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Bad NES Game... or WORST NES Game?
Recently, thanks to the backdoor to homebrew the Nintendo Wii gives some enterprising hucksters, the dorks behind Nintendorks.com got their greedy little hands on a rom of Dragon's Lair for the NES. How did they translate and almost fully animated choose your own adventure game to the 8-Bit console? In the most terrifyingly torturous way possible. This game does legally qualify as torture in most sovereign countries:
Pop Songs Redone Better: Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back
Every week or so, us Fair Users like to showcase a metal or industrial band taking a pop song and making it better, usually with screaming and thrashing guitars. This week is a double bonus A. because I know this band and own many a CD from them and B. this is a song I originally wanted to cover before they beat me to it. Here's the band Rivethead in the studio, recording their cover of Sexy Back:
Episode 207 - "Michael Jackson was an Inside Job"
Obviously, fair listeners of this fairest of podcasts, the tribunal this week were awestruck by the news of Michael Jackson passing away. As much as we may joke on air or on Twitter about his legacy, the fact of the matter is he inspired both Randy and myself to be musicians in his own way. In fact, one of my earliest memories was him dancing with a claymation bunny of himself in Moonwalker:
Many apologies to Will Vinton as, in the heat of our live improvised roundtable, we accidentally attributed that scene to Tim Burton's direction. In hindsight, it could have only been crafted by the genius behind the California Raisins.
It seems the Internet is using Philippians Prisoners as their go-to tribute to the King of Pop, and who are we to deny a bandwagon:
As most geeks have this week, with the recent release of the video game "sequel" and its airing on free TV over the weekend, we discuss the merits of Ghostbusters 2 versus its originator. The consensus was certainly positive, but much like the rest of this week's episode, a key focal point was the music. In this case: Bobby Brown's On Our Own, the theme to Ghostbusters 2. Because the original video is both laughably bad and unembeddable as long as Universal Music doesn't understand the concept of blogs giving their artists free publicity, here's a fan-made tribute to both the movie and song:
Continuing the musical trend to its invariable conclusion: Taylor Swift's crotch. After I commented on my initial reactions to her episode of Crossroads with Def Leppard, I seem to have struck a chord with at least one internet vaginal enthusiast. Here's a sample of my inspiration, her "performing" Photograph with the British Boys:
And just to make sure Baker's girlfriend is always on watch for those pesky Ferret skirt chasers, Ferret Dance!
And lastly, the celebrity apocalypse that seems to be happening around us claimed yet another between recording and posting of this episode. Here is a tribute to Billy Mays, as only we can:
Many apologies to Will Vinton as, in the heat of our live improvised roundtable, we accidentally attributed that scene to Tim Burton's direction. In hindsight, it could have only been crafted by the genius behind the California Raisins.
It seems the Internet is using Philippians Prisoners as their go-to tribute to the King of Pop, and who are we to deny a bandwagon:
As most geeks have this week, with the recent release of the video game "sequel" and its airing on free TV over the weekend, we discuss the merits of Ghostbusters 2 versus its originator. The consensus was certainly positive, but much like the rest of this week's episode, a key focal point was the music. In this case: Bobby Brown's On Our Own, the theme to Ghostbusters 2. Because the original video is both laughably bad and unembeddable as long as Universal Music doesn't understand the concept of blogs giving their artists free publicity, here's a fan-made tribute to both the movie and song:
Continuing the musical trend to its invariable conclusion: Taylor Swift's crotch. After I commented on my initial reactions to her episode of Crossroads with Def Leppard, I seem to have struck a chord with at least one internet vaginal enthusiast. Here's a sample of my inspiration, her "performing" Photograph with the British Boys:
And just to make sure Baker's girlfriend is always on watch for those pesky Ferret skirt chasers, Ferret Dance!
