Monday, September 26, 2011 Tommy Wiseau, Mexican Ninjas, and Watermelon Zombies

Tommy Wiseau of The Room infamy has a new gig "reviewing" video games for a site called Machinima.com. Hey, it makes a much sense as anything else the man does.

What's awesome about this series is how it gives you the complete Wiseau Experience in a convenient pocket size. (Though they do miss the perfect opportunity to make a "tearing me apart" reference.)   It made me want to rush out an buy a copy of Mortal Kombat for the opportunity to punch Tommy in the face, even if only by proxy.

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While we are on the subject, Rooster Teeth (the folks behind the immensely popular Red vs. Blue) produces a sporadic web series called Immersion in which various video game traditions are tried out in real life. Immersion falls closer to Deadliest Warrior than MythBusters on the scientific accuracy scale, but the premise of one episode caught my attention - during a zombie apocalypse, how well would the average person perform at making those critical headshots?

The results aren't exactly earth-shattering; folks with at least some firearms experience do far better than those without.  But what is surprising is how poorly the noob does, missing with a shotgun twice at point-blank range.  Factor in stress, panic, and environmental conditions... Man, I need to get to the range.