A plan of sorts going forward… including a Saturday stream, possible collection videos, the usual assortment, and when THAT video is coming along and why it’s not here yet.
And yes, I’m reusing old footage from an older video released months ago… because fuck you.
Normally, this post would be your State Of The Blog for the month, which denotes the video schedule and such things. That schedule is not ready, but I can tell you that tomorrow will feature another video review thing and Saturday will not only feature the occasionally updated DTM Mailbag, but also the Video Of Bad News (a.k.a. DTM Rambles #35). And hopefully, with that albatross off my back, we can resume more fun stuff that will be revealed on Sunday.
In the meantime, however, I asked Youtube’s Studio AI thing to construct me thumbnails based on the infamous PICARD FACEPALM meme and the bloody thing… couldn’t be bothered. Not enough RAM for the process, I guess. However, they did provide concepts of how each thumbnail could be made if I wanted to make them myself, which is… yes, of course. I’ll make these myself. Why not?
Anyway, AI is a touchy thing and I’m leery about it, especially with all the rogue news that have been broken… but for stupid shit like this to laugh at… eh, whatever. Anyway, read what the AI thing has to say about its inability to recreate an image that has existed for generations. Maybe they’re saving that for The Next Generation of AI-image creation or something… eh.
What does it matter? We’re dead in a few years anyway, so…
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From PC Game Pass comes another beat-em-up brawler inspired by the 90s. Because it saves me a few bucks from having to play a game that I’m probably going to abandon not long after this video is done… which I probably will. Sometimes, being able to “rent” games online is a better deal than outright “buying” games… especially if you’re going to make no pretense about ownership or whatever the case may be.
I might keep the Game Pass thing for another month or so before abandoning it, see what else I could mine for video fodder next year… but I think we’ll be heading back to older stock for the remainder of the year… with maybe one or two exceptions.
In 2017, TNA was acquired by Anthem Sports and one of the things they did was ditch the TNA name in favor of IMPACT Wrestling, which would be the company name until 2023 when the decision was made to revert back to the TNA name. Despite this change, some people continued to call the company by its older, more recognizable name. As much as I tried to call it IMPACT, TNA popped in and out it went. Therefore, for the sake of simplicity, I will continue to refer to the company as TNA for the rest of these musings.
And then there was Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling endeavor… which may or may not still be a thing depending on what time of day you ask Jeff Jarrett these days. And while you’re at it, ask him if Global Force Gold is still a thing.
Shortly after the TNA name was ditched, there was allegedly some sort of deal that would see both Impact and Global Force merge into one major promotion and for a time, the company would be known as GFW. The banner that is gracing this post was done years ago when I had some consideration in giving the Bound For Glory show a watch. It ended up not happening and the banner was left unused. But eventually, things fell apart, all mention of Global Force was scrubbed, and the company was back to being Impact Wrestling, which would stick for the next few years until going back to TNA in 2024.
In any event, we’ve got another Bound For Glory show; the first one in the proper Anthem era that is surprisingly still going to this very day, though for how long is another story that won’t be told here because this is not about today. It’s about yesterday. And also, Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Gold is no longer with the company, but the banner stays the same because who really gives a shit at this point?
Yes, I know it was last week… but you know the deal; these things don’t get installed until Tuesday.
Yeah, I’ve been on the fence with this one. Not necessarily a “bad” game or anything like that, but definitely has enough of that bootleg pirate original stink that I can’t exactly call it the hidden gem that the folks at Super Fighter Team and Piko Interactive thought that it was. Sometimes, these games are unlicensed by Sega for a reason.
Anyway, Wednesday should see Marvel get the spotlight with their non-Playstation new game… well, fairly recent, anyway… and then we’ll be doing “Spooky” stuff or something.
Source: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/benjamin-pac-satterley-passes-away-at-40-years-old/
One day after competing at the AEW All Out PPV event, news broke that Benjamin Satterley – best known as PAC and also Adrian Neville during his WWE/NXT stint – passed away at the age of 40. The cause of the death is currently undisclosed.
Never met the guy and only seen pockets of his work during his WWE stint, but I did get familiar with him during his AEW run and that man was a beast. His gimmick was “the Bastard PAC” – something that became a bit of a running joke when I would add words to his name during my various AEW musings, so that Bastard PAC became “THAT NO-GOOD MOTHERFUCKER PIECE OF SHIT BASTARD PAC!” and so on and so forth. I had more fun with the name than anything.
But in reality, Ben was a decent dude to those who knew and met him. Dying at age 40 sucks and this happening shortly after the passing of another wrestler (the Butcher Andy Williams) has to be a gutwrench. My condolences and best wishes to all who knew him.
Had a bunch of VX Gaming Famiclones laying around, was going to do individual videos on each one, but then never got around to… but rather than make an effort, I decided to go with a general overview of these consoles. Not a sales pitch or sponsorship deal; just curious as to why Giant Tiger continues to sell these things every so often.
Famed internet wrestling critic Scott Keith recently revisited every episode of Nitro and every WCW from the year 2000 and confirmed what most people already knew: that WCW in the year 2000 sucked ass.
I’ve revisited some WCW 2000 stuff in recent years, which I’ve come to regret for the most part. And mind you, not everything can be blamed on Russo because there were those few months before the “reboot” that he wasn’t in charge of and we just went back to the Hogan train. But the fact of the matter is that even back in 2000 when I was wanting to watch as much wrestling as possible, I had no interest in watching WCW around this time because it was just such a horrible television program.
And while everything can’t be blamed on Russo, the reality is that this was the guy who had a hand in Attitude Era WWF and tried to copy and paste some of his homework in his new place of employment, only to find that it didn’t quite work. The reality is that when I have the option to watch WWF or a shittier version of WWF, which do you think I’m going to go for? Never mind the fact that WCW didn’t have anyone I could remotely care about and the few I did were treated like such tools that they ended up jumping ship to the other company and the few that stayed behind saw their value die out horribly.
I do recall watching some of the PPVs. I do recall watching these things play out live. I do recall wondering why I even waste my time with this shit. Vince Russo, for all his talk about how wrestling fans confuse him with the character he plays on TV, is a horrible actor. I don’t buy him as a credible character. He comes across as a parody of an authority figure. He’s essentially a skinnier Eric Cartman; nobody is respecting his authoritah.
Given the choice between watching WCW 2000 and today’s current product, I’ll probably stick with today’s product. Some of the storytelling is pedestrian and boring, but at least I can look forward to some decent wrestling and at the very least, I can fall asleep at some point, which is an added benefit. WCW 2000 is a chore to watch, I feel miserable for having watching it, and at this stage in life, I’ve no interest in being miserable through self-inflicted means. Fuck that noise.
That said, I’ve heard good things about Vinny Ru’s run in JCW, which recently came to an end. I’ve seen a couple episodes here and there. It’s not for me, but they’re the best stuff involving Russo in a good long while. He found a show that suited his style. I wish him the best in whatever he does next, but to anyone thinking he should be brought in by either of the major promotions, that’s not happening. The guy’s old. Let him enjoy his time off doing his little podcasts. He doesn’t need the headaches anymore.
That’s my little blurb. I’m going to bed. Good night.
In celebration of Castlevania’s 40th anniversary, we’re playing Castlevania I… again. But this time, it’s on mobile.
This isn’t what I had in mind originally… we’ll get to that one of these days, but not any time soon…
