From the News of the World section:
on The Old Republic
Ryan: "We Played as Sith inquisitors."
Jeff: "That sounds like the first 22 minutes of Law and Order."
Seriously, I'm a dork who loves video games, but even if you aren't, the Giant Bombcast is pretty awesome.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Blah de blah (Back from the dead!)
Seeing how the decade is ending, I feel like I need to make something to fully encapsulate everything about the decade in every possible way. So obviously, what needs to be done is a top ten list. Because that wasn’t old when Letterman did it first a decade before I was born.
Also, wasn’t this decade totally like the worst ever? And by worst ever I mean most full of 9/11’s.
Which reminds me-
“Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. “
-From the corrections page of The Washington Post
I will seriously do that list. Or something else dumb like that.
Also, wasn’t this decade totally like the worst ever? And by worst ever I mean most full of 9/11’s.
Which reminds me-
“Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. “
-From the corrections page of The Washington Post
I will seriously do that list. Or something else dumb like that.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Push those clocks back to a simpler time
The issue of the New York 23rd is so incredibly fascinating too me, but not just for the media attention. Scozzafava's decision to suspend her campaign is to me more of a metaphor than anything else. It is a symbol of the "moderate" republicans throwing their hands up in the air and saying one thing: I quit.
I don't mean they quit the party or they quit politics. There may be as many of them in the party as there are "Teabagger"conservatives, possibly more, but the louder they teabag, the harder it is to think, much less try to run any sort of political strategy. The Teabagger philosophy is one purely of negative action and negative thinking: attack the liberals, attack the Obama administration, attack the republican party if it is not in line with their ideology perfectly. They are a destructive element in the conservative movement.
For all we know, Hoffman will most likely win now, which will cause the teabaggers to cry victory. But I do think the price of this will be greater than someone being slightly more pure ideologically in a solidly conservative district.
Anyways, Happy November assholes.
I don't mean they quit the party or they quit politics. There may be as many of them in the party as there are "Teabagger"conservatives, possibly more, but the louder they teabag, the harder it is to think, much less try to run any sort of political strategy. The Teabagger philosophy is one purely of negative action and negative thinking: attack the liberals, attack the Obama administration, attack the republican party if it is not in line with their ideology perfectly. They are a destructive element in the conservative movement.
For all we know, Hoffman will most likely win now, which will cause the teabaggers to cry victory. But I do think the price of this will be greater than someone being slightly more pure ideologically in a solidly conservative district.
Anyways, Happy November assholes.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Brutal Legend Review or The Collective Conventional Wisdom of the Gaming Industry Disappoints Me
Guess what, this isn't really a review, so as they say on Pandorra: pis off.
Brutal Legend and the Temple of the Gaming Culture’s Conventional Wisdom
Brutal Legend is not a good game. I don’t know what the problems are. I’m sure parts of it work, but just parts a game do not make. Maybe I’m a snob, or my lack of love of heavy metal don’t allow me to care as much about the “subject matter,” but I just didn’t care.
And that fucking sucks.
I was talking to a buddy about Brutal Legend and how he found it pleasant, but forgettable. He was already trying to sell it. Which bummed me out. He asked me what I thought about it and I said what has been said: that I found it extremely underwhelming, overly ambitious, but inherently shallow. I asked him if he had played any other Tim Schaefer games. He said no.
This is not a comment on how my buddy is lacking in gaming literacy for not playing Psychonauts or Grim Fandango. This is partially because I don’t think it matters in enjoying Brutal Legend, and because gaming literacy is about as dumb of an idea as I can think, but that’s for a latter day. It’s a comment on how he expected the game to be good because it is from Tim Schaefer. It’s a strange off shot (or maybe the main goal) of the marketing behind Brutal Legend: that this is a Celebrity Game Designer and he doesn’t dissapoint. Too bad the game was almost all premise, no meat on the bones.
The closest game that I can compare this experience of mine with Brutal Legend is Spore, which I played for literally 2 hours.
