Strange Gaming Terminology

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 | Games | 98 Comments

I moved a lot when I was a kid, and since I was a game-playing kid, I quickly noticed that different areas (even just different parts of the same town) sometimes have differing terms for gaming stuff. For example, I always say “I beat Super Mario”, but in some places people would say “I cleared Super Mario”. Also common were “I completed” and “I defeated&#... Read More >>>

Very Low-Budget Terminator 2

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 | Miscellaneous, Videos | 2 Comments

I should start by explaning that this idea comes from Be Kind Rewind, where a video rental store gets all its tapes erased so the employees rush to film crappy homemade versions of the movies. These new versions are called “sweded” versions. Here’s part of the Ghostbusters one they did in the movie. They don’t show it cause that’s just a promo trailer for the REAL mov... Read More >>>

Simple Game: Bomb It!

Monday, December 29th, 2008 | Games | 4 Comments

Download Bomb It! In 1996, I finally managed to get a C compiler on my horrible computer, and I had just gotten a VGA monitor that Christmas (hurray, 256 colors!), so I decided to remake an old QBasic game in C to teach myself the language. The result was this version of “Bomb It!”. It’s based on an old memory of an old Commodore or Apple game that I remember playing at school. ... Read More >>>

The End of Time is Bugland

Sunday, December 28th, 2008 | Games, Videos | 8 Comments

I saw this earlier and thought it was neat. I like weird bugs like this that you can show off to people. I’m not sure if it happens in the English version, but I bet it does. I doubt it happens in the DS version though. Still, poor Lucca! ... Read More >>>

Karakuri Funniest English #2

Saturday, December 27th, 2008 | Japan Stuff, Translation, Videos | 12 Comments

On the heels of the last Funniest English video is another! While nothing can beat the Pikachu guy’s “secret zone”, I found this one pretty good too. For those wondering who the host is, he’s Thane Camus, and he’s lived in Japan most of his life, so he’s not just some random white dude being an ass Besides the Funniest English and Funniest Japanese segments,... Read More >>>

Gamasutra Interview

Friday, December 26th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Miscellaneous, Translation | 13 Comments

I just remembered I was interviewed a few weeks ago for an article at Gamasutra. I usually tend not to do interviews (I made reid do all the bazillion Mother 3 interviews ) but Gamasutra is cool so I did it anyway. You can read it here. Nothing too special and it’s mostly just quotes from me. Or para-quotes in some cases. Some of the information there is wrong though. For instance, I worked... Read More >>>

EarthBound Manga Present!

Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Translation | 5 Comments

(Click to see the larger version) A quick Christmas gift for EB fan visitors ... Read More >>>

Christmas Games

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 | Games | 20 Comments

I’m an old fart now and Christmas has kind of lost its dazzle for me, but I still remember how it felt growing up. One of the best things of all was when I would get games for Christmas, or when I would play games non-stop during winter break. Oh, how I wish I could do that again. Looking back, there are a number of games I fondly associate with Christmas-time. (more…) ... Read More >>>

Japanese Nintendo TV Show

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 | Games, Japan Stuff, Videos | 13 Comments

Many years ago, when I was in Japan, I made a decent-sized page about a show on Japanese TV that was pretty much one giant Nintendo commercial. I found a short video of it from the SNES/Super Famicom era. Just listen to how overdramatic the guy makes it sound. It’s actually such a bad show that it was fun to watch. Maybe that’s because it was aimed at kids and not my age group though ... Read More >>>

Ness is Naked!

Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff | 32 Comments

As many know by now, a lot of stuff was changed during the localization from MOTHER 2 to EarthBound. One of the most famous changes is that Ness is naked when walking around inside his mind in MOTHER 2, but in EarthBound, they put pajamas on him. You can read about this stuff and more over at MOTHER 2 to EarthBound and Back Again, which I swear I’m still working on. In fact, today is the 1 ... Read More >>>