Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

So They Found The Landfill With The E.T. Things…

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/04/26/the-dig-uncovering-the-atari-et-games-buried-in-new-mexico-desert

And all I can say is… meh. I suppose I don’t feel this to be as big a deal as everyone else seems to think… if only because E.T. for 2600, for all the lore that the “Great E.T. Landfill Haul” has built over the years, is about as common of a find as Pac-Man for the same system. If it was a rarity, then yeah, I could be a little more enthusiastic about this find. As it is… meh.

So with that, I guess we don’t need that AVGN movie anymore. Rather obsolete by this point… but if nothing else, it’ll probably gain more interest. If only this discovery would increase interest in a better movie on the matter, but we won’t know until the thing comes out…

The Irate Saga Is Over…

The above pretty much sums up my reaction, I think.

So now that we got that out of the way, it’s now Rolfe’s turn to produce utter garbage. And the bar established is so low that there’s no possible way he could NOT reach it.

Oh… on a sidenote, I like this one bit by the IGSucks blog guy; “I would love to see Chris attempt to release this on DVD, I could report him to Saban Brands!”

Yes, I’m sure you’d LOVE to report him to Saban if he somehow releases this stuff to DVD. Just like everybody else reported him to the various movie studios for the movie clips he kept on the DVDs he already released… oh wait.

A Metro Reader Explains His Disenchantment With Retron 5

The article in question can be reached with the link provided and in a way, sort of saves me the trouble of explaining my own waning faith (for lack of a better word) in the console. I’m still looking forward to the thing, but with each delay comes the inevitable thinking that this thing may not be all that it turns out to be. Check it out below;

http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/13/the-problem-with-retron-5-the-retro-console-readers-feature-4696586/

The YES! Stall…

I suppose we should be happy that Daniel Bryan Danielson is champion at all, but I’m sort of getting vibes of that one guy’s one-year title reign that ended up being an afterthought compared to whatever stupid shit John Cena is doing or whatever stupid shit HHH is doing. Hey, I’m glad the Shield is getting a chance to shine with the big boys, but I just wished they spent as much effort pushing their WORLD FUCKING CHAMPION as they did… well, anything else they think is worth a damn.

There’s a fairly good chance that come Summerslam or whatever, Brock Lesnar is most likely getting his go around with the belts. And at the rate they’re booking their champion to look like a goof, it’s more than likely the match, much like the “shocking” match with Undertaker, is going to blow chunks. Why not give Bryan the same kind of title reign that Bret Hart got before he became a bitter whiner? You know, the kind where he would defend his titles against all comers, show off his stuff, and at the very least, keep the people still on board happy? It’ll at least give Bryan something to do and perhaps give him a bit more credibility in that eventual showdown with Lesnar.
I don’t know… just a thought.

COMIC REVIEW – Game Boy #3 (1990)

Happy 25th, Game Boy.

Last time, Mario was on a passenger jet. This time, Mario takes to the skies as that dastardly Tatanga attempts to take over an aircraft carrier… oh, and that Herman fellow is still around, now pursued by the FBI for his alleged hijacking of the airplane from last issue. Seems like he’s our main secondary character that we follow after Tatanga, Mario, and all the minions. Feel free to appreciate Tatanga’s only stretch as a major threat to Mario before he gets bumped down to Moon Zone boss a year or so down the line, but I digress.

I feel like I’m lost when it comes to these stories. I get that these were primarily aimed at children and thus is written as children’s fare, but even within that context, you would think that, at some point, we’d get some explanation as to how these intrusions keep happening and why no one figured the solution would be to take these cursed Game Boys and Mario Land cartridges and just destroy them. That way, no more Tatanga invading our world. Seems like a simple fix, but they never address it.

Then again, this is simple fare where the core audience this is written for only cares about Mario and his shenanigans… and hey, he brought SkyPop with him. I’m all for more SkyPop in Mario media, especially one part where SkyPop gets a considerable upgrade in firepower. It’s entertaining fluff, if nothing else.

Well… we’ve got one more issue to go, folks. Let’s see how this thing comes to an end.

Thoughts On… Eric Young As TNA World Champ

Note: Originally written last Sunday.

I want to nibble on TNA booking Eric Young to win their World Champion on the same week that saw Daniel Bryan Danielson get his Wrestlemania moment and win the WWE Heavyweight Championship. I was going to do this in a video log format, but I’m not really going to bother because there’s really not much to say and what I do have to say doesn’t need any mincing of words, so I’ll just say it.

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