And lastly, the celebrity apocalypse that seems to be happening around us claimed yet another between recording and posting of this episode. Here is a tribute to Billy Mays, as only we can:
Video Game Music Sorbet: Moonwalker
The most obvious choice to close out the week, but do try to ignore all the "child saving" and focus on the good this video game provided... such as dancing dogs and some of the best classic video game music ever:
Cartoon All-Stars Say No To Drugs
Today we have something a little different and certainly a bit more "special" than usual. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, here is the entire half hour TV special that rocked our Saturday Morning world 15 years ago featuring characters from just about every popular show at the day regurgitating the D.A.R.E. handbook at us, along with some freaky acid trips:
A Music Video Tribute To The King of Pop
As news of Michael Jackson's sudden death hits the internet, Fair Use Law would like to take this time to reflect with some of Michael Jackson's lesser known but still classic videos.
First off is Dirty Diana off his "Bad" album, featuring guitar work by Slash:
Next is a video that suddenly seems all too appropriate for the last decade or so of his life, "Leave Me Alone:"
Later in his career, sadly bad press definitely overshadowed some great music. One of our personal favorites is "They Don't Really Care About Us" which still sounds modern even 15 years later:
Sadly Michael Jackson's Ghost might be forgotten to the test of time, but it did have some great set pieces and a great beat:
Blood on the Dance Floor is just a fun title and a great beat:
And lastly, what just might be our favorite Michael Jackson song of all time, Who Is It off of Dangerous:
First off is Dirty Diana off his "Bad" album, featuring guitar work by Slash:
Next is a video that suddenly seems all too appropriate for the last decade or so of his life, "Leave Me Alone:"
Later in his career, sadly bad press definitely overshadowed some great music. One of our personal favorites is "They Don't Really Care About Us" which still sounds modern even 15 years later:
Sadly Michael Jackson's Ghost might be forgotten to the test of time, but it did have some great set pieces and a great beat:
Blood on the Dance Floor is just a fun title and a great beat:
And lastly, what just might be our favorite Michael Jackson song of all time, Who Is It off of Dangerous:
Wrestling: Don't Try These Moves At Home
Some might ask why we here at Fair Use Law take such pleasure out of indy wrestling videos on YouTube. I have one simple answer: any match any where can break out into a dance off at any time. Here we have Colt Cabana (formerly Scotty Goldman in WWE) vs. Christopher Daniels (you might know his alter ego from this blog: Curry Man) fighting it out "Serious Bidness" style at a Pro-Wrestling Guerrilla event:
Wilkins Coffee: Drink It Or Die
One would think being offered coffee by a muppet would be the best part of waking up. One would also be wrong:
Skullmonkeys - Because Platformers Need More Clay
Back in the dying days of SNES, Donkey Kong Country made a little developer named Rare famous mainly because of its 3D-esque sprites. Electronic Arts upped the ante on the Playstation 1 in the criminally underrated Skullmonkeys. Combining full claymation cutscenes and claymation sprites captured digitally, the game was an incredible platformer for fans of Tomba or Ray-Man. We can highly recommend it all day, but video footage speaks louder than geek praise:
Pop Songs Redone Better: Kelis' Milkshake
One of the inherent benefits of YouTube is the fact that you can find a Naruto anime music video for almost any song if you want to share it with the world. Case in point: the obscure metal cover of Kelis' Milkshake, done by the band Goodnight Nurse. Enjoy it as it brings all the boys to the yard:
Episode 206 - "Thanks to those pictures, our photobucket is now our shamebucket"
Welcome to the shownotes for episode 6 of the Fair Use Law podcast. As always, we like to keep our engines humming by mainlining caffeine here at the studio, and what better way to advertise that fact than by having two incredibly hot girls who would never play video games fight as video game characters:
If I had to choose, it's Night Elf Nectar Wild Berry flavor all the way from me.
