For those of you who haven’t been to the beer sections of your grocery/convenience store lately, you may not have heard of a horrifying concoction called Chelada. Chelada is a product put out by Anheuser-Busch that mixes together beer and Clamato, which is tomato juice with clam extract. There are two different variants, Budweiser and Bud Light. As soon as we at AbG saw this nightmare, we knew we had to review it. The only question was… who? I don’t drink alcohol, plus I had tried the Clamato energy drink, so I refused. Axel also refused, citing general taste. So that left us down to poor Brick Prior, who lost an AbG-sanctioned vote (Axel and I voted for him, obviously). Fortunately, several of our brave forum members, and even some non-board members, joined along for the ride. You can, too, after the jump. (Warning; post-jump, the article is image-heavy! Dial-up users, you’ve been warned!)
Posted on November 29th, 2007 in Brick Prior, Food, Kenzan by Kenzan
In 1993, Capcom was riding a wave of popularity that, at the time, most third-party developers failed to get. They had a revered home console series in Mega Man, an arcade smash in the Street Fighter II set of games, a popular brawler in Final Fight, and a litany of solid licensed titles, such as Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers. (Although the quality of Yo! Noid was questionable; I like the game, but I may have been the only one here that did.) Still, Capcom wasn’t above experimenting, and they decided to take one of their more popular characters, Mike Haggar from Final Fight, and flesh out his backstory a bit. Thus, we have Saturday Night Slam Masters (or, if you’re in Japan, Muscle Bomber).
Posted on November 21st, 2007 in Kenzan, Video Games, WrestleRetro by Kenzan
Content is running slow lately. JD has limited typing capacity until his shoulder heals up, Brick has no functional computer, and I’ve been traveling the world without a laptop. Being the only one physically capable of an actual post, I’m going to spin wild tales of that which I’ve seen the most. And now, the rant stylings of an angry Axel on SFO - San Francisco International Airport.
Posted on November 20th, 2007 in Axel Night by Axel Night
This is part one in a series of [until I run out of games to talk about].
Hybrid Wrestler (or "Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler - Tougi Denshou", if we’re going to get technical) was released in 1994 on the Super Famicom in Japan. The game was made by Technos and is an interesting little entry into the wrestling game market. The game was sponsored by Pancrase, which was a wrestling promotion that marketed themselves as "hybrid wrestling", and generally promoted matches with a grappling, mat-based style. Pancrase later evolved into a legitimate mixed martial arts company in the late-1990s, but this was released beforehand, and boy, is it obvious.
Posted on November 15th, 2007 in Kenzan, Video Games, WrestleRetro by Kenzan
It’s been a while since Axel posted anything to you loving masses. So, here’s a quick run down of everything that matters in tech.
Posted on November 6th, 2007 in Technology by Axel Night