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C-blogs of 5-14-09 and Qalamarisms
CblogRecaps | 11:11 PM on 05.14.2009 16 comments




I hope you've all seen Star Trek by now. I won't spoil it, but if you've ever been even remotely interested in the series, you owe it to yourself to see this movie on the biggest screen possible.



Not much to say tonight. There were lots of good blogs, several that were on the cusp of topsauce. Most of them have the "Articles" tag in the Wordtoid area. If you have time, most of the stuff in there is well worth a look.
There were many, MANY series updates today, so I moved some of them into other categories that seemed appropriate (Agonofini's SHAFT series was moved to literature, for example).


*-Magnalon called it. Gbreaux wrote about gaming as autism therapy, it's my pick for today.
*-Kpax shot nostalgia juice straight into my femoral artery with this blog. Not bad for a first effort. Welcome to Destructoid.
*-You should look at this one, if only for the header image. Devoslack posted about House Bill 22, which would require convicted sex offenders to reveal their online aliases.
*-Come for Blehman making fun of "g4m3r grllzzzzzz," stay for the comments. Copypasta can be fun!
*-Norm9 asks the question- why does everyone except Samit hate on sports games?
*-SilverDragon1979 wrote about how his nephews have eschewed the PSP and DS in favor of the iPhone. If I were a Nintendo or Sony executive, I'd pay careful attention to what he has to say here.
*-Chad Concelmo gives you the opportunity to ask some Yes/No questions that he might just ask at E3.



A-This may be a repost from another site, but it's well written and I feel the exact same way about Activision. Good on you, Iorisnk.
S-Slim pickings across the pond, but Gemsi has the release list anyway.
S-I'm never sure where to put NJSykora's £5 challenge. Fortunately he's been doing it for a while, so I can call it a series.
A-Crippled Big daddy had ONE weakness-- Stairs. Cloud-1409 takes a look at how BioShock's cover models might have turned out.
A-Etirflita wrote a nice piece about how effective it can be when a game forces you to descend rather than ascending.
S-Cwal37 reviews some more Fallout 3 mods for the PC version. Some of this stuff sounds fascinating, wish my crapbox could run it.
M-ArcticFox's Musing takes a look at the world of Sega's OutRun. I wish every game came with a hot girl and a Ferrari.
M-AKAThatOneGuy wrote about life in Liberty City for this month's Musing.
A-This blog takes a look back at Space Cadet Pinball. Futurama proved that space makes everything better, but it took Jack Maverick to point it out.
M-Magnalon's Musing is a very personal account of how he lost himself in the world of Morrowind.
M-Blehman's musing will be on the front page soon enough. For now though, you can read it here.
A-DarwinMayflower took a look into Square's business practices. Protip: They keep rereleasing Final Fantasy games because people keep buying them.


C-Dtoid Toronto needs a Cblog banner. Design a good one, and you could win $20 worth of game on the system of your choice.



S-Dtoid Europe recently had a Sega-themed mini-NARP. Looks like fun!
F-The Young Scot posted a battle report from the euro version of Bionic Commando's Friday Night Fights. In HD!


N-Walrus linked to some new footage of Killing Floor-- or as some wags in the comments called it, Left 6 dead.
N-Suitcoat Avenger noticed something a bit different about N.P.R. today.
N-Darkair beat the front page with this rumortoid about the new, slimmer PS3.
R-Trueb7ue's review of Rolling with Katamari for the Jesus phone. This won't be good until someone releases a cell phone with 2 analog sticks.
N-The Prodigal Son alerted us all to the PS3's latest firmware update. That reminds me, gotta download that Ragdoll game.
T-Cloud 1409 previews inFamous. I keep getting this one confused with Prototype, but I want `em both.
N-Neonie posted a new trailer for Prototype. I keep getting this one confused with inFamous, but I want `em both.
R-YaMissed reviewed Civilization: Revolution. I liked what I played of this, but I really think it should have had a save option.
T-Agonofinis had a wish list for the recently announced Elder Scrolls V. How many Giga wolves must die?
D-Zanyruki and two of his friends wrote an entire iPhone game during their spring break. Sounds interesting, maybe Dtoid could do an official review of it?
$-Mentok the Mindtaker posted about an upcoming PSP package that includes Final Fantasy: Dissidia as well as Advent children and a 2 GB mem stick.


F-A Guitar Hero TV show? It could happen. Devoslack has the story.
L-Agonofinis' SHAFT series takes a look at The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
S-Have you ever bought a game because of the swag it came with? Shin Oni looks at Atlus' marketing strategy.


