When it comes to video game characters, it’s hard not to love Mario. The problem with Mario on the web is that just about everything that could possibly be done to him has already been done. In the middle of an odd conversation about Ernst Ruska, the thought came to our heads that no one has ever posted (that we know of) an image of what Mario might look like under an electron microscope, so we decided to give it our best shot.
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Recently, Jared Rea posted an interesting video titled “John McCain POW Brothers”. Some people may find the spoof video to be offensive as it makes fun of McCain’s POW experience, but I don’t see any problem with it. As a veteran myself, I certainly have the highest respect for McCain’s service to our country, but he has trivialized his experiences, so I don’t see a problem with others doing the same. The video pokes fun at McCain’s absurd use of the noun-verb POW, which I am sure you have all heard. I’d like to note that we should respect all combat veterans, but McCain set himself up for things like this video.
Jim Sterling recently posted an article on Destructoid concerning the issue of Street Fighter IV and lag. Apparently, the biggest problem facing the Capcom team and Street Fighter IV is major lag during online battles. Hopefully, the can fix the issue, because poor online gameplay due to major lag will certainly bury this game’s hopes of being one of the best fighting games. Here’s what Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono had to say:
“Obviously lag will be a huge problem for online play. We’re working on it. It’s quite difficult for 3D Street Fighter at the moment,” explained Ono. “In order to prevent the lag we’re thinking about trying to balance it up at [the] user interface level and input timing. We still haven’t got a complete plan as yet. We’re still working on it. That’s all we can say at the moment.”
Street Fighter IV may be the coolest fighting game I have ever seen in the visual department, so we can only hope everything else falls in place. I’ve never been a huge fan of Street Fighter, but the interesting visuals in SF IV have certainly peaked my interest in the series.
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When Assassin’s Creed came out in 2007, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the game. Looking back on it, I’d say the complaints about AC probably fell into the “Fable problem”. Basically that means that sometimes a game is so hyped by the media and publisher that you feel cheated once you play the game. Fable was one of those games I waited years for and felt upset when I finally got my hands on it, even though it was still a pretty good game. The same thing went for Assassin’s Creed. I guess I was expecting medieval Sam Fisher assassin on crack and just got a regular medieval assassin experience with a sci-fi twist. With that said, there were still plenty of sites that gave AC praise from the jump. I simply expected more at the time.
If you didn’t get a chance to play AC, it’s currently selling for $29.99 at GameStop which is truly a steal for what you are getting. Forget what the critics said back in 2007 because it’s certainly worth 30 dollars now. The game (’Assassin’s Creed’ Director’s Cut) still looks and plays better on the PC, but if Xbox 360 or Sony PS3 is your platform of choice, this is the way to go.
The great things about Assassin’s Creed:
If you have followed my writing over the past few years, you wouldn’t be surprised to find out that I’m not the biggest Nintendo Wii fan on the planet. When I hear people talking about how it’s the greatest console ever, I just find it extremely difficult to understand how they could possibly think this. Nintendo fanboys sometimes remind me of women with battered person syndrome. The Wii is basically like a busted crack head who beats his wife (the Nintendo Wii fanboy) yet she still loves him for some reason. It simply does not make the least bit of sense. Don’t take my post too personal. I still enjoy certain aspects of the Wii. I just find that it’s a highly flawed system that receives far more kudos than it should have.
According to a Nielsen survey, approximately 17% of ‘GTA IV’ purchasers were under 17. Out of the 17%, 61% claim to have bought it themselves. What did this survey really prove? Not too much. Surveys are always skewed a bit when it comes from Nielsen in my opinion and there’s really no evidence to back up the figures. If the 17% was an accurate figure, I’d say the problem lies with the retailers and shouldn’t have any negative impact on the video game industry. Do I care about the survey? Not really…
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Some people are trying to boycott Tropic Thunder because they use the word “retard(ed)” in the film. Others have claimed that Robert Downey Jr’s character is basically “black face”. The difference between “black face” and what we see with Tropic Thunder is that TT is meant to be funny, not hurtful. As far as people complaining about the use of the word “retard(ed)”, grow the fuck up. It actually shocks me that news anchors are calling it the “R” word now. The film is not making light of mental conditions and any moron could figure that out. People opposed to the film are taking quotes from the film out of context. Until they take the word retarded out of the dictionary, I have no problem with someone using it. The Bush administration hasn’t taken away free speech from us yet, so there’s really no room for people to complain. You people need to lighten up and grow thicker skin or just never leave your house. The PC movement in America simply continues to go too far. I’m not sure if there’s anything left in this world that doesn’t offend them. This post will probably offend them and I could honestly care less.
With that said, Tropic Thunder is probably the best comedy I have seen in several years. If you like laughing, this film is non-stop laughs from start to end. Don’t let the haters keep you from watching a really funny film.
Well, since Sony pulled firmware 2.40 many user’s wondered why. I know many gamers who downloaded it and never had an issue. I guess 1% does mean something to someone. Anywho, the problem has now been fixed with Firmware 2.41 and the world seems good again. One special update for those who already had 2.40, a new Platinum Trophy. Our Friends over at Kotaku picked up on the new icon, so we’ll promptly show you the pic below:
Straight from Playstations lips..er keyboard keys:
Hi, everyone. As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed. We’ve been able to fix the problem, and I’m happy to report that firmware update v2.41 will be released shortly.
We want to extend our apologies to the PlayStation community for any inconvenience. Now we’ll be looking forward to seeing everyone online and racking up those trophies!
Thanks Sony for the Update!
Pics Via Kotaku
So it’s almost two years later (06/22/2006), and those “leaked” GTA IV images have quietly been brushed under the skull and crossbones welcome mat. Well, I’m taking em back, I’m taking em all back (the comments that is). When I first discovered the image, I thought “Wow, a ball and chain weapon”. But I always questioned whether the female character in the image was GTA IV “qualified”. Now the idea of playing as a woman would have been cool, but I do think many males have a problem playing as a female. I definatley could have seen “Nikita” (female for Niko), taking out some pepper spray from her Louis Vuitton and kicking the authorities in the family jewels. Isn’t that the way all female characters fight? Oh yeah and nail gauges.
Now my rant on the pic, is not a male vs female one, but “Where did the pic come from?”. I’m sure I’ll get flamed, or praised for my above comments but back to the reason for the post.
People claimed this image was a hacked version on GTA San Andreas for the PC. With the “Hot Coffee” mod that went around, hacking nerds alike wanted to create a new controversial pic, and what better way than to say it’s a leaked image from GTA IV. My question to you, our faithful readers (both of you: Wife and Brother) is this picture just a pure hoax or is it a clue to some downloadable content ‘DLC’, that awaits every NextGen Console Gamer?
There’s a new patch for GTA IV on the PS3. There’s only a small problem… The Patch didn’t fix the freezing issue. You’ll find this update available when you launch GTA IV and log into your PSN. Our viewers sent us tips, that they are still experiencing freezing issues. Here’s what the update was supposed to relieve straight from RockStar’s keyboards:
“Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.”
This can only mean two things, RockStar will ask PS3 gamers to buy another version of GTA IV, since it may now be the disc, or please be patient while we work on the issue. (Please note, there is sarcasm oozing out from my first resolution)
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