WTF WED! BANE CAT KILLS EVERYTHING ANIME ABRIDGED!

KILL LA KILL ABRIDGED EPISODE 1!

First, we were blessed with the first installment of an abridged series that I have been waiting to see come to fruition since I saw some shorts on youtube performed by the same voice actors.

Kill La Kill is probably the biggest anime in the last year, after Attack on Titan, and is certainly one of the most visually interesting anime I can think of.

The first episode of the abridged series has some good laughs and I hope they produce some more because, like most abridged series, these things get better over time.

BANE CAT!

And the funniest Bane parody I've seen in a while stole the collective heart of the internet thanks to its use of obese felines, Bane cat costumes, and lots of quotes from The Dark Knight Rises. Bane is simultaneously ridiculous and awesome at the same time. I think it is safe to say that Bane is officially far more quotable than Heath Ledger's Joker.

There. I said it.

NEW SERIES! (MY FAVORITE APRIL FOOLS JOKE...) NSFW.

I apologize for nothing. Seriously. This was funny.

 Same time, same place, every week. Have a good one, folks.

WORD OF THE DAY! 4/8/13!

context [kahn-tehxt]
noun
1. The parts of a written or spoken statement that surround or follow a word or passage that help give the word or passage meaning.
2. The circumstances that surround a situation, event, something that happens, something has been said/written, etc.

EX. This is a great example of how the internet can take anything out of context; what started as a joke between two friends, one of whom was an important employee at Microsoft, escaped it's bounds and the sarcastic words of the employee were taken as serious statements (rather than the trolling that they appeared to be by the language and lack of logic) by a great number of gamers.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE STORY!

Within hours of this hitting the net like a sack full of bricks through the glasshouse gamers are constantly rebuilding (after smashing it down themselves over some perceived slight), many a gamer was declaring Microsoft dead and that they would be buying a PS4. The sad part? Even if the rumors about "always online" aren't true (and I hope they are), many gamers will hold to the story until it is beaten to death with advertising by Microsoft. People need to be a little more skeptical and patient when it comes to stuff they find out about online. Last time I checked, Twitter wasn't a forum for anything other than mindless nonsense anyway...

WORD OF THE DAY! 2/17/13.

congeniality [kahn-jeen-ee-al-ih-tee]
noun
1. The level of an individual's agreeable. suitable, or pleasing nature or characteristics.
2. An individual's suitability or adaptability in spirit. feeling, and/or temperament.

EX. I've never considered Batman to be Mr. Congeniality before, but perhaps with a little expert training from Alfred will get him ready for some undercover work at the Gotham Beauty Pageant. After all, it will probably get attacked by Poison Ivy for using plants in their make-up, Cat Woman might compete in it to try and steal some valuable jewels from one of the judges, and/or Harley Quinn & The Joker may decide to put a smile on every judge's face (whether they like it or not).

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.

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/11/12.

cheeseburger [cheez-bur-ger]
noun
1. A hamburger cooked with a piece of cheese on top of it.

EX. Uh oh. Looks like Bat Cat got out of his carrier, turned into a tabby, and ate all the cheeseburgers. It may not be the cheeseburgers he deserved, but they were the cheeseburgers he needed.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 9/24-9/30/12.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

OPPA GANGNAM STYLE WEEK!

7. MIXED BAG. POETRY JAM #5

“Here ye, here ye! Calling all beasts and birds!

I am the Unicorn. I am, therefore,

Unique.” The beast said, in Englishman’s words,

“Henceforth, I am the King of the Forest!” -A Sonnet about a Horse

6. MUSICAL MON! THE EMOTIONAL CLAWS & HAN SOLO GANGNAME STYLE!

"If only a beast like me could make music and make people smile...maybe there wouldn't be so much...war."

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/29/12. Mass Effect.

I swear I'll play Mass Effect 3 next time I get a break; I loved the first two games, but I really need some time to be able to dedicate to that game (I'm a 100% completionist in the first two games). Who was your favorite companion? Mine was Wrex.

4. WORD OF THE DAY. 9/27/12. Blowing...

According to the article I am citing in this Word of the Day, as well as Nintendo, the image to the right (or above on a mobile device) is incorrect and blowing into cartridges are a bad idea. Apparently, we've all been hurting out carts over the years.

3. WTF WED! GAME GRUMPING BREVITY WITH PORTALS!

While I do love some good animation and this week's stuff was awesome, I miss doing weirder and more thinky stuff. Hmm....

2. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/30/12. Conclave.

