Remembering it so you don't have to
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vovatWell, to start his post, I'll point out that the feud between the Angry Video Game Nerd and the Nostalgia Critic is quite amusing. I'd actually seen one of the Critic's videos before, in which he reviewed that bold anti-drug effort by the first Bush administration, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. I've been watching some of his others, and I've enjoyed them so far.
Speaking of nostalgia, a recent post by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
annamatic about the theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (the actual title of which is "Funeral March of a Marionette") reminded me of a game for my old Texas Instruments computer called Shamus, which used that music on its title screen. Has anyone else played this game? It was developed by Atari, so I assume it was available for computers other than the TI. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it, and this review says that it's basically a combination of Adventure and Berzerk. (I've never actually played Berzerk, at least as far as I can remember.) Basically, you had to gather the keys to unlock new passages, while avoiding running into the walls (they were apparently all electrically charged), and shooting enemies. If you stayed in a room too long, a villain called the Shadow would show up to kill you, walking right through the walls to get to you. I understand that this is quite similar to the behavior of Evil Otto in Berzerk, as well as Baron von Blubba in Bubble Bobble. It definitely kept you on your toes while playing; I grew to dread the two notes that always announced the Shadow. There were four levels, each color-coded (and the color was identified on the bottom of the screen, which was useful when playing the game on a black-and-white TV set), but I could only ever reach the second. I remember including some Shamus characters, as well as ones from Word Munchers, in a story I wrote in elementary school.
By the way, did you ever ask yourself, "What if Jack Chick were slightly more up to date?"? Well, it looks like you can get your answer here.
And here are some memes and quiz results.
vovat's Halloween party:
1womp dressed as a new superhero: Squirrel Bat.
3x1minus1 dressed as Nosferatu the Supreme Vampire, though it looked more like a senior internet assistant manager.
aliste dressed as Barbra Streisand, and it suited them all too well.
annamatic dressed as Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
arfies dressed as Camilla Parker-Bowles when she becomes Queen.
bartkolounger dressed as the Archbishop of Abazex.
bec_87rb dressed as the Governor of Rhode Island.
bethje dressed as a devil.
chrisstangl dressed as a badger, and it suited them all too well.
colbyucb dressed as a pitcher for the Astros.
colleenanne dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Visual Dominator.
countblastula dressed as Optimus Prime.
dave_noisy dressed as a lightning.
daveychu gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as the Archbishop of Upper Flowers.
dragonxbait dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Victory of Clouds.
eagledna dressed as a halfback for the Eagles.
gloworm59 dressed as a obedient ambition.
goliam dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Falafel Rhinosquirt".
guntharr dressed as your mother.
jazzsammich dressed as the resurrected dead -- complete with the most convincing coffin.
jenhime dressed as a diplomat from Nauru.
k1cup dressed as a pirate.
kristenjarrod dressed as the main character of "Gandhi".
leolapyre dressed as Ivan the Terrible of Russia.
listenesmerelda dressed as an iMac.
little_octagon dressed as the Cold Power Ranger.
logical_con dressed as Helga the wisewoman, although the live snake was a mistake, though it looked more like someone who just had sex.
lozenger8 gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as Elizabeth Regina on steroids and roller skates.
majellen dressed as Dick Cheney - tarred and feathered.
matt_argos dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
mikeleffel dressed as Andrew Jackson.
mmpoetatheart dressed as a referee.
not_glimmer dressed as David Letterman.
nova_one didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.
obsessical dressed as Adam-the-first-man but the fig-leaf was far too big.
onesto_hotel dressed as a Mable Dunlap Railroad employee.
onib dressed as a bottle of Duopac.
ozma914 dressed as Mary Queen of Scots ... without her head. Most convincing.
petie_s dressed as a deer.
pixielust dressed as a 1970's disco child.
punterschlagen dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know.
revme dressed as Sybil - except that Sybil didn't show but the other 11 personalities did.
rockinlibrarian dressed as Dick Cheney.
sailorptah dressed as Guy Fawkes but the exploding barrel of dynamite didn't go down too well.
sapsorrow dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Tina, and it suited them disturbingly well.
science dressed as Keri Russell riding a moose.
secretnthewings dressed as a green vampire, though it looked more like the resurrected dead -- complete with the most convincing coffin.
shadarko dressed as the love child of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, though it looked more like the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
skylark_king dressed as Dan Brown.
slfcllednowhere forgot to put on clothes!
suegypt dressed as the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
themall dressed as something cold, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
thestraggletag dressed as Pavlova the ballerina -- dancing on point too, and it suited them all too well.
tisok dressed as a Level 8 wizard.
travspence dressed as Lady Godiva without the horse and far too little hair!.
twobitme dressed as a software engineering department chairman.
unclemilo dressed as a walking Guillotine.
vilajunkie dressed as a schoolteacher.
yosef dressed as a justice.
zaph dressed as Sigfried in need of testosterone.
zimbra1006 dressed as Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Throw your own party at the Hallomeme!
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Speaking of nostalgia, a recent post by
annamatic about the theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (the actual title of which is "Funeral March of a Marionette") reminded me of a game for my old Texas Instruments computer called Shamus, which used that music on its title screen. Has anyone else played this game? It was developed by Atari, so I assume it was available for computers other than the TI. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it, and this review says that it's basically a combination of Adventure and Berzerk. (I've never actually played Berzerk, at least as far as I can remember.) Basically, you had to gather the keys to unlock new passages, while avoiding running into the walls (they were apparently all electrically charged), and shooting enemies. If you stayed in a room too long, a villain called the Shadow would show up to kill you, walking right through the walls to get to you. I understand that this is quite similar to the behavior of Evil Otto in Berzerk, as well as Baron von Blubba in Bubble Bobble. It definitely kept you on your toes while playing; I grew to dread the two notes that always announced the Shadow. There were four levels, each color-coded (and the color was identified on the bottom of the screen, which was useful when playing the game on a black-and-white TV set), but I could only ever reach the second. I remember including some Shamus characters, as well as ones from Word Munchers, in a story I wrote in elementary school.By the way, did you ever ask yourself, "What if Jack Chick were slightly more up to date?"? Well, it looks like you can get your answer here.
