Linkin Park Is One Step Closer To The 8-Bit Ledge

... And they're about to break!

Coming soon to an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad near you is Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, the only game approved and co-designed by the members of Linkin Park. Why is this news here, though? Well, the game seems to borrow some of the best parts of Alien Hominid and River City Ransom and that's a good thing. And what can be better than rocking out to nu-metal redone in glorious 8-bit chiptunes style? Doing it while shooting zombie aliens, of course!

Pop Songs Done Italian: In The Air Tonight by Exilia

Italian nu metal band Exilia has amassed a following over the last 6 years through consistent releases of furiously female sung aggression, often times sounding like the estrogen-soaked and European version of Disturbed. For their 2009 release, My Own Army, they have turned their attention to one of the biggest songs of the 80s: Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight. While the final say on which version will forever be delayed, one must marvel at the almost perfect, Filter "Hey Man Nice Shot"-esque guitar added to choruses of this version:

We Are The World - Even Japanese Celebrity Impersonators

What can beat out the autotuned and rap breakdown laden 2010 remake of We Are The World? The Japanese version featuring celebrity impersonators! Best in show goes to Japanese Bruce Springsteen, who not only nailed the look and sound but also the mannerisms of his subject. Honorable mention definitely goes to Japanese Cyndi Lauper, who managed to get a standing ovation for being a girl who wants to have fun:

Video Game Music Sorbet - Perfect Dark

Every Saturday at the Fair Use Law critical information compound/elevator depository, we like to sit back with a laptop gun and a fine sifter of vintage collector's champagne and enjoy the music of video games past. Since the past two weeks have been a heady blur of Rare's recent re-release of a high definition Perfect Dark on Xbox Arcade, what better way to relax after a TargetDummy massacre than with the first person beats of this classic shooter?

Episode 303 - “You Need Energy Rehab With My Fist”

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to episode 303 of the Fair Use Law podcast, now with minimal references to a certain electro-based white rap duo. This week the bi-focused triceratops tribunal discuss way too much about way too many things. Along with discussions about the recent Jack Kirby estate lawsuit against Marvel Comics and planning the pitch for Marley and Me 2: Paranormal Activity 3, somehow we also tie in an attention span shattering rapid fire assault including the Razzie Awards, 3D movies, circumcision, parental watch groups, the inherent shame that will forever keep male and female self love separate, and the cruelest summer camp story ever told. All this and we actually talk about fair use copy write law for the first time!

Will somebody please think of the children? Just what happens when people start lining up to protest a Kevin Smith movie in his own fabled New Jersey? Well, you might get a special guest to help your cause:



Oh summer camp... you remind me so much of my childhood. Especially Salute your Shorts!



Sometimes it's hard to explain to a friend why one might waste their time watching professional wrestling when the jig is up and everyone knows it's predetermined. To whit I give you the latest Vaudeville silent movie sweeping all the opera houses, Oh No, Abyss Has Created A Dangerous Pit! If this doesn't make you a wrestling fan, then you aren't huffing what I'm huffing:



Also discussed this week was Paris Hilton's Razzie award winning performance in Repo! the Genetic Opera. To give you a little sample, here's a song that was unfortunately cut from the movie and only available on Blu-Ray. Unfortunate because "Come Up And Try My New Parts" might feature the movie's best guitar and programming. Like all things Repo, I pre-warn you: you will either love this forever or hate it with the passion of a thousand exploding suns:



And lastly, what would happen if the very unsimilar worlds of Persona and Team Fortress collided and birthed an unholy abomination the likes of which the video game world has never seen? I'd imagine it'd be something like this:

8-Bit Music For A 2-Bit World: Ace of Base's All That She Wants

Everything is better in 8-Bit, as evidenced by the return to form that was Mega Man 9 or the only good Dark Void game, Dark Void Zero. So why not take some of the most well known pop songs of the last 20 years and redo them as if they were the background music of the latest Capcom sidescroller? Thanks to GermanNintendoGamer, we can now all imagine just what Ace of Base would have sounded like in the Nintendo Days:

What If Lady Gaga Were Male and Metal? Death Stars!

One of the bigger named on the underground metal scene today thanks to a rash of great CDs and an appearance on the Brutal Legend soundtrack is Death Stars. Sadly, just hearing them in the background of a video game doesn't fully sell them. For that, you need their music videos that show them in all their glam-industrial Lady Gaga-meets-Marilyn Manson at a WWII-era burlesque show look. Stomp your feet and try not to make your mascara run to their single, Death Dies Hard:

Todd Glass' Awful Prank Show

Words cannot describe how great this clip is... they should have sent a poet. Thanks to Tosh.o for making my fever dreams into a reality:

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Episode 302 - "The Greatest Mutant Power Of All: The Human Spirit"

Welcome future Massachusetts Institute of Higher Learning graduating class of 2012 to another episode of the Fair Use Law podcast. Continuing the wave of momentum from finally leveling up to Case File 3, episode dos of said season brings to light many issues plaguing the current state of Democracy: fish that swim into the urethra of unaware men, Chris Brown’s struggle to stay relevant, the hell Lil’ Wayne fans must have gone through not hearing from him within 12 hours of being arrested, the dark secret origin of the crappy band Staind, Team Coco highlighting Republican racism we just made up, and more. All this and we CSI our way through Corey Haim’s death like Dr. Drew on the View. Act now and learn the 7 secrets of Dan's God!