Man I’m a fucking bummer.
Brutal Legend and the Temple of the Gaming Culture’s Conventional Wisdom
Brutal Legend is not a good game. I don’t know what the problems are. I’m sure parts of it work, but just parts a game do not make. Maybe I’m a snob, or my lack of love of heavy metal don’t allow me to care as much about the “subject matter,” but I just didn’t care.
And that fucking sucks.
I was talking to a buddy about Brutal Legend and how he found it pleasant, but forgettable. He was already trying to sell it. Which bummed me out. He asked me what I thought about it and I said what has been said: that I found it extremely underwhelming, overly ambitious, but inherently shallow. I asked him if he had played any other Tim Schaefer games. He said no.
This is not a comment on how my buddy is lacking in gaming literacy for not playing Psychonauts or Grim Fandango. This is partially because I don’t think it matters in enjoying Brutal Legend, and because gaming literacy is about as dumb of an idea as I can think, but that’s for a latter day. It’s a comment on how he expected the game to be good because it is from Tim Schaefer. It’s a strange off shot (or maybe the main goal) of the marketing behind Brutal Legend: that this is a Celebrity Game Designer and he doesn’t dissapoint. Too bad the game was almost all premise, no meat on the bones.
The closest game that I can compare this experience of mine with Brutal Legend is Spore, which I played for literally 2 hours.
Man I’m a fucking bummer.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A Stupid Problem in Abundance
"No delay on PC for Modern Warfare 2. You'll also have Prestige Mode in PC as well as lots of Steam support. Hopefully min specs will be soon (via @fourzerotwo)"
-Twitter
Never before has my amount of plenty been a cause of concern for me. Most folks don't have a good gaming pc and a xbox 360 and a ps3. I shouldn't be complaining, I should be enjoying my upper-middle-class place in America. Yet, when it comes to this game the kids are calling "MW2", or as I like to call it just to upset people IW4, I am confused. I really have a problem with buying multiple copies of a game even if its for multiple platforms, so what platform do i get it on?
The Aim-bots are a plenty on the PC side, but the fidelity of gameplay and graphics are far superior. I find the online fairer and more stable on consoles, but shouldn't I play my super intense shooters on pc?
Tell me...
What should I do?
Maybe I'll jusy play Uncharted 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 instead...
Never before has my amount of plenty been a cause of concern for me. Most folks don't have a good gaming pc and a xbox 360 and a ps3. I shouldn't be complaining, I should be enjoying my upper-middle-class place in America. Yet, when it comes to this game the kids are calling "MW2", or as I like to call it just to upset people IW4, I am confused. I really have a problem with buying multiple copies of a game even if its for multiple platforms, so what platform do i get it on?
The Aim-bots are a plenty on the PC side, but the fidelity of gameplay and graphics are far superior. I find the online fairer and more stable on consoles, but shouldn't I play my super intense shooters on pc?
Tell me...
What should I do?
Maybe I'll jusy play Uncharted 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 instead...
Friday, October 9, 2009
I don't want to make a big deal out of this...
As I sip this effeminate energy drink, I realize how awesome my joke in class was. Thats right motherfuckers, nothing is funnier than comparing the cap and trade system to seminar discussion rules.
I know that I should make some statement about Obama winning the Nobel Prize. Honestly, I think the main thing I am getting out of it is just seeing conservatives' heads explode, but besides that, I'm currently indifferent.
I did notice that Twitter kind of exploded during the announcement. It actually was the first bit of news I ever heard about through Twitter. This is supposed to confound me. It didn't.
The best tweet, at least from what I saw was from the ever awesome Eugene Mirman:
Congratulations Mr. Obama! You won fair and square, even though I’ve been texting Hamas & Isreal requesting peace for weeks.
Also, Jesse Thorn had some pretty good ones too:
Without the new diplomatic tone set by Pres. Obama, my wife and I would never have reached our historic new-apartment closet-sharing accord.
But that's just me.
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