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Spacebeard: 12 Angry Beards Part 2

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:20:54 -0800

The follow up to last weeks Spacebeard, the beards get a taste of their own medicine, will they actually have to solve a case?

A Mario House Party Can Get A Little Crazy

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:42:00 -0800

I recently saw the new trailer for Mario Party 9 (yes people, they’ve gotten to 9), and I instantly became overwhelmed with the fond memories I had when I started playing Mario Party 3. They had recently put 4 N64’s in my local McDonald’s, and coming from a home that discouraged playing video games that involved thumb usage (tendinitis was a fear for my mom, who also happened to be a nurse who loved reading health articles in cheap magazines). So if I was getting a burger, you could bet your ass I was either going to be playing Mario Party 3, or at least a shitty BMX game. It didn’t matter. Anywho, hope y’all like the new video. It was a blast to film.

-Dan

New Video SNEAK PREVIEW

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:37:52 -0800

I guarantee this is one of the shortest previews you will ever get for a video. WHAT COULD IT BE ABOUT?

Time Travel Is Re-T.A.R.D.I.D.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:54:31 -0800

It’s 2012! Well, it’s actually January 23rd, 2012, but that doesn’t mean we can’t kick off the New Year today! While we wish we could have gotten our first video out sooner, a list of things prevented us from reaching our goal. Well actually one thing did; Time Travel. Chris thought it was a great idea to team up with the Doctor without realizing how boring it actually was. No internet access? Really?

Time Travel sucks.

Spacebeard: 12 Angry Beards Part 1

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:04:17 -0800

This week we get a rare insight into what goes on behind the scenes of the CDA, truly shocking and insightful stuff.

For more insanity like this, please direct your eyeballs to this lovely site.

(Artist-Dillon Ross) http://spacebeard.tumblr.com/

-Dan

Bane's Voice Sucks

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:58:00 -0800

In case anyone is unaware of the little problem that the new Batman movie (The Dark Knight Rises) is having at the moment, lemme just throw in my two cents.

I recently saw the AMAZING 6 minute IMAX prologue for Dark Knight Rises that plays before Mission Impossible 4. Let me just sum up the whole experience (spoiler free) and say that the opening sequence I saw was more badass than the intro to the last movie (which is one of my favorite moments in the whole flick). And I knew before going into it that there had been a few complaints about not being able to understand what the main villain was saying, so I tried my best to decipher as much as I could.

It didn’t help.

Maybe it’s the bass of the IMAX speakers that overpowers Tom Hardy’s voice box. Maybe it’s the fact that the Foley sound effects for the scene were louder than Bane’s dialogue. I dunno, I’d have to hear it a few times to make a guess. All I can say is that, while Nolan claims that he won’t be remixing the audio for Bane’s voice, the fact that about 99.9% of EVERYONE who saw the prologue agree that something needs to be done, something will most likely be done. We just won’t hear Christopher Nolan admit that he was wrong (which is probably for the best, since he’s never really made a bad decision in any of his other films). Let’s keep that record squeaky clean.

-Dan

Well the new year is here and our awesome friend/contributing...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:39:16 -0800

Well the new year is here and our awesome friend/contributing artist Josh Grilli (8wholebits) was kind enough to make us a new logo for the site and YouTube channel. I can’t stop enjoying this. I’m supposed to be getting ready for my next class but….I…can’t….stop….

Investigating The Truth Behind Charlie Brown's Christmas

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:03:40 -0800

Merry Christmas everyone! We’ll be seeing you in the New Year!

Love, The Busted Pixel

Nobody Likes A Cockblock

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:00 -0800

Spacebeard unknowingly cock blocked himself that day.

HAHAHAHA ARROW TO THE KNEE JOKES! CLASSIC!!!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:14:00 -0800

No, but seriously, this meme needs to stop.

When I was reading the reviews that were flooding in about The Elder V: Skyrim (“Skyrim” for short/cool kids), it seemed like there wasn’t a flaw to be found in it. Graphics were eye-bleedingly amazing. You could kill dragons and inhale their magic innards. The story and quests were chock full of kick ass adventure. No, wait, not even chock-full. “Chock-full” would imply that there would be a finite amount of kick ass adventure to be had. THE GAME RANDOMLY GENERATES QUEST SO THAT YOU CAN POTENTIALLY PLAY FOREVER. JESUS CHRIST THAT’S AWESOME!!! HOW COULD ANYONE FIND A PROBLEM WITH THIS GAME???

Well, now there is one. Congrats internet, you found a way to make me resent a nearly perfect game by making a meme out of an in-game joke that wasn’t even meant to be that funny in the first place. Damn you.

-Dan

BEARDS IN SPACE!

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:11:00 -0800

Or something like that.

