Massive Nerd

In case you missed it this week:

• MMO Champion has a spoiler of the Fall of the Lich King cinematic.
  
• Behold the awesomeness of the War for Cybertron figure prototypes.
  
• 30 Most Memorable Video Game Quotes - courtesy of Avalonna
  
• Lost? Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse explaining the Season 6 premiere.
  

Just a bit of awesome for your holiday weekend.

Okay, I'm sure you know that MMO Champion blew the lid off the next WoW expansion.

Of course, the internet has been exploding. Many question the reliability of the information. While I'm not willing to accept it for fact, I will say that I cannot remember the last time that MMO Champion has been wrong about something like this.

That being said, I will not be commenting on this until there's official word from Blizzard. You guys should know by now that's how I roll.

Instead, here's a thing!



Calm down, nerds.

If you haven't seen The Guild, you should. It's frakking hilarious.

The most EPIC video ever created. Another one from Paul Robertson. (Link probably NSFW)

Take the awesomeness of yesterday's video and add in Akira and Neon Genesis Evangelion, and what do you get?

Kings of Power 4 Billion %

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Part 2:


I hope I didn't give anybody a seizure.

Or a psychological disorder.

Remember those old-school side-scrolling action games? Well Paul Robertson (NSFW) makes animations taking that style and going completely insane with it.

Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight!

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Part 2:

Longtime followers know that I have an appreciation for all things GAR.

gar, adj: A term used towards male characters and individuals who are so overwhelmingly manly that your own masculinity is absolutely *buried*, leaving you naught but a whimpering, swooning girl-child before them.

First up, a newcomer to the GAR scene: Bang Shishigami, The Hammer of Justice from the fighting game BlazBlue



I believe this is the fist time in fighting game history a character has had a Theme Music Power Up.

Next, the origin of GAR: Archer from Fate/Stay Night:



Finally, the Grand master of all things GAR, Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! Spoilers if you haven't watched Gurren Lagann. In that case, WHY HAVEN'T YOU?!

Today, we take a look at the video that took the internet by storm. Hands down, the most impressive machinima I've ever seen.

The Craft of War: BLIND

I'm going back to my roots on this one. Back on Hardcore Casual, every Monday I would feature a different WoW machinima.

In honor of Machinima Monday, I'd like to post a couple videos by my favorite artist, Cranius.

First up, my favorite WoW song ever, Big Blue Dress:



Also included is Cranius' masterpiece, Darrowshire:

Yesterday, I posted the most awesome music video ever, promising my list of all the pop culture references I caught.

Let's-a go!

0:17 - Yoda... kinda
0:21 - Wall Street, Street Fighter just seems like a pun
0:36 - Greatest American Hero!
0:50 - Not sure who this guy is. David Letterman?
1:00 - Karate Kid
1:08 - Frogger/Spy Hunter reference?
1:19 - KITT
1:35 - Could that be M.A.S.K.?
1:40 - I think this is kind of a twist on an old game, Timber.
1:52 - Who you gonna call?
2:05 - Dig Dug
2:24 - Miami Vice, pure win
2:26 - Pitfall + SWINE FLU?
2:41 - At first I was thinking Paperboy, but...
2:50 - E.T.!
2:54 - I know this game, but can't remember the name for the life of me.
3:00 - Nobody beats Teen Wolf at basketball.
3:09 - A-Team, I wanted that van so bad when i was a kid.
3:22 - It's not the 80s without Corey Feldman
3:24 - Kim Jong Il as Donkey Kong
3:29 - Scarface
3:34 - Small Wonder, I always knew that robot had homicidal tendencies.
3:47 - First of all, KEYTAR.
3:50 - Previous cameos, plus California Raisins and Spudz McKenzie on a Q-Bert board. Can't place the bunnies.
3:59 - And finish it off with a flying DeLorean.

Did you guys catch anything I didn't? Let me know!

The band Seether recently covered "Careless Whisper" by George Michael. Nice cover, but the video is EPIC 80s WIN.



How many references can you catch? I'll post a list of mine tomorrow.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a fake, but freaking hilarious anyway.