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So I felt like a total doucer of a user (step brothers reference) for not actually chugging a coke last time. So to take away the guilt, I made an actual video of me...well....chugging a coke. So there you have it. One minute and fifteen seconds. Not to bad really. Especially considering it was my first time ever legitly chugging a soda. Lets hope the dudes add it to the video at the end of the...

Idk if you've noticed (probably not) but I haven't been around much. I guess heres my excuse I have found a few new friends, and we are hanging out a lot. Oh and btw I had friends before you DBAGS! :P I guess I've just lost interest. I no longer have that urge to play games. Don't ask why. Because I don't know. A lot of people on this site are jerks. I don't feel I can even put out a real opini...

Yep...youll see this a lot. There is an application on facebook that allows you to draw some "graffiti" on other users pages. Most people have a hard time drawing suitable looking stick figures thanks to a shaky mouse hand, and usually the drawings include some sort of private part. (see right) If you are not familiar with the program it looks a little like this. FB Graffiti You are given a sim...

I lied...that video really wasn't that awesome. Let me explain myself. NBA Ballers Chosen One- It was 5 dollars...im a sucker for good deals. I'm a fairly big fan of the franchise, and wanted to check this one out. 5 bucks. Wireless mic- 40 dollars in all. Thats 25 I saved. Great deal. I needed a new mic, because my old one is slowing dieing. Impressions - Feels really odd around my ear. I soun...

So I was mentioned in the Bomb Should Have A Face Podcast . (iTunes link) (What I'm talking about starts around the 26th minute?) Unfortunately, it was because of that whole Dual Reaver controversy around a week ago. Yeah, it sucks what happened, but I think I should address some things. 1. Thanks for the couple guys on the podcast who supported me, and realized what I was doing. It wasn't seri...

I'm trying something new, where I give you my recent pros and cons of gaming and well, life in general. I got this idea from GameInformer, on that page where the staff of the magazine is shown. They give there current likes and dislikes about the world. Pros - Having no expectations for the Force Unleashed....and loving it. - Finding cheap xbox 360 harddrives on ebay. Angy Video Game nerd! - Wo...

Got three new things. So I made a video.

I never would have known not to do this stuff. Zomg, I can't move my xbox while playing?! Oh yeah, and Age of Booty is awesome! Im 121st in the world! Its simple, but very strategic. We are always in need of more players (preferably with mics in this game) so send me a friend request if you want to play. i press buttonz More on that game later.

Late to the party. Well I made a couple videos, but they turned out long, and boring. I figured I could give you an update way quicker then an 8 minute video. So here I go. Gamefly pulled through and sent me Star Wars: The Force Unleased. I realize I'm a tad late to the party, but I've been looking forward to playing this one for a while. Also I sold Guitar Hero 3, Orange Box, and Drakes. Let m...

And apparently there is an expansion pack type thing coming out for it. Here are my initial thoughts about it. Note at this time I had just found out about it, and I really pulled this vid outta my ass. Sorry about the nasally voice as well. Kinda sick. Thanks for watching.

So this vlog went around 30 minutes. I cut out 10 minutes cause they were shitty, and saved the other 10 for a couple of days. (the next ten is about Dual Reavers blog.) So I hope you enjoy, as I talk about LBP, and my future gaming plans. Thanks for watching.

Gameportrait.com So apparently somebody thought it would be funny to purchase the domain of Steves site. Obviously it was somebody from this site. I have a couple people that I suspect did it, but I'm not pointing fingers. Sucky thing is, Steve was just about to buy the domain name. So I really don't know what hes going to do from here. I just think its sad people find enjoyment from doing stuf...

Hey guys this is a website I designed. It documents my high-schools homecoming week. I designed this in around 30 minutes, spent 1 hour 30 minutes tweaking it, then the rest of my time adding content. It was a little rushed, but I feel it came out ok. This was my first site, so they will only get better. I was going for a simple design, that would work on all monitor types, big and small. Which...

