This image isn’t even that cool. Pysch!!! This is really cool. But totally geeky. It just really tickled my fancy because I’ve been crushing a lot of Minecraft lately. With Aragorn screaming some classic Lord of the Rings lines, Legolas sees the dreaded Creepers, but instead of telling him they’re headed to Isengard, he does on the truly sensical thing: builds a wall of cobblestone. Brilliant Legolas, but I also think that bow would’ve worked just as well. Here’s to hoping it’s enchanted.
Posted in Movies, Video Games | Tagged aragorn, cobblestone, creeper, funny, humor, legolas, Lord of the Rings, Minecraft, mojang | 1 Comment »
You may or may not want to read the article linked here before continuing onward to the rest of the article. This week I talk about where the industry is headed after reading some alleged testimonies from various employees at major game publishing companies such as EA or Activision. While these intervies/reviews of the companies may be entirely false, I’m operating under the assumption that they are in fact employed at said companies. If it turns out that I am wrong, then I recant the following… Continue Reading »
Posted in Video Games | Tagged Activision, developing, ea, Employees, kotaku, publishing, Riot Games, Testimony, Video Games | Leave a Comment »
From Yahoo!
It’s been more than eight years now since Central Perk served up its last non-fat latte, and since then, the stars of NBC’s mega-hit “Friends” have headed in six very different directions. With Matthew Perry returning to the Peacock Network this week with his new sitcom “Go On,” we’re taking a hard look at each of the six “Friends” stars and cruelly ranking them according to their post-show accomplishments.
Posted in Character Profiles, Television | Tagged chandler, courtney cox, Friends, Jennifer Aniston, joey, lisa kudrow, monica, NBC, phoebe, rachel, ross | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a cool video series where the video creator takes a look at Batman villains across time. Starting with the comic books made in the early 1900s, this series extends all the way into the most recent films. Above I’ve included Scarecrow, but below there’s also Mr. Freeze and Bane. I’m surprised the creator never made a video with the Joker or Catwoman…I haven’t had enough Batman in my life recently, so I’m thinking of picking up The Long Halloween or The Killing Joke.
Posted in Character Profiles, Movies | Tagged bane, Batman, catwoman, Dark Knight, freeze, Joker, killing joke, long halloween | Leave a Comment »
Savages
There are many reviews for Savages available online from critics far more eloquent and accomplished than I. So I wanted to forgo the review and take this opportunity to share the lessons I learned from this wild beast of a film.
But first I can’t resist offering a brief comment regarding my opinion of the movie in the form of a recipe. Savages is three and a half quarts of spectacularly brutal drug trade violence and suspense. Add in two tablespoons of “war on drugs” satire. Take a fresh pinch of Benicio Del Toro psychopath and mix it in with a dab of hilariously corrupt John Travolta. Grind up the lives of 3 people deeply in love before tossing in. Bake the entire concoction for 131 minutes in the Laguna Beach sun. The final dish should entrance, excite, and terrify you. It will be beautiful and haunting. Dare I say it willI be the best dish you’ve sampled this summer. Don’t forget to serve to a chilling Salma Hayek drug kingpin. Or maybe it was don’t forget to serve chilled? Regardless one bite will delight. The sensation is not unlike the tears of joy too many jalapeños bring.
Lessons learned: Continue Reading »
Posted in Movies, Reviews | Tagged Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Drug Trade, John Travolta, Oliver Stone, Salma Hayek, Savages, Savages Review, Taylor Kitsch | Leave a Comment »
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From Uproxx:
I’m not a big video series guy. Too much commitment. The only one I’ve ever anxiously anticipated is Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (co-created by our good buddy Scott Aukerman!). It is the funniest web series that ever series’d and Funny or Die’s greatest contribution to the internet. These are indisputable facts.
Posted in Character Profiles | Tagged between 2 ferns, Bradley Cooper, funny, Funny Or Die, Hilarious, humor, will ferrell, Zach Galifianakis | 1 Comment »
This is a cool image created by Dynamaito and it features Game of Thrones characters as street fighters. It’s really neat how many small nods there are: Hear Me Roar, the Lanniser slogan. Bronn as a back up. Tyion’s infamous slaps. Paying debts. The small council in the background. Joffrey looking like a bitch. I would totally buy this game. I hear the only Game of Thrones game out there was that rpg that didn’t do so hot. This is the kind of game they need, one where they can’t tinker with the ambitious story scope and just capitalize on the many references they could fit into characters, back ups, settings, and attacks.
Try and find more!
Posted in Books, Television, Video Games | Tagged Clash of Kings, fighter, George R.R. Martin, HBO, lannister, storm of swords, winds of winter | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had Minecraft for a couple of months now and I’m continually finding new things to keep me interesting from the rather simple game. There are still a number of things I still need to investigate and haven’t seen: The Nether, The End and an even larger number of things I haven’t crafted, pistons, enchanting tables, and potions. So there are definitely a number of things I still need to do, despite playing hours upon hours of mining, digging, and cutting. But of course, there are a number of experiences I want to share with you guys. Here are 4 heart thumping moments I’ve had with my time with Minecraft.
Go get Minecraft here!
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From Cracked
Every movie is a balancing act between making the villain interesting and making them so compelling that we start rooting for them to kill the good guy so that they have an excuse to say something awesome (see The Dark Knight and basically every cinematic depiction of the Joker). We asked you to show us the deleted scenes from great movies that would have tipped the balance too far in favor of the villain.
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Sorry for the late review, but Labor Day’s kept me pretty busy this time around.
