Mar
26
Street Fighter Rock Sissors Paper
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I wonder if kids know that most of the sophisticated games they play are adaptions of simple games kids have played through the centuries. Street Fighter, for example, is just Rock Sissors Paper. Blanka’s powerful spin tackle attack is beaten by Chun Li’s low power/fast kick, and so on. Actually, the game is only fun [...]
Mar
18
Enough With The Light Brites!
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This piece is brilliant! It sounds like my house, exept for the cable modem in the bedroom.
http://www.burbia.com/node/2366
Adding to it, I have this PSP charger that is so blindingly bright I’ve had to hide it under the couch. Does it really have to double as a blue flashlight?
Mar
11
Family Guy losing its edge?
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After watching this Sunday’s Family Guy, I can’t help but think they’re losing their edge.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/61211/family-guy-family-gay
Here’s a quote from the TV complain board that sums up the problems with the characters exactly:
“Characters that I knew and loved have become mere shadows of their greatness and have been severely dumbed down. Stewie was once a brilliant character, [...]
Mar
3
Well, I’m done with blizzard games. I used to play diablo II until the great blizz decided I did something wrong, whatever that means. I received a notice (like many others) that my account has been suspended. I sent an email asking for clarification, explanation, anything. I get nothing in reply. A couple weeks later [...]
