionado Badge...its about damned time!  All of my work of being a loyal Sony fan has payed off!

  Only a few more days until I get my PS3...yep, thats right, I am one of the luck 400,000 who actually gets one on launch day.  I've already paid it off, the 60 gig version that is, as well as 5 games and will be picking up and extra controller.  Incase your curious the 5 games are: Need For Speed Carbon, Fight Night Round 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tony Hawk's Project 8, and Heavenly Sword.  Unfortunately I wont be able to pick up the last one on the 17th :(.  That game looks awesome!

  Well guys, I guess I'll let y'all go.  Hit me up sometime guys...stop being strangers to the ones who dont comment.  Take care... -Mike-

Sup Guys,

  Again I wake up today to see that once again, GameSpot has screwed me over on my Gamer Badges!  Out of nowhere they came and took away my Old School Gamer, Good Taste and Game Collectors Badge.  WTF, I didn't even change anything for them to be taken away...not to mention they havnt even gave me my well earned PS2, Correct Taggers Badge, or my Friends Badge yet!

  Oh, one question though...is there a reason I have 13 friends but only 9 show up in the my friends box to the right?  If you go to view all TXBadBoys friends you will see that I have more than that.  Damned you GameSpot! Damned you all to HELL!

  Anyway, I guess Im going to be taking a break from these blog things for a while...maybe not, who knows.  No one has replied to the last two, so I'm not sure if anyone is reading them...or just not commenting at all.  Either way, I feel abandoned :(, I like feedback. :(

  Have a good day guys, just thought I'd vent a little.

-Mike-

Hey guys,

  I was thinking today...and I notice that I've been doing a lot of graphics lately.  Whether it be gamspot banners, sigs for people, friends, or other boards that I belong to...I've been putting in a lot of work.

  So I took a look around and I noticed that there are fan tags for everything...and I thought to myself, "Why shouldn't I have a fan tag? I know that there are people out there who are a fan of my work."  I know that may sound ludacris or even egotisticle...but hey, I just figured some people would actually like to have a fan tag of mine.

  If you are a fan of my work, a person or friend I've helped out, or even made some graphics for you...I would be honored if you added it to your list of fan tags and wore it in your sigs.  I hope you guys like it...I look forward to doing many more graphics and continuing helping you guys out and teaching you new things in Photoshop.  Heres the tag:

Take care guys, feel free to leave me comments some time... -Mike-

Thought I would let you guys know I officially finished my first custom profile banner for Gamespot...please let me know what you guys think about it.

Im thinking about making a few banners for some games so I can get my artist badge...do you guys think Im good enough to actually get one?

Oh yeah, and someone leave a comment on my NFS:Carbon game review...was it that bad? lol.

-Mike-