I’ve overall felt that I’ve done a pretty bad job at reviewing Breaking Bad. As I finished the episode and sat down and wrote my article, I went to some of my favorite other pop culture websites to see what they had to say. To be quite frank: they’re better than me at this. They’ve pointed out a numerous amount of things that simply went over my head and that I never would’ve came to conclusion to. They theorize some of the most absurd but sensical things [oxymoron] and are all around better at discussing Breaking Bad than me. So instead of riding on their coattails, and claiming their ideas be my own, I direct you to some of the most passionate Breaking Bad watchers out there.
I hope you enjoyed this season as much as I did. It certainly will set up the season finale well and I can’t believe I have to wait 10 whole months for it to happen.
Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged all hail the king, Breaking Bad, gus, hank, jessie, leaves of grass, meth, mike, season 5, w.w., walter | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes movies truly are just extremely cheesy. And while they might want to seem deep and profound, it can often be a large amount of cheese. This video 10 minutes of cheesy quotes. And especially since these are taken out of context, it can certainly be an eye-roller to hear some of these quotes. What’s really neat is to go through all of them [if you have the time] and if there are any you don’t know, the creator was kind enough to leave the names of all the movies.
Posted in Movies | Tagged cheesy, cliche, funny, movie quotes | 3 Comments »
Dawwwwwww, film’s cutest robot couple went and had themselves a baby. The adorable combination of both rusted and futuristic made for lovable looking baby. And look he even has a name, E-ric, or probably ‘Eric’. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem as though Eric will be able to fly, but maybe he’ll learn from his father and make use of the fire extinguisher in space. I love an idea like this. The image said it was designed by Artua, but I tried to navigate their site and couldn’t come up with the exact location. But they do their own fair share of cool stuff. Be sure to check it out.
Posted in Movies | Tagged Baby, cute, eve, love, Pixar, robots, Wall-e | 1 Comment »
Lets be honest, video games are awesome. But every now and then it is good to take a step back and make sure that your relationship to your Xbox or PC is a healthy one. Justin Davis at IGN has written an insightful article on the role that gaming plays in his life. He analyzes the pros and cons in an honest manner. “Would you recognize if you were abusing the hobby that you love?”
Posted in Video Games | Tagged Healthy Gaming, IGN, Justin Davis, Video Game | Leave a Comment »
I forgot to post Weekend Funnies yesterday, so here they are today!
If there’s anything Weekend Funnies have taught me, is that not everyone has the same sense of humor. But the internet is a generally a collection of everyone and the sheer compilation of the wit and humor that each individual contributes essentially represents the most broadest and generalist appeals to mankind. So when I choose the 24 images for each Weekend Funny, I know the reason I think it’s funny will be at least funny to some percentage of the world. And even if the it’s the smallest 1%, 1% of 7 billion is still 700 million. So I apologize if you’re offended, disgusted, or upset. Truth be told, if you can’t handle these 24 images, you likely shouldn’t be on the internet anyways. So stop worrying about racism, sexism, and other means of being upset. Just keep scrolling, and remember: no one’s looking, it’s okay to smile at something someone would frown upon.
Posted in Weekend Funnies | Tagged blogging, Entertainment, funny, Hilarious, humor, laughter | Leave a Comment »
Another Banana Scoop week with some minor changes here and there. A new month here and I wish I had more upcoming changes. There are a couple of major things I’m trying to keep under wraps, but of course, I wanna keep them as surprises.
Scheduled Break September 16th – 22nd
Banana Scoop will have a scheduled break to allow our writers to catch up and relax. It is regrettable for this to happen, but I feel as though our writers deserve a break for providing such amazing content to our fan base. There is only strict coincidence that this is the same week that Borderlands 2 comes out…By no means will I be only playing Borderlands 2 and not writing articles to play catch up…that would be unethical XD.
Posted in Maintenance | Tagged adobe, Alison Brie, Blake Lively, blogging, Breaking Bad, Community, funny, illustrator, Minecraft, mockingjay, Savages, season 5 | Leave a Comment »
The Avatar revamps continue. While Bruce just got an upgrade in animal species, SoGoCJE requested a complete revamp. From hooded gamer to robot, I rather liked this change. Primarily because he allowed me to try some really cool things with glowing lights. I had a lot of fun drawing this one. Below is a picture of an older version of him.
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Dorkly Bits will certainly delight you if your love old fashioned video games. Dorkly is a website for classic dork stuff, including old-timey games like Mortal Kombat and Mario. In their segment called “Dorkly Bits”, they create videos that play off the more hilarious plot holes, parodies, and satires of the games. For example, check out the above video where in the original Super Mario Bros, instead of Mario getting a Super Star, a Koopa enemy gets one. Years of hate emerge in the Koopas temporary invincibility. It’s very hilarious and you should check out some of the videos I compiled below as well as visiting the Dorkly Bits page to see the more recent stuff.
Posted in Video Games | Tagged bits, dorkly, funny, humor, jokes, Luigi, Mario, parodies, Video Games, videos | Leave a Comment »
One of the biggest video game publications will finally come to a halt this December. Nintendo Power will stop publishing their magazines come the end of this year. So comes the end to one of my favorite gaming magazines. Nintendo Power, while not on the scope of other game magazines, still remains one of my favorite to date. Their incredibly interactive fan answer sections (at least, from what I remember when I was younger) were all full of people that were just like me. I remember really being able to connect with it, though it also helped that the magazine always kept me in the loop concerning my favorite upcoming and recently released Nintendo games, complete with early game strategy games in order to help me get that little bit of ‘oomph’ to power myself up or find whatever missing treasure I needed to finally 100% whatever I was playing at the time. It will be missed, much more so than many of the other gaming magazines we still have today in my opinion. Farewell, friend!
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