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I got my drive shaft mod for Windcharger early this week from an eBay seller. It took over a week to ship because it came all the way from Singapore and the package had no return address (guess he doesn't want Hasbro to know what he's doing). The package includes the drive shaft and a metal pin to secure it to the engine. Take note that you will need a small drill bit (I used one from an XMODS tool kit) to enlarge the hole for the pin to fit. It's also recommended to drill a hole on the end of the drive shaft to make it look more like a gun barrel. I expected the shaft to snap on to the undercarriage to properly secure the engine, but found out that it's much thinner in diameter than expected. I'll probably add putty to the brackets later this week and see if it solves the problem. Overall, the drive shaft makes Windcharger's gun look much more substantial. Get it while you can.

I finished the game last night using a Ford Mustang GT with all performance mods maxed out (except brakes) and zero visual mods. The final boss (a maxed-out black Pontiac GTO) is a major letdown, as he is absolutely no challenge (smoked him by over 15 seconds at the finish line). I've unlocked just about everything and I'll post some of my customized creations later this week.

Under Suspension, max out everything except steering and lower your car all the way down. Under Aerodynamics, set your front downforce to MAX and your rear downforce to 0. Under Tires & Brakes, set your rear tire grip to 0. No rear grip and zero rear downforce means absolute mad drifting. I managed to score over 100,000 drift points (Drift King) in one turn alone with these settings.

"This is paradise, I'm tellin' ya. This town like a great big p---y just waiting to get f----d." Scarface (1983)

Yup, that's most likely why. Of course, as Peewee in G-Force, he could talk; he just wasn't funny, though. Urban Vision and Harmony Gold still have the rights to Gatchaman '94. Here's the original DVD review. As for the ending theme, it's available in the OST, which is widely available on eBay.

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I'll try that. Back in NFSU1, my preferred drift machine was the Mazda RX-7, but last night, I got mad drifting points with my Supra. Speaking of which, my Supra currently tops out at 427.3 bhp @ 7550 rpm and 334.6 ft-lbs @5650 rpm.

Currently, I have a Nissan 240SX as my drift car and a Hyundai Tiburon GT V6 as my dragster. I'm also working on modding out a Toyota Supra for URL races.

I bought NFSU2 before Christmas, but didn't get a chance to play it until early this week. I must say that I'm very impressed with the overall quality of the game. The ability to drive anywhere in the city is a major plus, whether it's to hunt down other ricers or look for car specialty shops. There's also a better selection of cars in the game as well, despite the fact that SUVs (namely the Hummer H2, Lincoln Navigator and Cadillac Escalade) seem out of place. My only complaint is that it's night time throughout the entire game. Since Bayview City is modeled after L.A. and Miami, you gotta have at least some daytime backgrounds. If you dig import tuners, you have to buy this game. If you hate ricer cars, you still might want to check this game out, as it has muscle cars like the 2005 Ford Mustang GT and the 2004 Pontiac GTO. Besides, how can you say no to a game with Brooke Burke in it? (Tested on an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ with 512MB PC-133 SDRAM, GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB graphics card and SoundBlaster Live! Gamer 5.1 sound card.)

I would like to know how long JBL has had his belt? It seems like a long time. In the case of HHH, it doesn't matter how long he's held the belt. It's how many times he's held it. So far, he's a 10-time champion, looking to beat Ric Flair's reign of 16-time. JBL has held the WWE title since winning it from Eddie Guerrero at The Great American Bash this past June.

Regardless of how bad wrestling has become over the past four years, most fans will still watch WM simply because it's a tradition. So far, we have confirmed two championship matches (HHH vs. Batista, JBL vs. Cena) and HBK has an open contract (which means he's facing Kurt Angle), but no one knows what other matches will be featured.

Last night on RAW: - HHH revealed that he orchestrated the attempted hit-and-run on Batista by a limo dressed up to look like JBL's. - During the contract signing, it looked like Batista was about to jump ship to SmackDown!, until he decided to clobber HHH and sign the RAW contract.

That would rather be a tough call. Because dude, why give up one of the best-handling cars in the world for something that's faster, yet possibly not as good on the corners?

Looks like someone learned some cooking lessons from South Park's Chef.

Pontiac's actually discounting them by that much? As good as the GTO is, it's not a true American Muscle car (the only thing "American" about it is the Corvette engine it's equipped with). My recommendations would be either the Ford Mustang GT or the Chrysler 300C Hemi.

