Alan Smithee

Fail Nintendo, Just Fail

Fail Nintendo, Just Fail

Ok, I can understand that you guys have a product and that you want people to buy it…but come on Nintendo…we need training on how far/often we should walk? When the hell will people come to the understanding that there is no easy fix when it comes to weight loss? Nintendo, I used to love […]

 Alan Smithee

Morning Cup o’ Metal

Ok so for the last couple of days, I’ve been ok watching really disturbing images first thing in the morning combined with great metal tracks. Today’s wont’ be any different. If you’ve never seen Neon Genesis Evangelion’s movie End of Evangelion then you’ve missed out one one of the biggest mind fucks that Japan has […]

 Alan Smithee

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

Ok, so The Aquabats…perhaps the most prolific Ska bands to ever exist in my generation have started to step away from their roots as a ska band and have almost become a pseudo-new wave band in the same fashion as Devo. I don’t really see this as such a bad thing because their newest album […]

 Alan Smithee

Morning Cup o’ Metal

I don’t know about you folks but I fucking love Robocop. I was pleasantly surprised to find this video that combines some of the most awesome scenes from the movie with one of the most awesome groups to come out of the late 90’s Nu-Metal/Industrial Metal scene, Spineshank. The track “Synthetic” from the album The […]

 Alan Smithee

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

I have such man-love for the Aquabats that it’s not even funny. Today’s song is made especially for us geeks, “Playdough” off of the album The Return of The Aquabats brings up the question about where has our childhood gone and is a perfect song for 80s geeks like me. I mean just the chrous […]

 Alan Smithee

Games That Defined Me — Bionic Commando

Games That Defined Me — Bionic Commando

I really have to thank Capcom for making this game and actually having the guts to localize it here in the US all the way back in 1988. Yes kids, this game came out 21 years ago, which makes the same game that’s chillin’ in my collection in my basement older than most of the […]

 Alan Smithee

Morning Cup o’ Metal

I was introduced to All That Remains when I played my first round of Guitar Hero 2 on the Xbox 360. I was one of those people who doubted the fun-factor in a game that required you use a tiny guitar, but I was quickly hooked and became a fan of both the game and […]

 Alan Smithee

Boycott AMC and Regal IMAX Theatres

Boycott AMC and Regal IMAX Theatres

Comedian/Actor Aziz Ansari wants you to know that if you go to see IMAX at any AMC or Regal theatres…you might be getting ripped off and not even know it. You see, when you go to an IMAX theatre showing of a movie, the auditorium is supposed to be super-massive and the screen should measure […]

 Alan Smithee

A Weird Kid’s Top Ten — Desert Island Albums

A Weird Kid’s Top Ten — Desert Island Albums

I’ve come to find that there is nothing more polarizing to most people than the kind of music we all listen to. Religion, sexual preference, or political beliefs mean absolutely nothing when you tell someone that you can’t stand Pink Floyd, or if you think that AC/DC was a shitty band. It was this thought […]

 Alan Smithee

Death Star 2.0 Pwns USS Enterprise

This is why geeks will never get along…we just don’t play well together.

 Alan Smithee

Real-life WTFs – Ham Baby Food

Real-life WTFs – Ham Baby Food

I was out at Target doing some shopping the other day when I ran across something that honestly made me do a double-take. There sitting on the shelf of baby foods was a glass jar of ham…ham baby food. Less disturbing was the roast chicken next to it, but I really couldn’t believe my eyes […]

 Alan Smithee

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

Skankin’ Pickle (named after the dance and a delciously preserved cucumber) formed in the late 80s and provided their own sound to the third wave ska movement with a diversified portfolio of styles that is apparent on the album Skafunkrastapunk. The song “Fakin’ Jamaican” is the song that the band is best known for, and […]

 Alan Smithee

Morning Cup o’ Metal

Sherman, this is Mr Peabody. Prepare the way-back machine for the year 1972 where we’ll trace the beginnings of the heavy metal movement that got its beginnings in the UK. Deep Purple has enjoyed a huge amount of success and for being one of the originating heavy-metal groups (goes to show what was considered heavy […]

 Alan Smithee

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

You have no soul if you can’t shake your ass to 311’s “8:16 AM” track that first appeared on their album Grassroots. Man I just love Nick Hexum’s voice throughout this song. However, this song has special connotations because it was the one track that I would always put on when me and a certain […]

 Alan Smithee

Morning Cup o’ Metal

I have to thank our king3vbo for arguing the merits of “Master Exploder!” over “The Metal” from Tenacious D’s second album and film score The Pick of Destiny, and we agree that ultimately “Master Exploder!” is the clear cut winner of the most metal Tenacious D song ever. We came to this conclusion after realizing […]