Hey, remember when Xbox One was supposed to include their Kinect motion capture gimmick as part of the package and everyone threw a fit because they didn’t want a “spy camera” as part of their video game console? Well, Nintendo is taking it a step further and may possibly record your video and audio chatting sessions.
But I guess everyone is okay with that because it’s Nintendo…
And then people wonder why the gaming industry has gone to shit.
I’ve been out of the loop for a while. Has anyone asked about how Juan Cena feels about his cousin John’s heel turn? Asking for a friend…
The final Soldier thing on TurboEngine 32 or something.
And it only took us TWO DECADES!
Also… good dog.
Looking forward to this one.
I wish that Atari had bought Activision…
Sure, they probably couldn’t handle Call of Duty…
But think of all those wonderful 2600 games they could have brought back to the fold.
Pitfall, River Raid, Keystone Kapers, Enduro…
Yes, even Dragster deserves another chance to shine…
But no, let’s give it to Microsoft so that Nintendo can get back Battletoads or something.
Fuck off.
Bye.
They call it “final” but they keep making moar…
“Hulkamania is alive! Well, so is communism in China and crotch rot,
and no one’s real thrilled about them, either.”
Scott Keith, 2002
Someone had sent a question via the question box gimmick on the blog’s side bar thing about how I had felt when Hulk Hogan had won the WWF Championship in 2002.
For those who need context, WWF Wrestlemania X-8 featured the marquee match of The Rock facing off against Hollywood Hulk Hogan, where the heel Hogan was cheered by the Toronto crowd while the normally babyface Rock was booed heavily. This resulted in a resurgence of popularity that saw Hogan break away from the WWF version of the nWo (another story for another time), bring back Jimi Hendrix as an entrance theme (before it got redubbed with Real American in the replays), and go back to the ol’ red and yellow… while keeping the Hollywood Hogan five o’clock shadow. This nostalgia run, as it were, somehow resulted in a PPV main event that saw Hogan challenge for the Undisputed WWF Championship, which was being held by McSon-In-Law, who won the title at Mania from Chris Jericho in what can be generously described as an anemic main event.
The thought then occurred to me that it’s been years since I’ve seen the Backlash show in which that match took place. And while the WWE Network is kaput, the show is on Netflix… but I also have my old DVD recording of the PPV from back in the day and since I prefer Voodoo Child over Real American as a Hogan theme – hell, I’d take American Made over Real American – I went with that instead.
And yes, I will get this out of the way. Backlash 2002 is a largely terrible show because WWF in 2002 was the drizzling shits that wouldn’t get better… but at the very least, it gives me stuff to talk about. Granted, I could have watched the Backlash show that took place last weekend, but really, other than the 738,909,251,831,862,583,019th match between John Cena and Randy Orton, there was nothing on that show that made me go, “Yes, I want to watch this.” So you get this, instead.
See? We both suffer… that’s how life works around here. Anyway, moving right along…
Click here to play:
https://megamanmaker.com/?level=580158
Yes, it’s a Quickman-esque “dodge the death beams of death” inspired level. How original. It gets somewhat sketchy towards the end and there’s a couple fights to boot. If only the video output held up a little better, but it’s better than nothing (no pun intended.)
It’s been a little over a month since my recent hospitalization. If you haven’t heard, I suffered a pulmonary embolism and a relapse of Crohn’s. I won’t go into the details here; there’s a Bite Commentary that I posted last week which pretty much has that covered. I implore you to read it because it paints a clear picture in terms of health.
So I’ve reached the point to where I’m more or less back to the same state that I was before. I’m breathing a little better, I’m moving a little better, I’m back to my usual daily routine (for the most part), I’ve been continuing my meds and even got my first major treatment a week or so ago, which went by rather smoothly.
I want to say that I’m in a better place right now, but at the moment, I’m just… not quite where I need to be. Hell, I’m not even sure if I’ll ever get there… but one day at a time, I’ve been told. We’ll see…
You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to get this off the bucket list… and most of it was good ol’ fashioned procrastination. Hurray for lack of motivation!
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