Game of the goddamn year

It's neat seeing a Final Fantasy VII ad from back when it was just the new Final Fantasy game and not the cultural behemoth with its own spinoffs, sequels, prequels, movies, remakes, spinoffs from remakes, ect. (Final Fantasy VII, 1997)

there’s music for literally every activity

Every "new" "Tobacco is whacko (if you're a teen)" ad I find makes me more convinced it's supposed to be a reverse psychology thing. (anti-smoking ad paid for by a tobacco company, 2000)

Everyone's bonked out. (Chocolate flavored Bonkers candy, 1986)

It's funny to see Waverly called "the armpit of Iowa". I grew up near Waverly. It's, like, a fairly nice small college town.

My big dumb project for this weekend: attempting to organize these big dumb piles of comics

I've had too much time on my hands lately, so I made my best attempt at recreating my favorite new Marvel characters of the last few years, The Outliers from Uncanny X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social, in WWE 2K26. All four are on Community Creations on PS5.

The bisexual dilemma

I saw this post at 1:30 AM, saw the phrase "interview with the walrus", and immediately got inspired to spend the next hour making this. I didn't get to sleep until 3 AM because there was art to be done

I went thrifting yesterday and found a giant bag of McDonald's employee hats from 1995. This isn't all of them, just the unique ones. There are also hats that just say McDonald's, but I'm limited to four pictures and felt these were more interesting. Maybe the dumbest $5 I've ever spent.

Dropout Live tonight!

Rare behind the scenes tidbit from the admin: I don't quite remember why I needed to do it this way, I ended up with this half step image. Here you can more easily see my messy clone stamp work. I had been sitting on this edit since January 4th.

My package arrived with the tape already partially broken, which just makes me think someone tried to steal it thinking it was something cool or expensive because it was heavy, then saw that it was just a giant hardcover Batman book and were like "never mind, it's just some nerd shit"

I spent yesterday catching up on the better part of a year worth of the @gailsimone.bsky.social run of Uncanny X-Men. A brief thread of some highlights:

That (if you're a teen) bit at the end seems a little out of nowhere until you see who sponsored this. (double faced smoking PSA, 2000)

"You know what the kids in 2001 love and will definitely understand? The satirical writings of Jonathan Swift." (Reebok, 2001)

"Clark, who are you winking at? Pete, do you know what's going on?"

Long love apple and cherry! (Hostess Fruit Pies, circa 1977)

"Mommy, how did you and daddy meet?" "Well honey, I paid $3.00 for a dating guide I saw in a comic book." (dating guide, 1983)

Way back in the distant year of 2023, I started a side account on a certain other site dedicated to fun ads I find while reading old comics. I have officially moved it here. I hope to revive it both through new additions and reposts of the greatest hits from the old account.

doctor doctor gimme the news ive got an unworn pair of baby shoes

Posting this now before the RGG social media team makes an official version as a Kiwami 3 ad.

Listen all of y'all, it's a sabotage Listen most of y'all, it's a sabotage Listen half of y'all, it's a sabotage Listen some of y'all, it's a sabotage Listen one of y'all, it's a sabotage Listen anyone, it's a sabotage

"You're juicy AND mega now?"

Officially cutting off all communication not done through the Kermit the Frog landline.

I've seen it twice now and will probably watch it a third and maybe even fourth time over the weekend.

By the end of the episode, Kermit will have brought Kermeena out of retirement

Idea: edit of Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants that just starts looping on the line "everything sticks like a broken record"

Yay, my Dumbing of Age Kickstarter rewards arrived! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social

Thank you Yakuza Kiwami 3 for letting us cover a flip phone in rhinestones

I started playing Pirate Yakuza today and had a dumb idea while playing the cooking minigame

This is the most insane Jim Henson story I've heard

So I've been reading Craig Shemin's Sam & Friends book and it got me thinking about something: the show started as crafting short form sketches out of lip syncing to pre-existing songs and comedy bits. Jim Henson invented TikTok.

It's not everyday you see the greatest album cover you've ever seen

Don't forget!

How many Elmos had to die for that coat?

How many Elmos had to die for that coat?

Stardew Valley's name generator gave me the name Killizor. I thought it was funny, so I chose it. How does the game respond? It renders the name as ****izor. The game generated a name it wouldn't actually accept.

Time for my annual viewing of the movie Gremlins.

I saw a movie today

A local funeral home recently closed and now it's a sandwich shop. Not sure what to do with this information.

It's time. (The "When Love is Gone" cut, of course)

Day four of my Muppet Christmas programming. (technically not a Muppet thing per se, but it was produced by Henson Associates and has bumper segments with Kermit)

Day three of my Muppet Christmas programming. (I was busy last night and didn't get around to anything, so I just skipped a night)

For the longest time, whenever a WWE game came out I would always make both a masc and femme version of my wish-fulfillment idealized self-insert CAW. I somehow hadn't made the femme edition in 2K25, so last night I finally did in a burst of gender feelings.

Day two of my Muppet Christmas programming

With my break from work officially started, so begins my Muppet Christmas programming

At work last night, I watched a college student drinking directly out of a half gallon jug of chocolate milk. No judging, but sir you frighten me.

An upside to winter: a socially accepted excuse for increased facial anonymity.