The famous cartoon Family Guy was heavily influenced by The Simpsons. The Simpsons is a show about a family of people living in the fictional town of Springfield who go on all kinds of wacky misadventures. Family Guy is a somewhat similar show about a family living in Quahog, Rhode Island with an evil genius baby and talking dog. Parody artists have frequently referred to Family Guy as a Simpsons ripoff. The show's creator, Seth MacFarlane even adressed this in an interview by saying,
"The Simpsons made me want to go from working with Disney to wanting to make edgy cartoons. So without The Simpsons there would be no Family Guy,".
Seth has also referred to Peter Griffin (the dad on Family Guy) to be greatly inspired by Homer Simpson referring to how they are both dumb, overweight, lazy dad characters who drink beer a lot and don't pay attention to their kids. When Seth won an Emmy he adressed The Simpsons in his speech and jokingly compared it to Family Guy. Another thing that came from The Simpsons that Family Guy is well known for is the catchphrases. Similar to Homer's world famous "d'oh" many of the main characters have catchphrases. For example, Peter has "Freaking sweet!", Quagmire has "Giggity giggity goo," and Joe has "Bring it on!". The Simpsons also influenced Family Guy's frequent cutaway vignettes that parody American culture. Back in the early days of The Simpsons they had that cutaway formula down and would use it in practically every episode. Seth thought it was hilarious and decided to include those type of jokes in his show.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
My Stories:World of Warcat
Rose the cat is my own fanmade Happy Tree Friends character.
There was a town called Zootropolis, the town was filled with talking animals that acted like humans. In that town, there lived a little 14-year-old cat named Rose. Rose was a little cat with orange fur and bow in her hair. She had a bad habit of brushing her fur and always carried a hairbrush with her. She also had an annoying little sister named Kaylee who would frequenty play pranks on her. Rose had a lot of friends because of her YouTube channel, Robot Turkey where she posted hilarious (but often inappropriate) videos. It was quite the intrepid channel as she would make fun of things that most channels would be afraid to. For example, she posted a video making fun of her teacher once that got her expelled. Anyway, one bright Sunday morning, Rose checked her YouTube channel to find out she got suspended from the website. She looked at her comments and saw that DC Comics filed a copyright complaint on her for using the Harley Quinn trailer. They even left a comment showing much bravado about it.
"Jeez, what a bunch of braggadocios," Rose said and then she realized that since her YouTube channel was down she had nothing to do for the rest of the day. So she did what every other copyright vitcim does and watched other people's videos. She clicked on the latest video from Happy Tree Friends (her favorite Internet show) when Rose saw an ad for a video game titled DragonStone:Revenge of the Lich King. The ad showed a picture of a female knight in shining armor cutting a dragon's head off.
"Slay the mighty Jabberwock and conquer the realms of Adara," the writing at the bottom of the ad said. Intrigued by this, Rose clicked on the ad and was sent to a website. She was sent to a page with a video of a CGI dwarf-like man on in it.
"Do you have the fortitude to defend the five realms of the universe," the dwarven man said.
"Are you kidding I have tons of moxie," Rose yelled at her screen and clicked "Next". After that, she saw a screen with a picture of a hero. The hero can be chosen from seven different races:Human, Elf, Ogre, Dwarf, Gnelfling, Fairy,0 and Troll. Rose made her character a beautiful elven female warrior with a light golden sword and was transported to the most beautiful forest town she'd ever seen on her computer screen.
"This game might give me something to help me recover from losing my YouTube channel. Maybe I should invite my friends and have a funeral for my channel," Rose thought. Rose the elf then saw a bunch of horrible creature called Zombie Pixies pop up and she fought all them off. Then all of a sudden another player by the name of The Ferocious Black Knight walked up to her.
"Huh, interesting name," Rose thought and the Black Knight told her that he was the most feared being in all the realms. Rose questioned his chutzpah and then the Black Knight laughed at her and said he is the main villain in the game. The Black Knight then distracted Rose and stole her stuff. Rose lost 12 experience points, 15 gold, and her sword but she didn't die. The Black Knight then said to her
"Look behind you," and she saw her sister, Kaylee sitting on the couch with a laptop waving at her.
"Your the Black Knight, Kaylee?" Rose asked.
"Yes, it's because kids make fun of me at school and this is the only world where I can be cool,' Kaylee said.
"You milquetoast, why don't you stop being the villain in the game and starting being a good guy. Bad guys aren't cool, you know!?" Rose said and rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll take off my armor," Kaylee said and when she took off her armor, she was the ugliest troll creature in the game.
"Ha! Your a troll!" Rose said.
"I know, I'm ugly, but I thought he was cool looking at the game. That's why I wore armor so people don't think I'm ugly,".
"Come on Kaylee, I know what'll cheer you up, let's adventure together!" Rose said.
"Heck yeah!" Kaylee screamed and they ventured into the words together. Fighting all kinds of creatures from craven ravens to pusillanimous kobolds with the Courtship of Eddie Father's theme song playing on loop in the background.
"You know what Kaylee,"
"What?" Kaylee asked.
"You are my best friend," Rose said.
"You're mine too. Now let's come up with a name of our team," Kaylee said.
"I know what about Beauty and the Geek," Rose said.
"Hey are you calling me a geek? Just kidding, that's funny!" Kaylee told Rose and they played and played until it was dinner time.
There was a town called Zootropolis, the town was filled with talking animals that acted like humans. In that town, there lived a little 14-year-old cat named Rose. Rose was a little cat with orange fur and bow in her hair. She had a bad habit of brushing her fur and always carried a hairbrush with her. She also had an annoying little sister named Kaylee who would frequenty play pranks on her. Rose had a lot of friends because of her YouTube channel, Robot Turkey where she posted hilarious (but often inappropriate) videos. It was quite the intrepid channel as she would make fun of things that most channels would be afraid to. For example, she posted a video making fun of her teacher once that got her expelled. Anyway, one bright Sunday morning, Rose checked her YouTube channel to find out she got suspended from the website. She looked at her comments and saw that DC Comics filed a copyright complaint on her for using the Harley Quinn trailer. They even left a comment showing much bravado about it.
"Jeez, what a bunch of braggadocios," Rose said and then she realized that since her YouTube channel was down she had nothing to do for the rest of the day. So she did what every other copyright vitcim does and watched other people's videos. She clicked on the latest video from Happy Tree Friends (her favorite Internet show) when Rose saw an ad for a video game titled DragonStone:Revenge of the Lich King. The ad showed a picture of a female knight in shining armor cutting a dragon's head off.
"Slay the mighty Jabberwock and conquer the realms of Adara," the writing at the bottom of the ad said. Intrigued by this, Rose clicked on the ad and was sent to a website. She was sent to a page with a video of a CGI dwarf-like man on in it.
