duck amuck

Circus

12:00PM Brian Crecente | To: Ash From: Crecente Re: The Not-So Great Cell Phone Chicken Out So we took our son to the Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus over the weekend. It was his first. Little known fact. I am a bit of a circus-phile, in fact I nearly applied to enter Clown College when I graduated from high school, but thought better of it. Annnnnyway, he loved it. We had front row seats, so he got a great chance to really see everything that was going on, heck the ringmaster was even hanging out next to us. Throughout the show, Tristan sat quietly watching the performers dance across tightropes, fly through the air after being shot from a canon, ride elephants, spill from clown cars, he was mesmerized. About halfway through the circus he leaned over, his eyes still riveted on the centre ring where a tiger was bunny-hopping across the floor toward his trainer, and asked “Is this a dream?” What you missed: Play WoW With Your 360 Controller Penny Arcade Pwn Me in Eye of Judgment Duck Amuck Impressions Brütal Legend Trailer More »

Duck Amuck

8:00AM Brian Crecente | I played through Duck Amuck on my DS last weekend. Or, to be more specific: I played through Duck Amuck over an hour or so this last weekend. Man, is it a short game, but it also happens to be one of those titles you could probably squeeze a lot more fun out of if you went back and worked to unlock everything. Essentially, Duck Amuck is a collection of Looney Tunes-themed mini-games, but what really makes the game is it’s snappy delivery and well-tuned sense of humor. I haven’t laughed out loud at a DS game, like, ever and I found myself grinning and chuckling all the way through the shortish title. More »