Category Archives: games

Guff about games, video and otherwise

Non-violent Street Fighter

As you all know Street Fighter 4 is the greatest video game ever made and anyone that disagrees definitely has sex with small furry animals. That said, there’s no getting away from the fact that the main objective is to kick the shit out of your opponent until they can’t continue.

2 September, 2010 – 3:02 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video, video games | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Art of Team Fortress 2

As I mentioned last week, I’ve become a bit obsessed with Team Fortress 2. Like all of my little obsessions, I’ve been spending far too much time scouring the tubes to learn as much as I can about it. TF2 has a vibrant community so there’s a lot to keep me amused. There is a shitload of embarrassing toss out there. For every one of these, there’s ten of these.

20 August, 2010 – 3:39 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video games | Tagged | Comments (0)

This is Rawberry!

Since my dearly beloved’s GPU exploded, I’ve found myself playing an unprecedented amount of Team Fortress 2. I’m not one for online games normally as I detest other people but, because there’s no requirement to talk, I’ve manage to pour over two whole days of my very own actual human life into it.

15 August, 2010 – 1:02 am | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video, video games | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Man in white plays the Super Mario Bros music in real-time

You have to be of a certain age and disposition to appreciate this.

24 June, 2010 – 10:59 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, geek humour, video, video games | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Avatar Days

You’ll be glad to know that this has fuck all to do with the James Cameron film. It’s a four-minute short about four men and their World of Warcraft characters. I personally have no interest in World of Warcraft and have yelled at people who’ve had the gall to suggest otherwise (you know who you …

1 June, 2010 – 9:32 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video, video games | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Pixel – A pixel art documentary

(via Waxy)

26 May, 2010 – 1:12 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video games | Tagged | Comments (0)

Portal is free

Holy fucking shit! No, really. Until 24th May you can get one of the best games of the past five years for a grand total of fuck all. All to celebrate Steam coming out for Macs. Don’t have a Mac? Doesn’t matter. It’s free for PC too. Valve. You can fuck me if you really …

13 May, 2010 – 1:08 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video games | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

AutoCannibalism

Well I laughed.

7 May, 2010 – 8:29 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in games, video games | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A sense of doom in Darlington

/sigh “And yet, as the doom-mongers point out, the Blue Square Premier is littered with clubs bigger than Darlington who have gone down and struggled to return. Chester showed this year that there is still a long way down before a club could have been said to have “bottomed out” with demotion from the League. …

3 May, 2010 – 1:26 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in football | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Wayne Rooney appears in a smashed knee

Take a look at Wayne Roo-knee He’s also appeared as a potato in a grocers in Shildon.

23 April, 2010 – 5:25 pm | By MrBlackett | Posted in football | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)