Just as the Eskimo's daily exposure to the frozen north has
given them one hundred and thirty words to describe snow, visitors to The Mushroom have
several thousand words for cringingly unfunny. We rag on game industry insiders and
Monolith (at least we used to - I come back from a little vacation to discover that
erik is now using this page as a forum to tell his stupid, fake-ass Marine stories and
date SeanBaby. Erik was never in the service. The closest he's come to combat,
or any kind of masculine physical activity, was the time he almost choked to death on a GI
Joe head.) We are to subtle, mature humor what three year olds are to pubic hair.
But we know it. The Mushroom has decided that it is now legitimate
journalism and therefore owed something; by
game companies, game company representatives, and other game sites. I am simply
giving them the professional recognition they so richly deserve.
National Game Review, a site that makes me
laugh consistently, published an article in which they
expertly skewer this unbelievable
E3 rant from The Mushroom. For the piece, NGR liberated and used a photo of
Mushroom correspondent Rob Budrick, whose last name is, as I'm sure Rob's heard countless
times while being held down and punched by his high school peers, a homonym for a Japanese
person saying butt-lick. Did The Mushroom - a site built on (and I'm using the term
loosely here) biting satire - rise to the occasion by marshalling their meager
wit reserves and fire back a scathing rebuttal? Well, no.
What they did do was alert the flabbergasted, spit-taking staff of NGR that they had
infringed on The Mushroom's copyright and that the photo should be removed
immediately or legal action might be taken. Funny, funny stuff.Here's Budrick on
himself and his keen powers of observation:
"Now I'm no genius (actually I am), but I can tell when
someone is lying. I studied body language in college, and I've also studied it on my own
as a personal hobby. The signs are obvious: a flicker of the eyes to the side, a covering
of the mouth with a hand in a subconscious attempt to stop the flow of words, a change in
eye contact to insure oneself doesn't blink, blinking far too much..."
Hey Rob, look at my picture to the right: there's some body language for ya. |
This is the picture in question. If you look closely, I've added the word IDIOT
to Rob Budrick's shirt, thus creating some significant content enhancements and making the
photo ours to do with as we please.
Actual funny site:
The Onion
Actual Unfunny site:
The Mushroom
(not even the stolen html is as nice.)
Chet giving back to the community. Feel free to use this picture of my ass
on your site. Or simply just use it, baby. No need to link back or give
credit; this is my gift to the children of the world.
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