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Moonwalker?!!!!!

The trilogy, featuring the classic franchise films "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," will be released on three DVD discs, with a fourth disc likely to hold a newly made documentary about the "Star Wars" franchise and never-before-seen footage, among several other bonus materials, said Jim Ward, Lucasfilm's VP of marketing and distribution and the DVD trilogy's executive producer.

Oh please let the bonus materials be a digitally restored copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special!

Imagine the marketing possibilities! You could promote the touching "Life Day" celebration! Multicultural wookie Goodness!

If you haven't seen it, go here. You really need to.

Have a Very Wookie Christmas! I know if I get this I will!

Come on, just because everything else looks EVEN WORSE doesn't mean the iPod looks good. It looks like multimeter or an old glucometer. As soon as you step out of Jobs' reality distortion field (patent pending) you will realize that it looks butt ugly, and anyone wearing one visibly is clearly a Dork or a Nerd. Sure it's a fad right now, but it's got a huge media presence because of tons of Apple ad $$$, and because it is one of the best portable MP3 players, which are all the rage now.

As far as good looks, I think that in five years you'll want to wear an iPod with the same desire that you want to wear one of these.

Coincidentally, X-Entertainment is running a story on the Pocket Rockers kids collectable tape players from the 80's. Anyone remember those?

I knew Evil Dead was pretty much the low-budget precursor to Evil Dead II, but I didn't know about Within the Woods being the even lower-budget precursor to Evil Dead.

A good summary, with pictures that are good at getting across the quality of the film available... that is, poor.

Given how scary the filming conditions sounded for Evil Deads I & II, I'm impressed Bruce Campbell and the Raimis have managed to survive this long.

Great... now we can have crappy control mechanisms on our cell phones. To wit:

"I love the powerglove... it's so bad!"

The DNA registry catalogs DNA samples from all US armed forces, ostensibly for identifying remains (although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract.)

But, if they destroy the samples, they wont be able to combine the samples and create Khan in the future. (Wasn't he supposed to have DNA combined from earth's greatest leaders?) That's no fun at all!

Then again, maybe I'm thinking of that Cobra-la guy from Gi-Joe, Sepentor.

why don't you just sit in front of the computer with a couple of these

This movie has got to be the single worst movie ever made.

Not sure why no one has mentioned this yet, but X-Entertainment, an excellent and funny source of 80s and 90s pop culture (among other things) did a review of this movie 10 days ago, including video clips of various scenes (including the "I love the Power Glove" quote). Tons of pictures, and funny comments throughout (just ignore the constant overexagerations - Matt seems to like using them).

Anyway, an excellent review of a movie I thoroughly loved as a kid. I watched it a few weeks ago on a local TV station, and was happy to remember how utterly engrossed I was when this originally came out. Sure, I had already played Super Mario Brothers 3 before seeing the film (which made me almost angry when I had already played the big secret game in the movie), but it didn't matter - just hearing and seeing references to games I loved (TMNT, SMB, Double Dragon, etc.) was more than enough to make me happy. I only wish I could watch a movie in the same way today.

Califfooorrnia! (I still quote that kid to this day, for some gods-aweful reason)

(P.S. I found this in my google search for a sound file of the above mentioned kid - which I never did find. It's about the Nintendo World Championships in 1990... An odd look back in the past).

Not sure why no one has mentioned this yet, but X-Entertainment, an excellent and funny source of 80s and 90s pop culture (among other things) did a review of this movie 10 days ago, including video clips of various scenes (including the "I love the Power Glove" quote). Tons of pictures, and funny comments throughout (just ignore the constant overexagerations - Matt seems to like using them).

Anyway, an excellent review of a movie I thoroughly loved as a kid. I watched it a few weeks ago on a local TV station, and was happy to remember how utterly engrossed I was when this originally came out. Sure, I had already played Super Mario Brothers 3 before seeing the film (which made me almost angry when I had already played the big secret game in the movie), but it didn't matter - just hearing and seeing references to games I loved (TMNT, SMB, Double Dragon, etc.) was more than enough to make me happy. I only wish I could watch a movie in the same way today.

Califfooorrnia! (I still quote that kid to this day, for some gods-aweful reason)

(P.S. I found this in my google search for a sound file of the above mentioned kid - which I never did find. It's about the Nintendo World Championships in 1990... An odd look back in the past).

Dre's protege wears a "Fuck Napster" shirt on MTV

Photo here

"But can I play a gay male prostitute? "

No, but you can play Morpheus dressing up as Cowboy Neal.

>Did you read what I wrote?

Sure did AC. I'll quote the relevant sections for you:

Ketosis is only dangerous in people who lack adequate insulin

An MD isn't so sure about that. I don't see your doctor's license.

namely type 1 diabetics, and in some cases type 2 diabetics

Type 2 diabetes being caused, sometimes, by being fat. Fat people use diets.

