Commercial Break: Mista Conspiracy Raps, Breaks & Eats Chicken

Sometimes being self-aware works against you. In the above video we see retro-footage from 2005 of Mista Conspiracy. I want to say he's a rapper, but I know I'm wrong. Though I'm glad he was able to make a video making fun of himself and putting KFC product placement throughout, what I could only assume is a masterpiece of rhythmic song, Mista Conspiracy's droning nouns and adverbs leads me to this last question. "Dude, what the f*#k are you saying?!"

The Death Of Local Co-Op.

The Current Wrangling Of Varmints And Four-Player Now Comes With Internet Varification.

I had a friend over who wanted to sit down and play through the Transformers: War For Cybertron’s Co-op campaign. We were surprised to see that the local cooperative mode was unavailable. We started talking about a simpler time when men were men and games new their place. It should be noted that while writing this I wore a cowboy hat and slim-fitting jeans. Its to remind me of a time where pressing start wasn’t just for one anti-social gamer on a couch, but sometimes two-to-four. Today we have three and four hundred dollar gaming consoles that, in away, promote solitary gaming. That’s right my little cowboys and cowgirls. Even the current multiplayer games encourage players to hide behind the veil of avatars and screen names within the isolation of the internet. Excuse the obvious pun, but has the gaming culture evolved to a point where gamers are just playing by themselves?

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Oh I'm Sorry, I Didn't See You There...

Me And Keanu Relate. Sometimes You Have To Take Time Out And Eat A Donut On A Park Bench.

The lurkers are getting restless [so I'm assuming]. I haven't been posting much in the past couple weeks. "But Why?" The three of you ask.  Because I've been too busy writing. Watching movies and playing 'dem vidya' games.  Well, I do that all the time, but honestly I just needed a break. Life's been really crazy and fun on this end of the keyboard and I needed to realize I was missing a world out there. That and I've been planning the August 8th, 2010 Brog Anniversary posting. The likes of which could mean full-blown armageddon for this very internet in which you are surfing upon.

In the mean time...enjoy these Keanu Chops.

Commercial 'Break': If Its Terrible And You Know It Clap Your Hands!

Its hard enough trying to explain to people what a bboy or bgirl does or what they're relevance is in the spectrum in hiphop, but when I see things like this...it hurts my feelings. Teaching people dance moves in which they can exercise, being healthy, and feeling good about themselves is a cool accomplishment few people can do well.

I know few bboys/bgirls check out my site and this is for you guys. If you see this 'Mario The Trainer' please feel free to show him how he's doing it wrong. The take his class of middle-aged moms out for ice cream.

You're Probably Wondering How El-P Linked Up With Justin Bieber...

Above is the now infamous song. A remix of Justin Bieber's "Baby." Its great. Enjoy it. I was going to make it the song of the day in my other blog post but this kind of deserves the back story. You know the strange thing about Twitter is actually what occasionally turns me off to the AD/HD oriented website.

Instant access to anything is a tweet away. For no reason other than the man's own amusement, famed hiphop producer El-P decided to share 'questionible advice' with The Biebs. Below is a small segment of how all of this happened. In tweet form [yuck...sickens me to even type the word]. The highlighted text are what pushes this whole thing over the edge and boom...classic remix.

Update 07-04-10 12:35 : If you'd like the actual .mp3 go here [while link is still active]: Justin Bieber - Baby [El-P Death Mix]

Relevant history after the jump.

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Infamous Review: Cool Game In All, But Open World Games Feel Passé

See Cole Jump. See Cole Smash. Now Do It Several Times Over While Levelling Up And Keeping A Close Eye On What Missions You Need To Complete In Order To Advance The Story.

 

Consider this a partial-review of Sucker Punch's geographically vast game. My type-A gaming personality would not allow me to complete such a rich single-player experience. That's what I tell myself. The truth is Infamous suffers from what this current 'evolved' state of game design seems all to eager to subscribe to. Infamous is a post-apocalyptic open world tale, in which you play as a character who may choose one of two paths: Heroic or Thug. Though this formula of game architecture has been seen in games like Prototype, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and Mass Effect -- Infamous's manner of storytelling is what makes this experience unique.

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My Life As A North Campus Video Employee

I Worked In The Front Room Area. The Shelves Were Well Stocked This Day. That Doorway You See Would Eventually Become The Owner's Office. Because They Had To Close and Sell Stores To Make Rent.

 

For the past three years I've worked at Columbus, Ohio's North Campus Video -- I've been documenting on a semi-weekly basis my experiences at the 31-year old mom and pop business. What you should know is this is a completely biased account of how one particular ex-employee saw in the underbelly of a Columbus landmark. Unfortunately, the manner in which I was laid off has actually stayed my blade [for the time being]. My original account of my tenure was going to be poisoned-tipped and rage-filled, but in the interest in the off chance of me getting the little details wrong -- I'll leave names out.

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Commercial Break: Seahorse Has Seahorsies

Its been a while since I've posted some consistent Commercial Breaks, but rest assured the I'm working my way back into a groove. I'm working on a big update explaining my my posts have been so infrequent, but expect more interviews, more ranty articles and reviews. By the time I'm done with this site they'll be as many articles in one month as there are seahorses in that vid....oh my god! That's a ton of seahorses.

[Why Does It Look Like That Male Seahorse Is In An Immense Amount Of Pain?]

What Is A Goldfrapp?

I spotted this on Sir Arthur Gies' twitter page and was wondering were we went wrong as a society. I sent it to my boss at work and he seemed to be at least more privy to this 'Goldfrapp' [which in gaming terms translates to 'majestic fart' give or take a vowel] group than I could ever hope. This is what the kids are into? This is how babies are made? Songs like this made by people like this confuse me.

80's fashion has long been heralded as humanities greatest evolutionary drawback, so I would assume that most popular 80's music functioned as a synthetic catalyst into what could only be described as...well Goldfrapp. But hey, I'm in my late twenties, maybe I am reaching that point where new-old music [where the new music is inspired/copied by an old aesthetic] doesn't quite strike the eardrums as pleasantly as they use to.

Seriously though, people like this?

So Conan And Google Walked Into A Bar...

Just when I thought I was 'over the Conan hype' something like this occurs. Conan O'Brien [ex-host of Late Night With Conan O'Brien and ex-intern host of The Tonight Show With Whatshisface] and Google decided to site down one evening and do what they do best -- draw attention to themselves. I'm usually anti-obvious shameless promotion, but I gotta say -- I'd do it for the free stuff too.