You got to love Nintendo. Gutsy releasing a press release that reads like a teaser. They "hint" that the release date for the Wii is hidden within the news bit itself... Let's examine shall we? The following is the release.

Nintendo portable game offerings heat up!

The fourth quarter of 2006 will herald a new era for Nintendo with the launch of its remarkable new Wii home video game system. But that's not what this news item is about! How could that be, you ask? Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item. You might want to pore over it for a few hours before staying up all night to debate phraseology and comma placement with your friends online. Or maybe it's all just a scam to get you to read the other games we have launching this fall. One of the two.

As the weather cools down, the Nintendo portable game offerings heat up. FINAL FANTASY V ADVANCE makes its way to Game Boy Advance SP on Nov. 6. As series go, FINAL FANTASY is to video games what James Bond is to movies. FINAL FANTASY loyalists will enjoy an opportunity to debate which installment was best.

Nintendo DS owners are the big winners. Every week or so, another huge DS title hits, from the Touch Generations title Clubhouse Games to fan favorites like Elite Beat Agents and Yoshi's Island 2. Clearly a gamer's idea of paradise, here is Nintendo's upcoming DS lineup:

Oct. 9: Clubhouse Games
Oct. 16: Nintendogs (Dalmatian)
Oct. 23: Magical Starsign
Oct. 30: Pokémon Ranger
Oct. 30: Children of Mana
Nov. 6: Elite Beat Agents
Nov. 13: Yoshi's Island 2
Dec. 4: Custom Robo Arena
Dec. 4: Kirby Squeak Squad

And, for Nintendo GameCube owners, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be available for you this fall. An enhanced version also will be a launch title for Wii. That will all happen on Â… Oh look, weÂ’re out of space.

Now, if from the Public relations point of view, if they lied it would disappoint a lot of fans. So assume it is real, that the release date is actually in the press release. Okay. Lets read the clue:

You might want to pore over it for a few hours before staying up all night to debate phraseology and comma placement with your friends online.

Now the key in that sentance is "praseology". Many times when there are hidden messages left in blocks of text it its common to have a intro block to "point" to the clue and then have the clue follow afterwards. In this case, I believe "praseology" to be the pointer. now the next block is:

As the weather cools down, the Nintendo portable game offerings heat up. FINAL FANTASY V ADVANCE makes its way to Game Boy Advance SP on Nov. 6. As series go, FINAL FANTASY is to video games what James Bond is to movies. FINAL FANTASY loyalists will enjoy an opportunity to debate which installment was best.

It goes into Final Fantasy, typical. But think... why would they list Final Fantasy V Advanced release date in this paragraph instead on the list below? STOP RIGHT THERE. No the release date is not Nov 6. It is too blunt but it's there and it's odd, this shows that this is the correct paragraph to look in.

Now here is where the release date comes in and the ultimate clue as to how to find it. They make an analogy out of the blue. Read and weep.

FINAL FANTASY is to video games what James Bond is to movies

Please explain to me why the sudden unexplicable analogy? Simple actually. There is a new James Bond movie coming out. This year. In the fall. In November. November 17th 2006.

This is my theory, flame suite on! And the link to the original news release from Nintendo.

Has it really been four days since I found the apartment? I just finished the forms, what's worse is it was only 2 pages long. My college applications took less time and those needed essays. The last few days have been a blur. I know I am supposed to seek out a friend of mine later today but that is all I can think of right now.

I always tell myself, every minute that passes with out action done is a waste of time. Time is the most precious commodity we have. Don't ever waste time. Waste money, food, water, gold, never time. Although wasting food and water will quickly reduce the amount of time one has. But... Some things in life, you just have to wait for. Is waiting idly by a waste of time when all things that need to be done had already been done?

Refreshed my memory on some C++ code. I love my test programs that I write sometimes, they're great for refreshing my memory on specific concepts. I have to get good at C++ before I get there, time to start.

Another call and some meaningless pleasantries later I think I've found my apartment. It's a few miles from Digipen and in a nice area. 2 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bathrooms, 1050 sq ft. Fireplace and patio, I think I'm going to like it there. For the $1200 in rent I'd better like it, now for the forms.

My personal life has been a bit of a bore, nothing to talk about nothing worth noting. Apartment found, moving truck arranged, time to set a date and I'm off. It's $600 to get a truck and driver to drive from Queens, NY to Redmond, WA. I'll be on the plane, there is no way I'm sitting in a truck for 5 days.

I'm out for now, I don't think anything interesting will happen until it's moving day.

Got a call back from Bellevue Meadows apartments. No go. There are no 2 bedroom apartments until September, a bit too late for me. Orientation is 3 days in August and I need to be in Seattle by then. Time to look someplace else for an apartment, the roommate search is over as far as I'm concerned, I just need a place to live now.

