Crap Digging Investigation

A friend of mine (The Half Blind Gamer) from the forums has been making his own show for a while now called Crap Digging Investigation. The show covers games that you would assume are crap and tells you if they are good or not. It's not the highest budget show and he does have an accent (which I know turns some people off) but I think it's a fun show that's worth checking out.
Give it a look. :)


Also I hope everything goes well and he recovers quickly from his surgery. Good luck man.
Send your well wishes to this thread on the forums

=w= Goat Punishment @ the Knitting Factory

Another awesome show! Goat Punishment shredded up the knitting factory on the eve of new years eve in 2000. An amazing lineup that would probably never happen these days. Please come back Goat Punishment, but this time come to San Francisco =w=

Thrift Store Treasure

A few days ago I went to the local Salvation Army to see if I could find anything fun or interesting. Sometimes they have some hilarious VHS movies or some cool Laser Discs. I don't know why but I love Laser Discs even though I don't have a Laser Disc Player. I think it's the large cover art. Anyway I was snooping around the cases in the “boutique” area and I found a good looking copy of Kings Quest IV for the PC in the original box. It's in great shape and it even has the copy protection stuff and the manual. I picked it up for $3 which I think is pretty good to get back an old favorite in the box. Check it out.

On a side note VGTO will be on hold for one more day, since today is Fathers Day. I'll pick back up on it tomorrow.

The Long Delay

I know it's been a while since I've had a new VGTO out, but hopefully it'll be out soon. My sister made her way home yesterday, so I shouldn't have anything to distract me for a while. On the up side, while I didn't edit the show yesterday I did find something really cool. Behold:

That's right I finally broke down and bought a Jaguar. Hopefully I'll be able to find the AV adapter for it and record some of it for the show (Double Jump). :)
Thanks for being patient everyone, I'm gonna get back to work on everything either tonight or tomorrow. So keep your eyes peeled for something new.

EPISODE NINE: "Daisy, Daisy"

In which "Mario Kart Wii" gives me an excuse to string together some tangentially-related bits about Nintendo's "other princess," under-appreciated Hedgehog love-interests and Squaresoft's ever-more-"emo" hero characters. Also: Fixing some issues from last time, some elaboration on audio-editing and Italian softcore starlets.



Most of the time I have a cohesive, essay-ready plan for these. Other times... not so much. Enjoy!

The Network @ The Key Club

Here's another poster i did for The Network show from a few years back at the key club. The network is a sideproject from Green Day that basically sounds like Devo but more awesome. I thought a rubik's cube was a perfect fit

Weezer @ the Glass House

I have always had a soft spot for concert posters. It's a nice little memento of a great show that you get to take home. I have recently started collecting them from the shows that i go to. Back in the summer of 2000 i saw one of the best concerts Weezer has ever put on. I decided to create my own poster for the show.

Baseball

I haven't quite finished the new episode of VGTO because my sister is visiting from out of town, but I did post a short "Quickie" video about the Gameboy version of Baseball. It's been up for a little while now on RetrowareTV.com but I figured I'd give you guys the heads up.
You should also check out the video that inspired it, made by my buddy Norm of GameFlop/RetrowareTV.

What's up with 1UP?

1up.com has been my favorite gaming site for quite a few years now. The employ some of the best and most ethical writers in the business. Lately though it seems like they have been having some serious issues. Here is a list of people who have left the site in the semi recent past and where they have gone.

Luke Smith – Works for Bungie Studios
Jane Pinckard – Writes for GameGirlAdvance.com
John Davison – Works at WhatTheyPlay.com
Che Chou – Works for Microsoft at Turn 10 studios
Dan “Shoe” Hsu - Unknown
Crispin Boyer - Unknown (just announced he was leaving yesterday)
Bryan Intihar – Works for Insomniac Studios
Mark McDonald - Unknown
Kathleen Sanders – works at Fyreball.com
Jen Frank – Left for personal reasons (unknown at present)

The site has also suffered some recent closures/troubles:
Official Playstation Magazine closed down.
Ziff Davis filed for bankruptcy.
GFW the Magazine was closed down and moved to online only.


I'm not saying that all of those people left because of the financial problems, because sometimes people just move on, but it does seem like an awful lot of people are leaving (including people that have been there for ages).
I'm worried that my favorite gaming site is losing a lot of talent. They still have some fantastic writers Like Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen and Jeff Green, and they still have some great podcasts but I do worry that if a few more people leave it'll no longer be the destination for gaming news.

Itagaki Update (leaving Tecmo)

In a recent post, I said that Itagaki had been sort of cornered into making more Ninja Gaiden games, well it apears that it may have gotten to him. According to James Mielke's Blog on 1UP, Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and suing them. Keep an eye on Mielke's blog for updates.

*edit* More info on 1UP NEWS

Ode to Miyamoto

Princess Peach

Princess Zelda

Samus


My 3 favorite nintendo ladies!