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I just found this really cool trailer (fanmade, of course) of Super Mario Galaxy. Maybe it’s been some time since it was released, but isn’t awesome? (may make hardcore gamers cry a little). Good Mario times.

via Destructoid

First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I hope 2010 will be a year full of achievements and personal goals for all of you. Not saying goodbye to last year, it was a great year with many projects (some worked out… some just didn’t), but you know what they say: “Fail, but fail fast”. School was over since like 3 weeks ago so I’m getting ready for the next semester (which, again, I’m totally excited about). I hope all of you had great holidays with friends/family/whoever you spent them with.

So it’s New Year, 2010, and since I’ve decided this will be MY YEAR, I’ve made a list of resolutions so I can kind of accomplish everything I want to do for this year.

• Be cleaner: My workspace is always a huge mess
• Read more: I’m kind of used to reading a lot, still, I didn’t read as much during 2009.
• Give myself some time when needed: 2009 was full of stuff to do and not really a lot of time for me… which I really needed sometimes.
• Leave projects with no chances of succeeding, start some new ones
• Exercising (or at least doing some Wii Fit lol)
• Focus on my projects and anything that may come
• Be good at school
• Blog EVERYDAY
• Begin with my 365 Project on Flickr
• Having fun all year long

So that’s what I want to accomplish for this year. I’m hoping it’s going to be a good year. It’s hopefully going ot be MY YEAR… and I’m updating the blog everyday (hopefully). Everyone have a wonderful new year. Best wishes.

I just saw Lupe Fiasco’s new video for Solar Midnight (an iTunes Exclusive from the New Moon soundtrack) and i think it’s awesome. The visuals and everything look great, and the song’s different from stuff we’ve heard before from Lupe. Everything is cool (excluding those New Moon scenes), but we see a totally different Lupe, a lot more rock influenced and I really like it. Check it out by yourselves and let me know what you think of it. Rock + Lupe = AWESOME.

We all love the Muppets. We all love Queen. What happens when u get both in a crazy, funny muppet-singing video? This has definitely become one of my favorite Muppet songs of all times.

Finally got to play New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii and I gotta say it’s an amazing experience. As fun and entertaining yet as cool as the Nintendo Wii, New Super Mario Bros. has everything to be the next Wii Classic.

If you remember Super Mario Bros. 3, the first Mario game with a world map, you’ll feel really familiar with the way New Super Mario Bros. works. People from Nintendo really made an effort in developing brand new levels for this game, it’s probably the best 2D Mario game from the latest years, still not quite as good as Super Mario Bros. 3. Level design goes from really simple and classic to really hard like back in the old Mario days, so it can get really challenging, with smart, planned ninja moves. I like the whole new way the game goes in 2D with brand new 3D graphics, just as in New Super Mario Bros. for DS but better. There are new suits for Mario, some of them not as original as I would’ve expected but must of them bring that special something in the game as in previous Mario titles.

The multiplayer game is an important part of this title as it’s funnier and better to play with other 3 friends. You get to play as Mario, Luigi and 2 generic, same and boring Toads (nice on this one Nintendo). I would’ve expected some really original design for the characters but still, it’s really fun, still it can sometimes get a little frustrating if your party is not as good as you expected.

Another important addition to the game is the Super Guide, in which, after losing 8 lives in the same level, you can activate it and a computer controlled Luigi will come up to show you the way. It can look really easy, but for some levels, it’s not, so it all depends on what you get to see, what you remember and how good your reflexes and timing are. There are some Hint Movies too so you get to find secrets and stars and coins in the levels, which you can buy with star coins.

A disappointing something is Yoshi, as he only comes on a couple levels, still totally fun. The game’s music is amazing, not as good as Super Mario Galaxy’s, but still a nostalgic collection of classic sounds.

Classic, challenging, redesigned and new, Super Mario Bros. Wii is a game that must be in your game library if you got a Wii.

Lady GaGa’s new video "Bad Romance" came out this week and I think it’s awesome. Lady GaGa’s The Fame Monster is coming out on November 27th everywhere, I’ve heard to some of the tracks from her new EP and it sounds great. Check out her new video:

So it’s been a year since I took one of the most important decissions I’ve taken in my life so far. That was leaving med school. Kinda funny how life goes from me doing EVERYTHING I could from April to August last year to get in med school and dropping just some months later. Still, it’s one of the best decissions I’ve ever done. I was really unhappy for those few months in med school. It was all around a routine. That means, wake up early, first class, second class, third class, free hour, fourth class then home, take a short nap, eat and study until 1-3am. That was it. My life went around that. Life’s an adventure right now, and I love graphic design. I’m also really glad about that change because I really feel passion for my new career. Since one year ago I got involved in many projects, including C4XPO, TequilaValley and some other ones I can’t talk about right now… but I will sooner or later . It’s been a good year.

Every change in life is good… someone told me (more than once actually).