Monday, November 7, 2011

Nerdgasm – Episode 1

So I am a Gamer.  LOVE games.  Video games.  Computer games.  Nerd culture in any form, basically. 

At any rate, I come across way too many sweet links on the interwebz and so I figured I’d start to share these when I get the chance.  Like right now.  Capiche?

Battleshots – (http://kotaku.com/5849354/this-game-of-battleship-will-get-you-hammered) – I can’t see how this would ever be awful.  I’m suddenly interested in playing Battleship again. 

Dancing Mario – (http://kotaku.com/5849766/dancing-mario-is-guaranteed-to-make-you-smile-promise) – Why Not?

Gaming on the Go – (http://kotaku.com/5849749/take-your-console-games-on-the-road-with-the-gaems-g155) – I’ll have to take this on my next road trip for work.  Or camping.

Fitocracy – (http://kotaku.com/5850072/how-making-fitness-into-a-role+playing-game-makes-us-all-look-and-feel-great) – I really wish they’d issue me a dang invite, this looks awesome!

Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Inverted – (http://kotaku.com/5850358/why-you-should-never-ever-invert-your-controls) – PSA brought to you by Freddie Wong.

Turn Your PC Into a Retro Gaming System – (http://lifehacker.com/5835259/how-to-turn-your-computer-into-a-retro-game-arcade) – Yes and yes.

Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan…In Sims World – (http://kotaku.com/5850701/the-sims-team-definitely-got-the-idea-for-this-video-from-herman-cains-tax-plan) – Well….if someone ran with the SimCity engine, I bet they’d have more success than being on their own.

I-Do-Ken – (http://kotaku.com/5850655/the-best-fake-video-game-wedding-picture-ever) – If you get the reference, points!

Choose Your Own Adventure @ Gamestop! – (http://bitmob.com/articles/choose-your-own-adventure-the-video-game-store) – Hell yes!  All you need is a 20-sided die and your browser to play this.  Ahhh memories.

Felt Nintendo Characters – (http://kotaku.com/5850778/felt-mario-bombs-are-dangerously-cute/gallery/1) – Awwww.  This is no head….this is a bomb!!!!

FPS Simulator…TO THE MAX – (http://kotaku.com/5850767/the-worlds-most-amazing-and-painful-video-game-setup) – Hol-eeee shit.

New Life+ – (http://kotaku.com/5851021/new-life%252B-if-life-were-a-game-how-would-you-replay-it) – Great article by the wonderful Lisa Foiles (@LisaFoiles).

Want To Be In Sesame Street?  Get a Kinect! – (http://gizmodo.com/5851020/kinect-realizes-millions-of-fantasies-by-putting-kids-inside-sesame-street) – Every day I’m snufflin’. (Part 2 – Taking over actual TV!!! http://kotaku.com/5851118/look-at-how-microsoft-wants-to-transform-sesame-street-its-the-future)

SimTaiwan – (http://kotaku.com/5851193/some-guy-recreated-a-country-in-simcity/gallery/1) – That is just straight up impressive SimCity 4ing right there.

Mario Bathroom?  Mario Bathroom. – (http://imgur.com/a/9fAWf#5) – Jealous!

Video Games Become….Horror Movies? – (http://kotaku.com/5851447/mario-kart-angry-birds-duck-hunter-turned-into-horror-flick) – How did I miss these?  I’m not a huge horror movie fan, but these look amazing.

Zelda The Cartoon…NSFW – (http://kotaku.com/5851611/bleep-a-few-words-and-suddenly-zelda-is-very-nsfw) – Sooo cheesy, even back in the day, but this clip takes a new spin on it.

Tom Nook is the 1% – (http://kotaku.com/5851904/what-animal-crossing-can-teach-us-about-the-anger-of-occupy-wall-street) – That bastard owned me in Animal Crossing

Where are They Now? Diseases from Oregon Trail – (http://kotaku.com/5851943/where-are-they-now-diseases-that-killed-you-in-oregon-trail) – Smitty has died.

Don’t You….Forget About Me.  In Ace Combat – (http://kotaku.com/5851983/this-is-the-greatest-button+press-in-all-of-video-gaming) – Great tribute.

Bhaloidam – (http://kotaku.com/5851782/fund-bhaloidam-to-tell-your-own-story) – I don’t get it, but I’m intrigued.  And hey, they made their goal, so maybe we will see it!

Metal NES – (http://kotaku.com/5852146/metal-band-unleashes-album-of-remixed-music-from-zelda-contra-and-more) – Old school music, set to heavy metal.  I’m down.

Dr. Robotnik Finally Wins – (http://kotaku.com/5852872/dr-robotnik-just-didnt-think-things-through) – It builds…it builds.

Ingenuity (aka Cheating) to Unlock an Achievement – (http://kotaku.com/5852987/this-guy-cheated-to-get-an-achievement-but-he-did-it-in-style) – Great work….though I don’t know if this is cheating or not….

