I decided to finally test out NVIDIA's ShadowPlay recording feature as I've been looking for a solution for recording PC games at the same resolution (1080p) and framerate (30 - 60 FPS) as I am playing them with no perceptible drop in game performance and no choppiness in the video capture. I am very impressed with it. However, some games, such as Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (which I ju...
Charles Ripley has to reach the basement level to shut off the security system and escape the station. A fluffy Xenomorph looms near...* *The power went out in my neighborhood on November 19th, 2014. I put on a headlamp and turned on my video camera as I went downstairs to shut off our alarm system. This is the result! Props to White Fluffy Kitty for her improv skills.
I experience what it's like to explore a tavern out of a Japanese role-playing game with the Oculus Rift DK2 in Gerald Terveen's The RPG Room (v1.0). Download the demo here . The RPG Room is made by Gerald Terveen .
Let's snort powdered sugar and play A Night at the Roculus for the Oculus Rift DK2. Nod your head in rhythm to Haddaway's "What Is Love" and get the highest score possible without straining your neck. No Chris Kattans were harmed in the making of this video. Download the demo . Check out the official website. A Night at the Roculus is made by Holden Link and Nic Vasconcellos. Subscribe
Watch reality unravel as I experience SightLine: The Chair for the Oculus Rift DK2. My friends tell me it's like taking Salvia. Download the demo here . SightLine: The Chair is made by Tomáš "Frooxius" Mariančík and Louis Arrigoni.
Hold down your control keys while developer Yorick van Vliet tries to scare you into letting go. Isn't that Velociraptor just adorable? Check out the 3:03 mark to watch me terrify my friend. Download Don't Let Go . Don't Let Go is made by Yorick van Vliet ( Skydome Studios ).
Watch my friend Gabriel and I hack and slash our way through A.J. Tavakoli's Temple of Merk, a melee combat game for the Oculus Rift DK2, with a Razer Hydra. Our friend Sean was almost killed during the making of this video. You owe it to him to watch it in its entirety. Download the demo Here is my unedited playthrough: And here is Gabriel's unedited playthrough:
Travel back in time with me to 1970 Quebec as I drive trucks, search for clues, and tip over Ski-Doos in Kôna, a first-person survival adventure game that can be played with the Oculus Rift . Download the demo at its (successfully funded) Kickstarter . Kôna is made by Parabole .
Join me as I see just how deep the rabbit hole goes in The Matrix VR, an Oculus Rift demo that allows you to experience select key moments from the original film. Check the timestamps below to jump to the different gameplay segments available. The Construct - 1:33 The Jump Program - 4:33 Rooftop BulletTime Dodge - 12:11 The Final Hallway - 15:12 Download the demo here . The Matrix VR is made by...
Explore a faithful recreation of Star Hill from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars in this Oculus Rift DK2 demo from Peter Valencia . I added footage from the original Star Hill after the credits so you can compare them yourself. Download the demo here .
Using just your webcam, FaceRig maps your facial movements onto a virtual avatar of your choice. I check out the beta and explore its current offerings, looking at the avatars, backgrounds, and customization that's available. I end the video by testing the program on Omegle.
Mining Mike is an endless runner from developer Rift Away ( Cyber Space , Chilling Space ) for the Oculus Rift . Let's see how far I can get this mine cart before crashing! Download the demo here . Subscribe (YouTube)
This video covers the Xbox One version of the Destiny beta, starting with the very beginning and ending with the arrival at the Tower. I played the alpha on the PlayStation 4 and already knew what kind of character I wanted to create. I am playing as a human Titan. Here is the playlist that will contain all Destiny videos.
Made a video showcasing snippets of various projects I am working on, from big to small.
What happens when GameStop tries to give away $5 Xbox Live codes but their website is overloaded? What happens when one man refuses to give up? Is there a happy ending? Find out in this touching video of a giveaway gone wrong and the many people it affected. ----- Those of you who participated in GameStop's giveaway yesterday will know there was a "maximum user limit" implemented that caused th...
Continuing the trend of spotting drawings of video game characters every time I go to Five Guys ( Mega Man , Sonic the Hedgehog ), I saw Pac-Man at a Five Guys in Lakeland, Florida during my visit to see a friend for the Fourth of July weekend. I also like the tweaked-out duck in the middle. He's fiending hard for that burger. This Five Guys had an additional drawings board.
It was one year ago today that I received my Oculus Rift Development Kit. It was also the day that the passing of Ryan Davis was made public, so I waited until the 9th to actually start covering the device. Wait, that's wrong. I missed delivery of my Oculus Rift on the 8th due to Ryan's death and had to wait until the next day for UPS to try again. I even put a sign on the door the next morning...
In May 2011 I spotted Mega Man on the drawings board at a Five Guys in Fayetteville, NC. Two years later I returned to the same restaurant and saw that Sonic the Hedgehog had taken his place. Sonic says, "I'll chose 5 guys over any restrant." If only he was eating a chili dog. Here's a bonus Captain America that was on the same board. What are the best drawings you've seen at Five Guys? I know...
I had all my wisdom teeth removed recently. Both the procedure and the time afterward have been completely painless. I did drool blood all over myself, though. It's July 1st and I want to write something before I go to bed. The air conditioner isn't working and it's 88°F. White Fluffy Kitty has lain on the cold marble in front of the fireplace the past few hours instead of her usual spot upon m...
With a combination of GifCam , CyberLink PowerDirector, and Photoshop, I made my first gif while watching Giant Bomb's June 21st, 2013 Unprofessional Fridays show earlier this month. Vinny was playing SpyCraft: The Great Game when one of the game's characters suddenly got shot in the head in the middle of his dialogue, which caused Jeff to make a face that instantly reminded me of the "BRB Usin...
Edit: Thanks for stopping by! I'll continue the game later in the day on the 7th. Hello! Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day (June 6th). I'm going to livestream Medal of Honor: Frontline HD (PS3) over at hitbox , and all donations for today and tomorrow will be given to the Wounded Warrior Project . This will be the first time I do commentary during a livestream, and I'm still figuring all o...
*I made this post on March 25th, when it was actually true! It was announced that Facebook bought Oculus VR today. When I did my evening check-in on Giant Bomb, I noticed something familiar about the promo shot Alex chose for his article covering the matter. Let's zoom in on that... Oh, it's me! I had a photoshoot back in September 2013 and took my Oculus Rift development kit with me to get a n...
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Winner Call of Duty: Black Ops II Runners-up Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!! Uncharted: Golden Abyss Criteria: It had to come out in 2012. I had to beat it in 2013.
I probably didn't earn as many achievements this year as I have in previous ones, but out of everything I played, The Stanley Parable had the best one: "Click on door 430 five times." If you haven't seen what happens, check out the video! What was your favorite achievement you unlocked in 2013?
Ryan Thomas Davis (June 4, 1979 - July 3, 2013) Kitty Ratliff (XXXX - December 17, 2013)
I wanted to release this on November 22nd but didn't have enough time before jumping on the plane to Kansas for Thanksgiving. Perhaps one person may find it useful... perhaps. In my kitchen. Again. Exactly one week had passed since the launch of the PlayStation 4 , and once again I was at my local UPS Customer Center to pick up my Xbox One , a trick I had learned on reddit that would net me the...
I picked up my PlayStation 4 from the closest UPS Customer Center (about a 40-minute drive) right before 9 AM hit on November 15th, 2013. Thanks to an informative post on reddit , I didn't have to wait until 4 or 5 PM like I usually have to do with UPS packages. My local UPS Customer Center. Making sure my PlayStation 4 shipped OK before leaving the parking lot. On my way back home I stopped of...
