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March 14, 2010 · 10:05 pm

The Death of the Game Show

A funny thing happened while channel-surfing today. Do people still use that term? “Channel Surfing?” Anyways, when I say “funny,” I mean: horrifying. If there is true evil in the world, its name is Minute To Win It.

NBC in their infinite wisdom has picked up on a sure-thing: a game show that’s so frustrating to watch, people are actually tuning out. Not only have they decided not to pick up any good television, but they purge themselves of the good shows they used to have, and then pick up shows so terrible that you have to force yourself to avoid it at all costs.

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, Minute To Win It is a game show hosted by celebrity “chef,” host, and T.G.I. Friday’s enthusiast Guy Fieri that combines the sadistic urge to watch every day people perform impossible stunts with the masochistic notion of forcing yourself to watch it.

The trials contestants endure to win semi-decent amounts of money aren’t degrading, death-defying, or even interesting. They have to stack cups, knock over pins, throw bean-bags, bounce balls, and humor Guy Fieri…all within minute-long segments as their prize money increases.

 It’s almost like Nickelodeon’s Double Dare with no trivia, no humor, and no entertaining physical challenges (unless you count Guy Fieri–seriously, the man’s a fucking cartoon).

The show capitalizes on the American sense of “I could do that! Why am I not on this show?” Game shows like Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? offer reward for intelligence. Sporting events reward athletic ability. Minute To Win It rewards menial tasks and expects that a large audience will continue to tune in to participate in the “fun.”

Whoever encourages Guy Fieri is doing the rest of this country an enormous disservice...

What else is on? Well, if you’re not watching LOST, you’re probably still watching American Idol; and if you’re not watching network TV, you’re probably watching Netflix or the multitude of free programming online.

If you’re not watching anything, count your blessings–because at least you’ll know that there’s absolutely no chance that you may accidentally tune in to Minute To Win It.

–AlexG/

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November 4, 2009 · 7:02 pm

‘Fat Princess’ is Tons of Fun

alexbwFor the record, I am not a huge fan of RTS (Real Time Strategy). I suppose I was never meant to be a god…or a general…or a leader in any way, shape, or form. Commanding and Conquering large imaginary armies across an exotic turrain while casually checking my Facebook just doesn’t work for me; but for some reason, Fat Princess does.

Fat Princess isn’t exactly a fully traditional RTS, but it certainly feels like one and contains the most important elements: The sprawling and often inscrutable landscapes, the two warring factions, and the gaming fags who rack up billions of experience points in the game and then taunt you over the internet for playing it casually.

Let’s start with the story. Two kingdoms had a misunderstanding and went to war over princesses eating cake…that’s about it. Fuck it, if you have a Red Kingdom less than a mile away from a Blue Kingdom, you have to expect that some shit’s going to go down.

When playing the Single Player, there is certainly a lot of fun and action, but you don’t get the satisfaction of pwning 13-year-olds via online playing.

Essentially, in the main quests of the game, your castle has captured the other castle’s princess, and vice versa. You must keep the captured princess in your castle, while working as a team to get YOUR princess back from the opponent. In order to make this task more difficult, your opponent has been feeding your princess cake to make her heavier.

Character design is a decent feature for those who want some customization. There aren’t a ton of customization options, but everyone just turns their little character green with a red mohawk anyway.

Me, on the other hand…I choose to turn my little avatar into a cross between Thor and Zach Galafianakis…

Your avatar represents you in the game, and you only control one character who respawns every time you die…and you will die…a lot–especially in the online games.

Fat Princess has gotten loads of good scores from game critics, but fuck what they think. If you like old-school style capture the flag games and have a decent sense of humor, you’ll love it. And even though online play is frustrating as fuck, it feels like you’ve actually accomplished something when you win…but you have to keep playing, or else you’ll be forced to re-enter a world where you’re a disgusting loser with a body like fucking Grover.

