Uwe Boll - the Only Genius in the Whole Fucking Business
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Video Games | 4 Comments »Uh huh. Right. If you want the petition now, it's here.
Running Low on Mana?
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Video Games | 5 Comments »Plenty have products have tried to capitalize on the geeks' willingness to buy anything that screams FINAL FANTASY in design or function. Last month, Haroos Inc, in Santa Monic, California, announced their new Mana Energy Potion. From the press release: The ...
The Best Thing About Xbox
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Video Games | 1 Comment »Put your gamertag here too.Before I started playing Xbox, I thought that the whole achievements thing sounded fairly amusing, but rather gimmicky and silly. Little did I know how quickly I'd change my mind, and decide that it's really a ...
The Tubes are Abuzz: She really is Still Alive! Also, it’s not a lie!
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Video Games | 2 Comments »We're in for more Portal! I heard about it here. The lead marketing director at Valve had made noises of a sequel (or prequel? Who knows!) before, but the words "Portal 2" have now actually been used ...
Damn it, NO MORE UWE BOLL MOVIES
Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Video Games | No Comments »Why? WHY? Just say no.
Wailing Noises Ahead
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Music, Video Games | No Comments »This is a sort of reply to Vida's post featuring the theme from Portal, Still Alive, being given new life on Mario Composer. It was geek to the power of geek, I told myself. So, it was decided, that it ...
Beeping noises ahead!
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Computers, Music, Video Games | 2 Comments »Mario Paint Composer is so neat! This is the Portal song done in Mario Paint Composer, the music editor that came along with Mario Paint. There is a treasure trove of other songs on the YouTubes. Mario Paint actually ...
Rocking Out: Now For Nerds, Too
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Music, Video Games | 1 Comment »Dance Dance Revolution was the first mainstream music-related video game that relied on a fancy peripheral. The mechanism, for those unfamiliar, is a pad with i directional arrows that you stomp in time with the music; it has about as ...
Gaming Under the Influence
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Fantasy, Video Games | No Comments »People have consumed alcohol to enhance enjoyment of pleasurable events for millenia. I consider myself proud to uphold this long-standing tradition. Of course, no one should ever consume alcohol when they are going to be in a situation where their judgment ...
Geekout - 01/25/08 to 01/27/08 (Weekend Edition)
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Fantasy, Gadgets, Random Geekery, Sci-Fi, Science, Video Games | 3 Comments »Foxnews: Rampaging sysadmin proves case for offsite backup. Torrentfreak: Paulo Coelho (author) pirates his own work via bittorrent. Physorg: Australian teen changed blood type after liver transplant. Ars Technica: Growth of gaming outpaces movies, music. Kotaku: Oneechanbara Revolution, hai! Microsoft: Earnings reports are boring, but ...