"Do you have the fortitude to defend the five realms of the universe," the dwarven man said.
"Are you kidding I have tons of moxie," Rose yelled at her screen and clicked "Next". After that, she saw a screen with a picture of a hero. The hero can be chosen from seven different races:Human, Elf, Ogre, Dwarf, Gnelfling, Fairy,0 and Troll. Rose made her character a beautiful elven female warrior with a light golden sword and was transported to the most beautiful forest town she'd ever seen on her computer screen.
"This game might give me something to help me recover from losing my YouTube channel. Maybe I should invite my friends and have a funeral for my channel," Rose thought. Rose the elf then saw a bunch of horrible creature called Zombie Pixies pop up and she fought all them off. Then all of a sudden another player by the name of The Ferocious Black Knight walked up to her.
"Huh, interesting name," Rose thought and the Black Knight told her that he was the most feared being in all the realms. Rose questioned his chutzpah and then the Black Knight laughed at her and said he is the main villain in the game. The Black Knight then distracted Rose and stole her stuff. Rose lost 12 experience points, 15 gold, and her sword but she didn't die. The Black Knight then said to her
"Look behind you," and she saw her sister, Kaylee sitting on the couch with a laptop waving at her.
"Your the Black Knight, Kaylee?" Rose asked.
"Yes, it's because kids make fun of me at school and this is the only world where I can be cool,' Kaylee said.
"You milquetoast, why don't you stop being the villain in the game and starting being a good guy. Bad guys aren't cool, you know!?" Rose said and rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll take off my armor," Kaylee said and when she took off her armor, she was the ugliest troll creature in the game.
"Ha! Your a troll!" Rose said.
"I know, I'm ugly, but I thought he was cool looking at the game. That's why I wore armor so people don't think I'm ugly,".
"Come on Kaylee, I know what'll cheer you up, let's adventure together!" Rose said.
"Heck yeah!" Kaylee screamed and they ventured into the words together. Fighting all kinds of creatures from craven ravens to pusillanimous kobolds with the Courtship of Eddie Father's theme song playing on loop in the background.
"You know what Kaylee,"
"What?" Kaylee asked.
"You are my best friend," Rose said.
"You're mine too. Now let's come up with a name of our team," Kaylee said.
"I know what about Beauty and the Geek," Rose said.
"Hey are you calling me a geek? Just kidding, that's funny!" Kaylee told Rose and they played and played until it was dinner time.
Spot's Adventure
This is a sequel to my Rooster story from my cat Spot's perspective. Enjoy, :D!
Hi my name is Spot. I am a very pretty fluffy calico cat with a long tail and green eyes who lives with my family. I love my family especially my owner Matt although he does have a serious flaw, he is a dog lover. Ugh! Now I am going to tell the terrifying tale of the day I met his petulant dog, Rooster:
I had a very happy life on this farm. Matt would constantly feed me, pet me, and hang out with me. My little brother Buckshot and I had it all, well except for a ball of yarn to play with, but you get the idea. The one thing that bugged me was their two stupid dogs. There was this big dumb brown dog who used to live with us. The thing was so dumb she didn't even know how to grow a tail. She was a nuisance to me. I frequently had nightmares about when she would put me in her mouth when I was kitten, yup, that's right, she would play with me inside her mouth. It was SO gross getting wet all the time! There was also a little beagle named Scooter or something. She was constantly running rabbits so I didn''t see her near as much, which is probably a good thing because everybody knows that cats are better than dogs! We are purrfect animals. These dogs didn't castigate or should I say catstigate me very often and were for the most respectful of my kind, even though I didn't like them, because their dogs. Anyway, one day, my family left to go on a drive in the car (like they do a lot of times) and I did what I always do when that happens, sat on the bench and waited for them to come home. As I sat and waited, I snacked on a bowl of toothsome cat food because trust me, there is no food in the world better than plain old dry catfood. I sat there eating and thinking about how much I love Matt but when he got back home, you would never believe, the scary monster he was holding in his hands. When I saw my family's car headed towards the driveway, my fluffy tail wagged, and I started purring. I went up to Matt to visit him and felt this sense of malaise as my little kitty nose could smell something but I wasn't sure exactly what it was. Matt came out of the car holding the most insidious beast I'd seen in my life. It was a little red beagle puppy with a long tail, hideous green eyes, and a face that looked nightmarish.
"Ummm, Matt, that creature is kind of freaking meowt," I said to him but all he could he hear was the sound of me meowing. The dog then chased me into the family's barn and I ran as fast as I could practically stumbling over my long tail. I climbed up to the tippy top and hid there for the night. Thinking about ways to scare that creature into not bullying me. I knew that my new archnemesis had arrived.
Hi my name is Spot. I am a very pretty fluffy calico cat with a long tail and green eyes who lives with my family. I love my family especially my owner Matt although he does have a serious flaw, he is a dog lover. Ugh! Now I am going to tell the terrifying tale of the day I met his petulant dog, Rooster:
I had a very happy life on this farm. Matt would constantly feed me, pet me, and hang out with me. My little brother Buckshot and I had it all, well except for a ball of yarn to play with, but you get the idea. The one thing that bugged me was their two stupid dogs. There was this big dumb brown dog who used to live with us. The thing was so dumb she didn't even know how to grow a tail. She was a nuisance to me. I frequently had nightmares about when she would put me in her mouth when I was kitten, yup, that's right, she would play with me inside her mouth. It was SO gross getting wet all the time! There was also a little beagle named Scooter or something. She was constantly running rabbits so I didn''t see her near as much, which is probably a good thing because everybody knows that cats are better than dogs! We are purrfect animals. These dogs didn't castigate or should I say catstigate me very often and were for the most respectful of my kind, even though I didn't like them, because their dogs. Anyway, one day, my family left to go on a drive in the car (like they do a lot of times) and I did what I always do when that happens, sat on the bench and waited for them to come home. As I sat and waited, I snacked on a bowl of toothsome cat food because trust me, there is no food in the world better than plain old dry catfood. I sat there eating and thinking about how much I love Matt but when he got back home, you would never believe, the scary monster he was holding in his hands. When I saw my family's car headed towards the driveway, my fluffy tail wagged, and I started purring. I went up to Matt to visit him and felt this sense of malaise as my little kitty nose could smell something but I wasn't sure exactly what it was. Matt came out of the car holding the most insidious beast I'd seen in my life. It was a little red beagle puppy with a long tail, hideous green eyes, and a face that looked nightmarish.
