Points of Interest – 9/1/07
Assorted Mushrooms
- RWappin has brought together a neat little piece of Flash awesomeness in Everything You Know Is Wrong, a music video based on Weird Al’s classic song from a decade or so ago.
Because let’s face it, the only songs that really need videos are the ones that come from Weird Al. Hell, more AMVs might be more tolerable if they chose from that collection instead of Live and Learn and the same three other songs.
drneko found this gem, wherein the denizens of the world call out to one of the greatest legendary heroes of the past…
…Popeye.
And even if the Sailor Man of legend wins the day… is it still too late for him?
- One must ask: is it possible to pity a Dick?
- Newsarama recently caught up with Heavy Metal owner, editor, and publisher and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Kevin Eastman for an interview wherein he discusses these subjects, among others.
Most interesting to me is the opening questions, wherein he clears the air about what his relationship to the Turtles franchise is, whether Marvel was really interested in the Turtles, and how he almost got involved with Civil War.
Plus, part two is coming Monday.
- Toy News International sat down for a recent Q&A with Mattel, covering He-Man and DC Comics items.
Not wanting to be left out, Figures.com asks a few of their own.
- Cartoons in the 80′s were filled with lessons, be it a moral or a Public Service Announcement (PSA).
Of course, there were also other less blatant messages, and it seems that CRACKED.com has picked up on a few of them.
Video Power
- Granted, I haven’t read the latest about the PSP Slim, but early showings have reported that there doesn’t seem to be a whole hell of a lot different from the original.
Amusingly, the Japanese commercial seems set to validate that claim.
- Inspired by Bioshock, LoadingReadyRun’s Paul embarks on a mission to turn the idea of a 1950s-style underwater utopia into a reality.
“They look good on paper, but then the paper gets wet.“
- Thanks to jackscarab and Press The Buttons for bringing this one to the fore. CRACKED.com has posted yet more of their “don’t take this too seriously lest your logic centers burst” articles, the sort which might make a good point if not for the erroneous information a geek like me (and apparently some of their commenters) would point out.
One such article is 12 Great Games With Ridiculous Premises. Which is almost anything before, oh, say… the 32-bit era? With some exceptions, of course.
They also examine 6 Video Game Gimmicks That Went Away Too Soon (And 6 More That Need to Die) and more.
…and, it’s 6:19am and Firefox just crashed on me before I could save everything I had here, so I’m going to either try and pick it up sometime over the weekend, or possibly just wait for Monday. Sigh.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”