Archive for September, 2005
Atari 2600 Roundup
My aunt recently gave me her Atari 2600, all her controllers, and all her games. It’s really incredible for me, because this is the exact system and game collection that I started gaming with. Just seeing the cartridges in person brings back a lot of not only my earliest gaming memories, but some of my [...]
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Murdoch Invades Game Industry
This news is a couple days old, and I’m not sure how I missed it. Rupert Murdoch (yeah…THAT Rupert Murdoch) has PURCHASED IGN, one of, if not the, largest videogame news sites/communities on the web. That includes all IGN sister sites like GameSpy and Rotten Tomatoes, among others.
As if this guy doesn’t control ENOUGH of [...]
Music Wrap-Up II
Have some more new releases to share my opinion on, again, with the Pictochat smiley rating system.
Ween - Shinola Vol. 1
Excellent, excellent. A collection of unreleased tracks. It’s standard Ween-fare, which is to say, not standard by any means. Some great, catchy, straight-up rock songs (Gabrielle), some slower, bluesier stuff (Did You See [...]
New ASCii
Was super impressed with the NFO on some new release I picked up and was inspired to try to make my own mock-up NFO for imaginary MP3 release group ZHX. It’s extremely simple compared to some of the more elaborate NFOs several groups are using, but this is only my second real attempt at anything [...]
Read More..>>Nintendo Revolution Controller
After a good solid year of speculation, the controller will finally be unveiled in 15 minutes…
15 mins later:
(21:07:24) Biruboto: the controller to the nintendo revolution was just unveiled
(21:07:41) Christ: is it… revolutionary?
(21:07:56) Biruboto: oh its fucking revolutionary all right
(21:07:59) Biruboto: …to say the least
I….I don’t know what to think.
The Revolution controller is actually comprised of [...]
Read More..>>Music Wrap-Up
I really don’t feel like doing in-depth album reviews, even for several bands that I care passionately about, so here’s a quick roundup of several new releases I care about, complete with Pictochat smiley rating system.
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV Vol. 1: From Fear Through The Eyes of [...]
Jesus Christ!
This blog has been a total downer for two days now. I need to open some windows and get some fresh air in here. Here’s another IM transcript to lighten it up in here a bit.
(02:28:01) Biruboto: well anyway
(02:28:06) Biruboto: i have to return some videotapes
(02:28:31) Eighmileigh: mkay…
(02:28:32) Biruboto: oh but before i go
(02:28:34) Eighmileigh: [...]
Well, At Least I’m Not Alone
(00:56:03) Chuck: whoa
(00:56:08) Biruboto: ?
(00:56:08) Chuck: i just read your blog
(00:56:17) Biruboto: mmm
(00:56:23) Chuck: i hate to say i feel the exact same way
(00:56:30) Biruboto: i thought about deleting it like 10 times
(00:56:32) Biruboto: i just dont know what to do anymore
(00:56:38) Chuck: fuck man
(00:56:41) Chuck: youre telling me
(00:56:46) Biruboto: yeah man
(00:56:56) Chuck: i’m seriously [...]
One Year Ago Today
Today is the one-year anniversary of the one-car rollover that nearly killed my best friend, seriously injured an acquaintance, and demonstrated to two other friends just how damn lucky they are. One year ago today I received the scariest phone call of my life that would (and will) eventually go on to change the rest [...]
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