"Ummm, Matt, that creature is kind of freaking meowt," I said to him but all he could he hear was the sound of me meowing. The dog then chased me into the family's barn and I ran as fast as I could practically stumbling over my long tail. I climbed up to the tippy top and hid there for the night. Thinking about ways to scare that creature into not bullying me. I knew that my new archnemesis had arrived.
Rooster's Adventure
This is about the life of my dog, Rooster through his eyes.
My name is Rooster Doyle Boo, I am a 4-year-old beagle who lives on the farm of a wonderful family. I am a red and white colored beagle with spots on my legs and stomach, green eyes, long floppy ears, a white stripe on my head, and a tail that's constantly wagging. I love to eat, sleep, take walks, take drives in the car with my family, and run around outside, Here is the story of the day I was first introduced to the nice little farm I live on:
I used to live on a beautiful home in the country. The place looked wonderful with green trees and blue sky as far as I could see. I lived with my mom, my little brother, Gizmo my sister, Tina and a procrustean deer named Sweetpea. Sweetpea was a huge doe with dark brown eyes, a little black nose, and an annoying personality. She would always tell me what to do and try to boss me around, she acted as if she owned the farm which made me want to leave a little bit, even though I would miss my family. I don't remember my others siblings at all because they were adopted when they were puppies. But my brother Gizmo was one of the cutest little dogs I'd ever seen. He was a little brown beagle with long floppy ears, white spots all over him, and the cutest little bark. I last saw him when he was about ten weeks old, and his bark soundest adorable almost the sound of a mouse squeaking. Tina on the other hand was kind of rude and obnoxious. She would pick on me because I had green eyes a lot which my mom would frequently scold her about and Tina's actions kind of bothered me a little. But what I did love about my old home was my original owner, Lia. Lia was a tall blonde girl with brown eyes, light skin, a passion for fashion, a good sense of humor, and a bubbly personality. She has a YouTube channel in which she plays the mountebank character Terry the Tomboy, who sells factitious humorous products. One beautiful Summer day I was sitting in Lia's lap on the porch when I heard a car pull up at our driveway. My natural dog urges made my tail wag and I rushed with excitement to see who it is. I ran through the front yard barking as loud as I could almost as if I was saying,
"HEY! WHO ARE YOU?" when I saw a little redhaired boy with blue eyes and incredibly light skin wearing an I Love Dogs t-shirt. The boy was about 14 at the time and he was standing there with his mom and dad talking to them. The dad had a beard, long brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a shirt that said "Colts" on it. I didn't know what that meant, but the shirt sure did look cool. The mom was a redhaired woman wearing glasses and blue jeans. The boy looked over, saw me, and said
"Awh your SO cute!" and started petting me. Then Sweetpea walked up to him and he ran straight to her.
"Man, I hope he doesn't like that silly deer more than me," I thought to myself so I brainstormed ways to impress him. I sat there thinking for a few seconds until I turned over and saw a walnut lying on the ground next to me which gave me a great idea. I picked up the walnut, ran to the boy, and dropped it at his feet.
"I have a walnut. I'm SO cute aren't I?" I said to him using my special dog style of sophistry but all they could hear was the sound of me making adorable little barks which if anything only helped me look cuter. I was wondering why this family just suddenly showed up and was looking around my yard so I followed them around. As I followed them, I saw Gizmo who was sitting there next to the redhaired woman with his tail wagging a mile a minute.
"So this is a let's impress the humans contest isn't it. That's pretty darn cute, but I can do better," I thought to myself. So I ran up to Gizmo and looked at this strange woman making the cutest little puppy dogs I could.
"Take that, Gizmo!" I said to him.
"Awh, he's SO cute. We'll take that one," the woman said to Lia.
"Take me? What is she talking about?" I thought when all of a sudden, the woman picked me up and walked me around the yard. I got very nervous as I didn't know what was going to happen next. I kicked, screamed, and yelled
"HELP!" at the top of my lungs. Then she put me in her car and sat me in the backseat next to her son. I know I kind of wanted to leave home because of Sweetpea and Tina, but I immediately regretted that specious decision. The woman drove away from my home and I felt sadder and sadder the further we got. I started crying almost instantly as I would miss Lia and my dog family. I saw the boy sitting next to me and asked him with tears in my eyes,
"Are you my new Daddy?"
"My name is Matt and I'm going to take you home and love on you," he said almost as if he could sense exactly what I was saying. I already knew that I was going to adore my new home, so I started kissing Matt on his hand with my little puppy tongue. After that, I jumped in his lap and he petted me which made me feel better. I've always loved the feeling of being petted, it calms me down when I'm uptight and cures my sadness when I'm feeling down. Matt kept on petting me and petting me which made more and more relaxed by the minute, it got to the point where I was so relaxed that after while, I rolled over on my belly and fell asleep in his lap. I woke up on a beautiful new farm and saw another beagle that looked kind like of my mom. She was a little brown, white, and black beagle who always loved to chase rabbits. Since I was just a little puppy, I went up to her and asked the silly question of,
'Are you my mommy?" and tried to drink from her. She said,
"No I'm not your Mom. My name is Scout and if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go run a rabbit, see you in a few weeks," and ran off.
"Wow, that was kinda rude," I thought to myself. As Scout was running off, a large dog with brown fur and no tail walked up to me. I had never seen a dog without no tail before. Gizmo told me apocryphal legends about a tribe of no-tailed dogs who lived in the woods and are cannibilistic so I was a little timid when I first went up to her.
"My name is Shawnee, what are you doing?" she asked me.
"S-sorry, am I t-trespassing?" I asked her.
"You don't look too tough," Shawnee said so I growled at her trying to act tough and she just laughed even though I wasn't trying to be funny.
"You've got a lot to learn around here, kid. Stick with me and I'll teach you everything you need to know," Shawnee told me.
"Just remember these two things and you'll be fine:I'm the boss and this is my farm," she said and I sat down next to her, rubbing against her. Despite her bossy actions, I loved her already.
"I finally have a mentor," I thought.
