Mega Man vs. Ghost N' Goblins/Metroid

http://www.brokenfunction.com/?w=350&h=420&go=http%3A//www.brokenfunction.com/projects.php

Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park

Cuz my name is H. Piddy

Hope JK Rowling doesn't sue ^_^

Its sad, really

When a judge claims that the first Harry Potter book is too hard to follow, that scares me. Its a childrens book. Really, really, really. You can't follow a children's book. How did you pass the bar exam. Remind me never to get into legal trouble in the UK, my judge might find it too hard to follow my case and convict me.

Judge in JK Rowling copyright trial brands Harry Potter 'gibberish'

Interesting, apparently the judge for the Harry Potter case doesn't like the Harry Potter books, he thinks they're gibberish.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/17/wpotter217.xml

For a background on the case, wikipedia has a pretty good summary at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_Lexicon

I'm no legal scholar, but I have to side with Steve Vander Ark, seems to me that JK Rowling is just mad that someone beat her to the punch of making the encyclopedia before her.

In my opinion, I think JK Rowling should let Vander Ark make his encyclopedia based on his site, I'm sure he'll make some money, but probably not as much as she would make if she made the "official" version.

I'm sure people would want to pick up her version more than they would Vander Arks anyway... well, at least they would have before this trial started, now people are going to buy Vander Arks just because of the high profile legal case.

To me, this is just apart of capitalism, I agree that no one should be able to write a book with the harry potter characters or ideas, but she shouldn't try and take someone out who is making a reference book about her literary universe just because she wants to make one too.

Case in point, look at all the reference books that Amazon has to offer for some of the most famous movies/stories of our time:

Star Wars

Star Trek

Marvel Universe

Lord of the Rings

The list goes on and on, my point is, is that there was bound to be someone who would make a reference book for Harry Potter, why is JK Rowling acting so surprised?

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying JK Rowling doesn't have some grounds to be mad, but I think she's blowing things out of proportion, she's acting like if this guy releases this book, she'll lose all of her money and then she won't be able to write any more Harry Potter books.

I mean, I've heared she has more money than the Queen of England, what more does she want, world domination??? Is she the new NWO???

j/k ^_^

Some people say that Obama has an elitist complex because of his speech on small town America (which I think is dumb, it's just people jumping on another bandwagon against Obama), but I'll take it one step further and say that JK Rowling has been showing signs of elitism (yes I said it) with her idea that she can be the only one to make anything pertaining to Harry Potter.

Speaking of which, did JK Rowling come up with the Harry Potter concept in the first place? I only say this because another character by the name of Larry Potter was out back in the 80's that deals with muggles and magic:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1224264.stm

All I know is, if JK Rowling keeps this up, I'm switchin to readin Larry Potter books lol j/k ^_^

Now I know that this post is probably going to be followed up with a rant and rave by ~M ^_^ But that's fine, that's why I started this blog, to get the conversations and debates flowin

By the way ~M, looks like someone made a book based on the Gilmore Girls:

Gilmore Girls Book

Strange that Amy Sherman-Palladino hasn't set up a lawsuit for Cathy East Dubowski for writing a book about how Rory felt when she broke up with Dean ^_^ I guess maybe Amy and JK should have a nice talk with a cup of tea in the JK Rowling mansion lol

People Lie

So I think I'm going to ignore my friend's movie/tv advise for now on. Everytime someone I know tells me a movie is going to be good. Blam it sucks! Everytime!

The most recent example I have of this is Lost. Started watching it around the 2nd season, then it got really bad 3rd season. I hadn't watched anything since the season 3 finale. So yesterday Mike and I decided to sit down and get caught up on season 4. Well it was the same old shit. More random stupid stuff. With 1 answer you get 10 questions.

Its okay because I'm pretty sure the Cloverfield monster is going to pop out of the island any minute now.

Why the movie TMNT 3 sucked balls

Part 1

http://screwattack.com/archive/AVGN/TMNT3movie1.html

Part 2

http://screwattack.com/archive/AVGN/TMNT3movie2.html

SEGA CD Review

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=19089&type=mov

Research on Video Game and Movie Sequel Titles

For all those who had a Nintendo Power subscription...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24502.html

Angry Nintendo Nerd - Double Dragon 3

TOP GUN - by the Angry Nintendo Nerd

Glory to the Hypnotoad

Cool DMX/Fort Minor Remix

Eddie Murphy/Rick James Party All The Time Music Video And Behind the Music

Kenny Smith Rulez

Good chinese

http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/Secret_Asian_Man/SAM_Images/SAM_good_chinese_071007.gif

That's what she said

Happy Birthday rmhenry42!

