Peter Kupfer's Blog

Blog Credibility is Growing

I don’t like to brag or anthing, but the credibility of my blog is growing. I was looking through the referring sites to my blog and I found that I have been cited as a source in a debate about video games. As a former collegiate debater at Northern Illinois University, I was thrilled to be included in as a source.

Debate.org | Video games have had an overall positive impact on society. via kwout

Debate.org | Video games have had an overall positive impact on society. via kwout

I realize that this is just some guy borrowing my blog post to help support an argument and that my post has know actual authority to it beyond my personal experience, but the reason I do this blog thing is to be a part of the internet community and share what I am thinking. So, it is exciting when what you are sharing is used and shared by others. It makes the world feel smaller and make me feel like a member of a larger community.

Video Game Driving School — More Dexterity

I had an odd/potentially scary realization while driving the other day. I had to change lanes across three lanes to get into the right turn lane in front of Hawthorn mall. This was during the snow and there was a fair amount of traffic. Well while I was crossing these three lanes, rather quickly, and checking my blind spots and mirrors this car in front of my splashed a bunch of slush onto the windshield and I had to push the windshield washer cleaner button while turning on the turn signal while maintaining a decent speed so as not to get rear ended and then negatively accelerating quickly because I still had to turn.

Now, this is not a horribly dramatic situation, but it was a lot of things happening at once and I handled it all in stride without even really flinching, and I honestly think it was because I have been playing a lot of Mario Kart lately. Continue Reading…

Good Thing #24 — February 28th

Today we got Guitar Hero (no full band) but we have two guitars and are ready to rock!

Is playing Mario Kart Wiiii. Now I get to unleash some stress on Toad!

Is playing mario kart Wiiii. I haven’t been able to play all week. Now I get to unleash some stress on Toad! Oh how I loathe him…

This Tweet got a lot of comment on Facebook, so I wanted to clarify why I despise Toad so much. You see, for years Toad has taunted me by placing my princess in another castle. I busted my butt to get through goombas, beatles, and other varieties of baddies all to find out it was a farce. Also, other times he has just been whiny. “Find the princess, she is lost” or “You need more star power to open this door,” give me a break!

So, that is why I despise Toad. The only expception is when Gina plays Mario Kart using Toad. Then I don’t have a strong hated towards him.

Is looking for more Mario Kart…

Is looking for more Mario Kart friends. My console # is in my Facebook info.

Best & Worst NES Endings

This page really brought some nostalgia back. I was a little sad to see Zelda on the list, but I would think at the time the producers had no idea that Zelda would be ZELDA someday. I would definitely agree with the Super Mario Brothers 3 nod, most good games seem to have copied that style of flashing back through the game (including many subsequent Zelda games.)

http://screwattack.com/node/16868

Is today’s good thing was play…

Is today’s good thing was playing some hard core Mario Kart with the wife.

My wife who usually doesn’t get into video games is really getting into Mario Kart on Wii and it is quite fun. She prefers Toad on the Standard Bike S while I prefer Yoshi on the Standard Bike M. She did beat me in two races yesterday, so she is keeping me on my toes. We need to invest in a second wheel now though, because I find it difficuly to just play holding the Wiimote sideways.

Is today’s good thing was fina…

Is today’s good thing was finally getting all of the gold cups in Mario Kart. Now for mirror mode.

I have also started trying to go through and get a star rating on each course so that I can get a star next to my name when I play on-line. I am finding this to be very difficult. The game is very stingy in handing out stars. I would like to find more friends to play Mario Kart on-line with, so if you are up, please send over your code.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic…

I have become mildly obsessed with Star Wars and purchased the computer game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Today I beat it. It took a little of 34 hours of recorded game play and probably 10 – 15 hours of unrecorded game play. The galaxy is safe again; you’re welcome.

I love summer vacation.