Maybe because Donky Kong predates Super Mario, it represents the Paris Commune?
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2006 9:21:22 am PST #7818 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
amych - Jan 25, 2006 9:26:56 am PST #7819 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I thought the gorilla represented the id. Man, I woke up in the wrong paradigm today.
Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2006 9:50:46 am PST #7820 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Gorilla my id, I loooove youuuuu....
Kalshane - Jan 25, 2006 9:51:56 am PST #7821 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I sadly never owned a Nintendo. While I did have the chance to play at friends' and my cousin's house (I used to love babysitting for him because it meant I could stay up late playing Nintendo after he crashed), I spent a lot more time watching other people play than actually playing myself unless it was a rare 2-player game. I played the heck out of Castlevanias 1&2, though, along with Super Marios 1&2 (never finished 3) and Zelda 2. (Never played the original. All the copies at the rental place had dead batteries in the catridge, so you couldn't save your progress.)
The lead guitarist for my cousin's band can play a ridiculous number of old school Nintendo tunes.
Calli - Jan 25, 2006 9:53:43 am PST #7822 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The only Nintendo I ever played was Mario Carts (vs. my nephew, who wiped the floor with me). Apparently Marx went all Nascar in the late 90s.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2006 9:55:04 am PST #7823 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Apparently Marx went all Nascar in the late 90s.
Putting the "red" in redneck roundy-round.
Strega - Jan 25, 2006 10:06:00 am PST #7824 of 10001
My dad once called me soley to ask if I remembered where one of the castles in Zelda was. I didn't, and pointed out that he'd played it more recently (and more obsessively) than I had. As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
But it seems like it ultimately privileges the monarchy, though admittedly the princess is in trouble for most of the game.
Ah, but are the koopas really holding her hostage, or protecting her from you? Is she really... Princess Anastasia? These are the sort of questions that can only be answered with a hefty research grant. Or increased medication.
Maybe because Donky Kong predates Super Mario, it represents the Paris Commune?Now you're just being silly. Harrumph. It's clearly the industrial revolution. With all the mechanized death and industrial pollutants. They're not just barrels; they're barrels of (flaming) oil.
amych - Jan 25, 2006 10:12:49 am PST #7825 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(Somehow, this seems like the right thread for this [link] faboo study on video gaming demographics. No real gender gap! Only a gradual age dropoff until after age 50! We're not all boy nerds in basements!)
shrift - Jan 25, 2006 10:20:09 am PST #7826 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
I drew and colorized at least two of these.
Kristen - Jan 25, 2006 12:41:04 pm PST #7827 of 10001
In pilot pickup news, this logline puzzles me:
Network: CBS
Genre: Drama
Title: Way, The
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Commitment: Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Michael De Luca (EP N/W), Adam Kulakow (W-Pilot)
Logline: A family soap centering on a family of witches, in the tonal style of THE SOPRANOS.
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?