Datatrack two: http://fightingseraph.newgrounds.com/n ews/post/148489

1. The independent gaming scene: Here's one part of video gaming that I'd like people to try out sometime. Why? Because there is stuff that is pretty damn inventive when you really think about it. This is not saying that mainstream games aren't creative, but take some time to think outside the box and surf the internet a bit to see what I mean. After all, this is why Ikaruga became popular.

2. Parody vs. Satire: I personally think that this debate is pointless, unnecissary, and a waste of time. Isn't parody a form of Satire, since they share one thing in common: they poke fun at things. One is not better nor worse than the other.

3. Carlos Mencia: I know that many of you hate him and his show. However, I seldom see anyone refuting the points in many of his sketches without using the Argumentum Ad Hominem (Arguments to the Person). The only reasons people hate him that I can think of are his "Dee dee dee" catchphrase and the fact that his show is an SNL/Chappelle's Show knockoff.

4. Anime: Most of the anime I have see is either boring (Ghost in the Shell, anything by Hayao Miyazaki) or just sucks (F-Zero: GP Legend, Chrono Crusade). However, there are those rare flukes such as Fist of the North Star, Dragon Half, New Cutie Honey, Angel Sanctuary, and Rozen Maiden. Plus, I think of anime culture the same way as David Cross thinks of Marijuana culture: "Juvenile and uncreative." Seriously, while the costumes that cosplayers have made are often well-done, sometimes the person's body doesn't match the character they're trying to be. Then, there's the character voices in anime. While they were well done in the original Japanese; they tend to meld together after seeing so many of them in the original language with English subtitles. On the other hand, Dubbing depends on who they cast. Truth is, some of these dub VAs are terrific (Kevin M. Conolly from FMA; Jessica Calvello from Dirty Pair), whereas others are dull to shitty (Crispin Freeman from Angel Sanctuary; Robert Kraft from Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge). The reasons why many dubbing companies avoid the likes of Ron "Drag Strip" Gans, Rob "Air Raid" Paulsen, or Ian James Corlett is because they either require shitloads of money; hate having to match the lipsync of the characters; or have a distaste of anime.

5. AOL Instant Messenger: I don't know why people still use this outside of personal preference, but there are better IM programs out there (WinLive and Yahoo! to be exact). Seriously, they've stagnated since 2002 and the competition has taken a huge lead over them. Plus, the net slang that it was responsible for irritates the hell out of me.

6. Game Music Remixes: As much as I like these; I'd wish people would remix music from lesser-known games (examples: Darius, Rendering Ranger R2, Cho Aniki) instead of the usual stuff. It gets repetitive and old really fast; and the ironic thing is that many of those remixes I actually like (if they put a lot of work in it). And this is from someone who makes music with Acid 6.0.

7. Insult Flash: When someone makes an insult flash, they usually have a good reason why. Maybe they hate seeing the same fads/memes/etc. over and over again; maybe they hate a certain celeb/TV show/game series/ etc. and its fanbase; and/or maybe they think a certain cartoonist either sucks or got annoying really fast. If that someone makes an insult flash, it's their right to do so; and those who are offended by it need to leave them alone. This, in other words, is how freedom of speech works. Besides, Assassin needs to be revitalized, and I know several people who should be subjected to it.

8. The Presidential Elections: I'm not supporting Obama or McCain. That's because I consider Obama clueless, while McCain tends to put himself in situations where he can't really escape. This is why I'm supporting Bob Barr this year, and yes I know about his voting record during his time in congress. However, at least he realized what a dumb son-of-a-bitch he was when he was voted out of congress back in 2002. The other two losers on the other hand, don't give a damn about the damage they do. Besides, I'm smarter than both of McCain and Obama's supporters combined.

I enjoyed it, and more games like this need to be made. The graphics are excellent, gameplay's creative, and the music is astonishing. Plus, I found a documentary:

Not Evil Just Wrong

I found this while taking a gander at Steve Milloy's Junk Science website.

Oh, here's my friend code if you want to challenge me one-on-one:

356632-465067

One of the few PS3/X360 games I am actually looking foward to (I prefer the Wii to those).
All I know about this game is that it involves a witch reborn in modern times fighting angels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMf652 o_L0

For those who didn't know about the first one, here it is: http://fightingseraph.newgrounds.com/n ews/post/136781

1. Wall-E: I stopped watching Disney/Pixar films after The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Toy Story; and with the bad things about it, I'd doubt I would watch it in theaters. If you are going to put in enviromentalist propaganda regardless of how subtle it is; someone will find out no matter what. Plus, making all the humans fat and stupid isn't as creative as those who liked it say it is (remember Homer Simpson?). Besides, if it wasn't for the two Short Circuit films; this would not exist.

2. Beast Machines, James and the Giant Peach, and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon:
It sucks that they aren't getting the credit and praise they deserve. I've seen people saying that the aforementioned Wall-E is proof that animation isn't just for kids; yet they obviously never heard or seen any of these (or MTV's cartoons for that matter). I don't see why people hate BM so much; I enjoyed it a lot. Plus, Marv Wolfman and Bob Skir said that if they used the original characters over and over again, the viewers will get bored with it. As for James and the Giant Peach, even though it's twelve years old; it's still enjoyable for me to watch over and over. In other words, my words can't describe how great it is. I haven't seen D&D, but I heard it was great.