–Alex G/

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April 14, 2009 · 3:38 pm

Mascot Madness

davebwSo March Madness has come and gone, and for the first time in many years, I actually didn’t blow five bucks to make a totally arbitrary guess as to who would take it (nor did I contribute to the billion dollars in lost revenue due to workers following games).  This is probably mostly because I’m among the jobless masses, so I can neither join an office pool nor can I afford the five bucks that will inevitably be won by someone’s 8 year old kid who knows nothing about basketball and picks teams based on mascots or colors….ugh…

ANYHOO…I’m here today to talk about mascots. Those big, furry, lovable characters who dance on the dugout and steal referees’ hats.

I went to the gym today. Yes, I’m as surprised as you are, reader.  Our gym, the Daskalaraioustantanopolis Athletic Center is the current home of our victorious beloved  well at least they show up Dragons. Everywhere you go, it’s WELCOME TO DRAGON COUNTRY this and DRAGON PRIDE that. So, okay, Mario the Dragon isn’t THAT badass as a specific mascot, but the Dragons is pretty cool, even if there’s no historical significance to it (they just chose it for the alliteration).  And our obligatory bronze statue (for worshiping) is pretty damned cool.  But Drexel was only known as the Dragons since 1928, when The Triangle called them that  (probably on a whim, just like  how most of their articles are written).

On a tangential note…I just found this in the archives from DU’s library

In November of 1930, The Triangle includes a report on a pep rally that featured a newly refurbished Drexel Dragon. Apparently during the previous year, the original Dragon had been badly damaged. The ‘new’ Dragon was constructed of steel and included improved ‘breathing facilities’ as well as:
‘A small jar of titanium tetrachloride — placed in the head with tubes leading to the nostrils. When the liquid comes in contact with the air, a dense smoke is formed, resembling the traditional fiery breath of these historic monsters.’

Holy shit! Our mascot used to have smoke come out its nostrils. That’s awesome.  Anyways….before the Dragon came about, Drexel had a bunch of other names.

The Blue and Gold- Likely Absolutely named after our colors. This makes sense. Harvard‘s teams are known as The Crimson, and Alabama is known as The Crimson Tide (EW!).  But being addressed as the Blue and Gold sort of has an old fashioned dignity to it. I approve.

The Engineers- Now…this isn’t particularly bad-assed…but at least it’s logical.  Purdue is known as the Boilermakers .  Call your team what you teach. Again, sort of old fashioned, but still pretty acceptable. I approve.

The Drexelites- Hmm…okay…Drexel was founded by a guy named Drexel. I get it!  He was a rich old banker.  We could have been the Rockefellers, the Waltonites, or the Gateses!  (or perhaps the Madoffs).  This name is stupid. Why would you not come up with something at least a LITTLE bit more inspired than the school’s own name? Penn isn’t the Penns’s (although if they were, they’d have a great chance to be able to bring inflatable penii to each game…) (and yes, they would PROBABLY call themselves the Franklins or Franklinites).   But really. This name sucks. It’s insane. I do not approve.

Bestest of Friends Comforting Each Other During Hard Times

Bestest of Friends Comforting Each Other During Hard Times

So let me tie it up a little here on ANOTHER sad note. Anyone who has a TV, radio or computer and lives in the Delaware Valley or knows anything about sports knows that Harry Kalas, longtime voice of the Phightin’s and NFL Football (and PuppyBowl) , died yesterday.  As sad as it is for the phans, his family and extended family are the ones who are really hurting today.  I’ll end here on a quote from Larry Anderson, former Phil and colleague of Harry the K; one of the saddest I’ve ever read in a newspaper….

Andersen fought back tears before the game. He knew Kalas as a player and as a colleague. “For me, personally, it was just having him in that clubhouse in Pittsburgh after we won the division in ’93,” Anderson said. “And leading us in ‘High Hopes.’ I don’t know if I ever want to hear that again.”

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April 7, 2009 · 3:28 pm

Stuff Dave Likes (and My Big Fat Greek Engineering School Tragedy)

davebwA blog is a blog, so I am free to talk about whatever I’d like, right? So today I’m going to let you into the world of Dave, just a little bit and talk about…well…stuff I like! If you enjoy these things, well…good for you, that brings you up one more peg in Dave’s Book of Awesome People (that and a dollar might get you a cup of coffee from T&S Food Truck).

