What is Mario and Luigi"s last name?

 

If you’re in your 20’s, there is a fine chance that Mario and Luigi games have been about in your whole life. We don’t know what we’d do without Mario and Luigi games. There are several of us, I’m sure, who’d see it as an indication of the coming apocalypse. However, the majority of us are merely happy having the little guys around, fixing the plumbing.

 

The influence of Mario and Luigi games might be counter productive, however, as for years my only understanding of Italian society came from the Mario and Luigi games series. In reality, when I had my first Italian training (aged around 11) I did my best Mario impression when delivering my lines to the rest of the class. To his eternal credit, my teacher never once chided me with a demand “do it again, and now be less of a berk!”

 

We’ve even seen solo Luigi spin-offs over the years. Given that Luigi began life as a palette swap of Mario (‘palette swap’ is an antiquated expression dating back to when games had very limited memory and thus not very many sprites appeared per level, so new characters/harder bad guys were denoted by re-coloured sprites. More badass than the standard white ones, and also the ‘Neon Knights’ (that’s what I call them, anyway) on Golden Axe III were positively invincible, despite their extremely questionable choice of battle attire – you may almost imagine Death Adder (with Skeletor’s voice, for some reason) armouring his minions thus: Mwahahahaha!!! You will be my entry-level bad guys, which means you wear dull grey and brown, you’ll be protected, camouflaged and you will not look like a berk, no matter how bad your Italian is! But you, my elite and unstoppable personal guard, YOU shall be clad in Neon Disco Pink! Mwahahahaha!”) He’s done very well for himself indeed.

 

In the Mario and Luigi games tie-in cartoon, that Appeared shown on Saturday morning along with such greats as ‘Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors’ ‘Ulysses 31’ ‘Visionaries’ and ‘M.A.S.K’ (three points for every theme song you possibly can remember) Luigi was presented as a bit of a bumbler, a fool even, actually, I’ve just this second raised a childhood memory of being forced by my friend Jimmy to be Luigi as we acted out the cartoon (aged about 7) and him yelling at me (in Berkish Italian) for having crumbs in my pocket. There, that’s how far back Mario and Luigi games go if you’re my age, there was scarcely a time without them. The mere mention of Mario and Luigi games takes us on a trip down Sends us on a nostalgia trip, so lets-a-go!

 

Today, Mario and Luigi are embracing a more modern direction, which is terrific. Though, should you be a parent who’s a little older than me, let me set the record straight on a few things 1) You really won’t learn Italian by playing Mario 2) There is nothing to be learned about plumbing from these games 3) he/she’s going to seem like a berk if they do the accent. That is all.

What is Mario and Luigi"s last name?

School musical spared by Roots drummer Questlove

Musician Ahmir Khalib Thompson, often known as Questlove, has offered to assist to fund the annual musical at his old school, the Philadelphia High School for Innovative and The stage Arts (CAPA), it is revealed this week.

Questlove, who plays drums for that Grammy-award winning Hip Hop band ‘The Roots’ (the group presently occupying the spot as the house band for United states talk show ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’), is also a exceedingly sought after record producer, music journalist and DJ.

The 42-year-old drummer heard that his school was being forced to cancel their 2013 musical as a result of budget cuts and opted to make sure that next year’s show wouldn’t suffer a similar destiny.

Thompson actually called the college’s principal, Johnny C. Whaley, JR and chose a “sizeable donation” to make sure that the show would go ahead next year.

Because of Questlove’s bounteousness as well as the efforts of other donors (like local lawyers Charles Peruto and Abe Kasbo) the college’s annual musical custom is predicted to resume in 2014.

Whaley told KYW Newsradio that Thompson has “reached out to our school in the past and given us goods”, he went on to say that “you have to know that we’re an extremely close-knit organization, when our alumni see things changing, whenever they have the economic ability to help, they reach out to us.”

The annual event, that is a necessary platform both for CAPA as an institution and for young talent in the Philadelphia area, costs about $65,000 (approximately £42,000) to provide, but is not part of CAPA’s annual budget. “There’s a certain standard of brilliance we now have,” says Whaley of the cost, “We don’t concede when it relates to production”

The prior show was funded by The Home and School Association, following a grant from The William Penn Foundation.

CAPA is noted for the fostering of creative talent and many of the school’s graduates have gone on to flourishing careers in arts and entertainment. Notable alumni include record-breaking RnB vocal set ‘Boyz II Men’, author and ‘Scrubs’ co-producer Angela Nissel and former James Brown and Sting bassist Christian McBride as well as a lot more.

Questlove met and befriended MC and fellow ‘Roots’ cofounder Tariq Trotter (better known as ‘Black Thought’) while both were students at CAPA.

