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Bad Influence
May. 12th, 2006 10:49 pmAfter another doctor's appointment, it seems that my illness might be being caused by my thyroid gland, an organ for which I knew neither the location nor purpose before Monday. Apparently it's not doing enough of the work it's meant to do, which happens to be pretty much everything, so it's a wonder that I'm working at all. One of the major symptoms is that I've been feeling apathetic, as evidenced by the fact that I haven't updated this in a week.
I've been prescribed Levothyroxine in addition to the medication that I was already taking, and I think I'm noticing what might be a gradual improvement. It's frustrating that I'm not getting more instant results, but they're basically enthusiasm pills, and if I overdose on them then there's a danger of me turning into Matt Smith. Ace.
But on to something that through my apathy and general undirected searching I discovered on the internet - unlikely though it may seem, I found something that inspired almost Knightmare-like levels of nostalgia. It's this site.
There's been a discussion recently on the GameFAQs Classic Games board (which, by the way, is one of the few remotely tolerable message boards at that place) about something known as "G4", which is apparently an American game-related channel. The general opinion is that it's about as good for games as MTV is for music, and when I think about it, I can't think of any other decent games-related programmes (apart from Gamesmaster, naturally).
Who could forget the enthusiastic presentation of Andy Crane and Violet Berlin, the woman with the maddest hair on television and record holder for most appearances in games ever? Especially that episode where Andy was done up as "Cheat Boy" and flew around the studio in a spectacularly bad blue-screen job, complete with cheesy superhero music. And that American who was just called Z that occasionally appeared. And the reviews of games like this when they weren't ten years old. And Nam Rood, who lived in the shed and demonstrated cheat codes by sticking them to his head for some reason. And addressed the viewers as "furtlers".
Sorry, I got a bit carried away there. Maybe the pills are working after all.
I've been prescribed Levothyroxine in addition to the medication that I was already taking, and I think I'm noticing what might be a gradual improvement. It's frustrating that I'm not getting more instant results, but they're basically enthusiasm pills, and if I overdose on them then there's a danger of me turning into Matt Smith. Ace.
But on to something that through my apathy and general undirected searching I discovered on the internet - unlikely though it may seem, I found something that inspired almost Knightmare-like levels of nostalgia. It's this site.
There's been a discussion recently on the GameFAQs Classic Games board (which, by the way, is one of the few remotely tolerable message boards at that place) about something known as "G4", which is apparently an American game-related channel. The general opinion is that it's about as good for games as MTV is for music, and when I think about it, I can't think of any other decent games-related programmes (apart from Gamesmaster, naturally).
Who could forget the enthusiastic presentation of Andy Crane and Violet Berlin, the woman with the maddest hair on television and record holder for most appearances in games ever? Especially that episode where Andy was done up as "Cheat Boy" and flew around the studio in a spectacularly bad blue-screen job, complete with cheesy superhero music. And that American who was just called Z that occasionally appeared. And the reviews of games like this when they weren't ten years old. And Nam Rood, who lived in the shed and demonstrated cheat codes by sticking them to his head for some reason. And addressed the viewers as "furtlers".
Sorry, I got a bit carried away there. Maybe the pills are working after all.
