Gory ManHunt 2 Wii Skin
October 8th, 2007
While I was cruising through my RSS feeds I found this fantastic ManHunt 2 skin for the Wii. I love it because its a stark contrast to the other Wii skins that are out there on the market. Check it out:
Are you a Betting Gamer?
October 7th, 2007
If you’ve noticed my latest MSN messenger screen name(don’t worry, its changed already) then you might be strangely curious as to what it may mean. Here’s the screen name:
dp- SFA3 Betting Record = Dan +4 Beers || Chris 0 Beers ^^UNBEATABLE!!^^
What this is refering to is the betting system that I have with my twin brother in Street Fighter Alpha 3. SFA3 is such a well balanced title with no bias, it requires skill and hard work to master hence making it an awesome choice for competition.
Competition by itself would be useless without something at stake. So to heighten the drama we place bets on our winnings. Most of our play time is spent practicing, we use this time to talk about how our day was and to just warm up. When we are ready, we will choose a match to play for and then thrash it out.
Short matches just aren’t worth playing, so we set the max round limit to 5 which is the highest we can go. First one to get to 3 rounds won wins the bet.
The way we tally the winnings is by the winner’s difference. So for example, I was on 4 wins(thats 4 straight wins 
) and then just the other day that increased to 5. Now today we had two bets and unfortunately my winning streak was over, I lost both matches. So then the score went down to:
Dan +3 – Chris 0
This way its easy to balance out who is the leader. When we began this bet, I lost 3 bets in a row. Then over a month or so the tides turned and I got up to my 5+ winning steak. Overall we probably place about 2 bets a week.
My brother and I love placing bets because it brings out the best of our talent. And to be honest its the only game that I have been playing lately. I’ve been too busy with work and haven’t been bothered picking up anything else. I think that I’ll wait until my latest online purchases come through before I start anything else.
There is only one consequence for our betting, our poor thumbs. Week in an week out we are left with less skin on our thumbs than the week before. Its not healthy. So we have both mutually agreed to do our best to pick up a pair of arcade sticks to relieve the pain.
So what about you and your friends/family? Do you place bets in games and if so what for? For my brother and I beer is our betting currency. What games do you play competitively with?
The Return of Boulder Dash
October 3rd, 2007
I remember back when I was in the 3rd grade on the old Toybox OS computers at school we had a remade version of the Commodore 64′s Boulder Dash titled Rockford(Rockford is the name of the main character). This game was dear to everyone at my school and it really hit home once the school updated to Windows 95. Even the internet couldn’t supplement the coolness of Rockford.
Unfortunately I had almost forgotten about this game entirely until a few days ago my brother loaded up the title in Dos Box. Talk about a hit of nostalgia! I was so apt to play this forgotten gem again. And yes, it was as awesome as it was back in the day.
But no, Rockford’s comeback hadn’t finished there folks. A few days ago I was cruising through my feeds only to discover that the series was making a come back on the PSP and DS. Forgot all of those other titles. This time its back. ^_^
Unfortunately as apt as RockFord was in the day, this new title doesn’t quite look to match the original’s prowess. Check out the new video:
There appear to be 3 main issues, judging by the video. Firstly, there is no Rockford(almost destroys the point of a rehash), the character moves too slowly and the map is so close you can hardly see where you are meant to move.
Despite this I am still anticipating the new Boulders Dash. Rock on!
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