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Dealing With Gamestop A Necessary Evil

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:23:31 -0500

So, I went to Gamestop today with every intention of buying Bioshock Infinite. Once I got to the store and asked questions, the hard sell began. after going over it in my head and shopping around a little more, I decided to get two older games instead. The folks working the register were pretty pissy about my decision. I honestly wouldn’t give them business if there were more brick and mortar options here in New Orleans.

everythingrhymeswithalcohol: rivertams-song: everythingrhymeswi...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:44:19 -0500

everythingrhymeswithalcohol:

rivertams-song:

everythingrhymeswithalcohol:

Jayne should’ve died instead.

Actually, he shouldn’t have. What Adam Baldwin is trying to get at hear is that all men are not rapists. Just like the majority of POC are not thieves. Yes, there needs to be more information out there about how rape is not the victim’s fault—it’s the perpetrators. No, not all men are misogynistic rapists. Yes, Adam did choose his words poorly. No, this is not a bad sentiment. We clear?

NO. WE’RE NOT CLEAR!

I don’t know how I can explain this to you. Your response is wrong & infuriating. Perhaps you missed Baldwin’s earlier tweets this week where he was thisclose to being rape apologist to Zerlina Maxwell (a survivor, btw) b/c she dared to suggest that we teach men how not to be rapists instead of ALWAYS ONLY telling women how to fight back. —which is NOT prevention.

Chose his words poorly?

He chose racist words.

Jayne shoudl’ve died instead.

I’m sorry, but trying to justify the words of this clown is inexcusable. Humans really need to get their lives in order. I feel like I really need to start preemptively apologizing for the hate speak that some men throw at women on such a daily basis.

ASSCLOWNS…

8-Bit Animal Seal Of Quality

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:06:51 -0600

Many of you know that I’ve been running a video game blog, The Digitized Ramblings Of An 8-Bit Animal, for almost 4 years now. Many readers of said blog have been asking about merchandise, most notably t-shirts, that they could buy to support my efforts. Those shirts are currently available via a campaign through the crowdsourcing site Teespring.com. The shirts will be available until 2/19/2013. you can order one here: http://teespring.com/8bitanimal . If you want more information, you can get it here: http://www.8bitanimal.com/2013/02/8-bit-animal-seal-of-qualitynow-on-t.html . Thanks for your time, y’all

thisisthinprivilege: nbcbiggestloser: Jillian is really...

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:39:25 -0600

thisisthinprivilege:

nbcbiggestloser:

Jillian is really pushing the contestants to dig deep this season.

Actually, you want to abuse fat people because it’s good TV.

The Biggest Loser isn’t “healthy.” It’s a staged horror show.

You brainwash your contestants into thinking they’re “so lucky” to be there. That they should be grateful to be forced to work out while severely injured, and if they complain to working out with bad knees and torn muscles, even if their doctor is saying, ‘she shouldn’t work out,’ you’ll edit footage to make it look like the contestant’s just a ‘lazy fatty who doesn’t want to do what’s best for her.’

You profit on the fat hate and discrimination that already exists in the culture, and you work to perpetuate that. As long as you keep viewers believing that fat people are lazy, broken, and stupid, you can frame yourself as the good guy who’s reforming them away from their ‘bad behaviors.’

You encourage the development of eating disorders, which have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder.

You put your contestants in mortal danger for ratings, and when they or their doctors try to do what they need to do to protect their LIVES, you edit the footage to make them look like they’re rejecting this grand ‘gift of health’ that you’re offering them.

In 100 years (hopefully sooner) humanity will look back on the Biggest Loser as the barbaric torture-game it is. Your producers should be in jail. No one can sign their bodily autonomy away. All it takes is a few contestants who are willing to speak out, and you’re going to get a huge cultural lashback. You can’t plug that many leaks. And just wait until your trainers and ‘program’ put someone into cardiac arrest. How are you going to spin that? Are you going to blame it on that person — “Oh, we tried to save them, but we were too late, all those years of obesity finally killed them!”

You immoral fucks at NBC — producers and trainers participating in this torture scam — are the subhumans. Not fat people.

-ArteToLife

zodiacsociety: If Gemini Was a Drug…

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:48:00 -0600

zodiacsociety:

If Gemini Was a Drug…

Low End Theory.: Message from a "Soft See You Next Tuesday."

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:39:08 -0600

Low End Theory.: Message from a "Soft See You Next Tuesday.":

thewayoftheid:

Yeah…if this is what passes for witty repartee, it’s a good thing I never listened to this shitty podcast.

