A Toilet as a Metaphor for Life

You know how sometimes, you're in the bathroom, minding your own business when someone else walks in and goes into a neighboring stall? Then you know how sometimes on top of that, the cleaning lady will knock on the door, and you and your anonymous neighbor will both chime in "occupied" simultaneously, in the same dull, monotone voice? I love synchronicity like that. So it's no wonder that I'm super-pumped for the new Time Crisis coming for the PS3. Time Crisis to me has always been about the most pure of pure cooperative experiences available. The fact that it's for my poor, underused PS3 just makes the game all the more appealing! I can only hope that a) the controllers don't suck or cost a fortune and b) the game itself is any fucking good. I guess we'll have to wait this one out and see.

I don't know if anyone has seen these, but Todd "Hate me for I created Spawn" McFarlane has done some artwork for what may be the ugliest 360 pads ever. Don't get me wrong: I love McFarlane's artwork. For my money, he did the absolute best looking Spider-Man of all time. But let's face it: Those controllers just look tacky. Like, Elton John tacky. So what would convince someone to buy one of those things? Oh, yeah. The freaking awesome Miniature Chief that comes with the thing. At least they're wireless, so you could potentially hide in another room while you use the thing, thus keeping your embarrassment for owning it to a minimum. On the same page, you'll find the Halo 3 branded headset, which I think I can say without fear of reprisal is fucking rad.

--Ak out