Super Smash Bros. Crack

I've recently been playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl on my Wii. Apparently, it's so addicting that I'm trying to snag trophies or acheive goals when she steps heads to the bathroom. It's as if I've got this bizarre compulsion to try and unlock EVERY SINGLE THING in the game!

So what, just what, is it that makes me want to try and obtain all the goods and unlockables? Clearly it's not something everyone feels as demonstrated by this Public Service Video below:



And in case you were wondering, here's what such a fight would look like:



Not that great really. But I'm on the other end of the spectrum where I want everything~! I want the trophies, the stickers, the music, the stages, the characters, and without cheating using the hammers to break the glass.

But the problem is that this doesn't bode well with my wife.

I currently only work a part-time job at a Pizza Hut call center (and man do I have stories to tell after only two weeks there), and am trying to find work as an IT worker. Databases, web sites, technical writing, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, whatever it takes!

I get food stamps and live on meager wages and family support. That's it!

So why can't I drag myself away from this game long enough to actually get a job, take care of chores, and basically do all the other stuff a responsible adult should?

I mean really! Sure the game has been hyped to the point that Jesus Himself might have delivered it on launch day:



But that is no excuse to neglect my other duties as an adult and as a husband. Is it

I'm not saying games are addicting. I've been able to drop games in lieu of other, more important matters before. So why is it that this game keeps me coming back again and again whenever I can still an extra minute of play? Is that a sign of a game's success? A sign that some games can be addicting? Or a sign that I need to just get over it and man up to my responsibilities?

Maybe it's one or the other, or it could be all of the above. One way or another, I need to find some way to manage my time properly. That's the most important thing! Especially since doing that means I can post more, and get this site off the ground

Anyone else have this need to get everything ASAP in Smash?

~Otaku-Man

P.S. Image clip from God Mode Online and it's funny, funny comics.

The Game Scholar Gets Mad

Okay, now this is getting rather annoying. I want to try and maintain a blog with an intellectual spin on the topic of video games, but apparently with no money, no day job, and no major support to back this kind of a blog, this is a rather futile effort.

And frankly it makes me a bit angry that I can't share my passion for games online because of these stupid real life setbacks.

But that's okay! Apparently anger is the new hotness these days! Just look at the plethora of angry people cursing and swearing online about this and that. Just watch these!

!!!WARNING - Some of these people swear like a sailor!!!

First up, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw:

Now while Yahtzee may swear up and down more times than a kangaroo on a pogo stick, his wit and intelligent insight along with his hate everything attitude has made him the top of the town. If he wasn't good at this kind of thing, then he wouldn't have been asked to present at this year's GDC (Game Developer's Conference). His work is even previewed on Cable TV shows such as X-Play each week!

Speaking of X-Play, that leads us to other ranter and raver, NOT as foul-mouthed as Yahtzee, but still highly amusing, Adam Sessler!

He hosts a TV show on video games, gets to try them out for free, and then gives his blunt opinions with humor, wit, and enough biting sarcasm to give frostbite.

But unlike the above two, it's not necessary to be sponsored by a fully sponsored webzine, or have a cable TV show, as proven by the man known only as the Angry Video Game Nerd!

Behold the majestic foul language, the pissed off rantings and ravings, the frustration, and most of all, the CHAOS!

SCREW law and order! Give us mayhem and chaos anyday! Why go with the safe and sterile when you can cut loose, get mad, and tear the things you love apart because sometimes they hurt you too!

So now that I've given my two cents on the subject, I've decided that I like it and want in! So from here on out, I intend to provide a married, poor, video game loving man's take on the games he loves, the industry he loves, and how life in general pisses all over him. First, I'll need to think of a catchy title. Hopefully, I'll be able to think of something soon. In the meanwhile, enjoy the rage!