Hijinks Inc.

Category: Fred Smith

  • Hijinks Reviews: Tris

    Pros: Touch screen controls actually improve this game. Closest to a perfect Tetris port if we ever saw one.

    Cons: While easy to use, at the very high levels the touch controls aren’t quite as fast as the old D-pad.

    Developer: Noah Witherspoon (Two Finger Play)

    Version Reviewed: 0.6

    Platform: iPhone and iPod Touch

    Ever since the days of playing Tetris on my old black and white Gameboy I’ve held a special place in my heart for blocks falling from the sky. And interestedly enough, I haven’t seen anyone make improvements to that D-Pad and A and B buttons I used all those years ago. I can honestly say that I didn’t expect to see a good Tetris port on the iPhone/Touch. Not that I didn’t expect to see Tetris, but I thought they would try to overlay buttons on the screen (a’la Yeti3D) and things would just get awkward. Thankfully, they didn’t. Full review after the jump. (more…)

  • Zero Puncuation beats the crap out of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

    For the sad few of you who haven’t heard of Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, this is an excellent primer in why he is…well…excellent. Consider that Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold a metric crap-ton the first minute it was released in America. Then consider this review.

    (Features professional British cussing. Not as much in this video, but more in his archives. You’ve been warned.)

    Zero Punctuation reviews SSMB

  • UFO Central: What We All Expected Has Finally Arrived.

    That’s right, our benevolent alien overlords have arrived (or maybe the Autobots. We can only hope). And we were worrying about the upcoming presidential election. Pshaw.

    Drudge has a headline right now that reads: “Mystery Lights Over Florida, Arizona; Residents Spooked.”

    Along with this picture.

    Strange Lights

    Taken from this video.

    Residents in Florida and Arizona reported seeing a strange pattern of lights last night (Monday, April 21, 2008), and a few got some fuzzy video for us to peruse.

    What does it all mean? Probably nothing. We’re probably going to get a very vague statement from the government Sector 7 stating that they were running test maneuvers of some kind and the whole thing will fade away. Still, flashbacks to Independence Day anyone?

    More photos and videos after the jump.

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  • $230

    That’s the total value of the 11 games I put up on eBay this morning. I had an epiphany last night when I was staring at my shelf full of games. I was thinking, “Boy, it’d sure be nice to turn all that into cash.” It was about 2 AM at the time, which is as everyone knows the perfect time to post mass auctions on eBay (ok, maybe not).

    I listed all but one of my games at or above the price I paid for it, so assuming they sell I’ll be making a healthy profit off letting them sit on my shelf for a few weeks. The first game sold 8 minutes after I listed it, and I had another one sell about an hour ago.

    I guess this means I ending up agreeing with you Aaron, I need to start selling stuff on eBay instead of just buying. 😉

  • Pile of Shame

    If there was a problem I never thought I’d have, it would be having too many games to play. Turns out that impulse spending on eBay for two weeks in a row will fill up your game shelf pretty dang quick. I think it was Garnett Lee of 1UP Yours fame who coined the term ‘Pile of Shame’. Its the pile of games that you bought with the honest desire to play…then just didn’t have time. My problem is that I had (and have) this list of games in my head that I knew were good and that I’d enjoy playing…and when I saw them on eBay for a good price I couldn’t help myself.

    Anyhow, here’s the list.

    Nintendo DS

    • Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Started on it, then quit)
    • Advance Wars: Duel Strike (ditto)
    • Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
    • Harvest Moon DS
    • Lunar Knights
    • Metroid Prime Hunters
    • Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All
    • Starfox Command
    • Lego Star Wars II

    PSP

    • Final Fantasy Tactics
    • Jeanne D’Arc
    • Patapon
    • X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

    That’s thirteen games that I need to play. Moral of the story? Fred needs to stop looking at eBay.