IGN got their hands on what’s supposedly a leaked survey done by Zanthus for Nintendo of America concerning the Revolution’s promised/anticipated “Virtual Console” feature, and it contains what could be several tantalizing indicators about the look, content, and pricing structure of this upcoming service. Screencaps and questions from the survey show almost a hundred classic titles available for download from the original NES, SNES, and N64 library priced

from $2.99 . Also available would be a subscription service, priced at $14.99 a month for all-you-can-eat.

Damn that would be cool. Even with all the fancy shmancy 3-D graphics present in today’s games, I still long for the simplicity of Kid Icarus or Mike Tyson’s Punch Out on the NES. No word on the Revolution’s release date yet.

(via Engadget)

Playing in I-Tunes: Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic) from the album “Towering Above The Rest (Disc 03)” by Radiohead

I look like a complete idiot right now (much more than usual). I managed to damage the bone surrounding my vertebrae back in early December and though I felt fine for three weeks, it came back with a vengeance on Tuesday. The pain forces me to lean forward, cock my head to the right and hold my left hand up like I’m Napoleon.

15 mg (that’s A LOT) of Vicodin, 800 mg of ibuprofen and 1500 mg of Methcarbamol (a muscle relaxant) seem to help but make me act pretty goofy (again, much more than usual) as if I had 15 shots of tequila.

I wouldn’t blog about this except for the fact that I’ve been called “all gimped up” three separate times today at work. Is that the new term for looking injured, lol?

For the fam, please don’t worry- I got some imaging done last night and I’m not at any risk for paralysis. Any sympathy e-mails will be summarily deleted…

Playing in I-Tunes: Trouble from the album “Parachutes” by Coldplay

I know it’s Seattle and this blog’s name is Rain City Story, but 25 days of heavy rain is beginning to be a bit much. Lake Sammamish is at it’s highest level in recorded history and we’re already 5.7 inches of rainfall ahead of normal. In any event, it’s better than a stalled high pressure system and rain always seems to put me a good mood.

The record for consecutive days of rain at Sea-Tac International Airport is 33 set back in 1953. Word on the street is that we’ll beat that record this year.

Playing in I-Tunes: Summer Skin from the album “Plans (Bonus Video Version)” by Death Cab For Cutie

Google has finally released Google Earth for OS X. No real improvements over the Windows version but it’s about time that Google paid some attention to the growing Mac OS X users. You can pick up a copy here.

(via The Official Google Blog)

What’s more of a miracle is that I actually managed to keep my credit card in my wallet and stay debt free. The temptation is more than you could ever know…