Hey, this is a little late, but wanted to give a shout out to rmhenry42 who's birthday was April 21st! We're gonna celebrate by watchin the The Forbidden Kingdom and Harold and Kumar 2 this weekend, it's gonna be a kick ass time! ^_^ Drunken Monkey vs. The One!

Funny Comic

http://xkcd.com/84/

Soul Caliber 4

http://www.g4tv.com/trailers/videos/21293/Trailer_Soul_Caliber_IV.html

Flight of the Conchords

They've got more songs you can find.

Funny analysis of Friends Theme Song and Sugar Ray Song

Cool Dance Freestyle on DDR/Pump It Up

Maybe someday I'll be this good too! ^_^

Flash-Mobesque Event

Here's and interesting little event that occurred at Grand Central Station:

http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

Olympic Contestant Plays Video Games

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/olympic-hopeful.html?nup=1&mbid=yhp

Interesting article, it talks about how the guy uses video games to keep himself occupied so he doesn't do anything that might cause an injury and prevent him from competing in the Olympics this year.

DDR fans need to check this out!

Stepmania is a simulator program for dance dance revolution that allows you to create your own dance steps.

Not only is this awesome because you can create steps to your favorite hip hop/club songs, but there is also a computer program that someone created that actually goes through a music file and automatically generates the steps for you! ^_^

I was skeptical at first, but the steps it creates for the light, medium, and hard levels are pretty freakin sweet!

Check it out at:

Stepmania

http://www.stepmania.com/

Step AutoGeneration Program

http://monket.net/dancing-monkeys-v2/Main_Page

Funny Remix of Flo Rida's "Low"

lol, I thought this was going to be stupid, but turned out to be really funny! ^_^

Travis Barker Remixes Flo Rida's Low

Fuckin Awesome!

DragonForce

Man, these guys are awesome!

Linkin Park vs Britney Spears

Interesting ^_^

I'm Wayne Brady Bitch!

Three Headed Broadway Star

Funniest three headed broadway star on "Who's Line is it Anyway?"

Final Fantasy IV

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will launch a completely re-envisioned Final Fantasy IV for Nintendo DS on July 22, 2008. A new generation of gamers will now have the opportunity to experience a legend reborn.The team that brought Final Fantasy III to Nintendo DS comes together once again to breathe new life into a classic that broke convention and introduced a wide array of innovations to the RPG genre. With its groundbreaking Active Time Battle (ATB) system and an engrossing, character-driven plot, Final Fantasy IV was a stunning step forward for role-playing games when it was originally released for the Super NES in 1991.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/865/865747p1.html

Wrestlemania XXV

WrestleMania 25 will take place in Houston, TX, at Reliant Stadium on April 5, 2009, according to a local Houston radio report.

Captain America, F*** Yeah!

Kool-Aid Man Game!

http://cheats.ign.com/objects/004/004867.html

oh yeah!

Expert Drums - Enter Sandman

Awesome! ^_^

Can I have your number???

Oh you are welcome ^_^

'Violent Video Games Can Be Helpful' News Article

News Article: http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=174048

Although, I thought it was interesting that the 'violent video game' that they used in their research was World of Warcraft. Sure, there is some violence (if you call walking for 20 minutes a violent activity ^_^) but, you would think they would use an actual violent video game, like oh, I don't know, Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, God of War, etc.

I mean, even ESRB rates WoW as T for Teens, how violent can it be? But I do agree, that playing a round of WoW (or any game that you like for that matter) can take the stress off the day.

On a side note, I think it's funny that people will attack games like GTA for being too violent, but they don't mind their kids playing songs on Guitar Hero that were at one time deemed pretty offensive. But it's all good, it just means those kids will grow up to appreciate good music ^_^

Video Game Success Prediction

Think you know video games? Here are some sites that allow you to predict the success of a video game before it is released.

VGChartz

www.vgchartz.com

The simExchange

www.thesimexchange.com

Movie Script Search Engine

Not sure how many people would be interested in this, but I found a cool search engine for movie scripts at http://www.scriptcrawler.net