R-Destructoid's Chief Executive Officer is arrogant enough to sleep on the job. Bad form.
C-I like the content of this blog, but the formatting makes it hard to read. It's a well-written letter to Square about the Crimson Echoes C+D.
?-Somehow Unangbangkay's post about Valkyria Chronicles turned into a comparison/contrast of Ben Croshaw and James Sterling.
L-SnakeDude4Life's "springs under tension" series takes a look at anti zombie supplies and their in-game equivalents.
R-Tubatic posted some free-flowing thoughts about Prototype, retro gaming, and the Samsung U750.
C-Didn't check for older blogs on the same topic. I think he learned his lesson though.
C-More content next time, a picture, something funny. Anything.
?- Novakaine got a PS3 and asked for some help picking games.


F-This guy flat out sucks. Why do you have to post your crap on MY day?

-(Qalamari)

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Qalamari's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 01:58
Qalamari
So many blogs. So weary...
CWal37's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 02:54
CWal37
Awesome job though. Seriously, you rock.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 03:16
Chris Carter
Yea you did a great job man; recapping is tough!
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 03:39
Jack Maverick
I also stated one legitimate reason why Vista sucks so much in that blog. I'm all about facts. Entertainment as well, but that's secondary to facts.

And yes, Star Trek was fantastic, seeing how Spock and Kirk interacted created an interesting formula I enjoyed thoroughly. Although it's strange seeing how destructive Kirk was in his earlier days, but awesome at the same time. Also, bright lights, women in short skirts and Simon Pegg talking in an angry Scottish accent definitely makes this a see.

Another good recap, sir. With so many blogs and very little failure, you can't say today wasn't bad for you. Also, no sleep, go play some more Plants Vs. Zombies.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 04:14
Funktastic
Recaps are being read over. I know the Europeans have until 8AM Destructoid time, but just getting a general jist and all. Unless you make a blog tomorrow MAGNALON, results shall be posted here.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 05:59
TheToiletDuck
CblogRecaps are awesome. I always appreciate them.
SilverDragon1979's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 06:25
SilverDragon1979
Top Sauce bitches .... it's the only way to roll!

Star Trek was incredibly awesome. I have seen it twice already and I'm probably going one more time so I can see it on an IMAX screen. THat movie just rocks!
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 07:26
Char Aznable
Thanks for the recap!
Qalamari's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 07:43
Qalamari
Ah, were you doing another contest, Funky? I was wondering why Magnalon had the first post on everything today. For a while I thought Mr. Sadistic or Mxy made an alt account or something.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 08:39
blehman
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait...the copy pasta made topsauce and the article didn't? What the hell?
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 11:05
Shin Oni
*looks*

hmm...and mine must be hiding. Maybe i've been out of recaps too long.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 12:07
Chris Carter
Yep, there is SO much spam blogging going on today, Funk, that you can post the results here and in my original contest blog.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 12:33
Funktastic
After careful deliberation I've decided a winner . . . or two, depending on how nitpicky you are about your own rules MAGNALON. =P With the 9 people who were suppose to be participating and the 6 question marks, I was expecting a very arduous task in judging so many people, but somewhat luckily, it seemed the contest was made up of significantly less people. Early on it was MAGNALON, ZIPPYDUDA, and BLASTO fighting it out for the useful and inciteful comments. As the day went on though, BLASTO seemed to taper off into the wild blue yonder. It then became essentially a head-to-head battle between the contest initiator MAGNALON and ZIPPY DUDA! But as always there can only be ONE winner . . .


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ZIPPYDUDA!!!

Yet again, it was another battle of epic proportions! I found that for the overall comments and such, ZIPPYDUDA had a bit more of a claim in terms of relevance and such, even though his comments weren't necessarily as long. MAGNALON, you had great stuff too, but I just got the feeling reading some of your stuff, your post, while long and all, was made just for the sake of making a post. If we're following your rules a bit more thoroughly though, YOU would be the winner, as you did post on all but I think 2 blogs (unless I'm going crazy), while ZIPPYDUDA missed a few more. Once again, no hard feelings hopefully, but if there is to be another event, I shall volunteer to judge again! If either of you have inquiries to my decision, feel free to post here and I shall answer! =D
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 13:16
Chris Carter
@Funk
I commented on all the ones that were put up by 2AM and not recanted at some point.

The contest was "comment on every single blog though", and no one else did that. Sadly, this contest=failtoid!
Qalamari's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 22:49
Qalamari
@blehman: I considered making them both topsauce but the comments on the copypasta really put it over the top for me. As I said I think your Musing will make the front page so I figured it needed less help from me. My thought process might be a little convoluted, but I did think they're both worth looking at.
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