My name is Rooster Doyle Boo, I am a 4-year-old beagle who lives on the farm of a wonderful family. I am a red and white colored beagle with spots on my legs and stomach, green eyes, long floppy ears, a white stripe on my head, and a tail that's constantly wagging. I love to eat, sleep, take walks, take drives in the car with my family, and run around outside, Here is the story of the day I was first introduced to the nice little farm I live on:
I used to live on a beautiful home in the country. The place looked wonderful with green trees and blue sky as far as I could see. I lived with my mom, my little brother, Gizmo my sister, Tina and a procrustean deer named Sweetpea. Sweetpea was a huge doe with dark brown eyes, a little black nose, and an annoying personality. She would always tell me what to do and try to boss me around, she acted as if she owned the farm which made me want to leave a little bit, even though I would miss my family. I don't remember my others siblings at all because they were adopted when they were puppies. But my brother Gizmo was one of the cutest little dogs I'd ever seen. He was a little brown beagle with long floppy ears, white spots all over him, and the cutest little bark. I last saw him when he was about ten weeks old, and his bark soundest adorable almost the sound of a mouse squeaking. Tina on the other hand was kind of rude and obnoxious. She would pick on me because I had green eyes a lot which my mom would frequently scold her about and Tina's actions kind of bothered me a little. But what I did love about my old home was my original owner, Lia. Lia was a tall blonde girl with brown eyes, light skin, a passion for fashion, a good sense of humor, and a bubbly personality. She has a YouTube channel in which she plays the mountebank character Terry the Tomboy, who sells factitious humorous products. One beautiful Summer day I was sitting in Lia's lap on the porch when I heard a car pull up at our driveway. My natural dog urges made my tail wag and I rushed with excitement to see who it is. I ran through the front yard barking as loud as I could almost as if I was saying,
"HEY! WHO ARE YOU?" when I saw a little redhaired boy with blue eyes and incredibly light skin wearing an I Love Dogs t-shirt. The boy was about 14 at the time and he was standing there with his mom and dad talking to them. The dad had a beard, long brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a shirt that said "Colts" on it. I didn't know what that meant, but the shirt sure did look cool. The mom was a redhaired woman wearing glasses and blue jeans. The boy looked over, saw me, and said
"Awh your SO cute!" and started petting me. Then Sweetpea walked up to him and he ran straight to her.
"Man, I hope he doesn't like that silly deer more than me," I thought to myself so I brainstormed ways to impress him. I sat there thinking for a few seconds until I turned over and saw a walnut lying on the ground next to me which gave me a great idea. I picked up the walnut, ran to the boy, and dropped it at his feet.
"I have a walnut. I'm SO cute aren't I?" I said to him using my special dog style of sophistry but all they could hear was the sound of me making adorable little barks which if anything only helped me look cuter. I was wondering why this family just suddenly showed up and was looking around my yard so I followed them around. As I followed them, I saw Gizmo who was sitting there next to the redhaired woman with his tail wagging a mile a minute.
"So this is a let's impress the humans contest isn't it. That's pretty darn cute, but I can do better," I thought to myself. So I ran up to Gizmo and looked at this strange woman making the cutest little puppy dogs I could.
"Take that, Gizmo!" I said to him.
"Awh, he's SO cute. We'll take that one," the woman said to Lia.
"Take me? What is she talking about?" I thought when all of a sudden, the woman picked me up and walked me around the yard. I got very nervous as I didn't know what was going to happen next. I kicked, screamed, and yelled
"HELP!" at the top of my lungs. Then she put me in her car and sat me in the backseat next to her son. I know I kind of wanted to leave home because of Sweetpea and Tina, but I immediately regretted that specious decision. The woman drove away from my home and I felt sadder and sadder the further we got. I started crying almost instantly as I would miss Lia and my dog family. I saw the boy sitting next to me and asked him with tears in my eyes,
"Are you my new Daddy?"
"My name is Matt and I'm going to take you home and love on you," he said almost as if he could sense exactly what I was saying. I already knew that I was going to adore my new home, so I started kissing Matt on his hand with my little puppy tongue. After that, I jumped in his lap and he petted me which made me feel better. I've always loved the feeling of being petted, it calms me down when I'm uptight and cures my sadness when I'm feeling down. Matt kept on petting me and petting me which made more and more relaxed by the minute, it got to the point where I was so relaxed that after while, I rolled over on my belly and fell asleep in his lap. I woke up on a beautiful new farm and saw another beagle that looked kind like of my mom. She was a little brown, white, and black beagle who always loved to chase rabbits. Since I was just a little puppy, I went up to her and asked the silly question of,
'Are you my mommy?" and tried to drink from her. She said,
"No I'm not your Mom. My name is Scout and if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go run a rabbit, see you in a few weeks," and ran off.
"Wow, that was kinda rude," I thought to myself. As Scout was running off, a large dog with brown fur and no tail walked up to me. I had never seen a dog without no tail before. Gizmo told me apocryphal legends about a tribe of no-tailed dogs who lived in the woods and are cannibilistic so I was a little timid when I first went up to her.
"My name is Shawnee, what are you doing?" she asked me.
"S-sorry, am I t-trespassing?" I asked her.
"You don't look too tough," Shawnee said so I growled at her trying to act tough and she just laughed even though I wasn't trying to be funny.
"You've got a lot to learn around here, kid. Stick with me and I'll teach you everything you need to know," Shawnee told me.
"Just remember these two things and you'll be fine:I'm the boss and this is my farm," she said and I sat down next to her, rubbing against her. Despite her bossy actions, I loved her already.
"I finally have a mentor," I thought.
My Stories:The Wrath of Con
Yes, the title came from a Happy Tree Friends episode, I'm a copycat, it's just one of my favorite HTF episodes due to all the nerd references.
In the mid-90s, there was an 8-year-old boy named Jimmy Davis who lived in Cincinatti. Jimmy loved to draw his own cat comics. He and his cabal of friends have always loved both cats and cartoons and they combined both their interests in the form of their own comic book series:Garfunkle. Garfunkle is a gray cat who doesn't do much, he likes to eat spaghetti and sleep. That's pretty much it. The stories are often a hilarious concatenation of events that oftentimes end in a punchline from Garfunkle himself. Garfunkle also has an owner named Jack and his enemy is a dog named Opie. Jimmy created these comics when he was only 5 years old and became a local celebrity because of them. One day, he walking home from school and a saw a sign advertizing this new thing heading towards his town called Comic-Con. It was going to be a convention showcasing the best comics of every genre from superhero to comedy to horror. The sign also said that creator of Spider-Man (who was also Jimmy's main inspiration), Stan Lee would be there. Jimmy was SO excited as he could possibly pitch his to idea Stan Lee. Stan Lee and the actor who played Spider-Man got into a serious schism at the time and Jimmy thought that he would make Stan laugh which would make him feel better. He looked closely at the sign and saw that the event would be that exact night at the convention center right to his house, he was super happy! Jimmy then rushed to his treehouse and packed two of the most hilarious Garfunkle comics he had written but little did he know that one of them had a serious lacuna in which there was no dialogue from any character. The comic was unfinished! Jimmy ran as he fast as he could practically zooming to the convention center and as soon as he got there there was an incredibly long line.
"Huh, it must be a diaspora of a rare tribe of people called nerds," Jimmy jokingly said practicing his comedy for when he would tell jokes in front of his idol. Jimmy stood in the line for what seemed like hours even though it only took 5 minutes, but to an incredibly excited 8 year old it seemed way longer than it was. As soon as Jimmy got to the front of the line he was greeted by a big tall muscular man wearing glasses with a Jack Skellington tattoo.
