WEEKLY ROUND-UP! SEP. 9- SEP. 15 2013!

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

TOY CRITIC PUG & SYSTEM OF A DOG WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/11/13! Cacophony.

So much Pokémon news this week that I just had to post something soul-crushing related the franchise. Now, if being reminded of your inability to catch 'em all wasn't bad enough...I give you the Gotta Catch 'Em All Pogo Remix & Contest! The first code is XY1012.

6. MUSIC MON! POWER RADDISHES, AGGRO CRAGS, & THE GAME GRUMP ANTHEM!

More Grumps is more good, if you ask me.

5. WTF WED! EMPEROR MARK HAMILL'S MINIONS GO TO PREDATOR COLLEGE!

I just finished up the original Batman the Animated Series. 'sgood!

4. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/12/13! Kanto starters.

So good, in fact, that I'm gonna keep talking about it. Stylish, mature, and the best sort of dark, BTAS is one of the best animated series of all time. Watch it HERE.

3. NERDCULTURE SMACKDOWN! POKÉMON X & Y UPDATE! #3

Now, on the subject of the Pokémon news; I just want them to spoil the final forms of the starters so I can pick my favorite. Which are you favoring?

2. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/13/13! OP.

I'm afraid NuFu's first foray into 5 V 5 Ranked didn't go as planned....

1. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/9/13! Headshot.

But we're learning more about every role, map awareness, and counters so that, in our next ranked climb, we can see about climbing out of Bronze.

WTF WED! EMPEROR MARK HAMILL'S MINIONS GO TO PREDATOR COLLEGE!

THE EMPEROR VOICED BY MARK HAMMIL!

This is a frickin' masterpiece. There are many Star Wars mash-ups and there are many Batman mash-ups, but never before have I seen the two married in to such a perfect matrimony of merriment in the form of redubbing scenes from The Return of the Jedi with Mark Hamill's Joker! It's a brilliant, twisted, and multi-layered bit of meta humor to have two of Mark Hamill's characters play off of each other so naturally. It even has a big bonus for fans of the Dark Knight Rises.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: MINION APOCALYPSE!

I don't we Summoners often give the minions in the League of Legends much thought than what they can do for us and what they can do for our opponents. Yes, the little stream of minions, super and non-super, can take out each other, towers, other champs, etc. but do we ever consider their feelings about being murdered by the hundreds every match? No. Maybe every time a minion gets in a lucky kill or a jungle creep fights of an overeager champ, we should consider the oppressive lifestyle they lead in the Summoner's Rift and on other maps.

TWO BEST FRIENDS PLAY: PREDATOR COLLEGE!

One of my favorite animators on youtube, plagueofgripes, has really outdone himself (again) with his latest animated Let's Play of the guys from TWO BEST FRIENDS PLAY! going on a ludicrous and fantastic tangent about the university years of the Predator from the "classic" video game Predator: Concrete Jungle. The animation really elevates the bit from what most of us would imagine to something truly, truly outrageous! Enjoy!

BONUS FUN FACT: The classic and quintessential manga and animated film, Otomo's Akira, predicted Tokyo winning the big for the location of the 2020 Summer Olympics. In fact, the climax of the film takes place in the stadium built for that Olympics. The film hit theaters in 1988.