Archive for October 2014

Extra Life Results!

Last Saturday was Extra Life, where I played games for 24 hours to raise money for The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. My goal in the days before was to raise $200 and I not only reached that goal, but…

October 31, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – The Final Sacrifice

Today is Halloween and the last day of this MST3K Halloween-a-thon. So it is my pleasure to present to you one of my all-time favorite episodes, the Canadian-made The Final Sacrifice. How bad is it? 2.3/10 on IMDB Why is…

October 31, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Manos: The Hands of Fate

I’ve saved the best two for last. So for Day 9, we have Manos: The Hands of Fate. How bad is it? 1.9/10 on IMDB Why is it so bad? Manos may be in the movie title, but really Torgo…

October 30, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

It’s Day 8 and that means it’s time for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. How bad is it? 2.2/10 on IMDB Why is it so bad? The title of this movie alone makes this…

October 29, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – The Incredible Melting Man

For Day 7 we have The Incredible Melting Man! How bad is it? 3.7/10 on IMDB Why is it so bad? The monster is an astronaut who got “just a little bit radioactive” on a trip to Saturn, which somehow…

October 28, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Samson vs. The Vampire Women

I know this is a little late but Day 6’s movie is Samson vs. The Vampire Women. How bad is it? 3.2/10 on IMDB Why is it so bad? In America, you would call Buffy to slay vampires. In Mexico,…

October 27, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Zombie Nightmare

More ’80s fun on Day 5 with Zombie Nightmare! How bad is it? 2.2/10 on IMDB. Why is it so bad? When your son is hit by a car, don’t take him to a hospital, take him to a voodoo…

October 26, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Squirm

Day 4’s film Squirm is brought to you by the deep, deep South. How bad is it? 4.4/10 on IMDB. I have no idea how it got rated that high. Why is it so bad? The big bad monsters in…

October 25, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Hobgoblins

Riding the wave of ’80s Gremlins rip-offs is Hobgoblins, our film for Day 3. How bad is it? 2.3/10 on IMDB. I’m surprised it’s even that high. Why is it so bad? A group of hobgolins are stuffed into a…

October 24, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – The Creeping Terror

For Day 2 of our “scary” MST3K movies, we have the monster movie The Creeping Terror. How bad is it? 2.1/10 on IMDB. It beats Werewolf though! Why is it so bad? The director’s idea of “space age technology” is…

October 23, 2014 No comments

A MST3K Halloween – Werewolf

I love bad movies. Not the ones that are so boring that they put you to sleep, but the ones are done so horribly that you can’t help but laugh at them. So it shouldn’t be surprising that I’m a…

October 22, 2014 No comments

Tune Den: Wurm Online

With the amount of Wurm Online-related posts I make, I think we all knew this was going to come eventually. I mentioned briefly that I almost never turn off in-game music when I’m playing. Wurm Online is the one exception…

October 15, 2014 No comments

Showcasing settlements in Wurm Online

On Friday, Wurm Online published a cool little video about the settlement of Newspring. It looks to be the first episode of a series called “Wurm World News – Emergent Stories”, which will be about the players of the game,…

October 12, 2014 No comments

The Fall – Take over a combat suit to save the pilot inside

I came across The Fall during the End of Summer Sale on the Humble Bundle Store and there was something about the description that really grabbed me. Not to mention that the trailer is really well done. So I bought…

October 8, 2014 No comments

Extra Life: Playing games to help kids

Hello again folks! Sorry it’s been so quiet after so many posts in a row. My vacation was over so I had to go from being my natural night owl self back to “normal” people hours and so the lack…

October 6, 2014 No comments