MIXED BAG. LET'S PLAY POKÉMON PLATINUM!: THE WIENER J. CHRONICLES! PART 5 & 6!

Pokémon Platinum! Part 5! "JAS LEARNS A THING!"

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Pokémon Platinum! Part 6! "THUNDERCATS!"

Come right up to watch the last two episodes from the first session of the Mixed Bag's Pokémon Platinum playthrough. Things move right along in these episodes as we discuss game mechanics, generations, and other nonsense. If you're into that sort of thing, I hope you check it out.

I'm still joined by Quallbear (Katherine Qualls),  JAS (Justin Shavers), and Yeti (Zach Stanifer) for a riotously amusing session of Pokémon related humor. If you like that sort of thing.

And that's all I got for you today.The next session will be recorded tomorrow. Does that mean more Emerald Nuzlocke? More Wiener J.? Or something else? Tune in next week to find out.

WORD OF THE DAY! 4/25/14!

This is Tammerlairn the Worst. He is the worst wizard.

peer pressure [peer-presh-er]
noun
1. Social pressure by members of one's peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.

EX. So, remember on Monday how I said I wasn't going to pick up Elder Scrolls Online? 

Well, I must admit that I've changed my mind and decided to pick it up today because of peer pressure. And that's okay. Despite the fact that most of us were raised to ignore peer pressure and  one of my stronger instincts that has served me well is to ignore and even oppose peer pressure, some times, when the peers are your well meaning friends, trying what they enjoy isn't so bad. Heck, some times it can turn you onto something you've been missing and, I hope, that's the case with Elder Scrolls Online.

So, despite my reservations, I will give the game a try. Worst case scenario? I spent $45 on an experience that wound up being less than I wanted and stop playing before I pay a subscription fee. That's really not that big of a risk to take if it means getting to play Elder Scrolls with my friends and at least give them the benefit of the doubt in giving it a try. 

That and...well... I suppose I'm...

BACK TO TAMRIEL!

MIXED BAG. LET'S PLAY POKÉMON PLATINUM!: THE WIENER J. CHRONICLES! PART 3 & 4!

POKÉMON PLATINUM! PART 3! "I LOVE THE POWER GLOVE!"

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POKÉMON PLATINUM! PART 4! "TURD-LE!"

That's right folks, despite the riotous declarations from our opponents to stop posting Let's Play videos, here are two more for your viewing pleasure. Continuing from the last two episodes, this series follows Wiener J. on her Pokémon journey and, in these episodes, we meet her rival/crush Lucas, catch some legendarily lame Pokémon, and tell stories about my awkward sense of humor. Good times are had in this Pokémon Platinum Let's Play.

I'm still joined by Quallbear (Katherine Qualls),  JAS (Justin Shavers), and Yeti (Zach Stanifer) for a riotously amusing session of Pokémon related humor. If you like that sort of thing.

And that's all I got for you today. Tune in this weekend for the next two episodes of this series.

WTF! SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE SPIDERBOB SQUAREPALPATINE'S FINEST MOMENT!

SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE ™: 

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

Feel free to skip the following wall of text rant:

So, as I sit here eating some french fries from my local BBQ chain, I can't help but think about my feelings on the massively popular cartoon juggernaut, Spongebob Squarepants. In many ways, Spongebob clearly borrowed inspiration from Rocko's Modern Life and Ren & Stimpy, two of my favorite cartoon shows from my childhood, and, in turn, Spongebob arguably opened the door for shows like The Misadventures of Flapjack, Regular Show, and even Adventure Time. It is worth noting that all of the shows I just mentioned are Cartoon Network programming because, the other side of the situation with Spongebob, is that I will always remember it as being the tombstone of Nick Toons. Since Spongebob, the only remarkable animated programs to come out of Nickelodeon was Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequal series The Legend of Korra. In fact, I just looked at Nick's wikipedia page and, besides Spongebob, the only cartoons currently running new episodes is Ninja Turtles and Raving Rabbids. Honestly, the only other animated programs that I can remember Nick airing in the last decade, besides reruns of my childhood shows, was crap like the eyeball wretched Dexter's Lab rip-offs Jimmy Neutron and Fairly Odd Parents. I was so concerned that Cartoon Network would go the way of Nickelodeon, by almost exclusively airing mind-numbingly crappy live-action programming but they managed to pull themselves out of that vortex of fail and, while Cartoon Network isn't quite what it could be, at least it is still a channel I might watch when and if I ever happen to flick on a cable box.

What happened to Nickelodeon?

PALPATINE DOES IT!

ALSO: IN PUPPET VISION!

Clink the link. View it.

SPIDER MAN'S FINEST MOMENT!

And let's end on Spider Man. Oh Spider Man. Oh Amazing Spider Man. Some day, you will have your day in the sun. But one rant is enough for one post and, mayhaps, Amazing Spiderman isn't worth the carpal tunnel.

MIXED BAG. LET'S PLAY POKÉMON PLATINUM!: THE WIENER J. CHRONICLES! PART 1 & 2!

POKÉMON PLATINUM! PART 1! "BANE'S MOM!"

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POKÉMON PLATINUM! PART 2! "WIENER J. CHOOSES..."

What's that? You're a little disappointed that we don't have the next two parts to the Emerald Nuzlocke Challenge? Well, considering that only one of the other cast members from that Let's Play was present during our second recording session and I've had an itching to play Platinum, I think the decision to start a second series is a fine idea. Besides, we fully intend to continue the Emerald series, so don't worry. Now, let's talk about the details of this new series:

This isn't a Nuzlocke challenge (though it could be converted to that, if need be). Instead, this is a simple Let's Play. I'm joined by Quallbear (Katherine Qualls),  JAS (Justin Shavers), and Yeti (Zach Stanifer) for a riotously amusing session of Pokémon related humor. The strengths of this series is that we warmed up before we started, meaning it has laughs from the get-go and that we bring a lot of energy to the session, and that I've developed some more audio editing technique to bring some richness to the audio for your ear's pleasure. In the end, I am really proud of the resulting session and can't wait to continue soon.

And there ya go. I hope you enjoy the series, share it with your friends, and give us any feedback you deem necessary.Thanks.

MUSIC MON! TEEMO RUINED YOUR CHILDHOOD & ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE?!

BACK TO TAMRIEL!

All of my friends are playing Elder Scrolls Online and, you may be asking, "why aren't you implejr?"

Well, MMORPGs aren't really my thing. Even though I love Elder Scrolls, the game just doesn't really pique my interest-- especially for the investment of time and money required. Perhaps I'll try Destiny when it comes out (cuz Bungie)?

Still, the latest Harry Partridge animation got me a little nostalgic for running around as a Breton wielder of sword and sorcery.

GOODBYE TEEMO!

What am I playing?

Super Mario 3D World, mostly.

Oh, and League of Legends. I still love League of Legends.

CHILDHOOD RUINED!

And let's end with a delightful little school house rock style animation from ADHD injected with the dreary reality hiding behind the fantasy we so enjoyed in our youth.

I just got done rendering the audio and video for my upcoming Let's Play videos and you can expect to see an episode or two up tomorrow.