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Super Cruel Mario.

Published on May 19, 2008 in Hobbies and Media. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

I’ve not done very much lately. Worked all last week, having a great time doing it. It really makes time fly – Disneyworld will be here in no time at this rate. And I have a 4-day weekend coming up! Victoria will be visiting, and I might get to see everyone in Atlanta again. I sure hope – I really miss all of them.

Last night I spent the night at Stan’s house and we spent a good portion of it looking at videos of Mario mods. I’d figure I’d share them.

First up is Cat Mario. Thanks to Brandon and Eowyn for this hilarity:

The video has a slow start, but give it a bit to really get you laughing. It’s not so much of a mod as it is a completely from-scratch game that resembles Mario in level design… until you realize all the components you take for granted in Mario don’t apply here. Bricks and platforms dodge to avoid you, appear out of nowhere to kill, enemies and items don’t do their normal functions, etc. It’s rather a bitch. You can play it here at this applet.

Next is a rather difficult mod, but the humor in this is the voiceover for me. XD

This time, there’s no floor, but at least items act as programmed. It’s just a bitch. :P Not too much to say other than I love it when this guy gets upset. XD

And now for Asshole Mario:

This one is INTENSE. Everything works as you’d expect it to in Super Mario World, they just program stages on a Legendary difficulty. It’s pretty much rape, and you have to rely on exploits (mostly spin jumping on enemies you wouldn’t expect). There are quite a few installments of this series, and the editor does a nice job of cutting out the unnecessary.

Anything else? Let’s see… I played Rock Band for the first time the other night. I give it hell, and for some good reasons. The difficulty for the guitar is nothing compared to Guitar Hero’s… The GUI is SHIT. I couldn’t figure out what the hell I was selecting for multiplayer. The animation is choppy and feels incomplete. The only redeeming factor is having friends aimlessly yell into the microphone (the mic detects only pitch and not the word… so “blah blah blah” or “bitch dick whore” work just fine) and banging on the drums as loudly as possible to drown out the rest of the game. Because controllers should always be louder than the actual game. *rolleyes*

Tricia sent me a box of goodies! A bunch of awesome ducks are now miiiine, and a Free Tibet bumper sticker is on my car. I got some kettle corn, some carmel corn, and some magnet toys and Stephen Colbert’s “I Am America (And So Can You!)”. I can’t wait to read it cover to cover. :)

That’s all I really have for right now.

Stuff? Got no title today. :P

Published on April 18, 2008 in Media. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

First off, allow me to apologise for not being able to update this since like… friggin’ Monday. This week has been rather hellish in terms of free time. What with my C project finally getting done last night, the Film test this morning (for which I had to watch Minority Report for)… I actually pulled my first legitimate all-nighter this semester on Wednesday night. I’m wiped – after this lecture I’ll probably call Tricia and sleep. Sleeeeep.

I’ll start with Minority Report. I really didn’t expect it to be just THAT good. Tom Cruise may be batshiat crazy sometimes, but he was perfect for this movie. If you’ve lived under a rock in terms of mainstream movies from 2002 (I just dunno why I didn’t see it sooner – no excuse, really, I guess I just fail), go see it. It takes place in 2054, where Cruise plays Jon Anderton, the head of the Washington, DC, Department of Pre-Crime. The department is a test, using “pre-cogs” (humans who are gifted with foresight) to know where and with whom a murder takes place. Interesting plot.

So the other day it occurred to me that school is out in about a week for me as of now. A week from Monday is my first and only exam, and the day after I leave for home… the same day that GTA 4 is released. I cannot wait – the more and more I see about this game the better it looks. To quote IGN:

“Multiplayer is accessed from the single-player game via Niko’s cell phone and supports up to 16 players. Oh, and the entire world runs at the same time. That’s right — all the pedestrians, traffic and cops are there. The entire city is open to you and your fifteen friends in apparently every mode.

And that’s what it feels like to have your mind blown.”

Just…. damn. And the multiplayer modes seem just as awesome:

“Cops N Crooks puts players on two very different teams. One team spawns as crooks, with one of its members randomly selected to be the crime boss (or VIP). The other team spawns as cops in squad cars. The crooks need to help the boss get to a randomly selected escape points so he can flee the city. Most of these are along the water for a boat escape, though some have you extricated from a roof via helicopter. The cops win by either killing the boss or destroying the escape vehicle.

There are a few twists that make this the most interesting version of VIP I’ve ever played. The cops can see the crooks on their radar (with the boss getting a unique icon), but they don’t know where the escape vehicle is located. Remember, all of Liberty City is open, so it’s not going to be easy to immediately guess where the crooks might be headed. While the cops spawn in cars, the crooks start on foot and must find transportation. This gives the cops an early advantage, unless TeamXbox’s Andy Eddy is driving. Even my grandmother can escape a pursuing Officer Eddy.”

Adding this to the older appeal of GTA…. this will be amazing. And 2 weeks until my job starts is amazing too. :3 To which I found out this morning I don’t have to do the 8 hour “dear Christ that hurts” orientation lecture again. Yes. It was 8 hours. Ouch.

Sooo… “Ghost Ride da Whip”. What. A. Dumb. Trend.

Christ. This is what humanity has come to. MLK fought for your rights and this is how you repay him. Darwin had better claim him, and soon.

Anyway, Super Mario Brothers was an amazingly bad movie, but I think this guy nailed it. I’ll definitely be watching more of his reviews. He has a lot of charisma for the role he takes on:

And that’s all I have for now, but I might be adding more later to make up for my absences.