Watch me get sick as I cover the Oculus Rift version of Museum of the Microstar, a narrative-driven experience made by RUST . This demo messed me up so bad that I'm still feeling off. I wanted to make another Rift video today but decided it was probably best not to. I guess I'll play Saints Row IV instead! I want to finish that up before Grand Theft Auto V comes out next week. Download the demo
As an adult, anyway. No, this trip was not influenced by Macklemore. I think. I do a lot of background acting in North Carolina (you can see me in We're the Millers, Revolution, Under the Dome, etc.), and, as a background actor, you're often expected to bring your own wardrobe. The more options you have, the better. You generally can't have anything too bright or with logos/images, and, in my c...
Take a quick ride with me as I check out Jeff Murray's latest ParrotCoaster demo using the Oculus Rift . Jeff Murray is the owner of PsychicParrot Games, who you may be most familiar with as the makers of Death Ray Manta . Shuhei Yoshida , President of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment , made a #DRMPSVita joke on Twitter when announcing the game was coming to the platform in the...
This contained an old Oculus Rift video that was not safe for work.
Edit: Looks like they made the video private for some reason! Here's a behind-the-scenes video showcasing the Revolutionary War scenes from the pilot of Fox's upcoming show, Sleepy Hollow, which I worked on. I'm the guy on the far right at the 2:06 mark. It was a fun shoot. Four days to do it all.
Lee Perry-Smith, director at Infinite-Realities , took a high-quality 3D scan his company did of Joceline Brooke-Hamilton and created a demo in Unity for viewing with the Oculus Rift . I go into detail about his company's work, do a close examination of the 3D model, and talk about the inevitable future that 3D scanning and virtual reality is headed toward. Open Broadcaster Software wasn't allo...
It's been a while since I used the Oculus Rift , so to ease myself back into things, I decided to check out the updated Tuscany demo. In the original Tuscany demo video I did , I commented on there not being sound and the water being static. The updated version of the demo addresses these issues, along with adding a lot more to the scenery in general. Butterflies! I cleaned the lenses of the Ri...
This is a highlight reel of my previous video that covered the Sixense Tuscany Demo using the Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra. Don't pump up your volume to hear me talk! My audio levels were off and I added subtitles. And I'm aware that you can't use both hands to grasp an object, but it felt wrong not to do it with the larger ones. After a small break from the Oculus Rift, I've downloaded some mor...
I put on my Oculus Rift for the first time yesterday and came away very impressed. After fiddling with the straps, I managed to get the headset on properly at the 9:10 mark. The first words out of my mouth were, "Holy shit." I then spend the rest of my time in the demo exploring virtual Tuscany and finding the best way to control everything. Watch me look like a crazy person at the 21:18 mark a...
My Oculus Rift and GoPro HERO3: White Edition arrived today. I strapped the latter to my head to do an unboxing video, but seeing as it was my first time trying to use it properly... well, things didn't go so well. You can still hear me talk, though! I am about to use the Oculus Rift for the first time and will be recording everything. Hopefully I'll do a better job in the future trying to cove...
My friend Jackie was in a music video recently (she's the second lady). I'm sharing because I actually like the song and video, though.
Back in April I mentioned I was redesigning my site. It's now far enough along that I feel comfortable releasing it to the public . It's a total conversion from Squarespace 5 to Squarespace 6, and I moved over everything individually as opposed to using the import feature to make sure everything is as optimized as possible. There are many changes, but very few people will know what they are as...
User Typographenia made a sendoff video for Patrick Klepek 's move to Chicago, using Green Day 's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as the song. User TruthTellah then took the original video footage and changed the song to Russell Watson's "Where My Heart Will Take Me". This gave me the inspiration to make my own version of the video. I changed the song and added some stuff at the end. Patric...
This is my first game of Grifball in Halo 4 . I was playing with my friend Jarvis and testing my Elgato Game Capture HD. I was caught off guard by the new sound effects and the round not ending when someone scores! I still got mad Grifball skillz.
Further testing my Elgato Game Capture HD, I played Halo 4 : Spartan Ops with my friend Jarvis. This is Chapter 6: Scattered, Episode 1: Escape Plan. I've become incredibly bored by Halo 4 for some reason. I'm not interested in continuing Spartan Ops at all, and my general apathy results in a lot of sloppiness and death. Maybe I should put it on Easy and just rush through it all, as I am intere...
Testing out my Elgato Game Capture HD some more, I played a multiplayer match of Halo 4 for the first time since 2012. I was playing with my friend Jarvis on Big Team Infinity Slayer on Ragnarok. I have to say, for someone who hadn't played in so long, I didn't do too bad!
This is my entire playthrough of Frog Fractions ( http://twinbeard.com/frog-fractions ). I'm really just uploading this for myself and think that you should just play the game instead of watching this video. Yeah, don't watch this video. This footage is taken from a livestream I did over on Twitch.tv .
This is the first video I made using my new Elgato Game Capture HD. It's a video of me playing level 9 (The Electric Clyde) of Cloning Clyde on the Xbox 360 . It had been years since I last played it, hence why it took me so long to complete the level.
This is the playlist that contains my entire playthrough of BioShock Infinite on the PC . Well, except for the first three hours, as there was some kind of error with Open Broadcaster Software I wasn't aware of at the time. I was simultaneously streaming my playthrough on Twitch and finished the game at 12:01 AM on March 29th, 2013.
The biggest piece of DLC for Sleeping Dogs , Year of the Snake is story DLC that focuses on a group of cultists who believe the world will end with the coming of the Chinese New Year. Instead of keeping to themselves, however, the cultists resort to committing terrorism around Hong Kong, and it's up to Wei Shen to stop them.
Wheels of Fury contains five missions where you exclusively use the DZS-90, a supercar built by Dr. Tang that is upgraded after each mission you complete. Afterwards, you can replay any of the main missions, or partake in the side missions where you see how many enemies you can stop with the car's built-in turrets before time runs out. Of course, you could opt to do neither and just go around d...
This is the first 15 minutes of Zodiac Tournament, a self-contained story DLC involving Wei Shen investigating an illegal fighting tournament on a nearby island. It's Sleeping Dogs' version of Enter the Dragon, basically.
This is just a video of me collecting a bunch of lockboxes. Yep.
Nightmare in North Point is horror-themed story DLC released on October 30th, 2012. It took me less than two hours to complete, but with new cutscenes, enemies, and gameplay elements, it's much more robust than the earlier downloadable content I've covered. It's a fun, non-canonical "what if?" scenario dealing with Chinese folklore and cinema that's definitely worth seeing.
This DLC provides three new races, a new motorcycle, helmet, and a racing jacket that provides extra protection against gunfire. While the races are fun, they're not worth $3.99. I would wait until this pack is on sale again.
Along with a SWAT outfit, police cruiser and assault rifle, the Police Protection Pack includes a short, repeatable mission where you shoot enemies while leaning out the passenger window of a cop car. It's not worth $2.99, especially if you have the Triad Enforcer Pack which already includes the exact same type of mission.
These videos do not include commentary. This is my playthrough of The SWAT Pack downloadable content for Sleeping Dogs on the PC . I bought the DLC for $0.99 during a 75% off sale that Steam was having. The SWAT Pack gives you a SWAT uniform that lets you withstand twice as much damage along with a SWAT van you use to activate 20 "Cop Jobs". Cop Jobs are short side missions that involve shootou...
