Aw, fuck, I almost forgot ...

... what day it is today ... MASTER NINJA THEME SONG!

Thanksgiving Prayer Video

I posted the text of this a couple years back, but there's video for it on YouTube now. I'm not as down about this country's future as I was back then, but there's still a long way to go.

RIP, Uncle Bill

On a more positive note, Hulu.com has the famous Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.

Pay attention, Rod ...

... cause this is how not to throw a can like a girl.

And they're fucking French on top of it!

You are too gay.

GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!

And now, your moment of Zen...

Simon Pegg hates fast zombies

Here's an interesting article from the Guardian from Simon Pegg on why the undead should never be allowed to run. Although it seems like a bit of fanboy wankery, he makes some salient points.

Check it out.

Wassup 2008

For the few of us that are old enough to remember this, it's an update of the famous Budweiser "Wassup" commercial from circa 2000. Man, it's been a while...

Sorry, Rod.

Looks like someone beat you to the punch.

James Gunn's PG Porn

OK, so James Gunn's PG Porn really isn't safe for work, but it isn't safe for work in the way that you might think it would be. Freakin' funny as hell; check it out.

Rod at Con on the Cob

Some people just had more fun than others.

Special Delivery for Rod!

This is awesomely tasteless. Especially the visual nod to a certain Spielberg film.

The Diary of Anne Frank of the Dead *TRAILER*

Best Book...Evar!

Seriously, check it out. It's a fucking mindjob of a novel.

Not like it's a secret...

I'm sure everyone knows this by now, but I'll make formalities of it and announce that I am indeed (finally) moving. The house is a duplex on Marrano Pkwy. in Cheektowaga, basically near the intersection of French and Transit. The official date we take possession is October 1st, so we should be in and set up by the 15th once everything's done...we hope. It is indeed an awesome house.

Needless to say, an obligatory game night will occur. I will keep y'all posted.

And just because I don't want to leave you guys empty handed, here's Al Pacino doing what he does best.

So THIS is what happens?

Since I never actually finished the original Super Mario Bros., I was quite surprised to see the ending.

Or at least, this is how it should have ended.

I knew I shoulda bought magic instead of D&D mnis...

I would totally play this.

And Jerry Reed too...

Legendary entertainer Jerry Reed has died of complications from emphysema at the age of 71.

Now everybody sing!

"In a world ... where movie commercials suddenly fall silent ..."

Voiceover king Don LaFontaine dies at the age of 68. Man, movie trailers are gonna suck now...

If you've never seen this little bit of madness, I envy you....

Dark Knight Spoof

... you say Sho'Nuff!

Julius Carry in action

"When God asks you, 'Who's the Master?', you say ... "

Julius Carry star of The Last Dragon and Brisco County Jr. dies. No word on the cause of death, but it certainly was a surprise.

Ruining Conan for John....

Warren Ellis is my new god

If you're not following Warren Ellis on Twitter, you really need to do so right fucking now! He's a mad insane, but always entertaining, genius. Check out a recent exchange (Brian, you're gonna love this):

• warrenellis One should be able to Frankmillerize films. By which one digitally removes all the dialogue and replaces it with the actors saying "WHORES" 10:12 PM July 28, 2008 from twhirl
• warrenellis Bruce Lee in Frankmillerized ENTER THE DRAGON: "Don't think... WHOOOOOOORES." 10:19 PM July 28, 2008 from twhirl
• warrenellis Children Of Dune, Steven Berkoff: "Well! Then! I say unto YOU! Send! Men! To summon... WHOOOOOOORRRESSSS" 11:19 PM July 28, 2008 from twhirl
• wilw @warrenellis Frankmillerized Stand By Me: I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead WHORE. (I'm gonna get letters about this one.) 02:20 PM July 28, 2008 from web in reply to warrenellis
• warrenellis @wilw you are so going to Nerd Hell for that one. 10:22 PM July 28, 2008 from twhirl in reply to wilw

This is actually pretty good.

