Welcome to the musings of a self-proclaimed geek. In the past I have contributed to GamesAreEvil as a columnist and a reviewer, known often as Fanky Mallon, thus the not-so-clever Malloosings title. You may recall my musings in the form of my old column, The Retro Confessional. I hope to bring some of that back in this new format.
It occurred to me that I may be a freak of a gamer due to some of the odd behavior I have been known to exhibit, like never finishing X-Com: Ufo Defense, because I fashioned myself an international arms dealer and no longer needed the funding of any Government. Then there was the fifteen minutes in Doom 3 where I was screaming and using a chainsaw, while my partner was pleading with me to come back. Perhaps I find myself odd because when left to my own devices in video games, I tend to run around in underwear if I have the option.
Like this, but with less flies.
The purpose of this is to share the thoughts in my head and hopefully generate some feedback with the community at large, and maybe entertain you all a bit. Sort of like Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, we can have some fun and just might learn something too.
2-16-2011
Read a rumor that James Franco was up for Kaneda in the American / Live-action version of Akira. Akira was one of my favorite anime of all time, and I am not pleased that they are planning on making this into a live action film. The anime had so much missing from the manga, of which I am also a big fan. So I ask how can a live-action film not cut out even more? I will be totally shocked if this can turn out well. The only thing I think it would have going for it would be James Franco. Harry Osbourne of Spider-Man fame, we hardly knew you. As a side-note, if you are a fan of Franco’s work, I highly recommend his Facebook page. He posts the oddest pictures. Does anyone else think that this is a terrible idea?
This guy
A friend at work mentioned he finally watched the entire series of the new BattleStar Galactica. My opinion on that show had to come out. He was shocked that I thought it was great until they went off the rails with season 4.5. Seriously, they should not have played games like that with Starbuck. From there we digressed into his watching of Stargate: Atlantis. According to him all of the story arcs have ripped off Star Trek, and I said like Star Trek: Deep Space 9 ripped off Babylon 5? The Coke vs. Pepsi debate we started ended with two proud geeks just shaking their heads at each other. Both of us confident that we were correct, but only I was right.
Game time: Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360)
After several playthroughs, my Chuck Greene (and I) knew our way around quite well. Chuck was fully leveled up and my goal for this playthrough was to get the Head Trauma achievement (using every type of melee weapon on the zombies). I made sure to give my daughter her Zombrex, because she was little and needed her daddy. Also everyone else in the safe house were useless cowards who would not help tie her shoes if she needed help. The other odd thing on this play was that I snapped and needed to kill all of the other survivors. It was a morale imperative. They really should have the survivors react to how you dress. Chuck was decked out in a Russian hat, go-go boots, and a bikini. I would not have followed my Chuck, considering he looked like a cross between Zed in Zardoz and Borat. Is it just me or do any of you try and make Chuck look as disturbing as possible?
Now just add Russian flap hat
On breaks from playing, I was re-reading Garth Ennis’ Max comic, Fury. If you are fan of gross out humor and/or crotchety old, take no crap characters, I recommend picking this up or reading it again. It was a story of Nick Fury being totally miserable in the post politically correct S.H.I.E.L.D. era. This was no Marvel 616 tale. Fury behaved like a man totally frustrated with his part in a world that seemingly no longer needed him and was going to screw, fight, maim, and kill until his ticket got punched. Ennis peppered the story with his perverse and disturbing characters, to create a fun and gruesome tale.
Next time there will be more Dead Rising 2 and some song suggestions for one of the most mind numbing achievements I have ever tried.
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