Category: Musings

Vinny Ru Strikes Again…

http://wrestling-edge.com/vince-russo-says-sami-zayn-does-not-equal-ratings/

Apparently, a guy who just shows up out of the blue without prior announcement or acknowledgement on prior editions of the program is supposed to draw ratings right out of the gate. Maybe Vinny Ru should be writing, he seems to know what he’s doing, right?

Why is everyone laughing?

Star Trek Has Hit GOG.com

Oh, fellas. You’re killin’ me. YOU’RE KILLIN’ ME.

GOG.com just recently put up Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and each go for about six bucks. Two of those games are perhaps the finest Star Trek games ever conceived and the closest you’d have gotten at the time to playing authentic Star Trek episodes… and yes, those look to be the enhanced CD-ROM versions featuring the voiceovers of the original crew. Starfleet Academy… I’ve never played all that much, but I’ve heard it’s good.

I guess I could hold out hope that I may yet be able to play Klingon Academy… maybe…

X-Wing and TIE Fighter Grace Steam… Now It's Their Turn To Bitch About Missing CD Versions

For those who didn’t get the game on GOG.com for whatever ungodly reason, Steam just got the X-Wing series recently. This includes X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter, and X-Wing Alliance, considered widely to be some of the finest space combat simulator games ever conceived and one of the best reasons to be PC gaming back int the day. However, in regards to the first two games, you’re only getting the original DOS versions and the updated Windows release; the middle of the road enhanced CD-ROM Collector’s Editions – considered to be the definitive versions – are not included.

Naturally, Steam users would be iffed.
Meanwhile, GOG.com just announced that they uploaded those very same versions of the game after quite a bit of complaining on the part of users. So for roughly the same price, you could GET THREE versions of two classic space sim games… and it doesn’t include DRM. And if you already bought the games when they were first released, then you get the new versions for free. (Note: If you don’t see three versions of X-Wing or TIE Fighter on your shelf, you might have to refresh your account, which you can do by clicking this link.)
So, screw you, Steam. HA!
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Okay… back to WWE 2K15.

CM Punk Responds To JDF’s Harrassment

From a recent Q&A that he participated in, when asked about JDF’s constant challenges, CM Punk used the four big words above (not so much the other stuff). My thoughts on this?

Thank you, Punk, for giving validity to the very same thing I’ve been thinking for years.

Maybe now that JDF now has a definite answer to his paper challenge, he can move on with his life and do other things… like try and challenge Van Damme to a fight again and get deservedly ignored.

On The Other Hand… Da Bores

So some time ago, I had written a post declaring how god awful the recent episode of the Nerd series was. And for the record, I have yet to play this Hong Kong game and thus will also have to do so the same way the rest of the Internet does… through an emulator. (Expect a review of this next April Fools, when such a review makes sense to make.)

On the other hand, we have Da Bores making a video on Kid Icarus… and it’s about as much as you’d expect a typical Irate Gamer episode; lots of unfunny puns, lots of over-exaggerations, lots of unfunny gags, lots of predictable jokes, lots of repeating jokes in a vain attempt to make someone laugh, more dying on purpose, and more acting like a complete idiot for the sake of acting like a complete idiot. There is even an eggplant that is killed for the sake of the end bit. Suffice it to say; if you enjoy Irate Gamer videos, you might enjoy this one. But if you didn’t… well, there’s not much to change your mind on.

The one thing that I can credit Bores on – for all of his faults, his inaccuracies, and the somewhat dubious nature of his claims – the one thing I give him credit on is that HE KEEPS THEM SHORT – roughly within the 10 to 15 minute range and more often than not, less than that. And with his “storyline” over and done with, he actually keeps them relatively simple. I don’t tune into an Irate Gamer video for an in-depth review or an overblown plotline featuring lots of cheap gimmicks and shitty acting; I just want to watch a guy who knows very little about games act like a complete moron. And dangnammit, that’s what I get.

With that having been said, however, this was lacking something in the humor department. Throughout the whole video, I had to struggle to find something laughable here, whether intentional or otherwise, and I didn’t get much of that here. I also have to knock points off this video for swiping a clip that was obviously of lower quality than the rest of it, as well as the predictable ending which involved said eggplant. Not going to spoil it here, but I’m sure you can figure it out yourselves.

In any case, if one were to pick a winner in this “feud” that nobody should give a shit about these… you know what? I’d say fuck both of them and give Board James a watch; now THAT’s a Cinemassacre show that’s actually worth watching these days, especially the recent episode on the Omega Virus.

For Those Upset About Chyna Not Being in #WWEHOF

Link: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/723134-tna-news-tna-says-they-have-severed-ties-with-chyna-and-jeff-hardy-trial-update

I’m not saying much of anything here at the moment and I might want to touch on this further in a possible VLOG some time this weekend, but for now, I just want to leave this 2011 article from the Bleacher Report website covering the news of TNA severing ties with Chyna due to the release of her then-new porn video. And somewhere in that article, there is a rather specific blurb mentioning that her chances of being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame were slim to none now that her then-fledging porn career was in full swing. This was back in 2011.

So I leave you with this link so that you folks can read it, but I also leave you with this; if Chyna’s porn career was the catalyst in TNA (of all people) cutting their association with her after a couple appearances, what made anyone think that she had ANY chance in getting into the WWE Hall Of Fame?

Just some food for thought.

(2019 Update: Four years later, she’d be inducted as part of DX. So, this aged rather poorly… but it stays up… because it’s a historical document.)