The Japanese definitely have much more “interesting” games on WiiWare than the US. In this one, you are basically a super buff, muscle guy who chases after someone who stole your hugh container of protein powder. You must strike the right pose as you crash through walls.
Is all of Japan on mushrooms? I give them an A+ for thinking outside the box on this one.
I like the screams of pain. If you make it through all the levels, you can build your own castle. Trying to make a seesaw to flip the king is challenging and fun.
God I hate their smug pixel faces with all their fancy pants ways.
(via Good Experience Games)
I think I’m going slowly insane. I blame it on Graham.
Is there anything bacon cannot solve? They should drop a load of it on the Middle East.
Bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover
(via Daring Fireball)
OK. I know this sounds crazy, but when driving home from work the question of “What would I do if I was sent back in time?” goes through my head all the time. When I say “back in time”, I mean like a few hundred years, not like dinosaur times. Here are some questions that pass through my adolescent, sci-fi obsessed brain.
Could I bring stuff with me? If yes, what? Chemistry books? Weapons? like Ash in The Army of Darkness . Maybe I shouldn’t use a cult comedy-horror movie as a guide. How about a history book? Nah. I could screw up the space-time continuum like in Back to the Future II. Damn you Hollywood.
Would I be wearing the same clothes as today? If people saw me, they might lock me up with all my futuristic footwear (aka Adidas) and fancy zippers (patented in 1851). People thought Michael J. Fox’s puffy vest was a life preserver. Also would I be able to communicate with the past people assuming they spoke English? There so much slang in language that I might have a difficult time. Check out this excerpt from an 18th Century British-America book titled The American Your Man’s beft Companion:
“Before we enter upon Aritbmetick, it may be proper to give fome Examples of Letter on various Subjects, and upon divers Occafions; which Letter frequenctly read over, and fome Times copied.”
Dude stop jerkin’ my chain and like tell me the 411! Word to my mother!
Would I be able to even make a living back then? I sit in a office and work on a computer all day hence I am probably much, much weaker than your average human in the, lets say, 1751. What skills could I bring to the table? Not much. I can read and write which is a leg up, but other than that what could I do?
“Dear Sir or Lord, would thoust be in need of a redesign of your interwebs (really old British term for web site)? I happened to notice your current one was carved in stone. Not at all becoming to an esteemed gentleman such as yourself.”
Or would I just die within weeks due to some horrible disease? The plague? Yellow fever? A tooth ache? I think this is the most likely outcome. But what if I took some antibiotics? So many questions, so many scenarios.
Here’s a poster that could help. Just pin it in your time machine.
8-bit hip hop medley through Super Nintendo system. Nice job. (via Coudal Partners)
If you have ever worked with a marketing department, rarely does the word “genius” come to mind. However, I would like to tip my hat to the people who came up with the concept of coffee cake. Coffee cake is one example where just simply changing the name of something creates a completely new avenue.
I think this is how the that historical conversation went:
Marketer 1: “Dude, we are not selling enough cake!”
Marketer 2: “I know. I saw the numbers. My bonus is going to suck this year” [big sigh]
Marketer 1: “I don’t get it. Cake is awesome. So why aren’t people eating more of it?”
Marketer 2: “Maybe because there’s only a limited number of birthday parties in a year?”
Marketer 1: “Yeah. It’s not like people are going to eat cake for breakfast everyday. [big laugh]”
Marketer 2: “Wait just a minute! Said that again?” [light bulb appears]
Marketer 1: “People aren’t going to eat cake for breakfast.” [slowly]
Marketer 2: “Who says people can’t eat cake for breakfast?” [defiant tone]
Marketing 1: “That just might be crazy enough to work!” [fist pounding on the desk]
Marketer 2: “But we can’t call it just “Cake”. It needs something else. Something more breakfasty.” [scans room for some clue]
Marketer 1: “What about just “Breakfast Cake?” [raises finger in air as if it was a great idea]
Marketer 2: “Too generic.” [rolls eyes in contempt of co-worker]
Marketer 1: “Morning Loaf?…” [meek tone]
Marketer 2: “I leave one of those every morning after my first cup of coffee.” [big laugh]
Marketer 1: “Coffee Cake?” [grasping at straws]
Marketer 2: “That’s it! People love coffee, but they need something to stuff their fat faces with in the morning. Why can’t that be cake?” [the 2 marketers hi-five and the scene fades to black]
And the rest is goes down in delicious pastry history…
This article really shows how video games have impacted us. Instead for using our experience, skills and knowledge to solve stuff like cancer or global warming, we use it to anaylze the evolution of gravity within the Super Mario.
Actually, this is a pretty interesting way to teach physics. I wish I have a teach like this one. Their next project should be The Evolution of Blood Splattering Effects in Grand Theft Auto.
Since my kids take over most of the fun stuff in my house (TV, computer, Wii…), my iPhone has become my only backup device for gaming. At first most of the iPhone game were rehashes or hacks of stuff you can find online for free, but then I found Fieldrunners from Subatomic Studios.
Basically you have to stop wave after wave of enemy soliders and vehicles from getting into you fort. To stop them, you have 4 types of towers (gun, goo, missile and electricity) you must place in their path. The game play is not original, but the design is fantastic and completely addictive. I’ve beat the first map, but the second one on difficulty “hard” is really, really difficult. Definitely worth the money.
I love looking at screen shots from old video games. It brings back the days of me on my Commodore 64. Some of the game concepts back then were really wacky. I guess after the success of games like Donkey Kong (a Italian plumber, a princess and a gorilla throwing barrels?) anyone with a half-baked idea became a game designer.
Just the other day my son and I were playing Zelda Link to the Past and we had to beat a floating cat dressed in a white nightshirt shooting lasers out of it’s head.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever” – David St. Hubbins (Spinal Tap).
Browse for your favorites at The Video Game Museum
I can’t believe I missed Campaign 84′. What I wouldn’t give for some Walter Mondale telephone canvassing action right now.