News From 01/09/02

Video Senki to Close Down
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Japanese based video game articles & news site Video Senki has announced its closing, due to the conditions of its webmaster. Its subsite "Video Senki Gaiden" will continue to run, while the current Video Senki itself will remain as an archive.

Quoted by the site,

Well, fenegi went and did it again -- he got a real job in the game industry which begins in a few days, meaning that Video-senki's industry news would once again overlap with his job.

So this means the end of Video-senki as we know it (unless I get laid off, which I'm not planning upon). In its stead I'll continue to update Video-senki Gaiden bunches and bunches. There's so much to talk about and so little time to say it all over there, I think.

Short Comment- Well damn, there goes a site that was a one of a kind. However, I'm sure that the Gaiden will be as interesting. -H. Moriarty

Wendy's Founder Dave Thomas, Dead at Age Sixty-Nine [CNN]
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(CNN, Jan 8) "COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) - Wendy's restaurant founder Dave Thomas, the well-known face behind the fast-food chain, died early Tuesday after a long battle with liver cancer, the company said. He was 69.

When he was 12 years old, Thomas started working at a barbecue restaurant in Knoxville, Tenn., according to the company's Web site. Thomas eventually moved into a management position with Kentucky Fried Chicken, where he met one of the greatest influences in his life -- Colonel Harland Sanders, KFC founder.

In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, naming it after his daughter. Today, Ohio-based Wendy's operates about 6,000 restaurants in the United States and Canada with systemwide sales of more than $7 billion.

Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years, Lorraine, five children and 16 grandchildren. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134,000 foster children available for adoption, and helps make adoption more affordable."

Special thanks to Crimson for the news.


Short Comment- What Video Game Character Are You?

Are you a Pac-Man, a Mr.DO, or even a Space invader?
I turned out to be a Gauntlet Adventurer.

"I strive to improve my living conditions by hoarding gold, food, and sometimes keys and potions. I love adventure, fighting, and particularly winning - especially when there's a prize at stake. I occasionally get lost inside buildings and can't find the exit. I need food badly." -(Get lost in buildings? Yup, that's me alright!)

[ RavenBlog- What Video Game Character Am I? ]

Special Thanks to Toxico for the News. -H. Moriarty