Happy Holidays From The Brog

Oh that Krampus always causing a ruckus

As I sit here wrapping the final gifts, infested with flu-like symptoms, imbibing both wine and Theraflu. I'm reminded of several things: 1) no matter how hard I try, my allergy to alcohol will continue being my Achilles' Heel to a life of drunkatude. 2) I've never felt luckier to have met and made connections to you great people on the internet. Your tweets and inboxed links haven't gone unnoticed. Sidenote: some of that s**t is straight-up weird and has resulted in a record number of blocks and reports. So, yeah, there's that.

What was I getting at with this? Oh yeah, 3) I'm not a rich guy, or even moderately "balling." I spent a fair amount [okay, all] of my spending money on my mom and little sister this holiday. At the same time, I'm not trying to go in debt or make a material statement as to my status in life. I got lucky with this friend group. They only expect me to be me. It was super-unfortunate I couldn't get everyone at least a joke/gag gift, but this post will have to suffice.

Below you'll find links to art, articles, and videos that I hold very dear. Some are to be taken in jest, others not-so-much. Thanks for the support.

And don't let Krampus poke you.

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The Brog Is San Diego Bound!

Well, I guess I've never surfed before. I guess I could do that...right?

That's right guys and gals, thanks to the small success of this site over the years, I've actually been able to save some cash and take this dog and pony show on the road*. You may remember a little dedication video last year made by friends of the site, Lea and Jesse. Well I'm visiting them and eating up all their refrigerated food.

It'll be a five day adventure starting this coming Thursday. Here's the deal. I'm kinda documenting this whole trip in some fashion or another [audio, video, but especially photo]. I kinda don't know where I should go or do. Out of the five days, I've got about a day and a half-worth of business to handle. That's about it.

It's San Diego, where people go, prior to going to heaven. I'm also fairly sure the latin of San Diego translates to "Heaven's waiting room." Don't quote me on that. So I've started an initiative, which is rare for me considering how my offline life is completely at odds with this whole trip. If you've ever visited or ever wanted to go to a certain place in San Diego, I'm your man. I'll also venture up to L.A. for a day, but it's really all about San Diego people.

Send me your suggestions via the comments below or my Twitter feed. I'll keep checking my timeline, this site, and in the coming days, a similar post is going up on Couchbound.

If you know of any odd spots, restaurants, dancing places that don't cost a fortune to get into, feed me with those suggestions. When I return, I'm sure I'll have a story to tell.

*Note: There will actually be no ponies involved, but several dogs.

Things That Are Cool: Comix, Free Games, Jane McGonigal, Internet Findings...

One of the many interesting panels I found over at Comix Cube

These past couple weeks and [I'm guessing] future weeks will be dedicated to me figuring out some things in my little life. One of which is [hopefully] getting my TV serviced so I can get back to reviewing this ever-growing hill of vidja games. 

I'm also finding time to work on other artistic endeavors that you may [or may not] see on the internet. 

Since my facebook sabbatical, my Twitter and e-mail inbox have been getting stuffed. Some of it is actually not totally disgusting. I'd even go as far in saying that it may have brightened my week.

Below is a dump of all the tabs I currently have open in my browser

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Free Game: Dont Sh&t Your Pants

I guess I'm the sh#t king! I found all the achievments. So...there's that. Plus, this game is kinda cool. Type 'look' it helps.

Description (Game published on 2009-02-16)

A survival horror game.

Updates

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Kongregate stats implemented. Unfortunately that means some save files were lost. Sorry!

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For those of you who cannot get the game to run when typing “play”, please refresh the browser. This is a known issue that I’m having trouble duplicating, but a simple refresh fixes it.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Start by clicking next to the tiny arrow on the bottom left corner of the game window.

This is an all typing game. To begin, type “play”. Type instructions such as “open door” to perform different tasks.

If you’re stuck, make sure to “look” at everything you can.

Try to win all the awards and earn the title of Shit King!

*To see the credits, type “credits” in the title screen.

Link

After the jump...key commands that will help you win!

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The 5 Hardest Games

Arrrrrggghhhhhh! = FlaiL

One of the things I hate most is when a game is overly complicated or too complex for the message it is trying to convey *cough* MGS series!*cough*. The wonderful people of Make Us Of.com have compiled a list of the hardest games and I can [un]happily tell you that these game are awesome at killing your time as well as your soul.

More delights after the jump.

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Uwe Boll News: "Visiting Uwe"

"Visiting Uwe" is free and streaming as I type this on WS-Avant Garde.  I haven't watched it yet, but I plan to before the weekend is out.  It is a 50 minute documentary [not a mockumentary] of the man who has brought us such gems as:  Far Cry, Blood Rayne I & II, Postal and...ah...well if you're still reading this you are familiar with this mans work and obsession of producing some of the worst movies [let alone movies based off of video games] in this day and age. If I don't get to it in time, I expect you guys to tell me what you think.

FEIST - A Cool Looking Game [and it's free!]

You can download the free beta at IndieGames.com

Enjoy.