Author: jezzanorris86

I am what I am. I like food, photography, and anything that does not involve getting mortally wounded, or dying. I don't take things too seriously, so i'm not at all that serious about being serious. Seriously, just have fun, which is what I like to do sometimes, as long as I don't die, or get mortally wounded.

Playstation 2 ends production

I still remember it clearly, I just had graduated college, and about to take on the world, and to celebrate, I traded in my N64 Donkey Kong Edition (it was green, and I should have kept it), my PSone, and a slew of games to get a shiny newly released PS2. Walking home from what was then called Electronics Boutique (Game Stop to all of you young uns), I was ecstatic, and could not wait to dive right in and experience the ‘Next’ Generation in gaming. Thinking back now, I can’t even remember what my first game was. I do remember playing Zone of Enders endlessly with my cousins, as well as Twisted Metal Black (the end credits with the Rolling Stones – Paint it Black was awesome, and will always be forever be associated with that game and the PS2 with me). And we also did some damage with Gran Turismo 3, which, to me was totally jaw dropping in the graphics department, and probably was the first game to me, to blur virtual and reality, in terms of looks.

I have played many games on that trusty big black brick, heck, I still have the majority in my basement (along with my PS2), and that system has served countless hours of gaming fun, from the Gran TUrismo‘s, the Madden’s, the Metal Gears, and The DDR’s, yes Dance Dance Revolution. I have so many fond memories playing my PS2, but somehow, even with all those great games, it still does not hold a candle in my heart as the SNES did. I have better gaming memories in the 8 and 16 bit era, than that of the first 2 Playstations. But I digress.

My PS2 hasn’t been touched since I bought a PS3, and I still purchased games for it about a little over a year ago, which I had meant to play, since the newer PS3’s aren’t backwards compatible.
I might just dust off my PS2, and be nostalgic for a bit, and relive some of those games. To date, I think I have over 100 or so PS2 games, and I might just do some retro recollections here.

Anyway, here’s to the PS2, you have given all of us some great memories in the past decade.

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English: Two iterations of the PlayStation 2 c...

English: Two iterations of the PlayStation 2 console, the fat and the slimline. On the left is a slimline model SCPH-70001 with a vertical stand, on the right is a SCPH-30001 with a DualShock2 and 8MB memory card plugged in. This is the JPG version. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sources:

http://gimmegimmegames.com/2012/12/the-ps2-is-no-longer-being-shipped-in-japan/

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201212/28026636.html

 

 

Here’s some video’s for your viewing pleasure.

 

Earworm: Locked Outta Heaven – Bruno Mars

This bloody song has been in essence an earworm since it started playing in the airwaves.  I’m not a big fan of Mr. Bruno Mars, and the fact that this song is stuck in my head bothers me.

I do admit it is quite catchy, but UNGH!

 
 

Holiday Joy – or lack there of

Well, Christmas has come and gone. I hope everyone got what they were hoping to get and then some, and stayed safe throughout the process. Now it’s the time to start paying off those bills.
These past few holidays has been sub-par. I haven’t really felt all that Christmas spirit as of late. I guess with work, stressing what to gift to get to your special people, fending off the other holiday shoppers, figuring out food, logistics, it’s just not the same anymore as when you were younger. All you worry about is if you are going to get that cool new toy or gadget. This conversation has popped up one too many times this year, and I don’t know, I just can’t get into that holiday joy anymore.

Hopefully it will change next year.

Happy Holidays – Earworm – Holiday Road: Lyndsay Buckingham

From all of us (and when I say all, just myself and Patrick) here at IJWAB, we would like to wish everyone a safe and joyous holidays.

We leave you with this holiday classic song.
 

 

Holiday Shopping

So I got my shopping done in a day.  Granted it was 3 days before Christmas, but I got it done in a day.  15 gifts, and under-budget, and my area not being THAT overly crowded, it was a good shopping day.  I just got annoyed with all the driving.  I added about 100 miles yesterday just going from store to store.  I even got myself some nice holiday treats.

Anyway, a small comic for everyone.

 

 

Source link – http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/category/christmas/

Apocalypse ….

So all this hub bub about the world ending today, well, I’m posting this now, so I guess it’s not going to happen. Great, now I have a lot of powdered milk, and powdered cheese to consume, and some spam also. I guess it’s cool, cause I didn’t get to stash up on Twinkies. How convenient was that, Twinkies ceased to exist, and they were said to have a shelf life of like a million years, and, the world didn’t end. When I woke up this morning though, it was very crappy weather, and, well, just seemed like apocalypse was sort of happening.

My co-worker, Marky Mark and I were talking about it, and well, we came to the conclusion that the Mayan that had the duty of making their calendar either ran out of stone, finally realized he had a shitty task, and quit, or he went for a break, and got attacked by a Jaguar or something. Maybe we should do the same thing, chisel some stone, and bury it somewhere only to have future generations find it and have them freak out. LoL.

Now I have some Holiday shopping to do, and doing it this weekend is pretty much suicide right there. Anywho, I found this t-shirt graphic that pretty much sums up what happened. I think it’s cool, and I might pick it up.

I survived!

Source:  T-Shirt Groove

 

 

 

Lovely Weekend

Had a lovely weekend up in Stowe Vermont. My GF’s co-worker’s father owns a unit up at Stowe Mountain Lodge, and was kind enough to offer it to us for this past weekend.  It was a very lovely, and relaxing weekend, and the whole trip was enjoyable, despite the lack of snow.  I will have some photos up soon and a complete write up hopefully.

 

 

Cam Newton Windows Phone Commercial.

I saw this not too long ago, and I found it hilarious, well, at the very end anyway, when he did the pound cake and the french fries. He’s a great player, and he also seems like he has some good screen presence.

It also almost makes me want to dive into the Windows Phone world. Almost.

Earworm: Dragonball Z Japanese Intro

Yeah this is an odd one, but for some reason, I’ve been humming this on and off for the last few days. Probably ’cause my buddy Jose mentioned it when I spoke to him last.  I grew up watching subbed versions of this, and I damn near went into full trauma when I saw the English dubs.  I still love this cartoon, and would only watch this in its original Japanese form, nothing more.