Starting things off is an advertisement from Bizarro World where video games are instantly 2000% better: Mario's Inferno, taking the Dante's Inferno Super Bowl ad and making it an instant pre-order:



Now, Byron Allen, I hear you've been talking about the World Wide Web:



Want a mirror into my 24-hour Redhead/Felicia Day infested mind? This music video gives you more Felicia Day in one daily dose than should be medically allowed while also being influenced heavily by Stacy Q's "Two of Hearts" and ALSO including MMO references. Can it cram anything else into it's +4 bag of holding? I think not:



Courtesy of our perennial third chair and hot poker Baker comes what just might be the most awesome, blow-your-face-off-with-a-Falcon-Kick Super Smash Bros tribute animation of all time. Grab a final smash and enjoy:



Fair Use Law is also the place where you hear about movies starring talking human-massacring turkeys on a rampage first. This is a movie that actually exists and can be watched via Netflix without having to pay a cent, though it just might cost you your soul. Cover your eyes for it is ThanksKilling:



After that, I think we all nice a good movie trailer to cleanse our palettes of horrible dialogue, poor cinematography, and acting. Sadly, all I have is the stench of a recently tempura'd teenage girl arm that is the Machine Girl to share with you. If it is not satisfactory I will gladly share finger sushi with you:

Good Music You Should Know About - Team Cybergeist

One of the most prolific drummers in the heavy metal/industrial genre has been Angel Bartolotta, who has played with bands as varied as Dope, the Genitorturers, Switched, and Pig (who we have shared the stage with) in his career. Now he has his own solo project, Team Cybergeist, that is like a delicious stew of influences from those other bands simmered in some pretty great electronic programming and his trademark solid percussion. Here's a video for their song Human Nature:

Bunny Love Gone Horribly Wrong

One of the best stand up comedy CDs of the year so far as been Kyle Kinane's Death Of The Party, released by AST Records. And one of the weirder tracks on said CD is a tale of unimaginable love, tiny fences, strength against adversity, and totally NSFW animal relations. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Bunnies:

We're Just Here To Do The Sex Offender Shuffle!

The internet is always great at providing the exception that proves the rule. The rule in this case would be "parodies of the Super Bowl Shuffle are never fun." This would be the exception using Megan's Law to its fullest comedy potential:

Good Music You Should Know About - Sunna

Sunna are a band that never seemed to get the recognition they deserved with their debut CD, One Minute Science. Despite having a sound that could have easily given them the spot as the new Stabbing Westward on both radio and music video stations, their best song, Power Struggle, was relegated to being the obscure song Kevin Bacon's character sings in the instant classic movie Hollow Man. Luckily, they are back to give it another shot, this time with a music video for their new single, "One of a Twin" that can best be described as a Saw's Jigsaw-like instructional video if it were videotaped during Paranormal activity.

Episode 301 - "Since Bret Hart Can't Be Here Tonight: Licky Boom Boom Down!"

Join in on the celebration as Fair Use Law finally dings their way to level 3 and gains the gift of brand new opening and ending themes as a result! This week Randy and Dan discuss the eventual case of mental blue balls all Lost fans might suffer from, the hazards of watching a Yokozuna vs. Earthquake match, the awkwardness of 5th grade Sex Education, and how Videodrome just might be the best chest vagina movie ever made.

News broke this week that the writers for Lost just might not have the end game we thought they did. How could they possibly rectify this situation? I think taking a cue from an even bigger television franchise couldn't hurt:



Also discussed in glorifyingly corn syrup drenched detail this week was a recent viewing the Fair Use Law tribunal had of the legendary bad movie, Rikki-Oh: The Story of Rikki. Want a glimpse into its madness? Like any good pusher man, I'm here to give you a free sample before you must pay for the full thing:



For the first time ever in the history of their friendship, Dan was the first to watch an 80s sci-fi thriller before Randy not only viewed it but bought it and then watched it to death himself. This video in question? The Body Horror classic from David Cronenberg, Videodrome, not to be confused with former Korn-produced industrial rock band Videodrone. How freaky is Videodrome, you wonder? So freaky that, without any traditional "horror" tropes, it actually reached #4 on Bravo's Even Scarier Movie Moments chart:



