Hey, hold on a second. I know what you're going to say: "But Ben, this is shameless self-promotion and I hate that and I also hate fun." Woah, chill out bro, just wait a second. You haven't even let me make my pitch yet. A Fistful of Pixels is a little project me and a couple of friends have wanted to start for a while now, and it's finally catching steam. AFOP is a video game podcast, but not...
After a long night of losing ranked 5s with my friends, something magical happened. We hit the loading screened and realized we were up against none other than Phreak himself, along with a few other Rioters. It was one of the most fun games I've ever had. I went mid against him as Morde (I won on kills, he had double my CS). Anyways, they were all super nice, and we won.
Hey have you watched this? Well if you haven't, you should. If you have, keep reading! Metagame fever has been taking over the office, so much so that tomorrow there will be a podcast about it that we are recording tomorrow. Here's the deal, we want you, YES YOU, to play along. Below is an image, and we want you, the listener, to pick a game as an answer. Here is the question and possible answe...
Hey I made a video with a bunch of pictures. A lot like this. You might be familiar by now with Norm's photo gallery over on Comic Vine with the 1100 plus cosplay photos by now. If not, check it out. Wait, no. First check out this video. Nick has a similar blog , but if his video gets more views by the end of the day tomorrow I lose. I know you don't want me to lose. I will crush him with by ba...
This is just a test.
June 20th marked the start of the second month for my eight week stint. You could say that I'm halfway there. I feel like this song sums up my current task. I've been doing minor stuff like creating wiki tasks for Screened. I feel like a deputy, calling for the tasks brought in dead or alive . I've also helped design quests for this week on Screened, and this week and next for Giant Bomb. So if...
Day 14: It's been two weeks since I've started here at Whiskey Media, and boy time flown. Except when it hasn't. Such was the case over the past two days when I had my most grueling of tasks. Intern-wrangler Ethan assigned me the task of getting some quotes for every movie in 2011, past and present. At first I thought "oh this won't be so bad I'll go find some quotes on IMDB or something." I wa...
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a Whiskey Media happy hour? Well here's your chance to check out a gallery of pre/during/post show images to let you know what's up. (For what exactly is going on in these photos check them out in my image gallery) This live show was especially chaotic because a few minutes before the show was scheduled to start, the sites went down. On top of this a...
They say that everyone loves sausage until they see it get made, but so far here at Whiskey Media that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve been here X days and so far even though I know how it’s made; I still crave Whiskey Media’s sausage. Wait, that came out wrong. My two most important jobs. I hopped on the 38B Express at 7:55 am in order not to be late for my first day. After getting of...
Hey all, new Whiskey Media intern here asking for a favor from some of you guys. (I know, one day and I'm already asking favors) The tl;dr is that my friend's wife is very sick, and is going to need treatment that costs around $10,000. This friend is a man who created what is known as the JPAG, the Joystiq Podcast Appreciation Group. This is the only other gaming thing I'm involved in besides G...
If you're like me, then you were born somewhere around 1989 and you love video games. Your first Zelda game was probably Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, and you still love that game to this day. You were so excited, and maybe even a little scared the first time you went into the Dark World. You were blown away the first time you stepped onto Hyrule Field when you played OoT (I can't spell Oc...
(Prolouge: I ran out of letters in the title so I made a portmanteau) . (Prolouge part 2: I'm drunk, but I can still be cohearent while I'm drunk, for fucks sake I just used the word portmanteau.). Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is the best video game for the N64 that you never played. You never played this and you're a bad person because you never played this. And the following list is of 5 re...
So if you watched the quicklook for Test Drive Unlimited 2 , you know the beauty of the opening cutscene. Well after some serious soul-searching on youtube, I found this gem. Obviously the game should be set in India, and this would be the opening scene.
Games that need more Mike Haggar Mayor of Earth Mike Haggar. He's a family man. He's a professional wrestler. He's a mustachioed lead pipe and overall connoisseur. Sadly Haggar has only been in a handful of games, like the Final Fight series and, more recently, Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I think it's high time that Haggar makes more appearances, and here are some suggestions. Here's a picture of him...
