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Crossover leads to Epic, Epic leads to Disco…

May 3, 2006 by Dave

You gotta check out this crossover of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars called Starlords. It’s intercut and edited scenes of moments from both series, with some music added. The site just got boingboinged, so it’s a little slammed, but trust me, it’s worth downloading. Especially for Christopher Lee talking to himself: “I can’t […]

Filed Under: Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games

Play DuckHunt on MySpace on InterNet

April 30, 2006 by Dave

It may not be legal, but you can play a whole bunch of NES games in your browser using Java. It also gives you the code to post the games in your blog or whatnot. I could already play NES games on my cell phone but it looks like they’ve got a whole bunch of […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

When you're a kid and you wanna go "Wii" (but you ain't got drugs yet)

April 27, 2006 by Dave

Breaking news! Announced this morning, the Revolution will not be televised! Instead, Nintendo has decided to name its next-gen console Wii. And in other breaking news, we’ve hit 150 posts!

Filed Under: News, Video Games

Hulk Smash Golf!

April 24, 2006 by Dave

Watch The Incredible Hulk’s trials to find a job after becoming an out of work superhero, on google video. There’s a bunch of other Hulk videos on Google Video with varying degrees of quality. And you can read HULK’S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET.

Filed Under: Comics, YouTube Tuesday

She's got a Ticket to Ride (Marklin)

April 24, 2006 by Dave

We have a new featured boardgame, and it’s Ticket to Ride: Marklin, the newest in Alan Moon’s easy to play, difficult to master train series. Why did I select it as a featured game? Tickets and Passengers!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Reviews

Secret War Re-Enactment Society

April 19, 2006 by Dave

I know it’s probably already made the rounds, but if you like comics or like making fun of comic book geeks, and even if you don’t have a clue what Secret Wars was, check out this video if only for a badly dressed Hulk playing frisbee.

Filed Under: Comics, YouTube Tuesday

What is GATO?

March 12, 2006 by Dave

GATO is a loveable cat-like robot. Formerly a carnival attraction at the Millenium Fair, after the world was saved he lost interest in fighting with a mechanical boxing glove. Now, he processing Geeky RSS feeds from all over the internet and reposts them here. GATO is able to do this via a WordPress Blog, RSS […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

You Must Be An Idiot! Review

March 6, 2006 by Dave

Trivia. Werewolf. Two great tastes that were kept apart. Until now.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Reviews

More bitching about WoW (and other MMORPGS)

February 28, 2006 by Dave

We must be edgy. We used “bitch” in two post titles today alone. Anyway, Ralph Koster, an executive in the MMORPG industry, posted a hilarious list of things that can be learned from MMORPGs. “Intelligent beings who have civilizations and languages of their own are generally evil and should be slain.” (link via the directory […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

After this comes the Batman/Battle Pope crossover

February 25, 2006 by Dave

Frank Miller, creator of the seminal Dark Knight Returns and who recently got more press thanks to the Sin City movies, was in a lot of the papers due to his next project Holy Terror Batman. The gist is that Batman is going to fight Osama Bin-Laden. Miller originally announced the project after 9-11, but […]

Filed Under: Comics, News

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