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JWAG Ep. 9 - SCII Updates and Square Enix is a Jerk
After a couple weeks of hiatus I'm back to making sloppily edited videos of myself stalking...I mean jogging by peoples houses. Yeah... This week I talk a little about the SCII update set to come out sometime this month, Patch 1.1, and about the Vanquish demo that came out last week. But most of the video is about Square Enix's decision to limit FFXIV gameplay to 8 hours. Watch the video. Get the info. After the break. Not from our sponsors. I meant the literal one. Like, click the link so you can see the video. Or not. Your choice.
YMBMO: Astro City
Comic books. Homoerotic adolescent fascist wish fulfillment that privileges the phallocentric – *cough* excuse me, this YMBMO isn’t on the arcane excesses of critical theory. Today is about comic books, not deconstructions of comic books, but re-constructions of comic book archetypes as modern myth. Sorry, I almost lapsed into literary criticism jargon again. I’ll skip to the point as fast as a speeding bullet then: This YMBMO is about fun. Welcome to Astro City.
Matt's Rantbox: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game
Or: Yeah, Actually, Pretty Much Scott Pilgrim in General
If you happened to miss me being whiny and annoying then you also missed that my last Scott-Pilgrim-Related update was that I was upset about not getting to see the movie on day 1 of Comic-Con. Well, now that time has passed, the movie has come out and there’s even been a game released. A game which I bought and now I’m going to tell you about it.
Halo Reach Event: Including Firefight Trial and Buzz Aldrin
Bungie’s Halo Reach is arguably one of, if not the most anticipated release of 2010. Coming on the heels of 2009’s ODST, the game not only features an epic campaign and its famous multiplayer, but the horde style Firefight mode, a mode I was lucky enough to trial at a recent Halo Reach event.
TF2: The Classes of the Round Table
Monty Python meets Team Fortress in this awesome mash-up of the classic musical number from Holy Grail and the game. That's not all though; on the official side of things, Valve is giving anyone who purchases a copy of Worms Reloaded on Steam wearable Holy Hand Grenades (pictured above). You also get a little helmet. Yay~
YMBMO: Project Euler
Do you like puzzles? Many do! Do you like programming? Not as many people do! Do you like programming puzzles? If you’re in the intersection of the Venn diagrams of “Puzzle lover” and “Programming lover,” then this article is for you! This week in YMBMO, enter Project Euler!
ComicsComicsComics Issue #2
Did you feel like there was a hole in your life last week? Where did that magic man go with his wonder words? You need not wait any longer. I. Am. Come.
Spam Sunday: Going the Extra Mile
If anything, we got even more spam this week. Didn't I tell you kids to cut that out? And get off my porch god dammit!
Matt's Rantbox: Starcraft II
Or: My Brief Time With the Game
Have you ever enjoyed something so much that you just could not stop using this item? Say, you couldn’t stop reading your favorite comic over and over. Or you couldn’t help but constantly use your favorite toothbrush every day until you had brushed your teeth away. Or maybe it’s a video game that you just want to be playing always. Have you ever been afraid to use this item because the more you use it the sooner it will be gone? Wait, let me explain.
YMBMO: Settlers of Catan
Do you like strategy? Do you like harvesting resources to build up expansive empires? Do you like to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet -- to take their grain and bricks and hear the lamentation of their sheep? Well, then this weeks YMBMO is of particular interest to you, because you may be missing out! No, I’m not talking about Starcraft II (or Farmville) - I’m talking about German board game sensation Settlers of Catan!
