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“The Best “Wrestling Merchandise April 2019
T he Wrestling merchandise column is back again! Along with your submissions, I also scour the internet for what is truly odd, bad, or interesting wrestling merchandise. I’ve done action figures, shirts, and everything else. Marty Jannetty Trading Card Now, I know what you are thinking, “Geek…. this card might have appealed to the female demographic of the 80s, but it is an assault on the senses now.” To you I say “SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!” As far as I am concerned, this card appeals to all demographics. It is timeless, just like Marty fucking Jannetty. He is one half of the tag team specialists known as The Rockers. Who even…
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The Best Wrestling Fan Signs March 2019
Wrestling fans are perhaps some of the most creative with their signs. Here are a few of my favorites for this month. Bork Lazer’s a Softie So when you tickle Brock Lesnar, does he also let out a pterodactyl shriek? (see video below) Bret Hitman Fart Look at this fool misspelling Bret Hitman Hart’s name. Everyone point and laugh at them STAR WARS COMMENTARY SIGN Yes he was. That is all. VINCE RUSSO’S SLEEPING HABITS What am I really wondering is how did you come to that conclusion and what exactly do you mean by “Sleeping with,” like Vince and the goats nap together like my cat and I do…
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How do you solve a problem like a Superman Video Game?
Sometimes it takes video game designers many attempts to properly adapt a concept well. Take one concept that designers seem to be a tad amiss to over the years. I am, of course, talking about the oldest comic book superhero in existence, Superman. Sure, there has been a few decent Superman games over the years such as Taito’s 1980s Arcade classic or the 16 bit hidden gem Death & Return of Superman. They may have been decent games, but did they actually capture what Superman is all about? Of course, there is the most infamous example of both a bad Superman game and a bad game in general, Superman 64.…
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Remembering Pilotwings 64 of This Nintendo 64 Thursday (NinThursday64)
The year is 1996 and we are the end of what is a hell of a run for Nintendo with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Sega and Sony have had their consoles on the market for about a year now. In comes Nintendo with their next follow up, the Nintendo 64. I was approximately 12 years old at the time, and nobody was more excited for this revolution than me. There were two launch games in North America, Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. Super Mario 64 is obviously one of the most acclaimed video games of all time. But what about Pilotwings 64? This game was a sequel to…
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Wildest Comic Panels Found February 2019
Here is this months’s batch of comic panels. I scour the internet for comic book panels that made me raise an eyebrow or two. A lot with no context provided, and some that are just wild no matter how you slice it. Superman I can best sum up my reaction to this one with this gif The Incredible Hulk Seems like someone should investigate Bruce Banner, but maybe that is just me. Garfield Not enough facepalms in the world for old Jon Arbuckle here, but I’ll try… Vintage Comics Ahhh…before the days of the smartphone, the internet, and instant messaging ruined that for basically everyone. The Punisher Hey, I am…
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Tiny Toon Adventures for NES on this wed-NES-day
The year is 1990. After a long day at school, you come home to unwind. Turn your television on to the local syndicated cartoons as what was done at the time. What comes on but this amazing theme song… I like to think my generation had the coolest stuff for kids, but I may be a bit biased. It definitely indeed was simpler times. Now, at the time, it was toward the end of the run of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console that changed gaming, perhaps forever. Games based on licenses had been very hit and miss. For every quality game like Duck Tales, you had a million games…
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Wrestling Moments Hard or Embarrassing to Explain February 2019
Wrestling is weird. There I said it. So many things are hard to explain to people who walk in the room and have absolutely no idea what is going on. Why is it cool that Triple H spits the water? Why is their grown man crying over a balding old man in guyliner who controls the arena’s lights with his hands? No one can easily explain this, but we have fun! Here are just some screen captures and gifs that make no sense. Cocaine is a helluva drug, man… Just a typical Wednesday night for me… Hulk Hogan at his most honest. Believe me, the actual explanation is about as…
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MegaDrive Monday: Skitchin’
The Sega Genesis, or as it is called outside of North America, the Sega Megadrive, was the second home video console I had ever had owned. Many ask about the great bit wars of the early 1990s, who won between Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System? To me, the answer is simple… The Gamers won. Both consoles had great and rather unique libraries of games. Take for instance, this game by Electronic Arts (way before they had lost their mind) called Skitchin. This was a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive exclusive and possibly the only game of its kind. You raise on roller blades, hitch to the back of cars (or…
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Memorable and Weird Video Game Magazine Advertisements January 2019
This is the latest entry in the series of retro video game magazine advertisements. Some are weird. Most are memorable, albeit, not always for the right reasons if I must say. Sega Genesis 32X is Faster While the Genesis here demands “more” it certainly didn’t get many 32X games. Oh myyy… Ballz I remember the video game Ballz. It was a really really weird game. It may actually be weirder than the phrase “I’m sucking sidewalk” in this weird advertisement. Questionable Advertising I really want to go out on a limb and say that an image of Hitler is not what you want associated with your video game. However, maybe…
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The Best Comic Panels To Be Found January 2019
The comic book panels columns return in a new monthly format. I scour the internet for comic book panels that are funny. A lot with no context provided, and some that are just funny no matter how you slice it. A Tale as old as time… Deleted scene from the M. Night Shyamalan film, “The Happening” Tina Belcher has really found her voice lately… How I feel about guys who posts comments on lady’s pics on the internet… And that, my kids, is how I met your mother… It is not just apes that react this way… Hipsters…. Hipsters Never Change… Politics in a nutshell… Reddit in a nutshell… We…
