Hijinks Inc.

Author: Dave Sack

  • Your order is on its way

    Those were the beautiful 6 words that filled the subject line of the email I received from Best Buy a few hours ago. The best part is that I haven’t ordered anything from Best Buy since I pre-ordered Halo 3 almost 6 months ago. I knew that September 25 was the release date, and that it was just around the corner, but something about that warm, fuzzy email alerting me of all the awesome gaming I’m about to encounter just really filled me with glee. And I wanted to share that with you.

    There, now that I’ve shared that glee, you may now return to your previously scheduled activities.

  • History in the making

    Alright, if you haven’t heard of them yet, you will… soon. The band is Mute Math. They have a video of their first released single called “Typical”. In said music video, the band plays in reverse. Lots of videos have been done in reverse, but few, if any, have been an actual performance backwards. The bandmates learned to play, and lip-synch, all of their parts from end to beginning, that way when the recording was played in reverse it actually looked like they were singing and playing regularly, but all of their movements were backwards. Follow me?

    Well, last night Mute Math made history by being the first band to every play the song backwards on live TV. They recreated their music video in front of a live audience, and they did it all in one take. They didn’t stop the cameras and redo a part they screwed up, they did the whole song in reverse. It was actually pretty cool.

    Check out the craziness

    By the way, if you have a chance to see Mute Math in your local area, I definitely suggest it. They put on a very original, high energy show, which was probably the best I’ve ever seen. Share your thoughs in the comments.

  • One man’s guide to becoming the ultimate… housewife? Day 2 (sorta)

    Alright, when I last updated you guys, I was finishing out my last week after having quit my job. They let me go Wednesday after we finished the biggest job we had in production and I took the rest of the day to celebrate. I gotta tell you, it feels really good to quit your job, you should try it sometime! (I guess now is about the time I should tell you that Hijinks Inc. does not take any responsibility for any advice you take from this blog)

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  • Week 2 in Review

    The final game of week 2 is finished, and to be honest, I still don’t know for sure what’s going on. That’s the beauty of the NFL. The other beautiful thing is that I won all my fantasy football games this weekend, I can’t remember that ever happening before.

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  • Bioshock

    I really didn’t know much about Bioshock when it came out. I’d seen the commercial and glanced at a couple of previews, but that was pretty much it (I knew so little about the game, I thought you played as the dude on the front cover, with the auger hand). I downloaded and played the demo on Xbox Live and was intrigued. Then, after I read a couple of reviews that gave it a 9.9 and a perfect 10, I figured I needed to give it a try. After playing it for awhile, I have 2 words to say “Holy crap!”

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