Not only does the robot have to be told what to do by a snotty little kid, the robot has to execute five or six seconds' worth of jerky arm gyrations before carrying out those orders!! In the interim any real monster would turn the robot into scrap, then stomp the kid!
Not only does the robot have to be told what to do by a snotty little kid, the robot has to execute five or six sceonds' worth of jerky arm gyrations before carrying out those orders!! In the interim any real monster would turn the robot into scrap, then stomp the kid!
Well just piss all over my childhood why dontcha!
Actually, when I was a kid, WUAB Channel 43 in Cleveland - my awesome local "independent" TV station (that's what they called non-network channels before cable TV) - played Johnny Sokko and then Ultraman back to back!
A few years later they also ran Starblazers and G-Force. And on Saturday afternoons, Three Stooges followed by a creature feature, all hosted by Superhost. Of course, I was still a bit woozy staing up too late the night before watching Hoolihan and Big Chuck on Channel 8 the night before.
"Sometimes game rulebooks are meant to be used as a guide - not chiseled into stone tablets as scripture. If using a specific rule makes a game more fun for you, then it is not only your right - but it is your duty to change it." --Rob Bell
“My opinion is that a game has its own life when published, and is really alive when players want to add their own house rules!” --Bruno Cathala
Here is a rare picture of a new gamer in development:
However, the shipping was fast and we were surprised when our expansion showed up a full 3 weeks early, on Monday, February 1st, 2010. Mind you, there was nothing easy about the delivery itself. 63 hours of back labour (because he was packaged face up instead of face down) followed by an hour of pushing that involved a vacuum and an episiotomy because the doctor was worried that the item was being damaged, showed me just how very strong my gaming partner really is. And I happened to be sick as a dog (if not sicker) at the time (just for a change of pace). Thankfully, everything did arrive safely and seemingly none the worse for wear.
I have been a fan of the Ultraman series since the original ones were aired (dubbed) in the US in the late 60s ("Using the beta capsule, Hayata becomes....ULTRAMAN!"). My avatar is actually Ultraman Zearth (pronounced "Zayas"), a later incarnation who was done up in a bit of a comic style in 1996 - More about Zearth can be found here. The villian in one of the Zearth movies was actually played by Chairman Kaga of Iron Chef fame. I enjoyed these movies immensely, and he has now become my avatar.
Fiends, thrifters and Countrymen, lend me your ears.
My accomplishments may seem lesser in comparison to some but when you factor in that they were pulled from the barren wasteland that is the frozen North, they shine. And shine bright.
My biggest find was easily The Longest Day, unpunched and MINT and the minions at evilbay paid dearly for my efforts. $250 went to the cause that is my personal torment. I also picked up B-17: Queen of the Skies from the same source, also MINT.
As impressive were my double finds of Star Wars: Epic Duels, one in shrink and one out on the same day. From the same source.
For something that's really bad, but in an endearing way, there are all those Japanese monster movies. While everyone knows Godzilla and Gamera, you may never have had the mixed blessing of watching Inframan:
Caught a few bits and pieces of this series back when it was being aired on TV. (Late 60's early 70's, Ch. 29 WUTV-TV in Buffalo, N.Y.)
The weirdest scene I remember was at the start of one episode that showed Ultraman attending a memorial service for all the monsters that he'd had to kill so far.
