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by Jerry Whorebach 07/03/2026, 2:45pm PDT |
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My introduction to... hang on, I can't write in this voice. I first heard about Harlan Ellison in Starlog. That was one of the periodicals I had access to as a little Canadian boy. I would've loved to read Fangoria but I'm sure the covers would've obviated it. I'm not sure if obviate is a word or the word that I am looking for but you tell me. My parents wanted me to learn the best of the best learning shit without ever being beaten or molested by the catholic clerics who ran the schools. So they gave me correspondence coursework and also access to whichever public library we were closest to every couple of weeks.
When I was 12 they bought me a computer with which to connect to the internet. (I had a Commodore 64 before that but they didn't want to hear about Quantum Link, it probably wasn't even a real thing). At first I didn't really have a preference when it came to search engines. They were all in my favourites (bookmarks) menu, so I just used webcrawler because it had a cute spider mascot. I think I was in the infoseek camp when google finally came along. I remember telling people on Dave's Video Game Classics forum that it was easy to find ROMs on google, Dracula X in particular (that everyone wanted). I think I should have been using ALtaVista instead of Infoseek beofre google but I can't change that now.
Anyway, pretty soon as I got access to the INTERNET i looked up the episodes of Babylon 5 that I was watching every day on Space The Imagination Station. Let's take a detour again here to remember Natasha Eloi. She was the network videographer at that time and unbelievably good looking. What a set of hair on her head! I think she was ahead of the curve in giving dorks a fake name because Eloi were from the Time Machine. OKAY so here is where I encountered Jay Michael Strachinsky (as he prefers it to be pronounced) through his fucking GENie posts. He was way in to Harlan Ellison for some reason. I kind of liked Ellison from my Canadian library past because he wrote short stories and those were easy to read, I'm not sure if I could have put up with him for 350 pages. My favourite was "A Boy and his Dog", I still reference that when I think a woman's dad might be a little bit TOO into protecting her virtue. Later I was required to read "repent said the harlequin to the ticktock man" as part of correspondence highschool but I'm not even going to bother capitalizing all of those words because come the fuck on.
I can't remember if I said I gravitated to the sci-fi part of the sci-fi/fantasy part of the library because I wasn't gay. Well that was it. Bruce Sterling the father of cyberpunk was somehow still less gay in my little child mind than an actual literal unicorn. I was wrong about so many things.
Oh okay let's finish talking about JMS. I like all of Babylon 5, even the fifth seaon, which was all about predicting the aftermath of 9/11 with scary precision. But he also wrote the most unforgivable Spider-Man story in the history of those. Every other Spider-Man story has been retconned or will be retconned besides that one. He tries to argue like it wasn't his choice, they were going to do it anyway. But that man was a rich and... powerful?... I guess he could maybe get a meeting with TNT... writer. He had a house which was paid off. He wrote the story that will go down in history as the end of Spider-Man. You couldn't pay me to do that, and I am fucking garbage nobody. I won't remember this tomorrow. Goodbye! |
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The 100 Greatest Video Games of All-Time NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/16/2026, 10:56pm PDT 
Re: The 100 Greatest Video Games of All-Time by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/16/2026, 11:27pm PDT
Finally the definitive, objectively true, list NT by E. L. Koba 06/18/2026, 2:56pm PDT
My middle name was going to be "Objective" before by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/18/2026, 5:30pm PDT
In an alternate universe with a different phonetic alphabet... by Entropy Stew 06/23/2026, 12:29am PDT
100. Scorched Earth (1991, DOS) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/16/2026, 11:28pm PDT
I loved this one as a kid. There was a Mac version which was pretty good. by blackwater 06/20/2026, 3:11pm PDT
Re: I loved this one as a kid. There was a Mac version which was pretty good. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/22/2026, 10:06am PDT
I was playing this shit on a Commodore in like second or third grade before that by Entropy Stew 06/23/2026, 12:35am PDT
99. Mine Storm (1982, Vectrex) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/17/2026, 10:26am PDT
Yeah, no emulator gets that iconic vector look right. by Mischief Maker 06/17/2026, 1:04pm PDT
It will appear later in the list! by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/17/2026, 1:30pm PDT
98. NASCAR Racing 4 (2001, Windows 98) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/17/2026, 11:20pm PDT
A phenomenal choice. by pinback 06/18/2026, 5:46am PDT
Puppygames made a version of that: by Mischief Maker 06/18/2026, 5:59pm PDT
Dammit! That was supposed to be a reply to the paradroid post. NT by Mischief Maker 06/18/2026, 6:00pm PDT
Oi! by Jerry Whorebach 06/30/2026, 1:13pm PDT
A dream! What a week for dreamers ;) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/02/2026, 10:26am PDT