The Watchman trailer is online.

You know, if you care or something.






... Oh who am I kidding?

OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!THAT IS SO FUCKING COOL!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!





OK, I'm all better now.

Zombie Stalin

Soviet zombies and hooters. What more could a growing boy need?

GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo.

Because there haven't been any new posts in a few...

...here's some Latvian pirate music!

Brave New Scott

Ridley Scott returns to sci-fi, but not quite how you'd expect...

Brave New World

Iron Sky

I think we've all had this one cross our minds as an idea
for a Pulp game...

KUNG FU DUNK (Asian cinema rulz!)

RIP George Carlin

Dead at 71. He's probably going over those seven words you can't say with the big invisible man in the sky...

Alt Text: Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd

If cookbook fans talked about cooking the way that RPG fans talk about gaming, it would sound mysteriously like Alt Text: Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd.

And if you think this is outlandish, you obviously haven't spent enough time at RPG.net.

I laughed. Out loud.

The Count Song

"Hizzona" has passed on

The Buffalo News: Home: Former Mayor James D. Griffin dies at 78 in Orchard Park nursing home
Might not mean much to anyone who didn't grow up in Buffalo, but Jimmy Griffin was an indelible part of mine and many others' childhood. Who can forget his immortal advice to a city ravaged by winter storms in 1985:

Stay inside, grab a six-pack and watch a good football game.

There was ever only one mayor of Buffalo. RIP, Jimmy

Robert Asprin, RIP

Just found out that Bob Asprin, author of the Myth Adventures series, recently passed away:

On May 22, 2008, Bob passed away quietly in his home in New Orleans, LA. He had been in good spirits and working on several new projects, and was set to be the Guest of Honor at a major science fiction convention that very weekend. He is survived by his mother, his sister, his daughter and his son, and his cat, Princess, not to mention countless friends and fans and numerous legendary fictional characters.

He will be greatly missed.

Man, he was one of my favorites; I think I've read just about everything he's ever written. Not only was he known for the Myth series, he also edited the early Thieves' World shared world anthologies, and was a gamer and SCAdian to boot ("Yang the Nauseating").

He will be missed.

Keep your catbox clean, my friend!

It's motherfucking Pumaman.

And there's video evidence as well (about the 2:00 mark).

The Good The Bad The Weird (no, really)

Another one for the "Going To Con" play list

"Hail To The Geek" by the dEAF pEDESTRIANS

My new favorite song

Ah, songs from forgotten days gone by....

Don't know who's responsible for this, but someone has posted a page of Songs by Tom Lehrer. Who, you might ask? Probably one of the funniest, smartest, and cleverest songwriters of the 20th century. He's like a straighter and geekier Cole Porter. Check out my favorites, "The Masochism Tango" and "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park".

"Tick, tock, tick, tock ... hypnotic, isn't it?"

Courtesy of E.E. Knight's wife, of all people:

"... Get pitted, so pitted."

"English, base knave, dost thou speak it?"

Funny stuff.

NES Guitar Hero? Sign me up!

"Oh, the ... turtality..."

Here's a clip from a super-low budget Russian horror flick featuring a giant, mutated turtle attacking a city. Friend to all children, he ain't ....

"Oh, no, the turtle is attacking! Walk away at a brisk pace!"

Belt Fed Nerf Gun

Where was this shit when I was a kid?
http://gizmodo.com/357952/nerf-vulcan-ebf+25-fully-automatic-toy-dart-gun-rambo-juniors-weapon-of-choice

RIP Chuck Heston

Were they able to pry the gun out of his hand?

"Sit on my left next time"

Marvel Zombies (Not for the kiddies)

3 year old retelling Star Wars

No, its not my kid but she has done this...

Go ahead and sing.

Miss You "20"

Teh Awesome

Where was this when we were kids?!

