Thankgiving – Notable Gaming Gimmicks (AKA Cranberries)

Something was missing from this last Thanksgiving. Well, okay…a lot was. We’re not on speaking terms with my wife’s family, my father is down in Florida living it up for retirement, and my super busy mother in Indiana was…well, too super busy. As a result, it was just me, my wife, and the kids. We tried to do what we could, but something else was conspicuously missing that I almost missed: cranberries.
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Sin Cara Penis Shirt… WWE Stocking Stuffer? (NSFW)

Sometimes you just can’t make these things up. There is a T-shirt meme and/or legit shirt you can purchase at the WWE webshop according to the link of the image. By the time you get to the NSFW address http://www.wweshop.com/images/products/67050X.jpg this may not be still active… Don’t click below if you are offended by male genitalia. It’s not that bad, but you’ve been warned.
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My Paranoia – Free To Play

I’m 29 and I’ve been gaming since I was 5. To me, a game can be many things, but most of the time, it’s a game you MIGHT play in the arcade, then hope it comes in some sort of console version right to your home. Back in my day (oh man I hoped I’d never say that seriously), that’s just the way it was. Now look. What arcades? I can’t blame that on free to play, but I’m certain you’re thinking what I’m thinking and if you read on, you’ll see what I mean.
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PatMan Picks Stampede Classics. “Magnificent” Don Muraco & The British Bulldogs 3 Man Team!

Welcome to another episode of Stampede Wrestlings classic moments. This time around I bring you the Magnificent Don Muraco, who had only recently left the WWF and ventured to Calgary. The” Magnificent One” would find great success in the Stampede promotion. He won the Heavyweight Championship by defeating Mike Shaw( Bastian Booger, Norman The Lunatic) in late 1988. He would defend that title against all comers in the territory, only to drop the title against Davey Boy Smith about 5 months later in a series of great matches! Don Muraco’s Tag partners for this match were the legendary British Bulldogs, who had recently returned to their wrestling roots back to Calgary from a tour of Japan, after leaving the WWF. Their opponents for this match were The Cuban Commandos, the constantly cheating team that the Bulldogs had recently defeated for the Stampede tag team belts. Joining that veteran heel tag team was Makhan Singh, who Don Muraco was fighting with for the heavyweight title. Worth noting in this video is the use of the ” yellow cards” which the Stampede referees sometimes used to ” warn” wrestles before they were disqualified with a “red card”. Enjoy the match, its a ” ring – a ding-dong- dandy”!  I shall return with more classic wrestling action from Calgary next time!

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PatMan Picks N64 Favorites: Killer Instinct Gold.

With the massive popularity of the latest Mortal Kombat reboot and the most recent Street Fighter game one thing is certain. Gamers are in love with the combination of current, cutting edge visuals and sounds along with the return of a more, classic, 2D fighting style of old.  While the old Streetfighters and MK games were very popular ,Nintendo console owners were lucky enough to have another console exclusive no less, fun fighting game to enjoy as well. That franchise was Killer Instinct. To put it bluntly, the Killer Instinct fighting games were heavily inspired by the two most popular fighter franchises of the time, MK and Street Fighter. However, Killer Instinct Gold was a great title in its own right, even if both the fighting characters and the lists of special moves in KI Gold were similar to the “top 2 fighting games” of the time. Without a doubt, KI Gold on the N64 could hold its own against the big 2 fighters and even surpass them on some levels. As a matter of fact, the visuals in KI gold were far superior to Street fighters and the Mortal Kombats at the time. Also, the utilization of combo systems and combo breakers helped distinguish the Killer Instinct games and give them a fun feel of their very own. The list of fighters were diverse and interesting, and the sound track was absolutely great. Especially that great intro music that I will always love. As previously mentioned, the reboots and sequels of the Street fighter and Mortal Kombat games have proven to be very popular and this would suggest that the time is all but perfect for a KI3. If Rare was ever going to make a high definition and gorgous KI3, now would be the most logical time for it! Unfortunately, as we have found as of late with Rare, they are not exactly listening to the fans or to logic for that matter but following Microsoft’s orders to spend all that time creating all the avatar cloths and finding the time to only make one Kinect title per year in between. Oh well, we will always have the old KI games to love!

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Smackdown: 11/25/11… New Champion?

And here we are… the fallout from the Survivor Series PPV on Sunday… yeah. A new Heavyweight Champion is crowned tonight? Really? Let’s hop to it, shall we?

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Big props to Al Creed for sending this one my way, and what a better sentiment to represent the WWE’s current fetish?

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Late Edition: TNA Impact A Thankgiving Episode

After being comatose on Turkey and such, I go into IMPACT Wrestling with a heavy stomach and an even heavier heart. The show starts off with the replay of James Storm’s attack. And his subsequent search for the culprit and his reveal as Kurt Angle.  Well the show actually begins with Angle coming to the ring to what may be actual boos and not piped in heat. He cuts a promo. This of course prompts James Storm to come out and say his piece. The promo was decent Storm looked to be stumbling over some words but he presented his point. This of course leads to Storm having enough talking and now wants to fight. Which prompts heel Angle to put on the brakes and all he wants to do  is talk like a gentlemen. But if it’s a fight Storm wants he gladly provides it with Immortal w/ Daniels.

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Wonderpod Online’s Top 50 Games: #8 is A Link to the Past

The countdown will resume on Monday. Have a great weekend!

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Wonderpod… BWF Radio Episode 1

It’s an invasion! We’re just a bunch of marks… and we’re taking over. Well, if you are tuning in for a new installment of Wonderpod… don’t worry. They are taking a break for the holiday weekend in the U.S. However, over at our partner site boredwrestlingfan.com, Wonderpod’s own Audiomaster G has been enlisted amongst ThinkSoJoE, J.T., and DrowGoddess to debut a new weekly podcast series.

As you may have figured out, it’s a podcast fairly dedicated to all things professional wrestling. And this week, ThinkSoJoE discusses the new WWE 2012 video game to wrap the show… but first…
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Wonderpod Online’s Top 50 Games: #9 is Super Mario 64

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