T & S Food Truck- I think it stands for Ted and Son, I’m not really sure. We always just called it the Greek Cart. Man, these guys are awesome. Probably the best coffee I’ve ever had that wasn’t from some fru-fru place. The food is great (and doesn’t give you the poos!), the prices are quite reasonable, and the guys there are great. I believe Ted died this past year, but his son still runs the place, and Mom works behind the scenes, too. They know your order no matter how long you’ve been away, and they always have a movie going on their little TV screen out front (everything from bad kung-fu movies to Oscar winners). I recommend the Buffalo Chicken Cheesesteak and Large Coffee, about $5.50. Find em on Ludlow (I think) St, Drexel’s campus. Its the little alley between Market and Chestnut, and between 31st and 32nd, right smack between two buildings.

Button Fly Jeans- Oh man, is there anything more comfortable than your favorite pair of jeans? Especially after you wear em once or twice and re-break them in. Button flys, for some reason, are just so damned cool. Maybe a little inconvenient when you have to pee, but they’re worth it. AND no risk of getting caught in the zipper!

On the subject of jeans…Levi’s 510 and 511′s- Yes, they’re men’s skinny jeans. And YES, they’re DAMNED comfortable. It’s strangely difficult to find these in stores, or on line for less than 60 bucks. Harder still is to find the Skinny Jean for the Husky Gentleman (I got fat. Suck it.). I was all about the 511′s until I busted a hole in the crotch of them (I have big thighs. I USED TO RUN, THANK YOU…). I couldn’t find em anywhere (at least not affordable) until I found a pair of 510′s (Men’s Super Skinny) at Urban Outfitters on Clearance. Amazing. I bought them, and then realized that my sneakers, (Adidas Samba’s) had also come from Urban Outfitters. Also on Clearance. And no, Urban Outfitters does NOT go on the Bolded, Underlined and Italicized list of things I like. I hate going in there something fierce.

Home Improvement- Both the show and the actual concept of improving one’s home, but I really mean the show. This show is STILL funny, however dated. And it’s one of the rare shows where parents could watch it with their kids, since any of the dirty jokes were way about a kid’s head. Surprisingly deep characters, recurring inside jokes, and that simian grunt. Don’t forget Binford Tools!

My Tiny Computer- No, it is NOT a DVD player. Yes, it is a REAL computer. The EEE PC. Maybe I should have waited a few more months to pick one up, as they released a slightly more vamped up version, but I have no real complaints. It runs its own version of Linux (which can be a pain in the ass until you get used to it), which means no one will ever borrow it since no one knows how the fuck to work the thing. Battery life of well over three hours, free software ALL over the internet, weighs next to nothing and can get online anywhere…what more could you ask for? Perfect for someone using a laptop for what it’s actually intended for…use on the go. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use, Easy to Love, or something like that….

Forrest Gump- Best movie ever. It has EVERYTHING you could want in a movie. Sports, war, love, heartbreak, comedy, nautical adventures…um…..candy? I don’t know, maybe it’s the BEST movie ever, but I sure like it. The story is just so complete, tons of humor and lots of sadness. How many movies have inspired their own Seafood Restaurants?

The Townhouse of Doom- So what could be more fun than living with a friend? Living with 3 friends (who don’t have the same bathroom schedule)! Parties? We’ve got your parties. Parking Spaces? We have between 1 and 2. One and a half bathrooms? It’s like two bathrooms. Big Joe? We’ve got your Big Joe. Nuff said.

The Missus- This picture should sum it up pretty well (man, I look like a little kid there).

and finally, for this edition at least….

Gay Marriage States- Come on, Pennsylvania. IOWA beat us to this one. Let’s get our heads out of our asses and stop giving a shit about what other people want to do with their lives.

On a serious note (a rarity, I know), I can’t possibly continue to make fun of my beloved university without mentioning some pretty sad news out of West Philly this week. Our President, Constantine “Taki” Papadakis died Sunday night at the age of 63.

As much as many of us didn’t enjoy his personality, or some of the methods he used to expand the school, DU wouldn’t be around to make fun of without him. He stepped in with the task of either turning this local engineering school around, or turning the lights of and locking the doors on the way out.

