theuselessgod

This is actually old (like "last year when I still had a Mac with Final Cut Pro on it" old), but I realized I never posted it to Giant Bomb and thought you guys might appreciate it.

I'll be the first to admit my singing voice isn't exactly solo-quality, but we both sang in school and college choir growing up (and play lots of Rock Band :P) so we can at least hit the right notes.

We plan on doing another one soon, so I figured I'd post this one for some feedback. :)

Also, putting one's singing on the internet is like exposing your soul. It's really bizarre and still feels awkward. Eh, whatever.

Here's a bonus for those who read the comments. I made this one last night and don't know how I'd fit it into a blog post. But it's relevant to MODERN GAMES for once!

@crusader8463:

I'd say put aside about $100 for starting materials, though you could probably make do around $50-75. If you buy directly from Perler and use the coupon "PB4" (Unlimited use, 25% off + free shipping at $45) you can get bags of 1k for about $1.50 each. Terra is about 15k beads so, math-wise we're looking at only about $22 in supplies (plus the trays; you can get four for $10, but we use coupons at local stores to get 4 for $5) plus the time spent.
The real timesink is figuring out what colors to buy and how much. You always need massive amounts of black, white, and red (especially if you make NES stuff). We own every perler color (and even imported some Hama beads from the UK) but we are also insane, so not necessary. :)

There's actually a beadsprites reddit that has a list of good things to consider when starting up, and what colors to get. I'll admit it can get to be a little expensive, but compared to gaming (Where it's $60 a game), it's downright cheap!

Yeah, I stopped after pasting in images became a pain. The whole "text format" method on the new site is kind of borked, for reviews, blogs, or otherwise.

@video_game_king: That dino-background thing is truly something of legend. Also, the box art. Pity the actual game is kind of balls to back up all the awesome it could have had.

I have like 400 retro games that I haven't played. I look at them and get scared and go back to playing Ridiculous Fishing or some such nonsense.

Not to mention 300 steam games...stupid indie bundles...

Usually I just go back to the "comfort food" as people point out. I think this is mostly because, as I get older, I don't have time to learn a whole new game system, or to invest myself in a game that I know is going to take 80-100 hours (like most JRPGs). Between work and family, what few hours of freedom I get every day are precious, and it's a lot easier to just waste them playing Mega Man X again than trying something new.

Though I did finally install and play Sleeping Dogs after buying it on Steam last Christmas. Now I'm just playing that instead of anything else. :P

Two things I'd try:

I prefer Windex over alcohol to clean it with q-tips. If the connectors have been rubbed off too far, though, you might be boned.

It could very well be the SNES. While the cardboard trick is handy, I prefer to use a combination of canned air and a credit card wrapped in a cloth. You can slightly dampen the cloth if you want with windex, but it works dry. The CC and cloth (if it's a thin enough cloth) should fit perfectly in the SNES. Just stick it in a few times and it should clean stuff off a bit.

I have this same problem with my Gradius III cart and doing those two things fixed it. If not, it could be that the pins are too far gone on the game and you're just SOL. :(

No, but I could see my interest waning if one of them left. Honestly, I haven't been as frequent to this site as usual, maybe because it seems like there's less content lately? Maybe it's just the content got longer (with all the live shows) verses all the quick looks the used to put up.

Regardless, the site's fun because of their group dynamic, and it would be a real shame if one or more of them left, but I'd probably keep coming. Though if Jeff left I'd have to keep following him wherever he went to. Despite the man's hate of Yoshi's Island, dude's got a head on his shoulders.

I played it quite a bit more after writing the review, and yeah! It's great! It also does have just a truckload of characters, which is also pretty cool. Overall, it's a solid game (Capcom made it, so who is surprised, really?).

I love Kefka to death. Brilliant, never takes orders from anybody, gets what he wants (destroys the world!) and only loses basically because he lets you climb up to his tower and fight him. Plus he's hilarious.