"Ticket, please," the man said.
"I'm sorry, I-I don't have a ticket," Jimmy told the man.
"No ticket, no entry!" he said. Jimmy then said
"Your shoes are untied," and the man looked at his foot and as soon as he looked down, Jimmy zoomed into the convention center.
"Dangit, I got schooled again!" the security guard said. Jimmy then looked around with so much alacricity but didn't see Stan Lee anywhere all he saw were people dressed like famous comic book characters. After that he started getting pretty hungry which was lucky for him as he was right next to the cafeteria. Jimmy looked over and saw his favorite burger joint, Dairy King had a station. He also noticed that the line wasn't long at all, in fact, he was only one there. Just to make sure he could get a sandwich in time before the long gets long, he ordered a burger and sat down in the cafeteria. As he was eating, a man said
"You like Dairy King too, huh?". The boy looked over his shoulder and saw a mustachoied man wearing dark sunglasses with light brown hair. It was Stan Lee!
"Oh my gosh, it's Stan Lee!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What's your name?" Stan asked him.
"I'm Jimmy Davis!" the boy said with so much excitement. He then handed Stan Lee the comics and Stan started laughing really hard.
"Wow, I laughed harder than I have in days reading that!" Stan Lee said.
Stan then pointed out that one of the comics was unfinished which embarassing Jimmy a little.
"How would you like it if I helped you finish it?" Stan asked him.
"Boy would I!" Jimmy said with excitement. Jimmy and Stan spent the whole night making a hilarious Garfunkle comic together. Stan did the drawing and Jimmy did the writing. Years later when Jimmy was in his late teens, Garfunkle picked up and became one of the famous American comic series of all time next to Charlie Schulz's Walnuts. It even got two TV shows, numerous specials, and tons of merchandise. He created most famous indolent cartoon cat of all time!
In the mid-90s, there was an 8-year-old boy named Jimmy Davis who lived in Cincinatti. Jimmy loved to draw his own cat comics. He and his cabal of friends have always loved both cats and cartoons and they combined both their interests in the form of their own comic book series:Garfunkle. Garfunkle is a gray cat who doesn't do much, he likes to eat spaghetti and sleep. That's pretty much it. The stories are often a hilarious concatenation of events that oftentimes end in a punchline from Garfunkle himself. Garfunkle also has an owner named Jack and his enemy is a dog named Opie. Jimmy created these comics when he was only 5 years old and became a local celebrity because of them. One day, he walking home from school and a saw a sign advertizing this new thing heading towards his town called Comic-Con. It was going to be a convention showcasing the best comics of every genre from superhero to comedy to horror. The sign also said that creator of Spider-Man (who was also Jimmy's main inspiration), Stan Lee would be there. Jimmy was SO excited as he could possibly pitch his to idea Stan Lee. Stan Lee and the actor who played Spider-Man got into a serious schism at the time and Jimmy thought that he would make Stan laugh which would make him feel better. He looked closely at the sign and saw that the event would be that exact night at the convention center right to his house, he was super happy! Jimmy then rushed to his treehouse and packed two of the most hilarious Garfunkle comics he had written but little did he know that one of them had a serious lacuna in which there was no dialogue from any character. The comic was unfinished! Jimmy ran as he fast as he could practically zooming to the convention center and as soon as he got there there was an incredibly long line.
"Huh, it must be a diaspora of a rare tribe of people called nerds," Jimmy jokingly said practicing his comedy for when he would tell jokes in front of his idol. Jimmy stood in the line for what seemed like hours even though it only took 5 minutes, but to an incredibly excited 8 year old it seemed way longer than it was. As soon as Jimmy got to the front of the line he was greeted by a big tall muscular man wearing glasses with a Jack Skellington tattoo.
"Ticket, please," the man said.
"I'm sorry, I-I don't have a ticket," Jimmy told the man.
"No ticket, no entry!" he said. Jimmy then said
"Your shoes are untied," and the man looked at his foot and as soon as he looked down, Jimmy zoomed into the convention center.
"Dangit, I got schooled again!" the security guard said. Jimmy then looked around with so much alacricity but didn't see Stan Lee anywhere all he saw were people dressed like famous comic book characters. After that he started getting pretty hungry which was lucky for him as he was right next to the cafeteria. Jimmy looked over and saw his favorite burger joint, Dairy King had a station. He also noticed that the line wasn't long at all, in fact, he was only one there. Just to make sure he could get a sandwich in time before the long gets long, he ordered a burger and sat down in the cafeteria. As he was eating, a man said
"You like Dairy King too, huh?". The boy looked over his shoulder and saw a mustachoied man wearing dark sunglasses with light brown hair. It was Stan Lee!
"Oh my gosh, it's Stan Lee!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What's your name?" Stan asked him.
"I'm Jimmy Davis!" the boy said with so much excitement. He then handed Stan Lee the comics and Stan started laughing really hard.
"Wow, I laughed harder than I have in days reading that!" Stan Lee said.
Stan then pointed out that one of the comics was unfinished which embarassing Jimmy a little.
"How would you like it if I helped you finish it?" Stan asked him.
"Boy would I!" Jimmy said with excitement. Jimmy and Stan spent the whole night making a hilarious Garfunkle comic together. Stan did the drawing and Jimmy did the writing. Years later when Jimmy was in his late teens, Garfunkle picked up and became one of the famous American comic series of all time next to Charlie Schulz's Walnuts. It even got two TV shows, numerous specials, and tons of merchandise. He created most famous indolent cartoon cat of all time!
My Stories:Git R Down
This story is fictional even though it could have happened in real life.
I was practicing my use of vocabulary words when I wrote this story.
One day, my friend Jaime came up to my house and said,
"I have great news! The Blue Collar Comedy tour will be doing a show in Vevay," she said.
"No way, are you serious?" I asked her.
"Yes, they are. We need to go as this will NOT be broadcast on TV or the Internet. Jeff Foxworthy is quite the luddite when it comes to technology," she said. So we got dressed up in dishabile clothes (similar to what Larry the Cable Guy wears), packed the best snacks we had, and got ready. I sat up front with her and we were making music jokes like we do for fun in the car.
"Did you know that Kid Rock beats both paper and scissors?" I asked her.
"That was pretty puerile," Jaime said.
"Yeah, like your jokes any better," I told her. After that, she asked me if I had read the most recent book in the Percy Jackson series.
"Yes, I found it to be quite insipid. That Luke kid is such a quizling, bertraying Percy and stealing the gold as if he was some of greenhorn," I said.