Taki ran this school like a Fortune 500 company, taking risks (acquiring a failing medical college and opening a law school), expanding in ways no one thought possible (DU campus in Sacramento) and making the tough decisions when no one else was willing to make them. His leadership and enterprising attitude will be greatly missed around University City, and the city in general.

So Rest in Peace, Taki. My thoughts are with his family, who I know he cared very much about, and with the Staff and Faculty at Drexel who were close with him. He left big shoes to fill for his successor. Just try not to raise tuition in Heaven too much!

The Gyro of Drexel University

The Gyro of Drexel University

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January 22, 2009 · 5:34 pm

List-o-Ramma! Why Philadelphia is one of the Great Cities of the World

DaveThis afternoon, I’d like to take a little while and talk about why Philadelphia, the great city where I was born, raised, and continue to live, is the greatest city in the world. Scoff, laugh and shrug, but stay with me on this one…

This is a blocky stick-up!

This is a blocky stick-up!

1) Crime - In 2007, Philadelphia had a murder rate of 11.8 per 100,000 people. Play around with those numbers, that’s 1.18 murders per 10,000 people. 709 violent crimes per 100k people (thats roughly 1 in 100), and about 3000 REPORTED property crimes per 100k, about 3% of the city (remember, REPORTED). Clearly, there are some big problems regarding crime in our fair city. It seems, however, that most murders are drug/gang related, so called “non-innocent victims,” but this doesn’t tell the whole story. Our prison system, the one designed to keep you and I safe, is dangerously overcrowded, which leads to criminals being inconsistently punished, and released early, but it also keeps criminals from receiving the rehabilitation they need to re-enter society as productive citizens. For shame, criminals; for shame, city government.

Shouldnt there be a house there?

Shouldn't there be a house there?

2)Poverty and Blight- High crime is often the result of poverty, something we have far too much of around here. Even though it’s one of the most affordable places in the county to buy a house, many of these properties are in locations that are less than desirable, and many are simply left empty to rot. There is certainly no easy solution to this one, other than fight the crime as it come up, and help people receive the education they need to get good jobs…which leads to…

Ed-you-kay-shun FAIL

Ed-you-kay-shun FAIL

3) Schools- In 2001, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania forcibly took control of the nation’s 8th largest school district, the School District of Philadelphia. Our schools blew. The still blow. Kids are allowed to, essentially, attend any high school in any part of the city, which means that the neighborhood school isn’t filled with neighborhood kids. This, alone, is not a problem…however it becomes a problem when the citizens of a neighborhood have absolutely no interest in their neighborhood school. Parents are less interested in being devoted to a school they have to drive across town to get to, and students are less interested in keeping the area around their school nice. A big fat reoccurring theme pops up here…LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY on so many levels…

One for you, 19 for me...

One for you, 19 for me...

4) Taxes- Our property taxes (well, not mine…I don’t have any property TO tax) pay for our schools. Our schools (see above) suck. That’s a pretty bad return on the investment, considering how staggeringly high our property taxes are. It’s really no wonder why people move to the burbs in droves when they have kids. It’s actually much cheaper! Make sense of that!

The Surekill Expressway

I-76: The Surekill Expressway

5) Traffic- Okay, traffic is bad in ALL cities, and ours is actually quite a bit better than some (LA). But highway travel aside, it sucks driving in town during the day. Narrow streets, bad roads and idiot drivers…not to mention those asshats from TimeCycle…driving in the city sure can be stressful, then you have to park. Deal with the PPA or a lot, either way, get ready to bend over. One of the things that frustrates me about the traffic situation isn’t so much the traffic itself, its the bureaucracy around the traffic. It took like 40 years for I-476 to get built (many reasons, and many people’s faults {mostly the NIMBYS}), The Roosevelt Boulevard is a death trap, I-95 is dangerous and unsightly…and we can’t even get new rail lines built or extended. Maybe some of this New Deal stuff will help us out, but I’m not holding my breath.

