Revo – Wicked Flight

Krzysztof Słowikowski – Mega Man 3 Guitar Playthrough (revised)

Oh boy, it’s a Mega Man! The Mega Man games always have rockin’ soundtracks. Krzysztof “MET” Słowikowski made metal covers of every game in the entire classic series, some of the X games, and some other random stuff.

Source: Krzysztof Słowikowski via searching for the Mega Man II Game Boy soundtrack

Feedly and RSS Feeds

Feedly is where I spend most of my time on the Internet. It’s the window through which I organize and read posts from dozens of other sites in one long page, and you should use it too. If you frequently read a news site or blog by visiting their front page every time, you’re probably doing it wrong. Read the rest of this post for links to some RSS feeds I recommend and links to subscribe to them in Feedly or your favorite RSS reader. You’ll be hooked.

I don’t want to spam up the main feed with a lot of links, so you’ll have to click through to the real post this time.

Here are some RSS feeds to get you started. Click the links open the feeds in Feedly so you can follow the feeds there. For those of you with other RSS readers, click the (RSS) after the feed’s name to get its RSS feed. Here we go:

House of Hitstun (RSS) | stuff from the Internet Bakamo Studios (RSS) | my game company RT (RSS) | world and US news from Russia WBNS 10TV (RSS) | manageable amount of Columbus news ESPN (RSS) | sportsball headlines Consumerist (RSS) | Consumer Reports news, tips, and complaints Shoryuken (RSS) | fighting game community news and videos SlickDeals.net (RSS) | bargains from the Internet Wired Science (RSS) | Wired Space Photo of the Day and more Noirlac Sourced (RSS) | nice old video game backgrounds xkcd (RSS) | snarky stick figure webcomic The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (RSS) | high quality serial webcomic Sinfest (RSS) | open-minded webcomic I posted about Did You Know Gaming (RSS) | video game trivia I posted about Botchamania videos (RSS) | pro wrestling outtakes I posted about Classic Game Room videos (RSS) | retro gamer reviews all video games TASVideos Top Rated Movies (RSS) | best new tool assisted superplays Building Feedly (RSS) | updates to Feedly service

Yes, I really have 1,889 unread articles, some dating back to 26 days ago. The biggest backlogs are RockPaperShotgun (269), my YouTube subscriptions feed (261), UsVsTh3m (208), and DarkSakura's blog It's All Around You (160). They're all not accessible at my work so I can't catch up on them there.

Source: a screenshot of today’s Wired Space Photo of the Day from NASA’s Curiousity Mars rover’s Mastcam on my Feedly home page in Pale Moon

Wave – Ultimate Meowvel vs Catcom 3

Today I present the cast of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 as cats from Chi’s Sweet Home. I actually met Wave last weekend at Matsuricon, and she was showing off plenty more cat parodies.

The original only had the vanilla Marvel vs Capcom 3 cast, then it got updated with the DLC characters and the new characters from Ultimate. The original was my wallpaper for a while in the dark ages before this blog.

Source: Suzuran’s DeviantArt via Capcom Unity five years ago

Ultimate Meowvel vs Catcom 3!

Japanese TV Commercials Best Of 2015

Anime Hell brought the pain to Ohayocon again this weekend and, like I promised, I took notes. Most of their Japanese TV commercials this year came from the same source: JPCMHD’s Very Best of 2015 compilation. Just put this on in front of a room full of friends and soak it in.

Source: YouTube via Anime Hell

This is the very best from 2015. Hope you guys enjooooy! (^_^)–b

Pentatonix – Daft Punk

Pentatonix is here to remind you that there is no better musical instrument than the human voice. After running away with the Sing-Off, this seriously talented a cappella group won a Grammy with this jaw-dropping Daft Punk cover medley. Even their videos are top notch.

Source: Pentatonix YouTube via Nicole Starcher DeTray

Stupjam – mfw nintendo direct

(My original Wordpress post about Stupjam was a bunch of Tumblr oEmbeds rather than my usual re-posts, so I didn’t write specific mouseover text for each image. I’m writing a little bit now so I don’t break my post format too bad.)

Source: Stuplr via Yumi’s Odd Odyssey leaderboards (records) and his comment on my video

mfw nintendo direct

Anamanaguchi – Another Winter

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 24: Music you constantly have stuck in your head From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (PS3, August 10, 2010)

Happy 10th anniversary! We want to buy this precious little beat-’em-up, but it’s been delisted since 2014. This Anamanaguchi soundtrack is all we have left of it.

Update: Scott Pilgrim collected a 1up and is getting another digital release in 2020. I hope we get a physical release too. I don't want to lose this again.

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

Ohio State Marching Band – Hollywood Blockbusters

The Ohio State University football team has a 20 game winning streak and is still somehow only 4th in the polls. One thing’s for sure, though. We have the Best Damn Band in the Land.

One of these days, I’ll have to dig up some videos from my band days at Westerville North. Band was awesome.

Source: TBDBITL's Hollywood Blockbuster Show With HD Sound – YouTube and HD 1080P OSUMB Video Game Half Time Show PLUS Script Ohio TBDBITL Ohio State vs. Nebraska 10 6 2012 – YouTube

Spirited Play

The local arcades here recently got some exposure in the Columbus Dispatch. 16-Bit started a movement, and now a bunch of new arcades are popping up around town. Once I get to play at all of them, I’ll rank them in a fighting game tier list right here.

When Benjamin Morgan pitched his idea for an arcade to investors, the particulars of his upscale game plan didn’t quite click. “Their response was: ‘So, you’re opening a Chuck E. Cheese?’?” said Morgan, 29. Not exactly. His Old North Arcade is an adults-only hangout north of Ohio State University stocked with 30 vintage titles and 20 craft-beer taps. The venue targets nerd-chic enthusiasts of both Missile Command and microbrews. Call it Arcade 2.0.

In other local news, Columbus Retro League’s Chris Bidwell is playing in the Nintendo World Championships 2015 in Los Angeles. Watch him beat down a bunch of YouTubers this Sunday.

Source: The Columbus Dispatch via Arcade Super Awesome, and Nintendo of America’s Twitter via Chris Bidwell

Hemingway Editor

Since the beginning, I’ve been using this blog to improve my communication skills. I push myself to write clear and concise posts like I read on Reuters, TwistedSifter, Tiny Cartridge, and Daily Overview. I use Hemingway when it’s time to edit my thoughts down to a single paragraph. Hemingway highlights any parts that are hard to read so I can make sure the finished post still makes sense.

Hooray for self-demonstrating articles! My title text doesn't have the one paragraph limit and I don't normally run it through Hemingway. I tried Hemingway on this title text and it's Grade 6 (Good). It doesn't like adverbs like "normally".

Source: Hemingway Editor via I think Lifehacker