Matt's Cool and Interesting Blog of The New Millennium 

Why I want a Gamecube

I've always thought Nintendo has made the best games of all video game producing companies, although, it always seems that their best games are released late in their platform's life cycle. My example du jour: Mario 128. A sequel to Mario 64!? All I can really say is wow.

In other Nintendo news, it appears that my recently acquired Game Boy Advance is soon to be obsoleted. Nintendo is releasying in November the Game Boy DS. This generation features two screens and the ability to get on a wireless network. I'm jealous.

Matt's Cool and Interesting Guide to Summer Fun

Ok, it's Summer, your job hasn't started yet, and you're bored. This is the definitive guide to what you should can do. Some of these take more than one person, so you may need a friend.

1. Play Nethack.

Nethack is a single player dungeon crawling computer game. It also is the most difficult game ever made. If you want to make things more interesting, post your high scores here as a comment. Mine is 20,000 points with a male elf wizard. Before you play though, make sure you read the guide or you will surely be lost.

2. Go Outside. (you're silly if you clicked on that link!)

This is challenging, you have to get up and walk outside. "But, Matt once I'm there, what shall I do?" you ask. Well, that's up to you. There are many things to do outside, just use your imagination.

3. Play texas hold'em poker. Go here for a bearable summary of the rules. Note: This will require several friends, about four, maybe!

4. Play 1000 blank white cards.

This will also require a bunch of friends, preferably, really creative friends. It's really a lot of fun though.

5. Play Fingers!

Find one other person, anyone will do! Tell them that they are going to play fingers, and on the count of three hold up any number of fingers. Count to three. Both of you then hold up some fingers The player with the most fingers up wins! Play until all games are ties. Then...

6. Play Anti-Fingers. Find more friends. The more the better. Now tell them all these rules: First we'll count to three, then all players will hold up any number of fingers. The player with the lowest number of fingers (with one being the lowest) wins. If any number of players tie, they all lose, and the player holding up the next highest number of fingers wins.
So... If Abbey, Beckey, Curt, Danial, Ebert, Fred, and Greigor were all playing fingers, and Abbey held one finger, and all other players held up two fingers, Abbey would win. But if, Abbey and Beckey both held up one finger, Curt held up two fingers, and Danial, Ebert, Fred, and Greigor all held up three fingers, Curt would win. Finally, if Abbey and Beckey held up two fingers, Curt and Danial held up three fingers, Ebert and Fred held up four fingers, and Greigor held up all 10 fingers, Greigor would win.

Now hopefully, you understand the complex game of Anti-Fingers.

Good luck, have fun!

Productivity

I got so much stuff done the first two days I've been home. I got a good lead on a job, got my computer hooked to the internet, got a haircut, and saw my brother's concert. It's so good to be busy.

A Hyperlink To The Past

Here's something funny. It appears I'm still assistant patrol master of the Boy Scout Troop 264, Wolverine Patrol.

Winding down

The year's almost over here at CMU, and I'm getting ready to come home for a long, relaxing Summer. Does anyone know of any great Summer jobs? And I swear, if I hear the word plastic mentioned I'll hunt you down, kidnap you, and make you work for 10 hours a day packing plastic. My last final is tomorrow, in differential equations, but I'm not too worried about it (not at all, actually). After my final, I'm going to make a homepage with a javascript, randomly generated, biography of me. That will keep me entertained for a while. The final tomorrow is, however, at 8:30 AM, so I guess I'm going to go to sleep.

GBA

I'm getting a Game Boy Advance with Wario Land 4 for less than $20 tomorrow. w00t!

Arrested Development

Arrested Development is simply the best show on television right now. It's schizophrenic, brilliant, and utterly hilarious. It's so fast paced, too. The problem is, it's on the bubble. FOX has put it on at the ill-fated Sunday at 9:30 spot, and so, from the beginning, it was doomed to be cancelled. Watch it, and, if you know anyone with a Nielson box, break into their house, and tune in. Really, it's that good.

Summer promises

Every year, as summer approaches, I think of all kinds of things to do; try to actually make a game to completion, work out, read a million different books. Of course, none of these things ever get near done, or for that case even started. I guess this is kind of like everyone's stupid New Year's Eve resolutions. I never made those because it seems to formal, and I'm always to busy, but I'm also too busy to get anything done over summer, too. Sure, it seems like I have more time, but then I have to get a job (*shudders*) and find scholarships and hang out with friends and sleep in and not completely avoid my family. It's a shame. I could really do some cool things if I had about a month of time that didn't need to be used for other things.

Random Game I Like #23: Never Winter Nights

This feels just like Baldur's Gate one and two did, but with better graphics. You might as well just call it The Grade Killer. Crap!

I did it.

I aced that test (see below). However, I did not do so well in the poker tournament. I played well though. Bad luck I guess.