Category: Musings

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (SNES) w/ commentary

(2026 Update: Originally a 2013 Dailymotion upload that was posted onto Youtube a year later, my playthrough of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie with running commentary. This was in response to a video review of the game from which the brief snippet between new intro and title card is taken from. Nothing against the dude, just a difference of opinion.)

Spoke Too Soon

Recently in a video, I gave slight praise to the Xbox 360 controller that I bought for Windows… maybe I spoke too soon, because last night, when I plugged in the receiver to test out a game I haven’t played in a long time, it wouldn’t work. My PC doesn’t recognize it or anything… and I’ve tried several USB ports to no success. Maybe it’s the hardware… will have to try some other PC.

(October 2013 Update: Works with the new PC I picked up in July and rather well. The trade off is that the wireless keyboard and mouse combination likes to spazz out once in a blue moon… oh well.)

Congratulations, Linkara… I Really Mean It

I’ve sat through a Linkara video for the first time in ages… technically not a Linkara video since he was accompanied by someone called Obscurus Lupa or something… one of those TGWTG personalities I never heard of. Anyway, they did a riff of sorts on the timeless Christmas special, Alpha’s Magical Christmas. Yes,  they’re talking about a Christmas video in the tail end of March… which actually doesn’t bother me all that much. Hell, if you can have Halloween in July, why not Christmas in March? Who cares about Easter anyway?

But I digress…

So I watch this video. After watching said video, I can honestly say that if there was anything worse than sitting through Alpha’s Magical Christmas in its entirety, it’s sitting through a really shitty riff of it. So, congratulations, Lewis. You participated in something that somehow managed to outsuck Alpha’s Magical Christmas. It takes a real feat of accomplishment to do that.
On the bright side, this video wasn’t saddled with pointless storyline drivel. It was nice, simple, and to the point. It still sucked (and not in the “so bad it’s good” way – no, it really sucked the big one), but at least it wasn’t taken down to CWC levels of unbearability with rubbish stories.
If you want a good review and riffing of Alpha’s Magical Christmas (and don’t mind a bit of reading), check out this classic X-Entertainment posting which goes through the special without the waffle.

This Show Sucks

A no-holds-barred match between Brock Lesnar and HHH, with McSon-In-Law’s career on the line? That’s the best you can come up with? Whatever, I honestly don’t care about this match, either way. And yeah, a company executive beating up on a Jewish guy TOTALLY makes me want to root for the guy. Go fuck yourself, H.

One has to wonder how the build to CM Punk/Undertaker would have been if Paul Bearer hadn’t died. One also has to wonder why I should feel slighted that Undertaker would be offended by Punk’s so-called besmirching of Bearer’s name. I don’t recall ‘Taker being the least bit pained when he buried Paul Bearer in see-ment back in 2004… in any case, I still don’t care about this match one bit.

Am I the only one getting fed up with this fucking Fandungo crap already?

So how do you promote the most unneeded rematch in Wrestlemania history with the most predictable outcome in human history? By replaying the same overblown hype video you showed off last week. Seriously, it seems like they’re just phoning this one because they know people will buy the show regardless of how this is being sold.

Mark Henry’s stuck with Ryback… The poor guy deserves better considering the awesome run he had before getting sidelined.

How sad is it that Alberto Del Rio is so popular as a fan favorite that when he’s in the ring, people are chanting USA? Even sadder is when Jack Swagger is doing dastardly deeds, the chants get slightly louder.

How much did TNA pay for those folks to throw in garbage at the ring during their Lockdown PPV? Because we need folks like those to trash this crap. I’m not even going to dignify this shit with the “Bella Twins” gag I usually pull out. THIS SHOW SUCKS, with no stories told and nothing playing out.

25 Dumbest Moments In Video Game History (2003)

From Gamespy back in 2003 is a list of 25 dumb decisions and events that took place in video game history up to that point, along with five reader-submitted honorable mentions. The actual site no longer has the article, but I was able to pull out through that Wayback Machine thing. Link’s below. Check it out. It’s quite an interesting read.

Greenberg

Created a Goldberg-like knockoff called Greenberg in WWE ’13; a guy with big muscle and a beard. Funny thing about Greenberg is that he has never lost a match and is now the Intercontinental champion four months into his career… go figure. So, at this point, I expect the character to be World champion before the Rumble that year and possibly be a better booked monster than Skip “Ryback” Sheffield ever was.

Once I have a closed disc where the footage is taking place, I’ll showcase one of Greenberg’s matches… already turning out better than Ryback’s… or something.