This video does not include commentary. This is my playthrough of the Martial Arts Pack downloadable content for Sleeping Dogs on the PC . I bought the DLC for $0.74 during a 75% off sale that Steam was having. The footage was recorded in 1080p at 60 FPS and downscaled to 720p using Open Broadcaster Software . I have the High Resolution Texture Pack installed and am playing on this PC . The Mar...
I originally wrote this post a few months ago and am just now getting around to posting it up. My brother and I got the " Storyteller " trophy in Batman: Arkham City this Labor Day, along with everyone else who got the game before Halloween 2011 and didn't cheat by setting their clocks ahead. Not that I have anything against people who do that (that would be crazy), but it's not something I do....
My Top Ten Games of 2012 Criteria: It had to come out in 2012. I had to beat it. 1. Resident Evil 6 2. Sleeping Dogs 3. Journey 4. The Walking Dead 5. Max Payne 3 6. Halo 4 7. The Darkness II 8. Binary Domain 9. Asura's Wrath 10. Hotline Miami Honorable Mention: New Super Mario Bros. U - Bought this on Christmas Eve and played through the whole game with my mom and brother, beating it on Decemb...
Journey Runners-up: Max Payne 3, Hotline Miami
Kitty Kitty don't care
White Fluffy Kitty So you have a better idea of how much of her is pure fluffiness. Fluffy loves comics.
Binary Domain
Journey Runners-up: The Walking Dead Asura's Wrath
New Super Mario Bros. U. I beat the whole game with my mom and brother. We collected 490 coins on the credits screen. Runner-up: Lollipop Chainsaw
Playing New Super Mario Bros. U with my mom and brother.
Asura's Wrath
Anne Hathaway and Alison Brie and Emma Stone
Jon Hamm Previous Years: 2011
The Walking Dead Runners-up: The Darkness II Sleeping Dogs Game that may have been on this list had I had time to beat it before 2013: Spec Ops: The Line
Cortana - Halo 4 Runners-up: Juliet Starling - Lollipop Chainsaw Sandra - Sleeping Dogs (far right) Hottest Male Game Character of 2012
Wallpaper by FadedBlackangel . Chris Redfield - Resident Evil 6
The screenshots of Sleeping Dogs and Dear Esther were taken by me during my playthroughs on the PC. Both games are at max settings, though Sleeping Dogs is at Normal AA. Sleeping Dogs Runners-up: Journey Dear Esther
Mass Effect 3 Javik the Dick comic by skoolmunkee
The Walking Dead Runner-up: Lollipop Chainsaw
"In Your Belief" - Asura's Wrath
Criteria: It had to come out in 2011. I had to beat it in 2012.
Resident Evil 6 Runners-up: Journey The Darkness II
Double Fine Happy Action Theater Pictures not included.
Shuhei Yoshida , President of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated and one of my favorite people in the industry, posted on his Twitter yesterday that he got a Wii U . Of course, this confused (and even angered) some of his followers as to why someone who works for Sony (and in such a powerful position) would buy a Nintendo console. Before responding to those people, h...
So me, my brother, and our friend Jarvis were playing Episode 3 of Halo 4 's Spartan Ops mode earlier tonight when we came across these tiny Covenant in Chapter 2: "Galileo". For a second I thought they were just invisible Elites until I saw how close the guns were to the floor. Then I thought they were stuck in the ground. It wasn't until a couple of minutes later that I got a closer look, onl...
This is the list of my top seven Wii games of all time. Why seven? Well, because I only beat seven Wii games. That's not because there weren't plenty more Wii games worth playing, but because of my gaming setup. I use a projector to play the majority of my games, and since it's placed behind me, I'm unable to play motion-controlled games on it. The monitor I use to play mouse & keyboard/motion-...
My brother and I returned to The Art of Video Games exhibit a second time on September 23rd. We shot another video of the guestbook to see what fellow visitors had to say or, in some cases, draw. Here's the first video .
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Intellivision September 23rd, 2012 Action: TRON: Maze-A-Tron Target: Star Strike Adventure: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Tactics: Utopia
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum MS-DOS / Windows 95 September 23rd, 2012 Action: Doom II Target: Diablo II Adventure: Fallout Tactics: StarCraft
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Sega Saturn September 23rd, 2012 Action: Tomb Raider Target: Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei Adventure: Panzer Dragoon Saga Tactics: SimCity 2000
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Sega Master System September 23rd, 2012 Action: Marble Madness Target: After Burner Adventure: Phantasy Star Tactics: Spy vs. Spy
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum ColecoVision September 23rd, 2012 Action: Donkey Kong Target: Zaxxon Adventure: Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Tactics: Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
I thought this was kind of funny. I clicked on The Amazing Spider-Man ad that's currently on the Xbox 360 dashboard and was greeted with a small clip of Andrew Garfield, the film's star, promoting the film for Xbox Live . These promotions always seemed like one of the worst parts of an artist's job, be it an actor or musician or something else, where the interviewer wants the interviewee to rec...
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum NES September 23rd, 2012 Action: Super Mario Bros. 3 Target: 1943: The Battle of Midway Adventure: The Legend of Zelda Tactics: Desert Commander
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Commodore 64 September 23rd, 2012 Action: Jumpman Target: Attack of the Mutant Camels Adventure: The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate Tactics: Pirates!
The Art of Video Games has a large room where people are able to play five select games: Pac-Man , Super Mario Bros. , The Secret of Monkey Island , Myst , and Flower . This is a video of me playing The Secret of Monkey Island. A trackball was used in lieu of a mouse.
The Art of Video Games has a large room where people are able to play five select games: Pac-Man , Super Mario Bros. , The Secret of Monkey Island , Myst , and Flower . This is a video of me playing Pac-Man. The joystick sucked.
This is the last video we shot at the exhibit on September 2nd, 2012. After checking out the guestbook for the second time, I was reminded that I had my 3DS in my pocket the entire time. I soon discovered that several other people had the same idea... Oddly enough, the last time I StreetPass'd was back in December 2011 at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.
"Advances in Mechanics" is a five-screen display that shows how various mechanics in video games have changed/evolved over the years as consoles became more powerful.
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Atari VCS / Atari 2600 September 2nd, 2012 Action: Pac-Man Target: Space Invaders Adventure: Pitfall! Tactics: Combat
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum PlayStation 3 September 2nd, 2012 Action: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Target: Flower Adventure: Heavy Rain Tactics: Brütal Legend
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Super Nintendo September 2nd, 2012 Action: Super Mario World Target: Star Fox Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Tactics: SimCity
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Sega Genesis September 2nd, 2012 Action: Earthworm Jim Target: Gunstar Heroes Adventure: Phantasy Star IV Tactics: Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Wii September 2nd, 2012 Action: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Target: Boom Blox Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Tactics: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Xbox 360 September 2nd, 2012 Action: BioShock Target: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Adventure: Mass Effect 2 Tactics: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Windows XP / Windows 7 September 2nd, 2012 Action: Portal Target: flOw Adventure: Fallout 3 Tactics: Minecraft
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum GameCube September 2nd, 2012 Action: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Target: Star Fox: Assault Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Tactics: Pikmin 2
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Xbox September 2nd, 2012 Action: Halo 2 Target: Panzer Dragoon Orta Adventure: Fable Tactics: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum PlayStation 2 September 2nd, 2012 Action: Shadow of the Colossus Target: Gradius V Adventure: Ōkami Tactics: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Dreamcast September 2nd, 2012 Action: Sonic Adventure Target: Rez Adventure: Shenmue Tactics: ChuChu Rocket!
