I got bored yesterday so I had an epiphany on political economic theory.  It took me nearly 18 years before I finally realized that all the Katamari games were just a Marxian counter theory of the current base-superstructure of our postmodern world.  The tiny prince experiences a fall from grace in that suddenly he must save the universe, or some other inane plot device.  In this fall he leaves the aristocracy and is placed unwittingly in the proletariat pushing/dragging caste.  He is then forced into hard labor until such a time that the King of All Cosmos (a representation of a monarchy or some kind of divinity figure) arbitrarily deems that he has worked hard enough to then worker even harder elsewhere.  Clearly the game slanders neoclassical Smithian economic theory by equating capitalism with a large ball that slow eats up everything in the world.  The prince must amass all the wealth he can and then every time he has a complete disassociation with the value of his work when his product is stripped from him at the end of every level.  The only reasonable act left for the prince is to have a workers revolt (his cousins leading the spearhead) and then overthrowing the King and Queen of All Cosmos .  Then by installing a Communist junta the populace need never have to roll dirt capitalist katamaris ever again.  Can we have please have a red scare focused solely on Namco? Thanks. -Erik

The Mao Puns Are Back!

Erik's most recent post of "Maorio" inspired me to re-enter the competition of horrendous "maonstrosities" that are Mao pun images. So I started making more "Pokemaons". What follows is my most recent batch of attempts:

Maorill

I'm not too happy with how this one came out, truthfully...

Dewdong

I made Dewgong flesh-colored so that I could blend the pictures together a little more seamlessly.

Dongtrio

I like this one, except for the Mao in the lower right-hand corner.  It's hard finding high-quality pictures of Mao that I want to use...

Likidong

This is it.  I'm not sure I'm going to come up with a better one.  Ever.  This one has it all.  The name is fantastic.  I mean, "Likidong"?  You know what this thing does in its spare time.  It isn't pretty.  And then there's the fact that IT'S A PICTURE OF MAO WITH A TONGUE STICKING OUT OF HIS FACE!  Something about the little bit of Mao's lip that I left in there makes me crack up.  And I like how the blending job turned out, if I don't stare at it for too long.

Patent that Shit: Shower Helmet!

Commercial coming soon...

The Competition Continues

Sorry I couldn't resist.

Please forgive the lack of quality, but honestly the time between the actual Mao pun competition and the time I'm going to spend in Microsoft Paint is inversely related.

The Reign of Officer Thunder Eagle Cougar Bear

Giant Floppy Disk Mario

143 Floppy Disks

~4 ft. x 3.25 ft

205.92 Mb

~$60

3 hours of painting

45 min. Assembly

An Erik Antczak, Mackenzie Fox, Henry Nonack, Willie Green, Jeremy Marcus

Oh, and a Dimitri passed by

Maintaining the Inane at my own Expense