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Lost In Translation: Vietnamese Pokemon Crystal

March 22, 2011March 30, 2014 Umar Khan 0 Comments America, American Dream, bootleg, china, chinatown, cinnamon, delicious, emulator, internet, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer, obsoletegamer.com, OG, Pokemon, Pokemon Crystal, ROM, umarkhan, us, USA, video, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Youtube

Poorly subtitled bootleg copies of games and videos are all lying something in the darkest, dustiest corner of your closet. It’s hard for some to admit that they’ve acquired these counterfeit but we’ve all done it at some point or another. Why pay full price when you could just as easily get a rip for $5? Isn’t bootlegging what keeps Chinatowns across the US afloat? How we strive to keep the American dream alive if we don’t indulge immigrants by purchasing their fine wares?

Humor

Bob-ombs: The Real Threat to America’s Safety?

December 4, 2010March 30, 2014 Umar Khan 2 Comments America, Beanie Babies, Beanie Baby, Bob-omb, bobomb, Charizard, DS, DSi, gameboy, gamecube, gamer, Hyrule, Kanto, Legend of Zelda, Link, Mario, n64, Nazi, NES, nintendo DS, obsoletegamer, obsoletegamer.com, OG, Pink, Pokemon, Pokemon Card, snake, Snake Pliskin, snes, Solid Snake, SSB, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Smash Bros, terrorism, umar khan, video games, wii, Yoshi, Yoshi's Story, Zelda

Cute and cuddly. That’s what many think of when they see a Bob-omb. They don’t see the sin that drives them, the motives that turn the gears in their little mechanical bodies. Are we going to allow these “people” into our country? Are we going to allow America to swept away by these monsters?

Editorials

Free to Play. If You’re Going to Fail, Get Better At Failing.

November 17, 2010February 5, 2011 Umar Khan 2 Comments America, atari, cataclysm, Champions, Champions Online, Cryptic, DnD, DnD Online, Dungeons and Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EA, EA Mythic, electronic arts, EQ, eq2, everquest, Everquest 2, Everquest 2 F2P lol, F2P, Far East, FF XIV, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIV, free to play, Grinding, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Online, Lotro, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG, Multiplayer Online Games, Mythic, P2P, pay to play, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Trek Online, Turbine, umar khan, WAR, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, World of Warcraft, wow, Zerg

It seems much more frequently nowadays that many MMORPG companies have been accepting their losses and got off their high horses to adopt the Free to Play model. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Does it really help them bring in a larger player base? It certainly seems to be working for many of these companies but will it be accepted wife spread for future games?

Humor

Japan, I Left Your RPGs On The Sidewalk And Changed The Locks. We’re Through!

August 13, 2010April 15, 2014 Umar Khan 2 Comments Aladdin, America, Bethesda, bioware, Blockbuster, Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger, Clint Eastwood, Dragon Age, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: The Awakening, Fallout, fallout 2, fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy III, final fantasy VI, Games, gaming, Japan, knights of the old republic, Love, mass effect, mass effect 2, morrowind, Oblivion, Rentals, Renting, Role Playing Games, Role-Playing, RPG, Square Enix, Squaresoft, Suidoken, The Elder Scrolls, The Old Republic, umar khan, Video Game Rentals, video games

Like a rifle’s laser scope, I could feel the pressure of a presence weighing down upon me. This entity’s gaze was fixated on me, reaching out for a friend. Slowly turning to my left, my heart went a flutter. Behind the plastic wrappings of the case was an unknown creature holding a wicked sword. Its white fur and pink nose were innocent yet it held a darkened tormenting blade that screamed out to me like a van with free candy. My grip on Aladdin loosened as he fell to the ground face down and like a handicapped older woman was unable to get up without my help. That is where Aladdin would remain though, living away his last breaths as I stepped closer to examine the enigma in front of me. My fingers raced against the title as I dared to utter the name, your name…