I’m not normally a big fan of nerdcore, but this should be a requirement for any NES fans of old.

(Via The Daily What)

In case you ever find yourself wondering what I’m talking about, this is generally it:

Now I can bring a woman back to my place and brag about how I hunt the plush children of the ancient gods who slumber in the deep places waiting to devour us.

Oh, Let me show you the slippers I made out of him too

Maybe Bill Gates isn’t the most popular man with everyone, but he is definitely a very intelligent man who is dedicated to improving the world with his vast resources. Surely, his goals are noble.

But yesterday he crossed a line and started down the path of supervillainy when while making trying to educate people on the issue of malaria he unleashed a swarm of mosquitos on some of our brightest minds saying that ‘There is no reason only poor people should be infected’.

I’m sure it seemed like a good idea to add a little discomfort to the world’s elite to prove your point, but what will you do when it doesn’t work?

Next time will you ensure they’re malaria infected mosquitoes? Will you poison our drinking water to teach us how much we’re polluting it ourselves? Will you carve your face into Mount Rushmore to prove how much more you care about us than our most famous presidents?

Where does it end Bill? Where?

Dear internet,

Thank you for entertaining me throughout 2008. Here are some of my favorite internets from the last year. Please continue to entertain me throughout 2009.

• The WonderBoner - The helpful tool with the great name. I think my wife might like that
• D&D Clue - It’s clue, but with magic missile. What’s not to love?
• Dr Suess PC poem - This is replacing Fox and Socks in my house if I have anything to say about it
• Awesome indie-rock cover of Nelie’s Hot In Here
• Macy’s RickRoll - Internet trolling spilling over into the real world. Still don’t believe it happened.
• The First Presidential Youtube Channel - I love having my presidential addresses in my feed reader
• Parent’s Zombie Survivor Guide - Finally instructions on the best way to carry your child in the event of a/the inevitable zombie apocalypse
• Star Wars Letter Cards - finally a proper way to teach you kids the ABCs.
• Little Geek Flash Cards - and to go with your Star Wars Letter Cards you can have artistic flash cards for science and math.
• Bud Light Ad - The best beer ad I’ve seen and it was never even broadcast.
• Burrito Tunnel - There is an underground tunnel that connects San Fransisco and New York initially planned to send mail across the country but was too hot, so now it sends burritos. This is the most fascinating thing I learned in 2008.
• Ninja Cat - Ninja Cat will stalk you and is actually fairly creepy. Reminds me a lot of one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes.
• Doctor Horrible - The best internet of the year, hands down.

Hayden has taken to requesting video games as part of our nightly routine. As long as he’s had good behavior we generally allow it. Tonight he requested the old NES Super Mario Brothers.

What followed was 15 minutes of pure video game heroism.

They don’t really make games like this anymore. Those old NES games remain some of the most difficult games in existence.

I still remember all the old secrets; the warps, the hidden 1ups and stars, knowledge cultivated from countless hours played after school as a child.

The earlier levels are pretty simple. I rush through the levels building coins and lives, but rarely slowing down.

I eventually make it to 8-1 where things start to get tricky. This is where the number of lives historically takes a dive, but I make the impossible jumps and advanced onward.

I rush past 8-2 where I used to get stuck on the Bullet Bills and collect the last 1up I remember.
8-3 is a breeze as I still have the Fire Flower I picked up in 4-2.

This gives me a huge advantage coming into the final level, 8-4. I’m close to pitching a no-hitter. So far I’ve not lost a single life and have only been touched by only one Goomba, but my memory falters. 8-4 is a maze that I don’t remember.

I try to navigate my way through the maze as the clock ticks down. I have to double back a few times and I start to get nervous as the timer drops under 100 seconds. Eventually I find the right path, which I identify as things get more bizarre. A fish jumps out of the lava and knocks me back down to a small Mario.

I recognize that Bowser is coming up and that only one hit from him will kill me, but I have no choice. I press on, leaping over him, sure that one of his hammers will make contact with me, but I clear them all and knock him into the lava.

I rescue my princess and cheer. Hayden and I high five repeatedly.

Joss Whedon’s wonderful super-villain musical is back on the internets!
If you don’t enjoy this on some level you’re dead inside.

Watch it now before it disappears!

Example #1737 of how I know I’m a geek:

My local independent video game store closed down and sent me an email to include me in on an invitation only sale.

So it turns out that a big contributer to the economic downturn was a coding error.

Certainly not the only factor, but I’m guessing the programmer in question is going to be having a rough week.

Now if you’ll excuse me I have to quadruple check my exception handling.

While we’re on the subject of holidays in May I should point out that today is No Pants Day (via Laughing Squid). Unfortunately I’m not celebrating at this moment. I wonder, if someone doesn’t wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, what do you do to someone wearing pants on No Pants Day.

(via RateMyEveryThing)

And tomorrow is one of the bigger geek holidays of the year, Free Comic Book Day! Checkout the Free Comic Book Day Store Locater to find a store participating by you.

I plan on hitting up our local store, getting some free comics, the new Buffy Season 8, Angel: After The Fall, back issues of the very excellentY: The Last Man, and probably a few more.