There is a The Room game and it's sweet

This may be old news but over at Newgrounds you can play The Room Tribute game!

As you can see it is truly a work of art, put together by real fans of the film, incorporating the look, feel and dialogue that we have all grown to love.

HOW GOOD IS THAT?!

Some Disgruntled Old Men cover ALKALINE TRIO

On rare occasions, at full moon when the planets align just in the right way, the Internet Godz meet and decide to throw their loyal subject Alanso a gift. Tonight was one of these times. Aware of my liek for Alkaline Trio, cover versions of songs, old ppl having fun and cringey music videos, I was bequeath the following video...

This is one of my favourite songs from Crimson and despite all the negative comments on Ootube I think the sound quality is good for a live performance and overall this is a pretty good cover. However...

• Dat headband
• DEM MUSIC STANDS
• Dat black nail polish
• 1.26 DEM RING OUT CHORDS AND 'DAD AT A WEDDING' DANCE MOVES

Then there's still the matter of the bassist who looks like he is playing the gig on his break from driving trucks for a living. AND THE GUY BEHIND HIM, WTF IS GOING ON THERE?!!?

After watching the video about 5 times in a row my brain began to melt and it couldn't handle the awesomeness anymore. When I had recharged I searched for it again and found MORE COVER VIDEOS.
*warning: The next videos contains dangerously high amounts of lol

00:03 - Dat hair(line)!!!!
00:06 - Dat head shake
00:09 - *DEAD* DAT LOOK OF DEEP MEANINGFULNESS AND SMUGNESS DUE TO UNPLAYABLE INSTRUMENT

At this point my (10 seconds in) I had to restart but the 'weary, hurt and abused friend/lover' acting at 00:11 set me off again. It was all too much for me really. The guy looks slightly ill, he defo seems to be sweating.

AND IT KEEPS GOING....

I'm sure there's more gold to be found but I think my head would explode if I dig any further right now. For the moment I'm going to leave it here.It's pretty easy for people to hate on these guys, but if you look beyond the initial lols, they're either wizard trolls or DGAF dudes who are more punk than you.

Are you excited for the new BIRDEMIC film?

We asked for it, apparently.

Birdemic was in many ways a masterpiece. With creative visionary James Nguyen (you know, the James Nguyen), a strong message and a cast of hungry, young actors, it is a film that comes close to the brilliance of The Room. So, I should be excited about a sequel, right? Let us consider some pros and/or cons...

Return of Rod/Bagh is Back

That's right, Rod, the all action, all romancing hero from the first film is back! And now he's a big shot something or other. Thankfully Rod was not replaced and all the character development he went through in the first film was not put to waste. Some might say Alan Bagh is one of the finer actors of our generation. His portrayal of Rod, an odd juxtaposition of a confident yet horrifyingly awkward manchild is some of the finest work seen on screen. However, a look at his Twitter account shows that Rod and Alan may not be all that different. Plus we've had some fun lightly trolling him in this very blog.

Sticking to their guns (or coat hangers) with the CGI

Birdemic 2 seems to follow quite rigidly to the theme/plot and budget of its predecessor. So on the plus side, the awful graphics are back. But on the negative side, the awful bird graphics are back. Maybe I'm judging too quickly without seeing the finished product but I would have liked to see some ridiculous 3D, or even worse graphics. A lot of the lol in the first film is partly due to the shock at just how bad the birds look. Some amazing (or amazingly bad) graphics would have been a real kick in the beak to detractors of the film.

Where are they really going with this?

It's pretty clear that ol' James Nguyen is kinda bummed out about The Man polluting the world through machines run on eagle tears, dead baby seals and so on, but is this sequel going to address these srs issues? Is it going to pick up from the cliffhanger ending of the first? Did they really need to make a second? Will there be a thirdemic?

I don't have the answers..All I know is that I'll be seeing this at the nearest opportunity, with a case of beer and a bucket of clothes hangers.

Q: How many drummers does it take to play a Ramones song?

A: None. You just need a robot.

I'm not sure if I'm impressed by this or not. I mean, it's only the Ramones and he's got four arms.

You gotta turn it up good and loud to hear the music.

Twitter-sized reviews: Frankenweenie

This girl. OMGoth

Delightfully odd. Grim with grins.. Macabre and mirthful. ALL of the horror references! 8/10

Twitter-sized reviews: Looper

Looper: Watch Back To The Future and Die Hard back to back instead. Ah, it's ok. 6/10

Joesph Gordon-Levitt contemplates why the criminals don't just use time travel for financial gain...

New Music Crush - The Front Bottoms

As I have mentioned, I am in a wee bit of a music rut and therefore am susceptible to stuff I usually would unfairly not give a fair chance. For example, The Front Bottoms, two guys playing indie-influenced folk punk on an acoustic guitar and drums. It doesn't sound exactly like what I like but dammit, it works!

00.30 - Bang of a slightly more in tune Tom Delonge off the singer.
00.49 - The puppet makes me inexplicably happy
1.30 - They're reeeeally playing up the 'we just have music, but we're happy' thing, they better not be rich!
1.40 - Love the little change taking out the instruments and adding backing vox
All of the video - I think it's great, all the random filler that's nicely shot
2.40 - Moooore backing vox <3

What I love about this band (apart from the name) is the fact they seem to be two average lads, who aren't particularly handsome or rich, having fun and making the best music they can with their limited resources. (I am going to be super bummed if it turns out they are English Majors from the suburbs with rich parents)
Sure they have some additional instruments in the mix, but the video is just the two of them rocking out with the bare essentials.

Most of all I love the lyrics. Part confessional, part metaphor, possibly part nonsense, there's a really Matt Skiba vibe off them. Then there's the slightly awkward way they are layered over the music. Not sure if he had too many lyrics to squeeze in or if it's purposely done to be slightly unnerving (which wouldn't surprise me given all the 'uncomfortable' references). Either way, it works! The best example is in the second verse of the song Flashlight from 2.10 or so. It doesn't follow traditional structures at all but works wo well. Genius or awkwardness?

At the root of it all seems to be a bromance, and that's nice too.They're on bookface and loads more social meejas.