Look Rodimus, I understand that you, much like dude from Insanity Report are out of your depth on this one, which is cool, because from the looks of it y’all are out of depth on a number of…

it’s interesting how whole conversations were had about me the next day (and are still happening a week later) yet none of these assbags are mentioning me on twitter and have apparently blocked me elsewhere.

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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:35:42 -0500

This thing I do...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:00:21 -0500

So I kinda have a video game blog. I work pretty hard to put together decent content on it, and I think gamers would appreciate it. You can check it out here:

http://8bitanimal.com

MEH...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:17:50 -0600

I haven’t used my Tumblr in a while…that’s not a good thing. I will say though that based on what I hear pops up, it may be a good thing that I haven’t touched this in a few months. I also wondered if I should continue to use this tumblr strictly for video game information…I’m not touching none of that other stuff y’all bring up, so that’s what I’ll do. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll go through my tumblr feed now and continue looking for random nudity and ridiculous points of view…

GONE…

Prince Of Persia: From Yale To Persia: Read the Private Diaries Of Gaming's Renaissance Man(via @Kotaku)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:49:29 -0500

Prince Of Persia: From Yale To Persia: Read the Private Diaries Of Gaming's Renaissance Man(via @Kotaku)

Gears Of War: This is Your First $10 Gears of War 3 DLC(via @Kotaku)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:49:11 -0500

Gears Of War: This is Your First $10 Gears of War 3 DLC(via @Kotaku):

On November 1, you can buy $10 more of Gears of War 3 in the form of the Horde Command Pack. The pack adds three maps to the game’s Horde and Beast mode (Blood Drive, Rustlung and Azura), three new characters (Onyx guard, Big Rig Dizzy and Bernie Mataki), two new weapon skins (Team Plasma and…

The Darkness: Only The Darkness II Could Reward Preorders with a Heart-Eating Bonus(via @Kotaku)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:47:27 -0500

The Darkness: Only The Darkness II Could Reward Preorders with a Heart-Eating Bonus(via @Kotaku):

While The Darkness II doesn’t hit store shelves until February 7, preordering now for a free upgrade to the limited edition would be good for your heart, and extremely bad for the hearts of your enemies.

Retro Game Master: Here's Your Full First Season of Retro Game Master, Why Not Have a Viewing Party?(via @Kotaku)

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:06:47 -0500

Retro Game Master: Here's Your Full First Season of Retro Game Master, Why Not Have a Viewing Party?(via @Kotaku)

Dodonpachi: Nine Minutes of Pure Shooting Insanity(via @Kotaku)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:19:41 -0500

Dodonpachi: Nine Minutes of Pure Shooting Insanity(via @Kotaku):

Here, superplayer MON tears through the PS2 version of the notoriously tricky shmup DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou. In a recently released video, MON plays the game’s “Death Level Mode”.

Battlefield: Battlefield 3 Open Beta Starts Next Week(via @Kotaku)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:16:34 -0500

Battlefield: Battlefield 3 Open Beta Starts Next Week(via @Kotaku)

Retro Game Master: Retro Game Master Episode 12: Golden Axe(via @Kotaku)

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:04:53 -0500

Retro Game Master: Retro Game Master Episode 12: Golden Axe(via @Kotaku):

This week on the season finale of Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Golden Axe. Released in 1989 by Sega for the arcade, this high fantasy side-scroller beat ‘em up later made its way to a number of different consoles.

Project Draco: This Isn't Your Father's Panzer Dragoon(via @Kotaku)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:08:51 -0500

Project Draco: This Isn't Your Father's Panzer Dragoon(via @Kotaku):

Project Draco is the latest title from the designer behind Panzer Dragoon. The game is a sci-fi yarn in which humans colonized an unnamed planet inhabited by dragons.

Battle Kid 2

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:59:09 -0500

If y’all like retro gaming like I do, you should check out Battle Kid 2 by the good folks at Sivak Games. the demo was released recently and can be found here…

http://sivak.nintendoage.com/index.html

like the original, the sequel will probably be available as a physical cartridge through RetroZone

http://retrousb.com/

on a very random note…I wonder if Nolan Bushnell plays Centipede or Missile Command

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:49:17 -0500

on a very random note…I wonder if Nolan Bushnell plays Centipede or Missile Command

Rumor: Nintendo Having Serious Problems Getting the Wii U Working?(via @Kotaku)

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:43:25 -0500

Rumor: Nintendo Having Serious Problems Getting the Wii U Working?(via @Kotaku):

Since French site 01Net has proven itself somewhat reliable when it comes to Nintendo leaks of late, it’s worth going back and looking at some of its other reports on the company’s happenings over the past month.