Sources:

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/questlove-saves-capa-high-school-play.html

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/05/06/questlove-steps-up-to-ensure-next-years-capa-musical-will-go-on/

http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-06/news/39044128_1_questlove-capa-the-roots

School musical spared by Roots drummer Questlove

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Ray Harryhausen special effects supremo dies at 92

Legendary Hollywood special effects man Ray Harryhausen passed away in London’s Hammersmith hospital yesterday. He was 92 years old.

The animator and industry pioneer was distinguished for his innovation of new moving picture procedures, as well as a cavalcade of iconic and unforgettable screen creations.

Harryhausen’s mold work and unique beast designs could be seen in such type of movies as ‘Clash of the Titans’, ‘Jason & The Argonauts’, ‘The Valley of Gwangi’ and his ‘Sinbad’ trilogy, among a great many others.

Tributes from a mixture of film industry specialists have poured in over the past 24 hours. 

Oscar-winning ‘Wallace & Gromit’ creator Nick Park called him “my mentor and inspiration since my earliest childhood memories”.

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg both shiningly referred to Harryhausen as an inspiration, while James Cameron, who’s movies include Harryhausen-esque animal features like ‘Aliens’ and ‘Terminator’ said sci fi filmmakers have been “standing on the shoulders of a giant” due to Ray’s labor.

Peter Lord, of Aardman Animations, also noted that Harryhausen was “a one-guy industry and a one-man genre”.

Himself empowered by ‘King Kong’s special effects creator Willis O’Brien, adolescent Harryhausen started playing with model making and stop-motion work in the 1930’s.

After he enlisted in the U.S Army in 1942, Harryhausen worked on models and artwork for U.S Army magazine ‘Yank’ and acted under upcoming ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ director Frank Capra to produce army-training films.

After the hostilities, Harryhausen was able to work alongside his hero Willis O’Brien, on what could be his breakthrough picture ‘Mighty Joe Young’.

In 1953, Harryhausen’s solo effort ‘The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms’ (an adaptation of a quick tale by Ray’s lifetime friend Ray Bradbury) grew to become a box office accomplishment. Next, the 1955 production of ‘It Came From Beneath the Sea’ marked the best collaboration between Harryhausen and Producer Charles H. Schneer, the man who would succeed with him on his most popular movies over the following three decades.

Harryhausen partnered throughout the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, creating many massively admired creatures and fantastic, dream like adventure sequences. ‘Clash of the Titans’, released in 1981, is considered by many to become his magnum opus.

In 1992, Harryhausen received a special Oscar for his achievements and offerings to the art of cinema.

In 2002, Harryhausen partnered alongside animators Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh to finish ‘The Tortoise & The Hare’, a fairy tale short that Ray had begun in 1952.

In 2007, he executive-produced a short film based on E.A Poe’s ‘The Pit & The Pendulum’.

In his autobiography, Harryhausen says “Looking back over time I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved in so many exciting projects, the best of which I assume did mature and develop into full-length feature movies”.

He donated his entire personal collection of models, which consisted of around 20,000 scrupulously hand crafted models, to the National Media Museum in Bradford in 2010. It is here, in addition to within the imaginations of these he continues to inspire, that Ray Harryhausen’s inheritance will live on.

 

SOURCES:

 

Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (Book) by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22441567

http://movies.nytimes.com/person/93588/Ray-Harryhausen/biography

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/

Ray Harryhausen special effects supremo dies at 92

Stephen King Donates to Edgar Allen Poe Sculpture Fund

Recently, the endorsed ‘Your Town’ internet site for Boston, Massachusetts, USA broke the story that bestselling novelist Stephen King, along with his wife, writer Tabitha King, have donated $5,000 to the Poe Foundation of Boston.

 

The cash is going towards the Foundation’s plans to erect a large statue of that American writer in Edgar Allen Square, not far from Poe’s birthplace.

 

Foundation Head Dan Currie was quoted as saying that there was “some disbelief” as the weighty donation arrived on April Fool’s day.

 

Artiste Stefanie Rocknak designed the planned statue. She was preferred from 265 possible candidates. Besides being an award-winning affiliate from the Sculptor’s Guild, Rocknak is also a professor of Philosophy based in New York.

 

The anticipated piece is known as ‘Poe Returning to Boston’ and depicts the novelist carrying a suitcase of ideas, here rendered accurately inside the forms of (amongst other things) a raven plus a ‘telltale’ heart.

 

The statue is going to be finished and unveiled once the foundation can raise its proposed goal of $175,000.

 

Prior to the Kings’ generous contribution, the venture has received a $25,000 donation from the Highland Street Foundation as well as the $10,000 gift from Poe collector Susan Jaffe Tane. In addition, Poe admirers and other involved parties have communally donated some $5,000. 