News broke this week of NASA's plan to blow up the moon. While the official reason for said decision varies from "scientific research to find water" to "because it's cool," I can't wait to host myself a Blowing Up The Moon Party:
With graduations happening across the country this week, news has been breaking of quite a few of them going just a little awry. Thanks to some idiot god who created humor and laughter, innocent graduation goers who just want to sit in a crowded room in awed boredom are being forced to laugh, or, heaven forbid, have a good time. This has led to high school principals cracking down on the problem in their usual manner: single out and target only one student who was barely involved. One thing's for sure, they wouldn't attempt that with Superman:
Thanks to the wonder of Netflix Instant Viewing, Dan found a new favorite series he would never have seen otherwise due to it being stuck on a network called SyFy. That show is Sanctuary, and we highly recommend it to anyone with a Netflix account and some hours to kill. Here's a preview to whet your appetite:
We also discuss what movie genre should get the documentary-esque Blair Witch Project/Cloverfield treatment next in our Tribunal this week. Dan's pick of superhero movies has almost been done by Japan, except their version has a bit more in common with Cloverfield and Godzilla than our traditional American heroes of Hulk or Spiderman. Ladies and Gentlemen of America, I give you Big Man Japan:
And finally, the Thing Before You Speak Ad Campaign continues. With a few awards under their belt and enough faith in their slogan of "Knock It Off," the Ad Council apparently isn't even using celebrities anymore (or at least not easily recognizable ones). That's so Raven:
If I had to choose, it's Night Elf Nectar Wild Berry flavor all the way from me.
News broke this week of NASA's plan to blow up the moon. While the official reason for said decision varies from "scientific research to find water" to "because it's cool," I can't wait to host myself a Blowing Up The Moon Party:
With graduations happening across the country this week, news has been breaking of quite a few of them going just a little awry. Thanks to some idiot god who created humor and laughter, innocent graduation goers who just want to sit in a crowded room in awed boredom are being forced to laugh, or, heaven forbid, have a good time. This has led to high school principals cracking down on the problem in their usual manner: single out and target only one student who was barely involved. One thing's for sure, they wouldn't attempt that with Superman:
Thanks to the wonder of Netflix Instant Viewing, Dan found a new favorite series he would never have seen otherwise due to it being stuck on a network called SyFy. That show is Sanctuary, and we highly recommend it to anyone with a Netflix account and some hours to kill. Here's a preview to whet your appetite:
We also discuss what movie genre should get the documentary-esque Blair Witch Project/Cloverfield treatment next in our Tribunal this week. Dan's pick of superhero movies has almost been done by Japan, except their version has a bit more in common with Cloverfield and Godzilla than our traditional American heroes of Hulk or Spiderman. Ladies and Gentlemen of America, I give you Big Man Japan:
And finally, the Thing Before You Speak Ad Campaign continues. With a few awards under their belt and enough faith in their slogan of "Knock It Off," the Ad Council apparently isn't even using celebrities anymore (or at least not easily recognizable ones). That's so Raven:
Video Game Music Sorbet: Battletoads
Every lazy Saturday, we here at Fair Use Law like to chill out with a little bit of nostalgia and cleanse our pallet for the week to come. This week, enjoy the music without all the frustration of ramming a landracer full speed into a brick wall with Battletoads:
Good music You Should Know About - Bat For Lashes
This is one of the rare bands I discovered via my very lackluster subscription to Keyboard Player magazine, and the size of the crush I've developed on this synth playing enchantress almost softens the blow of wasting 20 bucks on those issues. Plus, any synthpop love ballad that ultimately is about Daniel-San from Karate Kid is a-okay to me:
The Future Is Here... Today! With The Sega Mega Drive And Sega CD
One sad side effect of current pop culture's youtube/ADHD is the complete lack of overtly long, confusingly artistic promo videos for video game systems. Here Sega tries to tell us just how much they will change our life with their products mixed in with some of the craziest claymation and live action footage they could afford:
Ooooooh, Chinese Ninja Warrior...
...With a heart so coooooooooold. Sub Zeeeeeeero!
