GameStop Logic.
- Me: Hey I have this great game worth $40. I'd like to trade it.
- GameStop People: Ok. you can trade it for $0.05 even though it's basically new and it's an expensive game. But don't worry! We'll sell it for $50.
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30 Day Video Game ChallengeDay 3 - A Game that is Underrated
EASY.
This game was the BOMB. It was a sidescrolling racing game (ala Excite Bike) but it was TEN TIMES BETTER. Basically you go through the track racing against one other unicycle doing stunts and tricks in the air and such to gain speed boosts. The more tricks you do, the faster you’d go and the faster you’d go the harder it was to pull off tricks. It balanced really well and caused you to really think about when tricking was appropriate.
If you just tried to spam as many tricks as you could, you’d end up falling on your seat or going the wrong direction. You could go ridiculously fast in this game too, to the point that I questioned whether or not Sonic could outrun a Unicycle as a kid.
The way you pulled off tricks was pretty unique too (for its time). Left or right would be your acceleration (the tracks constantly switched directions to screw with you), you had a jump button that was more of a hop, and there were plenty of ramps for big air. Once in the air you could perform tricks through a combination of flips and twists and landing said tricks was very gratifying.
The best part about this game, though, was the split-screen multiplayer. My brother and I would spend hours playing this game competitively. It was just so much fun. This has to be my favourite racing game ever and it’s incredibly underrated. I think a sequel on the Vita or 3DS would do this franchise wonders (the gameplay would translate fairly easily and tricks could be pull off by drawing circles and such with the stylus).
So if you haven’t played it, check out Uniracers for the SNES, you won’t regret it. Just make sure you use a real controller if you download the ROM. :3
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Here at the Film Fest Submissions!
Wow! Over 200 submissions! I’d say our 72 Hour Film Fest was a success. You guys have done your part, now it’s time for us to do ours. Over twelve hours of video to go through…daunting, but exciting!
A lot of you guys have asked where you can go to find all of the submissions, so Kelli and I made a few resources. Here are youtube playlists with all of the submissions:
PLEASE NOTE: These have not yet been screened by us- view them at your own discretion. Also, we don’t know if all of these meet all of our requirements yet. This is just the raw list of submissions, but I trust that most of them are solid!
-Josh
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The Blimey Cow 72 Hour Summer Film Festival 2012
RULES UPDATED:: 07/12/12 (Under “Details” & “General Guidelines”)
DATES: July 13-15, 2012
OVERVIEW: Starting on Friday July 13th at 12:00AM CST, you will have exactly 72 hours to write, shoot, and edit a short film that meets the set guidelines laid out in “Details” below. The winners will be determined by Blimey Cow.
PRIZE: The winners will be prominently featured on our Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr; and the winning film and YouTube channel it belongs to will be linked at the end of a coming Messy Monday video.
DETAILS (Read these CLOSELY!)
On Friday July 13th at 12:00AM CST, we will post a blog on this tumblr page with four items:
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A list of genres
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A list of phrases
- A list of objects
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One other yet-to-be-disclosed requirement
Your film submission must include ONE from each list. (Your film must fit into ONE of our posted genres, and must include ONE of our posted phrases, and must include ONE of our posted objects, and must meet the fourth yet-to-be-disclosed requirement.) We must do this to ensure that no films are written, shot, or edited before the beginning of our contest.
Example: A “comedy” film that includes the phrase “I have a bad feeling about this” in the dialogue and includes a telephone. (NOTE: This is just an example! We will post the official list of acceptable genres, phrases, and objects at the time listed above.)
-Your finished film must be uploaded before Sunday July 15th at 11:59PM CST.
-Upload to YouTube and send a video link to contest@blimeycow.com
-In the description of your video on YouTube, include this information.
- The Names of EVERYONE involved in the production of the video.
- Production Team name (If you have one. Ours is “Blimey Cow”)
- Type of Camera used.
- Type of editing software used.
- *UPDATED* Title and artist for any music you use.
- Chosen Genre
- Chosen Phrase
- Chosen Object
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Videos can be no longer than 4 minutes in length.
Videos cannot include any explicit content (Obscene language, nudity, sexual situations, etc.)
Videos must include one of our posted genres, one of our posted phrases, one of our posted objects, and must meet the fourth yet-to-be-disclosed requirement.
Videos must be uploaded by Sunday July 15th at 11:59PM CST.
**UPDATED** Video cannot contain copyrighted music. Only music you create, own the rights to, or that is public domain and royalty free is permissible. Just because you own a band’s CD does not give you the “rights” to use it in your own production.
Failure to follow these guidelines will result in elimination from the contest.
FAQs:
Q: How will the films be judged?
A: On overall quality. Writing, acting, plot, etc.
Q: I don’t have a nice camera. And all I’ve got is Windows Movie Maker/iMovie. Can I still compete?
A: Absolutely! If you have a good script, we don’t care how poor the video quality is. Just do the best with what you have- we want EVERYONE to compete!
Q: Does my film have to be ABOUT the phrase and object I choose?
A: Not at all. As long as the phrase is spoken at some point in the film, and the object is in the camera’s view at some point in the film, you are good!
Q: What kind of music is permissible for inclusion in my film?
A: Either music you created, own the rights to, or public domain, royalty-free music. There are a ton of websites that offer this kind of music for download, completely free. Just because you own a band’s CD does not give you the “rights” to use it in your own production.
(Come back to this page often- it’ll be updated with more FAQs regularly leading up to the event!)
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Those are all of the official rules! If you have any further questions, comment on this post and we’ll answer them.
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I am burdened with glorious purpose.
- To say thank you to my followers and to celebrate The Avengers’ success, I have decided to do a giveaway.
This is my bargain.
- ONE medium sized box (approx 11” x 8.5” x 5.5”) full of Avengers/Marvel toys and merchandise.
How desperate are you?
- You can reblog this post a MAXIMUM of THREE times. Likes also count.
- Following me does not increase your chances of winning, so please don’t feel compelled to do so unless you just really enjoy an insane amount of Tom Hiddleston all over your dash.
- Yes, I will ship anywhere in the world.
- Please make sure your ask box is open so I can contact you if you win. I would hate to have to choose someone else.
Stalling won’t change anything.
- You have ONE WEEK from today. The giveaway ends Saturday, 26 May.
In the end, it will be every man for himself…good luck.
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Six new character posters for The Dark Knight RisesThe Dark Knight Rises has stepped its promotional push up a notch this week, following yesterday’s official poster with the release of six new character-specific one-sheets.
