Angry Video Game Nerd: Mega Man Games

How Americans Eat Hamburgers

UPDATE: Joe Inoue deleted his video and then uploaded it again with a shameless plug at the end.

I put some ketchup on a frozen hamburger today and remembered this old video from Japanese American rocker Joe Inoue joking about how we Americans love our burgers. He went on to make some anime opening songs and a new English YouTube channel called VellySillyBilly.

Source: HOW AMERICANS EAT HAMBURGERS!!! – YouTube

Prof.Sakamoto

Prof.Sakamoto makes soundtracks to imaginary NES games. He’s nailed the sound of a classic RPG, a space shooter, and couple days ago, a ninja action game. I hope someday he’ll follow in Jake Kaufman’s footsteps and work on an actual game.

Source: Bandcamp via the same epic Spotify Discover Weekly playlist last November that introduced me to Thank You Scientist two tracks earlier

Super Mario Land 2 – Memory Exploration

Retro Game Mechanics Explained is an educational video series from Super Mario World speedrunner Dotsarecool. In Super Mario Land 2, it’s possible to glitch yourself right out of the map and into other regions of the Game Boy’s address space. Wandering around those garbage tiles and randomly flipping bits will usually crash the game, but it’s possible to trigger the ending credits from there. This reminds me of the game-breaking screen warp glitch I played around with in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening v1.0.

Source: Retro Game Mechanics Explained via YouTube recommendation

Stéphane Picq – Fractalian Space

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 28: Music that makes you nostalgic From MegaRace (DOS, 1993)

My first CD-ROM game. It came with our Windows 3.11 computer. MegaRace isn’t very good, but it gave us Lance Boyle and some early 90s CG videos that we get to drive on.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Wataru Ishibashi – The Merciless Savior

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 29: Final boss music From The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (PSP, 2007)

This was my plan all along! Today, you all become Falcom fans! Behold the climax of Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – Second Chapter Steam Version Evolution Voices Mod.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Minion in the Museum

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery had this Despicable Me minion balloon stuck on a high ceiling. When it finally came down, the security cameras caught footage of it wandering the museum like it had a mind of its own. Whenever I get a balloon, I add weight to it to get it to silently float around like an Air Swimmer. It’s a rare sight, and if you don’t expect it, you might think it’s a ghost!

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery via WHDH via Google News

Yatsude – Country of a Thousand Nights and Ten Billion Mornings

That’s my best guess on the translation of the actual title “Sen no Yoru to Hyaku Oku no Asa no Kuni”. Anyway, this is my new desktop wallpaper, and it really is shockingly good. It’s the kind of fantasy town I want to live in, but it’s almost realistic, too. I highly recommend logging into pixiv to see this in its full 1800×750 glory. I’ve been mildly addicted to pixiv lately, and I plan to post plenty more of this stuff one image at a time.

Oh Yatsude, your scene splits my dual monitors perfectly so.

Source: 「千の夜と百億の朝の国」/「ヤツデ」のイラスト [pixiv] via 「ヤツデ」 's Works – Illustration [pixiv] via the recommendations page that came up when I bookmarked Yukihiro Nakamura via One Morning Train

Jet Set Radio Live

20 years ago, Jet Set Radio had us jamming to hyperactive DJ mixes as we fight the establishment and avoid getting beat up by police. The world really needs more right now, but with only one official sequel, new fans are carrying on the legacy. Jet Set Radio Live streams several Jet Set Radio-inspired radio mixes 24/7. Today is SiIvaGunner's DJ Professor K Takeover featuring music from Hideki Naganuma and Sega games expertly mashed up with their usual memes. Stay safe out there.

Jonathan Landis (@hitstun) retweeted: ⚠️ THE @GiIvaSunner 'DJ Professor K TAKEOVER 🔴 LIVE STREAM' has BEGUN!!! You can visit jetsetradio.live to be redirected or visit it directly at youtube.com/watch?v=c-yTT7… Enjoy yourselves & stay funky ya'll!

Source: Jet Set Radio Live via its Twitter via Hideki Naganuma and SiIvaGunner and its wiki

RIP Justin.tv 1997-2014

UPDATE: I’m getting tired of these videos that don’t even stay online for four years. The original Vimeo video is private now, but somebody re-posted it to YouTube. Twitch got better and I stream there now.

In May 2009, I started a weekly video game stream on Justin.tv. Justin.tv was just getting video game streams, but people also streamed videos and webcams and hosted communities with their own forums. It was great. Over the next couple years, they removed the communities and forums, shoved all the gaming streams into a buggy new site called Twitch, and left the rest of Justin.tv to rot in obscurity until it finally died today.

I still stream every Wednesday night at Instagib. It’s not 2009 Justin.tv but it’s the closest anybody has come since. We’ll miss you, Justin.tv.

Source: Goodbye from Justin.tv via Sweetielise’s stream title today, “RIP Justin.tv you had a good run!” Also Vs. Super Mario Bros. World 7-4 – YouTube, recorded May 2009 on my Justin.tv channel.

Laoshu – Foreign Language Roadrunning

Yesterday, we lost a local legend. Moses “Laoshu” McCormick was a giant among polyglots, having developed his own Foreign Language Roadrunning method to practice and speak dozens of languages. He recently became internet famous for finding foreigners and surprising them with conversations in their native languages. I’m fortunate to have met Moses and Marcell at our local fighting game meetups and Asian Festivals, and I’m glad Moses could pass on his knowledge through his online courses.

Source: Laoshu505000 and Foreign Language Running