"I didn't like it either, the message was so didactic as well," Jaime said. We talked about all the rest of the books in the series and how much better they were until finally we arrived at the park where we saw Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill Engvall standing on stage. They performed all their really funny jokes from classics like "you might be a redneck if..." to newer material I'd never heard before. Jaime and I were sitting there laughing. But then Larry the Cable guy said,
"Who would like to come up and be my assistant for this next joke. Any volunteers?". I raised my hand almost instantly. Larry pointed to me and said,
"Come on up here,". I was so starstruck.
"I'm actually going to be doing a sketch with Larry the Cable Guy. I hope I'm not being hornswaggled," I nervously thought to myself. I got on stage feeling so incredible happy. Larry and I went backstage and discussed want he wants me to do.
"I will whistle when it's time for you to come on stage. When it's time, I want you to come out and start dancing. Do the most crazy dance you can think of," Larry whispered to me. I nodded in my head as I was too excited to talk. I could hear Jeff doing his redneck routine and everyone was laughing. I was sitting in the chair listening to the noisome laughter when all of a sudden, Larry whistled. After that, I could hear music playing. I came out on stage and started doing the most hilarious factitious dance I could think of, everyone in the audience started cheering. I could even hear a little boy say,
"Go dancing redhead kid!". I chuckled at the boy's cute little malapropism. After dancing, I sat back down and enjoyed rest of the show, feeling proud at what I had just done.
"That was SO funny!" Jaime said.
"You know what I say, git R down, on the dance floor that is," I told Jaime and we both started laughing.
I was practicing my use of vocabulary words when I wrote this story.
One day, my friend Jaime came up to my house and said,
"I have great news! The Blue Collar Comedy tour will be doing a show in Vevay," she said.
"No way, are you serious?" I asked her.
"Yes, they are. We need to go as this will NOT be broadcast on TV or the Internet. Jeff Foxworthy is quite the luddite when it comes to technology," she said. So we got dressed up in dishabile clothes (similar to what Larry the Cable Guy wears), packed the best snacks we had, and got ready. I sat up front with her and we were making music jokes like we do for fun in the car.
"Did you know that Kid Rock beats both paper and scissors?" I asked her.
"That was pretty puerile," Jaime said.
"Yeah, like your jokes any better," I told her. After that, she asked me if I had read the most recent book in the Percy Jackson series.
"Yes, I found it to be quite insipid. That Luke kid is such a quizling, bertraying Percy and stealing the gold as if he was some of greenhorn," I said.
"I didn't like it either, the message was so didactic as well," Jaime said. We talked about all the rest of the books in the series and how much better they were until finally we arrived at the park where we saw Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill Engvall standing on stage. They performed all their really funny jokes from classics like "you might be a redneck if..." to newer material I'd never heard before. Jaime and I were sitting there laughing. But then Larry the Cable guy said,
"Who would like to come up and be my assistant for this next joke. Any volunteers?". I raised my hand almost instantly. Larry pointed to me and said,
"Come on up here,". I was so starstruck.
"I'm actually going to be doing a sketch with Larry the Cable Guy. I hope I'm not being hornswaggled," I nervously thought to myself. I got on stage feeling so incredible happy. Larry and I went backstage and discussed want he wants me to do.
"I will whistle when it's time for you to come on stage. When it's time, I want you to come out and start dancing. Do the most crazy dance you can think of," Larry whispered to me. I nodded in my head as I was too excited to talk. I could hear Jeff doing his redneck routine and everyone was laughing. I was sitting in the chair listening to the noisome laughter when all of a sudden, Larry whistled. After that, I could hear music playing. I came out on stage and started doing the most hilarious factitious dance I could think of, everyone in the audience started cheering. I could even hear a little boy say,
"Go dancing redhead kid!". I chuckled at the boy's cute little malapropism. After dancing, I sat back down and enjoyed rest of the show, feeling proud at what I had just done.
"That was SO funny!" Jaime said.
"You know what I say, git R down, on the dance floor that is," I told Jaime and we both started laughing.
My Stories:Phineas and Bart
Enjoy this The Simpsons meets Phineas and Ferb crossover, :D.
One day, a fun loving yet mischief 12-year-old boy named Bart Simpson was off from school on a Saturday. Every Saturday morning Bart does the same thing, sitting on the couch eating a bag of potato chips while watching his favorite ultra violent cat and mouse cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy. Bart has always been the quite indolent tweenage boy where doesn't like to do much besides watching TV, browsing the Internet, and playing video games. But when he's not having that torpor state of mind he normally does, Bart likes to get in trouble. He does things like prank calling the local bar, skateboarding on ketchup packets, and eating a lot junk food. As Bart was watching TV his mom, Marge walked up to him.
"Could you please visit our new neighbors? I think their two boys would like a new friend," she said.
"Mom, I'm watching TV, could I have at least five more minutes?" Bart asked Marge.
"No, I'm sick and tired of you slacking off on Saturdays. I want you to visit them right this instant young man!" Marge said and Bart got off the couch and went out the door. He stepped into the beautiful Autumn sunlight and saw his smart yet pertinacious little sister Lisa walking the family dog, Santa's Little Helper.
"What are you doing?" Bart asked Lisa.
"Taking Santa's Little Helper for a walk," Lisa said.
"You want to come see our new neighbors,"
"Sure," Lisa exclaimed with much alacrity and walked Santa's Little Helper over to Bart. After that, they walked up to the new neighbor's doorstep and rang the doorbell. A tall redhaired lady wearing an 80s-looking tshirt answered the door.
"Your Lindana, the most famous singer of the 80s. You sang with that Michael Jackson guy nobody cares about," Bart told the woman.
"Yes, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I was Lindana. Nowadays I'm just Linda. Why don't you come into the house and take a load off," Linda said and Bart walked into the kitchen where he saw a tall skinny man with short brown eye making a pie.
"What are you doing?" Bart asked the man.
"I'm baking a chocolate pie that I think you will love. I'm sure to put every sedulus detail into each toothsome pie I make," the man said in his thick British accent.
"He's a little braggy," Bart whispered to Lisa.
"What's your name?" the British man asked him.
"I'm Bart Simpson. What's your name?"
"I'm Laurence Fletcher,".
"Why don't you go upstairs and meet our two boys Phineas and Ferb, they will be very happy to see you," Laurence said and the two kids went upstairs. As soon as they got up the stairs they saw a sign that said "Phineas and Ferb's room no malfeasance allowed,". Lisa knocked the door and saw a redheaded kid with a triangular shaped head petting a blue furry creature with an orange beak. Santa's Little Helper went up and sniffed the creature.
"What the heck kind of dog is that?" Bart asked the boy.
"He's not a dog, he's our pet platypus, Perry," the boy said.
