50 most embarrassing moments in sports11/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Those are fighting words to some, and we’re sure many readers will have their problems with this list. (We happen to enjoy both those records.) There’s also no U2 record because we like them all, even Songs of Experience and October. Some of you will feel that we picked the wrong Elvis movie soundtrack, or that we were insane to leave off Tom Petty’s Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) or Public Enemy’s Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age. We’re sure there are people out there that love Elton John’s Leather Jackets, the Velvet Underground’s Squeeze, and Carole King’s Speeding Time. Needless to say, rock fans are notorious contrarians and one person’s garbage album is another person’s overlooked classic. ( Cough-Genesis- cough).Ī huge percent of them were sad victims of horrid Eighties production choices, most notably the dismal period from 1985 to 1988, when cheeseball synths and shotgun-blast snare drums created a sound that has aged worse than a tuna fish and sardine sandwich left in the sun. (Hello, Liz Phair.) Some of them were crafted before a band found its true sound (Pantera, take a bow), while others came long after key members parted and the band had no earthly reason to still exist. (Elton, we’re looking at you.) Some of them came from label pressure to move beyond a cult following by creating commercial music. Some of these albums were the products of way too much cocaine. Among the many celebrated masterpieces these artists have given the world, they have also turned in works so monumentally putrid that nothing short of “a touch of madness” can explain their existence. Videoball may not look like much in still frames, but trust me: in action, it's like a shmup, strategy game, and NFL Blitz all in one.“There is no great genius without a touch of madness.” Greek philosopher Aristotle made this observation roughly 2,300 years ago, long before legit geniuses like Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Carole King, Elton John, Madonna, and Prince proved him right. Sometimes I played D by making a wall of blockades other times I'd nudge the ball with weaker bullets before angling a power shot in attempts to score insane goals from midfield. These shots can be charged up into huge warheads that slam-jam the ball-but hold your lone button too long, and your blast will instead become a square blocker that you can place anywhere.Īll the 2v2 matches I played were intense battles of attrition, played first-to-10-wins with anywhere between one and three balls on the court at a time. Colliding with the ball or enemy players will temporarily disable your sentient arrow, so the only way to make shots is to propel the ball with triangular projectiles (which will also stun your adversaries on contact). Yes, the most basic goal is to get a ball into the opponent's goal-but there's so, so much going on to make that happen. The stark aesthetic recalls similar games like Sportsfriends' Hokra, with a playfield made up of nothing but simple shapes and solid colors. All I know is that I wish I had a build for the office, because this is the kind of just-one-more-round multiplayer experience that could easily consume hours. ![]() Action Button Entertainment's Tim Rogers describes it as quite possibly "the perfect sport" in one breath, then a "party RTS" in the next. That kind of spartan design is part of what makes Videoball so striking, both to look at and to play. Crazy, right? Now strip away everything until all you're left with are the bare essentials: players, balls, and goals. ![]() Imagine football, basketball, hockey, and soccer, all slammed into one.
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