Pacman Tetris

Pac-Attack!

A game that is 80% Tetris and 20% Pacman is nothing but win. The game doesn't run in odd shapes but more along the lines of Dr. Mario or Magic Jewelry. The shapes are very constant (Short L pieces in the case of Pac-Attack) with typical finish a row across and get points etc. The difference is the ghosts and Pacman.

On the SNES and Sega Genesis (as well as ports to Gamegear and GBC) the game doesn't seem to get that much attention beyond a certain group of puzzle solving manics. Give the game a whirl, if you can.

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The Picard Song/Video

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)was something which was grown up on in my own home. That being said, everyone who's seen TNG knows who Captain Jean Luc Picard is. He is the captain of the Enterprise!

History out of the way, this song by online handle name "DarkMateria" (Link to MySpace Music. Out of the three songs listed on site, it isn't much of a wonder why "The Picard Song" has grown the popularity it has.

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Power Outage (Blog/Personal News)

Due to a rather annoying power outage earlier today, a lot of things on this PC have been going half-retarded and as such an amusement to post is becoming a tad annoying with things not wanting to work at 100%.

Nothing is directly wrong with hardware, the system is just fighting some basic issues and probably needs (yet another) defrag and diskclean. Hardware is fine because it was checked.

So call this a pause/place holder for the day. Regular posting shall continue tomorrow and not doing as such is apologized for. This is at least a chance to add another smile to the pile.

Additional Note: Blogger is not always wanting to listen. Draft =/= Scheduled post.

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Blog Roll

A few amusement watched blogs that haven't gotten any face time as of late. Some are friends or friends of friends, yet others are simply pulled from unknown places.

• One Crazy Fool, And Some Other Stuff. - Friend of mine's blog about her life and some other random odd things. Suggest really checking out some of her related links. It is a personal blog but she plugs the most random/odd things.

• when is evil cool? - Similar to Solve Unamusement in its manner of blog posting but with a bit more of a random/odd twist. Unsure how to explain but the blog, itself, lists plenty of random (and sometimes brilliantly obscure) amusements.

• BibliOdyssey - Not 100% on this one. Its not actually read so much as "Oh look at the pretty pictures". Sure me, for that one.

• BagaLagaLaga - An artist-nerd combo blogger and Solve Unamusement reader. Posts his art as well as some random/odd amusements of hisown.

• Doshite! Doshite! - Friends blog. Its mildly inactive but is mostly music, currently.

• Hellban High Road - Another random personal blog. She's odd, not much else can be said on that one.

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Beyond Granpa

WARNING: Content may offend some people.

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PINK HEFFELUMPS!

Disney is magic with some of its stuff. Intoxicatingly annoying or brilliantly fun, a lot of Disney songs just can't help but be utterly amazing.

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The Boy With The Incredible Brain

Its cool, its weird, its science! There isn't much to say about this other than what the video poster, themselves has not. In which case, a direct copy-paste is needed.

This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’. (2005)

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The Pie Who Loved Me

With Billy and Mandy comes Evil Con Carne. Originally the two cartoons shared a thirty minute blocked called "Grim and Evil". The two cartoons would take turns within this block, ranging from short little one minute and thirty second cartoons to each getting an even 12/12 minute split (As a thirty minute cartoon is only 24 minutes long due to commercials.) Eventually each cartoon got its own spot, Billy and Mandy lasting the longest as separate entities of one another.

Basic run down of Evil Con Carne is this: Evil "wants to control the world" mastermind gets exploded. His brain and stomach are saved by his creepy love struck lab assistant who puts said brain and stomach onto a bear for a host. Skar is a military general who wants to control the world but is generally to much of a fail to do much about it. These three (the bear, the love struck lab chick and Skar the military general of epic failure) all work together in attempts to take over the world. So it is Pinky and The Brain minus mice add odd group of bad relationship puns.

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Roses and Wings

A story in which a few chapters, see that as two and a half, which were read but as reading is not a Solve Unamusement specialty and the story writer something of an acquaintance, a plug isn't harmful when that's all this site basically does anyway.

Some of you will be intrigued by it, others bored stiff. Those who manage to read it all and not grow tired of it please, drop a line and give a loose breakdown. That's right, an amusement which wasn't fully tasted. However, if one read posts about Shaiya Online, this isn't too out-of-place.

Blog/Story Writer Says:

A story of deceit, intrigue, love, power, passion, rage, and everything that makes a story great.

• Roses and Wings - Book One
• Roses and Wings - Book Two
• Roses and Wings - Book Three (Not started as of blog post.)

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ZOMBIES!

That's right, Zombies! Solve Unamusement readers, it is with pleasure that this writer gives you the only sub-genre of horror, next to the "monster movie" which zombie movies fit into, that is enjoyed.