"Wow, I've never heard of somebody having a pet playpus, how fascinating!" Lisa said. A kid with green hair and big blue eyes wearing overalls walked up to Lisa.
"What are your names?" Lisa asked.
"I'm Phineas and this is Ferb, we are stepbrothers," Phineas said to Bart.
"What do you want to do today, I want to watch Itchy and Scratchy and drink root beer all day on your couch. Sounds like a facile good time,” Bart said.
“We’re not allowed to watch Itchy and Scratchy,” Phineas told Bart.
“Then what do you do for fun around here?” Bart asked Phineas.
“All kinds of stuff, we never run out of ideas as we have imagination,” Phineas told Bart which really opened up Bart’s eyes, he had never thought of having creative fun before and was malcontent about everything besides video games. Bart knew right away that Phineas and Ferb would be his new best friends and decided to ask more questions about their lives.
“Do you have any other siblings?” Bart asked.
“We have a sister named Candace, but she’s in college right now,” Phineas said.
“What is she studying?” Bart asked.
“She wants to be an engineer,” Phineas told Bart and then they heard Linda yell that lunch is ready. Phineas, Ferb, Bart, Lisa, and Santa’s Little Helper rushed down stairs and saw the best looking sandwiches they had ever seen. They had ham, cheese, mustard, and pickles and were sliced into five of littler pieces.
“I call these the Linda Speciality,” Linda told Lisa.
“Wow, I can’t believe Lindana is serving me lunch,” Lisa yelled with excitement.
“Please call me Linda,” she said.
“Okay Linda!” Lisa screamed and the four kids went outside, ate sandwiches, and talked about life. They had a great time!
The End
One day, a fun loving yet mischief 12-year-old boy named Bart Simpson was off from school on a Saturday. Every Saturday morning Bart does the same thing, sitting on the couch eating a bag of potato chips while watching his favorite ultra violent cat and mouse cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy. Bart has always been the quite indolent tweenage boy where doesn't like to do much besides watching TV, browsing the Internet, and playing video games. But when he's not having that torpor state of mind he normally does, Bart likes to get in trouble. He does things like prank calling the local bar, skateboarding on ketchup packets, and eating a lot junk food. As Bart was watching TV his mom, Marge walked up to him.
"Could you please visit our new neighbors? I think their two boys would like a new friend," she said.
"Mom, I'm watching TV, could I have at least five more minutes?" Bart asked Marge.
"No, I'm sick and tired of you slacking off on Saturdays. I want you to visit them right this instant young man!" Marge said and Bart got off the couch and went out the door. He stepped into the beautiful Autumn sunlight and saw his smart yet pertinacious little sister Lisa walking the family dog, Santa's Little Helper.
"What are you doing?" Bart asked Lisa.
"Taking Santa's Little Helper for a walk," Lisa said.
"You want to come see our new neighbors,"
"Sure," Lisa exclaimed with much alacrity and walked Santa's Little Helper over to Bart. After that, they walked up to the new neighbor's doorstep and rang the doorbell. A tall redhaired lady wearing an 80s-looking tshirt answered the door.
"Your Lindana, the most famous singer of the 80s. You sang with that Michael Jackson guy nobody cares about," Bart told the woman.
"Yes, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I was Lindana. Nowadays I'm just Linda. Why don't you come into the house and take a load off," Linda said and Bart walked into the kitchen where he saw a tall skinny man with short brown eye making a pie.
"What are you doing?" Bart asked the man.
"I'm baking a chocolate pie that I think you will love. I'm sure to put every sedulus detail into each toothsome pie I make," the man said in his thick British accent.
"He's a little braggy," Bart whispered to Lisa.
"What's your name?" the British man asked him.
"I'm Bart Simpson. What's your name?"
"I'm Laurence Fletcher,".
"Why don't you go upstairs and meet our two boys Phineas and Ferb, they will be very happy to see you," Laurence said and the two kids went upstairs. As soon as they got up the stairs they saw a sign that said "Phineas and Ferb's room no malfeasance allowed,". Lisa knocked the door and saw a redheaded kid with a triangular shaped head petting a blue furry creature with an orange beak. Santa's Little Helper went up and sniffed the creature.
"What the heck kind of dog is that?" Bart asked the boy.
"He's not a dog, he's our pet platypus, Perry," the boy said.
"Wow, I've never heard of somebody having a pet playpus, how fascinating!" Lisa said. A kid with green hair and big blue eyes wearing overalls walked up to Lisa.
"What are your names?" Lisa asked.
"I'm Phineas and this is Ferb, we are stepbrothers," Phineas said to Bart.
"What do you want to do today, I want to watch Itchy and Scratchy and drink root beer all day on your couch. Sounds like a facile good time,” Bart said.
“We’re not allowed to watch Itchy and Scratchy,” Phineas told Bart.
“Then what do you do for fun around here?” Bart asked Phineas.
“All kinds of stuff, we never run out of ideas as we have imagination,” Phineas told Bart which really opened up Bart’s eyes, he had never thought of having creative fun before and was malcontent about everything besides video games. Bart knew right away that Phineas and Ferb would be his new best friends and decided to ask more questions about their lives.
“Do you have any other siblings?” Bart asked.
“We have a sister named Candace, but she’s in college right now,” Phineas said.
“What is she studying?” Bart asked.
“She wants to be an engineer,” Phineas told Bart and then they heard Linda yell that lunch is ready. Phineas, Ferb, Bart, Lisa, and Santa’s Little Helper rushed down stairs and saw the best looking sandwiches they had ever seen. They had ham, cheese, mustard, and pickles and were sliced into five of littler pieces.
“I call these the Linda Speciality,” Linda told Lisa.
“Wow, I can’t believe Lindana is serving me lunch,” Lisa yelled with excitement.
“Please call me Linda,” she said.
“Okay Linda!” Lisa screamed and the four kids went outside, ate sandwiches, and talked about life. They had a great time!
The End
Monday, September 5, 2016
My Experience With the Fate Series
Today I'm going to talk about my favorite video game series ever, Fate. I'm sure if your a regular reader of my blog, you've at least heard of Fate as I do mention it quite frequently, so now I'm going to go too far into explaining what the game is. But if you want an incredibly depth look at Fate I would recommend reading my previous blogs about the game as information about Fate is scarce on the Internet:
One day when I was 7 years old, I took off school to go to a new dentist. Since I was only 7 and had never gone to this dentist before I was very nervous. The morning before the dentist trip, I was so scared that I went on the computer to look for fun games to get my mind off of it. I had played video games before but most of them were either educational or non-action games. So I went on a console that came with our computer called WildTangent Orb to look at the wide selection of games I'd never quite looked closely at before. They had a big list of games and most of them didn't catch my interest. The one that did however was a game with a simple title yet intriguing description. The game had the basic title of Fate, but what really got me interested was the fact that you could "battle monsters". I've always been interesting in made up creatures from Neopets to Pokemon to Lilo and Stitch experiments so I figured I'd give the game a try. I told Mom about the game and she asked me to check the rating for her. I said it was rated E10+ and considering I was only 7, she wanted to try it to make sure it's not inappropriate. I waited in my room while she played the game nervously hoping it wasn't all bad stuff, when she opened my door. I felt some serious nervousness in my stomach (on top of the already nervous feeling about the dentist) going on.
