Wambling Gamer Podcast #13- Twitchin’

On July 21, 2010, in Podcast, by Nick Coffman

Fine, the cat’s out of the bag. We get physical (by which I mean defensive and catty), in this, our luckiest and highest numbered podcast yet. This week’s lists are below and are almost of a cliche ilk, I hope it doesn’t offend our more modern listeners. Others will find it refreshingly retro (much like the games we play). We also get down and dirty talking franchise fractions with Oddworld, Assassin’s Creed big dreamin’ and a little white lie from Sega. The game this week, Cave classic DoDonPachi, doesn’t click with me and Max takes it personal. It gets ugly, then sad, then happy, then really ugly, now we’re not talking. Next week is a personal fav, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Show notes and contact info after the break.


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3 Extremes…

On October 26, 2009, in Feature, by Nick Coffman

is a pretty boring movie. Anyway, here are three things I have decided are the culmination of a full day of procrastination. They are, in essence, an embodiment of how I should not have spent my time. Regardless, I enjoyed them and I think you will too.

First off. Awwwwwww. I get a kick out of this one for purely sappy reasons. I am also excited to see someone who operates a Super Mario World level editor is also fairly competent with a woman. Presumably. Maybe he’s rich or she’s blind or the whole thing was a lie or they’re both un-paid actors. All nay-saying withstanding, Awwwwwwww.

Another video from the same site making a pretty amazing claim. I like it, I like it a lot. The claim closely parallels the plot of The Man from Earth (add it to your queue here Xbox 360/Netflix subscribers), but is far more interesting because it deals with Neo. This has nothing to do with video games but neither does your mother, so there’s that.

This last one is pretty damn amazing for 2 reasons. 1. This guy is talking to smart people about what he considers important problems. Problems like alien invasion and asteroid collision. Problems usually relegated to science fiction. It’s an amazing video. 2. Look at the date. February 2002. He’s talking about super-bugs and environmental collapse before bird-flu and An Inconvenient Truth even got off the ground and became so in vogue to support. And he’s really cool. His name is Stephen Petranek, and he sees the future.

Also, to all those wondering, I am not dead. My life has become more… bountiful in its necessary activities and I am currently trying to grow into a better writer. I am not promising to finally understand the then/than issue, but I might not be so boring soon. Fingers crossed.

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Retro HD screens make me gooey from Nostalgia

On February 15, 2009, in News, by Nick Coffman

How ’bout you check out Orioto’s deviantART gallery right now? I was in an odd head-space coming off of some Retro Game Challenge and really digging on the whole retro scene when I caught this awesome site on stumble. I don’t want to ruin this with words (he already ruined enough with Naruto), just dig in for a tsunami of hi-res nostalgia. Ask Capcom if that’s in demand right now.

WARNING: Images may inspire Sonic the Hedgehog fans to lament Sonic Unleashed and make outrageous claims about Sonic Team and Wiiware. Continue after the break at your own risk if you suffer from this condition.

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