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• A Lesson From Balloon Fight: Your Life Is Meaningless

  According to this video, put together with the aid of the Talking Heads, the only thing more meaningless than the toil of digital characters is the drudgery of our own lives. Think the Balloon Fight guy is so wild and free, drifting over the ocean? Think Jack from Harvest Moon is accomplishing something with the sweat of his brow? Yeah, keep on thinking that. Read More... Posted Dec 11 2008, 02:31 AM by Nadia Oxford with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: super mario bros, harvest moon, video, media, fan stuff, nadia oxford, balloon fight, shadowgate, paperboy, talking heads

• Mega Man Dies and Goes To Robot Hell For His Sins

  Wise people are known to furrow their brows, stroke their beards and wonder why Doctor Wily just doesn't throw his entire stable of robot jerks at Mega Man. There are two answers to that question. First, there is certainly something psychological with Wily's slow trickle of Robot Masters; the even distribution gives Mega Man a challenge, but doesn't overpower him. This, in turn, leads to some rambling theory about every human's need to chase a Questing Beast. The second answer is probably the right one: if Mega Man had to fight every Robot Master at once, his games wouldn't be much fun, stupid. Gee, the guy who put together this video makes it look so easy. In fact, there's something primal and just a little sexual about this nine-man confrontation. Read More... Posted Dec 10 2008, 12:01 AM by Nadia Oxford with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: nintendo, mega man 2, nes, mega man, 8-bit, retro, video, fan stuff, nadia oxford, robot masters

• Seven Minutes With Mega Man 9's Music

  What are you thankful for this year? If your answer isn't "Mega Man 9" and "Bitchin' guitars," I don't want to talk to you anymore. At this point in your life, you've no doubt heard Mega Man 2's "Doctor Wily Stage One" remixed on every instrument from the jew's harp to some dog's armpit. It's high time we start running Mega Man 9's fantastic soundtrack into the ground. Let this Freddie fellow lead the revolution with this lovely seven minute compilation/remix of every tune in the game. Be wary of last boss spoilers if you're like me and haven't bested Wily yet. Ugh, the shame. Related Links: The Mega Man Robot Club Mega Man 9 Bosses Look Like Mega Man Bosses For Love of the Game: Rockman 7 FC Posted Nov 27 2008, 01:48 AM by Nadia Oxford with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: mega man 2, game music, mega man 9, video, media, nadia oxford, remix

• Mega Man Fan Movie Trailer

  Okay, well... So... Um, I really do admire the gentlemen who play Thomas Light and Albert Wily in this upcoming(?) Mega Man fan movie. Imagine asking your dad to roleplay as a dude who hangs out with a giggly female robot all day, or as a power-hungry German man (anyone who speaks German can't be power-hungry). Imagine his reaction. "You want me to do what? While wearing a lab coat?" I'm also digging the designs for the original six robots. Looks like someone spent the extra thirty cents on the fancy brand of tinfoil. I've seen a lot of Mega Man fan movie trailers come and go. I kind of hope this project sees its way to fruition just so I can stop feeling I belong to the most shiftless fandom on the Internet. The Mega Man Robot Club Mega Man 9 Goes Back To Your Roots. Way Back. The Delights of Continuity in Mega Man and Abroad Posted Nov 21 2008, 10:25 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: mega man, trailer, video, fandom, nadia oxford, movie

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Stupidity

  The Legend of Zelda cartoon was one of the more competent game-based television series to foul up the '80s. That's not saying much, I suppose, especially when you recall some of the show's more ridiculous traits. Here's ten minutes of The Legend of Zelda, as collected and sewn together by The Switcher. Guaranteed to make you cringe and say, "Oh Christ above why did I love this? No wonder nobody ever came to my birthday parties." I don't think I was ever aware that the Zelda cartoon had a considerable amount of innuendo. Dude, Link tried to ambush Zelda on her bed. If I were the king, I'd turn that impish rogue out on his bum and just set down some fly paper around the Triforce of Wisdom. Read More... Posted Nov 19 2008, 06:47 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: the legend of zelda, zelda, movies, nostalgia, link, video, fandom, nadia oxford, the '80s, game cartoons

