G l i t c h y G o b l i n !

Ah, the good old Dreamcast. A wonderful system that wasn’t supported properly and thusly fell to an early, undeserved grave. That being said, it had some amazing games, and (unfortunately) pushed Sonic into 3D. Here we go.

Now, in this game, it was more than easy to fall through the stage, have audio cut out or skip, live while standing where you should have died, so on and so forth. But there was one instance of falling through the level that stood out.

It was in Station Square, the over world level. One of the locales is a hotel, with big, blue automatic doors. Me, being a sonic fan, decided to speed roll and shoot through the doors, in classic Sonic fashion. The game hated this, and I fell into the water below, and to my death.

I also stood on the back of the final boss as Sonic, got stuck underground as Knuckles, got caught in the air as Amy… the list goes on and on.

This is the only time I’ve been able to fall through a stage in a non-combat level. Impressive. Here’s some other Sonic Adventure glitches, courtesy of Snakeman123456. Check out ALL his videos, he’s had TONS of Sonic Adventure Glitches.

I’ll be playing catch-up today. There’s no Sunday Mattinee this week, but You’ll be getting my review and music as soon as I finish salivating over this week’s movie. Til then. -GG

Yo all, here we go for TOT!

First up, we’ve got a Mirror’s Edge remix, thanks to my room mate.

Next, we’ve got a remix of Torgo’s theme from Manos: the Hands of Fate. It’s terrible and yet… wonderful.

Thanks to frankiefahrenheit, Lisa Miskovsky and rainbowcemetery. -GG

Well, my long work hours with huge expanses of empty time combined with a DS that has a broken top screen has lead to one thing for the Goblin: Advance Games Gallore.

One of my current favorites is the fan favorite GBA RPG Golden Sun.

Well, while playing this game, I was just north of Tolbi, in the Altmiller Cave. I was fumbling around in the darkess, and used Reveal to light my path. I then moved towards a door and boom. I walked through the wall. I was still bound by the wall’s boundry, I was half behind the wall, half on the floor connecting to the wall. I walked aback and forth a few times, the game lagged, and then all was suddenly right.

Weird. Here’s another fun one for you. Thanks to kreation893.

See ya next week, Goblinites. -GG

Woot. Here’s a snazzy remix to keep you rocking. A remix of what you say? Why, the slapchop infomercial.

Kudos to DJ Steve Porter. -GG

Now, lately I’ve been playing a lot of nice games, including one out of the blue fun-fest called The Witcher.

The game is a ton of fun, with a deep world, a politically heavy storyline, and choices that actually MATTER, unlike Fable, IMO.

The combat is rich, albeit terribly annoying every now and again, and the characters are wonderfully interesting. Play it.

That being said, there are a TON of glitches. When you first get to the main town, you’re told to go to an investigator. Instead, I did EVERYTHING ELSE, and actually finished quests I didn’t even have yet, even found the investigator’s dead body before he died, reported it to him, he left, ACTUALLY died, came back as an impostor, and finished ALL my quests.

There’s been enemies I can’t target, enemies who died ten seconds after I hit them, the game crashed a few dozen times, and then, the wraith.

Now, the wraith in town is friendly until you attack him, but he IS a monster you’re supposed to kill. However, if you attack him and guards are near you, they think you’re attacking a CITIZEN, and kill you to protect the demonic ghost. Nice.

Here’s a few more glitches, for your amusement. Thanks to xclavex, kooper2k, and rjskt59 for their videos.

Ok, be back later for sunday and today. See ya. -GG

If you haven’t already voted, the midweek mashup is almost over. Hurry up and tell me who wins and why! If you don’t KNOW the bands, here’s a video of their rediculous antics.

Thanks to Aki19860908 and FNscarH for the videos.

Woot, yo Goblinites!

I know, late as usual these days, but NOW the internet is up and running again!

That being said… the Protomen just put out a new album Friday. I fought for tickets, but alas, couldn’t score them for me and my girl. However, I did have my buddy grab the new album for me.

That brings us to this weeks T.O.T., The Protomen. I’m linking to three videos, a sprite video to a song from Act I, and my two current faves from Act II.

That being said, GO TO THEIR ALBUM AND BUY THIS. It’s only $10, you spent more than that on lunch this week!

GO HERE NOW AND BUY THE ALBUM

Now, for the videos. Thanks to KarmaKimmy7 and UntrustworthyRainbow for the posts, you better be at every show from now til the end of time.

