Mixing It Up...
Lots of random questions here, from all over the gaming network. Curious questions and critical comments... All of it ends up in my mailbox, and I reply to as much as I have time for. I personally go through all the mail I receive, and take many thoughts into consideration - So don't feel as if your efforts are wasted just because you don't get a reply. If you have questions, I'll try to provide answers: DetErest@detstar.com

Okay, Det. I'm a 13-year-old fan of your website and a BIG video game player(i've played video games since I was 5). And let's say that you opened multiple sites with your members hosting each one. Your ratings could have a high chance of sky rocketing. Sure you may need more fundings to support this idea, but hell, why not? You'll have a rough start, but in the end, you'll get it. This could benefit you AND your will find pretty pleasant. Also, if you take the time to get off of your ass and buy more systems you'll be more successful. Hey! I'm 13, and I have every game system from NES to PSP (If not more). Well, see ya', and good luck. This may be your chance.

It's nice to hear that a fan has such optimistic thoughts for the evolution of the website. Unfortunately, the situation isn't as simple as it seems on the surface.

Although expanding the website to cover a wider variety of games may seem like a great idea, it's something that would take more than a bit of extra funding... It would take a small fortune, on top of the heavy hosting requirements for the several games that are already covered here.

The concept of new sections being managed and hosted by members/visitors works in theory... But sadly, most people quickly grow tired of creating pages and putting together articles, because it's a lot more work than many people realize.

It's nice of you to suggest that I need to "get off my ass and buy more systems"... But as you surely are aware, video game systems and the games to go with them are certainly not free... (If you're 13 and have every game, you must already have a full time job - Either that, or you're an up-and-coming young businessman in the black market).

Other gaming systems aside, I receive many requests to create gamesites for other GameCube games. Although I shell out a lot of money to buy gas and pay for other expenses, I could probably afford to by a couple extra games here and there (I'll just stop eating lunch for a few weeks)... But without having the spare time to really enjoy the stuff, it wouldn't be worth it. I barely seem to have enough "fun-time" with my GameCube as it is, so buying more systems and even more games wouldn't accomplish much.

On the back of my GameCube box there's a picture of a game called Donkey Kong Racing. Is this game ever going to be out so we can play it?

Every once in a while, there's a scheduled game that never does make it to the store shelves... It appears as if Donkey Kong Racing has fallen into this category. I have heard absolutely nothing new about this game, and given the fact that Nintendo and Rareware are no longer working together, it seems like this game will never happen.

We can only imagine what this game would have been like... Diddy Kong Racing was a big hit for the N64, and they surely hoped to surpass the accomplishments of that game.

In this screenshot from "Donkey Kong Racing", we see Expresso the ostrich, a character we haven't seen since the original Donkey Kong Country... Other screenshots from this game showed Rambi the Rhino, Enguarde the Swordfish, Zinger the Wasp, and even Taj from Diddy Kong Racing...

In addition to the severed partnership between Nintendo and Rareware, another complication comes into play - The legal rights to the characters from Rareware's world of Donkey Kong Country.
Although Nintendo still retains the rights to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, I believe that many DKC characters belong to Rareware because they created them independently... So without being able to create a cool DKC atmosphere, a Donkey Kong Racing game would probably feel like it was missing something..,

I think you should take Dexter Comics national! Just find a magazine that will publish the material un-edited and for a little cost to you.

It would be awesome to have the episodes published in a magazine. The boys of Hellford could start appearing in print everywhere... But as I'm already stuck with enough expenses, paying for the Comics would just be another monthly bill to deal with...

I'd love to receive a publishing offer, but having the episodes published completely unedited is the only way to go. Censorship manages to destroy practically every creative work of art on this planet. It doesn't matter if it's music, if it's a movie or your favorite TV show... Whenever certain parts of a presentation are edited, it transforms the artists' original creation into a softer, weaker product.

you are getting behind on updates. you said mondays.

Yes, I know... Some visitors wait patiently to see a shiny new update on Monday morning. Several months ago, I made the comment about Monday becoming the unofficial day of the weeks for updates... But because it takes 15-20 hours to put together each update, it's like having a part time job. So during a busy week, there's no other option but to delay the new stuff until it's ready. Simple as that.

My friend believes that Mew is in Super Smash Bros Melee. Please say if he is or not (I know he isn't) so I can prove that either my friend lied, or he is a big idiot!

Mew certainly is in the game... But not as a playable character. After you unlock everything, Mew will stand a rare chance of appearing when you throw a Pokéball.

You know in Goldeneye 007 when you complete Egyptian? You don't think the baron kills Bond, do you...?

James Bond uses the Golden Gun to drop Baron Samedi three times... But during the level outro movie scene, Baron Samedi can be seen chasing James Bond and laughing at him. I don't think that we're meant to believe that the Baron kills 007... It just seems to illustrate Baron Samedi's apparent immortality, as the sorcerer managed to come back from the dead in the movie Live and Let Die.