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum Nintendo 64 September 2nd, 2012 Action: Super Mario 64 Target: Star Fox 64 Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Tactics: Worms Armageddon
The Art of Video Games Smithsonian American Art Museum PlayStation September 2nd, 2012 Action: Metal Gear Solid Target: Einhänder Adventure: Final Fantasy VII Tactics: Final Fantasy Tactics
On August 8th I made the following tweet: There wasn't any particular reason for me to feel that way; it was just a feeling. Three days later, on the 11th, I was looking up behind-the-scenes videos of The Dark Knight Rises. The first one I came across took place during the football scene as someone in the crowd was filming the explosions set off by Bane . Through that, I found a YouTube channel...
Introduction A Short History of Decay Ducktails & Bobbysox Kilroy Was Here Revolution We're the Millers Yearbook Reflections
I went to The Art of Video Games exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. yesterday with my brother. I'll upload more of the video we took when I get back from the two-week road trip I'm leaving for tomorrow, but I wanted to show off one of my favorite things at the exhibit: the guestbook. This guestbook was laid out for visitors to sign just a few days before on Augus...
In December 2011 my brother and I took a road trip for Christmas. First, we drove from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., then from there to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and from there to Kansas to visit our mom. Usually when we take trips I fill up my phone with old Bombcasts , but I've heard most of them at least two or even three times now, so I needed to find something different. I don't list...
With Kitty peeing all over my only real pair of shoes and my nurse clogs I wore as Nurse Joker for Halloween 2008 being a filthy mess (for a different reason), I was out of options for footwear in the first half of 2011. I preordered a pair of Penny Arcade 's new shoes, not realizing the wait for them to be manufactured and shipped out would take so long. They eventually arrived on August 15th....
I went to China Star, a local Chinese restaurant right by the Food Lion, on June 4th to get a bunch of food that would last me throughout the whole day of press conferences. I wanted to cut down the amount of time not at my computer watching streams as much as possible, which meant no unnecessary cooking. I also went to Food Lion while my meal was being made (everything is cooked fresh when you...
I know this is old, but in my defense, I took this picture on December 27th, 2010. My brother and I were with our mom for Christmas, and at some point when we were out I saw this place: Look familiar? GameStop photo by Dwight Burdette
I was going through some old, unorganized pictures on my computer and found these two I took on April 29th, 2011 on our move from Texas to North Carolina. It's graffiti of Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force :
This is my second animated short using the Source Filmmaker beta. I started it shortly after finishing my tutorial test video on the 7th and got finished with it today. Except for eating and sleeping, all of my time the past three/four days has been spent on this. Originally, the concept for the video was for it to open up with the scout telling the second half of a joke, with all the other cla...
A list of all the videos I've made using Valve's Source Filmmaker. They are listed from newest to oldest. 02. Playing with Fire 01. Source Filmmaker: My Tutorial Test Video
I got accepted into the Source Filmmaker beta on July 5th, and this is the first video I've made using the program - the result of spending hours watching Valve's tutorial videos and working alongside them. This is actually the first video I've ever animated, period. It's fun! Anyway, here are some things I spent time working on that a lot of people won't notice: 0:02 - The bottom half of a bod...
The next arcade on my list of places to see in Akihabara, we inadvertently came across Taito HEY (Hirose Entertainment Yard) about a minute after leaving Club SEGA . HEY occupies floors two through four of the 5-level Hirose Honsya building. Hirose's basement level, like Asobit City and other places in the district, was dedicated to various manga including hentai , lolicon, and dōjinshi (self-p...
SEGA GiGO was a great experience, but I knew the best had yet to come. It didn't take long to see how other arcades in the area compared, as this was the first thing we saw turning the corner out of Akihabara Station on the morning of July 18th, 2010: Similar to GiGO, Club SEGA is a six-level arcade complex with the first floor dedicated to claw games. Passing by some Hatsune Miku gear and Mick...
Up at 4 AM and too excited to sleep, I fiddled around on my brother's laptop and began what would become my early morning ritual of watching weird Japanese television. We decided to make Akihabara the first place we visit, not only because it's the place to go if you're into video games, but also because we needed extra batteries for our video camera and a power strip to charge all of our elect...
Date Initially Beaten: Unknown Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System --- Like Duck Hunt , Mario Bros. is another NES game that I first played in the early '90s in Georgia, USA (it may be the first video game I ever played, period). Whereas I enjoyed playing Duck Hunt, however, I never really cared much for Mario Bros. Increasing a high score has never been much of an incentive for me in video...
Date Initially Beaten: Unknown Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System --- A light-gun shooter released for the NES in October 1985 (or April 1984 if you lived in Japan), Duck Hunt came out about three years before I was born. One of my earliest memories as a human being is of playing this game - it might even be the first video game I ever played, actually - which means we would have had it in...
I figured now would be a good time to post my "Heroes of the Internet" trading card since I changed my username (and since Whiskey Media no longer exists). When a Whiskey Media user completed a specific task (I don't think it's been officially revealed), these cards were emailed to them by Dave Snider . Each card is unique to the user it was sent to and feature pictures Dave took around the off...
Katamari Hack is a "bookmarklet" that Katamari Damacy s any website you're on. After selecting the page you want to roll up, you click the "Katamari!" button that you added to your browser's bookmarks bar, customizing your experience by choosing your controls, the color of your katamari, the maximum amount of objects you can pick up, and whether or not you want the Katamari Damacy theme to play...
List of Episodes Welcome to the first entry of Japan Uncut ! This series is a supplement to Japan: The Series . Videos with the "Japan Uncut" label are videos that were either too long or too shaky to include in the main series. This video takes place on July 17th, 2010, as my brother and I explore our first Japanese arcade: Akihabara's SEGA GiGO complex. Knowing I wasn't supposed to be filming...
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This is a video I made early yesterday morning. Seinfeld isn't happy about BioWare 's "artistic integrity" defense regarding the ending to Mass Effect 3 .
This post will contain major spoilers for Mass Effect 3 . Not everything included here will deal with Mass Effect 3's ending or can be accurately called a "meme". Regardless of your thoughts on the situation, please refrain from discussing the ending, and instead let's enjoy the hilarity that has come out of all this. There are a lot of funny videos and images that people have made, so feel fre...
*The following video contains ending spoilers for Mass Effect 3 . Inspired by MichelKobayashi's " His name was Marauder Shields. " video, I preferred the belief that Marauder Shields was actually an ally trying to protect you from seeing Mass Effect 3's horrible ending. I made the video early this morning and posted it up on YouTube.
List of Episodes Japan Uncut is a supplemental side-series to Japan: The Series . These mostly unedited videos are either too long or too shaky to include in the numbered episodes and will be released in between them. I'm currently working on Episode 02: Electric Town which is far more difficult to edit than Arrival was. There's so much I want to show, and putting it all together is harder than...
Today was the official launch day of the PlayStation Vita in the United States, and mine arrived earlier today from Amazon. I just got all the trophies in Welcome Park and now want to show off the wallpapers I'm using. All of these were obtained from either freevitathemes.com or from the Vita wallpaper thread on NeoGAF . They are displayed in the order that they're seen on the system. All scree...
Hideo Kojima posted this on his Twitter account earlier this morning. It's a replica of the jacket Ryan Gosling wore in Drive . Hideo says Drive is one of the top three movies he's seen this year, along with War Horse and The Hunter . I think he pulls it off!
