Posts Tagged ‘nostalgia’
Sub Zero Was Probably A Banker, Because He Cheats
by MICHAEL TUNISON / nostalgia / video games / Comments
Mortal Kombat is what the gaming guttersnipes refer to as an “old school” game in their strange street patois that frightens me. By that logic, Oregon Trail is an even older school game. So old, in fact, that kids actually played in on primitive computing devices in grade school. What merriment it was! How halcyon those days!
But then some deranged individual, likely feeling the effects of mixing Red Bull and opiates, decides to inelegantly “mash” these games together, thus producing a hybrid monster that resembles mostly the latter, older game, only with elements of terrifying violence. Kind of like the deviant did with this Contra vs. Duck Hunt mash-up. Playing Oregon Trail with Sub Zero would also be super easy, because he would freeze all the rivers, making them easy to cross. Why didn’t those Lewis & Clark losers think of that? I bet ’cause they were too busy playing lame video games.
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Teenage Mutant Killer Turtles
by MICHAEL TUNISON / cartoons / nostalgia / Comments
Even though this video smacks of the “point out how shocking a ’80s pop culture mainstay would be if one aspect of it were more realistic” page from the “Family Guy” playbook of comedy, it was effectively done. So kudos to you College Humor, for showing us how thrillingly gory and graphic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would have been had the turtles actually ever used their signature weapons directly on their enemies instead of just manipulating nearby objects with them in order to inflict minor pain and embarrassment. Lucky for us they don’t want to imagine what if one of them acted on their love for April O’Neil.
No Thundercats Movie, Snarf, Snarf
by MICHAEL TUNISON / '80s / cartoons / movies / nostalgia / Thundercats / Comments
Just last year, we had a G.I. Joe and a Transformers movie. Seems like only a matter of time before only 1980s cartoon staples would be covered on the big screen. He-Man. Sheera. Voltron. Perhaps, but not so soon on the Thundercats score. Warner Brothers has nixed the movie adaptation, thus forever denying Comic Con girls an updated version of a slutty Cheetara costume.
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Concerned With Facebook Privacy?
There are tools to help if you are concerned with Facebook privacy. And if you were unsure you should be concerned with your privacy on Facebook. The CNN SciTechBlog highlights four of them. Why can’t Google and Facebook chill out a little and not be so concerned with knowing every detail about us in order to monetize every penny they can. Clam down, guys, we just want to use the damn internet. If we want to buy something we’ll let you know.
THREADZombie Awareness Month?
So we can just make up awareness months now? The Zombie Research Society has dubbed May ‘Zombie Awareness Month,’ and it doesn’t appear to be a joke, maybe. You are encouraged to wear a gray ribbon to signify your awareness of zombies for the month of May. This can not be real. On their website they offer a lifetime membership in the society for $25. This is ingeniously crazy. I totally just liked the ZRS on FB.
THREADThe NFL Throwing TV Elbows
Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.
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