Attention Span

Today is Skyscraper Day! Now, I've never been in anything that I would call a skyscraper that I can remember at the moment. However I can tell you that there was a map on Mario Kart 64 in versus mode called "Skyscraper" and it was just an incredible amount of fun. I really miss those days when me and my family would sit and play those family friendly games together. Such games included but were not limited to: Mario Kart 64, 007: GoldenEye, Star Fox 64, and a bunch of other games that I remember, but forgot the names of at the moment. ... Anyway... skyscraper day.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle

Shocking Deals

Today is Video Game Day! Now, video games have base for much controversy, yet they are an undeniably prevalent form of media used to express ideas and stories in such a way that simply cannot be done through other forms of... wait... Video Game Day?! That's awesome! Who made this holiday? Ralph Baer? Probably not, but it would be cool if it WAS him. Dang. I wasn't prepared for this at aaaaaall.

Naw, I totally was. I've been playing a little PS3 game called "inFamous" in preparation for today. Because today, I went out and bought it's sequel "inFamous 2". They didn't have any copies of it left, though. At least not any normal copies. I bought the hero edition for about ten dollars more and it came with just a BUNCH of goodies. Including (but not limited to) things that were probably worth 10-60 dollars alone. I got the whole set for around $65, though. Look at all this stuff!

Alright I'm done geeking out now. I'm just gonna go play this game for the next several hours. ... So... not... really done geeking out at all... I've just be geeking passively for a while.

Thanks for reading!

~Kyle

So the story goes...

I've never actually known a town that had a legend of it's own aside from large scale things such as the Loch Ness and other stories like it. Thanks to Cordova Ice Worm Day, I now know that there is a small town in Alaska called Cordova which has a festival to celebrate their very own legendary... beast? I mean their worms, but legendary beast sounds better than legendary worms. In fact the latter sounds like something you would want to get an immunity shot for. They are the ONLY place that has a celebration dedicated to this rarely seen worm, and they celebrate it right. By that I mean: they celebrate it in ways that I've always pictured a small town with it's own legend should. Games. Not just any games, though! Games that you would only find in a small town, which makes them rare and fun and usually very family friendly. There is the usual parade and exhibits, sure, but something tells me the real hidden fun is in such gems of games as " oyster Shuck-n-Suck, longest beard, best legs, and tastiest smoked salmon, among others". they even have a Miss Ice Worm Pageant! How would you ladies like to hold that title?


Now, unfortunately, I can't travel to alaska and back in day. I may be able to convince my family to do a few friendly competitions, and perhaps make everything I do today a game in my head. That's the best that I can do as of yet, though. Although maybe I could find some way to call someone in Cordova and wish them a happy day.


Thanks for reading!
~Kyle


P.S. A lot of the holiday info can be found here


http://cordovachamber.com/images/file/IW%20Program-2011-final-change-%201-31(1).pdf


and I got some here, too


http://www.frugalfun.com/cordova.html


And I just called Cordova. They were very nice and it makes me want to go next year. Its a week-long celebration almost!!!