My latest podcast appearance is up, so please endeavor to enjoy it. It's definitely the sauciest I've been so far. Feels kinda weird to jump into an established podcast and start shitting on things, so I've been largely polite. This time those thrice-damned 360 Mii ripoffs got me going. It's nothing I haven't already said here, but it's probably fun to hear me say it.

Plus, there's ten seconds of silence while host Joe Haygood waits for me to react to the exciting announcement of a KOTOR MMORPG. Hee!

But what really has me psyched is that I gambled and scored on a Play-Asia order last week. They were running a summer sale where various in-stock merchandise was half off, or something like that. So I picked up a Pokemon keychain toy for Clark, and the DS rarity Slide Adventure: Mag Kid (which looks fascinating because it comes with an attachment that lets you move the DS around your table like an IR mouse). Smash Brawl players may recall a few spare Mag Kid stickers.

While shopping, I noticed some US Eye of Judgment starter decks listed at $7.50... which is half retail. And yes, $15 for a 30-card starter deck is unacceptably expensive, but there you go.

Here was the risk. The product description says "The Eye of Judgment: Biolith Rebellion Set 2: Water Barrage Theme Deck." Well, all good EoJ fanboys know that Water Barrage was Set 1 and who wants that. But then the picture of the item shows a Set 2 box. So, not knowing what to expect, I ordered the fire "Set 2" and the water "Set 2," for a combo price of under $15, and hoped for the best. I went with fire and water just in case it was actually Set 1, as I do not own those varieties in either set.

And as my happy tone probably tells you, it was indeed the Set 2 version. Which I have never seen in stores, nor at my two summer conventions. So I nabbed two Set 2 starters for less than the price of one. In fact, my entire bill - including the bizarro Mag Kid DS game - was only around $30. Now I'm debating placing another order for the Coffee Prince DVD boxed set.

The big sale is over, but Play-Asia still has the US EoJ stuff in stock, starters at $10 which is still cheaper than retail, if you can even find them. Warning: if you do order EoJ stuff online, make sure you get the version appropriate to your region, because the US EoJ game will not read Japanese cards.