How this song didn't become more of a Rick Roll-esque sensation I know not, but FINISH HIM:
How this song didn't become more of a Rick Roll-esque sensation I know not, but FINISH HIM:
Play Mario Off, Keyboard Cat
Yes, I realize Keyboard Cat is just one whisker shy of being as overplayed as All Your Base Are Belong To Us, but sometimes a variation of a meme comes along with such craftsmanship that we have to salute it:
Pop Songs Redone... Better? Aaliyah and Timbaland's Try Again
I warn you before hand, once you've seen this live version of the hit song from Romeo Must Die as interpreted by Germany's crown jewel Knorkator, you cannot unsee it:
Sure, those images are forever burnt into your retinas... in a bad way. But the song will forever change your life... in a good way. Spread the virus that is this song today.
Sure, those images are forever burnt into your retinas... in a bad way. But the song will forever change your life... in a good way. Spread the virus that is this song today.
Episode 205 - "Don't cross the streams, go down the river!"
With episode 5 of the second case file of the Fair Use Law podcast, the tribunal decides that they, indeed, like to eat dangerously:
Following up on our e3 discussions, Microsoft has used millions of dollars worth of research, development, and technological advances to bring us not only a look at what our Xbox 360 Avatars' shoes look like, but one of the more annoyingly charming memes of late:
One game that I'm generally looking forward to and think will hit home with a lot of you reading this would have to be the Xbox Live Arcade game, 'Splosion Man:
I used to think our listenership consisted solely of John and Kate Plus 8. Apparently now it's John and a friggin' Child Torture Lovin' Supervillain Plus 8 Dehydrated Victims:
Combining two topics with one YouTube, here's a mix of Daft Punk's best song with senseless gnome violence from World of Warcraft:
And finally, how's the weather look this week, TNA monster Abyss?
Following up on our e3 discussions, Microsoft has used millions of dollars worth of research, development, and technological advances to bring us not only a look at what our Xbox 360 Avatars' shoes look like, but one of the more annoyingly charming memes of late:
One game that I'm generally looking forward to and think will hit home with a lot of you reading this would have to be the Xbox Live Arcade game, 'Splosion Man:
I used to think our listenership consisted solely of John and Kate Plus 8. Apparently now it's John and a friggin' Child Torture Lovin' Supervillain Plus 8 Dehydrated Victims:
Combining two topics with one YouTube, here's a mix of Daft Punk's best song with senseless gnome violence from World of Warcraft:
And finally, how's the weather look this week, TNA monster Abyss?
Video Game Music Sorbet: River City Ransom
Every lazy Saturday, we here at Fair Use Law like to chill out with a little bit of nostalgia and cleanse our pallet for the week to come. This week, the music and game of choice is a classic -- River City Ransom:
Explosive Wrestling Action
That Chikara Pro Wrestling used to be so wholesome and clean. Fun for the whole family! That was, of course, until they let that nogoodnick Chuck Taylor acquire invisible grenades:
The Metal invades City of Heroes
Sometimes video game music videos are like disposable candy, a quick bit of sugar you watch and forgot. Other times, they are not unlike the bible, foretelling stories that will change your life forever.
My Name Is Sylar
Sometimes a canceled sitcom just needs a bit of repackaging to come back stronger than ever. I wonder if I could find someone who knew how that worked...
Catch My Starf Infection
Now that the Legendary Starfy is on American shelves and I've got the first three worlds under my belt, I can safely say I have full blown starfs. Let me infect you via this insanely catchy and nightmare-inducing Starfy music video by J-Pop "idol?" Becky:
So go "buy" (*wink*) the Legendary Starfy right now!
So go "buy" (*wink*) the Legendary Starfy right now!
Pop Songs Redone Better: Rihanna's Umbrella
One thing we here at Fair Use Law love is when a rock or metal band takes a pop/R&B song and completely outshines the original artist. This is the official video for Swedish band Lillasyster's cover of Rihanna's Umbrella:
Episode 204 - "I found this by typing 'Make Me Flaccid' into Google."