3. Doug TenNapel: We all know that he created EarthWorm Jim; but how many people know of his other stuff such as Klaymen, Project Geeker, and Sockbaby? It saddens me that they aren't getting the attention they deserve. Seriously, this man deserves an award or ten. Hell, Andrew Dickman patterns his work after his stuff (much to AWD's annoyance).

4. Tomamoto: Like Rina-Chan, he too is stale and overexposed to the point of annoyance. When compared to Egoraptor, he isn't very talented and his videos aren't very creative. The only voices can do well are middle-eastern accents and Snakeman/Cobra Commander.

5. 2D vs 3D: One is not better than the other, and I'd wish people would stop this pointless debate. It's not the medium that matters, but the content. Is it wrong to mix the two together? While I do think that 3d programs are convoluted and frustrating as hell to use; but I won't stop someone from implementing it in their movies. Then there's claymation and Stop-Motion animation, which are the original forms of 3D. It sucks that there aren't enough of these kinds of movies on Newgrounds, and I'd wish that someone would work on some for this site.

6. Nostalgia: I'm all for nostalgic things from time to time, but sometimes too much is too much. I'm pretty much torn between the two sides and there is no reason to be for one and against the other. Thank the upcoming Rockman 9 for why I'm writing this piece.

7. Neurotically Yours: Even though quite a few of the cartoons make some solid points, but wouldn't it be better if IllWillpress put the series on the backburner and created something original? (Seeing that Foamy has stopped being funny).

8. The Energy crisis and Climate Change: My solution to the energy crisis is just drill for oil and gas, build more refineries, and get governments out of the resource extraction business. All the things that the enviromental movement is saying about climate change is bullshit. Climate change has been around since there was water on the Earth 3.9 billion years ago and has never caused any disasters. Carbon Dioxide is what plants breathe and has a logarithmic effect on climate (as in the more of it there is, the less of an effect it has). I love making climate alamists shit their pants when I point out the obvious, and I am Neither Liberal nor Conservative.

Here it is, but it has a mix of my old, poorly-drawn pieces and new, properly-drawn stuff. That's all there is to it, and nothing more. And no, I don't use DA or SheezyArt.

1. Passwords: Don't you hate it when you forget your password and the recover password function fails? I do, and it bugs the hell out of me.

2. Internet Memes: I hate the damn things. The "Shoop-da-Whoop" Cell pic, the 50x50 smileys with the retarded grin, lol cats, etc. What's worse is that various flash cartoonists are using them as actual jokes as if they were the next Tex Avery. Well, if they keep it up; they'll join the other uncreative, one-joke losers in any future AFD collab.

3. Rina-Chan: No offense, but she's become stale and overexposed to the point of annoyance. While her voice skills are viable for flash cartoons, but for cartoons on the tv screen and the movie projector; she can't match the the talent of Susan Blu, Jessica Calvello, Marilyn Lightstone, and others who were in the business since the late '60s to the '90s. Just because she won a few awards in various anime conventions doesn't mean she's a voice-acting saint or demigoddess. Take a look at Cristina Vee; she was cast as Kanaria & Barasuishou in Rozen Maiden Traumend and I heard from various desuchan users that her takes on the characters are horrible. However, I haven't seen the english-dubbed Traumend, so I can't really comment. RTil said it the best: "Good Mic =/= Good voice actor." However, we do agree on certain things (I lurk on her forum from time to time).

4. Buzz-words and buzz-phrases: I'm with Maddox on this one because his article on these is so true. Is it so hard to spell "web log?" That is all "blogging" is; typing words with your keyboard on a website, which doesn't sound as cool when you call it what it really is. Don't get me started on all of those iPod related words, either.

5. Metal Gear: It (as in MGS4) just came out and the hype is pissing me off already. I don't care if it turned David Hayter from a shitty actor to a decent one, I don't care if it has Rob "Airraid & Slingshot" Paulsen & Paul "Peceptor" Eiding, and I don't care that Hideo Kojima is a great character designer. I never found any of the MGS games interesting or fun (Sons of Liberty was a boring-ass snooze-fest). Hopefully, the mega-collab would be fun to watch and not an overproduced, overhyped, poorly-thought-out, haphazarldly-planned disappointment that Nin10doh! was. It's time for Konami to let Hide-chan work on CastleVania and Gradius for once.

6. Space Invaders Extreme: It's sad to see a true work of digital art like this get overlooked, underrated, and damned to obscurity. Taito Corporation put their heart and soul into programming, drawing, composing, and designing this Nintendo DS masterpiece. It shows that they know that games should try to stay out the shadows of literature and film unless necissary.

