Rayman Raving Rabbids….
October 31st, 2006 by MikeI kinda really want this game.
I kinda really want this game.
For anyone who listens to Orange Lounge Radio, I called in on the skypeline the other day, in episode 201, Part B. I did a quick review of 24: The Game, which I won on the show earlier. The timestamp is: 1:09:52 – 1:11:11. Check it out!
Insane Japanese game.
Yes Insane.
Play this and you will never be the same again.
Play it.
Now.
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The Flowers for Jack guy has written one of the best articles I have ever read in my life. Read this news posting. Now. Here’s a sample:
Dear George:
I read your rather bizarre letter in Electronic Gaming Monthly. I guess you computer types don’t think we lawyers can read.
Couple of things you got wrong, Ace:
1. I never said you “were employed by Take-Two Interactive.” Never said it, never wrote it, because I never thought it. You’ve got 15 days, under Florida law, to produce to me, by return email, the letter in which I said you “were employed by Take-Two” or I’ll take legal action against you. Check out Florida law on that, if you can read a statute book.
2. You did not want a humane exchange. You wanted to mock me. That was what the flowers were for, and even Electronic Gaming Monthly figured it out. How is it that you are the only one who “got it?” The fact is, you thought this was some sort of joke. Sorry, this issue is not a joke. I’ve sat with families who are smaller in number because some gamer jerk like you became immersed in a very violent entertainment modality and it made an impact on him.
This stuff is not funny, George. You don’t get to define what my concerns are and belittle them with some stunt.
You’ve got 15 days. Jack Thompson
Hi, Video Game Show
My question is, have you ever played a game with an overwhelming amount of AWESOME. For example. Resident Evil 4. Resident Evil 4 was, in fact, created by Capcom by extracting PURE LIQUID AWESOME from the center of the earth and compressing it into a DVD. When the user places the disk into his Gamecube/Playstation, he is then splattered with what he knows to be pure liquid AWESOME. Now, this cannot always be a good thing and then there’s AWESOME all over the coffee table, and then you call the insurance guys, and they’re like “We don’t cover AWESOME damage, sorry.” And you’re like “Frick, this table was transfigured into a pet Raptor and now I have nowhere to put my Drink.” Then you go upstairs and open the fridge, only to see that it is now filled with gourmet meals. And you’re like “Frick, all I want is some pizza.” So then you order pizza, and then you try to eat it, but before you get a chance to, your Raptor devours the whole pizza with one gulp before devouring your left arm. And you’re like “Frick, how am I supposed to play Resident Evil 4 now?”
So, yah, have you ever played a game with that much AWESOME?
Don’t AWESOME and Drive.
Maybe you heard about the comments Joss Whedon made about the complete lack of Serenity 2 or Firefly Season 2 Yesterday. Of course, in typical Joss Whedon fashion, he was misquoted. Here is a quote he posted on the Whedonesque (his official website) forums:
Holy Mother of Oats! I turn my back for five minutes (that’s how long it takes to admire my lovely back) and the interweb goes banoonoos! Isn’t there any ACTUAL news to get wrong? Sorry about all this; it might be best if I just stay off the computer for a while. Or just glut the feed with wild conjecture. Hmm, let’s see… I’m me, so… let’s glut! Here are some ABSOLUTELY TRUE statements of factiness. Gentlemen, start your websites.
1) Wonder Woman has finally been cast. To no one’s surprise, we eschewed all those tired movie and TV personalities and cast the interweb star “Lonelygirl”, or whatever her actual name is. Congratulations, whomever!
2) I’ve got a thirteen episode commitment from the CW, so get ready for the long-awaited “Primative and Cheese Man”. She’s the first Slayer, he’s a meaningless hallucination — can they put aside their differences long enough to fight crime?
3) “CLEM!” Broadway. The number where he eats Rum Tum Tuggle will make you laugh and cry and throw up in your mouth slightly.
4) I will absolutely, posatively never ever do any kind of Serenity sequel or spinoff unless a studio asks me. Politely. Or meanly, that’s cool too.
5) Warren Ellis’s beard has a foyer. It’s quite nice: shaker furniture, and a cute ceramic umbrella stand.
6) Kelly MacDonald and Gong Li have got to stop fighting over me ’cause who are they embarrassing? Themselves, that’s all.
7) I’m tired of me.
Right. Cue chaos. And yes, number seven is more or less true. But my little britjaunt is through (Alexis rocked “All My Sons”) and I’m grindstone bound, so I won’t be feeding any more rumorsites for a while. There’s only one way to stop all this insanity, and that’s to produce some actual work for people to write about. So I’ll do that.
Here’s a thing: when “Firefly” was cancelled, my heart got broke. Sounds a bit much, but it changed me. Not even “Serenity” could patch that wound. I’m wearier, warier — after all those years as a movie writer, you’d think I’d be prepared for another lesson on my unimportance in the scheme of things, but I wasn’t. There are two very separate worlds: the marketplace, and the bustling bazaar that is my brain. The brain place is crowded with goods, ideas, sequels, spinoffs, animated versions, miniseries, radio dramas — this is just the used goods. All the new wares are in there as well and it’s deafening. Once I create a verse I never let go of it. And figuring out how much of my energy should be devoted to reawakening the projects you all love with the actors and characters I all love, and how much should be forging ahead and creating entirely new works (which you are contractually obligated to love) is exhausting. More than you know. You know the horse caught bwtween two pools of water? Add seven pools, and make the horse wicked A.D.D. The other world, the marketplace, I don’t even begin to understand or predict. All these rumor of projects or the death of projects… When the two worlds align and something actually happens, whatever it is, you guys know I’ll be on this site as soon as I’m allowed to be. And I’ll be very very clear. There is no news. Not never, just now. I’m off to lunch with Lonelygirl.
Your Scribe, -j.
Woot, I can just blog other peoples words! Great post though.
I really hope firefly comes back, especially if it was a series. That would make me so happy I would cry. Over excessively. Firefly rocks. Go watch it.