Your pig fiancee is too late!
Man. November 1st is always something of a letdown after a totally rockin' Halloween, but it wasn't all bad. My sister had an orchestra concert which went over finer than frogs' hair; I'm always glad to hear a little Joseph Haydn. I filmed the show for posterity and hung out with Kristin while it unraveled, and we engaged in rigorous spasms of thumb-twiddling during "In the Halls of the Mountain King." During the course of the evening, I also saw that Sean Lupton had cut about 4 inches of his hair off, which was vaguely... horrifying.
I was telling Brad earlier that Jumping Flash is on my list of Top 5 Video Games of All Time. Does anyone else remember it at all? It's a first-person... I hesitate to call it this... shooter, but you're a robot bunny who can jump incredibly high. The levels all reach kilometers into the stratosphere and are filled with fun, childlike eye candy. It came out in about 1996, and was one of the first games I beat on PlayStation. Man, it's good. In case you were wondering, here's my Top 5:
- Super Bomberman 3
- Rome: Total War
- Jumping Flash
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Man, I wish I could obtain a copy of Super Ghouls and Ghosts as well. That was a fine game, back when the term "side-scroller" wasn't yet met with derision. Not to say that every side-scroller is awesome; on the contrary, they can be some of the most boring games on the face of the Earth. Next to Civilization*, anyway. Some may find Super Ghouls and Ghosts glib and unimaginative, but these people's opinions are worth about as much to me as an autographed Grateful Dead shirt. But that's enough from me; I'm out.
Love, Ian
*Please do not alert Kevin to the fact that I said that; that kid swears by that game, and its even more repulsive sequel, Civilization II. But he's very clearly wrong.
posted by Ian @ 1:01 AM
4 Comments:
Sidescrollers are still my favorite style of game, although alot of them do suck. Especially the crappy nickelodean tie-ins that are released on a per-second basis for gameboy.
But companies (such as Nintendo) prove that the side scroller is one of the most enjoyable styles of games, and my favorite game is still Super Mario World. I've bought it every time it's been re-released.
I could not agree with you more. However, I still find the Tiny Toons game to be quite enjoyable, somehow...
Ian, the clock is messed up on your blog. I was out voting at 7:45, not commenting on your post! I didn't do that until two hours later.
Everything's haywire around this joint...
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