Best played via wide screen NT by Lonnie 07/02/2026, 10:54am PDT
Driving shitboxes is my favorite part of racing games! by E. L. Koba 07/02/2026, 2:33pm PDT
This week's free Epic Games Store game is I Have No Mouth and I Can't Scream by Jerry Whorebach 07/02/2026, 6:32pm PDT
Re: This week's free Epic Games Store game is I Have No Mouth and I Can't Scream by Mysterio 07/02/2026, 9:01pm PDT
Gah! That was me again. NT by Mischief Mysterio 07/02/2026, 9:02pm PDT
I knew it was you. by Jerry Whorebach 07/03/2026, 2:45pm PDT
Jerry is an expert on compliant asian women NT by Houseboat moored in Angeles City 07/03/2026, 7:08am PDT
I saw the box before I knew what Ellison looked like in real life NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/06/2026, 11:53am PDT
97. Paradroid (1985, Commodore 64) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/18/2026, 5:29pm PDT
96. The Legend of Zelda (1986, NES) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/19/2026, 9:07pm PDT
Did any other games get the gold cartridge treatment? NT by Mischief Maker 06/20/2026, 1:06pm PDT
Z2 NT by judgement day 06/20/2026, 1:35pm PDT
Action 52? NT by hehehe 06/20/2026, 9:29pm PDT
95. Fatal Frame (2001, Playstation 2) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/22/2026, 10:08pm PDT
94. Metal Slug (1996, Neo-Geo) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/26/2026, 8:09am PDT
93. Rocket Jockey (1996, Windows 95) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/26/2026, 9:09pm PDT
92. Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi (2003, Arcade) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/30/2026, 9:34am PDT
You should probably mention Ketsui's gimmick: by Mischief Maker 06/30/2026, 11:41am PDT
A cruel gimmick. Toying with them first! NT by Dan Flashes Boss 06/30/2026, 3:24pm PDT
91. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995, Arcade) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/02/2026, 12:03pm PDT
Enter the Ultimate Kombat Kode by Noob Saibot 07/04/2026, 2:39am PDT
canned combos + run button NT by suked 07/04/2026, 2:59pm PDT
Where can I listen to music that sounds like the MK3 soundtrack? Is it a genre? by Lobo 07/10/2026, 1:46am PDT
Good question by Noob Saibot 07/11/2026, 2:38pm PDT
Thank you. by Lobo 07/29/2026, 10:20am PDT
Re: Good question by Gary 07/29/2026, 11:36am PDT
Re: The 100 Greatest Video Games of All-Time by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/06/2026, 10:13am PDT
Re: The 100 Greatest Video Games of All-Time by pinback 07/06/2026, 3:48pm PDT
90. Paperboy (1985, Arcade) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/06/2026, 9:12pm PDT
Do you just find these on Craigslist? NT by Yaris 07/07/2026, 12:27pm PDT
Re: Do you just find these on Craigslist? by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/07/2026, 9:15pm PDT
This was one of the greats, I agree. by blackwater 07/07/2026, 4:16pm PDT
89. Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (1996, DOS/Windows 95/Mac) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/09/2026, 8:52am PDT
How many spots above this is HoMM3 then? NT by the obvious question 07/09/2026, 8:19pm PDT
Well. Shit. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/09/2026, 8:57pm PDT
Five second rule! He can still change it if it happens before NT by the next entry! 07/11/2026, 5:39am PDT
There are people who stick by HOMM2 over 3. Especially the music. NT by MM 07/11/2026, 5:55am PDT
HoMM2 is the one I played when it came out, but, regarding franchises by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/11/2026, 9:11am PDT
88. Links LS (1996, DOS) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/13/2026, 8:51pm PDT
87. Devil Daggers (2016, Windows 10) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/13/2026, 9:12pm PDT
86. Counterfeit Monkey (2012, Inform 7) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/21/2026, 9:13pm PDT
I know Jonsey mentioned the numerous interpreters available by But I play on Chromebook or phon 07/22/2026, 10:06pm PDT
This is great, thank you NT by Mysterio 07/23/2026, 9:27am PDT
You too?? NT by Lonnie 07/25/2026, 8:21pm PDT
Ha, no this is ongoing by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/26/2026, 11:26am PDT
85. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Windows 10 / Playstation 4 / Xbox One) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/28/2026, 11:16am PDT
Re:What is your historical "importance" score weight for this list? NT by PC Gamer 07/29/2026, 2:30pm PDT
84. Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999, Windows 98) by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/05/2026, 6:28am PDT
83. Photopia (1998, Inform 7) by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/18/2026, 9:17am PDT
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is in the spillover list, 101-125 by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/26/2026, 12:58pm PDT
82. Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024, Windows 10/11, Playstation 4/5, Xbox Series) by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/30/2026, 12:18am PDT
My son is a huge fan, he bought the GameStop edition(?) for a bajillion dollars NT by Fullofkittens 08/31/2026, 9:00am PDT
81. Grand Theft Auto III: Vice City (2002, PS2) by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/03/2026, 1:11pm PDT
Getting angry at the game in question is a new one for me. NT by Gaige Grosskreutz 09/03/2026, 8:12pm PDT
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