Snow Day Cafe

Well it’s another late night at work in the real world so I thought I’d give you all a little update. Meanwhile my code…mocks me…

Recently the gang over at chez snowdaycafe and I threw what turned out to be a monstrously awesome LAN party. If you were one of the fortunate ones to be there then you know what I’m talking about. Festivities kicked up around 6pm CST and didn’t end until 6am CST the next morning.

As I had hoped we were able to get at least one of every Nintendo console ever made. We even had the yobo thanks to Caleb. The Wii dominated most of the gameplay that night and a surprise party favorite turned out to be Wario’s smooth moves. At first glance it’s a crazy ass Japanimation video game set in the world of wario. It’s fast paced and requires different motions with the wii-mote to complete levels. As I was party crazed during my attempt at the game, I’m not sure what the goal was, but I’m told it may or may not have involved turtles, air freshners, or garlic.

Guitar Hero II was busted out late into the night and I, Scruff, have been defeated. I blame my jitteriness on the caffeine and sugar but my opponent was likewise hindered and yet he beat me into what only can be called a bloody pulp via pure rock. I have to work on my Freebird skills before recommending it as a tie breaker.

DDR made an appearance but failed due to cheap dance pads and a used PS2. Those bastards that sold me these things will pay for their insolence.

Otherwise the LAN part of the party consisted of Quake 3 for the beginning of the party, which I flexed my FPS skills in. There was some tampering in the drug known as WOW , which I have yet to taste. I figure I don’t need any more excuses to play video games even more. I don’t think the line “But honey, I’m paying to play it so I have to make it worth my investment by playing it during most of my waking hours,” would go over well with the girlfriend. We did play Warcraft 3, which JoeBoo destroyed everyone in mercilessly. I’m still not used to the Hero centric gameplay and am used to the first two versions as well as the Age of Empires original debut + expansions. Some dabbled with Sacred as the night went on, but eventually wits were matched in several games of Worms Armageddon. Classic and sweet.

Well I should get running but I’ll talk more about the bouts in Goldeneye on the 64, a run down of other Wii games played, and those games that we never got to but will be at the top of the list in LAN Party Deux!!!

-Scruff

It’s not like we were playing for first born children…unless…

Behold all the glory and ravaging power of Bimmer…the Viking!!!

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-Scruff

Bringer of Light

Bimmer here. I am completely digging this weather. What weather, you ask? Winter in Wisconsin. The term is usually reserved for the warmest most hardcore large green “G” painted on their chest kind of people. Here it is nearing the end of December and it is 40 degrees outside. We have not even seen snow butfor twice this year.

I know I know, what is a Christmas winter wonderland without snow? Well, I have to be honest. The kid in me misses the White Christmas feel of the holidays. However, the rear-wheeled, slush, salt, heavy traffic, ice scraping, sun-roof part of me is just giddy.

WAIT, if the winter is extra warm this year, is the summer going to extra Hot? Lets all hope not.

It was a Brown Christmas this year and its wrapping up to be a Brown New Years as well. If Al Gore Stops by, give him a message for me. “You were right, we were wrong, nice Rolling Stone cover.” Until then, you can find me at the bottom of a big glass of egg nog passed out next to the PS2, GT4 still running. (Raises self off floor and lifts nearly empty glass-o-nog) Here’s to 2007!

Have a Fabulous New Years! Peace.
~ Bimmer

As the NBC show Heroes sweeps the nation with excitement, I too can’t help but take part in the addiction. It’s started to become a weekly gathering for my roommates and me. Now, I’m not one to get addicted to shows too easily or get excited about a new episode of a TV show, but Heroes has me pumped. I think this show is set apart from other shows because of its willingness to change our ideas about a TV show. For instance, the characters in the show have blogs and myspace accounts. Also, the show regularly puts out on-line comic book issues that correlate to the story taking place. This gives the show a life outside of the one hour episode we see every week. It allows viewers to delve into the psyche of these unsuspecting heroes.

I think it’s an exciting and surprising revolution of the comic book. This isn’t a show based off an existing comic. It doesn’t have an established fan base to expect that the original text of the comic be held true. Instead, the show is the comic and the comic supplements the shows story. This helps to establish a fan base because it reaches out to the comic lover, the TV show addict, and the occasional fan of both these media like me. My only hope is they don’t sell out too early. This show is ripe for corporate whoring. Video games are an obvious next step but I hope they aren’t a tragedy like the first matrix game ultimately was.

Come along for a satirical side on an imaginary conversation about the first Matrix game. A new matrix game? Boy I hope it’s as new and cutting edge as the movie. What’s that? The only “kewl” thing is a Max Payne-ish slow-mo move.

Back to Heroes:
If Heroes does release a video game I hope they think it through and don’t rush for the quick buck. This show and all its side stories on the web are definitely not a broke machine so I hope some corporate money hungry goon doesn’t decide to “fix” it.

If you like the show too, then ignore my pessimism and enjoy. If you haven’t seen it, give it a shot. And if you are a gambler, then place your bets for whether this show will sell out.

-Scruff

If it weren’t for that horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college…

Bimmer here, This is my first post as a cartoon and I gotta say, Its pretty flippin sweet! I may be the preppy member of the Snow Day Cafe Ambiguously Enigmatic duo, but at least I have a watch. Hey Scruffy, What Time Is It? Yeah, yeah that’s what I thought. Like any cartoon two-some, there is the smart one…and then there is the…other one. In our case (and our yearn for world domination), lets just say Scruffy and I fighting over the rights to be Pinky.

In addition to my partner in crime, my posts might focus moron cars and the strange but true events that occur to us on a daily basis. For some reason strange things just tend to happen to us. Like Clark Kent, I too must put down my glasses and take my pants off in order to fight the good fight. Alter egos in hand, Sruffy and I will do our best to keep you smiling and coming back for more.

However, If you have just stumbled this site in your vast online effort to find A counterfeit Mini, you are barking up the wrong tree. Nevertheless, if you stick around and chill with us, your bad-literate-self might just enjoy… yourself.

Like Dumb and Dumber, we get funnier the more you watch.
- Bimmer

Well after roughly a decade of pondering a way to release our twisted thoughts into the world, my partner in crime and I have finally decided that with the dawn of the internets a blog would suffice. After thinking up such great games as Goooje, battered and bloody leap frog (which was really more of an accident), and townhouse baseball, we bring you Snow Day Cafe. This site is the result of many years of crazy drunk and sober ideas that made us want to tell the world of what we thought and had done. Sure seeing some JELLO gelatin bloodied outlines of your friends was good bar talk, but who else would share in this joy besides the public safety officers of our campus who had to clean it up? And this is why we have made this site.

Granted our competition may seem quite large compared to these humble beginnings. I mean there are such sites as Penny Arcade out there that have been doing this for many years. I for one think of this not as a competitor with those sites, but simply another perspective to look at this techie geeky world we all are a part of. You may be saying, Whoa there scruffy, I’m no geek. First, put down the Darth Vader action figure you’re holding and don’t take it personally. Second, the fact that you got the internets joke earlier makes you qualified enough to be some form of geek. This blog won’t be all techie gamer stuff either; there will be controversial remarks on comics, music, cars, and the occasional board game of world domination.

For now I’ll leave you anxious for more. I’m a little tired after all the talk Bimmer and I have had over which color the border, sides, and footer should all be. As you can see we decided on several lovely shades and hues of the primary color blue. W’ll work on a comic for all to enjoy shortly and it just might be funny, but no promises. Check back and let us know what you think.

-Scruff
I can show you the world¦