Wait, wait, wait…hold on…I just listed five HUGE problems with the city…isn’t this supposed to be why the city is one of the world’s greatest? Well here it is…

Philadelphia is one of the World’s Great Cities because, in spite of what I mentioned above (and God, so much more), I (someone who is notoriously bitter and cynical, someone who could complain about anything at the drop of a hat) still love it more than any other city, town or boro I’ve even been to. Despite its flaws, Philadelphia’s character is one that I identify with more than the over-busy New Yorks, the partying New Orleanses, or the Sopranoseque New Jerseys. Philadelphia is the scrappy underdog, the under-performing over-achieving little brother, the hidden gem that really pulls through after all. It’s my city, through and through.

So here’s to you, Philadelphia. I’m sorry for pulling apart a few of your flaws (you really do deserve it…tough love), and here, dear readers, are some of the things I love most about the city.

Puppy Love

Puppy Love

1) World Fucking Champions- Oh man, the Fightin’s really did it this year. It’s been so long in the making. I once told Michelle that if I were dying in the hospital, unaware of what was really going on in the world around me, she was to tell me the Phillies had won the World Series, so I could feel that victory just once before I died. See, always the cynic, I loved…adored my Phillies, but I guess I never really thought it could happen. But it did…we have the best team in the best sport. How sweet that feels. (Also, just so I acknowledge it, we DO have a great, even if defeated, football team, a basketball team, a hockey team, soccer, minor league hockey and CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING ARENA FOOTBALL team, and the Big 5+1, so I do recognize that Philadelphia is a world class sports city…even when we don’t win championships, our teams are generally at least on the winning side of things…)…Side note, I was going to include the Big 5 as its own entry, since it’s a pretty unique thing, but they refuse to acknowledge Drexel, so they can suck it.

Save a Boatload of Benjamins!

Save a Boatload of Benjamins!

2) The Historical- So I couldn’t find that hilarious picture of the Boatload of Benjamins in the shipping crates, you’ve seen the Comcast commercial…”this…isn’t Philadelphia…” and “Liberty Bell?” But come on, what look at the city could be complete without mentioning this? One of the US’s oldest cities, its clearly the most important. The US was friggan’ INVENTED here. We have the highest Olde Tymey Reinactor
per capita in the entire country! (I just made that up) But seriously, walk pretty much anywhere downtown east of City Hall on a nice day, and you’ll see what I mean if somehow, you don’t yet.

The greatest cause of all...awareness!

The greatest cause of all...awareness!

3) Concerts and Big Events- Okay, so the Phillies parade basically broke the city and SEPTA for an afternoon, but we were fine the next day. Live Aid, Live8, 4th of July Concerts on the Parkway…these things are huge. Everyone from Elton John to Lionel Richie comes here to play for FREE. Let’s also mention that we have a GREAT music scene. Everyone comes here, and they play in our amazing venues; The Troc, The TLA, The First Unitarian Church (notice the absence of a certain Electric Factory…). Everyone who’s anyone has played at these places, and quite often there are Battles of the Bands there too, so you can play the same venue your favorite superstar or garage band played.

No witty comment here, just enjoy the beauty

No witty comment here, just enjoy the beauty

4) Fairmount Park- One of the, if not THE biggest landscaped urban parks in the world, it’s made of over 9000 acres of forest, parks and water. Thats like an entire THIRD of the city as dedicated parkland. AND they caught the Fairmount Park Toe Sucker, so it’s moderately safe to go at night again.

2500 Calories, not one of them nutritious

2500 Calories, not one of them nutritious

5) The Food- This is sort of hand-in-hand with culture and diversity, but we have some of the best food anywhere. The Cheesesteak, the hoagie…5 star restaurants to negative star fried chicken joints. We have the best food because of our vast, proud and diverse heritage. The Europeans brought their deli meats, pretzels and pizza, our Latin citizens and their Hispanic cuisine, even the Soul Food places we have scattered around…Philadelphia’s food is just fantastic. You can find ANYTHING to eat within 2 or 3 blocks downtown, probably from a cart!