In case you are wondering why this week’s comic looks a little different from the usual comic we put up, that’s because IT IS! In an attempt to have more consistent content on the site, as well as to pimp out a lovely comic that our friend Dillon Ross writes and draws (Space Beard), we will putting up atleast one strip a week. And seeing how frequent we’ve been putting up new videos, it’s starting to look like we could potentially be putting up content every other day of the week.

ENJOY!

And check out Space Beard!

-Dan

Whoever said the Boy Scouts were right...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:10:00 -0800

….Were probably right. While we do love us some video game humor, there are times when we get a little side tracked (or on the right track, depending how you look at it) and write something with absolutely NO POP CULTURE REFERENCES. I know, I’m freaking out too. This short sketch I wrote follows the grueling journey of two young men as they into a new home. It’s truly some moving stuff.

Sony's "Title Fight" PLEASE BE A REAL THING

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:52:00 -0800

I really hope this isn’t just a rumor. I always wonder why Nintendo seems to be the only company that can successfully pull off a fighting game using their popular characters (and yes, I know about fighting games like DreamMix TV World Fighters and others). But with the awesome characters that Sony has in their titles, a fighting game sounds perfect.

-Dan

Dan Has Video Game Insomnia

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:43:00 -0800

We’ve all had the nights. The nights where beating Starfox Adventures the night before an exam just seems like a great idea. Now I don’t know much about the “science of sleep”, but it seems pretty interesting that people suddenly start developing episodes of insomnia around the same time that the new Zelda game is out.

-Dan

THERE'S TOO MANY GOOD GAMES OUT!

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:53:00 -0800

Don’t get me wrong, this has been an amazing couple of weeks, with Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3 (to name a few) exceeding my expectations. Well, Modern Warfare 3 suprised me. I KNEW Skyrim was gonna be amazing.

Normally, this is where I’d say go pick them up, but honestly I don’t think I can. Obviously not because I don’t think they’re worth buying (THEY ARE), but it’s just that there’s so many other games coming out this weekend and even next weekend, I don’t think it’s realistic to expect anyone to be picking up all of these great games as they’re coming out. All I can say is that it’s sucks having the new Zelda game coming out the same week as college midterms…

-Dan

This Happens WAY TOO OFTEN

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:24:00 -0800

I wear glasses. Not all the time mind you, my eyesight hasn’t gotten that bad yet. But being a college student who has to read tons of “scholarly articles” printed in 1 point font, I do like to wear the glasses to give my eyeballs a hand. But if my eyes are still killing me, I will wear them outside of the comfort of my home. And 9 out of 10 times, if I’m surrounding myself with new people, THIS is what happens. Someone gets SUPER excited about the seemingly magical spectacles that I have on my face and they won’t stop bugging me about letting them try my glasses on.

I don’t know if they’re expecting the experience to be like the first time they saw Avatar, or if they think I can see the world the same way the Superman does, but this needs to stop. Glasses are glasses folks. Some are blurry, and some aren’t as much. There ya go.

-Dan

Sonic Generation (A New Beginning)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:14:00 -0700

So, a new Sonic The Hedgehog game was released this week, and I’m sure we were all expecting the same bullsh*t we’ve been given the past 10 years. Luckily, we were wrong and Sonic Generations is awesome. But why is it awesome? You’ll have to find out. Hint: There’s no Werehogs.

-Dan

A Tank Game On The Kinect...Could Work?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:01:00 -0700

And by tank game, I mean the new Steel Battalion game. Not gonna lie, while I played a lot of mech games growing up, this is a series that somehow evaded me. Or maybe it’s because my family didn’t think I needed THIS.

This comic is brought to you by John Wilinski and his bag of magic.

-Dan

I'm Sure I'm Not The Only One Who Experiences This

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:15:00 -0700

Even though it came out last week, I felt it was important to have our lovely, Dillon Ross, make a comic about how annoying the audiences get in scary movies, like Paranormal Activity.

When I saw the first Paranormal Activity, it was almost EXACTLY like how the trailers depicted the audiences. Everyone was quiet and that made the whole experience even MORE spooky. Then the next two came out, and suddenly everyone decided that doing MST3K in the middle of the film was totally fine.

It’s not. I don’t know why you think just because it’s a horror movie, that you’re allowed to get talkative while it’s STILL GOING ON, but it’s not. Jesus Christ.

-Dan

This Kinda Sorta Happened Last Week

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:34:00 -0700

Or if you haven’t seen it yet…

While I normally think that combining two franchises can sometimes lead to disastrous results, I think it’s safe to say that no one objected to Harrison Ford (Indiana Jo- AS IF I NEED TO REMIND ANYONE WHO HARRISON FORD IS) playing Uncharted 3.

-Dan