Monday, August 20, 2018

Chris Gethard Show - What's In the Dumpster?

This is excellent.

I'm not familiar with the Chris Gethard Show but had to watch this episode where Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas guest and try to determine "what's in the dumpster".

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Game Grumps - A Week of Garfield

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the birth of Garfield, the Game Grumps play "A Week of Garfield" which came out for Nintendo but only game out in Japan.

Don't. Just don't, ok?

Saturday, August 4, 2018

An Examination of Weird Sports Rules

The SB Nation series "Weird Rules" explains the stories behind the most obscure and weirdest rules in sports.

As sports organizations don't add rules to the rule book for their own amusement, the most interesting thing is often not the rule, but the story behind the rule - what were players doing that was so blatant that it needed to be outlawed in writing.

This is the case in this episode, "One guy mercilessly trolled the NHL into creating a better rule book":


But another reason this topic can be interesting is how the rules themselves can be gamed to gain specific advantages in specific situations. For instance, why would someone intentionally try to block a free throw?

Friday, July 27, 2018

What Makes This Song Great? - Roundabout

Lately I've been enjoying this guy (Rick Beato's) videos. In this "What Makes This Song Great?" series he listens to the original song tracks to hear the various elements in isolation. In this episode, he looks at the Yes single "Roundabout"


If you like this format, check out the episode for Toto's "Rosanna".