Finally, and I was going to make this a 5 point list but just couldn’t cut this out…

Americas Oldest Brewery

America's Oldest Brewery

6) Yuengling- Ask for a “Lager” ANYWHERE (except that one time at a Macaroni Grill) and you’ll get a Yuengling Lager. That’s all there is to it. Yuengling, once known as being a cheap, college party beer (like Lionshead is now) is the beer of choice around these parts, and is essentially the exclusive beer of the Townhouse of Doom. Okay, so it’s really more of a Pennsylvania thing than a Philadelphia thing, but if you want to know what people from around here REALLY drink (minus the malt liquor), look no further. It’s the beer we cut our teeth on, the beer we were nursed with…the beer we drank when the Phillies won the World Series, when our friend got that new job, on our 21st birthday, at our wedding reception. Its as much a part of our culinary culture as the cheesesteak, and has about as many varieties, each of them distinct and clearly drinkable (except Lord Chesterfield’s Moustache Trimmings Ale, that stuff is TERRIBLE).

Okay, that seems like a fitting place to end, a Yuengling toast to the city.

Go fuck yourself, San Diego.

-phila maneto

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January 16, 2009 · 12:33 am

An Ode to the Facebook Status

ryanbestLet me preface this by saying that I have entirely too much free time. I work three days a week and sit around monitoring what I eat and trying my damnedest to have the most achievement points out of anyone in my clan (fuck you, Mike). I am wholly enamored by Facebook, and wish I knew more people in real life so that I could know them in fake life.

I don’t even have to talk to people in real life anymore, less so than pre-Facebook when I sat on AIM all day looking at peoples away messages. It’s probably one of the best (worst) things to happen to me.

And with all this social networking, comes that “WHAT I’M DOING NOW” shit. You could be twittering, skittring, yonkly-ing, kwipping, shitting or pissing – and everyone can see it. And that brings me to the main topic at hand. Out of all the futile services we could all be using to tell each other everything all the time, most of us are using Facebook.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I wore JNCOs once because everyone else was, too.

However, the “Facebook status” feature is the most voyeuristic and hilarious part of the entire service. I can see what some poor slob from High School is going through without even having to ask or in some cases EVER HAVING TALKED TO THEM. It comforts me to know that Terry Bo Berry was feeling alienated…about an hour ago.

There are several categories of status users. I work for SUPER DAMAGE PER SECOND, (SuperDPS.com) and I’m here to help.

Okay, first off you have what I call the ‘Sylvia Plath Status User’. This user is rare in my case, as I only have two or three in my feed at any one time. They supply me with the most harrowing views of self deprecation that you might only read about in a Louie Anderson book, except I’m not lining Louie Anderson’s pockets with little boy fucker money.. ITS FREE.

Examples:
Jerry McStevens is wrong all the time, wish I never fucked up. 4 hours ago

Erica Marshtron is completely alone and devoid of any human contact, I shouldn’t have done it :( . 30 minutes ago

Tabitha Ploursheim put all of her cards on the table and they were washed away with the gale force winds of dishonesty and hatred. 4 seconds ago

Next on the list is the ever-so-cunning: “Holy fuck I can use my name in song lyrics” status updater. I am guilty. Guilty as sin. I love it. Live for it, actually. It’s great. It’s like, I can be as brilliant as these lyrics because these lyrics… are how I FEEL.

There are so many opportunities to this because, on one hand, you can either be viewed as someone who is extremely emotional and down to earth or you could be seen as someone who just really digs that song, given the reader knows the lyric. I’ve even gone so far as to Google peoples’ statuses with a “+lyrics” modifier just to see how for real they are.

Examples:
Randicus is sleeping in his shoes and dreaming of the worst; living dirty lies. 21 hours ago

Harrison Bergeron is wondering how come every time I come round my London Bridge wanna go down. 35 minutes ago

Tiger Woods knows that one day baby, it’s really gonna grow, yes it is. Yesterday

Thirdly, lest we not forget the most annoying brand of updaters: the “is’ers”.

Before the new Facebook came around, your status could only be prefixed with “is”. So instead of something like “Randicus wants,” it would be Randicus is wanting. You couldn’t get rid of the is. There are still people that leave the “is” before they continue their thought.

I’m not sure if it is a sort of ‘Facebook stigma‘ and pretty soon our generation will be speaking in the third person and we will all be is’ing everything, or if it is just a mistake, but it makes me fucking nuts.

