Jun 19
There are 3 things I have found that I cannot live without:
My Macbook Pro
Resident Evil 5
Making out with Melanie
May 16
I figured I should write something here before I go to Russia for 4 weeks, but I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I will be cut off, for the most part, from the rest of the world as I will not have an internet connection at my disposal and international calling is not really an option. Not that I would call any of you anyway, because I will be in RUSSIA…HELPING ORPHANS.
The interesting part about going to Russia for a month is that I will be pulled from my weekly routine and thrown into a world unknown to me. I will be going from spending hours a day on the internet to maybe 15 minutes a week online, watching movies and playing games everyday to doing none of those things for 30 days, the freedom of doing whatever I want to having to do things with a group. These notions are not completely unfamiliar to me but I am wondering how I will adjust to these common things becoming a scarcity.
In the latest episode of Fruit Snacks and Fanny Packs we discussed things that would be difficult to live without. I voiced that I could not live without music but could probably live without games and I will be testing this theory for the next 30 days. I believe that I will miss video games but will be so busy that I wont need them to fill my extra time.
I don’t NEED games like some people:
Shifting gears.
I enjoy talking about music on here. According to Last.FM I have listened to over 50,000 songs since October 2006. I don’t really know if that is completely possible considering that would be about 52 songs a day…but I still certainly listen to a lot of music.
The top 3 artists are Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and The Beatles, with 2500, 2300, and 2000 plays respectively. These three bands are easily 3 of my favorites, but it’s funny how bands like U2, Muse, Bad Religion, and Megadeth are towards the top of my list and none of them are favorites…. anymore.
What is the point of all this? There is no point. I just like analyzing how my tastes change. Some analysis, I know.
Current favorites you SHOULD be checking out:
MGMT
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
The Decemberists
I love every second of this video:
Talk to everyone in a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 17
In the spirit of moving the picture of testicles attatched to the back of a truck down the page, here is a picture of some more nuts. 
Apr 01
Truck Nuts
Dude, seriously?
You have to be pretty secure in your sexuality to put large rubber testicles on the back of your car. Also, it’s a safety feature.
PT Cruisers
Does it get any uglier? Well, maybe the Sebring.
It’s one thing to design a car based on a wood panel van that was made during the great depression, it’s another to actually buy that vehicle and drive it everyday. I have heard that it gets pretty poor gas mileage and is only moderately safe, so what is the appeal? Maybe you have to have been born during the depression to understand.
People who brake on the freeway
Traffic Jam, gross exaggeration of what I'm talking about.
Braking on the highway is like a virus, once one person brakes, another person brakes and it becomes a chain reaction until you have a full fledged traffic jam. When traffic starts to slow down on a freeway, the likelihood of an accident happening is greatly increased. I understand that sometimes braking is inevitable, but please stop stopping for no reason!
Personalized License Plates
He Loves You Too?
What is so important about your life that you need to display it on your car in 7 characters or less?
Me too, buddy. Maybe we should hang out.
Completely Oblivious Drivers
PT Cruiser with Truck Nuts and a personalized license plate. Could it be any worse?
I love it:
Jan 17
2008 has come to an end, and it was a great year for gaming. I didn’t get a chance to play every game that came out in 2008, but I figured I would post my favorites. So here it is: the best games of 2008.
This list is in no particular order except for my number 1 pick.
Left 4 Dead (PC)
Left 4 Dead is an obvious choice for this list. No game can come close to the intensity and fun of the co-op. Being able to play as an infected and take down your friends is incredibly satisfying, the graphics are great, and the sound is perfect. Left 4 Dead is a game that will be played for a very long time.
World of Goo (Wii)
World of Goo was one of the simplest and most charming games of 2008. The premise is simple: build a bridge from point A to point B. Throw in an unforgettable art design and a great sense of humor and you get one of the greatest downloadable games of the year.
Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
Mario Kart Wii was not critically acclaimed, and all of the critical arguments are fairly valid(re-hash of old ideas), but there is something to be said about a game that can bring non-gamer friends together to have fun, and keep advanced game mechanics for more advanced gamers.
Dead Space (PS3)
I have not beaten this game yet but I believe it belongs on this list. Dead Space does some incredible things for it’s genre. It brings together many different ideas from other games and executes them perfectly. That combined with a creepy atmosphere and a story that is not bad, and you have a game that is definitely a contender in the race for “best game.”
Fallout 3 (PC)
Unfortunately I don’t think there is a lot I can say about Fallout 3 except the fact that I played through this game twice, back to back. The amount of time spent in this incredible and immersive world is shameful, but that is a testament to how much fun it is to work through the story your own way. I wanted to play every mission, I wanted to meet every person, and I tried. It was amazing how there were times when I felt bad for some of the wrong decisions I made, which made me more aware of the consequences of the actions I was going to make in the future.
Little Big Planet (PS3)
Little Big Planet takes a seemingly simple concept and attaches some dynamite to it. Not only is the main “singleplayer” game incredible fun, but the integration of community levels, combined with the ability to make your own, gives this game a shelf life longer than almost all other games this year. Little Big Planet is one of those games that we will be talking about and referencing for years to come.
1. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
This list was basically just a build up to my favorite game of 2008, and that game is Metal Gear Solid 4. As a pretty hardcore PC gamer I expected my game of 2008 to be on the PC, in fact, after beating Fallout 3 (I didn’t play MGS4 until December) I was certain that it would be first. But after going through the masterpiece that is Kojima Production’s “final” Metal Gear game it was abundantly clear that this was taking the cake. The amazing thing about Metal Gear is that even as I went through this thought provoking story, the game gave me subtle hints that I was still just playing a game. Sure, there were times when the somewhat drawn out cinematics were tiresome, but the voice acting was top notch, motion capture was perfect, and the story was compelling. You know that feeling you get when you listen to an amazing song or watch a movie that really affects you? That’s what I felt by the end of this game. Watching Snake slowly die throughout the experience really made me feel for his character in a way that I have never felt for a character in a video game. Metal Gear Solid 4 is easily in the list of my favorite games of all time.
Honorable Mention:
Pixeljunk Mosters (Ps3)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix (PS3)
Wipeout HD (PS3)
Mass Effect (PC)
Games I missed:
Mirror’s Edge
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Prince of Persia
Gears of War 2
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Braid
Boom Blox
Notable omissions:
Grand Theft Auto 4 (360)
Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Wii)