 

Widely attributed as a innovator of that detective story, also as a master of thriller, trepidation and macabre horror, Edgar Allen Poe is one #of the# giants of Us literature.

 

However, during his existence, Poe’s affiliation with the city’s literary and cultural elite was often a tense one. His production was repeatedly criticized and he found himself ostracized from particular literary circles.

 

Stephen King, who originates from Portland, Maine, has published numerous novels, novellas and online eBooks, most of them inside the horror genre. The novelist has also published almost two hundred short stories, an art form partially pioneered by Poe. King’s publications have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and have frequently been adapted for film and television. He is considered one of the world’s most victorious writers.

 

Tabitha King has published 8 novels and several poetry anthologies. She is also a photographer.

 

“We are thrilled and tremendously grateful to possess the support of the Kings” Dan Currie told Boston.com recently.

For more information, or a chance to donate, visit the project’s official web site.

 

Sources: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/back_bay/2013/04/novelist_stephen_king_donates.html & http://poeboston.blogspot.co.uk/

Stephen King Donates to Edgar Allen Poe Sculpture Fund

An Afternoon Wasted

I was going to put in writing about gaming Earphones, making sure that in case you planned on buying one, or you wanted to learn further about them, you can use this article. I’ve departed from that somewhat (OK a lot), and here is why.

 

When I write articles or reviews (should you Google me you will find that I have written a good deal), I usually use what we writers call a ‘framing device’, which is, a nice beginning/end to the piece that lightly eases you into it, usually via a joke or anecdote. This makes it easier for me to write (I’m not the most technically savvy bloke on Earth) and easier that you can read. I want to buy the products, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a laugh or 2 , does it?

 

I had a little think about how to frame a piece of writing about Headsets, and came up using a pretty good idea. The great thing about writing on the internet is that no matter which you write about may be immediately accessed, so I decided that I would frame my Headsets article around ‘The Angry German Kid’ viral video, as an example of the kind of people who shouldn’t buy Earphones. If you have not seen the ‘Angry German Kid’ video, it depicts a juvenile German boy attempting to learn the game ‘Unreal Tournament’ and screaming wildly when it does not work. Developing humorous subtitles to accompany the boy’s increasingly deranged ranting has become a pastime beloved by identical those who do those ‘Hitler reacts’ videos (actually, there’s even a crossover of both).

 

In order to learn more about this video, I searched the standard places, but found nothing save for dodgy translations (and, despite being part German myself, I can’t speak a word) and misinformation claiming the boy had been sectioned in a psychiatric organization. Eventually, after a long and exhaustive hunt, I discovered the facts about the Angry German Kid, and a lot more than I needed for a short article about Earphones at that.

 

Because it seems, AGK’s real name is Leopold and he is the culprit for numerous comedy ‘characters’, including ‘Der Echte Gangster’ (a parody of white would-be gangsters) ‘Metaler’ (a parody of ‘cookie monster’ heavy metal singers) and ‘Das Comeback’ where he plays an oafish, but well-meaning, moron. It appears that, the boy was deceived by a German television show, who spread his AGK video (itself intended to send up the (then current) debate in Germany regarding whether violent video games ought to be banned or not. Sadly, the child has resisted making more videos since AGK went viral and he was cruelly bullied at school. As it seems, you are able to quite gladly buy any Headsets you would like, without turning into an irate German. And I wasted a complete afternoon finding that out for you. If you want to see a genuine freakout, go to Youtube and search ‘Greatest Freakout Ever’ and no, I don’t have time to learn the tale behind it for you.

An Afternoon Wasted

Camera of the Gods! Digital Olympus Takes Off!

When it relates to digital cameras, we’re now beginning the realm of the Gods. If Zeus were going off on a quick jolly around Europe, he would certainly take the digital olympus with him as his camera of choice.

 

So why are we so excited with the digital olympus? What does the digital olympus have that other cameras in its cost choice be short of?

 

Well, for starters, a 3-inch display with very good resolution allows you to watch, in tremendous clarity of detail, every picture you are taking (more on this later). There are numerous photographic modes available on the digital olympus, ensuring that you get the best picture likely, each time. Pictures full in shadow or brilliant light are automatically adjusted and plus all this; your digital olympus also has a built-in function to prevent the camera shaking when in extreme zoom mode. It can even take high-definition moving images.

 

A formidable array of digital olympus accessories is currently offered, with more being added all of the time. It was in the region of accessories the digital olympus really excels itself, numerous lenses (including a wide-angle to die for), near unlimited memory expansion and also an digital viewfinder are all optional extras for your camera.

 

Better of all, you might take an in depth look at the shots you’re about to take before you take them, allowing you to flit handily through the several photographic options open to you.

 

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Camera of the Gods! Digital Olympus Takes Off!