I am completely obsessed with this video game "trick" for Blaster Master (whatever that is!) that I ripped from the VHS Secret Video Game Tips, Codes and Strategies Vol. 2. I don't want to spoil it for you, but let's just say that Secret Video Game Tips, Codes and Strategies Vol. 2 is more committed to realness than anything else this side of RuPaul's Drag Race. Think of this as an endurance test.
i love the intense music that they play for and minute and a half while on pause...
definitely inane.
Posted by: Chris | April 22, 2010 at 01:57 PM
I used the trick so many times when I played back in the 80s. Surprisingly it still works on an emulator....
Posted by: MizoFizo | April 22, 2010 at 02:45 PM
They really make you work for that minute, don't they?
Posted by: Jackie | April 22, 2010 at 03:31 PM
Works on the clitoris as well.
Posted by: Neil | April 22, 2010 at 03:43 PM
I think they just wanted to give us ample time to muse on the sociophilosophical ramifications of the concept of vagina dentata
Posted by: Nova | April 22, 2010 at 06:05 PM
This amused me WAY more than it should have.
Posted by: Bud | April 23, 2010 at 07:28 PM
... And my dumbass sat thru the damn thing.
Posted by: B-Rocka A.K.A. Agenda Debonaire | April 23, 2010 at 09:27 PM
Yeeeeaaah, that is one BOSS vagina, and, as a lady, that still weirds me out.
Posted by: Oddannah | April 24, 2010 at 04:46 AM
That 1:15 had me on a repeating laughing/done laughing/laughing anew loop, four cycles strong.
Posted by: Tramputee | April 24, 2010 at 01:57 PM
why is hello kitty fighting a toothy vagina? also. hilarious.
Posted by: kim | April 24, 2010 at 09:16 PM
I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who saw vagina. And that was one terrifying vagina. If only all vagina's only took 1 minute and 15 seconds to 'conquer'.
Posted by: Steph | April 25, 2010 at 11:59 PM
The "music" increasing in volume made me hecka anxious.
Posted by: AD | April 26, 2010 at 07:34 AM
I only made it to 0:47.
Posted by: L. Duhon | April 28, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Blaster Master was one of the most awesome games for the NES. 90% of the game was spent in your bad ass vehicle that could drive on the ceiling. Very cool scroller. The 10% lame part of the game is when you'd have to leave your vehicle to fight dorky bosses. The video only shows the lameness.
Posted by: d | May 07, 2010 at 06:48 AM
All I have to say is it's a good thing for these comments, or I would be already on something else.
Posted by: Thor | June 09, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Wonderfully written, full of love. Well deserved EP.
Posted by: booster cable | July 27, 2011 at 04:07 AM
Brilliant! That sounds like fun - and it sounds like Berlin.
Posted by: Bar-Table | July 27, 2011 at 04:18 AM
Of course, this only applied to dignified rifle-hunting of stags and boars.
Posted by: Hydraulic-Jack | July 27, 2011 at 04:32 AM
This is such a horribly sad story, but I love the way you told it. Thanks for not dragging us into a guns-or-no-guns debate and just allowing us to enjoy your wonderful writing.
Posted by: Jack-Stand | July 27, 2011 at 04:33 AM
This was excellent! Although it was ten years later and I had the M16, I was there with you pal, and just as scared!
Posted by: booster cables | July 27, 2011 at 04:41 AM
The thing that amazes me is that after many years teaching, in all sorts of environment, my students' desperate need still gets me.
Posted by: non-woven fabric | July 27, 2011 at 04:53 AM
Read this last night but had trouble commenting at the time, so I'll chime in now to say good job of relating your experience here.
Posted by: Medical mask | July 27, 2011 at 05:25 AM
wonderful story. I was expecting a different ending. Cool, marvelous story....
Posted by: crystal trophy | July 27, 2011 at 05:27 AM
This is horrible. Another reason why, in the 21st century, we shouldn't be enslaving animals and creating all sorts of excuses as to why we need them.
Posted by: crystal box | July 27, 2011 at 05:30 AM
So fun article is! I agree the idea!
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