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Headed to the Comic-Con tonight!

by -RoG- on 07/21/2006, 1:15 pm

Tonight we'll be heading down to San Diego for the 2006 Comic-Con. I'll be roaming the floors on Saturday and Sunday to check out the latest in movies, video games, toys, art and comics! Sadly, I won't have much I-Mockery stuff on me this year because of the move to California and a complete lack of time to plan for the convention. I won't even be wearing the Pickle Hat, so it'll be harder for people to find me. Sure, I'll have a black I-Mockery logo shirt on, but there's more black shirts at the Comic-Con than there are grains of sand on Earth. So yeah, if you're going, good luck finding me. If you do, though, I'll hopefully have some stickers and buttons to give ya at least.

Speaking of finding me, an I-Mockery reader said they saw me driving with Re on Sunset Boulevard the other day. Pretty crazy considering it's such a huge city (and it's not like I was wearing the Pickle Hat).

So anyway, what stuff should I definitely check out at the 'con on Saturday and Sunday? Anything super-awesome that I should be aware of? Also, next year, I'm hoping to get a booth for I-Mockery since I'm sure I'll have plenty o' time to plan for it. I like thinking about all the crazy stuff we'd have going on at the booth... seems like it could be a lot o' fun.

EDIT: For those of you attending the Comic-Con this year, be sure to stop by the Young American Comics booth. They'll be selling copies of the newest "Big Ol' Book of BIZMAR" and yours truly has a comic in it that I did with Re. It's a fun book with some great artists who all contributed their own comics - over 75 stories combining Bunnies, Insects, Zombies, Monkeys, Aliens and Robots.

BIZMAR! Bunnies! Insects! Zombies! Monkeys! Aliens! Robots!
How can you go wrong with that?

EDIT #2: Also be sure to stop by the Behemoh's booth. Not only will they be showing their awesometacular upcoming "Castle Crashers" game, but the Newgrounds sketchbook will be there for anybody who wants to read through it. And once again, yours truly made a contribution to it which you'll get to see.

weeeee!wooooo!wiiiii!wuuuuu!
2D lives on with Castle Crashers!

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what-have-they-done-to-my-pogo-ball

What have they done to my Pogo Ball?

by -RoG- on 07/18/2006, 11:17 am

I was at a Target store the other day and, of course, one of my required stops any time I go there is the toy aisles. As I'm walking up and down the aisles looking at all the latest toys (most of which are movie tie-ins for Superman Returns or Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) I notice something on one of the end caps...

Pogo Ball LIVES!
Pogo Ball!

It was cool to see a Pogo Ball, since I didn't know they even made 'em anymore, and that it hadn't changed at all really. In all honesty, I prefer the a pogo stick and I'll challenge any of you bastards to last longer on one than I can. I can even last longer than the little girl on the pogo stick in Tremors.

Anyway, when I got back home I check around the web a bit for info on Pogo Balls. Why? Because this is the sort of shit that entertains me, don't ask me why. So, during my search I come across a newer version of the Pogo Ball...

Zoingo Boingo?
The Zoingo Boingo.

What bastardization of a childhood memory is this? It looks like someone put a strap around the Pogo Ball for some twisted bouncy S&M pogo action. Maybe I'm a just a purist, but I always liked how the original Pogo Ball wasn't easy to use. You actually had to practice it to be able to do anything remotely cool and this new "Zoingo Boingo" pogo-ball-horror contraption appears to take all that out.

Know your Pogo Ball roots.

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Celebrity sighting?

by -RoG- on 07/14/2006, 12:30 am

So after a meeting I had today, I went to a pizza shop on Sunset Boulevard with Re for lunch. We're just sitting there minding our own business talking about whatever when all of a sudden, this guy sitting one table over from me leans over and asks me a question. He asks it very quietly so that nobody else can hear. Nobody including me. So I politely respond with, "What?" He asks again and I still can't hear a word he says. "What???" He asks once more and this time I finally hear his question:

"Excuse me, but are you Ashton Kutcher?"