I actually loved writing this little preview/primer article about my choices for the pre-release and I think I might try to do more magic articles, if you guys like that sort of thing. If you do, lemme know, and I'll share more of my thoughts on the subject. I want to work for Wizard some day so I like to talk/think about Magic and D & D a lot.

1. WORD OF THE DAY! 9/24/12. Life support.

And I think my most interesting article from last week was the comparison between The Dark Knight Rises villain Bane and Star Wars's Darth Vader. Character comparison! W007!

WORD OF THE DAY! 9/24/12.

life support [lahyf-suh-pohrt]
noun
1. A system, or piece, of equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions.
2. Medical equipment, or a system of such equipment, that replaces or assists bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who might otherwise not be able to comfortably function or survive without the aid of such equipment.

EX. Today, I'd like to take a look at two iconic film villains, Darth Vader (Star Wars) and Bane (The Dark Knight Rises), that share several similarities. Both characters are physically intimidating villains, both need life support to live that makes them part machine, with the imagery of Bane deliberately drawing on that of Darth Vader (arguably the most iconic villain in film history), and both have a similar arc in their respective films. By comparing the two characters, we will get a better understanding of the mythology underlying their development.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 3/20-3/26/12. BAD JOBS WEEK!

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

BAD JOBS WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/25/12. Deadbeat dad.

I dunno why I've become so serious about Pokemon lore as part of the Pokebible;  But hey, if you haven't seen the pokebible articles, CLICK HERE.

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/26/12. Square off.

I dunno how I felt about this fan fiction; I think I could've gone a little further with the joke and details but, as you can tell that I am taking the week off, it was the last thing I wrote before my exhaustion and the first week of classes collided in a massive fireball of death... If you wanna hear my first impressions of The Dark Knight Rises in the blog's podcast, CLICK HERE.

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/21/12. Equestrian.

I got a little whinging and ranting out of my system with this article, but it should be clear that I am still a brony; in fact, I am working on some really detailed MLP articles that hopefully will appeal to bronies and non-bronies alike by focusing on a deeper analysis of this television show originally targeted at little girls and, increasingly, made with its older audience in mind. Also, check out this Celestia X Lemongrab Mashup by CLICKING HERE.

4. WTF WEDNESDAY! ZUBATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES TEASER!

Batman and this blog go together like PB & J in case you didn't know (This Blog = PB, Batman = J, and Pokemon = Chocolate). CLICK HERE TOO!

3. MUSICAL MONDAY! BIOSHOCK W/ LYRICS & MORE.

Bioshock also has some real estate in the early days of the blog with articles like THIS ONE.

2. TABLETOP TALES: "AVACYN, MAKE IT SO!" MTG DECK

I actually got a chance to take this version of the deck for a spin and well...I got the crap kicked out me the first game and lost the second, with honor. Both games just gave me awful hands; the first failed because of just a bad hand against a great hand and the second was a game of me controlling everything I could until my opponent finished me off. I think the deck's next outing will be far more successful.

1. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/23/12. Damsel.

For a word of the day to get the number one spot, you better believe it is more than just a short example! This article was my thoughts on how the Legend of Zelda series might evolve by taking the risk of making the titular character the protagonist and hero again (she has been before but, the game is hardly something to try and remember or celebrate). CLICK HERE FOR MORE ZELDA!

WORD OF THE DAY! 8/26/12.

square off [skwair-awf]
verb
1. Taking a fighting stance, preparing to fight, beginning a brawl by means of intimidation, posturing, and stretching, as well as other mind games.

EX. It had been nine months since Mysterion defeated the arch nemesis Prof. Chaos and Butters had been sent to his room for a year without TV. There had not been a single sign of Mysterion's presence; was he dead or in hiding? Nobody knew except for his established contact in the South Park County Geology Dept. and member of the City Council, Randy Marsh. Mysterion had become a criminal when he killed Kenny, that bastard.

There had been word of a new force to be reckoned with in the sewers of Southpark. Trained by Mr. Hanky himself, Bane, was a monster of a man that had taken over the underground market of meth and cow wrangling in South Park. He went too far when he started work on a bomb that could bring the mountains down around South Park.

Randy Marsh ended up chasing some guy who stole his margarita mixer into the sewers until he ended up getting shot (luckily, he was wearing his geologist's bulletproof vest) and was dragged before Bane. Randy quickly got off to square-off against his foe.

A cloaked figure from the shadow's shoots a dart into Stan's leg.

"Aw! No fair!"He howls before tumbling back over the railing behind him into the drain out of the sewer.

To be continued in...

