Review: Need for Speed Shift (PS3)

3/5. Bought it second hand from GameStop this weekend, and overall, I’m satisfied. Not overjoyed, satisfied. Pros: great graphics, good car selection, entertaining career progression. BUT NO MULTIPLAYER! What type of a car game doesn’t let you break out the split screen and play with your friend?? I haven’t attempted online play yet, but apparently you can do that. Still no substitute for racing your buddy who is SITTING IN THE SAME GODDAMN ROOM. Also, the racing tracks are slightly aggravating…unless I’m doing it wrong, corners mean you have to slow way the fuck down…so you’ll be going along in 5th gear and then all of a sudden have to break-break-break to 13 mph to safely get around the track. FUCKING A. And what happened to the awesome Need for Speed courses through the woods? through tunnels? over bridges? BAH. Only get this if you enjoy circuit racing.

DRINKING GAME: The Emperor’s New Groove

One of my favorites (click to embiggen):

A note about difficulty: Picking Pacha is a safe bet. Yzma isn’t bad either. Kronk is  risky, fucking Kuzco is a death sentence. Pick your poison. And don’t scoff at number 2. There are a shit ton of doors in this movie.

A new POV on maintenance day

Normally I don’t mind Tuesday maintenance because it means I get something productive (read: non-World of Warcraft related) done before work. Today for example, I returned late movies to the movie store. I do have to wonder though- what about the poor souls who buy World of Warcraft on a Tuesday? Can you imagine? They get home, all excited to play their new game, and they can’t even log in! Then again, does the system even let you patch during maintenance?? I’m not sure. All I know is that I would be very, very distressed- maybe even more so if I had gotten the chance to log in the night before and then woke up the next morning to a 24-HOUR MAINTENANCE – HA HA message from Blizzard.

things you need to know #2: kings

Kings, according to Wikipedia, is “common among college students in the United States.” For once, Wikipedia isn’t being a lying sack of crap; Kings really is popular with the drinking kind. And if you’re wondering what the hell I’m talking about, please, go sit in the corner while I marvel at your blasphemy.

In Kings, cards are shuffled and arranged in a circle, usually around a can of beer. Players take turns choosing a card at random. Depending on what is drawn, different mini games are played. For example, if a 6 is pulled, all the “chicks” drink. If a 9 is chosen, the player says a word, then the players go round in a circle saying words that rhyme with that word. Anyone unable to come up with an original rhyme, drinks. One full set of rules can be found here. But, like the best games, Kings comes with variations. Everyone plays it a little differently; different cards mean different things to different dorms, frats, or entire campuses. Make up your own rules- and get drinking!