Welcome, inter and unterwebs, to another geek-tingling episode of the Fair Use Law podcast.
Before we get to our normally scheduled shownotes, a quick Public Service Announcement:
To be fair, though, that pepper shaker was pretty teenage boy with a scrawny mustache...
This week was e3, and amongst the booth babes and the demos and geek-rections all over the world watching in through the internet, a spectacle took place thanks to G4. On their very stage, Steve Wiebe attempted to break the world record at Donkey Kong (Again... Again) and failed miserably:
Somewhere, Billy Mitchell is laughing. And probably remembering how great his hair looked in this creepy interview he did for MTV's True Life: I'm A Professional Gamer:
Unquestionably, the game of e3 for the Fair Use Law podcast was a little life altering gem known as Scribblenauts. How could this game alter the very course of human existence? Like so:
After that, any other innovation ever left to be made just seems trivial, even Microsoft and Peter Molyneux accidentally creating a real life Skynet/creepiest AI demonstration ever:
And finally, in tribute to the great David Carridine (Allegedly), I give you the classic 80s pop hit Ladyboy by mega star R.O. Manse.
Before we get to our normally scheduled shownotes, a quick Public Service Announcement:
To be fair, though, that pepper shaker was pretty teenage boy with a scrawny mustache...
This week was e3, and amongst the booth babes and the demos and geek-rections all over the world watching in through the internet, a spectacle took place thanks to G4. On their very stage, Steve Wiebe attempted to break the world record at Donkey Kong (Again... Again) and failed miserably:
Somewhere, Billy Mitchell is laughing. And probably remembering how great his hair looked in this creepy interview he did for MTV's True Life: I'm A Professional Gamer:
Unquestionably, the game of e3 for the Fair Use Law podcast was a little life altering gem known as Scribblenauts. How could this game alter the very course of human existence? Like so:
After that, any other innovation ever left to be made just seems trivial, even Microsoft and Peter Molyneux accidentally creating a real life Skynet/creepiest AI demonstration ever:
And finally, in tribute to the great David Carridine (Allegedly), I give you the classic 80s pop hit Ladyboy by mega star R.O. Manse.
Video Game Music Sorbet: Wizards and Warriors
Every Saturday we like to let it hang low and loose with a little nostalgic video game music of the 8-Bit variety. Today we bring you an early Rare classic, Wizards and Warriors:
Everyone's Manager Phil Collins vs. the Ultimate Warrior
Featuring Gilbert Gottfried and Vanessa Williams, as if this music video needed any more awesome sauce:
Flight of the Conchords... the Video Game!
It wasn't at e3 in body, but it certainly was there in spirit:
I, for one, cannot wait for the Too Many Dicks On The Dance floor DDR spin off game.
I, for one, cannot wait for the Too Many Dicks On The Dance floor DDR spin off game.
Keep Sleeping, It's Just A Death Note
Since I know Randy is gaga for Death Note, and I love me some industrial metal, here's an anime music video featuring 16 Volt combining both of our loves:
Full disclosure: I searched youtube for a 16 Volt AMV to share with you the fact that 16 Volt is offering their entire discography for free download.
Full disclosure: I searched youtube for a 16 Volt AMV to share with you the fact that 16 Volt is offering their entire discography for free download.
e3 Breaking News: New Brutal Legend Trailer
This could be my only pre-order, must-buy 360 game of the year right here:
Mosh Pit!
Mosh Pit!
Just like an Asian Rock and Roll Circus
One of the benefits of modern technology and youtube is we get a lot more weird rock/metal covers of pop songs almost as soon as the song hits the airwaves. Here's California rock band Royal Pirates doing an amazing rock cover of Britney Spears' Circus:
This NEEDS to be in Guitar Hero or Rock Band STAT.
This NEEDS to be in Guitar Hero or Rock Band STAT.
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