Saturday, February 16, 2013

NERDCULTURE SMACKDOWN! POKEMONS OF THE WEEK! FEB 16-22/13!

#351 Castform

This week we're cutting corners to only provide you with a single Pocket Monster from the third generation, the Weather Pokemon. We've all seen our fair bit of weird weather lately where I live (flipping between warm to frigid day to day and often faster than that) and so I figured we'd look at this fellow.

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/16/13.

solemn [sahl-uhm]
adjective
1. Grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood.
2. Gravely or soberly impressive; cuasing serious thoughts and/or a grim mood.
3. Serious or earnest.
4. Characterized by dignified and/or serious formality, as proceedings; of a formal or ceremonious character.
5. Made in due legal form or other expression, as a declaration or agreement.
6. Marked by religious character.

EX.  What is it not okay to making references to the Clown Prince of Crime? Do we have to be so solemn about a tragedy that occurred five years ago? *checks rules* Just five more years, I guess, and then it'll be okay.

Friday, February 15, 2013

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/15/13. SUPER MARIO BUSTERS: A GHOSTBUSTERS/ SUPER MARIO BROS. MASH-UP!

buster [buh-stir]
noun
1. A person who breaks up something, usually some sort of trouble or threat.
2. Something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
3. A loud, bawdy, raucous reveler.
4. A spree.

Here is a healthy dollop of my two favorite Italian Plumbers, Weegee & Marlboro- I mean, Mario & Luigi. In this epic cartoon mash-up we get to see our two mushroom munchers match up against the likes of the ultimate Boo, Zuul! Also, check out the soundtrack here.

 

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

WTF WED! PAPER MEGAMAN'S PONY LIGHTSABER! OH MY!

WTF WEDNESDAY PRESENTS

First up we got an oldie, but a goodie from the offices of pugfarts AKA Mapp Pears etc. (he has lots of aliases). I've covered his work before, he being a long time comerade, but as I was searching for material for today I rediscovered this gem and felt like sharing it with you guys. Make sure to show him some lovins by subcribin'.


Then we got a mash-up of Super Jail's sketchy ultra-violent style, with those gritty old Westerns, and, of course, My Little Pony. Don't be fooled by the cheery picture above-- those ponies are not to be trifled with lightly.


"AAAAAAUARRUAUAAAUAUAUAUAUAUAAUUURRRRURUUAUAAAAAAAAGH!"

I apologize for nothing.

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/13/13.

crash [krash]
verb
1. Computers. When a hardware or software problems force a system to malfunction and, effectively, shut down.

EX. Speaking of computer crashes, let's talk about ReBoot.

ReBoot was a Canadian CGI-animated telivision program that ran from 1994 to 2001 and, in my humble opinion, was doing video game world commentary before and better than Wreck-It Ralph and deserves to be, for lack of a better word, rebooted.

The world of reboot is Mainframe, the innerworld of a computer system inhabited by anthropomorphized computer programs and concepts. The two biggest threats to the citizens of Mainframe are viruses and other destructive programs, but also the "Users" or humans. To them, the Users are invaders that drop a cube on a sector of Mainframe (in actuality, its them booting up a computer game). The series started out highly episodic-- Bob, the protagonist, hops into the cube to play as an NPC and, with the help of his friends, defeat the User to save the sector. As the series progressed, things became more complex in terms of their universe, but perhaps more importantly, in terms of the characters.

The second season was external threats, like The Web, becoming even greater threats and the heroes having to to greater and greater lengths to fight off the intruders until devastating results led to a huge shift into the third season. The characters in the third season dealt with more adult problems and philosophical conundrums that couldn't be as simply solved with a clever one-liner like in the first season.

The most interesting thing about the series is that, despite the limitations of the early use of CGI, the show created an interesting world that I believe deserves to be rendered in modern technology and perhaps influenced by more updated computer terminology/ideas/philosophical problems. If in the original series the Web was so intimidating, you can only imagine what sort of threat it would be now...or perhaps it would be more integrated into their world. Food for thought.

Here is to the hope that the series reboot, which seems to be in development hell, is better than ever and get the acclaim it deserves. You can watch ReBoot on Netflix or do a simple search. Its probably not as good as I remember, but that doesn't mean its not a good idea.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 2/4-2/10/13!

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS
THE INCREDIBLE BEYONCE WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 2/4/13. Pokeathelon.

