I grew up listening to classic rock because my parents are old, and Pink Floyd was about the latest music that they had in their playlists. This didn't matter to me however, because as many of you are undoubtably aware; Pink Floyd is pretty awesome. Especially my favourite album, "Dark Side of the Moon". Know what else is awesome? The NES, in all of it's 8-bit glory. Well, somebody decided that the two of these bits of nostalgia go AWESOME together.
Monkey Island Has Another Secret
If at any point you've been bored enough to read my FIRST post about The Secret Of Monkey Island (Link here: http://www.nerdnexus.com/monkey-island-awesome-edition/), you would know that this game has been making me cream myself for a good many years. From learning the theme song on my synthesizer to making articles about islands of Monkey, I love this series. What I didn't tell you... is my inexperience with the rest of the series. I had played through MAYBE half of Monkey Island 2. An old girlfriend introduced me to Monkey 3 and it wasn't to my taste after mostly skipping the second one. The fourth title in the series was in bad 3D, and I only barely found what I did play of it to be funny. Needless to say, I loved the first game.
Five Great Mockumentaries
After a long hiatus (and the crumbling of cheesecore.com) I have triumphantly returned to nerdnexus, ready to cram my unwanted opinions down the gullet of the masses (or to the 2-3 folks who may read my “work”). A “mockumentary” is exactly what you think it is. A work of fiction shot in the style of a traditional documentary, complete with one-on-one camera confessionals and seemingly revealing “real-life” moments. Directors like Christopher Guest have carved entire careers out of the concept (Guest has several amazing examples, I have chosen to include only one, otherwise he might dominate the list). So here they are folks, my five favourite mockumentaries, in no particular order. *Please keep in mind that this is a list of my favourite mockumentaries, and this is just the opinion of a lowly multi-millionaire who bench presses dangerous animals and lives by his own rules (I’m the James Dean of my generation).* Trailer Park Boys As a card carrying (and maple syrup chugging) Canadian, this television show is essentially my religion. It follows the exploits of career criminals Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and all of the other miscreants that inhabit Sunnyvale trailer park. Despite the inclusion of heavy drug use, coarse language and drunk male prostitutes, the show has some serious heart and is a must watch for anyone who even has a passing interest in laughing (or even has the ability to chortle).
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Happy Independence Day, from Toronto, Canada, to all of our United-States-ians. In celebration of YOUR day of independence, we’re holding our gay pride parade straight through the downtown core. That is all.