Archive for June, 2008

Bugs Bunny, greatest banned player ever

An insane, borderline autistic level baseball nerd breakdown of the game from the 1946 cartoon Baseball Bugs. This is the kind of psycho magic the internet was invented for.

A Brief History of Cars Crashing Through Walls on Sitcoms

A great article from CollegeHumor (who seem to be more on my wavelength in recent years) about one of the most bizarre sitcom tropes. Makes me want write up A Brief History of Getting Pregnant in an Elevator, Getting Saved by your Dad’s Amazing Pool Skills, or The Bachelor Auction Survival Guide.

Rom Check Fail

Rom Check Fail is a game that mashes up random elements of other games to create a hyper kinetic WarioWare style experience.  The goal in each level is the same: destroy all enemies onscreen.  But, the level structure, music, enemies, and your character itself is changed each time.  It does help to have a working knowledge of classic games so you can mentally switch from controlling Mario to Pac Man to the car from Spy Hunter on the fly.