MetalSpoon - Brendon Small teaches Dethklok Theme

Olaf, show us your metal face! This video needs no explanation...

GearSpoon - Orange Tiny Terror guitar amp

I'm a huge fan of Rob Chappers, this guy is awesome and he can shred! Anyway, I love my Orange Tiny Terror guitar head; it's a very sweet "micro" amp that really has a great sound with very low-wattage. It has officially replaced my Mesa Boogie F-50 head in my rig.

I really just wanted to post this video of Chappers playing the Tiny Terror because I love this video...maybe I'll do a real review of the Tiny Terror some other day, but not today, I'm just too lazy right now.

FlickSpoon - Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Movie Trailer

Let's stop and think about this for a moment. How many "video games to movies" are done in a such a way that they don't suck, specifically fighting games? Let's review a few of them -

Double Dragon (1994) - sucked so bad, I'll never get that time back!
Street Fighter (1994) - sucked really bad, could it even be considered SF?
Mortal Kombat (1995) - pretty cool!
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) - sucked, didn't they kill off Johnny Cage right away?

Did they primarily suck? Yes, did I watch them? OF COURSE! Why wouldn't I? Will I watch the new Street Fighter flick? Yep! But probably when it's playing on a cable channel late at night, for free.

Why on earth do they make these live-action films? I've seen Street Fighter anime movies that were actually good, but the live-action films are so poorly made. It's always the same old story - they pick some character from the series and for whatever reason, decide to make that character the protagonist. This person will end up overcoming some type of personal issue to fight their way to victory and become the hero!

That plan works great and the best fighting film to pull that off is....The Karate Kid! Okay, okay, yes...that's super biased. There are a lot of films that tell this story very well (Jet Li/Jackie Chan Hong Kong flicks, for example), but not one of those movies are based on a Fighting Game.

Will this movie be any good? I can only hope, but historically, odds are against the movie. Maybe gaming should just be left to gamers; I wonder what Uwe Boll would have to say...

GameSpoon - Nintendo Sixty-Four

I was paroozin' the internet today and found this little gem. I don't think anyone can ever beat the reaction this kid has when he gets a brand new Nintendo 64.

Enjoy!

GameSpoon - Review of a Demo; Star Trek Legacy

WOW! Look at all this action!

I thought this game would be fun. I am fairly interested in Star Trek, and have been looking to play a fun game based on the series. Well, what a perfect storm this is. The game spans the over 40 years of the Star Trek franchise AND it is developed by Bethesda - YES!

Then I find out it is a real time strategy game - NO!

I generally hate RTS games. I tried Command and Conquer and Warcraft on the PC when I was younger. I found that I do not have the patience for the style of game, so gave up on them very quickly. Star Trek Legacy, unfortunately, is the same way.

For the demo, you get to choose between skirmish or multiplayer action. Since I was alone. I chose a quick skirmish. You start with a set amount of points you can use to select your fleet. I chose the four different starships, from destroyers to scout ships. After a loading screen showing you what the controls were, I was off and running. Of course I forgot what all of the buttons did, so I was left trying to figure things out on my own...... then I lost. I don't think I destroyed one enemy within that time.

One thing that bothers me about the RTS genre is the controls. I have always heard that RTS games belong on the PC, and in the case of controls they are right. There is just too much you would need to do in this game, and 16 buttons can't handle it. Controlling the direction the ship faces has a very slow reaction time. It is very hard to get a good shot at opposing starfighters.

The demo doesn't give you a good look into the story, but from what I have researched it is pretty extensive. You play through the stories of the Original Series, The Next Generation, and Enterprise. Now if only they could have gotten Scott Bakula to do the voice of John Archer.

Will this demo make me purchase this game? No. Do I like real time stratigy games? No. I think it is pretty clear where my bias is. I could see a fan of the genre playing this game, and they would probably be a better authority than me to tell you how this game is. Case in point, this will not get people attracted to the genre.

Lets hope Halo Wars does that.

GameSpoon - Threats of injuring your Lateral Malleolus in Rockband.

Do real drummers have this same issue?

Over the last weekend I had a chance to "beat" Rockband 2, but not without a cost. I was playing my solo world tour on drums when I felt a slight pain above my ankle. I was playing a warmup show before playing a sold out show in Shanghi when I first noticed the pain. I played through the slight annoyance, not thinking any more pain would come.

