This Post Title Should Be the 7 Dirty Words…
June 23rd, 2008The Good Ol’ Days
June 18th, 2008I found this gem on my computer. Granted, the picture was taken in Lancaster, PA, but it’s not like their gas prices are dollars less than NY.
And while this is probably a re-post, it’s still a good indicator of where gas prices have been before.
A PA gas station’s gas prices on August 13, 2005:
Million Dollar Password
June 1st, 2008As a fan of Password, I was hopeful when CBS announced it would be bringing back the popular game show franchise as Million Dollar Password. However, I was also concerned that the powers-that-be would also find a way to make it fail, and that the show was going to be more about the celebrities and host Regis Philbin than the gameplay and the contestants.
After watching the premiere on Sunday night, I’m happy to say I’m not disappointed. The gameplay was quick, concise, simple and easy-to-follow. Celebrity partners Rachel Ray and Neil Patrick Harris were surprisingly competent when it came to giving and receiving clues, and Regis kept his dialogue mostly to the game.
I read about the format a few weeks before the show aired, and I was skeptical since it’s completely different from the previous 2 versions of Password (Password Plus and Super Password) in that the main game is not the 5-word password puzzle. Regardless, I do like the new format, as the old format would be too slow to attract and keep viewers nowadays (why do I feel like an old fogy using the word “nowadays”?)
As always, when I watch game shows, I like to yell at the TV when players make terrible decisions. The second guy to play for the money decided to risk his $100,000 for $250,000 after seeing what the first 5 words would be. I expected him to get the first 4, but the 5th word, “corner”, would be too risky, and without knowing the 6th and final word, I told the TV that he should take the $100K. Of course, he got the first 4, missed corner, and had to get Neil Patrick Harris to say “fiasco” using only 3 clues in 40 seconds. Of course, he didn’t get it, like I thought he would. He left with a measly $25,000. What a jerk.
So yes. Million Dollar Password is the goods.
Survivor: Dumbass
May 9th, 2008In what could only be described as the Survivor version of The Amazing Race’s “killer fatigue”, Erik, who shocked everyone weeks ago by avoiding elimination at the hands of Amanda, Cirie, Ami and Ozzy just before the merge, handed over individual immunity to another contestant hoping that he would be “redeemed” in the eyes of the jury. What he may have failed to realize, is that by doing so, he LOSES IMMUNITY. So, no longer does the jury’s opinion of him matter, because he’s now one of them. Props to the 4 remaining ladies for somehow convincing him he needed to give up immunity to have a shot at winning (in other words, “In order to win the game, you need to quit the game”), but big slops to Erik for being dumb enough to actually do it.
If it wasn’t for the whole “living in the jungle for 39 days”-thing, I’d want to be on Survivor just to show that I wouldn’t make stupid mistakes like this.
Page Loading
April 14th, 2008I mentioned in December that the blog had trouble loading pages. After a WordPress upgrade, I didn’t see the problem recur, which it usually does after an upgrade.
So, find an interesting post on the blog (lol) and try leaving a comment. Hopefully this will work for 100% of you.
Edit: Found the issue again when trying to access a comment on a post. Blah.
I am a silly, silly boy.
April 14th, 2008I just set Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up as my ringback.
The problem is that only 5 people call my phone on a regular basis.
Ineffective rickroll.
Kid Icarus
March 30th, 2008While playing this game, I said the following things out loud and to myself. Shut up.
“So the screen scrolls up and doesn’t scroll back down, so if I miss a jump, and I know there’s a ground 3 pixels below the bottom of the screen, I die anyway? Horse shit.”
“That ‘harsh training’ is pretty harsh. I can’t survive it with the shitty life meter and no powerups available to me at the moment.”
“This random store owner didn’t say ‘BUY SOMETHING WILL YA’, but it’s pretty close. ”
“390 hearts? Why would I have this many hearts on the first level? It’s almost like you don’t want me to buy this item of unknown power.”
“Oh, 500 hearts for a barrel. I barely had the 210 for the life refill item. Horse shit.”
“Missed another jump, died again. Fuck.”
“So ducking on the floating platforms makes you fall through it and die if there’s nothing to catch you. Good to know. Now to repeat the last 10 minutes of work.”
“So THAT’S what those hammers (that you can collect before getting to the dungeon) do. Now what do those things flying out of the statues do?”
(When Joe dies fighting the dungeon boss): “I have to do the whole dungeon over again? Fuckin’ a.”
“Finally, a side-scrolling level! And a life powerup! Now I won’t die if I stub my toe.”
“Alright, finally getting some good weapons and health… wait… this is the end boss?”
“So, I beat the end boss, get to start over with all my weapons, powerups, full life meter and hearts, and none of the enemies are harder? It’s Zelda backwards!”
I :heart: Penny Arcade
March 24th, 2008This made me laugh out loud, or “LOL”, as the kids say.
Linked, because the image is too big for the blog to handle. Stupid blog. One day, I’m going to leave you for some better software and let you get comment-spammed to Hadies.
Some CBS Web Editor Isn’t Doing His/Her/Its Job…
March 17th, 2008CBSSports.com brings you the official NCAA bracket pick’em on facebook!
As listed in the game tips for the University of Maryland at Baltimore County vs. the Georgetown Hoyas (emphasis mine)…
The Retrievers will never forget the 2007-08 season. It is the first time they ever hoisted the American East Conference title and it will be there first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
CBS Sports: Because copy editing is for nerds.
Layout is Everything
March 13th, 2008The bullet points under the Yankees-Rays brawl picture infers an association with the preceding text link that makes me think that perhaps baseball is more violent and savage than I thought. Silly newsday.com.
