Author: BreakmanX

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BreakmanX (AKA Matthew Nyquist) founded BreakmanX.com in 2001 after having small video game websites since around 1996. Things really took off in September of 2002 when he started The Game Show with Richie. BreakmanX.com quickly developed a tight knit community of gamers as the crew covered major industry events and interviewed top industry talent. Break later went to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to get his MFA in Film and TV Production. He worked in Hollywood for seven years with people like Fred Roos (The Godfather Trilogy, Star Wars) and Dane Davis (The Matrix). He's now gone full circle and returned to Kansas to write and direct a feature film (EyesOpenMovie.com), relaunch The Game Show (BreakmanX.com), and spend his day time hours as an tenured Associate Professor.

And thank God, too, because I was really starting to get my panties in a knot there at the end. Why had I bought a 360, if I was only going to have it sit there and make the PS2 look bad? A console without a TV is precisely as awesome as Lindsay Lohan, minus the captivating boobies.So, here it is. I’m not quite used to its…presence. It’s not a 20’ plasma or anything, sure, but I’m so used to glancing left and seeing a curved black lump stare back at me. Now I look over, stare for a second, and say,…

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Coincidence or no the Propel water, that was purchased for my consumption, is obviously evil.  How a expiration date of 6.6.06 escaped me for the few weeks I’ve had the pack is very odd for me to understand, however.  I thought it was funny. I’ve been playing a lot of old school games lately.  I played Smash TV for a few hours with JayT over live last night, and the few days prior it has all been NES.  I even got in a few games of Ikaruga.  I’m exploring my past while I wait for some new good games to…

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And you thought playing games on a 20” TV sounded bad enough, now I’m completely fucked. Yeah, it’s dead all right, dead as Darth Vader, pogs and the Atari Jaguar (some would say it was never alive, but whatever).Should severe desperation and boredom take over, I could grab myself some composite cables and hook los tres sesenta into my video card, providing me with 4.1 surround, a screen that doesn’t have the curvature of a basketball, AND no more of those little fuckin’ red streaks. Well hey, why the fuck not, right? Sure, it’d probably be fine, until Jesus got word…

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This summer I got the chance to go to a mini mecca of sorts. I went to the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Before I go any further, I must say that my true mecca would probably be the Nintendo world headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. Anyways, the Nintendo World Store was previously the Pokemon Center, after some remodeling, the store has expanded to include all things Nintendo. The location is literally around the corner from the NBC building that my favorite late night talk show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien is shot. Since its opening last May, the…

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Remember when I said that the 360 was lame and all that?  I know it seems like such a long time ago that such silly things were produced from my oral cavity to your aural senses.  Funny thing about the things I say though..  I’m always completely honest and in the moment.  From everything I’d seen and played the 360 looked like it would be somewhere between “super-lame and “not quite worthy of crucifixion.”  As I’ve actually been playing it recently, though, I’ve discovered just how far off I was.  I was playing pong without a paddle.  I was wrong.…

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And came back with a new keyboard and mouse.The old board and mouse were downright disgusting. Enough crumbs had gathered in between the keys to feed rats, while keys themselves were sticky with Coke and old spaghetti sauce. The mouse was eating AA’s faster than a Game Gear, and being a little bitch about what surfaces it would work on.Time to sack up and put down the cash for replacements. One trip to Office Max and $85 later, and the old was out for the new. Ahhh, the awesome smell of new computer hardware.It’s called the MediaPlay, and it’s Logitech’s…

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Yeah, we’re gonna start this posting thing again. Don’t like it? The complaint department is right around the corner and up your ass.Former Show host and OG forumgoer RurouniQ hit town yesterday. Did we skip town? Did we change our locks? Change phone numbers? Obtain restraining orders? All of the above would’ve been responsible and prudent moves – but no – we instead used the BreakmanX.com signal and assembled the crew for a night of food, drink and games. We started out at a local romantic Italian joint, and proceeded to start bitching about women, their inherent evilness, and how…

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I got a 360 today, someone was there to document the occasion.  There’s nothing quite like a console launch.  The 360 arrived via UPS just as I had jumped in the shower.  I heard some sort of noise out the door, but didn’t realize it was her telling me my 360 had arrived.  By the time I left the bathroom she had things out of the boxes and ready for the fun to begin.  I got things plugged in just as it was time to go to class, but we got all the Live! stuff ready to go.  NBA2k6 is…

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Extenuating circumstances have prevented me from being in locations that are showable. Well, at least The Game Showable. To get the meat out of the way first, it looks like the show won’t resume till January 15th. Most people are out and about for Holiday Break anyway so I’m hoping it doesn’t impend your Candles, your Jesus, your Kwanza, or Yule too much. I am having a wonderful holidays, however. Still on the hunt for a 360. I still swear that Microsoft made three or four of them. I’ll go as high as five, but that just sounds like crazy…

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Sorry dudes and dudettes, but Break fell ill yesterday, and is in no position to Show off today. I’ll have to find some other way to spend your Sunday evening. I’ll still be in the chat room, regardless. I’ll be sending good vibes towards Break if anyone wants to join, and we might even get a shitfuck fight going. Join us, we won’t bite. 🙂

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We were going to go ahead and do the show today, but time is simply not going to allow with me having to be in Lindsborg early in the morning tomorrow to give my presentation. We’ll see you all tomorrow though. Also note that it will be at 8 and not 7. Be sure to catch us Monday at 8:00 Central Time (When is this in my time zone?) on the The Game Show. Click HERE to start the broadcast. To write in questions, go to the IRC chat. Its easy =)

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Be sure to catch us today at 7:00 Central Time (When is this in my time zone?) on the The Game Show. Click HERE to start the broadcast. To write in questions, go to the IRC chat. Its easy =) We’ll be taking voice call-ins via Skype today so get it downloaded and get your audio levels all set up before calling in. You’ll want to contact the user breakmanx, but it shouldn’t be online till we actually are taking calls.

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So, it has been a long long time since we’ve allowed people to call in to the show. Triad636 volunteered to test it with me today, and we got it working much better than ever before. We’re going to put a part of the show aside on Sunday for anyone to call in and talk to us about whatever you want. We might decide on a topic too.. Who knows, but it will be interesting to hear from all you. To call in to the show all you need is a microphone and Skype (which is free and works on…

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Sad? Yeah, so are we. We dislike canceling more than you do, trust me. But there are forces in this existence beyond control. Like the forces that are causing Break enough abdominal pain to make a week at Bible School sound like a vacation. “Haaaaay, what’s up? This is BreakmanX…” would sound less like an intro, and more like a death rattle. So yeah, you have tonight to yourselves. Stay out of trouble, you crazy kids.

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