Videos produced by other people and posted on the blog because I feel that they’re worth watching. A volatile category due to videos sometimes going offline for various external reasons.
Marc0, the former Armake21, once made a video on the decline of gaming that actually made some very good points. In lieu of a “proper” video upload, I decided to embed said video – hosted on the ArmakeArchive channel – present it here… for as long as it’s up until it’s no longer there and then I have to replace the video with something else ten years down the line.
I bring this up because I felt like it.
Courtesy of Rich of ReviewTechUSA, an interview with the man, the myth, the legend that is The Register’s own Kieren McCarthy, the so-called vulture who interviewed the Atari people about the Ataribox, wrote a hilarious yet brutally honest article about the lack of information regarding the product that Atari eventually claimed was a troll tactic, which prompted El Reg to release the full audio interview to the Interwebs, which has caused a significant stall in the Ataribox campaign.
On June 23, at 2 a.m., the campaign had reached $2,922,479, which was probably the highest it had reached up to this point. Roughly four days later at this very moment, it went down to $2,909,555. There’s always a possibility that the campaign will break three million – a lot can happen in three days, after all – and despite this mishap, the project has already made its money, so they should be ready to go.
But after hearing about Atari’s other failed ventures and abandoned concepts, I’m even more skeptical than before as to whether they can or even will pull this off. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
So he starts off as a guy who fights in the streets.
Then he ends up in jail.
Then he becomes a mutant thing in jail.
And yet after all that, he’s elected Mayor of Metro City?
Looks like there’s hope for Kane after all!
The context: Former UFC Diva Ronda Rousey did a couple interviews with ESPN where they asked about her future in the MMA circuit and Rousey dodged the questions. While this might seem like a dickish move on the part of the hosts to touch on a part of her life that she doesn’t want to touch, there’s also another side of the story, as MMA fight guy Chael Sonnen explains in the video.
My take? I really have none since I haven’t seen the interviews in question. I have seen Ronda in other interviews and… well, vapid charisma vacuum is perhaps the most generous statement I can levy her way. So, I don’t know. I can’t agree or disagree.
This Chael fellow? Hell of a promo in this video. Why isn’t he signed to an acting gig? He’s got talent.
From Youtube channel AWA Stuff and made semi-famous by the Killing The Town podcast.
Spoiler: This match is fucking terrible and I love it.
A video from My Life In Game showcasing the Wii Shop and offering some suggestions on what to buy before the shop closes in 2019 and before Wii points become unattainable in a week or so.
A teaser for a proposed digital series about an aging actress whose best days are behind her and is left with endless debts. The more this video is shared, the more likely this will get funding. I don’t know how exactly that works, but the series premise shows promise and I wouldn’t mind watching something like this on a regular basis.
But only if there’s a spin-off starring JDF.
Because we needed to give Street Fighter some (more) love, I guess…
Capcom will be releasing a Street Fighter 30th Anniversary collection of most of the 2D Street Fighters for a total of twelve games. This includes the original Street Fighter game, the first five iterations of Street Fighter II (Original, Champion Edition, Hyper Fighting, Super SF2, and Super Turbo), the three Street Fighter Alpha games (but no Alpha 2 Gold or Alpha 3 Upper – unless those are “hidden” games), and all three iterations of Street Fighter III (New Generation, Second Impact, and Third Strike).
Despite whatever half-hearted pot-shots that I might toss towards the series’ current direction, this is actually not a bad deal. Would’ve been nice if they had included something like HD Remix (though I could understand why they wouldn’t; it might take away from the specialness of Ultra SF2) or maybe a version of Street Fighter I that isn’t total shit, but this isn’t too bad, either. And four of the games even have online play for those who care for that sort of thing.
Expect fists to fly in May.
Well, what do you know? They actually did it.
Ramble video coming very soon…
Now Survivor Series has a worthwhile main event…
Unless AJ drops the title back to Jindermahinder next week.
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