Showing posts with label Video Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video Games. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2025

AVGN - Dragon's Lair Revisited



The Angry Video Game Nerd revisits one of the games from his early episodes: Dragon's Lair. He attempts to get further into the game, and possibly even beat it.

It seems so apparent to me that this game was specifically designed to ruin the lives of children, that I looked up a speedrun to see to what extent a best-case scenario is possible. Here it is:


Sunday, May 4, 2025

New Glitch Discovered in Super Mario Bros.

 


A new glitch was recently discovered in Super Mario Bros. which allows speedrunners to shave 20 seconds off their time (though pulling it off is very difficult).

This is another video that gets into the nature of the glitch by digging into the programming.

Monday, February 17, 2025

The Super Mario 3 Roulette Game Was Rigged

I always assumed that there was something I was missing about the Super Mario Bros 3 sliding picture game - I was sure there was a skill or "trick" to it, but I never figured out what that trick was. The following video goes pretty deep into NES programming, it's not going to be for everyone, but the point is: there is no skill or trick that would guarantee success. It was frustrating because it was always down to blind luck.


Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Re-Making Super Mario World in 3D


A guy re-makes Super Mario World so that it's 3D.

This is not so much interesting to me because of the game development - I don't really care - I love the aesthetic of the pixels and colors. It's so visually pleasing.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Guy Beats Tetris


Did you ever see someone beat Tetris? Well apparently not because this video claims to be the world first. "Beating Tetris" means here that you get to Level 255 and move to the next level and it goes back to Level 0. They're calling this a "Rebirth" which seems confusing to me, but whatever.

A few notes of no interest to anyone... The highest digit of the Lines Count goes 0-9 and then A-Z and then hyphen, comma, apostrophe, right arrow, exclamation point, question mark and left parentheses. The highest digit of the Score goes 0-9 and then A-F (hexadecimal) and then back to 0. The Level, as said, goes to 255 to 0. That's 3 different "numbering systems" on one screen.

I can't understand this video. My mind cannot process this quickly. And he even seems to be monitoring the chat and responding in real-time. Crazy. Just crazy.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Game Grumps Joke Songs #4

 


Another collection of songs made from Game Grumps moments. This one is Dad-heavy.

Schnigedy Ding Dong.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Monday, August 26, 2024

Super Sprint (NES) Speedrun



This may seem random, perhaps, but I find the movement of the cars around the curves of the track within Super Spring to be oddly satisfying. And since the aesthetic pleasure is directly proportional to the skill of the player, this world record run should be as good as it gets.

I watched this on mute, so if this guy says anything crazy, I didn't know that.

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Game Grumps - Supermarket Simulator

 


We're 7 episodes into Supermarket Simulator and, while I haven't posted episodes 1 through 6, they're all about the same and worth noticing.

A really enjoyable series.

Monday, July 29, 2024

Game Grumps - The Game of Sisyphus

 

Nothing crazy but a fun little episode of Game Grumps.

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I just don't have anything to say or share.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

GG - Instant Karma Compilation

 Ok, check this out.



The Game Grumps react to a compilation of them confidently failing.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

The History of The Oregon Trail

 The game, not the actual trail.


The history of video games is not even a particular interest of mine but these documentaries are so well made, I get sucked in. Kudos to The Gaming Historian, check out his channel if you have any interest at all. It's a thousand pounds of entertainment even though I can only carry 15 pounds back to the wagon.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Game Grumps - Ice Hockey Returns!

 


The 2023 edition is less manic and therefore not as good as past versions. Still, it's Ice Hockey.

Monday, September 4, 2023

Game Grumps Joke Songs #3

 


The new album is strong but takes a little while to get going. I think the obvious first single has to be "Forklift Simulator." Though people with more of a Metal predilection will obviously prefer "Lipitor."

Friday, August 4, 2023

Game Grumps - Shrek's Carnival Craze

 


A good, old-fashioned buggy game of nonsense. It's good to have these once in a while.