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It’s Off Like Karnov

I tend to enjoy learning about video games with weird backstories and connections, even when I haven’t played the games in question, as with Bomberman and Lode Runner having the same hero, Wonder Boy and Adventure Island being basically the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Greek Mythology, Language, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Technology, Video Games | Tagged alakatay, aliens, atomic runner, atomic runner chelnov, bad dudes, bad dudes vs. dragon ninja, chelnov, chernobyl, creamina, data east, deathtarians, dinosaurs, dragons, fighter's history, gargoyles, jinborov karnovski, jinn, karnov, karnov's revenge, king ghidorah, lamia, president ronald reagan, shantae, shantae and the pirate's curse, statue of liberty, weapons, wizards, xenomorphs |

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

The Provolone Ranger – I distinctly remember this being the first Super Show episode I ever saw, and I don’t even think I had a Nintendo or was that familiar with Mario at the time. The usual suspects are riding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alcatraz, aqua land, atlantis, baseball, birdo, bloopers, clawgrip, cobrats, coney island, cookoo bird, cyclone, danny wells, double cross ranch, escape from koopatraz, flatbush koopa, french, fungusville, goldfish, goodbye mr. fish, gramps, joe bellan, karen hartman, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopatraz state prison, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the deep, mermaids, mouser, mrs. gamliss, mrs. periwinkle, mush ridge, mushroom kingdom, nedra volz, neptune, ostros, phantos, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, pronto, ratigator, shy guys, statue of liberty, super mario bros. 3, swordfish, the lone ranger, the provolone ranger, toad, toads, tommy lasagna, tommy lasorda, tonto, trouters, two bums from brooklyn, whales |

You’ve Been the Subject of So Many Dreams Since I Climbed Your Torso

I climbed the Statue of Liberty once, when I was probably around nine or so. This must not have been that long after it was reopened to the public in 1986, and it was one of the last trips I … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Mythology, Roman, Roman Empire | Tagged ariadne, artemis, bacchus, cicero, columbia, eleutheria, feronia, ghostbusters ii, jupiter, liber, libera, libertas, marcus terentius varro, marianne, minerva, persephone, phrygian cap, pileus, proserpina, smurfs, statue of liberty, zeus |

You Say You’ve Seen Seven Wonders

We’ve all heard of the Seven Wonders of the World, even though only one of them is still standing today. Why seven, though? I don’t know. Something about the ancient Greeks who chose it considering it a number of wholeness. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hellenistic Greece, History, Music, They Might Be Giants | Tagged alexander the great, amazons, antipater of sidon, artemis, artemisia, barossus, colossus of rhodes, croesus, flavius josephus, great pyramid, hanging gardens of babylon, helios, herodotus, lighthouse of alexandria, mausoleum at halicarnassus, mausolus, nebuchadnezzar, phidias, pyramids of giza, seven wonders of the world, statue of liberty, statue of zeus at olympia, temple of artemis at ephesus, zeus |

Who You Gonna Call?

Beth and I watched both Ghostbusters films last night. It had been a while since either of us had seen them, and they definitely hold up. I had actually remembered the first one including more of the guys catching individual … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bill murray, brian doyle-murray, dan aykroyd, egon spengler, exodus, ghostbusters, ghostbusters ii, ghosts, gozer the gozerian, john belushi, peter venkman, ray stantz, rick moranis, slimer, statue of liberty, the real ghostbusters, tiamat, vigo the carpathian |