Last bit, thanks to the Protomen for rocking my life and giving me my favorite band of all time.

Now, I love me some Batman, and this game was good, to a point, but holy snapdragons, Batman, did this game ever have glitches.

The game, while amazing at free-flow combat and stealth for non-stealth gamers like myself, followed the feel of Batman to the letter and left me yelling ‘I am the freakin’ NIGHT!’ all over the place as I stomped the nuts off inmates, crazies and the occasional terrible boss.

Now, you should play it, but go ahead and get a stuffed animal to pound mercilessly every time a boss shows up, because those fights SUCK. Still, play the game. It’s fun. Mostly.

Now, on to the glitches. Spoilers in Joker Hair Green.

There were various places where I would glide and get stuck in a slow motion, never-ending fall motion that I would have to adjust out of to land on the platform, no biggie there.

1. Well, while fighting Killer Croc (ask anyone, worst fight ever) you find yourself on a series of crappy, breakable platforms that Croc can break through easily and end you. Luckily, if you move slowly and quietly, he won’t know where you are… or so they say. I had died a few times and was using the Line Launcher, a zip-line device to coast easily down the halls silently, as it didn’t make any noise or create vibrations. The scanner said I was fine, that I wasn’t even MOVING, when bam, a pre-scripted Croc attack happened, and he popped up INTO my face. Not even a chance to save myself. Tried it again, just to make sure. It was indeed pre-scripted.

2. Next, during the second fight against Scarecrow, you’re supposed to remain hidden, under penalty of instant death, should he spot you. However, as his all-seeing gaze swept towards me, I did an evasion jump and he missed me entirely. However, the game then froze, as I blew got to an area without dropping crates to hide behind. Guess the game freaked out. 

3. I killed one henchman, he landed on a display in the mansion, with his back flat on top of the display and his feet still on the floor. His body made a perfect 90 degree angle at the small of his back and detective vision still said he was ‘unconscious.’ Riiiiiight, Batsy.

4. I exited the mansion only to discover a guard strung up by his ankle. Being compassionate, I literally said ‘I can’t leave him strung up like this, it’s disgraceful to the dead.’ I then threw a batarang and cut him down, only for him to fall onto his neck, his body hunched over so he ended up kneeling with his face shoved into his groin. I tried to knock him over, but nothing would move him. I felt terrible. 

And while no one else has recorded their glitch vie youtube, I did find one lol worthy glitch here. 

Kudos, Shadow540.

Until monday, Goblinites -GG

This game is amazing. The vocals have been fine-tuned, the visuals are stunning, and while the song choice is a tad limited, Beatles Rock Band is a magnificent love letter to the greatest rock band of all time.

Play this game, and until then, rock out with the opening and a remix.

LEt it be, Golinites. -GG

Hey all, a little preface for today. Today, I woke up from a very odd dream.

In the dream, I was playing Mario 64, and I was being thrown into a level where a giant Bowser Ship floated on an ocean of lava. However, the lava kept sporadically becoming water, in appearance, or effect, or both, and vice versa.

However, once atop the ship, I found many coins, and at the back, a glassed in city street which housed a large grandfather clock and to the right, a telephone booth… upon inspection, it was the Time Machine from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

It grew quiet as I approached the clock, and I punched it. The clock’s hands moved sporadically, and the time machine vanished… and to the LEFT of the machine now stood… the Tardis from Doctor Who.

Amazed, I punched the clock again, and the music stopped instantly as the clock stuck twelve. The world grew dark and it began to storm like a typhoon as the Booth from Bill and Ted re-appeared, and all three combined into a Red Tardis with the antenna from Bill and Ted’s machine on top… I approached the machine, opened the door, and looked into gleaming light…

And I woke up.

I turned on the TV, only to discover that there was a Doctor Who marathon today, from 8 AM to 4 PM. I think it must mean that time is always changing, that my childhood experiences (I loved Bill and Ted as a kid), my teenage hobbies (I loved my 64 then) and my new nerdy experiences (just got into Doctor Who) will combine to take me further… to make me who I need to be.

Time travel is indeed a part of me, me thinks.

Either that, or I need to stop eating canned pastas after midnight and watching so much Supernatural.

That being said, the Doctor is today’s theme. Here you go, goblinites. We’ll start out a little goofy…

Then we’ll get nerdy and cool…

And finish it off with a little Red Tardis ROCK!

Time traveling thanks to joncouplandmarketman, 9INCHNAILZ, and Believethelie2004, respectively. -GG