Yes I just made that blog tittle to get your attention. Now watch this ridiculously edited long ass vlog. Note that around 3 minutes are added of edits....so its not THAT long. I also filmed the questions at the same time as this, but was a little distracted, so I'm going to re-film them, and post it later. Thanks for watching.

Ok so the title was going to be, a new package, (something huge!) I think you can think your yourself why I didn't use that one. So this came in this morning. I'm currently downloading an update, so I can set up a psn online profile, so send me a pm with your psn ID's So without further to do, heres me unboxing my ps3. EDIT- PSN id is SpecializedTbagr. Hit me up with a friend request.

So thanks to all of your who asked me questions. They are all answered here. I got a little lazy with the editing, and I think some soulja boy snuck in there :P. Ill be sure to add titles and such in my next vlog, but I'm sure you guys don't care either way. In the comments, feel free to ask me more questions, for they will be answered. Below are the times when I answer the questions, for your...

I was messing around on windows movie maker, and I made this. I think it turned out pretty well. Hope you guys enjoy it. Once again, I'm going to site my sources and say that I got this idea from a couple gamespot's users video blogs. Mainly Denis'. I'll probably use it to open my vlogs. Also, thanks for all the questions. I could use just a couple more if you haven't already asked one, or woul...

Ok so I was trying out my camera, and made a NCAA 09 gameplay video. These are three mini-games on the game. Option attack is first, then Horse, then special teams battle. I actually do extremely well in the option attack and st battle. I do ok on the horse. Got 2 achievements in the process. Which is nice. So here it is. I figured it would be nice for anyone who is still interested in the game...

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is where all the magic happens. Oh yeah, and good news. ZOMG! ROCK BAND 2! Oh, and rest in peace James Bass Pedal. update. James Bass Pedal has come back to life! Also thanks for all the nice comments on the vlog. Glad you enjoyed it. If you missed it, click here , or just look down a blog.

So after around 5 hours of work heres my very first vlog. Sorry about the shitty quality, I'll explain that later. But it's a vlog, so really I don't think it matters too much. The sound is a tad idk what you'd say? Staticy. If you turn your sound down a tiny bit that seems to go away. Hope you guys enjoy. Like I said in the first take, this is my first vlog. Actually I'm going to change things...

Today I set out on a journey to buy two new games. It has been a while since I had ventured to the lying/ deceiving douse-bags they call gamestop. Last time I was there I bought BF BC. My plans for today were to take advantage of the turn in three games get 15$ deal . With that 15$ I would get a more card. With that more card I would get more money on the three games I turned in, and would save...

So theres a new game site coming out soon. Were not trying to rival giantbomb, or any of the other big sites. What were trying to do is make something that is different than other sites. A site that will be worth coming to, even when you go to a big site like giantbomb. A place for reviews, forums (actually about games!), the occasional news and editorial, and podcast. GamePortraits.com Mascot....

I don't know if you caught the Sarah Palin acceptance speech the other day, but she was amazing. She pointed out many of Baraks flaws, and showed she was right for the VC. If you a democrat, I don't mean to offend you at all, I just thought these quotes were worth mentioning. I got these quotes from here . Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election: In politics, there are s...

I've been working on a lot of photoshop stuff lately, and I decided to do a new profile image. I really can't decide which one to use, so you guys tell me which one you like better. First we have my original To vote for this one, type 1. And now the new, halo wars themed one. I'm disapointed with the quality on this one, it looked a lot better on gimp. For this one, vote 2. I wanted to have a l...

(James F requested this, so here it is James. If anyone else would like to throw out a request for an Office vid, just comment here. Tell me what scene, or scenes, you want. And it would be nice if you could include the episode number and season number, if you know. I'm just working on my video editing skills, and if your wondering I'm using windows movie maker. If anyone has any suggestions on...

