- Soviet-produced Mayan-themed playing cards are about as cool as I thought they'd be.
- No one knows exactly where hobo came from, apparently.
- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown: The undisputed worst of the Peanuts specials.
- The strange relationship between Fred Armisen and John Waters.
- An idea I will probably steal: The many faces of Street Fighter II's Ryu. (Kramez's blog, via Joystiq.)
- The 60 most notable words and phrases of 2008 — in Japan.
- Why Prop 8 passed.
- Meet Maru the Cat, who is fat.
- Onomatopoeia in the U.S. and U.K.
- Super Mario east a bad mushroom. (Eegra.com, via That Video Game Blog)
- The word meh apparently originated with Lisa Simpson. Who knew?
- Catmonsters: Free the Radicals!
- A very strange Chinese legend.
- The random recipe generator (Jamesoff.net, via Neatorama)
- Donkey Kong Jr.'s identity crisis.
- Bradshaw of the Future etymologically connects a dinky boat with the tree women of Greek mythology.
- Voice Input Child Identicant: Remembering TV's Small Wonder.
- The five greatest kid-oriented toylines based on R-rated movies.
- Did Conan O'Brien inspire Futurama's Philip J. Fry?
Delightful, if not especially appetizing.
Regarding DK Jr., do we know that the pink ape from the Math game is actually his brother, and not an evil double in the manner of Wario and Waluigi?
ReplyDeleteI just always called him Pinky Kong.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, he kind of got screwed. He's, like, the last possible person to get a spot in the next Mario Kart. That has to sting on some level.
The link for the Fred Armisen thing does not work.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be depressing for anyone to realize they were in line behind Baby Daisy for inclusion in a Mario Kart game.
ReplyDeleteNate: It would be worse to realize that you lost your spot to Baby Birdo, who, assuredly, is coming.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: You're right. The URL is correct, however, so maybe the site just went temporarily down.