Has It Been That Long? Today* We Celebrate 10 Years Of ‘All Your Base’!
*I’m a day late, shoot me.
On February 16th, 2001, the internet was graced with the presence of its first big meme, a starting point for a new frontier of inside jokes and fuel for an absurd internet culture, years before 4chan ever existed.
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Sony Laces Up The Mits And Gives iTunes The Stinkeye
In what I can only describe as YET ANOTHER failure of an idea from Sony’s Entertainment Group, they’ve decided to step into the ring with their own music service.
I smell a first round knockout coming up.
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Do We Really Need Another Entry In The Terminator Franchise?
Reports are flying around that Justin Lin – known for directing the latter three films in the Fast and the Furious franchise, including the forthcoming Fast Five – is in the cards to direct a new Terminator film for Universal. Why do we need one of these again?
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Arclight – My Zune 30 – Nears Death :(
After four long years and over 1500 miles in walking distance, my musical companion is finally giving up the ghost. Suffering a bout of harddrivefailureitis, it’s time to pause and reflect on the happy times we had together.
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I Interviewed For Apple And Survived
MacRumors.com posted an article about Apple retail store employees and how they deal with customers, product launchers and so on. I thought, why not take one step backwards and explain the process of becoming an Apple employee…
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NPD Presents: The Top 10 Selling Games of January 2011!
For the first post-holiday month, we’re not seeing a whole lot of change in the rankings. Black Ops is going to hover at the top for a while longer (or until the next Call of Duty game comes out, which ever comes first). The obvious shocker here is Just Dance 2 outselling Dead Space 2, which is a little scary, ifyaknowwhatImean!
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Why Penny Arcade Needs To Move On
It seems like it’s been a billion years since I started reading Penny Arcade (well, closer to eleven, but whatever) and back in those days, it wasn’t Krahulik’s art that sold me, but Holkins’ writing. The way that they cleverly positioned Gabe (Krahulik’s alter-ego) and Tycho (Holkins’) on contemporary gaming issues – whether it was games that didn’t work out of the box or their crusades against IGN – always connected with me. In those eleven years since then, they acquired a business manager and turned their web comic about vidya gamin’ into a multi-media empire with books, web shows, and two massive gaming conventions each year. So my question is: why do Holkins and Krahulik stick to hunting such small game when they’re fully capable of tackling bigger beasts?
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Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Atari recently unveiled the cover art, fact sheet and several new screen shots for the upcoming paranormal thriller “Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime”. The direct sequel to 2009’s “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” will let players take control of 4 new Ghostbusters to help save present day NYC from paranormal disruption once again.
Game features include: 12 arcade-like levels, 3 unique ghost busting weapons, and (finally) 4 player co-op.
You’ll be able to bust some heads (in a spiritual sense of course) on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and via PC download on March 23rd.
For more information and screen shots, visit Proton Charging
FEZcast Entertainment Wrap-up 02-16-2011
It’s time for a full dose of The FleshEatingZipper Entertainment Wrap-Up Podcast! Recommended for listeners who suffer from boredom and want to hear Rob, Nick, Kelly and Johnny opine about Sanctum, The Big Bang Theory, Parenthood, Ronald McDonald and more.
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Rob’s Netflix Top 10
Rob here with a new weekly feature, the Netflix top 10. I’ll be counting down the top 10 for the week and you’ll get to look at my sparkling face (and trying to hold down your lunch!).
List and video after the jump.
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