Dwight vs. Jim This is the first long video that I have ever made. I took clips from office episode The initiation. (season three, episode 5) After windows movie maker crashing on me, not once, not twice, but three times. And 4 hours later, it is finally done. Not much more to say. Hope you guys enjoy.

A successful user of the 8 steps! I have recently come up with a 8 step process that guarantees modship on Giantbomb.com. If you follow these 8 easy steps, then you will be banning those users you don't like before you know it! 1. First post as many blogs as possible explaining how you'd love to become a mod. Be sure to not include any good reasons why, and go ahead and through in a few spellin...

This was me when I got banned from gamespot. (note, I do not look like Dwight Schrute) I know this will disappoint alot of you, but this is me. I really think that soms it up. I'm done with that site. My reaction is really "meh" right now. I remember all the great times I've had on that site. But really could care less. I'm not going to sit here and cry about my ban, I do think it was a tad har...

This video is a super mario bros. mod, where it turns a regular level into masocore . If your wondering what that is, it would probably be helpful to check out that page first. This dude in the vid is hilarious, and though its long, I would recommend watching the whole thing. He gets funnier every minute. EDIT- I realize this is old. Did I ever say it was new? If you've seen it, I'm sorry. It o...

With nothing much to write about lately, I decided to throw together a quick list, of my most anticipated games. Feel free to discuss any of these with me in pm's wall, whatever. Thats the purpose of this. I'm only going to do 5 games, why? Because these things get boring. So lets keep it short. 5. Castle Crashers- This game looks plain fun. I'm working on getting some guys here at GiantBomb to...

Smog From underage gymnast to not being pretty enough to sing, this Beijing Olympics has not gone without controversy. It started way back with the whole olympic touch ordeal, with the protesters trying to put it out. Then there was the smog, which is still a problem. Now some new things have came up, all very serious in their own way. The girl on the left was "not pretty enough" "Not pretty en...

Gamespots E3 schwag giveaway! I love Jeffs fake voice the whole time. Enjoy. These guys are Gods. And thanks to NoDeath for the bloopers.

Oblivion = Ordered As I ordered Oblivion from prizerebel yesterday I thought back to myself, "since when do I like RPG's?" I remember playing some Dark Alliance, Baulders Gate but thats about as much role playing as I did. Then I remembered a little game called Stick RPG . You play as a stick figure, and you have two main stats, strength and charm. You can build up those stats by doing incredib...

I've been wanting to get good at photoshop for around 6 months now. I've messed around on Gimp, but I could never really figure out how it all worked. Instead of making DJ's about me pic good looking pictures, I'd just shrink artwork of games, and make that my banner. I've always wanted to get good, and watched a lot of tutorials on youtube. But something was always holding me back from making...

Sometime last week I posted a video song, making fun of the ps3. Just to be fair to all my friends that are ps3 owners, I decided to add this xbox 360 song. Its a video reply to that ps3 video. Its pretty good, but doesn't make as many good points imo. And he tries to take on halo...bad idea. Yes the exclusives he says are cool, but they still don't beat 360's new exclusives. Actually I take th...

2nd Prestige I just realized that I don't think I've actually "blogged" by definition yet on this site. Usually I'm adding vids, talking about the site, or telling about a concert. I haven't really put out an update on what I've been playing ect. First off I've been listening to a lot of Reel Big Fish. Really like their new album Monkeys For Nothin' and the Chimps For Free. Still if I had to ma...

Thursday I attended my first ever Vans Warped Tour . For the first hour or so, we just walked around, seeing all the stages, not really listening to any bands. Though a quick side note, we did see Katy Perry sing I Kissed a Girl. Which is not necessarily a good thing. I'm going to keep this short today, so Ill just name all the bands I saw, instead of giving a specific story for each one. I saw...

I was going to post a totally different video, but I came across this one literally 5 minutes ago. I thought it was pretty well done, and very funny. You kind of have to have seen the movie, to get all the jokes. Well the video was taken off, due to a terms of violation. Which doesn't make sence, because it was a featured video?!!!\\ Heres another good dark knight video, comparing the two joker...

