WOW: Withdrawal over Warcraft

Oh my goodness. This is disturbing and funny. A kid flips out because his mother cancels his World of Warcraft account. If this performance doesn’t keep him from getting a wife, his 2 second stint with homosexuality will definitely take him off the market for good.

I personally enjoy playing WoW and have never had a flip out over the game. It’s disturbing to know that someone out there takes the game this seriously. Or took it that seriously since he can’t play anymore. Who is to blame for something like this? I don’t think Blizzard is at fault for making a good game. Somewhere along the line, he missed out on some valuable life lessons. After I finish laughing, I am going to pray for him tonight. I am seriously worried.

Charlie Murphy aka Leroy Smith?!

Charlie Murphaaaay

What the hell is Charlie Murphy up to now? I discovered a link to his new website www.getyourbasketballon.com where he assumes the roll of Leroy Smith, the most influential basketball player of all time. Leroy beat Michael Jordan out for the last varsity basketball spot in 10th grade, and we all know Michael went on to achieve almost immortal status as an athlete. Which brings us to Leroy being the most influential basketball player of all time.

Now at first I thought this site was built to promote a new movie. A quick check on over to imdb.com proved that assumption wrong. So what the hell is Charlie trying to do with this site? What is he promoting? The answer to that is still not clear… but take some time to check out the site, there are loads of gags and cheesy videos to make this site achieve viral status by tomorrow morning. Also, make sure you play the video game! It is hilarious and fun. Sad to say I am referencing it as one of my favorite Internet games of all time. Yup. Check out the game here or check out the entire site here.

TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

 

Cowabunga

Do you remember back in the early 90′s when every kid wanted to do Karate and be a Ninja Turtle? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a part of male adolescent life for decades now. With over 4 different television shows devoted to the group, and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue worldwide, how could anyone give them the foot?

You’re right, you just cant. The TNMT are back again, pun intended. In what looks like an attempt to capitalize on the revitalization of 4 player beatem’up action on the Xbox Live Arcade, we get an HD remix of TNMT: Turtles in Time. Very early 90′s arcade gaming is one of my favorite eras of gaming period. I can’t begin to tell you how many quarters I jammed into coin opps to get Maggie back from Smithers, to defeat Magneto, or to finally kill the right Shredder. That was a time when Arcade owners went to the bank with wheel barrels.

Well for people who remember those times, and are young enough to still appreciate them, you can look forward to our favorite band of brothers back again to take on the foot. TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is in development and will be out on the Xbox Live Arcade.

New iPhone Game: Popple

Popple - My first published game design.

So it may be a shock to a lot of you but in my free time… I am secretly a video game developer. Ever since I was young I wanted to make video games and it’s a dream come true to be doing so now. I work at GoPlay Games, an independent iPhone game developer in Irvine, CA. Our first game Popple was just released to the iTunes App Store and we racked in 4 sales in our first 3 hours!

What’s special about Popple is that it is MY first published game. Prior to GoPlay I was working at Obsidian Entertainment on a project that wasn’t released therefore making Popple the first title applicable to my resume!

iPhone game companies are sprouting up all over in hopes of cashing in on a one hit mega wonder of a game. We at GoPlay are just trying to get noticed and build up a fan base with our games. Prosperity will come but not without loyal and repeat customers.

I would love to rate my own game, but obviously the integrity of this blog would be tarnished forever! I feel bad enough as it is just advertising it but hey, it’s part of my life, and GoPlay is my business. So with that said, if you have an iPhone and you like games like Tetris or Simon Says, I suggest you check out the game. If you do happen to buy the game please feel free to email me and let me know what you think.