In the 1980s, American NES players got everything three years after Japanese Famicom players. When the Soviet Union fell, Russians finally got their NES equivalent, the Dendy, from a company named Steepler. And they had no idea just how many of their beloved games were Chinese pirate cartridges ( Read more... )

I watched a Cracked video discussion of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and realized something about its internationalization.

In the UK they were called "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" because "Ninja" was a violent and subversive concept. However, they didn't bother to change "turtle", which in the UK refers only to sea turtles, to "tortoise".

I checked to see if pruane2forever got the braces off or if his voice changed; no such luck.

Internet legend Kibo once reviewed a movie called Mr. Magoo, in which Leslie Nielsen forgets what made him funny in Airplane!.

Years later, when he was in full-on clown mode, but too old to insure for a feature film, he made these commercials for Arizona Federal Credit Union.

1. 1. I don't remember the cheerleaders being this hot when I went to ( Read more... )

You can now watch Religulous in its entirety on Google Video.

If you're in hermit mode, watch this Zelda marathon for charity. They're on Ocarina of Time now and have doubled their original goal of $2000.

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So everyone knows you can stream Firefly episodes on Hulu, but Hulu only works in the USA, and has a habit of suggesting I'd get my chest waxed for a Klondike™ bar.

Are there any shady overseas video sites that stream it?

In other news, you can watch entire MST3K episodes on Google Video.

Daniel Floyd has taken the Zero Punctuation animation format and remixed it into an interesting lecture series about video games and storytelling, sex, learning, and the Uncanny Valley.

Enjoy it now, before everyone starts ripping off Zero Punctuation and you get sick of the format.

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