Zombies are the awesome little buggers that eat brains and are the walking dead. You've seen them, don't lie.

Notes should be made that while "zombies" and "the infected" are technically the same thing, and are generally lumpped together via Solve Unamusement, these are two different breeds.

Simply put:

BTN: Zombies, Fast or Slow


Or to put it simply, even further:

• Fast Zombies = Quick scare but no real tension but still totally awesome.
• Slow Zombies = Suspense rather than a scare but still totally awesome.

Expect more zombies in the future, as they are a Solve Unamusement favorite of the horror genere. They are mostly the only horror favorite minus the odd overly done graphic fests of "cool CG bro".

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Phantasy Star Online (PSO)

Sorta kinda an MMO but not really, Phantasy Star Online (PSO from here on out) is technically only "multilayer". There is a lobby section where characters/players may interact but the game itself is only 1-4 players.

Solve Unamusement finds this game a bit difficult to classify, though it is mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy mixed. Dragons, wizards, giant mole... things but there are lasers, "credits/messta" and space ships! The game is a spin off, one would suppose, of the original Phantasy Star for the original Sega Systems. Mostly for the Genesis, however (Where Phantasy Star mostly got its popularity). Seems they were redone for the GBA, as well, if one wishes to check those out.

But back to the game at hand. Released on multiple consoles, the Sega Saturn at first as two different games (A version 1 and a version 2), and later on the Gamecube and Xbox.

Personally, this blogger/gamer started with the Xbox version and until recently didn't even know there was a PC version of the game.

PSO: Blue Burst (PSO:BB from here on) is a direct Xbox port with the addition of an adidtional episode and can be obtained for free with acess to a free, and very dedicated, server. That server and download will be provided a little further down the list. However before that is listed a few things must be let known. The game's install is slightly faulty and requires anyone who can't "fix their own problems" either have a guiding hand (Sorry, no help from Solve Unamusement) learn by trial and error or not play.

The main problem for a majority of installs is that the icon which is created both on the desktop as well in the startmenu does not have the correct target rout. This can be fixed by selecting the icon, right clicking then going to properties. There the "target box" can be found and if install was done with all default settings...

"C:\Program Files\Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst\online.exe"

That may be pasted in the box and everything should work.

• PSO:BB Server Site - SCTHACK
• SCTHACK's PSO:BB Download page
• SCTHACK Forum - Solve Unamusement writter is not a forum goer
• PSO:BB Free Server Drop List

That being that, the game is brilliantly fun (if not having a bit of a learning curve). Unlike other online games, PSO doesn't require a heavy commitment either. Simply need to play the game once every 90 days to keep your characters active on the server.

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The Lou Diamond Philharmonic

This guy's music is weird and crazy. Some of you who perhaps watch "Blogs of Note" may have seen his other blog but the one where he shares music of his own odd creation is what was found really amusing. The image blog is just not "gotten". Modern art is beyond me, personally.

Without adude or with adue if you wish, here is a music video, again of his own creation, which is based around his "Number one single" Black Albino.

The Lou Diamond Philharmonic - Black Albino


The Lou Diamond Philharmonic on Blogspot

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Dad 'n Me (Flash Game)

Dad 'n Me is a beat'em-up by the same people who brought you Alien Homonid. The game centers around one of the creator's main character's son (mouth full?) who's job is to be a bully.

The game is far from difficult and I personally found little challenge for the most part. "Boss fights" were the only thing which posed any real difficulty, unless projectiles from other areas were kept. Should note that the basketball is worth keeping as long as possible.

Controls

• Jab - A key
• Strong - S key
• Move - Arrow keys

Combo a smash attack with both A and S. Doing this is a great way to knock down multiple enemies as well as smack bosses down when no projectiles are about.

Dad 'n Me @ freeonlinegames.com

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Bit more Nerdcore

MC Christ was lightly highlighted some time ago but there is so much by him that's just awesome one could do a blog only about said music, and there isn't any doubt that someone does.

So two for the price of one, as with before. This time, however, it is MC Chris and only MC Chris.

Mc Chris - Fett's Vette


MC Chris - Geek

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White and Nerdy

A song that couldn't justify Solve Unamusement, or perhaps even its author, more is "white and Nerdy" by Weird Al. Though an obvious stereotype the song, and Weird A, is just bloody brilliant.

White and Nerdy - Weird Al


Expect more Weird Al in the future, and even ones that are not as popular as the one above that was posted. Please do not mind the introduction to the video. This is a way for the youtuber to avoid having the vid removed and to allow bloogers, like myself, the ability to embedd the video.

On another note: why is evil cool (all lowercase) has listed an amusement that was going to, eventually, be posted here. Ghost Whisperer. How Dudel was privy to this blog escapes him. Could have been a blogger "Blogs of Note", could have been random blog surfing. Will warn that the color choice for the blog is a bit "ew".

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