So I never played a Guilty Gear game, but when I saw that the main dude's name was "Sol Badguy" I lost it. This got me thinking what are some of the worst named video game characters I could think of. Feel free to add your own in the comments. Hard Man For a dude that's supposed to be a badass robot master, there's nothing intimidading about "Hard Man." At least we know he doesn't need Cialis....
Oh my God... this download for the DLC is only a few KBs... this must mean... THE DLC IS ON THE DISC We've all seen it (or at least people complaining about it). Company X announces a few extra levels or some new challenge levels to download for a measley 5$-10$-15$. You pay the price and download it, only to find that it appears to be an unlock, it's way to small of a download for it NOT to be...
Dear Game Room, I wrote you a haiku to send you off. You were terrible Your existence, a mere joke Where's Sunset Riders
Like any large group sweeping generalizations don't apply. There are a ton of cool people, and then there are some people who say disagreeable things once in a while, whether it be them trying to get a certain reaction or they genuinely feel that way. Also they like video games. Lets have fun and not take ourselves too seriously. Love, GlenTennis p.s. here's a picture of a monkey riding a shoe-...
I never thought I'd say this, but if done right a live action Street Fighter IV movie could be badass. You just need to get the right people behind it. I'm thinking less of this: and more of this: Am I crazy for wanting this?
So I play TF2. I have been playing it a lot, actually. I recently checked and I've played 260 hours of it over the years. If you don't know, there is a feature in TF2 called crafting, where you can get randomly generated weapons or other items and combine them to make other items that you want. Along with weapons, you can craft hats, but they are much harder to make. They require 81 different i...
With the advancement of graphics, storytelling and various other parts of gaming on the rise, comparisons between games and movies become more and more apt. But one thing that there seems to be a lack of comparison to are soundtracks. In movies licensed music is often used to draw an emotion from the viewer, and when done properly it can be powerful and lead to a very memorable moment. Of cours...
Me: Oh, look another weird Minecraft video. Me: I should really get back into Minecraft... (boots up Minecraft) Oh look, I never finished that Colosseum, I'm going to go mine for a bit and... oh great I fell in lava and lost all my tools. I'm never going to play Minecraft again. (Repeat cycle in 2 weeks)
I don't know if it's a relatively new trend, but the consumption of media that's "so bad it's good," especially movies, has become more popular. With obvious examples being films like "The Room" or "Troll 2," you can find more of a culture that appreciates good bad movies. You see this with not only movies, but television and to a lesser extent music. This got me thinking, can a video game be a...
Thanks, Ryan Davis. What if this was the Citizen Kane of gaming? How am I supposed to know what this game is about. Google it? What am I a caveman? You let me down, Jeff. There's a hole in my heart where the DSi and WiiWare games used to live. ' WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
"So you might remember my last blog , in which I posted a dumb article from CNN talking about upcoming games in 2011. There were some stupid moments, like comparing Portal 2 to Angry Birds, but the writer at least, in a way, knew what he was doing. Well I just came across this article on the Wall Street Journal Online. Here is the lead of the article. "No Mario Kart. No Beatles. No Halo. Here a...
Especially this guy . This is what happens when major media outlets go "oh shit, video games are popular, right?" and get Ted from down the hall who "has played video games before" to write something up. Aside from being ultra generic, some of it is just plain wrong. Gems from the article include the following: " February will bring "Portal 2," a puzzle game that demands you solve challenges by...
Let me tell you, if you want to feel old, hang out with children. I worked at a daycare for the past 4 years, and even though I'm only 21, I had a definite case of old man syndrome throughout most of it. Let me tell you when you see a 9-year-old pull out an iPhone, you'll instantly feel older. It's even more embarrassing when you see that they've gotten further in Angry Birds than you. Reading...
