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Update: Saturday, 9:50 PM. For the next 24 hours, you can download a full PDF preview of my new book, The Dream Quest: Dark Fantasy and Horror.
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Welcome! I'm Zeus Poplar and this dismal little collection of rants, reviews and features is all that remains of 13 years of writing. (Don't worry, I'll bring back the rest... eventually.) Until then, check out the revamped Daily Grumble for updates.
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Rants, Revews & Features
Ever since Link combined a Bomb and Arrow, weapons combinations have been all the rage. Gunswords? Lancers? What'll they think of next? With the Random Double Weapon Generator, you could be the next Tetsuya Nomura or Cliffy B.
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Why the obsession with fantasy RPGs? Sure, early RPGs ripped their play mechanics from D&D, which borrowed heavily from Tolkien, who was inspired by mythology -- but that's no reason EVERY FREAKING RPG must contain magic and goblins.
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For those of you who haven't heard, there's a brand new radiation symbol which depicts radiating waves, an arrow, a running person, a skull and crossbones, and a 15% chance that by the time you're done reading this, you'll already be dead.
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Three labels warn you, "Not a real Goosebumps book!" Even the title screams "don't sue us!" -- it's a goof, get it? Despite the excessive warnings (ten in all), it isn't a badly written parody; it's really a knock off that substitutes poop jokes for satire.
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I never play text adventures. They frustrate me: mazes are annoying enough when you can actually see them, and I have a heart condition; I really shouldn't be messing with text parsers. I made an exception with Angelsoft's The Mist. Big mistake.
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Jack the Ripper is overexposed. Carving up women may have been shocking once, but after every slasher film ever made, we've become rather desensitized. There's a more original Jack, one who terrorized London by leaping tall buildings in a single bound.
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In Hollywood, blond guys have two choices: Dye your hair brown, save the world and get the leading lady. Or keep it blond and work on your bad guy face.
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Ten years ago, I wanted to see what kind of characters I could come up with or recreate using only Wrestlemania 2000 for Nintendo 64.
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Major Projects
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Bucket Bros
Rants, raves, reviews! A weekly podcast! Feature-length movies! Disney vs. Dreamworks! And MUCH MUCH MORE!
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Video Game Look-a-likes
Videogame characters and famous celebrities seperated at birth. Basically, 5,000 pictures of Cloud and Sepiroth.
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Titular Movie Theme Songs
The title of the film is in the lyrics!
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Life After MST3K
Handmade primer for the broken hearted "Mystery Science Theater 3000" fan. From cast reunions to classic episodes, this page shows you how to get your fix.
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The Lake (Movie)
A comedy/horror movie unlike any other. Because it stars me damn you! Me! Mwah hah hah! I'm the star! I'm the shining glory! Ahh ha! Ha aha... ahem. Go see the movie.
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Ironic Consumer
We buy things that suck, BECAUSE they suck. Hilarious reviews of videogames, movies, toys and more. As long as there is crap, there will be Ironic Consumer.
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© 1996-2009 Zeus Poplar except where otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
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