Nick’s Friday Round-Up: Things that Are, Things That Weren’t, and Things that Might Be Edition.
LET'S ALL TAKE A RIDE ON THE HAPPY TRAIN!!
I have no crazy stories this week about squirrels or moles or raccoons. All I have is a sad thing that happened this week, which was Davy Jones from the Monkees died. =( He was my favorite Monkee. Also, Word Press should be ashamed of itself for trying to tell me that I spelled "Monkee" wrong. >:[
OK, everybody back aboard the HAPPY TRAIN!! Let's start this crazy Round-Up!
COLORING! Everybody loves coloring. If you say you don't, you're lying. If you tell me you always stay inside the lines, you're lying. Even as an adult you go outside the lines. Don't try to deny it. Well what if you could color with Star Wars crayons? Sure, it might be a bit more difficult to use than your normal crayon, but, IT'S FREAKIN' STAR WARS CRAYONS! [geekologie]
One of the cool things about the 360 and PS3 are the achievements and trophies. They don't really do anything except give us a small sense of accomplishment. What if things in real life gave us achievements. Well, guess what... there is. A company by the name of Roccat is releasing a gaming mouse that gives you real life achievements for reaching certain goals while using the mouse. I've just clicked the mouse 5000 times! WOOOHOOO!! [geekosystem]
Remember last week when I showed you what Batman would look like if he was alive during Medieval times? This week I'm going to show you what he'd look like as Steampunk Batman. There was recently leaked CGI footage for a steampunk Batman game that, sadly, got scrapped, and never happened. [dailywhat]
As it turns out, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed Revelations aren't considered to be Assassin's Creed 3 and 4. There's actually an Assassin's Creed III in the works, with rumors that it will be centered around the American Revolution with a native American assassin. [geekosystem]
While we're talking about games that might be, let's talk about Sim City 5. That's right, you read that correctly. SIM. CITY. 5. You KNOW you all played Sim City. That was "THE GAME" to play, back in the day. Nothing gave more satisfaction than building a city and sending the aliens to destroy it! MUHAHAHAHA, PREPARE TO BE PROBED, TINY CITY PEOPLE!!! Woah, where the heck did that come from? So, yeah... check out some Sim City 5 leaked concept art. [gammasquad]
If there's one thing we ALL do while on the internet is search Google. However, most people don't really know how to use the Google search to it's full potential. With a little bit of reading and practice, you can learn how to search Google LIKE A BOSS! [howtogeek]
What's one of the best things about Doctor Who? The awesome variety of enemies, of course! (among other things) If you've watched the older, original Doctor Who, then you'll notice a big change from how the enemies looked back then, to how they look now. Here's the evolution of Doctor Who enemies. [ugo]
One TV and Movie theme that never seems to get old, is jumping into parallel universes. Here's a list of 11 universe-hopping sci-fi characters who awoke to alternate realities. [blastr]
There are some movies where we see a performance by the actor and are just amazed at how honest and real it looks. In some of those performances, it probably was honest and real. In other words, they weren't acting, but actually reacting. Here's 5 amazing performances from actors who weren't acting. [cracked]
HOLY CRAP, IT'S HERE! IT'S UPON US! THE MAYAN'S WERE CORRECT! THE 2012 APOCALYPSE! ZOMG!! RUN!!! [blastr]
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March 2nd, 2012 - 20:03
How come I never see anyone else agitating for a SimCopter 2? That game was the bomb and the shit rolled into one. Was I the only kid who played that game?
March 2nd, 2012 - 21:10
Davy was actually by least favorite Monkee, being the worst musician (best was Peter Tork), worst composer (best was Mike Nesmith), & only 2nd-best singer (best was Micky Dolenz) of the group. However, the Monkees as a unit are my favorite band, & considering how significant Davy was both to their sound & to their success, his sudden absence is still a major blow to me. It’s very strange that the youngest Monkee would be the first to go, especially since Peter & Mike have each just beaten cancer & blindness, respectively. It’s also kind of ironic that Davy was the one who, in 90s-00s interviews, would joke along the lines of “unlike the Beatles, nobody’s died in this group.”
I was very fortunate to see the Monkees (minus Nez, of course) last summer on their 45th anniversary tour. Killer concert, man. After the show was a VIP event that I hadn’t known about when I bought my ticket, so I couldn’t get in. Instead, I hung out behind the stage door with all the other not-rich fans. After all was said & done, Micky & Peter were exhausted & took a tunnel straight back to their hotel rooms from the theater. Davy, though, came out back & signed autographs for a while, making his the only Monkee signature I own.
March 2nd, 2012 - 21:15
That, sir, is a really awesome story. I wish I was lucky enough to see them live.
March 4th, 2012 - 09:20
Mind-blowing awesomeness, indeed. I have preordered ME3 and I am stoked. The only thing that worries me, and a few scenes in this trailer add to that worry, is that it seems like its really focused on you having chosen the chick from ME1. One of the interviews said that you would be punished or rewarded depending on how loyal you were to the partner you chose in the first game. I’m a PS3 man, so I never played ME1. In ME2, I was for Miranda all the way, and now I’m afraid she’s not going to have much of a role in this one.
March 4th, 2012 - 12:53
I’ve played all three. In ME2 I was with Miranda until I screwed something up and ended up with Talia. Now Miranda hates me. =( I didn’t see Miranda in the ME3 trailer, so I dunno. You could message Yvonne Strahovski on twitter and ask her. haha @Y_Strahovski
March 4th, 2012 - 22:06
Miranda will be returning in ME3(assuming she survived the final mission in your ME2 game) but Bioware hasn’t revealed what her role in the game is going to be.
“The Girl with the Yoshi Tattoo” sounds like something Lisa would come up with.