Dec 6, 2007 - Fun & games starring RFSHQ's MATT DAMON!!! and Vital Viper

[Dracophile]

I spent the day today taking a final exam in my Media/Society class, which I know for a fact I completely destroyed. If I made anything less than perfect on it I'll be stunned. That's the only class in the history of me being in college thus far where I made a consistent near-perfect A on every single assignment in the class (two 5-page essay research papers and the midterm exam to date).This time it's the money shot, A+ or bust and with the bonus points I tallied up everywhere I know I went over that mark. The rest of the tests in my classes don't have such a bright outlook. I'm expecting a B in Intro Comm, B in Government, and a C or D in Macroeconomics (thanks to Vital Viper I don't learn anything in class).

Anyways you're probably wondering where the fun and games I promised in the thread title come into play here. RFSHQ's "MATT DAMON!!!" (also known as simply Jason) rode up to school with me today and hung around while I finished my test. Afterwards we waited on Vital Viper to finish his test and we decided to go and check out the "new" anime/gaming store in the city. Overall we were all pleased with at least something there. Vital Viper purchased Blades of Steel (NES) and we spent a solid 15 minutes beating up people. Jason was impressed with the silly anime RPGs and figures they had for sale (none of you probably know him but he is really into that). I just had a fun time checking out the inventory, lots of games. Unfortunately some of them were being sold for eye-gouging prices. Just a brief selection of what I remember them selling stuff for:
A Nintendo NES system, complete with no games and 2 controllers - $75 :|
Mega Bomberman for Genesis (game only, no box/manual) - $25
Challenge of the Dragon for NES (game only, no box/manual) - $65

A lot of you probably aren't as encyclopedic about video games as I am, so just take my word on this: that is all extremely overpriced. Although I will give them credit and bonus points for having a beta version of Goldeneye 007 for Nintendo 64, even though it carried the price tag of $80.

Anyways, we hung around at the comic book store as well, which I haven't been in for at least a decade. Vital Viper was thumbing through some random 10c trading cards while I kept pointing to furry comics and telling Jason "I'm getting you this for Christmas." Vital Viper comes over to me and shows me this really awesome art card:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/radiof/part2/dragoncard.jpg

I knew I had seen this before. Oh, right. It was a computer desktop of mine YEARS ago, and I also drew a copy of this (slightly modified) in pastel once before too. This was part of the original artist's series of prints, and for ten cents you bet your butt I bought this card. Also by the same artist:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/radiof/part2/dragoncard1.jpg
(Lookit the mama dragon!! :D - Also an old desktop.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/radiof/part2/dragoncard2.jpg
(Turn your head to the side, sorry I'm an idiot and didn't flip it.)

There were some other insanely stupid cards too, such as what the three of us described as "Tom Cruise with a fire breathing komodo dragon" and "the most extreme awesome dinosaur picture ever". However among all of the trading cards was a two inch thick stack of "Famous Comic Artists" from the early nineties. You'd think this contained X-Men artists and stuff, and it did, but two "artists" stuck out like a sore thumb.

"Haha, look at what this guy is famous for making!" Vital Viper says.

I take the card from him. It looks like a photo of your average comic book nerd: white, older, balding, a little overweight, glasses, and extreme facial hair. Then I turn the card over to look at the back. I am greeted with furry artwork from 1982. 1982. EIGHTY TWO. Worst of all there was a second artist with that comic book series (some weird looking chick). Thanks a lot you two. No really, thanks. The subculture community/lifestyle you helped give life to has provided me with many uncomfortable encounters in my 19 years of life. I hope you're happy. You two "artists" helped ruin the Internet.

With that said, the next time I'm in the city I'm going to go back, buy a BUNCH of silly/stupid cards, and then scan them and make the laziest RFSHQ article ever.

[Vital Viper]

Well I have to explain Blades of Steel. It is a piece of my childhood and despite not having A Nintendo I just had to buy it. If it isn't obvious it is a hockey game, but it isn't the typical NHL stuff you'd be use to. It has a total of like ten teams and their all city names :O

In this game you basically automatically control whoever is closest to the puck and if someone shoots you are instantly made the goalie. So it is kinda hard to always be sure what player your controlling because there isn't a blue circle under it like we are all use to :P

I've never liked hockey, and as you can tell I didn't buy it for it's state of the art controls. If you repeatedly bump into whoever has the puck you break out into a fight! It is truly one of the most awesome things ever. So needless to say I basically just try to keep starting fights because I would win every single one of them, and when you won the other player was dragged off to the penalty box. Despite my efforts and making it where they only had three guys for a min or two I got my but kicked 2 to 10. But since I don't have a Nintendo I was determined to have my fun right there in the store, cheering and yelling every time I won a fight or score a goal. I also loved the music in the game and it was so awesome to hear it all again just like I had remembered.

Blades of Steel was basically the most violent thing I was ever exposed to as a child (I wonder why I would play CP at my age? :rolleyes: ) and as siblings we often used this game to settle disputes, mostly because we could beat each other up in it, so it was always more about how many fights you won rather than how many goals you scored. RFS seemed to have the weird idea that the score was the most important part, lol.

[007Honey]

Sounds like you had a fun time. Our local games stores rip you off too! The guy in there says you if you can find it cheaper in the other two stores in town then he wiil match the price but the thing is you never do because he owns the other two stores! :confused:
I kept my old Sega Megadrive and Snes but I have to get my games for them online as both systems are english! Typical as there are often good bargains here on the old games!
The dragon cards looked nice. RFS, do you have the TY dragon beanie buddy plushie? Its really nice. I found it in the back of my closet the other day as I'd forgotten I had it. You should get one online as they are really cute. (When I work out how to do it,I'll put a picture of him on here!)
So Viper was giving us a mini lecture in the town on CP tonight on how being nice is the best way to be so it seems his secret to achieving a nice state of mind is to let off steam beating people up on the hockey game then.
Hmmn,I'll stick with throwing stuff at my brother!;)

[Dracophile]

I don't have the TY beanie baby dragon (yet). :(