Caught completely off guard, I responded no, but I wish I had said yes. I could've strung him along for a while and maybe even signed an autograph or something. Re burst out laughing and I couldn't help but snicker too, mainly because this is the third time in the last year that somebody has said I look like Ashton. This does, however, mark the first time I've actually been mistaken for him - from only 3 feet away no less. Personally, I don't see it... but damnit, I need to be prepared next time! I've gotta start carrying around a John Deere hat with me or something.

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Blue Milk of Super Ilk

by -RoG- on 07/11/2006, 5:46 pm

Having already tasted my fair share of Superman Returns treats, and receiving email suggestions from a bunch o' people, I broke down and bought a box of Cap'n Crunch's Limited Edition Superman Crunch. The only difference about it is that it comes with Superman shield emblems instead of the usual crunch berries. Here's the kicker though, the red shields turn your milk blue. SCIENCE!

Show me a cow that makes blue milk and I'll marry it.

As you can see, it's not the brightest blue out there, but it still gets the job done. Most importantly, however, it tastes as good as ever. I do have one question though, have they changed Cap'n Crunch over the years? I used to remember this stuff literally shredding the roof of my mouth after eating it. Granted it's been a good while since I've had the stuff, but it didn't even break the skin this time. Have they made Cap'n Crunch less destructive? I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad about it. On one hand, I'm glad my mouth isn't in pain. On the other, I always kind of liked that you had to endure the cereal. That was the trade-off for enjoying something so tasty. Well, I'll eat a couple handfuls of the cereal without any milk later on and see if that does the trick. Guess that makes me a cereal sadist.

And while we're on the topic of cereal, I just stumbled onto an old photo of me forcing McClain to eat a bowl of Boo Berry cereal:

I command you to eat Boo Berry cereal NOW MISTER!
One of my favorite photos for sure.

update: On another breakfast-related note, PickleMan's Breakfast Battle is now online!

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The Sony PSP ad controversy

by -RoG- on 07/07/2006, 6:35 pm

So I'm sure you've all heard about the Sony PSP ad controversy by now. If not, here's a quick look at the ad that had a lot of people in an uproar:

Sony PSP White ad - OOOOH SHOCKING!

A lot of people were saying it was racist since it said "white is coming" and features a white person attacking a black person. While I think the ad is definitely a bit odd, I don't think it's racist. I'm sure half of the people who are attacking the ads are Nintendo DS fanboys anyway. I'm a huge DS fan and I don't even really like the PSP, but I just don't think that ad was meant to be racist. Just a little too artsy and stupid, but not racist. Now if they had done something more like this:

White PSP's unite!

Well then people would clearly have something to be worked up about. So what's your take on the whole PSP ad controversy?

(and yes, that one guy is wearing sunglasses because he just thinks he's cooler than the other racists)

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So who’s going to the San Diego Comic-Con?

by -RoG- on 07/06/2006, 1:27 pm

While I'm not going to be at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con for all four days like I was last year, I'll definitely be there for a day or two still... most likely Saturday and Sunday. I'm really looking forward to it. San Diego is a really nice city, the cleanest I've ever seen, and the Comic-Con was a blast last year. It doesn't get much better than going there and seeing all of the upcoming movies, toys and video games. Plus I really want to see the rumored life-sized Optimus Prime truck unveiling. What is disappointing, is that due to the timing of my recent move and still having almost all of my belongings in storage, I won't have a table at the convention this year like I had hoped to do originally. Even the ol' pickle hat & goggles are in storage at the moment. Ah well, I've got some fun things I'd like to do there, so hopefully next year there will finally be table for I-Mockery at the Comic-Con. Are any of you planning on attending the convention this year? Anything I should make a point to check out while I'm at the convention or in San Diego in general?

Also, for those of you who haven't filled it out yet, please take this quick survey. We're planning making some huge changes to the site this year and want to hear what you guys would like to see. Don't worry, all your favorite content will still be there, these changes will simply make the site better than ever. So consider this your chance to help change the future of I-Mockery o.O

And just a reminder, time is running out for the Inspector Gadget contest. The prizes are still up for grabs for anyone who wants to draw or photoshop a new gadget onto him, so give it a shot!

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