The Countdown – 10.23.11

I’m ba~ack. Let’s hit this.

1. You know what I’ve always wanted? A Wii that had a game soundtrack in it instead of backwards compatibility and cost the same as the original model. What? Nintendo has done such a thing? Uh…guess they don’t understand sarcasm…

2. VIDEO: Check out Phoenix Wright kick some major ass in the new Marvel vs. Capcom game. No objections to how awesome this looks. …Shut up. I will use all the cheap jokes I want.

3. An Assassin’s Creed movie on the horizon? I’m sure that will be fantastic, because I can’t think of one single video game movie that sucks. Oh wait, I have that backwards. They pretty much all do.

4. Soul Calibur V has a release date, and speaking of Assassin’s Creed, it looks like Ezio will be showing some of the suckier characters how it’s done in this game. In other news, Darth Vader is pissed that he didn’t get a call about being this one, and I would really steer clear of his Star Destroyer for awhile, unless it’s always been your dream to be Force choked to death.

5. Gamestop did something good? Whaaaaaaaat?

6. VIDEO: Should have thought of this a long time ago, Luigi.

7. VIDEO: Indy plays Uncharted! …Except he doesn’t look like he’s actually playing at all. But it doesn’t matter. Harrison Ford can probably control things with his mind.

8. This is just common sense.

9. VIDEO: I always thought Diddy seemed kinda low key…

10. VIDEO: I would totally hang out with Bahamut. You could ride him everywhere. Also, he would scare off your enemies like Falcor in The Neverending Story did.

11. VIDEO: If video games were real, I guess Mario and his drug habit would be a problem.

 

The Countdown – 3.7.11

1. I love the searches that get people to this blog. Any search involving the word naked is awesome.

2. I’m going to PAX this weekend with a media pass thanks to The Modern Day Pirates. Will be tweeting live from the con (@lark2328) and will have plenty of content when I return, you can bet your ass on that.

3. They’re making MORE Resident Evil movies? Haven’t you hurt that series enough? You’re going to make Barry cry. Is that what you want? IS IT?!

4. Speaking of ruining things, Angry Birds on Facebook? Spoiler Alert, if you want to use anything other than those pain in the ass boomerang birds you have to buy some golden bird poop to unlock them. Also you only get to shoot one bird a day. Do yourself a favor and spend the 99 damn cents. It’s a bargain. Trust me. I’m cheap as hell.

5. 7 Things You Didn’t Know about Pac Man. Seriously I can’t believe only 1 of those ghosts is actually programmed to stay on your ass. I constantly feel like I’m the engine in a ghost choo choo train in that game.

6. Actual conversation between me and the hubby about the new Call of Duty maps.

Me: What are some of the new maps?

Him: My favorite is this one called discovery.

Me: Like Discovery Zone?

Him: ………..

Me: Is there a ball pit?!

Him: …………..

Me: Do you shoot people going down a slide?

Him: ……………

Me: I just made up a way better level.

7. Here’s a 9 minute speed run of Maniac Mansion because I felt like searching for one on YouTube.

8. Yes, I am tired of the same old shooters. In fact, I hate all shooters but I’m kind of digging this one. Not that I would play it, but it’s totally not taking itself seriously and it looks ridiculous, so I approve. I at least approve of this commercial.

9. Evvvvvvvverybody hates Chrono.

10. To anyone else heading to PAX this weekend, here’s a nice little survival guide.

11. Wanna be in a video game? Don’t worry, you don’t actually have to kill anything/jump over stuff/solve a puzzle/save the world.