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You’ve all heard about those hippy dopes who use trash to create “art”. Actually, it just looks like trash.

Well, here’s an example of piles of trash that are actually quite impressive.

I’m talking about this shadow art. Every pile of trash you see creates the shadow that’s also in the picture. This took me a second to figure out because the pile looks so different from the shadow.

I think that these are amazing works made by some very talented people. Looking at these without the shadow, you could never guess that there’s actually a figure lurking in there.

One of these pieces, HE/SHE, is a little tasteless, in that it’s showing a man peeing and a woman peeing (in shadow). Not really sure what the point of that is, it would be equally as cool without peeing…but maybe I “just don’t get it, maaaaaaaan!”

Anyway, if you can get beyond the peeing, the rest of the pieces are fine, and the technique to create all these works is impressive.

Guitar Hero 2 is set to feature a song by Dethklok, the metal band from Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse. That is so metal.

I will now sing the lyrics for Dethklok’s themesome into Microsoft Word’s speech recognition software.

Death clock! Death clock!

Swiss car ski elf
Tall her than a tree

Take my war tooth
Not a bumble bee

William murder face
Murder face murder face

Pickles the drummer
dude lee dude
(Ding dong dude lee dude lee dude)

Nathan explosion

Ever wanted to get your artwork on an authentic commercially released game cartridge? Now you can!

Spiceware is a company that is releasing a brand new Atari 2600 game called Medieval Mayhem. It’s a game that’s based on the Atari 2600 game Warlords and the very rare arcade game Warlords. It’s a four-player game where each player has to defend their castle while attacking other castles.

Spiceware is just about set to release the game in physical cartridge form, but they need some label art. That’s where the label art contest comes in.

The winner of the contest will receive a copy of Medieval Mayhem in cartridge form, featuring their winning label design. The winner will also receive a $50 gift certificate in the AtariAge Store. Oh, if only I had any artistic talent at all.

IGN released a list of their top 25 prime time cartoons. I think it’s a pretty good list, but a few of my favorites didn’t make the cut:

• Dr. Katz – I can’t believe Home Movies made the list but not Dr. Katz
• Clerks/Undergrads – Probably too nerdy to make the list, but certainly a couple of my favorites.
• Kid Notorious – This show was incredibly underrated and underwatched. Only 9 episodes were made, but apparently they run on the UK’s version of Adult Swim. Here’s hoping they come to the US (and maybe replace The Oblongs?)
• Rocko’s Modern Life – this show might not have been prime time, but if it was, it should have made the list.
• Homestar Runner – Maybe this will be on TV some day.

Anyway, there have been some terrible, terrible primetime animated shows. Here’s 9:

9. Tripping the Rift. This attempt by the SciFi channel at a “South Park in space” always seemed forced and unfunny. I guess they have a decent-sized fan base and were considering a feature film version. The show hasn’t been renewed for a 3rd season yet. Good.
8. Father of the Pride. How could a Siegfried & Roy spinoff possibly go wrong? Well, if it’s gimmicky hack comedy that’s one thing, but when Roy gets attacked by his tiger, that can’t help the show either.
7. Fish Police. Uh, I guess this tried to compete with the Simpsons. I don’t remember watching it, and it looks really dumb.
6. The PJs. How this show ever reached 41 episodes is beyond me. It won an Emmy, my guess is because it’s all controversial and “urban” and what not. Garbage. Give me one episode of The Boondocks over 41 episodes of this.
5. For Better or For Worse. As awful as a comic strip as it is, it’s even worse as an animated show. Continuing the fine tradition of the “still” version, this show contains cliche dramatic and touching storylines, between which are stuffed unfunny jokes that its core audience might slightly chuckle at before changing the channel to Murder She Wrote.
4. Game Over. An animated sitcom about video game characters. Sounds great, except that it obviously wasn’t written by anyone who had ever seen a video game since the early 1980s. Every video game nonjoke from every other sitcom in the world was recycled and crammed into this show. It died at a ripe old age of 6 episodes–good riddance.
3. Duckman. The USA network really hyped this show up for 4 seasons, largely because of the drawing power of Jason Alexander. While Alexander did an excellent job of voice acting in the show, the show was largely derivative. The animation style was odd and not really enjoyable to look at, and there weren’t any characters that were sympathetic, interesting, or funny. There wasn’t any one thing that was particularly terrible; it was just subpar in every way.
2. Boo Boo Runs Wild. This was a one-episode parody of Yogi Bear made by one of the creators of Ren & Stimpy. The show is disturbing, unfunny, and painfully long. It is more horrifying than humorous. Also, it didn’t help that Adult Swim ran the exact same show every Sunday for around 2 months straight. Boo Boo turns from a friendly, domesticated bear into a wild, vicious creature that steals Yogi’s girlfriend and wreaks havoc on Jellystone. If I never see it again, it will be too soon.
1. Drawn Together. It’s meant as a parody of reality shows, but ends up being just as unwatchable as one. There was a quote on Adult Swim: a viewer asked, “Why do all American cartoons have to be funny?” Referring to the lack of non-comedy cartoon series. Adult Swim replied, “Not every American cartoon is funny. For example, Drawn Together.” It’s the definition of hack comedy. Overused, lazy jokes, and Leno style pop-culture jokes. No thank you.