Normal people are fully capable of using fat for energy in ketosis

But not if they're fat, because they might have diabetes and not know it.

it's only when insulin is absent that the condition turns dangerous, and the result is ketoacidosis

Great. Which fat people may possibly be afflicted with. Because they could have diabetes and not know it.

Do a Google search on the two terms for more information.

How do you think I found the MD's article? Magic?

And, as a type 1 diabetic, I know what Ketoacidosis is and feels like from experience, and it's nothing like dietary ketosis (which I've used to keep nearly normal blood sugars).

Great. Is it dangerous for you to do this? Would you reccomend the diet to someone else who might have a hidden case of diabetes?

>I'm Type 1, not type 2. I don't need to be tested for type 2.

Great, but I'm discussing slashdot in general, really not you in particular, since you seem to know your own situation quite well.

>The whole point of these studies is determine the safety level. There's a lot of fud out there, and you're just continuing to spout it.

I'm just quoting MDs. If they're producing FUD, perhaps you should sue them? I prefer not to be a test subject for a diet that has unknown, but possibly dangerous consequences. What do you think?

>There are societies such as many "Native" peoples (Americans, Australians, Eskimos, etc) where the high-carb western diet has hurt them severely. It causes high rates of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and a variety of other problems. They did just fine on a low-carb diet for thousands of years.

Great for them!

>In the years since the government has been pushing a high-carb, low-fat diet, obesity has sky-rocketed, as has the rate of type 2 diabets and heart disease. Coincidence?

Yes, it is just a coincidence. The cause is clearly the lack of time for people to properly prepare a quality meal rather than eat a 3 minute microwave meal with 231% of your RDI of cholesterol and stopping at McDs for a quick bite when you're out of time.

But go ahead and blame it on the diet the Quakers ate for a hundred years and managed to stay slim on! Why not? It's easy to do because nobody but hippies eat like the government reccomends anymore anyways!

As you can tell from the Saturday Supercade Cartoon Show, Q*Bert was an All-American kind of blob thing. He even had a letter jacket!

The BEST part of this article is the link WAY down at the bottom to this.

This letter reads so much like the start of the spam that I get in my inbox. It was funny to read...

Dear Young Jedi Knight:
Greetings! I hope this letter reaches you -- I am sending it over great distances and many millennia. ...if only it read...


I am sending it over 10000ly (TEN THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS) and 10000y (TEN THOUSAND YEARS)....

There's far more Nintendo games with nudity than that. First thing that comes to mind is a nudity hack for SMB.

I haven't even gotten started, though. Here's more.

Eureka!

I have found The Zelda commercial in question. And I must say, it's much, much, much worse than I remember! Sorry, Windows Media Format only.

Also some other sites talking about the commercial.

Interestingly enough, though, in the old days, unlicensed games happened every so often. I recall that Taito reverse-engineered the NES cartridge and put out their own games...

That wasn't Taito (a licensed publisher of Arkanoid and Bubble Bobble); it was Atari, under the Tengen brand. (By the way: Tengen's NES port of Klax had some of the best music on the NES. They were able to squeeze bass out of that system that not even Nintendo probably knew was there.)

Most of the independently published games published by companies other than Tengen sucked. Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree games really weren't all that playable, except for Crystal Mines (aka Exodus) and the "King of Kings" 3-in-1. Hacker/Panesian had only one hit, Bubble Bath Babes (aka Soap Panic), and it was a puzzle game somewhat similar to Kirby's Avalanche.

However, in the modern era (post-NESticle), a new NES scene has sprung up. (Read More...)

There is a tribute to Blaster (got to love that transformer) at X-Entertainment.
This is just hilarious!

This site has popups, unfortunately, but it's one of the best I've ever been to. Nearly non-stop laughs. Great stuff for all the people who grew up watching He-Man, Transformers, Thundercats, GI Joe, etc etc etc.

X-Entertainment

Anyway, if you are into that kind of thing, you should look over at X-Entertainment.
There are some pretty funny revious of old cartoons over there (including Transformers and the incredibly stupid Master of the Universe)

This story was featured nearly a year ago at x-entertainment (see that link for the story without the page-by-page popups).

Aha! I was just thinking this sounded like an XE article. Postings have tapered off there lately, but at one time I was reading that site every day. My favorite is Mr. T and Undertaker Ice Cream: Recipe for Disaster. It had me falling down laughing...at work unfortunately.

This story was featured nearly a year ago at x-entertainment (see that link for the story without the page-by-page popups).

Aha! I was just thinking this sounded like an XE article. Postings have tapered off there lately, but at one time I was reading that site every day. My favorite is Mr. T and Undertaker Ice Cream: Recipe for Disaster. It had me falling down laughing...at work unfortunately.

-schussat

Here's some Zelda links: review, and Watch all the episodes here!

