Bowling with roller coasters

October 17, 2006 10:16 PM

Bowling+Rollercoaster=Fun (Youtube. No actual rollercoasters were harmed in making this film.)
posted by Steven C. Den Beste (22 comments total)

one line youtube link, yet I still laughed. go figure.
posted by milnak at 10:25 PM on October 17, 2006

yeah it was pretty good, thanks.
posted by sourbrew at 10:31 PM on October 17, 2006

I used to have the old Roller Coaster Tycoon game, and there were plenty ways to kill and maim, but I don't recall the bowling thing. That's pretty good. Couldn't do that with the first version cuz the coaster cars would explode in mid air before they hit the ground.
posted by ZachsMind at 10:39 PM on October 17, 2006

I vaguely remember in one of them you could seal the gates somehow and fill the place with water. After filling it with 'tycoon fodder' first, naturally, heh.... I was hoping for little animated bubbles that would go.*pop*"Help!" but no....
posted by umberto at 10:46 PM on October 17, 2006

That same author's twisted sense of humor is also on display in a series of comic strips called "DM of the Rings". Start here and go forward.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:52 PM on October 17, 2006

Heh, that was worth a chuckle.

(And god how it reminded me why I can't fucking stand TMBG.)
posted by Rhomboid at 11:06 PM on October 17, 2006

at the risk of politicizing a harmless thread. . . reminds me of the Bush Economy. Plenty of balloons to go around still, though.
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 11:23 PM on October 17, 2006 [1 favorite]

killer
posted by tsarfan at 11:43 PM on October 17, 2006

Steven C. Den Beste, that comic is beautiful. Thanks!
posted by rhapsodie at 11:50 PM on October 17, 2006

Yeah, that was pretty funny. I was hoping for a 2nd angle of the mow-down, but still pretty good.
posted by bob sarabia at 12:02 AM on October 18, 2006

Oh that was worth a little chuckle.

I was reminded how much I liked this:

Johnny was a chemist's son,
but Johnny is no more.
What Johnny thought was H2O
was H2SO4
posted by nadawi at 12:48 AM on October 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

Heh. Will have to show my sig other this. She loves RT but hasn't tried the third one yet.
(but you know, she's silly, preferring to create safe rides)
posted by dreamsign at 12:48 AM on October 18, 2006

L-to-the-muthafuckin-O-L.
posted by team lowkey at 1:00 AM on October 18, 2006

Bowlercoaster. A new word for your consideration.
posted by popkinson at 2:52 AM on October 18, 2006

This is going to get me addicted to Roller Coaster Tycoon again. Plus I was amazed to find many other twisted RCT videos on the Tube. Good times.
posted by vagabond at 2:54 AM on October 18, 2006

Was I the only one expecting a video of some actual guys throwing a bowling ball from a rollercoaster?
posted by bap98189 at 5:02 AM on October 18, 2006

I was expecting... cat maidens.
posted by orthogonality at 5:06 AM on October 18, 2006

posted by hypersloth at 5:27 AM on October 18, 2006

The TMBG song was the perfect soundtrack choice.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:05 AM on October 18, 2006

In case anyone is having problems loading the site linked in the post (as I am), here's the YouTube direct link.
posted by Remy at 6:16 AM on October 18, 2006

I hoped the post was going to be about this cool bowling ball roller-coaster.
posted by JBennett at 9:17 AM on October 18, 2006

dreamsign writes "She loves RT but hasn't tried the third one yet. "

Uh, there is no third one yet. RCT3 is still a pipe dream, AFAIK.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 6:23 PM on October 18, 2006