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There’s an Apkallu for That

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Nathan

Beth and I went to the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island on Saturday, and watched The Shape of Water last night, so it’s been a good weekend for fish-people. The rest of this paragraph will have some SPOILERS for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Babylonian, Cold War, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, Hinduism, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Popeye, Relationships, Religion, Space Program, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, Zelda | Tagged a link between worlds, apkallu, berossus, birds, captain james hook, cats, coney island, coney island mermaid parade, costumes, creature from the black lagoon, crocodiles, enki, epic of gilgamesh, fish, flood, guillermo del toro, lobsters, marduk, matsya, mermaids, mister ed, oannes, ocarina of time, octopuses, plato, princess ruto, queen oren, racism, sages, saptarishi, seven sages, sexism, sexuality, starfish, the shape of water, uanna, vishnu, zoras | 3 Comments

May the Pasta Be with You

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Nathan

Raiders of the Lost Mushroom – The Indiana Jones parody is infamous in that the character Indiana Joe doesn’t have a face. The story writer Perry Martin tells is that he originally intended Joe to be a caricature of Harrison … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, Video Games | Tagged birdo ray, birdoroos, bob-ombs, boomerang brothers, bullet bills, bunsen, cobrats, colonel dietrich, crocodile dundee, crocodile mario, crocodiles, cyrano de bergerac, cyrano de mario, darth vader, death star, do the koopa, down under land, dr. nerdnick, flying pizza, grand moff tarkin, han solo, harrison ford, indiana joe, indiana jones, indiana jones and the temple of doom, james farr, jungle land, king bowser koopa, koalas, kolorado, koop star, koopa klaus, koopa troopas, koopaphobia, kort falkenberg, lions, lost mushroom, luigi mario, mario mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, obi-wan kenobi, obi-wan toadi, paper mario, perry martin, pikachu, pizza, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, professor elvin gadd, raiders of the lost ark, raiders of the lost mushroom, robo koopa, robocop, robots, Rowdy Roddy Piper, rowdy roddy piper's rotten pipes, santa claus, santa claus is coming to flatbush, shy guys, star koopa, super smash wars, temple of koopa, toad, toads, triclyde, vanna white, wrestling, yoda | 1 Comment

Big Apes and the Big Apple

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve questioned before whether it’s still canonical that Mario and Luigi are from Brooklyn, as media related to the games frequently stated prior to Yoshi’s Island, and sometimes still do today. That game apparently puts the kibosh on their having … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Donkey Kong, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged apes, big ape city, brooklyn, cranky kong, crocodiles, donkey kong '94, donkey kong country, donkey kong island, donkey kong jr., donkey kong land, kamek, kremlings, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario bros., mario is missing!, mario's time machine, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, new donk city, new york city, nintendo power, pauline, shigeru miyamoto, sim city, super mario bros., super mario odyssey, the adventures of super mario bros. 3, yoshi's island, yoshi's island ds | 5 Comments

Crocodile, with the Jaded Jealous Smile

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Nathan

Considering all the craziness going out in Egypt as of late, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight an Egyptian deity this week. I have to suspect it’s Set who’s behind the whole thing, what with his being the … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Egyptian, Mythology, Terry Pratchett | Tagged al fayyum, amon, arsinoe, crocodiles, crocodilopolis, horus, mummies, nun, offler, pharaoh, ra, set, sobek | 4 Comments

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