Eight Virginia Cub Scouts get a gaming all-nighter as a reward for earning Webelos certification. Boys claim that it still doesn't take the sting out of being "We-blows".

Seriously, if this had been an option, I would have stayed in the damn Boy Scouts.

Just what we need, gamer merit badges. Oh, wait, we have those, they're called Achievements ... ;)

Well, this is an improvement...

There are more Watchmen costume pics here: Watchmen Costumes

Gary Gygax failed his last saving throw...

The godfather of geekdom, dead at 69.

Jeff Healy dead at 41

Remember the blind guitar player in Roadhouse... Yeah, him.

Well, what do YOU call 'em??

My favorite was "Screaming Yellow Zonkers" ...

I know who I'm voting for.

They make it all so clear to me now....

And Jimmy's Response

Where the whole thing started

"I'm F$%king Seth Rogen" (NOT work safe)

NOT WORK SAFE

So, I want to get more than one take...

But if I hit someone in the head with an axe, I am pretty sure they wont let me do it again.

So I make a fake axe. I'ma cut the blade off where it is supposed to be buried in the head. I am going to "age" the real axe, then paint the fake to match.

Festivals and Shows.

Here is the list of stuff that I have every intention of attending this year.

• Horrorfind Weekend: March 28-March 30. Baltimore, MD (there is going to be another HF weekend in August - I will probably go to that one instead).
• Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival: March 24-March 29 (I am part of the staff for this one).
• Rue Morgue Festival of Fear: August 22-August 24. Toronto.
• Rotten Jacks Creep Show: September 20.
• Eerie Horror Fest: October 9-October 12. Erie, PA.
• After Dark Film Festival: October 19-October 25. Toronto.

Pwned.

Upcoming Convention Schedule

I know Brian and Tom asked about these, so I figured I'd post the dates for as many game conventions as I'm aware of this year, as well as which ones I'm planning on attending. Feel free to post any other events that should be included:

• SimCon: March 27 - March 30. I've signed up to run two events on that Saturday.
• UBCon: April 11-13. I'm planning on running two events here. We'll see how well attended they are.
• Western New York Savages: April 19. This is being put together by some guys out of Rochester and being held at SUNY Geneseo. Not sure yet how good the turn-out will be, but we'll see.
• Origins: June 25 - June 29. Can't go to this one; my sister's getting married that weekend ... more's the pity.
• GenCon: August 14 - 17. The big one; wouldn't miss this for the world!
• Con on the Cob: October 2 - 5. Another one I wouldn't miss for anything; just too damn much fun.

More shows as I find out about them. I know that Rod mentioned a date for the Creep Show this year, but I don't remember it off-hand. I'm sure he'll put it up soon ...

It's here ...

It's finally here ...



God help me, I believe ...

Cthulhu breaks wind and the navy invents a word to describe it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

This'll kill a few hours

TV Tropes is a web site dedicated to cataloging the various tropes and clichés present in most modern media. I lost about an hour to it today. Be warned, it's a real time sink.

Ernie and Bert go BRUTAL

Along the same lines as that Turtles vid ...

Full Auto Shotgun

I squealed a bit with glee...

Teenage Mutant Hardcore Turtles

Ready to Roll

RIP Roy Scheider.

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

G'night Roy.

Chewbaca Tasered???

This one gets funnier the more you watch. You can hear the guys at the end saying "Chewbaca" LOL

Vader...Coming to America

Aha!


Star Wars Coming to America - Watch more free videos

The front fell the fuck off... what dont you understand?

Watch More Funny Videos at Viddux.com!

Ninja Cheerleaders: worst movie ever?

... I think not.



Because there are worst fates than embedded hypno-rays ...

This is kind of funny, but you have to read the whole thing.

This is Iggy Pop and the Stooges concert rider.

I especially love the part where the tour manger threatens to eat the guys entire family...

I would eat here EVERY DAY!!!

Leatherface's Wet Dream (and maybe Rod's too)