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Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009

Howdy guys and gals. Welcome to yet another chapter in my ongoing epic. This is a very special installment. Not because of what I've chosen to discuss below, but because this is the blog that helped me to realize what my function in the universe is. Yes, at long last I've figured out why I am here, and I am eager to share my findings with you.

It's quite simple really. I don't know why I never realized it before. I was put upon the earth to perform one act and one act only: blog. It suddenly became clear to me, and my life is forever changed. I no longer think of this as a hastily written and often asinine piece of e-doody. From this moment forward, it will be my love song to the cosmos; the deep, long sigh of my soul as it sings of the weight and value of existence.

Come on. Admit it. You're a little jealous, aren't you? It's not like just anyone can blog.

"Happiness..."

......is a warm probe. Picked up "Mothership Zeta" this morning, finished it roughly an hour ago. Not bad. Not my favorite episode of DLC, but it's worth the ten dollar price tag. Those of you out there who might be itching for new alien gadgets, a surprisingly large ship to explore, or just more of that Fallout 3 goodness might want to check it out. I will say this though: the content is more in line with Op Anchorage in terms of its gameplay focus. Expect a lot of action, only expect it to be handled in a more intriguing fashion.

I've heard rumors of this being the final installment of DLC for the game. I'm not convinced. I'm fairly certain that one more episode will come out. It will finish off the remaining allowance for achievement points, raise the level cap to forty, and introduce a new weapon: the Radscorpion Launcher.

Similar to a mortar, the Radscorpion Launcher fires live scorpions at unsuspecting enemies from several hundred feet away. Though the details of how the player will manage to snare the deadly critters are still unavailable, it's doubtless that this weapon will find a place in the hearts of fans everywhere.

Launcher

Movie Time

Finally managed to catch "Coraline" last week, and I must say I was really surprised at how good it was. I had kind of sworn off animated films for a while. It seems three out of every two are about animals. Out of all the math out there, this is my least favorite equation:

Animals + Doing + People Things = Funny.

I disagree.

And speaking about animated films, is anyone else stoked about "9?" It looks amazing. I just hope it has the story to back up the visuals.

In Threes (No Particular Order)

Three Comedies I Love

----Blazing Saddles

---- Raising Arizona

---- The Wedding Singer

Three Reasons Why I am a Jerk (Game Related, Gears and Fable 2 Spoilers ahead)

---(major SPOILER for Gears 2) When Dom had his little encounter with his wife, all I could think of was "That should be an achievement."

---I thought the same thing when Tai did his thing. I thought it should be called "Tai-Burger" and should award the player 20 points.

----(major SPOILER for Fable 2) I laughed when my dog died.

Three Songs I Love to Drive to at Night

---- "Tape Loop" by Morcheeba

---- "In The Waiting Line" by Zero Seven

---- "You" by Switchfoot

The Joy of Soap

I have a theory. I could write a four word editorial that says nothing more than "Games be good, ok?" and somebody would find something to get upset about. I have no problem with people disagreeing with a particular point of view, but when you write a blog that is based simply on curiosity, and someone takes the time to argue with your "opinion," well, that's the internet at its funniest. I guess they could have made the argument that I wasn't impartial enough when it came to describing our playing habits, but those weren't even the points that were criticized. Ah well.

"I be in ur page, not readin' ur whole blogz."

Guess that's it for now folks. Thanks as always.

Category: General
Posted by EarthThatWas, 1:50am
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Your Radscorpion idea reminded me of Doom, I used a mod to make my rocket launcher fire out the flaming heads, that was fun. And I made it so that when you killed regular grunts, they turned into the pink demons. I digress.

Oh no, I read the Fable 2 spoiler, I couldn't help myself I'm guessing it will be no great loss knowing that in advance though.

I think you may find the internet at its funniest at bash.org Nerd humour at its finest.
Posted Aug 4, 2009 3:07 am PT
I just watched the trailer for 9 and it looks epic, hopefully it'll be in 3D, too, cause Coraline was a really great experience!
Posted Aug 4, 2009 5:55 am PT
Radscorpion launcher!? You need to play Armed and Dangerous! Shark Gun FTW!
Posted Aug 4, 2009 7:05 am PT
Wedding singer is a great movie dude and funny too
Posted Aug 4, 2009 10:21 am PT
We really enjoyed Coraline too... very different kids movie, which I think is something that is lacking in the kid movie genre.

I always love it when I post something that might be a page or two if it were a paper for school and people claim that its too long. No wonder kids today are so damn stupid... they're too lazy to be smart. Perhaps if we started writing blogs using that crap that kids type when they text we'll get more views.
Posted Aug 4, 2009 11:44 am PT
If you want to see some truley hilarious cases of people completely missing the point and getting offended then check out the Hate Mail page on the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website (www.venganza.org). I go there whenever I feel like I need cheering up lol

As for Fallout 3 - it's never really appealed to me but if they did introduce a radscorpion launcher then I'd definitely pick up a copy
Posted Aug 4, 2009 12:05 pm PT
I managed to tactically skip your spoilers, you jerk. I do wish there were some limb-themed melee weapons in fallout 3...
Posted Aug 4, 2009 12:55 pm PT
@bacchus2: That sounds like an awesome mod. I'd imagine that having all of the grunts transform into those pink pig-dog things in the middle of a fight would ramp up the difficulty quite a bit. And thanks for the website recommendation. Some of those quotes are hilarious. Sorry about the spoiler.br/>

@nicklech16: I agree: 3D would be fantastic. That's how I watched Coraline, and it was pretty impressive.


