Archive for the 'Video Games' Category
Rock Band is the New Karaoke
Rock Band was released today, and I’m fortunate enough to have a roommate who was willing to dump $160 on a single video game. He’s had it pre-ordered/paid off for months, and all we had to do was waltz into Game Crazy and pick the game up. If you have no idea what Rock Band [...]
Read More..>>Wiidiot
I love…fucking LOVE the bumbling idiot on the Wii safety warning screen that, in one swing, manages to smash a vase AND punch his friend in the mouth.
The only thing that could possibly be funnier than this warning would be to see this actually happen.
Read More..>>He’s Got a Point
On our way to a second store to pick up Super Mario Galaxy, after being told that trucks headed to our original choice were delayed due to Veteran’s Day:
Me: Goddammit, if I don’t get to play Super Mario Galaxy on release date just because people died for my right to play it, I’m going to [...]
I’m Pretty Sure I Did Permanent Damage to My Wrists
Guitar Hero III has conquered me for the night. After about 5 hours of playing, I’m on the last tier of songs on expert, but my fingers and wrists are just giving out. In fact, typing this hurts like a bastard. Nice and cramped up, I have the “too much Guitar Hero” claw-hand. Meanwhile, my [...]
Read More..>>Fuck Fuckin Slipknot in the Fuckin Fuck
Slipknot killed my Guitar Hero III buzz. Big time. I wanted to bat my Wii across the room with my guitar. They don’t deserve to be in the game. Terrible band, terrible song, and now: terrible game. Fuck Slipknot.
Read More..>>“Still Alive” (From Portal) Ringtone
Was bored and whipped up this looping ringtone of “Still Alive”, the infectious song at the end of Portal, because I wasn’t happy with what I was finding online. Of course, this is the tinny “radio” version that plays in various areas of the game, because I thought it sounded much better as a tone [...]
Read More..>>New Arcade Stick
I just got my arcade stick in the mail today. It’s an XArcade two-player, and it’s a fucking tank. The thing weighs 15 pounds! I wanted a new arcade stick for MAME purposes, and X-Arcade’s single player stick is only $100 plus shipping. But they’re running a deal right now where the two player stick [...]
Read More..>>Emulating the PS1
I finally got my handy N64/PSX USB converter the other day, a purchase motivated by my recent acquisition of a complete Nintendo 64 ROM set, but I could NOT find any of my old 64 controllers laying around. I have to settle for emulating the PS1 through ePSXe until I buy a new controller. Unlike [...]
Read More..>>Call to a Local Game Store
Everybody knows that department store employees are monumentally ignorant of the products they’re selling. Nobody in their right mind would ask the guy in the electronics department at Walmart for advice on buying an LCD TV, for example. But when you call a specialty shop — say, a store that ONLY sells LCD TVs, you [...]
Read More..>>Tribute?!
I was digging through my “My Pictures” folder today, which has been copied and recopied for years; there’s a ton of completely forgotten stuff in it. Most of it’s crap, but I rediscovered this little gem, my own interpretation of the opening of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, with its infamous dialogue. Instead of Richter [...]
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