Making Japan: Arrival was a lot of fun. It being the first video I've ever truly edited - meaning I'm excluding the two very, very minor things I've edited in the past using Windows Movie Maker - meant that I had to get a program capable of doing what I wanted to do and learn how to use it on my own. After browsing reviews, I settled on CyberLink PowerDirector 9. I went to The Pirate Bay and to...
The first Game Giveaway was hosted on January 16th, 2011, in the Off-Topic forum. On July 1st, almost six months later, I wrote an in-depth blog post about the origin of the contest and provided some stats. I said pretty much everything I wanted to say back then, so this post will be far shorter. First, let's start with the old stats that I wrote at the beginning of the aforementioned post: 28...
I was going through old files on my computer and came across some pictures I had taken when I reached a certain number of Gamerscore . This first one was taken when I reached 20,000 Gamerscore on December 21st, 2008. I had played various Xbox Live Arcade titles in an attempt to get the number just right - I was REALLY in to Left 4 Dead. 783 days (or 2 years, 1 month, and 22 days) later on Febru...
Last month, on our way to visit our mom in Kansas for Christmas, my brother and I spent a few days visiting Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, and Gettysburg. Having not had a StreetPass encounter since the ones with the Whiskey Media staff in June of 2011 , I was eager for more. Luckily for me, at least three other people had the same idea on December 17th at the Smithsonian Institution National...
How to Play: Today is the one-year anniversary of these contests! The first contest began on January 16th, 2011 (before I changed my username and the name of the contest). There will be ten winners this time. To enter, tell me whether or not you keep track of all the games you beat, and if so, tell me how many. Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until January 22nd. You'll see coupo...
I hadn't slept much. The little time I had left that wasn't used preparing for the trip was spent preparing for our return. The few things I kept, such as my game consoles and computer, were strewn about the bedroom floor; the rest of my stuff was on its way to a storage facility in Oklahoma. See, we were to be moved out of our house in Texas and on the road to Fort Sill the day we got back to...
List of Episodes On July 15th, 2010, my brother and I took a two-week trip to Tokyo, Japan. It was a place I had been wanting to go to since I was in elementary school, and I planned on filming the trip so I could make a series of videos afterward. We purchased a Canon VIXIA HG20 shortly before leaving, giving me just enough time to learn how to use it. It was then that I learned my computer wa...
Start: July 15th, 2010 End: July 28th, 2010 Introduction to the Series Introduction to Japan Uncut --- 01. Arrival ||| Making the Video 02. Electric Town ||| Inside Akihabara's SEGA GiGO Arcade 03. A Day in Akihabara ||| Club SEGA ||| Taito HEY ||| Super Potato
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Criteria: It had to come out in 2011. I had to beat it. GOTY 2011 1. Dragon Age II 2. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 3. Batman: Arkham City 4. Saints Row: The Third 5. Portal 2 6. L.A. Noire 7. Gears of War 3 8. Bastion 9. Child of Eden 10. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Previous Years: 2010
2011: Contests #1 - #81 2012: Contests #82 - ?? (January 1st, 2012 - ???) Giveaway Winner Game Platform Donated By #82 Zoidberg , Brackynews Limbo , Tribes Ascend beta key Steam , PC SwedishPhish , crusader8463 #83 Kanden The Oddbox Steam Brackynews #84 HealingPancake Zeno Clash Steam Brackynews #85 Burglarize Bastion Steam Catastro #86 DoctorSage Half-Life 2 Steam impostle #87 Pazy Two Worlds...
The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway contests are no longer posted as blogs. This is to avoid cluttering the feeds of those following me since the contests are hosted every day now. They are now posted as threads in the General Discussion forum. Here's the latest contest . I will post links to the latest contests as a status update, however. The contests will go back to blogs when they return...
How to Play: Any plans for the weekend? Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until tomorrow, December 10th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. Starting with contest #71, all future contests will no longer be posted as blogs. This is to avoid cluttering the feeds of people who follow me. The contests will go back to blog form w...
How to Play: Planning on watching Spike TV's Video Game Awards? Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until the night of December 9th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. Starting with contest #71, all future contests will no longer be posted as blogs. This is to avoid cluttering the feeds of people who follow me. The contests w...
Edit: Contest closed! wakkawakkawakka. Just tell me what game you want. You have until the night of December 8th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day now for an indefinite period of time. The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #67! Winner Congratulations to MyaSharona for winn...
Edit: Contest closed! I was going to come up with a question, but then I took an arrow in the knee. Bwaahhahahahahaha! I hear that's a meme now. Anyway, just tell me what game you want. You have until the night of December 7th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day now for an in...
Edit: Contest closed! The Cole Train runs on whole grain, baby! Whoo! Just tell me what game you want. You have until the night of December 6th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day now for an indefinite period of time. The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #65! Winner Congrat...
Edit: Contest closed! RAWR. Just tell me what game you want. You have until tomorrow, December 5th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day now for an indefinite period of time. The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #64! Winner Congratulations to c0l0nelp0pc0rn1 for winning Dunge...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: I just ate a Spider-Man cookie. When's the last time you ate a cookie? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until tomorrow, December 4th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day until the 25th. Follow me on Giant Bomb to know when the...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: I'm tired; tell me what game you want. You have until the night of December 3rd. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Banner by Deusx ( Google+ , Portfolio ) V. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day until the 25th. Follow me on Giant Bomb to know when the contests begin! The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #62! New Game...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Doing anything special for December? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until tomorrow, December 2nd. Banner by Deusx . Santa hat added by c0l0nelp0pc0rn1 . I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. In case you missed it , a new game giveaway will run every day until the 25th. Follow me on Giant Bomb to know when the contests begin! The Gi...
Edit: The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway will now run every day for an indefinite period of time. I totally forgot that November doesn't have a 31st, you guys. I was originally going to make this announcement tomorrow and then start a new contest on Friday, but it only works if I do it now! Anyway, I'm just making a quick announcement that from December 1st through the 25th, there will be a...
How to Play: It's Thanksgiving! Just tell me what game you want. You have until Wednesday, November 30th. Additional Contest: Nodderly and Brackynews are hosting a contest on Giant Bomb in which the winner can win an Alpha account code for Minecraft . Go here to check out the contest, which ends on the 26th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #6...
How to Play: Doing anything special for Thanksgiving? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, November 23rd. Bonus contest! - Ventilaator is hosting a writing contest here . They will choose the winner on the 23rd, and that winner will get to pick a game of their choice from the list of games below. Go to their thread for more details. I'm having to do this awkwardly fr...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Getting any of the new releases that came out today? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, November 16th. New banner! Thanks to Marcelo Ardon ( Deusx here on Giant Bomb) for making it. Here is his portfolio; you should totally check it out! I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updat...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Did you do anything special for Halloween? I started Costume Quest! Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, November 9th. New banner! Thanks to Marcelo Ardon ( Deusx here on Giant Bomb) for making it. Here is his portfolio; you should totally check it out! I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for th...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: What's your favorite movie based on a Marvel franchise? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, November 2nd. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #56! Halo: Reach, Bastion Winner Congratulations to Diablochicken14 for winnin...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite Batman-related thing ever, whether it's a game, movie, cartoon, etc. Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, October 26th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway #55! New Games/DLC! Winners Congratulations...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: What's your favorite game controller to ever be released? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, October 19th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! In case you missed it, these contests will now be known as The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway. Vito's Game Give...
