Caught in the Web

Hello there, children! This time, I'm doing something a wee bit different. As you may have picked up from this blog, I like a lot of things, and, as you most assuredly already know, a lot of things are on the internet, so therefore, a lot of the things I like are on the internet.

Wow, that was crap. Let's start over.

So this time around, I've decided to share a few things from the internet that I like and that I think you all should check out. This might even become a semi-regular thing. So, without further bad writing, let's get started. Here's some things from the internet that I like:

Extra Credits: Harassment

Extra Credits is weekly video series about video games; what's great about it, what issues have come up in the medium, and what can be done to make it better. This week, the EC crew looked at something that's been a longstanding issue in online gaming: Harassment. Rather than berate those who have made racist, sexist, or homophobic remarks in the anonymous forums of the Playstation Network, X-Box Live, and MMO servers, the crew offer tips on what gamers can do to prevent this behavior in the future. If you play online games and want to stop harassment, you should definately check this out.

Obscurus Lupa Presents: Heidi 4 Paws

Obscurus Lupa Presents is a semi-regular series in which Obscurus Lupa (a.k.a. Allison Pregler) reviews films you've never heard of, mostly Z-Grade martial arts movies and direct-to-video horror films. In her latest review, however, she takes a look at Heidi 4 Paws, an adaptation of the novel Heidi featuring a cast of dogs in costumes with rotovoxed mouths. Its as stupid and disturbing and hilarious as it sounds, so check out the review.

History of Power Rangers

I didn't watch Power Rangers as a child. Strange, I know, but my parents were under the impression that me watching anything more violent that Daffy Duck would turn me into a serial killer, so a show about teenagers using martial arts to fight Japanese stock footage was blacklisted. Thankfully, this particular hole in my childhood is being remedied. Linkara (a.k.a. Lewis Lovhaug), host of the comic-book review series "Atop the Fourth Wall", also does a show called "History of Power Rangers". It's pretty much what it sounds like; Lovhaug breaks down the story of each season of Power Rangers (in alarmingly comprehensive detail) and gives his opinions on it. With the latest installment up finally going up (it takes months for these things to get done), I figured now would be a good time to share it. It's a fun, interesting, and educational series; I, for one, for instance, learned that the show "Power Rangers" had a plot. No really, it's true. Go check it out.

Thats all I got for now, but I'll probably amass a bit more in the future. Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time!