3rd 4 t3h Nrrd: Jan '12

Deathstar! A cool crew from the "Emerald City Empire" part of some of the "newer" Neredcore crop, they have a solid production and setup with nerdtastic content left and right fused with other topics that re-affirm they're not just a niche group nor is the genre.

C0splay, MC-3PO & Bill Beats

Like many other Artists I was introduced to them by Nerdcore Now 1. If you want follow along with the rest of the Death*Starmy, try the TWITTAR or the Book-in-you-Face. And to get straight to procuring those sweet tunes, the CAMPFORBANDS.

Still not convinced? stick this in your eyes-&-ear-holes while I break it down a bit more . . .


The two vocal cats, C0splay & MC-3PO, have voices that don't grate on the ears or make me zone out, they can keep a consistent flow, even at live shows, even if they get winded. They stay within their ranges, not attempting any crazy vocal tricks that might fall flat. And Bill Beats has a solid hand at the turntables. The mixes and beats always have me banging my neck. They're also good about titles and flows. I haven't noticed TOO many constant gags, so it doesn't get tiresome. Their collabs are hot too. I love how so many artists in the Nerdcore scene are totally up for working with other artists and how the web makes it accessible, these guys are no different.

To keep you titillated, here's another track, probably familiar if you read this blog consistently . . or ride with me . . . or drive anywhere I have since Nerdcore Now 1 came out, because this track is MY JAM!

Memeorable: "Meme memee me"

This weeks MemeOrable is a 1 & 1/3 deal. Lets jump in, shall we?

An internet phenomenon from the ancient days of Flash, HOMESTAR RUNNER!!!!

My fiance loves it and used to follow it much more back in college. I like it but some of the humor falls short for me. I do love certain selections though, like . . .

Speaking of Trogdors, I used to know one in WoW, I know there is an actual mob named Trogdor, but this was a RL guy we would run dungeons with on occasion. (back in my day before them new fangled randoms) and I'm sad I no longer remember exactly what race or class he was as it was THAT LONG AGO (old timey wow player is old).

Another amusing anecdote is when I was playing some PvP in wow, and there was a player with a character named "Thecheat." I took note, was vaguely amused and went along trying to defend the farm (Arathi Basin). He helped save the zone a few times, but then, he did something infuriating, started fighting enemies out in the middle of the battleground as far away from any flag as you could possibly be. So, I called him on it:
"No thecheat, we had these flags installed so you can fight on and off the node, not so you can honor farm." And he replied: "meh mehh mememe meh." I then offered: "Come on, lets pour that into homestar's mt dew. I hear they have to pump your stomach if you drink that stuff." And several OTHER people in the raid were amused by the exchange.

Comin' From Space to Teach You

For those of you who are even less aware of current anime and what's going on in the Japanese animated world (not hard to do, but if you're around here than I know SOME of you [I'm looking at you two Japanese majors who still haven't translated my knife markings snickering with each other like two magical girls] might be a step ahead of me on this one, but nonetheless) I stumbled across something fairly awesome in my quarterly assault on the intarwebs in search of moving drawings from the Great Island that stimulate me in very particular ways (yes, sometimes like that, but not too much).
What, you may ask? As to explain what the hell I just said, no, but as to what I found . . .

An excellent short series collaborated upon by Subaru (yes, the car company) and Gainax. As to be expected, there is a plethora of symbolism and things named after other things to give weight and connectivity. To the jaded cynical mind one might see it as one long commercial for Subaru in a passive non-obvious name placement sort of way, but honestly, that only occured to me like, once, as I started watching it.
It's short, its cute, its looks fantastic, its from Gainax, its simple and it resolves itself more than some three season animes I've seen, so here it is below in it's entirety, should take less than a half hour to watch, do so.

I'm Spent

So, very sorry, nothing AWESOME OMFGROFLCOPTER today. I kinda shot a lot off last week and didn't have a lot prepared for today. I am posting before midnight as per my personally set standards and worry not, I have a Meme-Orable in the pipe ready for your consumption come Thursday, as well as the 3rd 4 T3h Nrrd from yesterday. Entertain thyself!

Oh yes, and being a HUGE Star Wars fan I can't leave Star Wars Day without something, so here . . .

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!!!

En Taro Adun

WINNAH!

Dan, from Canada, won!
After sending in a heartfelt submission Dan won out over all the other contestants.

To be honest the other submissions were very lame, not even worth mocking or riposting, really.
So thank you Dan, for standing out, head and shoulders above the rest by being honest. Enjoy the beta and here's to hoping a rush never gets through.

ZERG RUSH!

After receiving quite the reaction to my Starcraft II beta key giveaway THE CONTEST IS OVER!
I'm reading the submissions and deciding on the winner. You will be returned an email with the code and a congratulations and I will announce the winner in another post on Monday.

Runners up will receive a consolatory fan fic written by your truly, TREMBLE IN HORROR!
Thank you to everyone who entered.

"Galactic Empire State of Mind"

There are no words. I must only post it, immediately.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Starcraft II Beta Code

I have one Starcraft II Beta code to give to "a friend." So, who wants it? Send me an email and why you think you deserve it.

Be aware I may post your answer in another post to announce the winner. Think hard, I know it hurts