Hello! I just wanted to make a small announcement so there wouldn't be any confusion come Thursday. Vito's Game Giveaway will now be known as The Giant Bomb Community Game Giveaway. The original title made sense when I was the one doing most of the donating, but the community's efforts have long since surpassed my own, and this name change better represents what it has become. The original bann...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Without giving away any spoilers, what's your favorite piece of music from a game? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, October 12th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! Vito's Game Giveaway #53! Baldur's Gate/Baldur's Gate 2! Winner Congratulations to iam3gre...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Around how many games have you beaten this year? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, October 5th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! Vito's Game Giveaway #52! Winner Congratulations to GloriousDinosaur for winning Braid (donated by Danteveli )! New Games! I'...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Are you a subscriber to Netflix or any similar services? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, September 28th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! Vito's Game Giveaway #51! New Games! Winner Congratulations to C_Rakestraw for winning The Humble Indie Bundle #3...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Have you bought any of the new stuff from the Whiskey Media store? Any plans to? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, September 21st. Whiskey Media Store I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! Vito's Game Giveaway #50! Up to 15 Winners! Winn...
I'm so lazy that I photoshopped the dust out of this picture instead of just cleaning my desk. Controlling an in-game character using the motions of your body has been a concept I've been interested in for a long time, well before anyone even knew what a "Revolution" was. Rumors of a motion-controlled device by Microsoft had been in circulation for a little while, and the Kinect , known then as...
Edit: Contest closed! Just tell me what game you want. You have until The Big Live Live Show ends. The Big Live Live Show During this specific contest, there will be up to 15 winners. How it will work is I will place all names into Random Line Picker, choose a name, and then remove whatever game the winner chose from the list. I will run all the remaining names through Random Line Picker again...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Do you like ... BURRITOS?! Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until later today, September 8th. Announcement: Vito's Game Giveaway #50 will start tomorrow at 8 AM Pacific Time, two hours before The Big Live Live Show Live begins. It will end when the show does. During this contest, there will be up to 15 winners. How it will work is I will place a...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: What new releases do you plan on playing this month? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Thursday, September 8th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #47! Monday Night C...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Did you ever listen to the Romancecast/Internal Affairs? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Wednesday, September 7th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #46! Winner Co...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Just tell me what game you want. You have until some time this afternoon on Tuesday, September 6th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #45! Winner Congratulations to pantzing_nome for wi...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite vampire movie. Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until one hour after I wake up on Tuesday, September 6th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #44! Win...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: What do you usually eat for breakfast? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until later today, September 5th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #43! Winner Congratulations to...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Are you going to watch the upcoming Big Live Live Show? If not, why? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until later tonight, September 4th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveawa...
How to Play: Do you ever video chat online? If not, why? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Sunday, September 4th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #41! Winner Congratulations to mazik765 for winning...
"Sup." There's something special about getting a game on launch day and playing through it with a bunch of affable strangers, all of who are trying to figure things out. It's not a situation I find myself in often, usually being "late to the party" and all, but it's always fun. Take Left 4 Dead 2 , for example. Unlike the first game, I wasn't able to play with any of my friends, so the only way...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Ehhhhh just tell me what game you want :D You have until Friday, September 2nd. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #40! Three New Games! Winner Congratulations to HumanityPlague for winn...
How to Play: Subscribers - Plans on calling The Big Red Phone? Non-Subscribers - Think you'll subscribe this month? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Thursday, September 1st. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Do you like garlic bread? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until 7 PM Vito Time on Wednesday, August 31st. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity! VI. A new contest will run every day until September 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #38! Winner Congratulations t...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Do you ever watch live streams of people playing games? If so, what kind of games? If not, what types of games would you be most interested in watching someone play? Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have eight hours to enter (until tonight, August 30th). I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from the interns (any of them)! Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Tuesday, August 30th. Many of you have not been telling me what game you want in your posts. Your entries have not and will not be counted. I need to know what game the winner wants so I can start the next thread, and I don'...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Drew Scanlon (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Monday, August 29th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! V. Donate to charity!...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Dave Snider (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Sunday, August 28th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! Vito's Game Giveaway #3...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Vinny Caravella (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Wednesday, August 24th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on contests! Vito's Game Give...
Edit: Contest closed! Check out the new contest here . How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Brad Shoemaker (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Monday, August 15th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates...
This post contains major spoilers for Rez HD. ------ Date Initially Beaten: July 29th, 2011 Platform: Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) Child of Eden arrived from GameFly recently. I've been interested in it ever since seeing Tetsuya Mizuguchi demonstrate it for the first time using the Kinect . As a Kinect owner myself, I was excited to see something that wasn't some sort of fitness trainer or minig...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Ryan Davis (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, something from his Twitter etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Thursday, August 11th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners IV. Follow me on Giant Bomb for the latest updates on conte...
I decided to do something special for Christmas 2009 and bought both sets of Valve 's Left 4 Dead Holiday Cards. After filling them out for family and friends, I still had a bunch left over (there were a lot of cards), so I started filling out cards for things that don't fall under "family and friends", like Giant Bomb and Valve. Yes, I sent a Left 4 Dead themed Christmas card to Valve. This on...
I haven't had a lot of luck with StreetPass encounters . Shortly after the aforementioned post, I met two other Miis in the form of Gamessa and Clif, making for a total of three people I've come across since the launch of the 3DS in March. My experience with this feature has been disappointing, especially since receiving duplicate puzzle pieces in Puzzle Swap is common when purchased with Play...
Come up with song titles for a fictional Giant Bomb album. :D Feel free to take real song titles and meme them up! Here are mine: 1. How To Build A Bomb 2. Girl (You Got A Sloppy Wallet) 3. Banana Mouth 4. Never 5. On The Moon 6. I'm A Wizard (And That Looks Fucked Up) 7. C*** 8. Strap It On 9. Silky the Fairy 10. Playing for Keeps (Outro) I have a bunch more, but I'l let you guys take it from...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of content from Jeff Gerstmann (Giant Bomb era), whether it's a news story, a moment from the Bombcast, a video/live stream, something from his VYou/Formspring etc. Be specific! Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Thursday, August 4th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners Formspring - I know, I know ... bu...
Vito's Game Giveaway #31 How to Play: Tell me what your favorite action movie is. Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Thursday, July 28th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners Vito's Game Giveaway #28! 8 More Games + Bonus Audiosurf Contest! Winners Congratulations to baconbringer for winning Puzzle Agent (donated by YoungFrey )! Out of 33 contestants, their username...
What : One copy of Bastion for the Xbox 360 Who : U.S. Xbox Live Members How : Tell me your favorite moment from the Building the Bastion series. Haven't watched any of it? Tell me why. Ends : 9 PM EST ------------- Special thanks to Greg Kasavin for offering to provide post-launch codes for a future Giveaway if they ever became available. I told him not to worry about it since I'm already doin...
Hello! I know many of you are looking forward to purchasing Bastion this coming Wednesday, so I figured making an announcement thread would be better instead of surprising everyone with the contest. On July 20th, from 9 AM Eastern Time to 9 PM Eastern Time (go here to figure out when that is for you), I will be hosting a special Game Giveaway for one copy of Bastion. The reason the contest only...
How to Play: Go to the Quests page. Scroll through the quests and find which quest icon (all done by Turbo_Toaster) is your favorite. Tell me the name of the quest associated with that icon. Be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Thursday, July 21st to enter. Quest Page (linking to mine to make it easier) On a side note, EpicSteve 's internship has ended early as he is leaving fo...
Edit: Contest closed! How to Play (ANSWER THIS QUESTION): Do you participate in any Giant Bomb community game sessions? If so, which one(s)? If not, how come? Be sure to tell me what game you want. You have until Thursday, July 14th. I. Disclaimer II. Donations III. Past Winners Vito's Game Giveaway #26! 1 New Game Added + Bonus Portal Contest Winners Congratulations to Little_Socrates for winn...
