Lucas expects us to shell out almost $100 (after taxes) to buy something we already own in DVD format because of his Lucasing? “Oh it’s on Blu-Ray” That’s the default defense. And???
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Dude Shirt of the Day
Welcome to the Grotto of Manliness’ new daily feature, the dude shirt of the day. Today’s shirt celebrates that total grotto vibe plus one of the hall of fame grotto of manliness movies of all time — The Hangover. Wear it proudly This shirt is currently available at the site, www.bustedtees. com Related Stuff:
Full Story »All Hail the Carl’s Jr. Turkey Burger Commercial
Not much distracts a man from world building/saving tasks as hunger. Okay, hunger and pretty ladies in tiny clothing.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Halo
If you look back at games that are iconic to their console, Halo stands out as a game that not only made the Xbox what it is today but continues to be a big revenue earner for Microsoft. Putting that aside, this is a game can be considered one of the best First Person Shooters of all time and a superb example of how you create and maintain a successful franchise in branding, marketing and game development.
Full Story »I Don’t Care About the Royal Wedding
All this coverage and hoopla — it’s like events and moments created to give this thing more significance that it really has. The mere notion of a royal wedding seems absurd at this point in our history because the royal is rather meaningless. I mean when you get down to the basics of it — this is essentially a wedding of ridiculously wealthy person to a not terribly poor woman, who because of his position in the country and his riches is able to marshal a massive police force and employ a large amount of his “subjects” to cater this shindig. That’s it. Is it great that they’re getting married? Sure, it’s always nice when people find true love. Like I said, I hope they’re happy. I just don’t need a play by play of their happiness
Full Story »Best Movie Zombies: And the Bub Goes To ….
There you have it — the first annual Bub Awards are over. The sun is rising, bellies are full of brains and it’s time for zombies to go back to sleep. If I’ve missed any feel free to add your own Bubs to the list and long
Full Story »In Defense of Zombies
We’re currently involved in a class action suit against the makers of Dead Rising for their unfair portrayal of zombies and the senseless videogame killing of many zombies with random objects.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Classic Videogame Villians
Old videogame, the classics, had many things we loved which in essence have now made them … “classic.” Part of that love was the love/hate relationship we had withe the bosses, villains, banes of our existence when we got to the boss battles that would drive us nuts.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Worst Videogame Movie Ever
It has the magnanimous title of being the worst videogame movie of all time by everybody from Game Trailers to Time magazine. So, no matter how bad the next videogame movie ends up being it will never be as bad Super Mario Bros.
Full Story »Celebrity News Overkill: There’s Just Too Much
Celebrities have lives. On any given day they probably do normal things like the rest of us. Do we really need to see their vacation photos, what they wore to the airport or what they bought while shopping? Why can’t we just let them live their lives while enjoying what they do? Is that a crazy notion? Once upon a time, it was the norm.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Gaming Myths and Legends
Sure there are many others old gaming myths and legends, but these choice few are prime examples of the old school version of a viral video. Maybe by the time we get to another generation of game systems there will be some legends and myths from our current generation of games and consoles.
Full Story »Video Game Flashback: The Nintendo Power Glove (1989)
Somewhere in there world there is either a warehouse full of these or in the various basements, attics and garages of parents’ homes, there lies the remnants of what was something that was truly ahead of its time. While it may not score any monetary value at this point, the Nintendo Power Glove does stand as an example of forward thinking and innovation in video game technology.
Full Story »Toxic TV: Infecting Our Television Landscape
The viewing public has somehow turned into voyeurs of dysfunction. At least in the days of gladiators, the people fighting each other had some modicum of skill as barbaric as it was. This notion of watching real people being terrible to each other, it doesn’t make sense that this would be entertainment but there it is. Is there a cure for Toxic TV. At this point no. Apparently the more vile and revolting the better. All you have to do is look at the journey one recent celebrity has taken down the rabbit hole of madness to see this proven. Not only is he getting more attention than he had before, but he’s turned his dysfunction into some sort of twisted entertainment.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Mario
Even if Nintendo decided today to stop making Mario games he has not only cemented his place in videogame history, he is the epitome of the longevity of this industry and an icon that we can be proud to call our own.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Pac Man (1980)
To date Pac-Man is the only videogame to have eight awards in the Guinness Book of Records: Gamers Edition. No other game so far has matched it’s success, popularity or longevity in the industry.
All this from a yellow circle eating dots. Go figure.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Videogame One Liners
And of course the all time favorite — from Zero Wing. Nonsensical, obtuse and the kind of line that makes you wonder what the actual translation of this line was in its original language (whatever that was).
“All your base are belong to us!”
Videogame Flashback: The Atari 2600 (1977)
During it’s tenure and even after the crash Atari kept selling units until it was finally discontinued in 1992. Not a bad run for videogame console that has left an indelible mark on gaming history and is basically the reason we have a lot of what we take for granted today in gaming.
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