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YouTube Tuesday: This Is Pure Nerd-nip Edition

August 25, 2009 by Dave

“Do You Want To Date My Avatar”, the incredibly catchy music video by the folks at The Guild.

Filed Under: Music, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: MMO, the guild

YouTube Tuesday: Darkness Falls Across The Land Edition

June 30, 2009 by Dave

Say what you will about the man, he did give us dancing zombies, which lead to the above.

Filed Under: Movies, Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: michael jackson, thriller

Bonus YouTube: MonstROUS Manual Edition

April 23, 2009 by Dave

Just had to post this up as soon as I saw it. A music video walk through many classic D&D monsters… though more from the Monstrous Manual days than the Monster Manual days. If you ever wanted to hear somebody sing about a Beholder, this is the music video for you. Press info about the […]

Filed Under: Music, Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: D&D, mixel pixel, Monster Manual, monstrous manual, music video

YouTube Tuesday: Doctor WTF Edition

February 3, 2009 by Dave

What happens when ou mash-up Doctor Who, Benny Hill, and Eminem? A lot of running, at the very least. Hat tip to Graham.

Filed Under: Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: benny hill, doctor who, eminem, mashup, yakety sax

YouTube Tuesday: Guinness Armor Edition

January 13, 2009 by Dave

What happens when a beer-chugging rock band goes up against a group of LARPers? The results might surprise you. Warning: this video is metal.  (via ENWorld)

Filed Under: Music, Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: larp, metal

YouTube Tuesday: Shine on Me Edition

December 16, 2008 by Dave

When the Senior Brand Manager of D&D declares this to be good enough to be the next D&D movie, you know it’s going to be awesomely bad. Watch for a special appearance by Doctor Doom!

Filed Under: Music, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

YouTube Tuesday: Singing about Kissing Wookies Edition

November 11, 2008 by Dave

An a capella version of various John Williams songs, with new lyrics around Star Wars. Oh, and it’s composited very well, as you’ll see.

Filed Under: Movies, Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Little Big Planet’s Delay Has a Fortunate Side Effect

October 20, 2008 by joshx0rfz

I don’t even have a PS3 but I heard the news (via kotaku, joystiq, slashdot, and every other gaming publication) about Little Big Planet‘s delay. What was strange was the reason – for a song. I’m not going to bother getting into the silliness of the whole thing but it has spawned a side effect […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Music, Video Games Tagged With: controversy, little big planet, ps3

YouTube Tuesday: Huge Success Edition

September 23, 2008 by Dave

For those of you not sick of the Portal end song yet (such as myself), and because I’m neck-deep in Typography homework myself, I present the above video.

Filed Under: Music, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: jonathan coulton, portal, the cake is a lie

The Top 10 Songs that Should Never be in Rock Band

September 17, 2008 by Bartoneus

I’m sure it’s happened to many of you, listening to the radio either in the car or at work and hearing a particular song and thinking, “Damn, this song really should be in Rock Band!”  Apparently this happened so much that our friend DrScotto began to reply with simply, “EVERY song should be in Rock […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Music, Video Games Tagged With: guitar hero, Music, rockband, rockband 2, songs, top 10, Video Games, videogames

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