Now, about the Mario show as a whole:
Personally, want I remember about the show was Magic Johnson appearing, and the strange fact that since the series was released after Mario 2 (e.g. Mario Advance), they had all the critters and features from that game only (like Shy guys and vegetables, but rarely goombas and koopa-troppas), but yet Bowser seemed to be in charge. Where was Toad (not the mushroom retainer guy, the big frog)? Do the Mario! Swing your hips, From side to side. C'mon it's time to go, Do the Matio!
Pretty much all the info you need. Main page including all the Mario shows.
Another (less flattering) summary, including one of the episodes, and the original theme!

Here's some Zelda links: review, and Watch all the episodes here!

Now, about the Mario show as a whole:
Personally, want I remember about the show was Magic Johnson appearing, and the strange fact that since the series was released after Mario 2 (e.g. Mario Advance), they had all the critters and features from that game only (like Shy guys and vegetables, but rarely goombas and koopa-troppas), but yet Bowser seemed to be in charge. Where was Toad (not the mushroom retainer guy, the big frog)? Do the Mario! Swing your hips, From side to side. C'mon it's time to go, Do the Matio!
Pretty much all the info you need. Main page including all the Mario shows.
Another (less flattering) summary, including one of the episodes, and the original theme!

Here's some Zelda links: review, and Watch all the episodes here!

Now, about the Mario show as a whole:
Personally, want I remember about the show was Magic Johnson appearing, and the strange fact that since the series was released after Mario 2 (e.g. Mario Advance), they had all the critters and features from that game only (like Shy guys and vegetables, but rarely goombas and koopa-troppas), but yet Bowser seemed to be in charge. Where was Toad (not the mushroom retainer guy, the big frog)? Do the Mario! Swing your hips, From side to side. C'mon it's time to go, Do the Matio!
Pretty much all the info you need. Main page including all the Mario shows.
Another (less flattering) summary, including one of the episodes, and the original theme!

Then you've probably not heard of x-entertainment.com either.

Go there, be happy.

Are you kidding? This makes the movie for me. If it sucks, at least we'll be able to entertain ourselves by singing "Tequila" whenever he's in a scene.

Side note - when "The Matrix" came out, we'd break into a bad southern drawl every time Morpheus came onscreen. "Y'all can't be told what the Matrix is, Pee Wee!"

Even if the game is good, who will buy it once word leaks that MARIO IS A MURDERER! And even if the leaks are contained no game could live up to the precedent of excellence set by The Mario Super Show.

P.S. -- The hedgehog is already dead.

Even if the game is good, who will buy it once word leaks that MARIO IS A MURDERER! And even if the leaks are contained no game could live up to the precedent of excellence set by The Mario Super Show.

P.S. -- The hedgehog is already dead.

And dammit people read the entire ruling before commenting on the summary posted on /.

Personally, I'm all for a little more diversity, new thinking, and imagination out there...but there should always be a place for cartoony violent fun.

Violent conflict is the easiest form of gameplay to represent. It's immediate, doesn't require a rule book to understand, and is damn fun. Shoot blocks, shoot aliens, shoot zombies, throw dodgeball at face. Kids know this. Take, for example, X-Entertainment's funny breakdown of games we used to play. I mean, just because a kid makes a gun out of paper doesn't mean he's the next Charles Starkweather.

If you are of the unbelievably silly belief that a ban of this sort would in any way reduce the number of violent acts...well I don't know what to say to you...It seems pretty obvious that if people are given more reasons to live and let live through attentive/positive parenting, access to education, as well freedom from poverty and a host of persistent social ills we'll see a dramatic increase in the quality of life.

Remember school violence has actually gone down since 1990. Remember that politicians and media ideologues despise confronting the real issues of society...mainly because the solutions require folks to give up some of their self-serving attitudes and resources (time, money).

This Judge is the first to actually present a reasonable mainstream argument against the ignorant, do-nothing, "I'm not responsible for anything" crowd who likes their solutions quick and stupid. Although describing Mortal Kombat as a feminist game is a tad hilarious, it at least shows someone willing to waste several cycles thinking about as many aspects of the big picture as they are paid to.

Now I have to play some Counterstrike to prepare myself for the reckoning that is to come.

Read a review to get an impression of just how bad it really was.

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I'd like to see this work. I know if Something Awful or X-Entertainment put a tipbox up, I'll be first in line to send a buck or two their way.

-Jeff

But he's also Super Mario!. Fun for all us fanboys.

Adult 2600 roms, that reminds me of something, then that reminded me of this article on X-Entertainment.com

Adult 2600 roms, that reminds me of something, then that reminded me of this article on X-Entertainment.com

Oh, but of course we do. And just *HOW* do we know this? Easy, we're all good little drones^H^H^H^H^H^H... er... christians who beleive what our chick tracts tell us.

john
Resistance is NOT futile!!!

Haiku:
I am not a drone.
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