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GLaD 9: Screw it Saturday (Tetris and Music)


Posted on 03/09/2013 at 01:21 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Ha! I love brentalfloss. Have you seen the Moulin Rouge review by Nostalgia Critic with him in it? And interesting subject matter, considering the post I just got back from commenting. lol

And yes, Louis and Franky are great.

Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games


Posted on 03/09/2013 at 01:12 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Interesting you post this, as yesterday I watched a video criticizing her for disabling comments. I tend to agree with its assertion that not rolling with the punches of troll comments and disallowing the non-trolls to have their say, positive or negative, doesn't help her in her goal of reducing the "weak woman" stereotype. Not when male content uploaders have to face annoying crap like that as well, and many of them allow it and just let the idiots look like idiots. I know people say heinous things in those comments, but it's Youtube so there's trolls everywhere. It doesn't help her case to stifle criticism in such a way; and yes, we're commenting on it here, but how much does she has to respond to directly when it's away from the actual video? She disabled ratings as well.

Which is a shame, because I don't actually disagree with anything she said here, really.

Well, ok, I think in Nintendo's case, the princess rescue thing is more lazy than it is malicious, but she's not incorrect in saying that's an unfortunate trope to repeat in the case of women. I'm also glad she acknowledged the fact Zelda has been given more to do in recent titles, even if she reverts to the damsel at their endings.

Personally, having actually enjoyed Star Fox Adventure, I think it would have been cool to have Crystal as the main protagonist, and I see what she's saying there, even if I thought the scene where Fox finds her was more corny than offensive. After all, I enjoyed the hell out of Legend of Korra.

I do have problems with modern day feminism, but I'll save those for when she actually brings them up. In this video's case, I can't disagree that damsel in distress is an overused gaming trope, and that more female heroes can't hurt (everyone certainly seems to be loving Tomb Raider's newest), and my only dissent is that I don't think the game companies are implementing "rescue princess" stories to be assholes, but to, like jgusw said, provide a simple story anyone can follow. That, and I'm not sure this needed to be twenty-three minutes (I'm 22, I know what a damsel in distress is and that games have them; speed it up, sista!), and while it does have good presentation, I'm not seeing that she needed thousands of dollars from donators to pull any of this off, but those gripes aren't related to the content of what she's saying so, eh.

GLaD 8: Korg DS-10, Music from 50s to Now, TGIF


Posted on 03/09/2013 at 08:49 AM | Filed Under Blogs

I liked a lot of the original 70s and 80s stuff for straight up punk rock, but if you like a little more pop fused with it, the 90s were awesome. I don't care, I still love those songs by Blink 182, Sum 41, etc.

PS3 :)


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:49 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Very cool! Glad it all worked out. What is this Dust, exactly? lol

HACKER: A Tale for the Ages


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:47 PM | Filed Under Blogs

1. I don't remember him putting on the bathrobe, but probably cause I'm tired.

2. Nah, probably just like me, gotta check everywhere you can for those mandatory 8-10 source quotes that agree with the position you decided to take. Wink

3. I don't know much about Apple II (e?)'s, except that I've played on one (my mom was the computer teacher for my middle school, and for some reason they had one)

4. I guess so

5. Seahawks?

6. I used to watch cheesy VHS crap about computers all the time, one 90s one in particular that for some reason involved Silver Surfer.

My Top Ten Game Intro Music


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:30 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Oh yeah, MGS2 and MGS3 had awesome opening songs... which I even put in a previous blog on here about game music; how the hell did I forget those two?

Does EA really stand for "Evil Alliance"? I wonder.......


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:27 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I really hate the idea of download-only games, let alone online-only games. As for piracy, it's an issue, but fighting it in ways like this will probably only hurt the company, when people start hating them and not wanting to pay for a defective product.

But hey, given reviews I've read, you're in for a treat with that Tomb Raider game. haha

HACKER: A Tale for the Ages


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:15 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I get the error occured message when I try to view it, and trying to watch on Youtube didn't help, as I was just taken to my home page.

Probably my computer being wonky, though.

Online Pass Watch: Hitman Absolution


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 11:12 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Actually, according to Jeremy Parish's Twitter, Ziff Davis plans to keep the servers at 1up running indefinitely, so you will probably have time to complete the series. lol

GLaD 8: Korg DS-10, Music from 50s to Now, TGIF


Posted on 03/08/2013 at 09:10 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Actually, I just played ultimate 2000s and 2000s rock playlists on Song Pop, and apparently I lied, I like a lot of it ... must be cause it's the good stuff they're putting on there, I remember the good stuff being much fewer and far between on radio. Hmm..

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