Cheap Ass Polo Shirts

Sears has a decent stock of polo shirts for $5.99 apiece. The link is here. They don't have anything in "man-size," but for all of you little people (XL or lower), you should be able to find something cheap.

A Meaningless Rock Band Post - Part 2

What do you do with a meaningless post? You follow it up with updates and responses, of course. After giving it some thought (and seeing that my list was 80% classic rock...when really 70% is plenty), I've made a couple of adjustments to my Top 10 Songs That Should Be In Rock Band list. List 2.0, again, in no particular order...except for Jungle Love. That song has just got to be in there. Anyways, the list:

1. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
2. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (don't tell me a 24 minute song won't work...it'll work)
3. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (I don't care, I like it)
   
4. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
   
5. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
6. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
   
7. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
8. Bill Withers - Use Me Up
   
9. Hard-Fi - Gotta Reason (if you own FIFA '06, you know the song)
   
10. Velvet Underground - Oh Sweet Nuthin'

A Meaningless Rock Band Post

So here's something that's completely useless: What songs should be added to the Rock Band downloadable content list? It's a discussion you can have with friends, but forwarding the results of that discussion to the folks at Harmonix is completely useless.

Fortunately, this a blog, where I can say whatever asinine shit I want, so here goes. What follows is my top ten songs that ought to be available for download for Rock Band (excluding Led Zeppelin, who apparently aren't yet interested in joining the fray...I guess the Beatles as well, but they don't have any songs that would make my list).

In no particular order:

1. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
2. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (don't tell me a 24 minute song won't work...it'll work)
3. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (I don't care, I like it)
   
4. Cream - White Room
   
5. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
6. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
   
7. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
8. INXS - Elegantly Wasted
   
9. Scorpions - No One Like You
10. Velvet Underground - Oh Sweet Nuthin'

Yeah, so what it's mostly classic & 80s rock? It's my goddamn list.

Rock Band 2 Setlist

For those of you I haven't seen face-to-face recently, and who aren't on the pulse of the video game industry, here's a bit of news for you: Rock Band 2's release has been announced for September of 2008, and the setlist has been released.

A couple of the more exciting songs for me are Livin' on a Prayer, Peace Sells, Eye of the Tiger, Alive, and basically all of the 1970's songs. And of course, fans of The Office will appreciate You Oughta Know.

Video Game Hall of Fame: G.I.Joe

I was a huge G.I.Joe fan as a kid. I liked the toys, I liked the cartoon, I liked the idea of G.I.Joe. This persists today, as I'm a strong advocate of red lasers for good guys and green lasers for bad guys, and nobody ever dying in war, people always leaving their vehicle just before it explodes. I like that.

We got the G.I.Joe Nintendo game when my brother had some kind of ear surgery and was given the choice of a single game. Eddie's made some bad decisions in his life, but G.I.Joe was oh so good.

The basic gameplay is a pretty standard platform game. You are assigned a leader for each mission, and select two other soldiers to complete your team. Each soldier has varying capabilities; for example, Captain Grid-Iron is a dominant hand-to-hand combatant, while Snake Eyes can leap through the roof, and Rock n' Roll is your heavy weapons expert. Playing to each guy's strengths is part of the fun of the game, but really the fun is just playing the game.

Each level has a well-constructed boss, and by "well-constructed" I mean that each boss has a particular method to its madness. One of the keys to a good NES game is having tasks that can be figured out and defeated with the proper plan and execution. Newer games work on complex AI that mirrors human thought, but older games tend to work better if they're more like puzzle games. G.I.Joe does exactly that.

As usual with older games that I like, the music kicks ass. Unfortunately, though, OC Remix hasn't produced any remixes of songs from the game. I even posted a request in the forums (which I think is like sending an email to a professional athlete asking for an autograph: good luck). For those of you interested in this or any other old Nintendo game's original music, I've got a post in the works giving you the rundown on how to get the song files and how to set up your machine to be able to play them. It's easier than you think.

Back to the game, it's really one of the all-time greats on the original Nintendo system. I suggest you try it out, if you're able. Be a Real American Hero.

Printable Best Buy Coupon

Here's a printable $10 off $75 coupon for Best Buy, but you can't use it online. Gonna have to get off your butt for thirty seconds and drive over to the store. But hey, $10 off is $10 off.

The link is here.

Rockin' Deals

Hey guys, here are a couple of good deals on Rock Band/Guitar Hero gear.

• Amazonhas the Playstation 3 wireless Les Paul style guitar for $31.36. (Please note: As best I can tell, this guitar is not usable with Rock Band or Playstation 2 versions of Guitar Hero).
  
• For those of you living in the past who haven't bought a current-generation console yet (like myself), Amazonalso has the PlayStation 2 Rock Band Special Edition set (which just means it comes with all the instruments) for a cool $99.99.

Movie Hall of Fame: DONE

I've decided to nix the movie hall of fame. I like movies, but I don't see enough of them or care enough about most of them to really legitimately declare "hall of fame caliber" movies. So we're going to switch to 1st and 16th of each month, a new inductee for the music and video game halls of fame, respectively. To fill the void left by the ousting of the movie HOF, I'm going to start posting deals and coupons. I know I said previously that I was going to do it, but now I'm actually going to do it.

So, be ready for that.