It’s the first of May… or as the Borian calendar might decipher it, APRIL 31st. Welcome to another Bite commentary. Gonna be a short one today since I’ve said a bit in my individual Blog entries. So let’s have some random postings:
The adult industry is upset because piracy is hurting their business. Or something. I dunno. Shouldn’t you guys be upset about the fact that the internet is full of free porn and that could be the cause of decreasing business in your industry? I’m just saying. If one looks hard enough, they can find enough free adult content to whack off to without paying more than the monthly network fees. Whatever.
The latest episode of AVGN has come up and it’s Action 52. Basically, he shows off his brand-new Nintoaster and plays the first fifty-one games on the cartridge. Presumably, he’ll be saving the Cheetahmen for the next episode and possibly review the rare sequel or even the Genesis entry. Who knows? Overall, a nice little episode that seems more focused and streamlined, but honestly, when it comes to reviews on Action 52, nothing beats Armake21 vs. Action 52. I suggest checking that out; it’s awesome.
But how about that Nintoaster? Personally, I’d want me a Super Genintari. The beast that plays NES, SNES, Genesis, and Atari 2600 games… what, no love for the 7800? Oh well. That’s still pretty sweet.
Speaking of which, Chris “Irate Gamer” Bores has just released the trailer for the next episode of his History of Video Games (Failure) series, which covers old Atari games and features Bores in an arcade. While people might be complaining and crying foul on some of Bores’ usual fails, I am perplexed by three things:
1) What modern-day video arcade (that is still standing) would possess 30+ year arcade machines? I can understand perhaps a couple older arcade machines from the 80s and 90s still sticking around, but even that’s a bit unlikely. If there are classic arcade games to be found, it’ll probably be one of those Ultracade machines possessing several classic games built-in. But I doubt any arcade would own any vintage Atari arcade machines and allow the public free access to them. Most likely place you’ll find them is in a museum or something… or Nolan Bushnell’s house. I don’t know.
Not to mention that the steering wheel he’s using in the trailer looks way too detailed and advanced for a machine built in the 1970s. So his “exclusive” footage is likely from emulators rather than pointing a camcorder at the machine in action.
2) Bores actually went to an arcade to film the live bits for this “special” episode, even though we’ll probably never actually see him play the actual machines. In fact, if he actually showed snippets of him playing the actual arcade games in the trailer, I’d be slightly more impressed. But again, I highly doubt you’ll find Grantrak 10 and Rebound machines openly available to the public at a local arcade in their original form, so really, what’s the point of the live bits in the arcade? Is there anything he couldn’t have done with his usual greenscreenery that he needed an actual location to pull off? Also, considering the notoriety and hatred that he has garnered from the gaming community, I’m surprised that he was able to escape the arcade unscathed and in one piece.
3) As a matter of fact, why not show off the arcade? Arcade are hard to come by these days and if you’re going to film lame skits at an arcade for an online show, why not show off the arcade and give a bit of publicity? I recall that whenever a Game Heroes podcast would take place at an arcade or similar establishment, they’d often give a small tour of place, showing off some of the games and other features of the place. It was a really nice way to give a place publicity and raise awareness to those living around that area.
That’s going to be an interesting episode… for all the wrong reasons. But then again, that’s why I watch the Irate Gamer show… for all the wrong reasons. Because I sure as hell don’t expect a competent review from these guys.
Oy. Told you this was gonna be short and I just blew a chunk of it on the upcoming video for Irate. Oh well.
Later.
dtm666 