Well, we Pokemon fans may agree and/or disagree on many different things about the franchise-- from which generation is the best to whether or not competitive or causal matters more to the structuring of the series-- but we can all agree on one thing; Bidoof sucks. The nicest thing you can say is he evolves into a good HM-slave. Sad.


Don't have a ton to say but-- BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE ME A CAKE! BAKE---

5. WTF WED! BIRD MESSENGERS, CAT NINJAS, AND NOAH AKA "STRONGEST THERE IS!"

 "OH! ITS BREAD-CHESTED BLUEJAY!"

4. WORD OF THE DAY! 2/6/13. どうもありがとうございました

 I got to talk about Naruto? That is worthy of pause. Speaking of which, I really, really, really need to get caught up with Shippuden.

3. WORD OF THE DAY! 2/8/13! Forsooth!

I love when a pic/comic inspires the creative fun like the kind seen in this article. Also, Neil deGrasse Tyson is frickin' awesome!

2. MIXED BAG. THE ULTIMATE SUFFERING OF EGORAPTOR

This was a weird little thing I did in about thirty minutes-- take it or leave it.

1. MIXED BAG. TABLETOP TALES: SMALLWORLD REVIEW!

This was my second board game review and I think I did a decent enough job. If you have any comments, I'm always looking to improve my blog.

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/12/13!

eveelution [ee-vee-loo-shun]
noun
1. The nickname for any of the 7 (going on 8) evolutions of the Generation 1 Pokemon Evee. The evolutions of Evee (pictured below sitting on top of the Flareon's head) as of the release of Pokemon Black & White 2 (pictured below) are Flareon (Middle-fron, Fire type), Vaporeon (left of Flareon, Water type), Jolteon (right of Flareon, Electric type), Espeon (left of Vaporeon, Psychic type), Umbreon (right of Jolteon, Dark type), Leafeon (left of Espeon, Grass type), and Glaceon (right of Umbreon, Ice type).

As of a recent article in Cocoro, a 8th evolution has been announced, pictured at the top of the article with the Japanese name of Ninfia-- the English name and the typing/details are all still a mystery but it is set to have a cameo in the upcoming Japanese Pokemon movie. Rumors and hopes are high that this will be a Light type Pokemon, but normal typing also would seem very likely. As for my feelings on the design, I am afraid I find it lackluster.

Monday, February 11, 2013

MUSICAL MON! OBAMA'S AERODACTYLS DIE HARD!

MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS

The first video this Monday is a mash-up of the PoTUS's words together to make for some sort of wonderfully inspiring speech (the best since Hermain Cain's speech from Pokemon the Movie 2000) that you probably already know the words to, so you best sing along. Anywho, lets move on from the appetizer to our daily special-- the pterodactyl burger.


The passion in this gentleman's screeching ballad of loss and love will shatter your heart (or ear drums) as he morphs from a simple mortal to the lizard lord of the sky. An oldie but a goodie, this really is a fantastic example of the passion inspired in the ancient art of Karaoke. Now, lets get to the Die Hard dessert!


I literally can't listen to this without melting into the warbling kermit voice of Alan Rickman (whom I've been fond of since as long as I can remember (so, probably the Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie)). This is another fantastic tune from the Kaplan Bros. (whom I've been pimping about as long as we've had Musical Mondays w/ Fright Night:The Musical, & Conan the Musical, & Batman & Robin the Musical, & Expendables the Musical, & Liam Neeson the Musical).

NERDCULTURE SMACKDOWN! POKEMONS OF THE WEEK! FEB 9-15/13!

POKEMONS OF THE WEEK! FEB 9-15/13!
RAMPARDOS VS. BASTIODON!

This week we're looking at the two exceptionally unappealing dinosaur fossil Pokemons, #409 Rampardos & #411 Bastiodon! I'm gonna explain what I do and don't like about their designs and hopefully we'll learn something from the ramble about to rumble.


WORD OF THE DAY! 2/11/13.

atavism [at-tuh-viz-uhm]
noun
1. Biology.
a. The reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations.
b. An individual embodying such a reversion.
2. Reversion to an earlier type; throwback.

EX. Remember, even Pokemon evolution could be subject to atavism and, rather than getting something better, its conceivable that they could play a cruel joke on us with the new games (since they'll be coming out simultaneously worldwide) and have the Pokemon evolve into disgusting blob monsters.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/10/13.

film noir [film-noh-awr]
adjective
1. Primarily used to describe cinema, but also used to describe a visual style, the term is used to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that cynical attitudes, sexual/violent motivations, and dark, "gritty" environments.

SOURCE: RAY-B.NET