Jingus

^ Has one of the most bizarre avatar pics at TSM... and that's really saying something.

Damn, this game is addictive. Makes me wish I had my old NES here with me to play the real thing.

Well, that's one way to end the debate for good. If I ever meet Michael Schiavo in person, he's gonna receive one hell of a bitchslap from me. That pretty much sums up my feelings on the whole mess.

Lots of them still air the shows anyway in an unofficial manner, the store manager simply orders the pay-per-view through the cable company like any other consumer. They're not supposed to, but some still do, since it clearly brings in a bunch of extra customers for that one night.

Now THAT'S hardcore.

That is indeed one of the shakier banning stories I've heard. Anyone talked to Mario since then?

Mario got banned? Must've been during one of my absences. What for?

^has a 50/50 chance of being shot dead by Billy Drago (too obscure?)

Meltzer didn't pick the spots on the list. Look at the description. It was all done by mathematical formula, which happened to throw Mr. Backlund right to the top of the chart.

Fuck Bill: The Prequel

Remember, this list is skewed towards Madison Square Gardens main eventers. Backlund was heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1983. This was before VKM bought out his father and took things national, so the WW(W)F ran shows at the Garden a LOT more often back then.

Did anyone here actually know Owen? Or any Harts, for that matter? This is one of the more pathetic catfights I've seen.

...pretty much how I'd pictured you, more or less. That really your mother?

The WWE really needs to get one of their current stars on this show, maybe during downtime for an injury or something. Just imagine Kurt Angle on the Surreal Life. It'd blow Chyna right outta the water.

In no particular ord... hey, can we invent a contraction for that? How about "Norder"? Norder: Bryan Danielson Samoa Joe Jack Evans Homicide Punk If AJ Styles can be counted now because TNA is supposedly letting him back again, replace Punk with him.

2Gold, that's one of the most interesting ideas I've heard all week. After all, his brother does work for TNA. Anyone know when Matt's contract comes up for renewal?

I haven't seen it before. Most of the list is no surprise, but... Who?

^Has a sig so disgusting that I've never even asked for an explanation of it.

(I) Fuck(ed) A Failed Mascot

That'd be me at the highest scorer JIN. I found the first three guys to be ridiculously easy, once I figured out the control timing and that all you have to do to get a special drink punch is to just hit any three-punch combo at any time. That, and to realize that most of your opponents will block three high punches or three low punches in a row, but are helpless if you go low-low-high or vice versa. The only really difficult one was the bagel, and that was mostly because of the game's refusal to admit that I'd hit the bastard clear & simple on many occasions. Lots of good punches just went right through him as if I'd never thrown them at all. But you can sometimes score one or two hits while he's weaving around, but only by throwing high. And then of course there's the "dodge his special attack then 3 body blows" deal, thanks T-FK, couldn't have done it without you.

This is nothing new. Nintendo has never been afraid to go against all conventional wisdom and design a truly new and innovative product. Problem is, conventional wisdom is usually correct and these new products usually suck the salami with much gusto. Anyone remember R.O.B. the Robot, that running pad for sports games, the Power Glove, that one motion-sensor controller, and of course the Virtua Boy? All spiffy new ideas that nobody had done before. All fell on their asses. As to the touchscreen, I think it's just the latest bad idea. Not only because of the reasons everyone else listed, but consider this: touchscreens are notoriously difficult to get to work correctly. Think about it: how many times have you had to struggle with one at an ATM or a self-checkout machine at a grocery store, just because the stupid thing didn't react to half your touches? Now imagine trying to play Starfox 5000 with the same interface difficulties. Controller, meet your new home: the garbage can. Nintendo, meet your new home: bankruptcy court. (Okay, they've still got Gameboy to save their financial ass, but still, how many fuckups can one company commit before it catches up?)

This is kinda like arguing over whether Pearl Harbor was a better movie than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yeah, one is obviously higher quality in terms of how well the execution is handled, but then again, the other one made a LOT more money.

Thursday 8-10 PM.

I'm still trying to keep it real, peeps. (And although I am the whitest of whitey white boys, oddly enough I'm actually serious.) I had a major mark-out moment last night, first one in a long time. I've never met Dave Prazak, the really funny & talented IWA Mid-South/Ring of Honor announcer, but I happened to run into him online yesterday. I sent him the beginning of a message that was intended to flatter him while at the same time try to let him know that I'm not just some stupid mark... and he promptly cuts me off by saying he knows who I am and liked my work. You coulda knocked me over with a feather. It's just that I so rarely get any feedback at all on my wrestling commentary, and to hear that an established guy on the indy scene already knows and likes my stuff... damn. Oddly enough, the only other time this has happened was with Stephen Prazak, that goofy guy who used to do ECW's backstage interviews and has been NWA Wildside's color guy forever, when Scott Hudson happened to pass along some stuff that we'd worked on together. Something about that family name, I guess.

I really want to work for the WWE. Seeing that "Are you talking to me?" skit made up my mind. Whoever has been coming up with these "Wrestlemania goes Hollywood" vignettes is a fucking genius. My dream job is some sort of creative post within Vince's production team. (Hey Vince, I can bump, too!)