Wow...what will make of the Acura RSX when that comes out? That new Civic looks sleek, though it looks too much like a Scion tC.

If you missed the Daytona 500, you didn't miss anything. As a matter of fact, I'll call it "The Nextel Cup Series of Unfortunate Events." One of which is the Coke commercial reported earlier. Here's a lowdown of the commercial: The "anime" commercial features NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart, Kyle Petty, Bobby Labonte and Kevin Harvick. As our heroes are doing their everyday hobbies (Stewart doing some ocean antics, Petty riding a motorcycle, Labonte flying a stealth fighter, and Harvick riding a bull in a stampede), they receive a message on their watches (a la Gatchaman). And so, they head to the superspeedway and get on their cars. Stewart throws cans of Coke to the others before the race. Adrenaline. Coca-Cola. Real. While the commercial copies a lot of camera angles from Production I.G's works (namely Blood: The Last Vampire and the anime segment of Kill Bill vol. 1), it suffers from bland character design and completely flat character animation. Imagine Nike's "LeBron James: Chamber of Fear" commercials beaten with an ugly stick. That's exactly what you get in this Coke commercial. On the bright side, it's better than that piss-poor Benihana "anime" commercial.

Thought you'd ask. I'll try as much as to explain it, even though the concept itself still doesn't make sense. In Hey! Spring of Trivia, a group of celebrities are given a piece of what seems to be useless trivia. On each table is what I call a WTF button. Each celeb taps the WTF button to give that trivia "Hey!" points. After the trivia is posted, the show goes deeper into explaining the facts. The trivia with the most "Hey!" points wins the Golden Brain award. Examples of trivia: 1. Firefighters in Japan use the stairs, not the fire poles. - One fire department official explains that since the building has over 10 firefighters and only one pole, it's faster to sortie through the stairs. 2. In Taiwan, the crosswalk signs "run." - Instead of a flashing "DON'T WALK" sign, a sprite animation of a pedestrian running is used, while a clock ticks within 60 seconds. Ironically, the sign is not effective, as pedestrians still jaywalk, anyway. 3. The Japanese railroad tracks are covered in lion feces. - Yes, it sounds weird, but it's what the JR transit does to ward off deer. Since then, there have been less deer fatalities on railroad tracks. So if you go to Japan and decide to take the train, don't be surprised if you smell a lot of sh*t during the trip. Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense, but if we could successfully adapt the concept in anime trivia form, maybe it'll work. A side note: One episode proved that the katana is powerful enough to resist the force of an industrial water cutter.

Time to shift gears on this thread. As you know, trivia questions can be posted in the form of Q&A, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or Jeopardy!-style (questions in the form of answers, wherein the answer has to be a question). But what do you guys think of adapting the trivia format of the obscure Japanese game show Hey! Spring of Trivia (which is shown on late nights on SpikeTV)?

Media Blasters announced that they have acquired the licensing rights to the new Ah! My Goddess TV series.

As always, SmackDown! PPVs suck. WWE No Way Out Results Sunday Night Heat Opener Charlie Haas/Hardcore Holly def. Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki after Holly landed the Alabama Slam on Dupree. WWE SmackDown! Tag Team Championship Eddie Guerrero/Rey Mysterio def. the Basham Brothers Booker T. def. Heidenreich by DQ. WWE Cruiserweight Championship - Elimination 1. Paul London rolled Funaki for the pin after Spike Dudley kicked Funaki in the back. 2. London pinned Spike after Funaki landed a superkick on Spike's face. 3. London destroyed Shannon Moore with the 450 Splash. 4. Akio was eliminated by KO after London did a swinging neckbreaker on him off the top rope. 5. Chavo Guerrero used the ropes for leverage while pinning London to regain the Cruiserweight title. Undertaker made Luther Reigns rest in peace. No. 1 Contender's Match John Cena landed the F-U on Kurt Angle. 2005 WWE Diva Rookie Joy Giovanni won the contest. Yawn. WWE Championship - Barbed-Wire Steel Cage During the match, Big Show chokeslammed JBL from the top rope, creating a big hole in the ring. After ripping the chains off the door, Show walked out of the cage. However, JBL won the match by crawling out from under the ring. After the match, JBL's staff ran in and attacked Show. This prompted Batista to make his appearance, destroying Orlando Jordan and the Bashams. JBL limped out of the scene, only to be pummelled by Cena through some TV equipment.

That Rocketeer helmet looks sweet.