I was wrong.

I got to Shanghi to rock the socks off of millions of virtual fans. After about the third song [of eight], I started to notice this slight pain to be a little more than slight. after the fifth song, it got a bit unbearable. Knowing that I could not dissappoint my "fans" I trudged through it. By the time I had played 'Tallica's "Battery" and "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor, I was in a conciderable amount of pain. Not even the games "ending" made me feel better.

This may be a worthless story, yes I know this. But the fact that I injured myself playing a video game kind of pisses me off.

RandomSpoon - A SNL Short - NSFW

This is a Saturday Night Live digital short of pure awesome-ness, turn it up!

GameSpoon - Halo 3 Lucky Throw

A lot of people have already experienced this video, featured on MLG, but it is new to me. I felt compelled to add this video to The Spoon!

I know that Bungie, at times, awards the coveted Halo 3 Recon Armor to people that pull off the seemingly impossible - like what happens in this video. I hope the person who threw that plasma grenade, woke up one morning to find some fancy, new armor waiting for him/her; they deserve it!

GameSpoon - Zero Punctuation: Sonic Unleashed

Okay, okay, we're up-to-date now...Yahtzee's review of this game, just about caused me to piss myself, cheers Yahtzee!

GameSpoon - Zero Punctuation: Mirror's Edge

This post is a supplement for SpoonThrash's post earlier this week -

GameSpoon - Zero Punctuation: Fallout 3

Yes, we've been a little behind with keeping up-to-date with Zero Punctutation, but here's the best review I've ever watched:

TubeSpoon - The IT Crowd

"The elders of the Internet know who I am!"

Thanks to D.Q. in Ireland for introducing this to us; definitely worth watching! Pay attention to the 9:26 mark...ha, awesome.

RandomSpoon - Snow in Las Vegas

So this happened...



...I guess I'm speechless, yet in awe of how awesome that is and lastly, wondering how the roads were - as I'm sure "Las Vegians" are not used to driving under those conditions!

GameSpoon - Club Nintendo

Finally, a Club worth joining...best of all, it's free! While all the uber-rich pricks pack their trunks up with their golfing gear and head out to their respective, exclusive country club. You can finally look at them with even more pity, fully knowing that they have chosen the wrong club. While they gain nothing from Nintendo, you'll gain everything...THE WORLD!

Go to club.nintendo.com and register today! Create an account, register your games, earn coins and get some righteous swag! What could be better?

Thanks Nintendo, you're the best!

JapanSpoon - killer foot massage machine

Why the hell didn't anyone alert me of this story earlier!?

Here's the situation: three people were killed by a foot massage machine in Japan! It is sad to hear about anyone losing their life, but man, what a way to go.

Now, I know what you're thinking, "how the hell did a foot massage machine turn into a foot massage killing machine?" Apparently, user error is too blame. These three individuals - (aka targets of a ninja disguised as a foot massage machine) - used the product, which was meant for their feet, on their necks and shoulders. What happened was that the rollers in the machine, grabbed a hold of the shirt and strangled the individuals. In all honesty, that is sad news. The engineers who developed the product, should have accounted for something like this in their design. But seriously, "killed by a foot massage machine" - wtf?!

Thanks to Gizmodo for the story.

GameSpoon - Review of a Demo; Mirrors Edge

This is a 14 button combination move

Here is a quick review of the Mirrors Edge Demo:
Conceptually, this game is very neat..... but it is executed poorly. The Jump and Duck buttons are the LB and LT buttons respectively, which makes for very awkward game play at its core. This game will devinetly give you hand cramps. There are plenty of things that you can "do" but it all involves too much timing and coincidence.

Basically, a first person street runner game is kind of weird...........

Buy it: No
Rent it: No

TubeSpoon - Heroes

Ditch that zero and get with a hero....

It has been a strange season to say the least. Hiro a 10 year old? Peter lost his powers [again]? Arthur Patrelli is alive and wants to right the world by destroying it? Nikki Saunders is Tracy Strauss, but not really because they were genetically created? Syler is brothers with Peter and Nathan....................and becomes a wuss in the future?????

