06.22.07

Chaos Faction

Posted in Sweet Internet Games at 1:24 pm by earl

This is a really cool game where you can customize your character and pit him against other little guys. As you beat them, you can look like them. This is really great and it has some great replay value. Click here to play it.

Game Previews-Metroid Prime 3:Corruption, Dragon Blade:Wrath of Fire,

Posted in Game Previews at 12:17 pm by earl

Metroid Prime 3:Corruption-One of the most anticipated Wii games is Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Like in the DS Version, you will be interacting with those bounty hunters. One interesting part of the game is interacting with the environment. To open a door, for example, just extend your hand with the Wiimote, twist, and pull. You will also be using Samus’s gadgets like this. Using the grappling hook like a fishing line, for instance. This will be also used a lot in combat-pulling away enemy shields, etc. This looks to be one of the best Wii titles.

  

Dragon Blade:Wrath of Fire- This is really just a game I read about this morning. At first I thought it would be just a regular boring RPG, but this looks like something that could give Lair a run for its money. (See screens below). I’ll make sure I’ll check this fantasy shooter out late this year.

  

Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

Take a wild guess what this Wii game is about. In the video footage I’ve seen, you basically just have to go around beating stuff wit hyour giant hammer! The graphics look pretty good. That’s enough to get me interested!

  

Mythbusters-Snow Special

Posted in The Tube at 6:46 am by earl

This time the Mythbusters are hitting Tahoe to freeze 3 snow myths in their tracks. Can a yodeler cause an avalanche? Can you really get your tonque stuck to a cold pole? Is it safer to drive backwards on the ice? The Mythbusters are gonna find out!

First off Adam and Jamie turn the Yodeling Avalanche to small-scale with a small ramp with which they cover with flour. Adam puts his yodeling face on but is only able to cause a famous avalanche effect when he screams into a megaphone on one exact spot. They then take it full-scale. They get a professional yodeler, but neither she, she with a megaphone, a bullwhip, or machine guns can bring this puppy down. They then decide to use their famous Plan B: Dynamite. That gives them what they want. Later they went up with professionals in a helicopter who did it for a living. Looks like you can’t start an avalanche by yodeling.

The build team then put the famous tonque-to-the-icepole myth to the test. Grant takes a pig’s tonque and heats it up to regular tonque temperature. They then apply the saliva, and apply it to a 32 Degree Farenheit (Freezing Point) pole. It sticks so much that chunks of the tonque stick to the pole and tear off the pig’s tonque! Tori then puts his tonque on the line. It sticks.

The build team then put one final snow myth to the test: Can you drive better in the snow backwards? First off they attach a force scale on the front of the car to find out how much traction (grip) you have when driving backwards or forwards. The backwards has better grip! Hmmm… Maybe this myth isn’t so silly after all. They then go to a course where they teach police officers how to drive on ice. Tori will use the back wheel drive, Grant will use the 4 wheel drive, and Kari will use the front wheel drive. But they all reached one conclusion. So, what are the results?

  • Yodeler’s Avalanche-BUSTED- A yodeler cannot provide enough power to get that snow to move like good ol’ dynamite can.
  • Freezing Tonque-CONFIRMED- You can get your tonque stuck to a really cold pole.
  • Better Traction Backwards-BUSTED-Even though you may get better traction backwards, it’s still way too dangerous to drive that way.