Awesome Zombie Flash Mob Photos

Ever find yourself out and about, perhaps at The Potter Barn when all of a sudden a legion of the undead swarm your goofy ass when all you wanted to do was pick out a lovely duvet to match those curtains?  Well, it’s happened to the best of us I’m afraid, but now you can view the chaos from the sound comfort of your office chair as you head over to Geek Army to check out a whole gallery of zombie flash mobs. I’m particularly fond of the zombie attack on the Scientologists, but there are a bunch of other funny ones too!

Gearing up for The Weekend…Literally

No, I’m not dressing up as a caterpillar in that picture, but I am enjoying the snuggly warmth of my new sleeping bag that I bought for this weekend.  You see, in an effort to expose me to more of the world than what’s offered through my iMac display while I look at the Discovery Channel website, my friends are dragging me out on a camping trip tomorrow.  So this weekend’s posting may be slow and I’ll likely come back to it on Sunday sometime and fill in the gaps.  Also, I’m pleased to say we’ll be bringing multiple firearms just in case the zombie apocalypse happens in the midst of our absence.  If this should happen, I’ll be writing messages to loved ones on the campground bathroom stalls a la Left 4 Dead.  Alrighty, now where did I put those bear traps…

Heavy JASON!

If you’ve played PS3′s new all-star exclusive Heavy Rain, then you know that it is beautiful, has an A+ storyline, interesting characters and blah blah blah. However some of the lines the characters spat out were ridiculous, therefore hilarious at times. TheYoungScot took advantage of this, cooked up a video for it and posted it to YouTube for everyone in the world to enjoy.

Play the Game, Bro- Don’t Analyze It

Yes, I’m talking to you, bro.  I understand that your popped collar and livestrong bracelet necessitate your weekly beer pong in the garage two doors down from me every Saturday night, but I’m not here to talk about that.  No sir, I’m here to plead with you over a far less irritating, though certainly humorous, infraction. So if you could turn down that Jack Johnson for a second and take a listen that would be super.

The other night I went to the Mass Effect 2 launch where apparently MAG (Massive Action Game) also launched.  Whilst hovering about the counter, making small talk with Nicole and again enjoying the excited chatter of sci-fi geeks all around, eager for their fix, I couldn’t help but notice that two college-aged bros (the most prominent species) had just purchased copies of MAG.  The conversation played out like this:

Bro 1 : Dude, I just realized, MAG stands for Multiplayer Online Game!  I just now realized that!

Now, at this point I chuckled to myself and waited for Bro 2′s inexorable retort, explaining how that doesn’t fall in line with the practical application of acronyms.  But then this happened:

Bro 2 : Oh my God you’re right! How did we not notice that?!  That’s awesome!

I literally facepalmed.  We always throw the term ‘facepalm’ around on the interwebs these days but with an audible slap, my hand met my face in a most jarring confrontation.

So let this be a lesson bros- While we much appreciate your steady stream of Natty Ice you supply us with and even enjoy the nail-biting, proximity-mine whoring, spawn-point camping you employ in a rousing game of Goldeneye, for God’s sakes, please don’t try to decipher anything deeper than spawn camping until you first conquer the game’s title.

Do Your Research, Researcher

So I was skimming the articles at Kotaku today when I came across this gem. Apparently, some columnist working for the San Jose Mercury News wrote up an article detailing his experience with buying a Wii this last Christmas. His dilemma was all of the “hidden prices” that came along with buying a console, such as extra Wiimotes, instruments if he wanted to buy a Rock Band/Guitar Hero game, trouble establishing internet access to his Wii, multiple games, rechargeable battery stations for the Wiimotes… and apparently it was all too much for him to comprehend so he returned the system.

I’m a little elitist because I work at a game store where I’m already aware of all these things, so forgive me for being a bit cruel to this dude, but really? You’re a columnist and you didn’t bother to research how much the works would cost? One, do your kids really need Guitar Hero or Rock Band? Would they recognize and be able to enjoy most of the songs on the set lists? Two, it’s the Wii. Do you seriously need internet access for that thing? What’s wrong with your computer? Are you planning on buying vintage games that they don’t even know from the Virtual Console? Three, it totally irks me how spoiled kids are these days. When I was a kid I was thankful to have one controller, one system and one game. If there were four of us in the room, we got out the cooking timer and took turns every 15 minutes. I hate the idea of “Oh noes, what if Jimmy and Susie have friends over? Surely we’ll need fifteen more Wiimotes, LOL”. This is why I have a job, Mr. Columnist – to help folks like you realize what you’re in for when you promise the kids a Wii for Christmas.

Left 4 Dead De-Make

In all truthfulness I stole this post from Joshua, but my defense is that I did it because I love Left 4 Dead more. I love it so much, that I would be willing to do anything to get my hands on a copy of this game: a Left 4 Dead de-make for the NES. You can read the full story here while I play some 360 Left 4 Dead to prepare for this fantastic moment in history.

Do you have what it takes?

Mystery game…to buy a $98 Nintendo 64 game when you have no idea what it is? Apparently some dude on eBay is auctioning this item and the bidding price has already jumped from below $20 to $98 within a few days. The information he gives about it is vague: it’s rated E, that the “game is not shitty”, and that it is not “Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls”. Because of the increasing interest in this game, urb4nz0mb13 is giving the winner a second mystery N64 game, and has decided to give 25% of the sale to Child’s Play, a charity that donates games and toys to childrens’ hospitals around the world. True Christmas spirit. :)
If you are interested in this auction and think you’ve got the guts to put $100 toward this mystery game, go here.