Toastyfrog: Opinions?

I came across this young man's website after completing an eBay transaction with him. He used to lurk at the old GameGO! boards and may be a lurker here as well.

His website is pretty nice, and apparently he also publishes a color 'zine. His writing is often irritatingly smug and verbose, but often quite amusing. I have little patience for his haughty attitude towards Sega and Treasure, though.

Anyone visit his site regularly? Anyone subscribe to his 'zine? I wouldn't mind springing for a subscription if it's at least halfway decent.

Hey I remember him... cool site too...

Haughty attitude towards Sega? Count me in!

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I'm also irritated to see that GameCube memory cards are region-specific; once formatted, a card can't be used with games from another region.

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Someone has been living in a cave. :rolleyes:

I like his style.

He can be too pretentious and snobby, but can also be very funny.

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Originally posted by SearchManX
Someone has been living in a cave. :rolleyes:

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PS2 memory cards work with both, I use the same one switching back and forth between my two regional PS2s. I wonder how the XBox works.

One thing's for sure, he's a great artist. Check the 'zine page for a wonderful little Parodius-inspired cartoon.

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Originally posted by MechDeus
PS2 memory cards work with both, I use the same one switching back and forth between my two regional PS2s. I wonder how the XBox works.

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I've been pissed off for awhile now that I need a separate memory card for DC Bleem just to save MGS. I guess I wasn't too surprised that you need to do something like that for the GC.

Not anymore. His style gets incredibly tiresome after a year or so.

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Originally posted by SearchManX
I've been pissed off for awhile now that I need a separate memory card for DC Bleem just to save MGS. I guess I wasn't too surprised that you need to do something like that for the GC.

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That's because it's a format for a different system. DC memory cards also save both import and domestic data at the same time.

Parish's Zine is basically written by ex-GIA writers and Messageboard goers. He's basically part of a circle of website personalities like that ThorAntrim guy, SolidSharkey, KobunHeat and other half assed losers living in middle America.

That aside the Zine will go on for about 4 issues more or so each with a theme. I bought the MegaMan issue which turned out to be pretty good. Included was a thurough history of the series along with reviews , impressions and editorials. The contents of his first few issues are on his page. The next issue is the NES issue which I really want to see happen.

Toasty himself is annoying and his girlfirend is equally annoying and his friends are also just as annoying but for some unbeknownst reason I like reading what they say. It's a personal page so I guess it's expected but I really wish he would read what he writes before he pushes the submit button. It's also a shame that he;s become one of those people that you can predict what comes out of their mouth before they say it.

Oh crap! A Mega Man issue?! I hope it's available somehow...

I have written an article in one the 'zines and have been a visitor/poster on the toasty site for maybe around two years or more now. I don't know where the "losers living in middle America" idea came from, since most of these guys don't seem to be able to hold a home for more then two months. Which actually would make them losers in retrospect. One minute they are in God-Only-Knows-Where, U.S.A., the next minute they are in Tokyo. Losers.

Toasty is getting much more attention these days, and considering the amount of articles and art he has posted up, I think he deserves most of it. I just find it good to see a review site that doesn't read like it was ripped right out of a fratboy magazine like "Maxim" or "Stuff".