US Title:
Bust-A-Move
Japanese Title:
Puzzle Bobble
By:
Taito
Year:
1994
Size:
32 Megs
Home Release?
No
MVS Release?
Yes
CD Release?
Yes
Ports?
3DO, Game Gear, SNES
Bust-A-Move: Bust this Review with Bobak!
Back in 1986, Taito brought out Bubble...
US Title:
Burning Fight
Japanese Title:
Burning Fight
By:
SNK
Year:
1991
Size:
54 Megs
Home Release?
Yes
MVS Release?
Yes
CD Release?
Yes
Burning Fight: A Singeing Review by Bobak!
So, what is Burning Fight? It's a Neo Geo game, yes. But what is it all about? Is it a game...
You know that tragic crash that just happened at SFO, well...
Missing the prank? No problem, here it is read aloud during the broadcast:
[direct link for those without flash]
And the apology:
[direct link]
The forum update's thrown the Birthday feature out the window (temporarily at least), but Happy Birthday to two guys who have been here for a long time.
Here's to semi-secret clubs!
[direct link to the video]
It took one hour to shut this off.
Here's a local news report, the whole thing is worth reading.
Insurance or not, that's going to be a fun lawsuit for quantifying damages.
It seems his lawyers have kept all those annoying charges of drug trafficking and possible murder off his back so he could make this video that's been making the rounds this morning. This was good enough that I thought it would work outside the Longest Thread.
[direct video link for those...
Paging Average Joe, Spike, et al.
Open thread: whatever level or experience, this forum has all levels of expertise. Whatever your goals: shedding points, feeling better, or even swole acceptance.
When I first read the headline, I assume the LAPD had a Boston-Mooninite kind of scare (which, in light of the Marathon bombing, isn't as funny as it was then). But the article paints them in a better light: apparently an independent game studio in LA got a realistic-looking COD statue:
And...
It takes a little bit to load, but the results are fascinating.
Here's a gif made of the Vegas version:
Osaka, Japan (watch the artificial islands form)
http://earthengine.google.org/#timelapse/v=34.65925,135.28491,10,latLng&t=1.32
The alteration of the Dubai coast...
In the 80s, Jeff Bridge's wife got him a Widelux panoramic camera, so he started taking photos of the movie sets he worked on. Here are a few of the photos with links to more and through that a link to the book he made of them all.
True Grit:
Tron:
The Fabulous Baker Boys (I like this one...
Check this out:
Assuming you live to age 77, each dot represents the weeks left in your life.
If you're older--no problem! Just tear off some rows as they each represent years.
I'm picturing an office conversation where someone who's 25 prints it out and offers to put it on their...
I first heard about Surströmming when Andrew Zimmern took Bizarre Foods to DC's Embassy Row and the Swedish Ambassador invited him to the roof deck of the embassy to partake in this local delicacy. There was a reason they picked the roof, as these unwitting guys soon find out.
If you know about...
[potential fashion alert for Waseem]
Okay, one of the local stations where I grew up has been updating a county most-wanted list every week and I've become a fan simply because of the proliferation of facial tattoos among criminals. Not just the Latin gangs (which arguably popularized them)...