Epic Default Productions

In our effort to completely blend in with the gaming/geek blog scene, Epic Default Productions is pleased to announce the Epic Default Ten. These prestigious awards have been dolefully mulled over by our staff, and are accompanied with pleasant pats on the backs. Hopefully they will quickly become the most sought after awards in the blogosphere.

The EDP staff has been given a challenge, to come up with ten different awards for various geeky things this year. Over the next month to send this year packing with a good kick in the pants, they will individually present them on this blog.

You can find mine after the jump.

(-and the winners are…-)

So this week was a slow week, and I’m not necessarily in a full blown ranting mood on anything at the moment. So I bring you, Jonny’s Caption Show!

This week Jack Thompson walked out on his disembarrment hearing in Florida, citing that the judge had no authority over this matter.

And no one was surprised

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls came out

Aliens. Why did it have to be aliens.

BioShock film should be expected around the time BioShock 3 comes out.

There’s actually nothing funny here, I’m just giddy there’s going to be a trilogy.

Duke Nukem Forever footage was released.

It’s Duke Nukem. Hey, I’m not complaining.

So rumor has it that there is a 90 minute cut scene in Metal Gear Solid 4.

Why is there not a movie yet?

One handed controller for disabled gamers

great…now Steven Hawking can tell me how much I suck at Halo (think about it)

LED Pong Table

Once again, no comment. Just awesome!

The most Cosplayers in one place record was broken at AKON

I cannot tell you how proud I am to be in the state that holds the record for most cosplayers. TAKE THAT ENGLAND! (Yes, I know England isn’t a state…but…they had the record…and…well, fuck it)

Sony Home to come as an “Open, Working Beta“
‘slur;os….sorry…tried to catch the keyboard as I fell out of my chair laughing

A code slip in a patch of Age of Conan shrank the breast size of all the female characters in the game

Wow…look at the rack on…wait, this is news?! (To tell the truth, this doesn’t even really need a caption…just a link to the story on Kotaku…read and be merry)

Now some site stuff. We’ve been getting some good feedback on the first episode, and we thank everyone for that. We offered, and it was accepted, for us to do a PSA for the Cross Country Super Trip to PAX in August, so be on the look out for that in the coming weeks.

And BIG NEWS…we’d like to announce two new Fanboys, well, a Fanboy and a Fangirl. Husband and wife team DJ and Jacquie are joining the official ranks of our little establishment here. You may remember DJ as “Dead Body” in the first episode. The next episode will have both of them helping with the writing and performing, with the possible future use of their writing skills for content on the site. Please give them a warm welcome.

I saw this on Kotaku, and it raised the question in my mind. Who else finds this inherently creepy? Just that look on his face makes me shiver.

For those of you who don’t know, this is that lawyer from Florida who has a borderline obsession with trying to take down Take Two, Rockstar, and what seems to be any game that has a mature rating, minus the borderline. I will not mention his name here because:

A. He doesn’t deserve any attention he gets (hypocritical I know, but I’ll get to my point in a minute)
B. If you don’t know who he is, then trust me, I’m doing you a favor.

What really confuses me about this, is that there is nothing anywhere stating why he has this game. I would hope that he gained a few IQ points, and actually had the crazy notion of “Maybe I should play this game, before I jump to any rash conclusions about it.” But at the same time, he’s still spouting the same misinformed drivel that he always does about how games like this are a menace to society.

I can kind of understand where he’s coming from. Games like GTA, Manhunt, and the like, really should be kept out of children’s hands, or, at the very least, have a responsible adult there to be able to show the children that these are fictional story lines that would be horrible things if they happened in the real world. That itself is a good cause, and there are people out there that, for some reason, don’t get that.

It is unfortunate that we live in a world where parents ignore the responsibility of raising their children, and the ease of being able to place kids in front of the television in order to get that few minutes of peace may be partly responsible for that. However, how hard is it to read the back of the box? It’s not as if developers hide what is in their games from people. You don’t even need to take the five minutes to read a review somewhere on this new fangled thing called the internet.

It’s because of that reason, that people like this guy get as much press as they do. They want to be the responsible parents for the world. We shouldn’t need that, and honestly, if I had someone like him for a parent, I would be off in a circus somewhere, just to get away from him.

Now, if he actually got the game, because he wanted to play it, the pipe dream that THAT would be, I agree with Kotaku. I want his gamer tag. I’d love to play a game with him, just to see what the hell goes on in his mind. I’ve found that your true nature really does shine when you’re screwing a hooker in the backseat of a caddy in a dark alley somewhere.