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CBlogs of 4.06.08 Recap Redux Part the First
Conrad Zimmerman | 2:44 AM on 04.07.2008 13 comments


I realize it was a horrifically busy day on the blogs and there was a fair bit of fail here, but Rorshach and I thought we deserved a proper re-cap, so here it is. This isn't intended to be a slam on Sadie, it's just that we saw some good stuff that fell by the wayside and wanted to make sure it was caught and easily viewable. Enjoy.



Teta draws a sexy pipe and an angry Brit.
I loves me some Lunar Knights, and Lavallee017 agrees.
LongDeth's sweet setup
Gamers are getting really cynical



A - Wardrox wrote a letter to XBox Live
A - Excremento wrote one too.
A - And electro-lemon writes back.
A - Young Scot hates not knowing where his keys are
A - Stephen King thinks gaming critics read too many horror novels.
S - Pharmacology for Gamers
S - Video Game Thematic Analysis: Phoenix Wright



T - Turning Point.
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C - Study on gamers and emotional problems
F - Jimbo's starting a poker night, break out the cee-gars.
RIP - Nexium's dog passed and I'm avoiding making a GWAR reference


N - Circuit City HDTV/PS3 bundle
N - Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe
N - First review of GTA IV (mostly copypasta)
R - Rainbow Six Vegas 2
R - Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
T - Bizarre twist of fate! The Wrath's "thank you" letter to Sony.
T - Saints Row is a pretender to the throne
T - Lost Odyssey
T - Diablo 2 nostalgia
T - The new PSN store seems to only be available on certain TVs so far
T - The Euphoria engine looks to be hawesome.
Professor Layton and the Trial of Time
T - The math hurts my brain, but my heart says he's right (CoD4 maps)
T - Unplayable games with video evidence
T - thebza can't figure out what to play
T - Nice flea market haul
T - flaakmonkey is still on the wagon (WoW)
T - Orange Box and Sega Superstars Tennis
T - I have no idea what ZargonX is talking about.
T - Crazy Taxi
T - Shooters and their evolution
T - A laundry list of impressions


A - Kickass anime fanart of Bioshock
S - Mount your Wii Classic Controller to PC

Check out Rorshach's Part the Second for all the rest. I did not envy him this task.


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ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 02:54
ArrestedDeveloper

You gotta be sincere.
Go Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 03:36
Go Man
Bye bye Birdie... I did that musical my senior year.

... *flees*
Conrad Zimmerman's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 03:39
Conrad Zimmerman
Holy shit! I've never seen that referenced in regards to me before! Amazing!

Actually, the comparisons that you could draw between myself and Conrad Birdie (and, by extension, Elvis Presley) are many, varied and awesome.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 04:07
Samit Sarkar
Nice job, Conrad! I was amazed that Sadie put Teta’s post in the “...” category.
's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 06:20
Clint
Glad to see mine up there :D
shipero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 08:26
shipero
Concise and informative with a full body and a delicate nutty flavor that pleases the palette. I give it four and 1/2 stars. Seriously though, good job.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 10:53
Takeshi
Teta for top pick!
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 12:22
vexed alex
Teta!

Thank God you didn't "skip over it" and actually looked at the c-blogs.

:D
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 13:34
ArrestedDeveloper
@Conrad
Conrad Birdie is literally the only other person I've heard of named conrad.
Conrad Zimmerman's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 14:45
Conrad Zimmerman
@Arrested - I'm named for the first in my family line to be born in the Americas, but I hear the name has some popularity in Germany.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 14:54
Bob Muir
I <3 this.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2008 17:51
HarassmentPanda
Much, much better. Thanks Conrad!
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