OT: Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day to the Canucks on my f-list and in Lurkersville.

OT: An Early Happy Fourth of July

I'm leaving town for the weekend tomorrow and I'll likely be offline until late Sunday night/Monday. So, have a safe, happy Fourth of July...to celebrate, here are some clips from what's perhaps the most patriotic video game of all time, Metal Wolf Chaos. Think of it as a cross between Transformers and Air Force One, if it was written by a bunch of Japanese guys. President Michael Wilson is deposed in a coup by his evil Vice President, Richard Hawk (who vetted that guy?) and Wilson straps on a mecha suit to do battle against Hawk, who also possesses a mecha suit, and his forces. Wilson utters a series of memorable one-liners, like "Let's parrrrty!" or "Suck on my missile punch!" and my personal favorite, "Eat my flame of justice!" You can tell that Hawk is utterly un-American because of his evil deeds and the fact he admits he sips on darjeeling tea.

Watch Air Force One take off from the Reflecting Pool (!!), the President literally hitch a ride on the Space Shuttle, and mecha-suited pols blow crap up in NYC.

God bless America!