@eajack: Now that was a cool gun. I wish they'd make a sequel to that game.



@rebelway: That's one of those movies I like to watch when I can't decide what I want to see. Seems like I never get tired of it.


@laughlyn12:You may be on to something. Maybe the future of succeful blogging is in the butchering of the language. We could all start typing like we're creating personalized licence plates. I cant w8 2 c if it werks.


@Dinkyfish: Now that's some good ol- fashioned hate mail. So much rage in such a small space. Thanks for the laugh.


@floristandbicyc: You mean like a severed arm with razor blades taped to it? That could be pretty funny, actually. I guess the closest the game gets is the Deathclaw Gauntlet.
Posted Aug 4, 2009 1:34 pm PT
Let's hope your warm probe of happiness has got some jelly on it...just kidding. "Yourz bloog its tieght bra."
Posted Aug 4, 2009 1:35 pm PT
@DEWMAN08: I don't think the aliens are that considerate. "Bloog?" I think that's a first for me. Nice.
Posted Aug 4, 2009 1:59 pm PT
hey yeah but is in it the radscorpion a radioactive scorpion ? here is the math
green+scorpion+that kills+fast=radioactive scorpion :s right ?
Posted Aug 4, 2009 4:41 pm PT
yeah the last part is rigth ill be i people page but i wont read everything
Posted Aug 4, 2009 4:42 pm PT
lol tai burger and 9 looks to be pretty good and I like the radiscorpian launcher drawing very detailed I can't wait lol
Posted Aug 4, 2009 5:38 pm PT
I still have yet to even get into Fallout 3 and it will probably be next year by the time I do even really get into it. As for your reasons for being a jerk, I was very saddened by Dom's wife and her demise. I cried so hard. I guess that is the difference between girls and guys eh?

As for the Fable II thing... I really wish I had not read that as I don't like spoilers too much.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 12:37 am PT
@crash_fan_man: Yeah, the radscorpion is a giant version that you come across in fallout 3.


@payne6705: Hehehe. Tai-Burger. Is it sad that I laugh at my own jokes sometimes?


@Sandpiper121PP: I'm actually a fairly sensitive guy for the most part. I just have a really hard time caring about characters in video games. And sorry for the spoiler.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 1:19 am PT
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Posted Aug 5, 2009 1:29 am PT
Wedding Singer? That is my favorite Adam Sandler movie. (Besides Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore) "Somebody kill me please!!!!
Posted Aug 5, 2009 11:23 am PT
@Kloud_450: I seem to remember watching Baseketball a few years back, but I don't remember too much about it. And yeah, I am like a ninja master when it comes to Paint Shop Pro.


@TheLonlyPenguin:I love that scene. "Everybody spread the word. I live in my sister's basement."
Posted Aug 5, 2009 2:43 pm PT
I disagree with everything that you said here. May flying pigs scatter the skies and poop on your head. Why even blog with such drivel and nonsense? Poo! Games ARE THE DEVIL.

I'm sorry. I'm such a ...eh they censor on Gamespot. I'm so sardonic.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 3:23 pm PT
I'm glad that you found your purpose in life Many people never do.

@bacchus2 Regarding Fable II: choose wisely
Posted Aug 5, 2009 4:27 pm PT
@mprezzy: Awesome. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch and may your arms be too short to scratch. Someone else made that up by the way.


@tprezzy12: It feels good to know that my puzzle piece fits somewhere.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 4:35 pm PT
::sigh:: I miss being able to play Fallout 3

Oh Xbox 360... why did you die on me?!
Posted Aug 5, 2009 6:51 pm PT
@johnsteed7: Such a tragedy. I think I'm on box number 4. It doesn't get any easier.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 8:15 pm PT
I must admit, you are a pretty good blogger. Not one spelling/grammar mistake, I see.... But I'm guessing this inspiration has come from your last blog before this, right? So many comments!

The Radscorpion Launcher is a weapon that sounds amazing. I also like the sketch you have of the launcher in action, trying to kill a mole rat! Very nice. 9 looks like an interesting film. What, did they decide to do Little Big Planet in cinema form?
Posted Aug 6, 2009 6:01 am PT
@tennis12master: That little dude does look a bit like sackboy, doesn't he?
Posted Aug 6, 2009 10:31 pm PT
You should try a blog for "Games taste grrreat" (Tony the Tiger voice). What would they do then? I'm gonna have me a Radscorpion launcher. Just toss 2 mines together, and a pressure plate, lauch em whever they go
Posted Aug 8, 2009 6:57 am PT
Radscorpoin Launcher? Now that's a great idea for a weapon!
Posted Aug 9, 2009 12:08 am PT
@Cthulad: That's funny. I was trying to think of what the schematic would look like for that weapon. I'd tell you, but I think I'll wait until my next post.


@david_lck: I'd use it. A lot.
Posted Aug 9, 2009 3:16 am PT
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