Heavy Rain Trailer

Keep your eyes open for this game.  I've got a good feeling about it.  I hope this is the trend the industry is headed for, story driven gaming (think Bioshock) rather then a myriad of family friendly drivel. 

Comments (1) | Rate | Share

Xbox Live / Netflix Party System

Since the mid-90's, some of the friends from Talkingship have been getting together and riffing on bad movies ala MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000.)  It started as a fun thing to do for a few guys without girlfriends and far too much time on their hands, but it turned into an event.  The Comish, Chuppy, Nerves, and I would regularly get together to watch flicks, laugh, and drink. 

As the bad movie nights evolved we started to develop a drinking game around them.  We figured out some of the staples of bad movies and incorporated them into our drinking system.  Then we got girlfriends.  Bye bye bad movie night.  Then we got married.  Then, sadly, some of us moved away (Utah, Chups?!  Really??!) and our tradition died.

Fast forward ten years.  Nerves moves out to Colorado where I live, we start a little podcast called Talking-mother-fucking-SHIP, and the resurgence of bad movie night was in full swing.  This was when we gave it the official name that has now become as synonymous with bad movie riffing as MST3K (at least in our little corner of the internet) BAD MOVIE DRINKY DRINKY, or BMDD for short.  As fun as this was (Edward 40 Hands not withstanding) it was still only half as good as it used to be, because there were only two of us.

Usher in the Xbox Netflix Party system.

Now, with the help of the magical internets, we can once again relive the glory days of old.  We can watch bad movies together!!  But really, will it be all that great?  A headset and a mic instead of sitting around with your buddies?  Is that really going to work.  The answer is, FUCK yes it does.

I was expecting to be watching the movie full screen with tons of voices chiming in my ear, fighting for recognition.  I was expecting it to suck harder then Nerves on a bum in an alley after a bottle of Jack, but it didn't suck that sloppily at all!  In fact, it was tremendous!

As you can see from the picture above, they took a cue from MST3K and sit your avatar in theater seats in front of the screen.  Up to eight people can be in one room at a time.  Then they give you the ability to emote with the avatar via a circle menu that pops up when you move your left thumbstick.  Combine that with the speaker symbol that appears under the avatar whose user is speaking and you get as close to actually sitting in a room with some buddies as it gets. 

There are a few improvement that I would like to suggest though: First, they need to supply you with an option to keep your controller from going dead after an extended period of non-use.  Several times during the film we watched (check out the BMDD page for info on Time Runner) I discovered that my controller had turned off because I had not been making my character emote.  This caused my mic to go dead without me knowing it.  Big Fail!  Second, they need to put names under the avatar's heads.  When you are in a room full of people it can be hard to determine who everyone is from the back of their heads.  Third, give me more emote options and have them be controlled quicker, not by a circle wheel.  Emotes should be immediate and spontaneous.  There's nothing worse then getting scared during the movie and then trying to find the emote for 'scared' on the wheel only to finally show your avatar getting scared at an entirely goofy moment.  I want to be able to push up on the joystick to have my avatar point at the screen and get excited, pull down to cower in fear, push right to mess with the person sitting to my right.  Things like that.

All in all, the Xbox Live Party system with Netflix is a HUGE win for both companies.  I can't wait to get on there again to watch some bad flicks with my buddies.  Keep an eye out on the BMDD page of the site to see when we plan on scheduling another BMDD.  Hope to see you there.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Extra Life

Way to go, Doc! 

Nerves and I are proud to be a part of this event that Doc from Sarcasticgamer.com started.  If you haven't noticed, we've got a nice little Extra Life banner to left of this video, underneath the Poll Question.  Click on it to be rerouted to our Extra Life page, and if you have a couple extra bucks laying around, here's your chance to donate it to a great cause.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Okay, Time to Retire the Rock Band Drums

Okay.  After watching this video I think it is time for me to retire my rock band drums.  I have not the skill nor the patience to do this type of thing!  I nearly had a seizure just watching those notes flash by so quick.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Extreme Challenge Parody

Here's a parody by our friends over at Sarastic Gamer.  Tell some friends about it and tell them to go check out Sarcasticgamer.com too.

Comments (2) | Rate | Share

WKUK COD4 Spoof

The only thing missing from this clip is the racist x-bot screaming the N-Word at everyone.  Then you'd have the entire Online Experience!

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Super Michael Jackson Brothers

It would be so much better if there was a littl boy at the end instead of the princess.  But still, pretty damn funny.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

WoW Freakout

Thanks to Cam Dog for sending us this little gem.  This kid's freakout over his mom canceling his WoW subscription is Top Grade lunacy.  But when he takes that remote control and pretends like he's going to... well, just watch.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Talkingship Gamer Night

Friday, July 17th at 8:00 et

Jitterbug and Nerves will be getting their dork on with Rock Band 2!  We'll be playing and drinking for a good long time, and we'll probably switch to a more group friendly game at some point.  Make sure to get there early to hear the full transformation from sober and reasonable gamers into drunk and disorderly bastards!

And before you ask, no, this is not a picture of Nerves.  But it sure does look like the whaled out version of him though!  Look at all those peripherals!  Bwahahahaha!!

Also, send us an email if you want to join the fun, but you don't have Rock Band 2.  We will be looking for an alternate game to play at some point in the evening, so let us know what you'd be down for.

Comments (2) | Rate | Share

Don't Fuck With The Witch!

Fisherman, his roommate, Blinkincard and I were playing some L4D last night when Fisher told me about this video of Eminem freaking out about 'The Witch.'  I'm not sure what witch Eminem was talking about, but someone took the dialog and plugged it into a L4D scene.

Comments (1) | Rate | Share

Game Over Man

The stuff PES does is amazing! If you aren't familiar with stop-motion photography, this is how it's done. The amount of time it takes to do something like this is something to keep in the back of your head while watching. We had our own stop-motion run back in the 90's with our hit "The Mr. Jell-o Show" It was a talking blob of Jell-o that cussed A LOT and got into weird adventures like being sodomized in an Ewok village. This is almost as good. Be sure to look at all the other PES stuff, the spaghetti one is wonderful too. After that look up Frank Zappa. He helped put stop-motion in the public eye with the work he did supporting Bruce Bickford in the 70's. Enjoy shipheads!

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

Metal Gear Stoned

This video comes courtesy of HarryPartridge.  Get on over to his Youtube page and check out all of his hilarious clips.  They do not disappoint.

Comments (0) | Rate | Share

WoW Again?

This video is a classic for all World of Warcraft fans.  If you are a WoW fan, then you've probably seen this before, but its still funny as hell. 

Come join Jitterbug, Oleander, Chuppy, and Roper who are all wasting time over on the Argent Dawn server Horde Side!  Look for Pokx (Jitterbug), Vielet (Oleander), Putridpetra (Chuppy), and Urzdurk (Roper).  We look forward to grinding with you!

Comments (0) | Rate | Share