Category: Musings

And Then They Wonder Why Everyone Treats Wrestling Like A Joke…

You know, I was browsing through the WWE Youtube channel and I just saw a clip of Kevin Owens trapping himself in a portapotty that Brown Strawman eventually tipped over. And then KO came out and was covered in blue paint. The only thing I’m thinking watching this is that whoever is in charge of Wellness Policy is doing a piss poor job because it’s not normal for a human being to being taking blue liquidous dumplings.

Also…

 

The Future Of Physical Media is Bold… Minimalist… WTF…

From this Reddit thread comes this picture of the interior of the recently-released Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy release for Nintendo Switch. If this is the future of physical media going forward, then that all-digital future can’t come soon enough.

Go ahead, collectors. Defend this shit. I dare you.

Ataribox Nearing $3 Million… For The Realz, Yo.

So despite the fact that the Indiegogo campaign has since terminated, funds are still being counted and raised over at the IndieGoGo page itself. And from the looks of things, Ataribox may very well break the three million dollar mark before the end of this week… so it took them FIVE WEEKS to get to THREE MILLION…

Goodness gracious, I need a stiff drink or twenty… but then again, I’ll settle for really strong coffee so that I can stay up late tonight and whip up a couple audio tracks and eventually, I’ll put together a quick script to read off of regarding Ataribox that will assemble my thoughts on this thing in a more concise manner… allegedly.
In any event, this was a thing that took place. Now whether it becomes a thing that happens is another story, but like a bad sportz-entertainment angle, we may have to just let it play out and see where it goes.

Boom Studios Has Fucked Up The MMPR Archives

Longtime fans of Power Rangers will recall a series of comics produced by Marvel in the series heyday that focused on the Ninja Ranger portion of MMPR Season 3. One issue in particular features a story called Dark Thunder, where Lord Zedd seemingly creates Dark Rangers from old powers and had them pilot old Thunderzords to confront the Ninjazords, only for said Rangers to go away and never to be seen again. It is a popular story among the fandom, despite being the usual poorly-crafted drivel that comprised the majority of that Marvel run.

As of late, there have been reports that MMPR Archive is missing a page from this story, specifically the concluding page of this Dark Thunder storyline that ultimately went nowhere, but its omission is noticeable. At first, I thought this was just an issue with the printed versions, but turns out even the digital version on Comixology is missing this vital page that concludes the story.
Yeah, so this is a pretty major fuck-up. And I am quite frankly amazed that Boom hasn’t taken the time to address or even fix the issue. Too bad, because aside from that one major omission (for the sake of completion more than anything,) this is a nice comprehensive collection of the early comics from Hamilton and Marvel. But I would be extremely weary of purchasing a physical book until this particular snafu has been fixed.

Final Ataribox After-Action Report

The numbers seen here was taken from the main Atari VCS Indiegogo page at the time and date specified. There will be occasional dips here and there, but beyond that, it has been a steady stream upwards. Just not quite the rocket launch that we got to that first day.

And for comparison’s sake…

High Score: OUYA – $8,596,474

Also, Atari did a Gameband watch thing that made $325,996. Don’t know what became of that, but…  anyway, here are my recorded numbers.

