Amazon Offering Video Game Downloads w/ Trial

We’re not talking about Left 4 Dead here, but there are 600 games under $10 to check out on Amazon’s new Game Download Store.

Head over and check it out. These games may not be Tower Defense or Galactrix but there are a couple of good ones there.

“I Love Jesus But I Drink a Little”

A friend of ours posted this on Facebook. Gladys Hardy is a hoot!

Light-Hearted Humor

Hopefully you’ll get a giggle out of this.

Ten Rules for Dating My Daughter

Yeah, I know my daughter is only 3 months old but you can never start preparing too early for the complete losers who are bound to come hunting around our home in a few short years.

I say a couple mounted heads on the living room wall might be worth the decorating hit we’ll take if HGTV ever answers our plea for a re-design.

Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you’d better be delivering a package, because you’re sure as hell not picking anything up.

Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter’s body, I will remove them from your body.

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Rock Band Track on Real Kit

Here’s what the Rock Band key placement for Panic Attack by Dream Theater sounds like on a real kit. The dude is pretty solid.

Paladin’s Imaginary Musical Career in Rock Band

As a father, it’s built-in that I want my kids to enjoy the things I enjoy and avoid the things I dislike. But there’s a catch. What if I do like something but am so horribly inept that it borders on freakshow status? Well my friends, that’s where Rock Band comes in.

You see, I love music. LOVE it. If I could have been anything in this life it would been to trade places with Eddie Van Halen. I mean really, dude had it all. (Well, before the drug problem, the divorce, the breakup… you get the picture.)

Now back to the “inept” part. I bought a sweet, red Yamaha electric guitar when I was 16. When I tried to play it, it was as if some past dosage of nitrous oxide took control of my hands (more likely my ears and brain) and what came out was anything but musical. I tried and tried but to no avail. Simply stated, I sucked.

(This is all the more troubling that my friend Todd was so incredibly gifted that he picked up the piano in about a month. I’m not even exaggerating.)

So when I was able to play Guitar Hero a couple years back at our friends house, it was all I could do to restrain myself from ordering the game from Amazon on my Blackberry on the drive home. I was hooked like a wide-mouth bass.

Now, I’m not good like my son Ben—he’s a phenom—but I can hold my own. So the purpose of this post is for me to keep track of what I’ve conquered thus far in my music (non-musical) career.

“Oh no, don’t pity me babe
I know I’m alright
O yeah, I’m alright.” -Neil Young

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Roseanne Barr Has Lot Her Freakin’ Mind

Never thought I’d be linking to Roseanne Barr’s blog but here’s why:

“Exactly as its Nazi mentors did to the Jews of Warsaw, Israel now bombs innocent civilians who have been imprisoned in concentration camps in Gaza!”

Wow. But that’s not the best of it. Head over and read some of her asinine crap. I think it’s time she goes back to over-medicating herself because this stuff is clearly poisonous.

Dude Uses Theremin in Rock Band

Theremin Hero via Kotaku. There are some very creative people out there.

The Greatest Plastic Guitarist Ever

I’ve found him! The greatest Guitar Hero/Rock Band guitarist of all time. I’m awed by his immense talent and shamed by his incredible skills. If I could be 50% as good as he is, I’d be content.

Did you notice how he was singing along while playing? I bet he even closed his eyes for some of those “easy” parts.

Maybe he’s the cyborg experiment I keep hearing the government is trying to keep under wraps. Judge for yourself the man, the myth, the legend.

I’m thinking about planning a pilgrimage. If this man turns out to be a charlatan then I’ll send in the goons.

Dante’s Inferno Video Game Teaser Trailer

This clip doesn’t give us much about the video game but with IP like this, designers should be full to overflowing with level design possibilities.

I’m surprised somebody over at Industrial Light & Magic hasn’t pushed through a concept for a film on this amazing piece of literature—Divine Comedy. [via kotaku]

Laugh at Carlton and Have a Great Day

A sure-fire laugh right here. I’d love to see the out-takes of these. Enjoy!

Computer Rules Guitar Hero, Um Yeah

This should come as a surprise to anyone. What is surprising is that someone took the time to set it all up!

Great Animated Movie on the Horizon: Monsters vs. Aliens

Looks hilarious! Am I regressing? [via Kadnine]

Roy and His Ugly Ties Get Some Pub

Bad singer, great lyrics. Have a laugh or three.

Where’s Caltechgirl to take up for her man? [via KSR]

The Beatles Are Coming to Rock Band

The musigame wars are heating up! Guitar Hero is trying to one-up their competition with multi-colored cardboard Burger King meal boxes. Rock Band? They’ve just signed the biggest musical act of all time.

I wonder which game is going to win in the end?