NVIDIA Helps Offer Advice For Building a PC – (http://kotaku.com/5853219/nvidia-offers-guides-to-building-a-pc-worthy-of-battlefield-3) – To help peeps get the most out of BF3, they put together a very helpful guide.  Rest assured, I appreciate this.

Raw 2 CAWs – (http://kotaku.com/5853334/thanks-to-video-games-someone-pretended-that-frank-zappa-and-beck-were-wwe-pro-wrestlers/gallery/1) – Ohhh memories.  I wish they’d kept on with this series, the foundation was there!

Hardcore Keyboard – (http://gizmodo.com/5853636/you-can-spill-all-your-drinks-on-this-gaming-keyboard) – Good lord, you could probably kill someone with that thing and it would just brush it off.

Fighting Back Into the Game – (http://kotaku.com/5853740/at-age-29-a-game-developer-now-battles-back-from-a-stroke) – I am inspired.

Mage Gauntlet – (http://kotaku.com/5853830/heres-why-the-legend-of-zelda-should-come-to-the-iphone) I’ll have to look into this game, looks interesting…and promising!

The Final Concert – (http://kotaku.com/5853868/the-painful-beautiful-parting-of-two-brothers-bound-by-gaming) Touching and heartbreaking story…Cancer is the fucking worst.

Up The Wall – (http://kotaku.com/5854054/when-your-world-is-a-sheer-vertical-wall-all-you-can-do-is-climb) – All I can say is…don’t fall.

Dirty Word – (http://kotaku.com/5854012/this-gaymers-story) – Wow.  Kudos to this guy….

Hall of Play – (http://kotaku.com/5854355/to-insert-your-name-here-facebook-app-puts-you-in-the-best-playstation-commercial-ever) – Kevin Butler, continuing to prove why he is awesome.

Take This Lollipop – (http://www.takethislollipop.com/) – Wow….I may be killed shortly.

Gaping Hole – (http://kotaku.com/5854612/if-you-have-two-ipad-2s-heres-an-easy-halloween-costume-thatll-blow-everyone-away) – If I ever have the cash for 2 iPad2s….this is happening.

Gaming For A Cause – (http://kotaku.com/5854656/ios-game-helping-disabled-girl-walk-for-the-first-time) – One of the positive stories that the general news media will ignore in favor of crushing GTA for being too violent.

CLEAR! – (http://kotaku.com/5855107/battlefields-stupidest-weapons-dont-look-so-stupid-now) – Amazing clip here…great creativity with the paddles.

Car Vs. Road – (http://kotaku.com/5855198/sometimes-you-conquer-the-road-sometimes-the-road-conquers-you) – Love the creativity here!  Hope you are friendly with your….friend.  When playing this game anyhow…

Tractor Beams?  Tractor Beams. – (http://gizmodo.com/5855479/nasa-drops-a-hundred-grand-on-tractor-beam-research) – FINALLY!

On Video Game Reviews – (http://kotaku.com/5855372/drakes-reception-uncharted-3-and-video-game-criticism) – The Interwebz could learn a lesson or five.

Your Death! In Friendly Daily Infographic Form – (http://kotaku.com/5855536/the-boring-truth-about-your-death-it-wont-be-like-a-video-game) – Oh good, unintentional injury!

GTA V – (http://kotaku.com/5855612/the-coolest-things-we-spotted-in-the-gta-v-trailer/gallery/1) – YES!!!!

Kinect Serial Killer – (http://kotaku.com/5855906/kinect-is-a-serial-killer-has-the-taste-for-blood) – Creepy.  Low production values, but creepy.  Clearly some SAW influence.

Rainbow Moon – (http://kotaku.com/5855932/rainbow-moon-is-a-strategy-rpg-coming-to-psn-next-year/gallery/1) – I thought it was a sequel to the underrated Harvest Moon series.  Turns out it is an old school RPG set to be released for the PSN.  I’m IN!

Saints Row 3 – (http://kotaku.com/5856111/pimps-gimps-outer-space-combat-and-burt-reynolds-must-be-a-saints-row-the-third-trailer) – Sheer and utter ridiculousness.  I’m IN.

Cop Car Hits Plane Interlude – (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/04/watch-brazilian-police-intentionally-ram-car-into-plane-during-t/) – Oh, hey, you got GTA in my real life!

DLC Quest – (http://kotaku.com/5856556/sometimes-downloadable-content-isnt-just-in-the-game-it-is-the-game/gallery/1) – I love me some good satire.

MW3 – (http://kotaku.com/5856762/full+length-jonah-hill-modern-warfare-3-ad-has-a-special-guest-star-at-the-end) – Great commercial…though I’m the lifetime NOOB.

HARDEST GAME IN THE WORLD (MAYBE) – (http://kotaku.com/5857001/hardest-game-ever-has-a-lofty-title-it-features-short-games) – Warioware, revisited?

Portable N64 – (http://kotaku.com/5856991/transforming-a-nintendo-64-into-a-portable) – My God, I would have been dead in middle school via not doing anything other than Goldeneye if this existed.

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