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Category Archives: Television
There’s a Name for My Pain, and It’s Mother Brain
It’s interesting that there are a few different video games with Mother Brains. The original and most famous, and likely the inspiration for the others, appears in Metroid as the final boss. She’s basically a biomechanical supercomputer created by the … Continue reading
Sentimental Ernie
Apparently people have been citing shows like Will & Grace and Glee as reasons why the national attitude on homosexuality has changed, although whether that’s a good or a bad thing depends on who’s doing the citing. I’m surprised none … Continue reading
Posted in Muppets, Sesame Street, Television
Tagged bert and ernie, big bird, frank oz, homosexuality, jim henson, kurt andersen
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Fungal Footmen and Mushroom Minions
Since we just looked at Ozma’s castle staff, how about that of the Mushroom Kingdom? Well, the most famous member of that royal household is Toad. He and the other Toads you rescue in the original Super Mario Bros. are … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged chef spore, doki doki panic, luigi, mushroom king, new super mario bros., nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, princess peach toadstool, super mario adventures, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario galaxy, super mario rpg, super mario sunshine, toad, toadsworth, wooster
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Excuse Me, Princess!
I’ve written a bit about DiC’s Legend of Zelda cartoon before, but now I’ve finished watching the DVD set, so I suppose it’s time to return to it. It was actually part of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, with … Continue reading
A Different Video World
I just recently found out about the Game Theory videos on YouTube. They’re somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but with a definite sense of wanting to teach something and explore how the world of video games works, which is pretty similar to what … Continue reading
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Punch-Out, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, The Simpsons, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged bo jackson, bram stoker, count dracula, dracula, final fantasy iv, final fantasy vii, game theory, hyrule, larry bird, little mac, mike tyson, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, the critic, the x-files, videoland, zebes
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Snuffle Off to Buffalo
It’s weird what you can turn up when you do just a brief Internet search for a commonly known topic. In this case, it’s that Mr. Snuffleupagus’ parents were going to get a divorce, but the episode didn’t test well … Continue reading
Posted in Muppets, Sesame Street, Television
Tagged alice snuffleupagus, aloysius snuffleapagus, big bird
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Koopariffic Comics
I don’t own any issues of the old Nintendo Comics System, but I used to read them at the store. In retrospect, maybe I should have bought some, because now they’re hard to find. Some of the stories have been … Continue reading
O Captain N, My Captain N
Back in the early nineties, Valiant released a series of comic books based on Nintendo games. While the Mario ones were the most interesting to me, there were also Captain N comics. Unfortunately, Valiant only had the rights to use … Continue reading
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Television, Video Games
Tagged eggplant wizard, king hippo, mother brain, nintendo comics system, samus aran
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