Oh I love you New Yorker. Why is your subscription so expensive?? Their article on Sir Richard F. Burton was one of the best articles I'd read in a magazine. Their cartoons on Bryn Mawr College are great too. Damn you Bryn Mawr women!
"Super Mario Brothers will be to the eighties what Second World War was to the forties, except good. Although it is only 1985, I can also safely say that this game will be more significant than any future wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined…. Mario is going to so popularize Japanese culture in the U.S. that The Vapors’ hit song "Turning Japanese" will cease to be about a sex act and will come to describe the literal surgical transformation of Americans into Japanese citizens. "
That's actually quite prescient. I never knew that Turning Japanese was meant to be about some kind of sex act.
@mcderek3000: Masturbation, specifically. Because your eyes narrow in pleasure. Which is kind of racist, actually.
This seems to be generally known to Brits, but not Americans. I didn't know until a Brit told me. (Maybe it's a euphemism in general use over there?)
@hyperblackchi: *sigh* You're right, I ... I didn't. I sent in the card just to get the Large Penis-Havers Quarterly Tote Bag but I never paid in full and so it lapsed.
@Ethereus: It starts off slowly and seems easy, and you wonder what all the fuss is about, than slowly it picks up speed, and those odd curveballs the game throws you now again stop being handled easily and start fucking up your little house-of-cards set up, quickly buried by the tons of shit that continues to drop down, till you want to scream "Stop, stop, a moment's respite, Jesus!" Soon they're falling so fast you barely know what's happening. You can see the end take shape--the dread builds as you desperately try to buy more time, knowing it's all futile, than, suddenly, there's one last piece that breaks and your back.
@CommentatorHatman: *Legendary movie voice* In a time, when one man comments upon a blog to deride the importance of entertainment in a newspaper, another man steps up.
Another man, who defies previous man's comment, another another man takes grip of opportunity, shining benevolently down like God's favorite ornate dish set, upon him and he say's "Neither would you!"
This Christmas, get ready for the ride of your life as Matt0505, VorpalMonkey, and CommentatorHatman wage battle in viscous, life-threatening finger pointing!!!
Guest starring pneboy as the 2nd, Showmeyomoves! as the 3rd, Etherus as the 4th and special in-movie analysis by toadstoolporridge..
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O <--- my head
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WIN.
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Okay, I LOL'd.
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That's actually quite prescient. I never knew that Turning Japanese was meant to be about some kind of sex act.
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This seems to be generally known to Brits, but not Americans. I didn't know until a Brit told me. (Maybe it's a euphemism in general use over there?)
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You Kotaku'ed the site. :(
I wanted to read it.
Edit: Nevermind, its up. Or not.
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This is great.
Scary thing is... it might just be.
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...Yeah, turns out it's a lot like that!
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neither would you
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Yeah. Never mind.
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Damn it.
*sob*
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Another man, who defies previous man's comment, another another man takes grip of opportunity, shining benevolently down like God's favorite ornate dish set, upon him and he say's "Neither would you!"
This Christmas, get ready for the ride of your life as Matt0505, VorpalMonkey, and CommentatorHatman wage battle in viscous, life-threatening finger pointing!!!
Guest starring pneboy as the 2nd, Showmeyomoves! as the 3rd, Etherus as the 4th and special in-movie analysis by toadstoolporridge..
Prepare yourself for: "Neither Would You!"*
*Coming this Christmas. Rated R