The first Vito's Game Giveaway was posted on January 16th in the Off-Topic forum. Since its inception (bwaaaaaah): 28 games have been given away 20 of those games were donations from 11 different people 12 out of 28 games were physical copies and had to be shipped. Let's say it cost $7 average for me to ship each game, including cost of bubble envelopes, delivery confirmation etc. 12x7 = $84 sp...
Contest closed! How to Play: Um, uh, uhhhhhh tell me what you are doing this weekend? Make sure you tell me what game you want! You have until Saturday, July 9th. Vito's Game Giveaway #24! Winner Congratulations to emergency for winning RUSH (donated by rebgav )! Out of 51 contestants, their username was the one Random Line Picker chose! Vito's Game Giveaway #25 - Bonus Airplane Edition! Winner...
Edit: Contest closed! Feel free to participate in Vito's Game Giveaway #24 , which runs until Saturday, July 2nd. Sup, duders! So I'm currently thousands of feet in the air on my way back to North Carolina after visiting the Whiskey Media office to watch the Happy Hour in person, and upon discovery that this will be my first* (see below) flight with wireless Internet, have decided to give away...
Edit: Contest closed! Check the General Discussion forum/my blog tomorrow for a new contest! How to Play: My brain is mush right now (at San Francisco airport), so no question to answer. Just tell me what game you want, damn it! You have until Friday, July 1st. Vito's Game Giveaway #23! One New Game Added! Winner Congratulations to ratscats for winning Amnesia: The Dark Descent (donated by rent...
How to Play: If you had the chance to visit the Whiskey Media offices, which staff member(s) (from any of the sites) would you be most excited to meet? Make sure you tell me what game you want! You have until Saturday, June 25th. Vito's Game Giveaway #22!: A Return to Form Winner Congratulations to Eaxis for winning Half-Life 2: Episode One (donated by rentfn )! Out of 39 contestants, their use...
How to Play: Tell me your favorite piece of E3 coverage by Giant Bomb this year. Also, be sure to tell me what game you want! You have until Saturday, June 18th. Vito's Game Giveaway #19! More Games + Bonus Audiosurf Contest! Winners Congratulations to WR311 for winning Enslaved: Odyssey to the West! Out of 54 contestants, their username was the one Random Line Picker chose! Congratulations to...
As an owner and active user of the Kinect , I was excited when Microsoft announced and released Kinect Fun Labs during their E3 2011 press conference yesterday. I immediately wanted to try out Kinect Me , an application in which you scan yourself to build an Xbox Live avatar, and compare it to the avatar that I built myself using their premade face parts and clothing. I was too busy watching li...
I have been having a LOT of trouble with the editor here (both versions), so you guys get a basic version of this post. To enter, just tell me what your favorite moment from E3 was today. Mine are probably where Peter Moore referenced the South Park episode about EA Sports, or when Jack Tretton made that Ridge Racer comment. You have until Saturday to enter. Here are the games you can win: Avai...
Contest closed! Check my blog/the General Discussion forum on Monday for Vito's Game Giveaway #21! BUCKLE UP, MOTHERFUCKERS Welcome to a super awesome special edition of Vito's Game Giveaway! To celebrate 20 straight weeks of the Giant Bomb community giving away games, I've decided to host a special contest in which I'm giving away either 1600 Microsoft Points (U.S. Only), $20 for the PlayStati...
How to Play: What's the longest you've had to go without A/C (if at all)? I've been living in a 90 degree house for the past 12 days because someone stole our A/C unit! We get a new one tomorrow. Answer the question and be sure to tell me what game you want to have your entry counted! The deadline is Friday, May 27th. I. Disclaimer - Read this if this is your first time. Read up on the Facebook...
Contest closed! Check back Monday for a new one! How to Play: You get a new game but can't play it for a while due to circumstances out of your control. What's the longest you've had to go in this situation before finally being able to play the game and why? Make sure you tell me what game you want to win! The deadline is Saturday, May 21st. I. Disclaimer - Read this if this is your first time....
Contest closed! Check out my blog on the 16th for a new one! Vito's Game Giveaway #16 + Bonus Portal Contest Winners Congratulations to Babelfish112 for winning Left 4 Dead 2 (donated by Kyreo )! Out of 85 contestants, their username was the one Random Line Picker chose! Congratulations to example1013 for winning Portal (donated by mracoon )! Out of 7 contestants, their username was the one Ran...
There's this restaurant chain some of you may know of called Five Guys. If you've never heard of it, Five Guys is essentially a place where you can get some delicious hamburgers and fries . I've moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina recently and just visited their restaurant for the first time. Adorning their walls are various awards and snippets from magazines praising their food, and near the...
Vito's Game Giveaway #15 + Bonus Portal Contest Winners Congratulations to FlemmingM for winning Killing Floor (donated by Sjosz )! Out of 91 contestants, their username was the one Random Line Picker chose! Congratulations vestigial_man for winning Portal (donated by rentfn )! Out of 5 contestants, their username was the one Random Line Picker chose! STUFF YOU SHOULD READ Follow me for the lat...
I'm in the backseat of my brother's car, sandwiched between two cat carriers on our way to Fayetteville, North Carolina , and the main thought going through my head at the moment is, "Will I have any StreetPass encounters?" Since I've had my 3DS (March 28th, 2011), I've traveled from Oklahoma to Texas , Texas to Oklahoma , Oklahoma to Texas (again), Texas to Arkansas , Arkansas to Tennessee , a...
Vito's Game Giveaway #14 Winner Congratulations to GetEveryone for winning Splinter Cell: Double Agent (donated by nintendoeats )! NEW STUFF! IMPORTANT!!! Follow me for the latest updates on contests! New to Vito's Game Giveaway? Read the disclaimer here. Want to donate some games? Read how to here . As you can see, I've moved the disclaimer and donation info into separate blog posts to save sp...
Vito's Game Giveaway #13 Winner Congratulations to TehFlan for winning Braid (donated by Kyreo )! Out of 89 contestants, their username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! NEW STUFF! IMPORTANT!!! New to Vito's Game Giveaway? Read the disclaimer here. Want to donate some games? Read how to here . As you can see, I've moved the disclaimer and donation info into separate blog posts to save...
Donations If you have physical copies of games you are no longer interested in that are in good condition (as in, they work), then PM me with what game(s) you would like to donate and I will give you the mailing address you can ship them to. You will be responsible for all shipping costs. You won't get anything for it, but I will list your name (with a link to your profile) by the game you dona...
Disclaimer These video games are often used, being from my own personal collection or the collection of others, so their condition will vary (with the exception of digital games, of course). All games will be tested to ensure they work before being listed, except in cases where I cannot, such as a PAL copy of a game. These contests are intended more for people just wanting to play the games as...
