How many of these classic video game characters do you remember? A list of the
50 Greatest Video Game Characters of All Time.
Obviously, it's a difficult task to create a definitive list of all our beloved favorites, but this seems to cover all the really significant characters. A little surprised (in a good way!) that Gestalt actually came in at number 10, TBH. [more inside]
posted by Greg Nog
on Sep 21, 2011 -
225 comments
Get ready to meet the fourth or fifth most famous pairing in Soviet children's animation: the meek, civil
Leopold the Cat, and the rowdy
mice who endlessly harass him in the course of 11 animated shorts (and a non-canonical feature made after the fall of the USSR).
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posted by Nomyte
on Jun 29, 2011 -
25 comments
EXT. STREET -- TWILIGHT. A dreary day in 1971. Wearing a trilby hat and a hideous overcoat, a LONE CROCODILE stands on the rain-slicked sidewalk.
Singing in tune with the plangent sounds of the concertina he clutches in his claws, he tells the viewers that today, of all days, is his birthday. This scene presages the appearance of
one of the most emblematic characters in Soviet animation.
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posted by Nomyte
on May 7, 2011 -
24 comments
Decodeunicode.org has a useful and full-featured search for the names and glyphs for those Unicode characters that display as a plain box full of despair. It is presented by the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. Roll the dice
⚅⚄ and try it out.
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posted by TheOnlyCoolTim
on Jan 23, 2009 -
25 comments
The Forbes Fictional 15 -- it is list season, after all--the usual suspects, and some new entries. Daddy Warbucks (Net Worth: $27.3 billion, attended SUNY Stony Brook) gets this:
Iraqi conflict has been kind to Warbucks; recipient of multiple defense contracts; cat-food holdings also up.
posted by amberglow
on Dec 5, 2005 -
49 comments
Fred and Ethel resurrected as corporate shills "Through the magic of Hollywood, famously tightfisted Fred (William Frawley) and his irascible wife, Ethel (Vivian Vance), are brought back to life in a series of entertaining vignettes," California-based PacifiCare said in a release about its new television advertising campaign.
Using body doubles, voice impersonators and computer-generated imagery, the national TV ads that will premiere in mid October will enable the two long-dead actors to "speak" once more. And, oddly enough, they'll be talking about PacifiCare's new drug plan.
posted by Artifice_Eternity
on Oct 10, 2005 -
40 comments
Walt would turn over in his cryonic chamber... (I know, I know, it's
not true.)
Speaking of
family trees, Roy Disney (the last board member with ties to the founding family)
resigned from the company Sunday, calling for the
ouster of Chairman Michael Eisner. Stanley Gold soon
soon followed. In a
harsh letter,
Disney said the entertainment conglomerate had "lost its
focus, its
creative energy, and its
heritage" and that the
public now
held the perception that company is "
rapacious,
soul-less, and always looking for the '
quick buck'."
No word yet from the
Disneyland obsessives, but the folks at
MousePlanet 's Mousepad
seem optimistic about this development...
posted by Fofer
on Dec 2, 2003 -
18 comments
Who Is J. Hutton "Jovan"? Good question, since on every other page on
this site he calls himself "J. Hutton Pulitzer," with a prominent
Joseph Pulitzer quote to imply he's family. See, he "changed his birth name ... to shake the hold he felt his "Family Name" had over his life." Gosh, was it that, or maybe the fact that under his real name,
J. Jovan Philyaw, he's the bozo behind the huge
CueCat boondoggle? You be the judge! After all,
'J. Hutton has created many "first".' And look at his
impressive company headquarters! Oh wait, that's just an office building that remains unnamed on this page. Still, you can take his word that
"The Pulitzer Collection represents Gods’ devine communication of Himself and beauty to humanity." (via
Dallas Observer, via
Romenesko)
posted by soyjoy
on Apr 14, 2003 -
20 comments
Topher's Breakfast Cereal Character Guide Snap, Crackle, Pop, Boo Berry, Count Chocula, Tony the Tiger (and mysteriously, also a Mrs. Tony), Spock, Powdered Toast Man, Cracklin' Oat Flakes (with Xtasy!), Dr. Dre's Weedies... Send in your Proof of Purchase Kids for a FREE jagged metal Krusty-O in every box and excruciating embedded sound on every page.
via the excellent Speckled Paint
posted by Stan Chin
on Mar 3, 2003 -
12 comments
65 minor characters battle it out, single-elimination tournament style. Sure, we all saw Troy McClure's rout of Uter coming a mile away, but did you really think Hans Moleman had what it took to knock off Rev. Lovejoy? Your votes help determine which supporting player is the supporting-est on
The Road to Springfield.
posted by jjg
on Jun 2, 2001 -
26 comments