I'm going to start this all of with a quote from my good friend LtColJaxson , who happens to be a mod. "If you came to GiantBomb JUST for points, then you shouldn't be here. GiantBomb strives for original content over anything, but it also strives for its community. One of the community features is Wiki Points, which should be considered more of a bonus but users are thinking they have to compe...

There are a few things that really annoy me on this site, and I'd like to rant about them. To get it off right here this is NOT a blog about pending submissions, or anything like that. Its talking only about users. 1. People who ask to be a mod, everywhere. I hate the people that will go to the forums, and post a topic, "Giantbomb I want to be a mod" Then you go to their page, and in there stat...

Well the whole once a week video thing was a little to long for me, so I decided to put a new one out every three days. In my opinion, posting a new video every day will get old, and I want you guys to enjoy this, not find it a chore to come and watch. Like I said before my videos are absolutely random, don't really have to do with a certain topic. This one is gaming related, and its another so...

So as I get back from my weekend at my friends lake house I am greeted with around 400 more points. Writing articles for Mario Kart, but most notably Backyard Baseball 2001. If you have time check that baby out...Its a masterpiece...to say the least. :) im just kidding. Anyways if you want to know how I accumulated so many, so fast it is because of articles, coming up with concepts and objects,...

A couple days ago all of my wildest dreams came true when Rich Gallup, yes THE Rich Gallup replied to one of my messages. Why does this mean so much to me? Because on Gamespot this never would have happened. Gamespot has an absolute popularity contest. Some users I would almost consider celebrities. Alot of them wouldn't even bother to talk to low level users like me. And thats why this place i...

I decided now with this fancy embed code thing on blogs that I will do a blog every week with a video thats funny, good, doesn't really matter. Just a video I want to share. It in no way will always be related to gaming. This doesn't mean I wont add more videos in blogs, it just means they will be related to the topic at hand. So without further to do. My video of the week. The ps3 song.

Well I think its safe to say that this site is a true hit. The official count right now is 12,750 and I'm sure it is growing as I speak. Jeff really outdid himself with this. Everyone on this site is extremly nice, and there are no mean mods bossing people around. The current mods (only a few) aren't strict and don't abuse their power. I like that. The forums are a tad crazy and could use a lit...

You can't beat 100% percent. You cant beat 100% After listening to the podcast yesterday it got me thinking. Jeff mentioned how he slammed the door on a advertiser. And how they would decided who advertised on the site, not some random office guy. Well I imaged an Eidos guy going to the office and asking Jeff if they could advertise on this site. And Jeff going all kung-fu and dropkicking the d...

What web browser did I change to you ask. Apple's Safari of course. Only makes sense considering this site was created on macs, using safari. I was using Internet Explorer 7 btw some of my glitches being. Forum post not counting towards my total number. This still happens occasionally, but all I have to do is press edit then resubmit and it counts. It only doesn't work on topics i've already po...

Some of you are familar to my gamespot blog might remember this one. Thought I might share it with the GiantBomb community. Now that I can post embed videos I'll probably post a few good ones a week. I have this kids phone number btw. If anyone is interested in calling him. Also I have an idea and Im wondering what you guys think. After tonights Podcast I was thinking about posting an overview...

I really think this site alone will lead to the fall of gamespot. Most of my friends here are all gamespot members, and the only reason people are blogging on gamespot right now is to tell others about there gamespot user names. Id just like to say Hi to all my old friends from gamespot. I really dont want to do a real blog right now because I want to explore the site. We will have a great time...

Well to put it simply, gamespot got old. I was sick of the 10 year old fanboys that roamed that site, just wait for you to bash halo. So when you did they could throw some stupid facts at you on how its the best game ever!!! (NOTE-This is the same kid that tbags and starts screaming at his mom to make him food while hes playing.) Im looking for some good friends here so let me tell you a little...