| Jun. 26th, 2009 @ 07:26 pm Link Dump of Awesome |
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I don't see why I need to waste two hours of my life watching something that's going to piss me off more than the last Transformers movie when I can watch this 5 minute review and quite literally cheer. It makes me happy. It makes me so happy. But then I am an old, bitter G1 and Beast Wars Transfan. *grin* The review just made me so happy, though. Oh my god. ...I need to save this and watch it over and over again.
Now I must link to this seriously kick-ass article about video game names and where they came from (though "they made it up" doesn't seem to be in the guy's range of reasoning... but y'know, it's still a damn good read). This covers Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, Sonic, Street Fighter, Final Fight, Final Fantasy, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Castlevania, Samurai Shodown, Pac-Man, Kirby, Pikmin, Mother/Earthbound, Pokemon, Adventure Island, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and a shitload more. Plus the works cited list! And the best part is there are dozens more articles linked in this one with more information about names and origins. This is a drug to me, yes it is. Better than TV Tropes... almost. So. Much. Good.
Oh what the hell. Speaking of things that totally get me off, make me happy and often hurt other people, Let's link to the trope Urban Legend of Zelda. I keep thinking maybe I should add to the Ocarina section but that would just kinda prove that I remember way, way too much.
And some more intelligent, thought-provoking stuff over at Misanthropic Gamer dealing with the concepts of birth, nourishment, sex, propagation and death in video games. Worth the read if only for the thoughts on Zelda, honestly: "What if Zelda, a tale which almost always revolves around the link between Ganon, Zelda, and Link through the Triforce was tinkered with just slightly? I'm not talking about a complete overhaul in what makes Zelda, most of the titles still stand firmly in pure form for what we have as a fairy tale from a videogame. What if it grew up with us as well? Should that be allowed, should they remain and possibly stagnate in the consistency of what they convey? I'm no deity, so I can't answer that. All I can offer are my desires, which are in fact the will of a fanboy." ...And there's a little Devil May Cry in there too, but nevermind--it's just a good article.
There's no way I can describe the article better than the title: Stoned Wallabies Blamed for Crop Circles.
And in seriously depressing links... Well. We knew George Lucas had turned to the Dark Side, but never before had the proof been more obvious. Ouch.
Finally, for some "interesting and fun ideas for a Ghostbusters 3 plot that will never be made but wouldn't it be almost as cool as the idea that they all go to hell?" stuff, Geoff Manaugh writes up something awesome about haunted phone lines. I'd be surprised if there was anything in New York that wasn't haunted by now. |
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