A good friend of mine once said "Aim high, but keep your expectations low." Here are my resolutions for 2011. 1) Befriend either a "D" list celebrity, or a distant cousin of an "A" list celebrity. I either want to be getting brunch with Andy Dick, or going to Starbucks with Jedidiah Pitt. 2) Have a comeback. What can I say, I was inspired by "The Fighter" and I want my very own comeback story....
I never understood what makes a "fanboy." I had only Nintendo consoles until Christmas of 2008, but I would be one of the first people to critisize the Wii and point out that it was very far from perfect. What brings this up is something I saw just now on IGN. They had the "Console Showdown 2010," which first of all I think is just in itself troll and fanboy bait. Sure enough, at the time of wr...
Having grown up with a really crappy iMac, the only PC game I played was StarCraft. I am now going back and playing the "must play" PC games. My first game of this series is Half Life 2 and its expansions. So, I can see why everyone wants a new Half Life game. Anywhere you look, you seem to see pretty much universal appreciation of many of Valve's games. And while some might not approve of thei...
So often you see people take internet forms way too seriously, and while admittedly there is still some of that on Giant Bomb, I feel like the community here is a little more laid back than other places. I believe the following picture is proof of that. Three of the currently featured form topics are all part of the Hamburger sub form. Don't ever change, Giant Bomb.
Today I downloaded the new (old) X-Men Arcade game on XBLA. And sure, it plays exactly the same as I remember it, but I was met with two surprises. 1) The music is awesome. It is perfect arcade beat-em-up music. I'm not sure if it has been remastered in any way, but it's great. 2) The voice acting is HORRIBLE. Maybe it was because I always used to play it in a loud arcade and could never actual...
Happy Christmas and/or other holiday break everyone (Sorry if yours hasn't started yet). For me, this is the best time of the year for gaming. It's the end of the year and I have close to a month off of school and a couple weeks off work, and I can start actually making use of that GameFly subscription (I've been sitting on Alan Wake and MW2 for 2 months now). So for those of us who don't have...
I don't do a lot of competitive multiplayer gaming. When I do, it's usually Street Fighter, Left 4 Dead 2, and more recently Modern Warfare 2. The reason I don't play a lot of competitive multiplayer is not because I don't enjoy it, it's because people are dicks. Recently I've run into more and more assholes on Xbox Live than ever before. One of the more infuriating incidents was when I was pla...
Today marks the two-year anniversary of my Xbox 360. This is the first ever non-nintendo console I ever owned, as well as the first console I bought with my own money. You haven't red ringed on me yet even though I keep you in the improper vertical position. Knowing my luck it will be broken tomorrow, but even if it is I will still look back and be happy with the hours of happiness you provided...
I always was on the outside looking in on the Call of Duty franchise. I was always somewhat interested, but the only game I ever played was CoD 2, because it was only $20 when I got my Xbox 360. But this weekend I decided to dive in, and played through Modern Warfare 1&2, and here's what I experienced. I was unimpressed to begin with in Modern Warfare 1. To be fair, I was spoiled on the big mom...
Last night I had my first hamburger. Not my first one at a certain resturaunt (well I guess technically that's true), but I'm talking about the first hamburger I've ever consumed, in my 21 years on this planet. And let me tell you, I've been missing out. I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't eat a lot of meat. Never have. I'll usually take chicken if I have to, but last night me and a few friends w...
Super Meat boy is HARD. But you probably already know that. I have beaten about 200 levels, gotten 65 bandages and I think I finally hit the glass ceiling. You know why? Not because I don't think I can't do it ( I totally can you guys, trust me ) but it's because this game is not only damaging me mentally, but it is the first game that I have ever had physical pains from. I find myself in inten...
Today I was cleaning up my shelf, going through and organizing all my old games when I came across two games that I had to take a second look at. They were Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, and Baten Kaitos. Both GameCube games, I realized I loved these games when I had first bought them, but I never remembered beating them. So I loaded up Metal Arms and almost instantly the terrible memories c...