Friday, June 28, 2013

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/28/13!

bass [bass]
noun
1. Any variety of sea perch, a popular game fish, with one large dorsal fin seperated from a smaller one.
2. Any of various predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes.

bass [behys]
adjective
1. Low pitch; or the lowest pitch or range vocally.
2. Of or pertaining to the lowest part in harmonious music.
noun
3. A deep voice or singer.
4. A stringed instrument in the violin family with three or four strings that was played vertically or the electric guitar variant of that instrument.
5. The part that a bass musician plays in a piece of music.

EX. There. There is an explanation between the differences between bass and bass. Questions?

Thursday, June 27, 2013

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 6/17-6/23/13!

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

7. WTF WED! GET THAT MAGI'S STREET FIGHTER ANIME THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!

Jontron is LEAVING GAME GRUMPS.

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 6/18/13! Fatherly.

My Dad bought us a Game Boy before I was born. That Game Boy was my best friend for a few years and, while my Dad was on a submarine winning the cold war or whatever, I cherished its company in his absence. Love you Dad.

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 6/17/13! Real talk.

Jon's already gone Arin. You told him to leave and you stayed. The demons are with him Arin. All you've got is your ridiculously non-deal deals Arin. And Dan. And Barry. And Suzie Goose.

4. WORD OF THE DAY! 6/22/13! Unfortunate.

Jim Carrey makes a movie where his character tries to marry his stepdaughter after murdering her parents but turns his back on Kickass 2? Bro is crazy.

3. MUSIC MON! JON SNOW KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT CHOCOBOS & WAR!

MY BLOG IS GONNA CHANGE SOME LIVES, FOLKS! EVEN DEMONS KNOW! EVEN DEMONS KNOW! 'salready ruined my life...

2. WORD OF THE DAY! 6/20/13! Boner.

Speaking of awkward mistakes, like this BONER, I watched all four seasons of Arrested Development. I did not make a huge mistake in that choice.

1. NERDCULTURE SMACKDOWN! POKÉMON OF THE WEEK! #304 ARON, #305 LAIRON, #306 AGGRON

Favorite Rock Pokémon? Aggron. I can't say "no" to a Silver Samurai Dino.

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/27/13!


stats [stats]
noun
1. Gaming. Numerical or effective attributes, especially of a character, race, species, weapon, etc.

EX. Stats are pretty important in video games but, despite Pokémon having official heights/lengths and weight, Pokémon physical stats, amongst other Pokédex info, are complete bunk.

For example, I can't accept living in a world where I'm about five inches taller than Charizard.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

WTF WED! R.I.P. GAME GRUMPS CO-STARRING JONTRON!?


As anyone who has even remotely followed my blog over the last year would know, I'm a big, big fan of Game Grumps, a Let's Play series starring Jon "Jontron" Jafari and Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson, because of the chemistry between the two internet stars. I was a big fan of Egorator since he made a big splash with the Awesome series of animated video game parodies and a big fan of Jontron since his review of the Star Fox Adventure Gamecube game. The result of combining these two unique flavors was a Let's Play series that I listened to, for the comedic commentary, every day while I do my dishes and eat my meals.

The drawback of the Game Grumps series was that the two entertainer's main channels, especially Jontron, were neglected. To be fair, if you could make a living off of playing video games with your best friends... wouldn't you do that? And yet, many fans and other entertainers seem to sour against the channel for stealing away these two wunderkids. Thus, according to the video above, Jontron is leaving Game Grumps, shortly after hitting a million subscribers, to create "a second season of Jontron" while Egoraptor stays on with a new co-star, Dan of Ninja Sex Party. You can watch Ego & Dan's first episode HERE.

We also got a new series, Steam Train, starring animator and Grumps friend Rubber Ross and Dan, that you can watch the first episode of HERE. My opinion on Dan's addition to Game Grumps is that the first two episodes have been okay, so far, and Steam Train, which is a neat idea since it focuses primarily on PC games, has unfortunately not really won me over yet. Now, as for my feelings on the change as a whole...