June 02 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 04:14 p.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 05:25 p.m. EST: $2,367,076
June 03 11:07 a.m. EST: $2,410,371
June 03 06:45 p.m. EST: $2,445,373
June 04 12:33 a.m. EST: $2,461,554
June 07 10:01 a.m. EST: $2,764,620
June 10 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,793,207
June 10 11:05 a.m. EST: $2,793,441
June 11 01:58 a.m. EST: $2,825,498
June 11 02:24 p.m. EST: $2,853,309
June 12 04:03 p.m. EST: $2,872,070
June 12 11:00 p.m. EST: $2,872,395
June 13 02:24 a.m. EST: $2,873,319
June 13 02:48 p.m. EST: $2,870,176
June 13 05:52 p.m. EST: $2,870,879
June 13 06:59 p.m. EST: $2,871,019
June 13 07:34 p.m. EST: $2,872,044
June 13 11:13 p.m. EST: $2,874,743
June 14 10:30 a.m. EST: $2,878,083
June 14 03:10 p.m. EST: $2,877,258
June 14 04:24 p.m. EST: $2,876,879
June 14 05:12 p.m. EST: $2,876,209
June 15 10:41 a.m. EST: $2,882,255
June 18 01:00 p.m. EST: $2,907,984
June 18 07:11 P.M. EST: $2,909,306
June 18 11:55 p.m. EST: $2,910,203
June 19 02:05 A.M. EST: $2,910,824
June 19 09:46 A.M. EST: $2,913,530
June 19 04:02 p.m. EST: $2,913,354
June 19 05:23 P.M. EST: $2,913,419
June 20 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,915,785
June 21 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,920,730
June 21 11:05 P.M. EST: $2,922,310
June 22 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,920,280
June 22 05:09 P.M. EST: $2,920,019
June 22 05:28 P.M. EST: $2,920,342
June 22 05:40 P.M. EST: $2,920,484
June 22 11:18 P.M. EST: $2,922,311
June 23 12:43 A.M. EST: $2,922,414
June 23 02:00 A.M. EST: $2,922,479
June 23 10:20 A.M. EST: $2,921,744
June 23 02:08 P.M. EST: $2,919,299
June 23 08:48 P.M. EST: $2,917,746
June 23 10:42 P.M. EST: $2,917,812
June 24 01:43 A.M. EST: $2,917,669
June 24 11:30 A.M. EST: $2,917,584
June 24 01:00 P.M. EST: $2,919,329
June 24 06:00 P.M. EST: $2,918,512
June 24 07:21 P.M. EST: $2,917,800
June 24 08:08 P.M. EST: $2,917,517
June 25 10:26 A.M. EST: $2,916,511
June 25 03:05 P.M. EST: $2,914,154
June 25 06:55 P.M. EST: $2,912,723
June 25 10:26 P.M. EST: $2,911,510
June 26 01:38 A.M. EST: $2,911,021
June 26 02:32 A.M. EST: $2,910,657
June 26 02:10 P.M. EST: $2,910,729
June 26 10:56 P.M. EST: $2,910,579
June 27 02:55 A.M. EST: $2,909,759
June 27 11:57 A.M. EST: $2,908,507
June 27 04:27 P.M. EST: $2,910,906
June 27 06:22 P.M. EST: $2,913,132
June 27 11:07 P.M. EST: $2,918,127
June 28 10:30 A.M. EST: $2,929,472
June 28 02:42 P.M. EST: $2,932,384
June 29 03:00 A.M. EST: $2,938,200
June 29 01:05 P.M. EST: $2,947,026
June 30 03:35 P.M. EST: $2,983,066

So they didn’t break three million, proving me wrong on numerous occasions where I thought this campaign would break three millions. On top of that, Atari proved people who thought this was going to be another Ouya wrong, since the Ouya made a lot more money with a lot less name recognition. Still, congratulations to Atari for getting the money. Let’s hope they’re able to shit out a system in time for next year.

The Atari Vault House Show will be up later on, but first Mega Man Maker stuff.

Bought The MMPR Archives Volume 1 Collection

For those who don’t know, Boom Studios just released the first volume of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Archives comic collection, which is supposed to collect all the previously published comics from ages ago. Volume 1 collects all the Hamilton Comics series (6 Volume 1 issues, 4 Volume 2 issues, and 3 issues of a retelling of the TV show that was unfinished due to the license running out) as well as most of the Marvel Comics output (both their MMPR comic and their secondary Ninja Rangers run.)

For what it’s worth, it’s a pretty neat compilation with the artwork mostly unaltered (covers were changed to remove publisher logos and such) and the quality of the prints being clean for the most part. I bought this digitally for roughly 20 bucks, but I wouldn’t mind coming across an actual physical book if I can find one.

Anyway, having a collection on hand is spurred the idea of trying to look at some of these comics individually and doing quick little write-ups on each issue. It’s certainly worth thinking about.