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".

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Game Grumps - Sonic Comics

Dan and Arin start some game but then get distracted by the Sonic Comic Book cover art.

Sunday, June 24, 2018

How Did This Get Made? - Rad

The title of the podcast is "How Did This Get Made?" The idea is to review bad movies and ask the titular question. Now I know that you can't change the title of the podcast for an episode but honestly this episode should be called "How Did The Art Of Film Take Almost 100 Years To Make This?".

Because of course, the movie that this episode is about is Rad, the most radical film ever made.

[Broken Youtube Link Removed - https://www.earwolf.com/episode/rad-live/]