And here are some memes and quiz results.
 | You preferred Obama's statements 100% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote Obama Who would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now! |
vovat's Halloween party: 1womp dressed as a new superhero: Squirrel Bat.
3x1minus1 dressed as Nosferatu the Supreme Vampire, though it looked more like a senior internet assistant manager.
aliste dressed as Barbra Streisand, and it suited them all too well.
annamatic dressed as Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
arfies dressed as Camilla Parker-Bowles when she becomes Queen.
bartkolounger dressed as the Archbishop of Abazex.
bec_87rb dressed as the Governor of Rhode Island.
bethje dressed as a devil.
chrisstangl dressed as a badger, and it suited them all too well.
colbyucb dressed as a pitcher for the Astros.
colleenanne dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Visual Dominator.
countblastula dressed as Optimus Prime.
dave_noisy dressed as a lightning.
daveychu gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as the Archbishop of Upper Flowers.
dragonxbait dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Victory of Clouds.
eagledna dressed as a halfback for the Eagles.
gloworm59 dressed as a obedient ambition.
goliam dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Falafel Rhinosquirt".
guntharr dressed as your mother.
jazzsammich dressed as the resurrected dead -- complete with the most convincing coffin.
jenhime dressed as a diplomat from Nauru.
k1cup dressed as a pirate.
kristenjarrod dressed as the main character of "Gandhi".
leolapyre dressed as Ivan the Terrible of Russia.
listenesmerelda dressed as an iMac.
little_octagon dressed as the Cold Power Ranger.
logical_con dressed as Helga the wisewoman, although the live snake was a mistake, though it looked more like someone who just had sex.
lozenger8 gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as Elizabeth Regina on steroids and roller skates.
majellen dressed as Dick Cheney - tarred and feathered.
matt_argos dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
mikeleffel dressed as Andrew Jackson.
mmpoetatheart dressed as a referee.
not_glimmer dressed as David Letterman.
nova_one didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.
obsessical dressed as Adam-the-first-man but the fig-leaf was far too big.
onesto_hotel dressed as a Mable Dunlap Railroad employee.
onib dressed as a bottle of Duopac.
ozma914 dressed as Mary Queen of Scots ... without her head. Most convincing.
petie_s dressed as a deer.
pixielust dressed as a 1970's disco child.
punterschlagen dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know.
revme dressed as Sybil - except that Sybil didn't show but the other 11 personalities did.
rockinlibrarian dressed as Dick Cheney.
sailorptah dressed as Guy Fawkes but the exploding barrel of dynamite didn't go down too well.
sapsorrow dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Tina, and it suited them disturbingly well.
science dressed as Keri Russell riding a moose.
secretnthewings dressed as a green vampire, though it looked more like the resurrected dead -- complete with the most convincing coffin.
shadarko dressed as the love child of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, though it looked more like the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
skylark_king dressed as Dan Brown.
slfcllednowhere forgot to put on clothes!
suegypt dressed as the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
themall dressed as something cold, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
thestraggletag dressed as Pavlova the ballerina -- dancing on point too, and it suited them all too well.
tisok dressed as a Level 8 wizard.
travspence dressed as Lady Godiva without the horse and far too little hair!.
twobitme dressed as a software engineering department chairman.
unclemilo dressed as a walking Guillotine.
vilajunkie dressed as a schoolteacher.
yosef dressed as a justice.
zaph dressed as Sigfried in need of testosterone.
zimbra1006 dressed as Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Throw your own party at the Hallomeme!
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Date: 2008-10-19 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-19 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-20 06:05 am (UTC)Also, apparently J.K. Rowling got everything she wrote from Get Sirius the Scribe Mage's Revelations of the OverRealm Corridor and the mom possibly had Voldemort with antlers exorcised from her. This comic almost makes it seem like the authors actually have familiarity with the books, but I bet they just read some plot summaries or character lists. Otherwise, if they had actually read the books, I can't imagine they'd still be pushing the crap about Harry Potter turning children into demon worshipers. Then again, fundamentalists can hate to realize that they were wrong and change their stances on silly things. Okay, obviously all people can be like that, but those who publish ridiculous Christian comics seem to be more prone to it.
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Date: 2008-10-20 06:25 am (UTC)A sister after her brother has come out to her and their siblings: "But, no, Louisa, they are not 'born that way,' so homosexuality does not qualify as a civil rights discrimination issue!"
A paramedic treating another brother who had a rock hit him on the head: "Kid, God loves the homosexual, but he hates the sin of homosexuality! And 'born that way' is a bunch of hooey!. When I was a homosexual 30 years ago, nobody ever said that -- nobody -- not once, never, they hadn't even thought of it yet..."
Man, I feel so sorry for any gay kid who is forced to read this and takes it to heart! Hopefully these things don't reach too many people.
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Date: 2008-10-20 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-20 10:09 pm (UTC)That's totally off the chain, dude!
Date: 2008-10-20 11:12 pm (UTC)I do get the impression that they just got the information from some kind of summary (it's not like they're hard to find). Still, I guess they're a step ahead of Chick, who seems to think there a Ouija boards in the series.
One thing that I notice is how these comics, that are apparently supposed to convert people, make their religion look so unappealing. "Jesus doesn't want you to read fiction, play RPGs, trick-or-treat, listen to rock music, or have most kinds of sex. But hey, you get to grovel a lot!"