7. Overused effects: Is there a good reason to overindulge in blur, bloom, or anything that requires a custom pc that has the power of six X-Box 360s? I understand that you want to wow the audience, but there are instances that it's completely unnecissary and reduces accessability (even on low quality). Blur effects in flash are starting to get dull; And when overused, at best it seems ludicrous and at worst, inaccessable and lag-prone on old machines like mine. I prefer to use frame-by-frame effects over filters because not only is it easier for me, but doesn't require the aforementioned custom pc to run it.

8. Iragination: It bothers me that he hasn't submitted anything since Fire Man: Incoming Storm, and that was a few years ago. After seeing his Bass Abyss game on his site; his programming skills are a welcome addition to those looking for one. I hope that he didn't forget his password...

If you've been banned from Youtube and/or had your videos removed from there I found one alternative:

veoh.com

Here's some good reasons many would find it better than YT:

1. Bigger aspect ratio.

2. Bigger upload cap/time length.

3. Not subject to copyright scrutiny.

4. A bit more lenient on nudity.

1. The Baron has big, metaphorical balls.
Why else would he take out Sephiroth, say "Mozilla Firefox sucks", trash Random Videogame Mishaps cartoons, and mock the Hunchback of Notre Dame in a wacky way if it weren't for this. Sure there's Evil Dave, Dean Packis, and Ray Pinot; but, this site hasn't heard from ED9K and Ray in a long time and Packis aims for shock value. It takes balls (and a good ammount of thought) to make good satire without being contrived or biased; and he just does that.

2. He isn't a one joke loser.
Unlike certain other popular flash artists who fit the mold of "Here today, Gone tomorrow" (Example: Legendary Frog); Baron von Brunk doesn't stick with the same shit as the previous toon he made. He's proof that you don't need to rely on the same joke in a different cartoon.

3. Willing to Experiment.
It helps to experiment with original ideas from time to time, and one would have to look no further than Yes! It Doesn't to see what I mean.

Conclusion: Those are my reasons for why I like Baron von Brunk's cartoons, and I can't see why the rest of his fanbase disliked Quasimodo's Quasi Advice.

I decided to do this since I don't have an account to Rina-Chan's forums. So, with that said:

1: Ian James Corlett: He's friggin' Mega Man for fuck's sake, and no one can top his take ever since. Not to mention he was also Cheetor in Beast Wars and Beast Machines.

2: Jessica Calvello: Most of you don't know this woman. She was Yuri in Dirty Pair, Cutie Honey, and Mink from Dragon Half.

3: Richard Newman: For Being Rhinox in BW/BM and Pyron in Darkstalkers. (Why wasn't this mentioned in Wikipedia?)

4: Paul Eiding: For playing the part of the scientist in 80s and 90s action cartoons.

5: Corey Burton: He was several Transformers such as Shockwave and Sunstreaker.

6: Walker Edmiston: It sucks that he died last year, but he was another one of my favorites.

7: Pam Lauer: She was Kei in Dirty Pair, so what else I can say?

8: Ed Gilbert: Before his death in 1999 from Lung Cancer, he was Blitzwing & Thrust in The Transformers.

9: Scott McNeil: He may be known for Rattrap, Dinobot, 90s Silverbolt, and Waspinator in Beast Wars. However, he was also Dr. Wily, Protoman, Rikuo, Demitri Maximoff, and Lord Raptor.

10: Brian Drummond: "I'm Sorry, Victims cannot make a bid!"

First, I'll start with Ego:

While it's true that most of his cartoons are poorly drawn, but at least they get a point across. (Unlike certain satire cartoons that miss the point.) However, he can draw a lot better than the awesome cartoons he did (it's a good thing he quit; otherwise they'd end up on the next AFD episode). And believe me, I've seen his art on his website. As a voice actor, he's almost a match for Ren & Stimpy's Billy West and Frank Welker; but I'm starting to get tired of him in every other flash I see (along with Omahdon, Tomamoto, & Kagome/Rina-chan). When it comes to his jokes however, he ends up using those that have been done to death, but it isn't his fault really. (You have MTV to blame for that) Kirbopher, on the other hand, had no excuse (his latest flash wasn't funny except for the Mega Man & F-Zero shorts).

Now, I turn to RTil:

I agree with his unyielding passion for animation; and I thought "Move Your Feet" was much better than many of the top 50 Flash movies. Sure he isn't much of a voice actor, and yes, he tends to rant a lot; but damn, his stuff deserves a few major awards. Besides, a lot of the people who criticize him are in "glass houses" as Penn & Teller put it. Now if only he got his shift key fixed...
Update: I saw Metropolis circuit and Flash Comedy Extravaganza, and I'd have to say that they blow Nin10Doh! and Brawl Taunts out of the water and into the shithouse. It looks like Adam Philips(Bitey) and Dave Lovelace(RAB) have a competitor to deal with who can also act (and write) better than Tomamoto and Rina. *Evil Smirk*

The truth is that I like these two guys; and I hate to see two talented artists go after each other's throats. And now, I must continue working on my cartoons. Update: As for Kirbopher; I think he's a really talented animator and Voice actor, but I'd wish he would quit using YTMND and 4Chan Memes as joke material.