Friday Links: Fairly certain the Hawks come to our place this time edition

by Poor College Student on Oct 22, 2010 6:01 AM CDT

Let me double check that. Yep. Chicago comes here tonight. All that stuff about bantering with the Hawks fans from Monday still applies.

Blues News:

Could all that patience with Pietrangelo be paying off? Might fans who jumped at the opportunity to label him a bust be full of shit? Read on to find out. [Post-Dispatch]
7PM. Blues/Hawks. Fuckin' A, man. [Post-Dispatch]
Cam could be back at the end of the month. [Blues]

NHL News:

Matt Moulson reminds us why NHLers are the shit. [Puck Daddy]
If you're considering Gamecenter, take a look at one opinion piece over at Dominik's establishment. [Lighthouse Hockey]
Mayo Clinic wants all hits to the head banned. Good luck with that.[Puck Daddy]
Guy Lafleur will continue on as a Montreal team ambassador. [TSN]
Teary-eyed analyst Jeremy Roenick is in the US Hockey Hall of Fame.[ESPN]
The voice of reason, Mike Milbury, defends Rick Rypien. [Puck Daddy]
Damn the final stretch, the Rangers season is hinging on October, according to Pierre LeBrun. [ESPN]
Scores. [TSN]

Other Stuff:

Crocodile gets loose on a plane. Where's Sam Jack when you need him? [Telegraph UK]
Never too early to start contemplating how to prepare your Thanksgiving turkey. [Mental Floss]
Major problem with this list: Mike Tyson, Blades of Steel, and RBI are all listed outside the top 10. Rattle off your favorite NES games in the comments, sports or otherwise. [TotalProSports]
Nerdy wedding cake toppers. [Huffington Post]
Averagejoe brings word that he'll be bringing local news to the people of St. Peters with the people of [Patch.com]

Video:

The Links Department still loves Mike Weaver

Give 'em hell tonight, boys.

Joe is going to cover the weekend and then I imagine everything will be back to normal from there.

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Favorite NES Games?

Castlevania III
Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros 1-3
Super Tecmo Bowl (I preferred this over the original, more teams, and season mode, plus there are up to date mods for the game on emulators)
Adventures of Lolo
Startropics
Metroid
Kid Icarus
Blades of Steel
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!

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Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Oct 22, 2010 6:50 AM CDT reply actions

Congrats again to Joe on his new gig!

As far as NES games go . . . obviously RBI, Blades of Steel, Ice Hockey, Tecmo Super Bowl and the like are on this list . . . but some others:

Baseball Simulator 1.000
Marble Madness (Yes. Marble Madness. Fuck you.)
All the Mario Brothers games
Ummmmm . . . Tetris?

Other than the ones already mentioned, these are the main ones.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.

by Donut King on Oct 22, 2010 7:25 AM CDT reply actions

Fave games?

All the SMB games, Maniac Mansion, Darkwing Duck (actually, all of the Disney ones were pretty good), Castlevania II and III, Legend of Zelda & The Adventures of Link, Metroid, Bionic Commando, and Master Blaster. There’s something about Bionic Commando that cracks me up – I think it’s the random swinging around by a grappling hook.

Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.

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by hildymac on Oct 22, 2010 8:32 AM CDT reply actions

RBI Baseball

Easily the best NES game of all time.

by stlchapman on Oct 22, 2010 8:48 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Ghostbusters 2

Easily the worst NES game of all time.

And maybe the disappointing movie sequel as well.

by stlchapman on Oct 22, 2010 8:50 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Happy birthday, Nintendo! Now to play the new A Boy and His Blob and Wario Land: Shake It all day in celebration...

Speaking of which — my favorite NES games (in order):

1) The Legend of Zelda (classic — best game ever, now and forever)
2) Maniac Mansion (the first time I realized games could have real personality and story)
3) Super Mario 2 (such a departure from 1 and 3 — trippy and fun)
4) Solar Jetman (play this game — awesome physics and gratifyingly difficult)
5) Deja Vu (a great noir point-and-click about amnesiac detective Ace Hunter)
6) A Boy and His Blob (vanilla umbrellas, licorice ladders, coconut coconuts and more!)
7) Ice Hockey (Blades of Steel sucked then and sucks now)
8) Tiger-Heli (never was/am a fan of shooters, but this one had me hooked hard)
9) Bubble Bobble (a true two-player game — can’t beat it completely flying solo)
10) Marble Madness (great game — don’t be ashamed DK)

I can still play each of these today and love the hell out of them from start to finish. If only more than 5 of them were available on the virtual console… :(

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Oct 22, 2010 9:17 AM CDT reply actions

NES Games??

SMB (all 3)
Rad Racer
TMNT
Spot (the 7-up character game)
Duck Hunt
Tetris

And thankfully, I still have a function NES that I can play these games on!! Bwah hahaha!!! (Those of you who have seen my “can has Blues win” LOL cat pic know of my hugemongous stash of gaming systems /grin)

Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Oct 22, 2010 9:31 AM CDT reply actions