Pokemon has been around for 20 something years at this point, and has consistently kept in touch with it’s fan base. Many millennials were raised, fixated on either the games or animated movies or series that have littered their social landscape. As a Gen-Xer, I can understand the fascination. Many of us are still playing console games,…
There’s More Magic Ahead
In 1997, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was released and in 1999 the book and the subsequent series exploded. Unless you’ve been in hidden under a rock for two decades, you would have known about the films and the fanaticism that are Potterheads. Vacationing schools have been built on the premise of the fictional…
#HoldACokeWithYourBoobsChallenge Deserves Jail Time
Dear Danny Frost and Gemma Jaxx, Prepare to be put behind bars for coercion, under the 18 US Code 2422: through the pressure of social media, and by extension, encouragement of minors participation, you two are looking at more than 20 years of jail time for creating this mock (breast cancer awareness) campaign, and God forbid any…
April Fool’s Extravaganza 2015
Happy April Fool’s Day! For those who have no idea where this came from, April Fool’s Day is also Roman New Year. Tradition was that on Roman New Year you’d celebrate with jokes and pranks. If you believe in the Constantine legend (no, not the comic book), it was the day that Emperor Constantine allowed…
Monty Oum, We’ll Miss You
Late last night I was walking home from a gig in the February cold when I logged into Facebook. I saw that I was tagged on to a post by an old friend to a video and was thrown for a loop. This is what I saw. For those who don’t know Monty Oum, the…
Katy Perry Births Memes
For those ignorant of the term “meme”, Google defines it as “…a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.” Many folks think of it as those images that have words above and below the image with some sort of snide humorous content,…
The Rebirth of the Radio Show – Podcast
If all you’re catching is streaming online TV shows these days as your method of gripping entertainment, you might as well as be in the stone age. Serial, if you haven’t heard, has become one of the most talked about shows online and off…. and it’s a podcast. Podcast? Wait a second, isn’t that like radio?…
You Like to Watch? Video Game Voyeurism
You may have heard about Twitch.TV and their recent deal with Amazon for $1Billion dollars. That’s right, B as in Billion. Even Doctor Evil from the Austin Powers movies wouldn’t go so far. And the next question is “Who watches other people play video games”? This person, as well as over 45 million viewers worldwide…
I Challenge You: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge vs. Charity Spoofing
Sitting in the seat of an old fashioned dunk booth “Now this is how you raise awareness” Patron pays a dollar to get three balls. Hits bulls-eye Guy drops into tub of ice water. “I may want to reconsider this.” Unless you’ve been living under a social media rock for the past week, there was no…
How to Become a Troll Master
Welcome to the world of the ever evolving asshole! As part of your journey into this “It’s a Small, Small World” – esque amusement ride, we must insist that you adhere to these very important guidelines: Keep yourself and your children in the vehicle at all times. Make sure all youngsters remain quiet (gag them if…