Vito's Game Giveaway #12 Winner Congratulations to Kandycane2029 for winning Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (donated by nintendoeats )! Out of 22 contestants, their username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! NEW STUFF! IMPORTANT!!! I have received my fifth donation! Props to Kyreo for donating three Steam games. Every contestant will now have the chance to be gifted Left 4 Dead 2 , Bra...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to waitwhat for winning Half-Life 2 (donated by rentfn )! Out of 26 contestants, his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! crusader8463 is offering a free three-day guest pass of Monday Night Combat to the next Steam winner! If the Steam winner doesn't want it, it will go to the next Steam winner. Now on to the generic stuff! Donations If you h...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to CaptainCody for winning Just Cause 2 (donated by mosdl )! His username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! I've received my fourth donation! rentfn is donating three Steam games! You'll have the chance to win Half-Life 2 , Half-Life 2: Episode One , or Portal ! The game will be gifted via Steam when the winner is chosen. I'm not sure if it matters,...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to BjornTheUnicorn for winning Max Payne (donated by nintendoeats )! Out of 13 contestants, his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! I've received my third donation! mosdl is donating a Steam code for a free copy of Just Cause 2 ! He got when he bought a graphics card in the U.S. I'm not sure how Steam codes work, but I figured I would mention...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to Mechwing for winning Army of Two (donated by nintendoeats )! Out of 29 contestants, his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! Donations If you have games you are no longer interested in that are in good condition (as in, they work), then PM me with what game(s) you would like to donate and I will give you the mailing address you can ship the...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Welcome to another special edition of Vito's Game Giveaway! First, congrats to Synthballs for winning Mass Effect 2 ! Second, the reason this giveaway in particular is special is because I've received my second donation! The best part? It's from another one of our previous winners, nintendoeats , who you may remember as the winner of Splinter Cell: Conviction! This mysterio...
It was May of 2010, and I was riding around with my mom and brother in South Carolina. I can't remember why, but I started thinking about fake products from movies that were turned into real things. I got into a discussion about Tropic Thunder with my brother, and decided to see if Booty Sweat, the energy drink promoted by Alpa Chino in the movie, was a real thing. I went to Amazon on my phone...
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Art by Turbo_Toaster Welcome to a very special edition of Vito's Game Giveaway! First, congrats to Daveyo520 for winning Assassin's Creed ! Second, the reason this giveaway in particular is extra special is because I've received my first donation! The best part? It's from one of our previous winners, zoskia , who you may remember as the winner of Dead Space! zoskia has sent me an unused Xbox 36...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to DarthOniXVIII for winning Left 4 Dead ! Out of 30 contestants, his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! Quick Notes I've had people offer to donate games to the giveaway. If you have games you are no longer interested in that are in good condition (as in, they work), then PM me with what game(s) you would like to donate and I will give you...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to nintendoeats for winning Splinter Cell: Conviction ! Out of 43 contestants, his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! Quick Notes I've had people offer to donate games to the giveaway. If you have games you are no longer interested in that are in good condition (as in, they work), then PM me with what game(s) you would like to donate and I w...
Art by Turbo_Toaster Congratulations to zoskia for winning Dead Space ! Out of 98 contestants (a new record!), his username was the one that Random Line Picker chose! Quick Notes: Apologies for the delay, but my internet wasn't working properly yesterday . Also, the shipment of Assassin's Creed II to kestrel10mn was delayed by a week due to an ice storm. For those who missed out on winning Alan...
This is the Igiari! - The Takarazuka Revue's Phoenix Wright Musicals piece that I wrote for The Luchazine (Issue #5) that was never released. The header is by aurahack . You may have heard me talk about the Takarazuka Revue and their amazing Phoenix Wright musicals on episode #3 of The Luchacast , but I wanted to delve more into on just what these magnificent shows really are. Founded by the pr...
This is the Electric Town: An Akihabara Arcade Experience - Part II piece that I wrote for The Luchazine (October 7th, 2010 edition of Issue #5) that was never released. I'm only including a small image of the design (done by JohnRabbit ) this time, as the text included isn't final. You can read the full article below! You can read Part I in the fourth issue of The Luchazine. Waking up at 5 AM,...
This is The Ultimate PlayStation Move Breakdown piece I wrote for The Luchazine (October 7th, 2010 edition of Issue #5) that was never released. Nicolas Perez is monkyofdoom , and I'm Charles Alan Ratliff (duh!). The design is by UberExplodey . Click here to view the Sports Champions review mentioned on the third page (link takes you to the user review version here on Giant Bomb). Click the ima...
EVA "It's only when I'm on the bike that I'm free to be the real me. I only get off my bike when I fall in love or fall dead ..." EVA was born under my brother's car. He went outside one day to discover our local cat, "Kitty", underneath his car with a fresh litter of kittens. I woke up to the sounds of mewing, only to discover a cardboard box full of adorable kitties in our laundry room. In an...
Nozomi "Sup." Found under a tree in 2006, Nozomi was lucky my mom was out at Milford Lake, Kansas that day. The storm had stopped, and Nozomi had taken cover. A tiny, awkward kitten whose fur made it look as if it had been struck by lightning, he was obviously in need of assistance. My mom fed him the last bite of chicken sandwich she had, which he gobbled up quickly. He started purring, and sh...
Seriously. This is what we are getting for only $65 a night (I am surprised at how much smaller it looks in these pictures compared to real life.): Edit: Forgot to mention that the cabinets are stocked with dishes (along with pots and pans for cooking) and the fridge has drinks at no extra charge! Tell me about your best/worst hotel experiences!
I have a Notepad document which contains a list of posts to eventually write; "Pets Named After Game Characters" is one of them. I know I'm not the only one out there who has named a pet after a video game character, either. So, what made me decide to write about this topic today? Well, it's because of a little guinea pig that showed up at my front door a few days ago, but we'll get to him in P...
Back from first trip to Akihabara. Got camera batteries and power strip so we can charge our stuff. Gonna be staying at the hotel for a few hours to get everything organized and such. Quick Notes: Akihabara is better than I ever expected (I had high expectations) The batteries I had so much trouble trying to get in America were in abundance at the very first store we went in outside of Akihabar...
Date Initially Beaten: Unknown Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Additional Notes: I also beat the NES version of this game on co-op with my brother. Originally an arcade game developed and published by Sega in 1987, an NES version of the game was published by Tengen in 1989. Alien Syndrome was a two-player game in which you took control of either Ricky or Mary as they attempted to rescue...
Note: NOT my memory cards. My friend's after her sister "borrowed" them. Plus, my keyboard isn't that disgusting. *This post was originally written here on January 6th, 2010.* If there was a fire, I would do whatever was necessary to save the following: People Pets and Hard Drives. To someone who plays games, no item is more important than their save device. Disc gets broken? No big deal. Get a...
The difficulty in obtaining the above image is testament to how large of a problem this really is. *This post was originally written here on January 5th, 2010.* Left 4 Dead is one of the greatest zombie games ever made. This isn't due to the awesome and addictive cooperative gameplay, but due to DEAD ZOMBIE BUTT. No Mercy - Chapter 4 is the best level out of the whole game for this simple reaso...
Note: NOT my collection. *This post was originally written here on January 4th, 2010.* Playing games since the age of four (or maybe earlier, who knows?!), a 21 year old is likely to have beaten a lot of games. Going through the entire Giant Bomb database , I made a list titled "Games I've Beaten", which consists of exactly what you would think. After finishing, I was surprised by my results. T...
*This post was originally written here on January 3rd, 2010.* I love it! There is nothing more satisfying for myself than sneaking up on an enemy player, taking them out, and escaping to safety without alerting anyone else. It's even better when I successfully take out the person who comes looking for them. This is why Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is one of the best multiplayer experiences I...
Me being a Level 40 Badass *This post was originally written here on January 2nd, 2010. * This can apply to a variety of games, but I am speaking mainly about World of Warcraft as it is the only MMORPG I ever got into. A discussion I have had on multiple occasions with my friend Jeremiah, I have always been perplexed by his desire to constantly create new characters in World of Warcraft. I unde...