What are the Zelda connections?
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What are the Zelda connections?
A bullshit urban legend would have you believe that Golden Axe’s voice samples come from death row inmates. In reality, two come from Conan the Barbarian and two from Rambo: First Blood. I want to find the rest! www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
Agreed!
How would you like to be credited? Also, have you got any theories on Calcabrina?
See that’s interesting, because I could not find a single reference to it in online text before 2011. I suppose it’s possible that it was a spoken thing before then, but it’s wild to think about.
I love it. Do you want me to write this up? I’d be happy to credit you for coming up with the idea.
Oh interesting. And that bad translation made you realize the similarity.
What is that?
I do see the connection. That’s wild. Is this your research?
Oh interesting. But I don’t get the pun with “baruba.”
This was brought up in the comments. I was very surprised.
I’m curious: What year was it when he told you this? Ish?
Well that is something. But how to uncry these tears?
Yes that’s in the piece
I need to recruit new 80s movie avengers, I guess
This is exactly that.
Did not actually know about this one but will look into!
Will check it out!
Oh huh. Will futz around to see what I can do with them. Thanks!
Huh. I assumed that was one of the imps. It sounds weirdly like Yoshi saying “yum.”
Can you tell me what time it’s at in the video?
Then what have we been training for, James?
We must assemble the Avengers movies that aired in cable
Okay, but I’m more interesting in seeing if anyone can identify the other vocal clips, because I’m sure they come from somewhere.
Yes, I mention that in the piece
[ Wart / Mamu in Metroid ] Multiple style pixel art commission for @mysticalcatlife.bsky.social, as part of a collection of Wart sprites in other Nintendo games. *VB/DS Samus used as reference by the client with permission.
Does it thyme with “kid, you slow gaming”?
It is, but weirdly I can’t find a trace of it online before 2011.
You are smarter than your friend
So in the piece I have a video of all the voice samples in Golden Axe. Want to listen and see if that brain recognizes any other ones?
I found evidence of this but they’ve done their best to scrub this from the record.
I bring this to your attention, @feitclub.bsky.social and @lostturntable.bsky.social
How so?
Yeah I mention that in the piece
A bullshit urban legend would have you believe that Golden Axe’s voice samples come from death row inmates. In reality, two come from Conan the Barbarian and two from Rambo: First Blood. I want to find the rest! www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
Which game was this supposed to be in?
I have written about this one, and the answer is more complicated than that. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/sheng-l...
At least someone likes broccoli
I’m not a joiner
Hung out with @drewgmackie.bsky.social and @iwritewrongs.bsky.social for lunch in Little Tokyo. Proof that podcasters can hang out without recording a podcast for monetization
Can anyone tell me that these guys are from?
How dare you
How dare you
This one is basically Stevie Nicks but Italian www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_R...
She was born in the seafoam that spumed forth from titanic sperm spilled into the wine-dark ocean.
I can't explain it, but Isadora Juice has Dakota Johnson energy.
[nods knowingly but also with eyebrows arched]
Evan Dorkin was right
I know I made fun of Alien: Earth for naming a character Boy Kavalier but I think I have to take it back? This is just a dumb theory but if I’m right it’s possible a spoiler? But there is a very different connotation for the word “cavalier”
I feel like the name Boy Kavalier feels like a real placeholder for something better that did not come.
All I can give the world is beautiful squirrels.
I do not understand this reference.
But it was lurid! You heard about sex and violence, sometimes together!
All these years later, seeing this logo and hearing this sound effect still make me feel like I'm about to watch "news" that my parents wouldn't want me to watch.
Testing the power of MAR10 Day. Here’s my piece on how Super Mario Bros. 2 was made *after* Super Mario Bros. 3. That's why the sprite work in 2 is better than what you see in 3. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
What if they made a Scream movie that takes place between 3 and 4 and was just Gale and Dewey driving around in a van solving mysteries
Exactly
I joke about my hometown being backwards and awful and "like St. Olaf with more cows," but then there's stuff like this.
My secret superpower is that I can tell within five seconds whether a YouTube video is worth my time or if I need to stop watching and never ever listen to this person’s creative output again.
These shorts are adorable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts9w...
I’m sorry, dude. I lost my dog two years ago and also got a new dog, and I still miss him.
Hmm.
I just had to clarify to a woman passing by that I wasn’t talking to her. I was talking to a squirrel. This is not the first time this has happened.
Okay I looked it up. Am shocked.
Did that happen??
My brain shut down thinking of all the ways to make fun on this man’s name.
I accidentally furthered the idea that the dog from Duck Hunt is named Mr. Peepers. He is not. I am sorry. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/duck-hu...
I have to admit, this is a blind spot in my TV awareness.
I accidentally furthered the idea that the dog from Duck Hunt is named Mr. Peepers. He is not. I am sorry. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/duck-hu...
noun + adjective describing that character?
Fun fact about Alien: Earth, in the original script, the name given to the character Boy Kavalier was TKTKCome up with real name laterTKTK
But they say it pours! It’s part of the chorus!
Great. Now I have to spend my morning driving around the neighborhood, drying off squirrels.
He’s actually a Korean mauling dog, but same
BTW, I put this on the "wanted list" on my site in case some online rando happens to know the answer. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/video-g...
Meet the Sea Saucer, a totally heterosexual way to navigate the ocean. Via a 1934 issue of Popular Mechanics, via the blog One Letter Words. www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=2...
Putting on the list. Thanks!
Straight to the top of the list (even if the list has to be topped by Drag Bugs)
No. She is in heaven now. She's an angel now. RIP.
You of all people, Chard.
In celebration of Tubi getting all the Looney Tunes shorts, we are doing a @gayestepisodeever.bsky.social about those (plus Merrie Melodies) that lend themselves to queer readings. So... Got a gay seeming Loones cartoon you think we should cover? Tell me!
Why would you make this
Did not even know this feature existed
Also what apple function did you use?
Oh good. Is what I was guessing. Thank you.
Dear spider social media: Can you ID this guy?
But also guess I need to listen to your podcast
Oh I’m sorry that happens
I like it when podcasts put in the title when it’s a listeners’ stories episode so I know not to listen to it.
Why is this? They weren’t even released the same year
"What if there was an Evil Mario?" "You mean a garlic-chopping, treasure-stealing, gas-farting, ugly-as-fuck Mario in yellow overalls and a zig zag moustache YES it's in the game!"
I can’t tie this back to me
Hypothetically razor blades and truffle oil and an immune-boosting supplement.
I’m not admitting anything but if I did do any of this, hypothetically speaking, I’d feel like I just played the most important game of Supermarket Sweep ever
Enjoy your increased immune system, madam
Enjoy the pungent taste of fungus, madam
Enjoy your close shave, madam
Quick, what’s the smallest but most expensive item you can sneak into the grocery cart of someone who was rude to me