• WTFriday: Mega Man A Cappella

  Note to readers: WTFriday is a weekly feature where I find something stupid about video games and get you to laugh until it goes away. Please try to forget this is what I normally do every day of the week. Every Friday, I spent literally tens of minutes--and sometimes dozens of minutes--searching for something stupid and hopefully video game-related to share with my beloved readers. But some Fridays, links to substantially goofy content fall right into my lap--like today! 61FPS Reader Nathan Avilla was so kind as to forward me a Mega Man 3 game play video with all of the music/sound effects replaced by human wailing; it's shrill and taunting, yet somehow enchanting. I'd have preferred that the composer applied this idea to Magnet Man's stage, as science has proven that he has the best music in all of Mega Man 3--but still, I'm impressed: Mega Man 3 'Vocal BGM' clip And unlike most wacky online videos, this is definitely something you can do at home; all you need is a microphone, and to be castrated. But make sure you ask your parents' permission before buying an expensive microphone. Related Links: WTFriday: The Mario Paint Music Showcase WTFriday: The Chrono Trigger Anime WTFriday: Goldman's Drama Academy Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 03:00 PM by Bob Mackey with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: nes, retro, mega man 3, video, bob mackey, wtfriday

• The Angry Video Game Nerd Says a Bad Word: Deadly Towers

  Sons and Daughters of the 8-bit Gods, it is time. The Angry Video Game Nerd has summoned the power of his inner heart and our contributed swears to bark back at the evil that eclipsed our Nintendos so long ago: Deadly Towers. Note that the audio on this movie is Not Safe For Work in any regard. Things get pretty raunchy at record speed. Personally, I think I would have preferred a complete review instead of a bunch of strung-together swears, however foul (wait, I am talking about the Angry Video Game Nerd, right?). Deadly Towers is a game that doesn't come by often. It's as rare as Dracula's centennial resurrection and fifty times more frightening. Most "bad" games are merely mediocre, or they fail for very obvious reasons like making the controller come to life and bite you on the thumb. You say to yourself, "This game is an unfair piece of crap" and you throw it out the window in good conscience. But when you play Deadly Towers, your brain goes numb. You know you're playing a terrible game, but you're helpless to turn away. It's like those nightmare stories about paralysed patients waking up on the operating table and lying frozen while the scalpel cuts into them. Read More... Posted Aug 20 2008, 07:04 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: angry video game nerd, 8-bit, retro, video, deadly towers, bad games, fan stuff, swearing

• Star Wars: A New Halo

  Some people might consider this irrelevant, but The Escapist hosts more than Yahtzee and Zero Punctuation. Kung Fu Grip, a foul-mouthed theatre of action figure puppetry (think Robot Chicken) also nests on the site. Videos featuring game characters being violent, vulgar and nailing anything that moves isn't really new, but Kung Fu Grip has a few videos worth watching. Consider the series' latest, Star Wars: A New Halo, which replaces the bumbling Storm Troopers from Star Wars with the git-r-done good ol' Spartan boys from Halo. You won't be taking them down with Jedi mind tricks, nor will they waste time pounding on a locked door when they could be blowing it up. Read More... Posted Aug 01 2008, 04:32 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with no comments Filed under: star wars, yahtzee, the escapist, halo, video, kung fu grip, fan stuff

• "Honus Wagner Card Man?!"

  The Internet is more or less a traffic jam (some might liken it more to a pile-up) of videos dedicated to gaming culture. Most of these videos are testosterone-driven frenzies with bad picture quality and fuzzy sound that rattles like a drowning man's lungs. They're vital contributions, though: who else is going to declare "hahaha miyamoto did sooo many drugs before he made Super Mario Bros--there's, like, mushrooms everywhere!" Still, it's nice when game fans take the time to dedicate themselves to something truly funny and worth watching. I will now direct you to The Last Days of Doctor Wily, an Old Rich People tribute to Mega Man's evil nemesis. The ending more or less sums up the thoughts of anyone who's ever played a Mega Man game. Read More... Posted Jul 21 2008, 09:42 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: mega man, video, media, parody, doctor wily