NBrid - We game because Hybrid forces us to...

Super Smash Bros. Brawl! (Wii)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:34:05 -0400

After a long wait, the sequel to one of the best multi-player games ever is finally here, Super Smash Bros. Brawl! If you've played Melee, you know what to expect. Which isn't a bad thing. And if you haven't played a Smash Bros. before, then maybe this look back at Smash Bros. related stories on NBrid will help...

Casual "Grandma" Non-Games

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:25:26 -0400

I tend to go through waves of playing a lot of games, to not playing any at all. Last fall I was at the top of that wave in large part due to all the new systems. But by early this year I was back to not playing much at all, and it had little to do with the lack of games on these new systems. I just didn't feel much like playing. It took me over two months to beat Twilight Princess. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but I just didn't have much desire to sit down and play it. Then I discovered the joys of simple, pick-up-and-play games.

That was a close one... we were almost shut down!

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:14:10 -0400

I'm sure everyone here keeps up with the latest tech news so you were probably aware of this well before I was. Well yesterday I was perusing Digg when I saw a story on RegisterFly. Seems RegisterFly, which I had been using to register our domain nbrid.net, has had some "issues" over the past month (some say year). Some of these "issues" included people losing their domain names, names not being renewed on time and users having to pay $160 to get them back, not to mention customer support has been AWOL for ages. Uh-oh...

The Top 23 Best FPSs of All-Time

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:28:55 -0400

So I used to complain that only people searching for a certain rapper visited this place. What kind of idiots came to a VIDEO GAME site to read up on him? Oh yeah, they are dumb enough to think he's still alive. So mad at my negative comments, trying to prove me wrong, people instead made a list of the top RPGs the #1 read article. AHHH! Sure it's about video games this time, but it wasn't written by me! So now I'm out to change that.

G-Rated Non-Gaming Fun with your Wii ...And PlayStation 3

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:00:57 -0500

First, all of you sick bastards playing with your "Wii" can leave. I'm sure others with gasp at the thought of using their brand new console for something other than games, but these systems do have other uses people. Maybe it's just my geek side who enjoys fooling around with this, but hey when it's not only fun but useful, why not. I think the last time I used a console for something other than games was web surfing on Dreamcast. That's changed with Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PS3.

Nintendo Wii WAS at the local Target, so Bone...

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:21:09 -0500

Had to wait in line like 10+ hours to get one. I had checked around early Saturday afternoon and BB/CC/Target all said don't worry we have plenty. I overheard an employee tell one mother with 2 excited kids that they were to hand out tickets at 7am and if she was there then she would be fine. There were a couple of diehards already camping at BB at around 1pm, but I said eh, and went to watch Michigan v. Ohio State. That was almost a mistake, despite it being a great game...

The Next-Gen is upon us, and here's actually a game worth getting shot over!

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:00:24 -0500

So you camped out at Best Buy (literally) for 4 days and were 6th in line for a PS3... 5th after the guy in front of you had to go to the ER with a gunshot wound to the arm. Or maybe you were in line at Wal-Mart for 3 days and were fast enough/strong enough (and glad you brought that baseball bat...) when told the first 10 people to run to the electronics section would get a PS3. Whatever the case, you got one and you'll be damned if mind-exploding-WTF-level prices on eBay will make you part with it. So... now what. I'll tell you.

Phantasy Star Universe... Online!

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:16:16 -0500

So after a long wait (five and a half years...) the true sequel to Dreamcast's best time suck is upon us, and Phantasy Star Universe (PSU) makes PSO look like crap! Okay, maybe not. It's too early to tell. PSU has the same PSO feel we all love, but at the same time doesn't feel exactly the same. Really it's just another Diablo clone, that for some reason I always enjoyed playing.

Welcome to NBrid!

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:29:09 -0400

Life got you down? Feel the need to be part of something bigger? Feel like you're wasting your life at your mind-numbing 9-to-5 job that you actually work 8 to 7? Feel abused and under appreciated? Tell your boss you quit and come join us here at NBrid! A world of oppurtunity awaits once you've joined our family. We here at NBrid believe in a better quality of life for all of us, and we believe you can help us achieve that goal.

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:15:43 -0400

So a month or so ago (I really don't recall, sometime in July) I went down to the Terrace (the UW one, not the upscale Monona version) and saw this band I had never heard of before, Margot & The Nuclear So and So's. Unfortuently, the opening band took so long to get on stage (rumor was they refused to play with their lead singer) that M&NSS was only able to play less than a half hour. I must say though, it was a great thirty minutes.

Then this past Friday they came back to Madison! This time at the Annex. While that meant I had to pay to see them this time, it also meant a longer show. Was their first show a fluke? No way.

Grandma's Boy - Video Games + Pot = Weeds + Pot

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:53:20 -0400

Calm down Mr. Math, I got an A in calculus too. I do realize I can simplify that equation by droping the Pot, but that doesn't mean it would stand for the same thing anymore. Take away the marijuana, and you're left with an empty bowl. In case you're still confused, I thought Grandma's Boy was a movie about a video game tester. But that's like saying Weeds is about a single mom living in the suburbs.

And before you wonder why I'm combining a movie produced by Happy Madison with a TV show produced by Showtime, they do have more in common than a magical herb. Three simple words: Kevin freakin' Nealon.

PS3 vs. Xbox 360 vs. Wii: The battle to see who sucks the least

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:11:05 -0400

I just don't know what to do... The PS3, while a technological marvel, lacks heart, and games. Coming soon the 360 will have a number of sweet sci-fi shooters, FPS games, and, umm, that's about as diverse as it gets. The Wii? Well, let's just say graphics arn't everything. Much like how ugly people say looks arn't everything.

Our visitors suck!

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:19:12 -0400

That's right. I'm looking at you. Plain and simple, you suck. And hard. I don't care if this costs us viewership (which at last count was up to 4.2!), this needs to be said. I just don't get it. What the hell is wrong with you people?!

There have been too many lovey-dovey Nintendo/DS/Wii posts of late, and I think people have started to think Nbrid is nothing but a happy-go-lucky Nintendo fanboy pandering internet destination. I need to remind people that really we are a group of bitter, jadded, emo punks. So when I look at what visitors think of us, I want to scream.

Hell hath frozen over: The Nintendo DS Lite Cometh

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:34:22 -0400

Sigh, what have I done. Am I going to wake up tomorrow with a nasty hangover of buyer's regret? Maybe, but probably not. What I do know though is I'm sure to hear about this from the many people I proclaimed DS's "lameness" to, and that is quite a long list.

It's actually even worse than that. Not only have I gone on a two year long DS bashing vendetta, I've held a life long anti-handheld philosophy. I've never owned a handheld before. The pathetic "graphics" and overly simplistic gameplay didn't interest me in the least. So have times changed or have I?

Damn you Nintendo, what have you done to my Samus...

Mon, 29 May 2006 01:53:10 -0400

Continuing my ever so popular series on how much Wii pisses me off, I bring you this ever so slightly 'late to the party' rant on terrible character models.

I mean if it wasn't bad enough that Nintendo is making me play the next installment of my beloved Metroid with outdated graphics, what they've done to Samus in Smash Bros. Brawl is unforgivable. Un-freakin-forgivable! Zero Suit Samus hurts me eyes, I wanna cry...