Archive for the 'Video Games' Category
Put the Metal to the Pedal
On our third Rock Band bass pedal (for the record, none of them have broken under my watch… *cough*), we’re getting desperate for a more permanent solution. Well, this will have to do.
At first, our third pedal broke in the center, which we fixed with aptly named “mending plates” and a couple short sheet metal [...]
Read More..>>Casual Gamer: The Transformation is Complete
It’s been a gradual process, slow enough that it almost flew under the radar, but I think it’s a safe call now: I am a casual gamer.
How Could This Be?
I have considered myself a hardcore gamer for most of my life. I grew up on video games and own entirely too goddamn many of them. [...]
Weekend Wrapup
So aside from shooting photos at the Church of Scientology protest, this weekend the excitement whale breached the surface of my ocean of existence, which in this analogy has been covered by a thick layer of ice representing the boredom of tagging MP3s and trying to find the worst-sounding chord on guitar. Unfortunately, the surface [...]
Read More..>>Mario Bros. 2 Drumming
I don’t normally just post videos, but… this guy’s grooves are just too good. Plus Mario.
Read More..>>Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Dammit, any of my friends have this? I wanna play online!
Friend Code:
124678
404813
Rock Band: Post-post Modern Deconstructionism
Ground Kontrol, local retro arcade/bar, has begun doing “Rock Band Night” every Tuesday and since my roommates have shattered our second bass pedal, it’s pretty much the only way I can play now. So last night the-roommate-that-drinks and I headed into town for a night of Rock Band and Pabst tallboys. That in itself was [...]
Read More..>>Here Comes the Suna
One of the greatest things about emulation is the sheer number of HORRIBLE games you might otherwise never have gotten the opportunity to play. I was playing MAME last night and discovered a company called Suna that put out four or five arcade titles in the late 80s to early 90s. Their flagship title is [...]
Read More..>>Resident Evil: Degeneration
An original Resident Evil CG movie is on its way; should be interesting to see the franchise handled correctly.
Edit: Oh, Jesus Fuck. Apparently Sony Pictures thinks advertising is copyright infringement. The video has been removed. Let me describe it:
EXPLOSION!!!!!!
[Claire Redfield arriving at airport]
[Shots of zombies]
[Closeup of firing gun]
[More shots of zombies, people running]
EXPLOSION!!!!!
[People running, plane [...]
Happy Next Door: The Story of a Boy’s Magical Harmonica that Resurrects His Deceased Father in the Form of a Snowman with a Heart of Gold
Despite its low-contrast display and appetite for expensive watch batteries, when the Dreamcast was in, I was really into the VMU. I nearly always had it with me, and along with Pokémon Blue, VMU classics Zombie Fishing and Punches and Love got me through my senior year classes. At some point, somebody wrote a sloppy [...]
Read More..>>Best Band Name Ever
My Rock Bandmate and I spent a little time today perusing the online leaderboards to see how Smithereen is faring worldwide and ran across the best band name ever:
Blood Bath & Beyond
Dammit, why didn’t we think of that?
