Friday, 1 July 2016
“Of the Month” July 2016
Video Game of the Month:
Yoshi’s Woolly World
This game is frikkin’ adorable, and it’s actually a good bit of fun to play. It’s got a good balance of puzzle-solving and platforming action, and in fact it can be played either way (you can storm the levels and just go for the goal, or you can methodically choose to pry out every last secret from each level). The graphics are 👍👍👌. It keeps surprising me in delightful ways, like how rivers of lava are represented by knitted red-and-orange scarves being dragged across the ground. I also enjoy when the yarn aesthetic becomes important to play, like when you create a Chain Chomp by wrapping yarn around an empty wireframe. GOOD GAMES.
Movie of the Month:
Deadpool
IT’S FUNNY, ALRIGHT!? F**K OFF! Seriously, I don’t know when I’ve laughed this hard in a movie theater. It holds up pretty well on repeat viewings; though the initial shock-value laughs are much diminished, the movie has an infectious energy and surprising charm. Ryan Reynolds nails the character. Just flawless. My only very-minor quibble is that I wish there had been more of a personality difference between the (presumably sane) pre-transformation Wade Wilson and the absolutely-nutty, post-transformation Deadpool. But that is a minor quibble in an otherwise excellent piece of entertainment.
Tweeter of the Month:
@Devlen_Goaway
Devlen_Goaway is a very funny and occasionally bitter tweeter who styles himself “Moon Mayor” and frequently ruminates on how he would run things on the Moon were he to be made Moon Mayor:
I am shocked by the lack of #StarTrek knowledge that the general populace has. That will change when I become #moonmayor
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 10, 2016
All houses and apartments should have secret doorways that lead to mystery and adventure #moonmayor
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) April 30, 2016
@NASA So what evidence do you folks have that the #moon isn't haunted? As #moonmayor I promise no #moonghosts on the #moon unless nice
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) May 1, 2016
He is currently creating series of excellent tweets from Ronald Reagan and George Washington, wherein they yell nonsense at their wives:
"NANCY! Help! Those damn kids are trying to steal my #Trixcereal ! They think it's for kids but they didn't buy it!"#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 29, 2016
"MARTHA! Zeus keeps changing into animals trying to seduce me! Tell him that's not how things are done anymore!"#GeorgeWashington
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 28, 2016
"NANCY! Colm Meany is in my treehouse and he won't get out!"#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 28, 2016
"NANCY! Come quick! My clone is trying to frame me for murder again!"#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 28, 2016
"MARTHA! There is a giant with a blue ox chopping down our trees! Tell him to stop!"#GeorgeWashington
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 28, 2016
"NANCY! Did you know that females are allowed to play the video games? We are a progressive country."#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 28, 2016
"NANCY! I just made an incredible scientific discovery! All snakes are sticks with a will to live!"#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 26, 2016
"NANCY! I have created an abomination! I call them jorts! How will I look into the eyes of God now?"#RonaldReagan
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 26, 2016
"MARTHA! Stop trying to make firemen in there! You aren't a blacksmith!"#GeorgeWashington
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 25, 2016
Plus he tweets just generally funny stuffs:
"Hi! I am the stock smart character! I wear glasses." "Hi, I am the brooding character with drama ridden past!" "And I'm the stock female!"
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 30, 2016
I push past the crowd wearing my mask. I am out the door with the secret papers as the alarms sound. They never suspected the dinosaur
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 23, 2016
*rolls a 1* As you begin your spellcasting your mind begins to wander to the time you called your teacher mom. You become mute from horror
— Moon Mayor (@Devlen_Goaway) June 23, 2016
Oh, and he also makes some truly bizarre Star Trek videos at his Youtube channel, Head Injury Productions:
Categories: Of the Month.