What's more troubling for a poor 5th grader than finding out that they are starting to provide sex education with your class as soon-to-know-too-much guinea pigs? Having to sit through an episode of Snick's classic variety/sketch comedy show Roundhouse ABOUT Sex Ed with your parents anywhere near the TV:



And lastly, a very special embed is about to arrive. It's not often we can share with you a full, classic main event of classic 1994 Monday Night Raw. But this week we discussed Earthquake facing Yokozuna in a classic battle of the Super Heavyweights via the only means possible: Sumo! Thankfully someone put the entire she-bang on YouTube for you to enjoy. Like all WWF/WWE links, I can't promise this will be up forever, but please to enjoy a lost gem from the Fair Use Law mid-90s Time Capsule while you can:

Video Game Music Sorbet - Mega Man: The Power Battle

With this week's release of Mega Man X on the WiiWare network (PS3 and Xbox versions coming out this week!) and recent news that Bass will be available soon as a playable character through DLC, what better way to sit back on a Saturday afternoon in our Wily cosplay outfit and pop the top off a few E-tanks and relax to the soothing beat of the ultra rare Mega Man fighting game, the Power Battle, one of the first games that allowed you to pick between playing as Mega, Proto Man, or Bass:

City of Doves Flying Out Of Everyone's Sleeves

Ever want to be in a John Woo movie? Ever want to be in a John Woo movie about punching aliens and nazis in the face with dual welding bulletfists? Well, if you pre-order the new City of Heroes expansion pack, Going Rogue, you get access to a new powerset right this second: Dual Pistols!

Pork and Ammunitions Never Had It So Good

Do you like bacon? Do you like shooting people in the face? Also, do you like Team Fortress 2 only you wished it took place in a hyper-futuristic arena that would make Smash TV look like that Rollerball remake? Well then, I have two gifts for you: Monday Night Combat and its new bacon crisper/ammo casing, the AmmoMule. The game is coming out later this year on Xbox 360, so get your pork fat smoked now in anticipation.

Good Music You Should Know About - The Disco Biscuits

One of the benefits of having MTVu on my digital cable channel listing isn't just their awkwardly low-rent ABC Newsbreaks in between commercial breaks. No, often times you get bombarded with shapes, colors, and sounds. Roughly 95% of the videos shown by this MTV spin-off are weird indie band who exploit animation or retro irony to get their video play. The other 5%? Pure genius that exploit animation and retro irony, like Disco Biscuits' "You And I" which also has the benefit of featuring the (I have to assume true) story of a lonely Japanese salaryman:

Episode 240 - “Rape Your Way To A Better You!”

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the season finale of Fair Use Law case file 2. To celebrate, the Triceratops Tribunal has reformed and leveled up to the Triceratops Triforce as we bring you even more inanity and/or inappropriate sex jokes than ever thought possible. This week we discuss EA putting a dollar value on the female nipple, what a female bobsledder wears underneath her spandex when she splits her pants, how awesome Arkedo Studios is when compared to Bob of Bob’s Game infamy, Carly Simon being so vain and/or broke, and Dan takes one for the team and test runs “Sleeping with Hinako” as a legit sleeping aid.

With the end of Case File 2, I give you a mega dose of show note video clips!

We start with an honest-to-goodness product of ultra double plus good greatness for all to try. Branching out from programming for the DS (including underrated gems like Nervous Brickdown and Big Bang Mini), game programmers Arkedo are now doing some excellent and excellently well priced Xbox Live Indie Games. Here's the first in the series with Arkedo Series 01 Jump!:



Continuing on the trend of greatness, Randy and Dan also gush about one of their new favorite movies to come out of the great country of Spain this week in the movie Rec 2, the sequel to the movie that was renamed Quarantine when it was brought to American theaters. Here's a sneak peak to whet your appetite for gore, shaky cam, and zombies:



Also watched this week and life changing in its own right was the Spike Lee produced documentary Confederate States of America, a documentary recapping the last two hundred years or so of US history if the confederacy won the Civil War:



Folks, I believe the Winter Olympics and Female Bobsledding finally got interesting:



Since we're pretty sure Carly Simon is so vain she probably thinks this podcast episode is all about her, we'll spare you a video of her performing her viral marketing stunt dressed up as a pop song. Instead, here is the video for Nine Inch Nails Starsuckers Inc (a classic example where a PG-rated censorship makes a song title funnier):



And finally, I apologize in advance for the following video. This week on the podcast we ran an experiment if Japanese anime sleep aid "Sleeping With Hinako" actually could help the overly wound up fall asleep peacefully to very mixed results. It turns out this was actually a sequel to a very popular initial product: Training with Hinako, the animated work out video to help all fatty fat fat otakus get in shape through the abuse of fan service: