As Ray goes about looking for a job, he’ll face some tough questions like this one. There’s a fine line between obsession and addiction, a line so blurred by Ray’s “ob-diction” with Brawl that we had to come up with a new word for it. A big thanks to DJ for the logo idea. Ray didn’t give me a logo to put up and I knew there wasn’t much I could do about it, but erasing Ray from the logo is a job even I could handle with my rudimentary Photoshop skills. I’m sure Ray will return and redo the logo with much better shading, but it works for the time being. Anyway, I think all will agree that a week without Ray wasn’t so bad. Things went pretty smooth with me at the helm; early podcast release, early comic release, and later today I’ll actually have the Extras page updated! With no Ray to distract me, 2P START! runs like a well-oiled machine! Unfortunately this machine doesn’t have much gas left in it without Ray editing the next podcast or drawing the next comic, so I’ll have to let him return…

Don’t worry, those graphs aren’t real.

…but they are much more accurate than you might expect.

Am I the only one who finds the results of this question just a LITTLE sad? Where are your priorities, people?!? Can someone please explain to me why, if given a choice to do one or the other, you would choose to help an animal over a person? What if the question was more like, “Would you rather: feed a starving child or neuter a stray dog?” or “If you could only save one from a burning building, would you: save the baby or save the puppy?” I know those are extreme examples, but I still can’t imagine being more fulfilled or feeling better about helping an animal over a human. I guess Wii owners have played a little too much Nintendogs…

Well, it’s finally done. I’ve updated the Extras page with lots of new content. It’s not perfect, and could use some more work, but it will do for now. I’d rather get it out there for you guys to see and tweak things later. The highlight of the extras page will be Ray’s Brawl Photo Album linked from the Smash Bros. page. He’s got lots of great shots there to check out. The Logo Archive is now live too as well as all of Ray’s game reviews. Hope you all enjoy!

[Update]: I’m on a roll! I finally wrote some code to change the logo to match the comic you’re viewing. Go back through the archives and check it out! (Note: some comics don’t have a matching logo because we only started doing that 6 months ago, but the more recent comics should all have matching logos!) Looks like it wasn’t ready for prime-time, one more bug to fix…

Ray says goodbye to 2P START!…but just for a week. Fear not, because we planned ahead (for once) and are ready for a world without Ray…for a week. In this episode, hear more of our thoughts on Mario Kart Wii, a Black Doom Award rescinded, and all the usual segments you’ve grown to love!
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My disapproval of the official Mario Kart Wii box art has been well documented in the past. While it’s no IGN watermark debacle, we were inspired by Capcom’s offering of alternative covers for Okami, and figured we’d do the same for Mario Kart Wii on behalf of Nintendo. Ray has already picked his favorite, printed it on photo paper, and slipped it into his Mario Kart Wii game case (can you guess his favorite?). I thought we should make the whole wraparound artwork, but really, there’s nothing wrong with the side or the back, JUST THE FRONT. You can download Ray’s alternative covers after the break!
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Sorry I didn’t have this up earlier, I was sort of waiting on the site being pushed to the new server, but I’m tired of waiting, so here we go! Feel free to leave your Mario Kart Wii Friend Code in the comments below and add your fellow 2P START!’ers too!

Tim: 0688-5683-5076
Ray: 4983-5322-9439