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Priority Gaming.

August 19, 2008

Time is an increasingly precious commodity. (hence the crappy MS Paint image) Once your schooling is done with, your careers begin and you finally move out of your parents basement you’ll quickly realize there’s a crap load of stuff that has to get done in 12 very speedy hours. Everything from holding a job to grocery shopping. Gone are the days when you take a 15 minute break in between 5 hour guitar hero sessions to find the fridge magically stocked with delectable goodies. (What ever happened to those magical fridges? man, i miss those. I’m also a fan of mysterious stoves, fantastical laundry machines.) So when you find yourself in a daily time crunch, where does gaming fit in? (more…)

Filed under: Nintendo, Video Games, Wii |

What if… SteamPunk Samus

August 18, 2008

Alright, so i thought I use my super human powers and shamelessly plug what Chris, my brother, is doing over at ScarnArt.com. On The Wiire podcast article, a discussion formed between the users about what would happen if Zelda was futuristic and Metroid became mid evil. That got my brother thinking, what if Metroid was done in a completely different style? Steampunk. (more…)

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Bell’s Palsy Barkman: The Saga

August 11, 2008

Ok, so I had this ace in the hole when it comes to things to post about. Everybody apparently wants to know more about the birth of “Bells Palsy Barkman”. I promised myself when I started this blog that I wasn’t going to post this until I had run out of other things to talk about. I guess today, (after 4 articles) I have hit that limit. So onward to Bells Palsy Barkman story! (more…)

Filed under: Misc |

5 Reasons Why Wii Fit Is More Like Home Gym Equipment Than People Realize.

August 6, 2008

Ok, So aside from winning the longest blog title of all time award, I have composed a list of seven six five reasons why Wii Fit is more like home gym equipment than people realize. All dumb witty jokes aside (I need to have as many strike through words in an article as possible, cause its cool) here we go! (more…)

Filed under: Nintendo, Video Games, Wii |

Nintendo using Holographic Storage in Wii?!

August 1, 2008

No, it doesnt look anything like this.

Ahh, I love the smell of patents in the morning. I have to say this really does bring back memories of scrounging random Nintendo patents in hopes of finding a glimpse into the design of the yet-to-be-unveiled controller. The topic of today’s interest is something much more - how do you put it - ‘trekie’. Holographic Storage devices. (more…)

Filed under: Nintendo, Video Games, Wii |

Nintendo & Sony on Vacation.

July 25, 2008

Awwww. Aint that cute.

I really wasn’t going to turn this blog into a negative stream of energy where I can barf my frustations of the gaming industry. I promise I’ll have more uplifting pieces in the days to come. I just have to get this off my chest. We just finished recording the Wiire Podcast - Episode 107 and to be honest, I hadn’t heard of this until Ian brought it up during the cast. (more…)

Filed under: Microsoft, Video Games |

Why I won’t buy a Sony console.

July 22, 2008

I have to admit, it does look shiny.

Most of you reading this know me from my staff role at The Wiire and as member of The Wiire.com Podcast. As of late, I’ve been receiving a lot of brutal hatemail constructive and thought provoking emails as to why I harp on Sony all the time. And believe it or not, I do have my reasons that extend deeper than the “OMGZ SONY DOESN’T INNOVATE THEY STEELZ FROM NITNENSO!!!!1!” comments. (more…)

Filed under: Sony, Video Games |

Welcome to TheBarkman.com

July 22, 2008

If you found yourself upon this site, chances are you fall into one of the following categories,

1) You are a staff member of The Wiire.com and feel an odd sense of “I guess I’ll check his site out since I work with him”
2) You are a member of The Wiire communit in which case you want to further hear what i have to say about gaming in general.
3) You are related to me, in which case you have to check out my site or you’ll hurt my feelings
4) You just happened to stumble upon an article that I stumbledUpon.

There is a few things that you should know about my site before you get too hooked. And since I love lists, Here’s another for ya (more…)

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