MYSTERION RISES

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 8/6-8/12/2012.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

"SWEEP THE LEG!" WEEK

7. WORD OF THE DAY1 8/6/12. Gerudo.

 I got to admit I've been getting pretty slap-happy with all the Zelda content this summer but, between Skyward Sword and my discovery of Omo Cat and Zac Gorman, I have a ton of content to dish out on the blog. On the plus side, at least its interesting.

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/9/12. Game genie.

I have been doing a lot of retro gaming over the last couple of weeks between my SNES and my emulator I have played and beaten the following games in the last week: Mega Man X, Mega Man 7, Goof Troop, and Mega Man X 2. Expect some Mega Man reviews very soon and, in the near future, some reviews of some Mickey Mouse Capcom games that seem pretty promising. Any SNES titles you want to recommend? Any other retro consoles you think I need to emulate?

5. MUSICAL MONDAY! BOB ROSS REMIXED: HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS

This last Musical Monday was another pleasant surprise from melody sheep and really brought the PBS edutainment nostalgia. I wonder what PBS greats they'll be highlighting in their next remix? Maybe we'll see some Reading Rainbow remixes? Or how about Lamb Chop? What was your favorite?

4. MIXED BAG. SMALL TALK #3 STAR WARS THAT I USED TO KNOW

Speaking of artistic integrity, Zach Maritn got me those cleaned up MP3s for our podcasts and we got to post them (even if it was late). The discussion saw us listening to a Star Wars Gotye parody and then discussing our personal experiences/opinions on the prequels, special editions, and artistic rights.

3. MIXED BAG. PODCAST #4 Special Edition: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES!

Some of the opinions in this podcast, being first impressions, were premature but are definitely worth a listen.

2. MIXED BAG. SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE REVIEW.

It was a serious challenge to review a game like Super Mario Sunshine; I've literally started the game and quit about six times in the last ten years but, as I've gotten older and more experienced with video games, I've finally learned the patience to play-through this flawed title.

P.S. FLUDD is a little better than Skyward Sword's Fi.

1. MIXED BAG. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY REVIEW!

The game that gave the momentum to play through so many titles over the last week or so has to be Batman: Arkham City, a true marvel of modern gaming, that made me crave as much thumb-twitching action as I can handle. Every game maker in today's market should play the game and try to steal as many good ideas from it as they can (stealing ideas isn't bad, as long as you use them in a creative way that helps continue the conversation of game design).

MIXED BAG. PODCAST #4 Special Edition: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES!

And the fourth Mixed Bag. Podcast rolls out, despite a month long delay. In the future, we'll be trying to get them done faster but, Zach has been having some problems and we're trying to adjust the schedule to better fit his own (since he edits the audio, which is the most time consuming part of the editing process). Regardless of the delay, I hope everyone enjoys this episode.

For those of you out of the loop, the subjects covered in the podcast are just like those covered in my blog; from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to 2001: A Space Odyssey, we'll cover films, television, video games and anything else that falls under our nerdy radar.

The program is hosted by Zach Martin (check out his blog by following him HERE) and myself.

This week's episode is a special edition discussion of the Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, including a discussion about the film on its own, the film as a trilogy, and comparing it to other big movies in the super hero genre.

A few notes about my opinion that has changed: Cat Woman was okay, but completely unnecessary.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 7/30-8/5/2012.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP PRESENTS

MANATEE WEEK!

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 7/30/12. Havoc.

Sometimes I wish I had a dog that was cool enough to LARP. All my dog does is pirate DVDs and watch old episodes of Battlestar Galactica...

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/4/12. Caliber.

Power Girl at least has a more defined character than Super Girl: excluding the boob hole, she is pretty funny and kind of a crazy biatch. Super Girl is sort of just "Superman's cousin".

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 8/5/12. Book it.

Screw that evil Mask and its preference for us not to steal its key from Doki Doki Pan...err...Super Mario Bros. 2. Adam West gifs because Batman.

4. WTF WED. MATRIX X OFFICE SPACE CROSS-OVER!

I wonder if staples represent something in the Matrix. All I know is that Keanu Reeves is one the about six people I like to see in every movie...

3. WORD OF THE DAY! 7/31/12. Sisyphean.

Four of the five people in my house have still not watched The Dark Knight Rises...I need to talk to someone about this film or, rather, make fun of Bane's voice in every situation.

2. MUSICAL MONDAY! THE EXPENDABLES: THE MUSICAL!

I am still waiting to see an action movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger plays every character: the protagonist, the antagonist, the supporting characters, the narrator, and even the animals...

1. TABLETOP TALES! FIASCO! EP. 1 DIRTY POLITICS PT. 3

The highlight of my last two weeks has been my first game of Fiasco. Spoilers about the next game: Vampires & HBO.