I got to meet the girl from my last few entries. Things got off ok... she has good timing, showed up at the exact minute we decided to meet. We chatted, ate, then ran out of things to talk about which caused for some awkward silences. Apparently she's a bit of a party girl, which I never suspected. I'll never see her again, but she's cute.

When is the reunion?

The search is coming to a close. Soon... Still no roommate yet. There is a trip to Japan looming which may cut my time in New York short. I want to go, I want this trip to materialize but I feel guilty about leaving my home city so soon. I may never come back so I want to enjoy every moment while I can.

Italy wins the world cup. Go Italia!!!

I asked her, Ms. Popularity, she's taken; figures. Oh well. I am going to get a chance to spend some time with her regardless. I got further then most other geeks I guess. I hope my ex doesn't read this. Ha.

In NYC, Queens, there's a boulevard. It's known as the Boulevard of Death because 78 people got run over and killed on that street. In one year. It's also my favorite place to skate. Be young and stupid while you can until you get old and some sense. I was there earlier today going about 30 MPH on skates down the side of the street and a fucking motor scooter cuts in front of me. I thought about running into him and teaching him a lesson about stop signs... Then figured breaking my bones before I need to move across the country probably won't help. I love the adrenaline rush on that boulevard. There's nothing like it, the traffic, the people, the nice smooth roads...

I need to find a roommate. This is not going well... I need to focus and stop taking days off to hang out with friends. I need to get this done and soon. I'm going to go see Pirates of the Caribbean but I will get back to the search right after that... I promise.

The search for a roommate is on. It's a lot like a treasure hunt, sort of. I hope I can find someone in time, because if I can't I'll be in major shit. It will take at least 2 weeks to find a decent apartment and 2 weeks for me to figure out the city of Seattle/Redmond. That's a month and I don't want to be in school while all this happens. Worst case scenario, I miss the first few days of class because I'm lost.

So I have until the end of July to find a roommate and an apartment. If I can't, I'll find an apartment and figure something out. I'm so screwed. My wallets not fat enough for this. So I used Digipen's roommate locator and sent out a few e-mails... Maybe someone will get back to me.

I have my eye on the popular girl from high school. You know the one, always surrounded by a group of people, super intimidating. I have 3 weeks left in the city, I'm going to go for it and try to get a date. Ain't my life grand? I'm the odd thumb out when it comes to the gaming niche. I'm not afraid of girls, they don't make me nervous or anxious. It's strange... I don't fit the stereotype of a "gamer".

I also need to learn to drive and get my license. I figure it'd be good to have some form of ID when I get to Seattle. I've wanted to drive since I was 12, then my 16th birthday comes and passes and I have yet to get off my lazy ass and take the test. So much to do so little time, I'd better get a move on.

Only a few weeks left until the big move to Redmond. An idea was thrown around at the dinner table last night, my cousins might accompany me to Redmond. If they do and help carry the luggage it will make things a lot easier. My parents wont be coming with me. They are very against the idea, I was supposed to become a doctor or something of that sort.

Part of preparing for the move is setting up my computer. I need to format all the crap off of my main system, burn the stuff I need to hold on to to DVD and set up my storage system. The problem with burning to DVD is my laptop has a DVD recorder but my main system doesn't (don't ask). Since I can't transplant the drive itself the plan is to move the files and burn them. This means a lot of walking back and forth to load DVD's into the drive as my laptop needs to stay plugged into the wall or it will die mid burn. While this is all going on, I will be making disc images to burn on my main system.

This is my bright idea for the day (I'm very proud of myself). I will use a remote desktop connection to use my main system to command my laptop to command my main system to transfer the ISO's and burn the images. So I can sit my lazy ass in front of one PC and do it all... At the same time using a second remote connection onto my Linux storage system to grab the files I need to create the ISO's. Yes, I had no organized plan what so ever to maintain any of my data. There has to be an easier way...

On a lighter note, I spent the weekend at a park where volleyball was played. The ball rolled into a nearby lake and someone was convinced to jump in after it. He dove in head first....

Then stood up immediately afterwards, realizing it was only 2 feet deep.

This is sort of a guide and sort of just a log for myself. If you've read the description then you know what this blog will be all about. It's summer and part one of my plan is complete. I don't actually know how many parts this whole journey will be, nor do I know if I'll even get there. There are a lot of people out there who want to make video games for a living, I just hope I end up as one of those who actually do it.

I've been accepted into DigiPen's RTIS program. That's how I'm going to start, with an education. The problem is I grew up in New York City and have never lived anywhere else. DigiPen is in Redmond, WA and on the wrong side of the country. I'll be leaving everything behind in NYC. I've never even been to Washington so I don't have any family or friends there. Oh well.

I need to find an apartment and maybe a roommate. My last month in NYC, I will make the best of it.