Examples:

Gordon Freeman is SUPER BOWL YEAH BIRDS DO THAT SHIT YAE YAE. an hour ago

Leif Erickson is where is my remote? 24 minutes ago

Omar Little is take me to a movie!!! 17 hours ago

I’m sure there are plenty more, but those are the big ones that are taking up space in my brain right now. And with all the other shit bouncing around in there, I had to get it out. I need that brain power to focus on more important things, like achievement points and maintaining a healthy diet. So fuck off, I got work to do.

–Randicus.

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December 27, 2008 · 10:53 am

Merry Christmas!!

AlexAs I’m sure you’re all aware, Christmas has come and gone. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas…there was a Thursday that you should have been conspicuously off from work…and all the stores were closed…and everyone was having fun, accept for you.

I’m kidding, of course…but Christmas did treat me well, as I hope it did all of you. I feel bad though, as I had forgotten to buy a present for the baby Jesus on his birthday. My only consolation is that a present from me would not be worth more than the gift of two-thousand-eight more years of people believing in that nonsense.

On Christmas, Dave, Janine, and I stayed up pretty late playing Guitar Hero World Tour. I love it.

My Christmas presents consisted of a few games and various odds and ends (including a new printer/scanner/copier that I desperately needed). I’m thankful for all of it, of course.

I bought a new desk yesterday, which you should be seeing soon. Spent many back-breaking hours trying to figure out the IKEA instructions until I realized that I was missing about five fucking pieces, and the desk actually came in two fucking boxes. Our return-trip to IKEA only took another fucking hour out of our day.

…sigh…

But anyway; today I hope to enjoy some nice relaxing hours of doing fuck-all as I enjoy the aftermath of my lovely Christmas.

…maybe I’ll try to watch Sukiyaki Western Django again…since I tried to watch it at 12am and couldn’t keep my eyes open.

…unlikely.

-stay classy (AG)

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December 8, 2008 · 9:09 pm

Trailers of the Week III: Gamers’ Edition!

AlexUnfortunately, there aren’t any decent new movie trailers to speak of. For this reason, I’ve decided to find three future Video Games that look appealing. Again, understand that these may turn out to be the worst games ever–but if their trailers hold up, they should be fucking awesome.

1. Rise of the Argonauts

 

 

This is a Christmas pick of mine. Hopefully it comes to me wrapped in pretty bows. At my old house, we didn’t have a chimney, so we decided to leave the door unlocked for Santa.

 

That was the year Santa decided to take away a majority of my Playstation 2 games. He did, however, leave The Bible Game and some a handful of others…

 

Santa knows what he likes.

 

 

Will Santa like this game enough to bring it to me and not take it away? We’ll see.

 

Rise of the Argonauts will mark the third RPG release for the Playstation 3. I was never a huge fan of RPGs until I played Fallout 3…and now I’m addicted.

 

 

I think my main interest in this game comes from my fascination with the LucasArts game: Herc’s Adventures–or as I like to call it: The Best Game Ever Made.

 

This game brings back my nostalgia for Herc’s Adventures (even though I still own the game for PSone):

 

The oversized Hercules, the characters of Jason and Atlanta, and most importantly, what are bound to be some ass-kicking battles of mythological proportions!

 


 

 

 

The first Godfather game was epic. I have it for Wii, which may or may not be a mistake; however, the controls served the purpose. Like the Manhunt 2 controls for Wii, they made the game a unique experience and allowed me to take the unneccessary brutality into my own hands. Who wouldn’t want that?

 

 

The only thing that fucked up the game was that the map was too large and the cars too slow to navigate across the whole thing for every mission.

 

From what I’ve seen, the new Godfather game seems much larger in scale, but also much more involved. Hopefully these modifications serve to improve the game and not to take everything fun out of the first game.

 

 

 

 

Little is known about this game, and I won’t pretend to know much. I’ll treat you to a few sneak previews of it (which turn out to merely be a graphics trophy case). The only thing I know about it is that it plays out like a film and tells the story of several characters dealing with a crisis.

 

Supposedly, if you die as one character, they’re gone, and you continue play as another.

 

That’s what I read, that’s all I know…

 

…but this game looks stunning.

 

(those last two links aren’t from the game. FYI)

 

 

-Alex (SYNT!)

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