Don't get me wrong. I was excited to hear Jontron would be making more of the Jontron Show. I love the Jontron show. But.... Game Grumps without Jontron? To steal something I saw earlier, replacing Jontron with Dan would be like replacing Abbot from Abbot & Costello with a guy named Tony. Tony could be funny, but it wouldn't be the same. Furthermore, and this is the biggest reason I think the fans are turning against the Grumps so vehemently (besides a sense of entitlement) is the way that the Grumps went about Jontron leaving, the introduction of a new host, and a new show; they made these big announcements, several which they should've known the fans would resist, without any time for the audience to be ready for it. If Jontron had announced he would be leaving a few weeks ago, if they had Dan as a guest third host a few times first, and if they had already added Steam Train BEFORE taking away our Jontron then the fans might not have reacted so poorly. I'm pretty upset about the way it has been an announced. Furthermore, with evidence that the real reason Jontron is leaving is to move to New York to live with a girlfriend, this could've been handled in a much better way (the fans would understand if Jontron was leaving for personal reason too).

In the end, I hope that Dan can fill Jontron's shoes, Jontron posts a new episode of Jontron Show soon, and this new Steam Train show turns out to be something we didn't know we wanted. I hope, but for now...I'm grump...

P.S. Barry, the show's "third Grump" (think Fifth Beetle), would've been a better choice then some random guy the fans don't know/care about it.

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/26/13!

dirt cheap [durt-cheep]
adjective
1. Very inexpensive.
adjerb
2. Inexpensively.

EX. Some times you just need "Dirty Deeds DONE DIRT CHEAP" or, as I called it as a little kid, "Thunder Chief."  We all need more Thunder Chief.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/25/13!


mayor [mehy-er]
noun
1. The chief executive official, usually elected, to run a village, town, city, etc.


EX. After years of being an abused tenant, in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you can be an abused mayor. Fun right?

I'm amazed it took the new Smash Bros. trailer for everyone to realize the horror of Animal Crossing... there is a lot of potential psychological trauma involved in the series and something is just off about everything. Everyone is mad, like in Wonderland, but not in an amusing or interesting way-- their madness is the madness of boredom, blandness, and monotony. Have I planted any seeds? Have I picked any weeds? Have I collected any fruit today? Have I collected any loot today? Have I gone shopping? Have I gone chopping? Have I caught any bugs today? Have I dug up bones today? Have I dug any graves today? Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?

Monday, June 24, 2013

MUSIC MONDAY! MISTER ROGER'S LEGEND OF ZELDA SCIENCE SANDWICH!


This week we start with another edutainment remix from the computations and hard work of John D. "melodysheep" Boswell(the mixer behind the Symphony of Science series). We've seen his work on another fantastic Mister Rogers remix in a past article (HERE) and I'm glad to see he is still working to bring fresh content to the internet with PBS.


Then I follow it up with some classic musical mayhem about the Gerudo with the Triforce of Power, Ganondorf! Not much to be said here but, if you do love a good video game themed musical romp, you should check out more from Random Encounters.


Animation Domination High Def have really managed to carve a gruesome niche into the body of youtube's cartoon corner and into the heart of my blog. I'm so glad to be subscribed to their content and I highly recommend you enjoy them before they get too big on Fox this Summer.

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/24/13!

human shield [hyoo-muhn-sheeld]
noun
1. A person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.

EX. His plan is so perfect! A human shield made of babies? Any potential hero would avoid that sorta collateral damage rather than be labeled as the "baby puncher"... I should add this to my list of incompetent yet genius ideas for when I become a sub par super villain.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/23/13!

tumbling [tum-bling]
noun
1.  The act, practice, or art of performing acrobatic moves, usually on a mat or the ground.

EX. Since the introduction of skills into Dungeons and Dragons, there has been a disconnect between players and the mechanic. Redundancy and over-complication of the skill system is mostly a problem because, with nearly 30 skills, it is easy to overlook or misunderstand the use of these would-be simple abilities. One skill that is particularly overlooked by all but rogues is tumble-- there is a reason that in other games they rename the skill dodge or consolidate jump and tumble into acrobatics--because a) most people don't know, at a glance, what tumble does, b) you would think that someone good at tumbling would be good at jumping, and c) dodge is a skill that immediatly gets across the message and is clearly useful.