WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 10/15-10/21/12.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

CEREAL KILLER WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 10/18/12. Incomplete.

Maybe I should blame Monsters Inc. for the betrayal that is Pokemon Black & White 2.

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 10/21/12. Vanilla.

Sorry if some of my articles have been rather vanilla recently.

5. SAILOR MOON WTF? WORD OF THE DAY! 10/17/12. Bishoujo.

Maybe I just need to be assaulted by a magically super-powered girl.

4. WORD OF THE DAY! 10/20/12. Gender.

If you don't know, I'm working on getting my degree (Creative Writing and History). Over the last two weeks, I read two 500 page books on gender and sex. Maybe that explains why my brain has been fried lately.

3. WORD OF THE DAY! 10/16/12. Treadmill.

Maybe I need to get more exercise, but the life of an academic is quite tiring at times.

2. MUSICAL MONDAY! SUPER MARIO LAND W/ LYRICS!

Or perhaps, I just need a break to play some games and explore my past. I'm currently waiting to see if I get into grad school; which will help dictate my future...

1. TABLE TOP TALES: "ANGELS, ELEPHANTS, & CENTAURS, OH MY!" DECK

Or maybe I just need a girl in my life... But that's okay. I got friends. I got a lot of table top gaming; from a new Pathfinder campaign I'm running to Magic the Gathering to a Naruto RPG. And table top is my truest passion.

Halloween is just around the corner...

MUSICAL MONDAY! SUPER MARIO LAND W/ LYRICS!

MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS

SUPER MARIO LAND W/ LYRICS!

Today's Musical Monday is a brentalfloss and featuring Dave Bulmer is about a video game that I have a rather personal and nostalgic relationship. In many ways, Super Mario Land is one of the lost Mario games; it was 1989 and Nintendo's handheld Game Boy console was a new piece of hardware. I hadn't even been born when this game came out, but the Game Boy and several cartridges (including the equally important Tetris & Tetris II) were the first video games my Dad bought in the names of, someday, being able to share it with his son. And it was the first console I think I ever played and I played it a lot.

Road trips, which we took a lot of between visiting my grandparents in TN and moving every two years or so, were quite common in my childhood. I used to carry around a backpack full of books, but the entertainment I remember most fondly was my Game Boy. Super Mario Land was rather special as it was probably my default game (after Tetris II) and I can remember having to ask adults to help me figure out harder parts of the game.

The colors were shades of green and black, it was hard to see the screen in the sunlight, and it weighed about 3/4s of a pound when I had the rechargable battery pack plugged into the back of the sucker. It was the first console I ever really had, the first console I ever had to play Pokemon on, and it will always have a special place in my heart. When you consider the fact that I didn't get a Color Game Boy until about 1999-2000 (I remember it was when they rolled out Pokemon Gold/Silver), you can understand how the only portable console I had for ten years would leave a very serious impression on me when compared to modern portables which get new iterations every twelve months...(I'm looking at you 3DS XL)

3DS XL PROVOKES VIOLENCE W/ ZAN

WTF WEDNESDAY! FLASH GAME FILES! #1

 WTF WEDNESDAY PRESENTS:

CAT MARIO or "DON'T TRUST ANYTHING!"

Anyone else think it is weird that Mario spends so much time dressed up as animals? Then again, I'd dress up like a Bumblebee if it allowed me to fly and walk on honey covered walls too. Today's subject is a bit of a pallet cleanser after PETA's dreadful flash game that shall not be named. (CLUE: They kill my favorite animal in it). It's a little game called CAT MARIO.

The name of the game in Cat Mario is don't trust anything. The game is designed to prey on your notions from playing Super Mario Land and does so with dangers at every turn from angry ghosts to blocks that don't break when you bump them with your head! This flash game is delightfully mean and it can provide you with some Demon Souls styled entertainment for FREE.

I LIKE FREE!

Check out the links below:

WATCH THIS GUY PLAY IT HERE!

CAT MARIO- LINK TO DOWNLOAD CAN BE FOUND HERE!


PLAY IT ONLINE!

WORD OF THE DAY! 11/23/11

hogwash [hawg-wosh]
noun
1. refuse given to hogs; swill.
2. anything considered worthless.
3. nonsense, bunk, or hooey.
4. propaganda

PETA [Pee-tah]
noun
1. Acronym. People for the ethical treatment of animals.
2. Domestic terrorists who use propaganda to push their agenda with misinformation, fear, and monetary support from idiotic celebrities and unwary vegans, vegetarians, hippies, etc.

EX. PETA's  use of Mario's image to promote the preservation of tanookis (Japanese raccoon dogs) is disturbing propaganda that is intended to disturb children. The game linked below is disturbing but a slightly amusing rip-off of Robot Unicorn by PETA.

 MARIO KILLS TANOOKI!

Their organization and its message is hogwash.

If you want to help animals donate to your local ASPCA organization, adopt a pet, or find some other local fundraiser. Do not give money or time to a borderline terrorist organization like PETA that kills thousands of animals a year, celebrates arsonists, and wants to corrupt the sensitive by showing offensive images to disturb/make you feel guilty. Animal abuse is very real and should be fought against but the way PETA's tactics and overall message is criminal.

The larger irony can be found in the video below, Mario's response to their vile video game.

MARIO's RESPONSE TO PETA!