Then they fired some writers..........

Now things are back to normal:
Nathan thinks he is doing good but in all actuallity is not - Awesome
Sylar is a killer again - Awesome
Peter is whiny again, just without his powers - Awesome
Hiro became the greatest hero ever, then fucked it up within seconds - Awesome.

See, what I am saying is that there was a reason why season 1 was so popular. If they stick to that theme for the rest of the season, it could possibly be saved.......... saved........... could the writers be the REAL heroes of this show?

GameSpoon - Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

SpoonThrash, are you sitting down? Good.

The folks at VideoGamer.com have revealed that Capcom's kick-ass Street Fighter HD release was almost canned! How could this happen? You ask. I'll tell you why - because of the art work.

Apparently, earlier this year, all the art work for SSFIIHDR had to be redone by a different team of artists. According to producer Rey Jimenez and an interview VideoGamer.com had with lead designer David Sirlin:

"Without going into the nitty-gritty of it, the art they were producing just wasn't up to par or schedule of what we needed. To be honest, a lot of their art was looking pretty good, but just not 'good enough'. It just wouldn't satisfy the quality bar that both Capcom and Street Fighter fans demand. Once Udon and Capcom agreed to go with that route, we had to essentially reboot the whole art pipeline. The character art pretty much started over from scratch with new reference art from Udon" (Jimenez).

When asked if he ever felt that Capcom might cancel the game, Sirlin told VideoGamer.com: "Yeah that was a possibility. It felt the most possible during that first phase during the art that we had to throw away. It was unspoken but everyone just knew it that if that art wasn't going to work out then maybe they were going to cancel the whole thing" (Sirlin).

This explains why it took so long for the game to launch, but I'm quite pleased that the game was released; the world would be a much darker place without it.

FlickSpoon - Terminator: Salvation

SpoonRavis just sent this my way. I don't know about any of you, but I believe this movie will not only re-invent the Terminator series, but it will be the best film yet!

Click here to watch the trailer at Apple.com

"Devil's hands have been busy"

GameSpoon - Tekken 6

Tekken has been my favorite fighting series since the game launched on the original Playstation in the US. The speed of the game, the variety of styles and the unique control over the characters captivated me instantly.

Since my first experience with the game, I have always done my best to keep up with the series' releases and it's hard to ignore it when trailers, such as this one, are released!

This trailer, showcased for the "Atari Live" press event, gives you a glimpse at the gameplay of Tekken 6. This will be the first title, that I'm aware of, that will not only be released for the Playstation, but will be released on a non-Sony platform as well - the Xbox 360!

It'll be interesting to see the differences between the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. I wonder how this change will affect the series, will any previous versions of the game be released on the Xbox Live Arcade to help promote the release? We'll see in "Autumn of 2009"...well, time to go hibernate.

GameSpoon - CTF Video

RandomSpoon - Just for SpoonThrash

Merry X-mas -

RATT - "Round and Round"


Winger - "Seventeen"


Skid Row - "Youth Gone Wild"


and the grand finale...Poison - "Nothin' But a Good Time". You'll just have to go there yourself.

Peace out homie

RandomSpoon - Super Mario Bros 2, gypsy-jazz style

Kotaku posted on this and I felt it was a perfect video to add to The Spoon - seeing how we covered Django Reinhardt earlier this year.

In the video below, you'll see a guy playing the music from Super Mario Bros. 2 in Django's gypsy-jazz style. It's quite impressive! If you don't think it is, just because you don't care for jazz, then think again! Take my word, as an experienced guitarist (in rock, metal, blues, jazz), this guy has chops:

GameSpoon - Brothers In Arms (iPhone)

Um...cool?

BlackFridaySpoon - Why people? Why?

We're back! We all had a great Thanksgiving holiday...including a 9 hour stint of Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix and MK vs DC over at SpoonThrash's place. But, all good things must come to an end and we're back to the grind.

Cruising through Kotaku this morning, I saw this video that they posted. I thought, "yep, this needs to go on the spoon," so here you go:



People on Black Friday are psychotic...poor woman in the white t-shirt, she had no shot. All she needed to do was throw some elbows and gouge some eyes and she would have been home free. That was a woman...right?