All The Gaming Glory That’s Fit to Print
As one of the greatest video game nerds this side of Lake Washington, I spend a decent amount of time every week digging up classic snippets of gaming history, loving dedications to the greatest games of all time, and reading up on news that could not possibly matter less. Regardless, today was a good day for random video gaming goodness, all those bits and…bits of information that I so love to uncover.
First off, God of War II was released today and I was happy to get my copy in the mail. I’m not a rabid fan of this genre of game, usually more frustrated than not with difficulty levels and repetitive gameplay, but as a fan of ancient Greece, and the fact that God of War was such an incredibly awesome game, the second one is here and I’m enjoying it as well. Of course, I still have a dungeon and a half of Zelda left to play and at least 10 hours 
of Final Fantasy XII to finish, but for now rabid, Spartan killing sprees will hold me over.
Second, I found these links on Transbuddha and Fimoculous. The first is a myspace clone of Zelda characters called Hyspace (as in Hyrule). It’s a goofy collection of all Link’s pals over the years, an epicly nerdy collection, but pretty damn funny for those that are in the know.
Another sidesplitting link I found was a classic snippet of Mario on Ice from the glory days of the Ice Capades, starring Jason Bateman of Arrested Develop
ment fame and Alyssa Milano. It’s so incredibly bad, I can’t possible describe it any better than if you just watch it. Be warned. This is awful (and so damn funny).
Finally, long before the YouTube portal opened up, I remember scouring the net for speed clips of video gaming glory. I’m sure anyone who’s done the same has seen the 11 minute Super Mario Bros. 3 clip or the Metroid Prime clip, or even the Ikaruga mastery, all of them Japanese. I found a website though that collects all the best time clips from every game and keeps an archive of them. There’s something humbling about watching these masters destroy any notion of a speed clear you might have accomplished (though I think I could almost rival that Super Mario World time).
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