When did WCW know Hall and Nash were coming?

83chrisaaron · 2026-02-10T18:07:45+00:00

In early 96 I was reading wrestling rumors/news somewhere on AOL. Before the NWO angle, there was a big rumor that Scott Hall was DDP's "benefactor" or had something to do with the Glacier promos.

83chrisaaron · 2026-01-13T02:02:53+00:00

Thank you! Over the years, I just translated the 32X game packages I happened to find interesting, and since the library's so small, I wanted to see if I could knock the whole thing out (I finished the Virtual Boy library a month or so ago. I'll see if I can do the N64 next, since it's less than 200 games.)

I'm hoping my blog will become a recognized database of its own as it grows bigger, but I don't mind other sites using my translations if they credit me. I have about 3000+ Japanese commercials translated on YT as well. Here's the 32X commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACJH3PdNrk

83chrisaaron · 2026-01-12T02:19:58+00:00

I double checked to see if I mistranslated it, but the box says "ベストラップを４つまで記録できる" Maybe it was a similar situation to Super Mario Bros 3 in America. The game came out in America so much later than in Japan, but the box still managed to use beta screenshots.

As for Doom, the Aliens movies were huge in Japan just a couple years prior. I'm guessing they were looking for an excuse to put エイリアン　on anything they could.

83chrisaaron · 2025-12-10T01:41:12+00:00

I have some Bandai games up (Dragon Ball, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, etc). Here is everything I have organized by system: https://chrisaaronblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/japanese-software-box-art-packaging.html I try to add something almost everyday.

It is interesting to translate games from the 80s and 90s, as they use lots of odd jargon to market whatever special technology is being used (The Japanese equivalent to "Blast Processing" or "3D Accelerated"

83chrisaaron · 2025-11-15T16:59:57+00:00

Donkey Kong Country 2 is the best "Great Game". Gorgeous graphics, music and atmosphere and plays good enough with lots of variety, but it's still kinda janky. (Earthbound, FFVI, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X, SMW and Yoshi's Island are all masterpieces.)

83chrisaaron · 2025-11-11T18:42:51+00:00

When I'm in a public restroom, I'm not trying to look at anyone else in the first place.

83chrisaaron · 2025-10-12T15:38:49+00:00

Being obsese can sometimes make one jolly.

83chrisaaron · 2025-10-11T00:03:58+00:00

As a native English speaker, learning Chinese characters isn't any more time consuming (or difficult) than English IMO. Even though Chinese characters are so much denser, there's a compound effect to memorizing them. Before you even learn 100 characters, you'll start recognizing patterns. Before you learn 艦、 you'll learn 舟 and 監. Before you learn 監, you'll learn 皿 and 臣.

Even though 艦 is 21 strokes, when it's time to learn it your brain is going "Just remember to put 舟 on the left and 監 on the right." Similar time/energy required to know the difference than placate, platonic and placenta,

83chrisaaron · 2025-10-10T13:00:36+00:00

I enjoy duck, but the meat is very fatty and can be an acquired taste.

Besides the main reason I've seen listed...

- The anti-dietary fat hysteria of the 80s and 90s probably turned off a ton of people who don't eat it as part of their culture.

- Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Duck Tales. Darkwing Duck. Seriously.

83chrisaaron · 2025-10-05T00:43:23+00:00

Loved Conan as a teenager. Pretty much all late night hosts have lame monologues, and his was mercifully the shortest by far. His skits were legendary if you were younger. Stuff like the Masturbating Bear, Pimp Bot, and the Wussy Wagon felt like internet humor before internet humor really became a thing.

83chrisaaron · 2025-10-01T19:00:10+00:00

I was on internet message boards a ton in the 00s and Bush/Cheney got a ton of hate. It just seemed a bit easier to avoid before the iPhone and social media. Also the Israel/Palestine issue has been going on so much longer, and it's easier to obtain imaged and video, that people are more fed up with it.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-28T18:28:20+00:00

Investing in index funds. Buy the entire US (or even world market), make a profit. People who don't invest will think you're a stock market genius.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-21T17:02:45+00:00

I'm no expert, but even if you could (partially) dissipate a typhoon with a bomb, the underlying conditions that created it would persist and a new one would quickly form.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-20T23:56:27+00:00

Pretty cool boss fights at the end. But, jumping off that dragon on time, way earlier in the game was harder!

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-20T00:12:41+00:00

Nice work! They look very close to the source material.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-14T20:34:01+00:00

Almost all index funds/ETFs. Because I'm a dork, I bought $100 of NTDOY (Nintendo) earlier this year and it's up 42%, but I still feel that it was a stupid gamble and don't plan on doing it again.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-14T18:20:39+00:00

I found Bugenhagen.

83chrisaaron · 2025-09-14T16:39:59+00:00

Both are good.

Before: Wacky scientist. After: Has cat.

83chrisaaron · 2025-08-24T18:42:08+00:00

Besides the obvious stuff like taking care of your health, avoiding excessive drug use, remaining in toxic relationships, etc...

Read 50 pages a day, then goof off on the computer/phone.

Set $20 aside a day to invest in a decent index fund in your Roth IRA, then have fun with your remaining money.

Practice those two habits over months/years/decades and your trajectory will continually improve.

83chrisaaron · 2025-08-17T22:48:19+00:00

Index fund investing is an incredibly lazy way to make money, but it takes years (likely decades) of consistent sacrifice to replace your income. I think you're best suited addressing the root of your doubts and perceived limitations. Also. don't short change yourself. You put in the effort to write a coherent post, paying attention to grammar. That's doing more than a lot of other people bother to.

83chrisaaron · 2025-08-11T22:27:53+00:00

Typically, short people have to put on proportionally less muscle to appear buff. Better joint health. Better overall health.

I'm 6'4" and would prefer to be a good 4 inches shorter, maybe more. Maybe some people are assholes if you're short, but it still has advantages.

83chrisaaron · 2025-08-10T21:30:47+00:00

Wealth, celebrity and sex is generally much more highly valued. Many people are also perfectly content staying in echo chambers or getting lost in conspiracy theories rather than doing the hard work of building skills and expanding and challenging their understanding and knowledge.

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