Category Archives: Videos

Suntory beer can commercial

This is a pretty awesome commercial.

ASIMO

I thought I’d share some of the videos I took of ASIMO at Disneyland on 9/24/12.

Here he’s introduced to the audience for the first time.

ASIMO shows off a little bit.

Dance moves? Yeah, he’s got those.

Last but not least, ASIMO uses the stairs,

The Aquabats Live at the OC Great Park, 8/30/12

A couple weeks ago I saw the Aquabats at a free concert at the Orange County Great Park. It was outdoors, and while there was a large crowd in front, hardly anyone stood off to the side. That’s where I was. It let me get close without getting jostled, which meant I could actually film. No, I couldn’t really see Ricky Fitness, but I never really get any good shots of him.

They actually performed two sets, which was pretty cool. They put a break in the middle, pointing out that parents with young children could take the kids home. I’m sure it was mostly the fact that they needed a break.

Notables:

They fought a giant shrimp
The called a young fan, Joey, up to the stage. Joey was super fast even with his forearm crutches!
The Aquabats performed “Martian Girl” with Jimmy on saxophone because his keyboard was having problems. It sounded great!
Ricky Fitness sang “I Don’t Want to Lose Your Love Tonight” while the M.C. Bat Commander drummed.

Video list:

Sorry for singing a lot. I couldn’t help it.

Chuck’s Challenge 3D Beta – Package A – Full Playthrough

After sharing a short clip of the Chuck’s Challenge 3D beta the other day, I decided to record some more. There are different packages of levels, and this is a full playthrough of the first package. Keep in mind that this is only the beta. Things are likely to change.
Despite playing Chuck’s Challenge on the iPhone, I had a great time playing CC3D. Besides being 3D of course, there were a few other changes that made it different enough to keep it fresh. If you fond memories of playing Chip’s Challenge on the PC, make sure to try out Chuck’s Challenge 3D!

Guns of Icarus Online Beta Gameplay Video

I recorded my first match in the Guns of Icarus Online beta. I don’t have the intention of writing a full preview right now, but I have a little bit to say. My opinion on the game is mixed. As a proof of concept, it’s good. We’ll just need to see how popular the game is when it retails and if the bugs are fixed.
Audio is fine, and the style of the graphics is very cool. It doesn’t look to be a AAA title in this department, and that’s okay. However, the gameplay is a little troublesome. I had a lot of trouble just running around the airship. The core concept of the game is fighting with other ships; the core of the gameplay I saw was trying not to fall off the ship, especially when it felt like I’d sometimes move through the railing.
The beta didn’t have enough people playing to have full teams. This meant that I was running back and forth between gunning and piloting. I imagine the game would be much more awesome if I was working on a coherent team. Note that I said “coherent team.” Simply being on a team that doesn’t work together isn’t enough. However, if the person piloting is actually talking to the gunners, it could be very cool. The game pitted two ships on the red team against two on the blue team, I think. It would help if I could figure out whether another ship was red or blue though!
It’s too early to know for sure how the game is going to be. I’m definitely still excited to play it more. I think the true test will be when there are enough people to have full games!

Chuck’s Challenge 3D

The beta of Chuck’s Challenge 3D was released for some Kickstarter supporters recently, and I had the chance to try it out. It’s a port of the iOS game, Chuck’s Challenge, which is itself similar to the amazing Chip’s Challenge from the Lynx and PC. The video is short because it’s just a quick look at the game. You’ll have to excuse a couple times where nothing seems to be happening; I was trying various inputs just to see how it worked.

Robot House Sidewalk Chalk Art by gem Featuring Futurama!

I thought I’d share gem’s chalk art in our driveway! Robot House’s the best!

God Bless America

Over the weekend I watched Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America, a black comedy and satire of modern America. After a series of negative events, including discovering he’s dying, Frank, played by Joel Murray, decides to take his own life. However, he sees a spoiled brat who’s upset that she received the wrong car as a gift on a TV show about sweet sixteens and decides to take her life instead. He eventually teams with a young girl named Roxy, played by Tara Lynne Barr, and they proceed to battle meanness and rudeness in the United States by killing people that Frank believes deserves to die.
Despite some unbelievable parts, especially at the end of the moving, it’s a very funny reflection on our society. And as a perk, after you watch it, you can point out people in everyday life and say “God Bless America” as a way of noting to your companion that Frank wouldn’t stand for that person.
God Bless America premiered at a film festival last year and is currently available to be streamed. It’s currently available from Google Play for $9.99 and will be in theaters May 11.

System Restore and Sleep and Charge

My team put up a few new videos to which I never linked.

Parasailing, Golf, and Dinners

This past weekend was an eventful one. Friday night we went to Yardhouse at Spectrum for Duncan and Elizabeth’s Spring Break celebration. Yes, we celebrated something that I haven’t had in a while by going to a busy restaurant at an incredibly busy mall on the worst possible night. But it was fun anyways! And the food was good of course. There were a couple people I hadn’t met before, so that was fun as well.

Saturday we went to Balboa to go parasailing! It was a ton of fun! Things started off a little troublesome. Besides the fact that it was very cloudy, we misinterpreted our Living Social coupon. We thought it was for two people, but it was only for one. In addition to owing extra money, there wasn’t room for me due to regulations. Luckily, they let me on the boat by utilizing a nice loophole and considering me a lifeguard in training. Yay? Watching them unfold the parasail wing was scarier than watching the other group go up, which was scarier than going up myself. It would have thought it would have been the other way around. I guess when I’m doing it, I’m more concerned with doing things properly and enjoying it! Leaning back and looking up to see parasail wing while in the air was very disorienting though. It was incredibly fun, and I’d love to do it again.

Afterwards we walked around the waterfront and had some lunch. We found a tasty pizza shop and got a gyro and slice of pizza. Then we headed to a dessert store called Sweet Tooth (that wasn’t related to the Twisted Metal character at all!) where I had a delicious chocolate covered banana. Watching Arrested Development again gave me a craving for a Bluth Banana, I suppose.

Sunday I went golfing with my stepdad, boss, and coworker. You can see my stepdad in the photo. It was my first time, and I was terrible like I suspected, but it was still a lot of fun. I was pretty relieved that it was fun actually. After all, I did already put a bunch of money into this and agree to play in Toshiba’s league. My arms got sunburned, but Pete had it the worse; he felt something hit his leg only to soon after realize that what he felt was in his leg. He was in pain and had trouble walking, but he finished anyways. Hopefully it isn’t anything major, but I can’t imagine how that would be possible.

Monday night we went to a new Korean BBQ place we hadn’t tried with Collin. It was expensive, but we had another coupon. There were a bunch of delicious things I’d had previously as well as some new things. “Beef marrow gut” (cow intestines) was new to me. It tasted pretty good, but it felt terrible.
My weekends aren’t normally this exciting, but I wouldn’t complain if more of them were! Okay, honestly, I would complain. But I’d enjoy it in the end.