"The game's fine. I tried it and there's no bad words or anything like that," Mom said. As soon as I turned on the game, I was greeted with a beautiful medieval picture of a boy holding an axe with a cute little puppy (that ironically looked like my dog Scout). I was intrigued already. I named my first character Matt after myself and then found out that you could have a cat for a pet as well. Since I am both a dog lover and a cat lover, I decided to make my first virtual pet a cat and name her Spot after my little kitty. After I designed my hero, I saw a wonderful story about the history of the fictitious town of Grove. I sat back and listened closely to this beautifully written tale of a town being attacked by horrible monsters. Once the story was over something popped on my screen reading,
"There is a monster on Level 50 who's name is spoken in whispers. Slay this beast and become the hero of legend,". After that, I saw the most beautiful cartoon forest town pop up on my computer screen. The first towns person I talked to was the potion salesman, Bartleby. At first, I thought the townspeople were supposed to evil villains so I didn't want to go near them (especially the green goblin looking guy, I just didn't trust him). So I went in the dungeon with no quest and this was where my childhood was changed forever (OK, that's a bit dramatic, but it definitely got me hooked). I saw these weird blob creatures that looked almost like blobs of jelly. They were called gels but I mistakenly read the name wrong. We were currently studying cells in my 2nd Grade Science class, so I thought the creatures were supposed to be red blood cells. The next things I saw were giant rats, huge bats, and voracious spiders. Since I had defeated rats and spiders in a Lilo and Stitch video game years ago, that had me even more interested. I remember looking at Mom as soon as I fought my first rat and making a Tom and Jerry reference.
"I just killed my first mouse, something Tom has never been able to do," I said mistakenly referring to the rat as a mouse. Next I saw these little green troll-like creatures called Imps. They had bright red hair and a horn coming out of their head. I had played the game for a while when Mom said it was time for lunch.
"MOM! 10 MORE MINUTES!" I said.
"But Matt, I've got pizza," Mom told me. Just hearing the word pizza was enough for me to stop playing the game and go straight to lunch, but I promised myself I'd go back to the game afterwards. So I sat down with two big pieces of pizza and watched Spongebob. But I wasn't even paying attention to the TV, I was imagining what other cool creatures I would eventually run into in the game.
"Maybe there will be giant snakes. If so, there going to get chopped up instantly," I thought to myself. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but I absolutely can't stand snakes. After a short lunch break of thinking of nothing but the game, not even laughing at Spongebob and Patrick like I normally do. I sat down on the computer, got my "serious" face on, and started delving dungeons. That night, I introduced Dad to the game and he watched me play it. We saw a few new creatures together and had a few laughs over just how strange these characters are. A few days later, I realized that this version is nothing but the demo and that a full version with MORE creatures exists somewhere out there. I eventually conquered the demo slaying every beast in the entire version. I also got to know the townsfolk better. Until my 8th Birthday, Mom got me three presents. I only hoped that one would be the full version of Fate and to my surprise, it was! I gave Mom and Dad a huge bear hug saying,
"Thank you SO much for giving me the full version of Fate!". I then installed the game into the computer, imported my old character, and delved even deeper into the depths of the dungeon. Matt and Spot slayed practically every mythical creature in existence from goblins to dragons to ogres to evil unicorns, if it has existed in myth and legend, Matt and his partner in crime Spot had beat the living snot out of it. That Spring, I was on my computer and found a rare creature that was a giant eyeball called a Watcher.
"Where can I get this eye beast?" I asked myself and found out you can download him. I searched all over the Internet and couldn't find him. This went on for weeks and weeks on end until finally one day, I was on the Internet and found a link titled Owlbear.zip. I then put the creature into my game's files and defeated him. He also come with his partner, the mighty Owlbear, the king of all birds. I defeated them both with my mighty dragon sword and Spot meowed with victory. Then one day, Mom and I were going to see the theater to see the movie Wall-E, before we left I checked my WildTangent console and I saw something that made me almost scream with joy. There was a Fate 2! I told Mom and she was SO excited for me. I went to my Aunt Shelley's house that evening and she bought the game for me, I put it on a disc and took it home as our Internet was too slow to download. I conquered the monsters in that game over a few weeks. I felt kinda done as I had seen all there is to see until one day I was browsing the web and found out about something called mods.
"What are mods?" I asked myself and found out that you can add 100s of new creatures to the game. The Watcher wasn't the only one of his kind, just like Stitch, he literally has over 600 cousins. I spent days trying to figure out how to add these "Watcher buddies" and couldn't figure it out, until one day I was at my friend Emerson's house. We were watching cartoons when I saw her copy of the game laying on a desk. She had a different version than me! I asked her if I could borrow it and she said sure as she had lost interest in the game a long time ago. As soon as I got home, I installed the version and put these mods. I went into the game and tested them and oh my goodness, they worked!
"THE MODS ACTUALLY WORKED!" I yelled to Mom with tears of joy in my eyes. That night, we made popcorn and watched the movie Hercules to celebrate my newest achievement. Then I went through a phase where I wanted to collect every single one. I ended up with 100s of them and traded my doubles with kids at school to get rares one like Pokemon cards until eventually I got them all! I had my entire collection of mods on a disc that I still have to this day. Then one day, I was sick in bed with a cold when Mom told me that something came in the mail. I picked up a package and found something I'd never heard before, Fate 3 was in the box.
"I got this for you as a late birthday present," Mom said and as soon as I got over my cold and played the heck out of it. That Fall, I introduced Mom to Fate. She was skeptical at first but it turns out she really liked the series. She played all of 1 and 2 but not 3 as it feels kind of like an expansion for 2. I actually remember feeling a little disappointed when Fate 3 came out as they didn't add enough new content to it, but I liked the game nonetheless and to be honest it became my favorite in the series for some time. Then one day I was hanging out with my babysitter and we were talking about all kinds of different stuff, I told her I was into Fate and she told that me that she used to play it a little herself (the demo only, though). So I looked up pictures of the full version to show her when something really great happened:I read that they were making a Fate 4! As soon as Mom woke up, I told her the news and we were both very excited! We spent months waiting for this sequel. The kids at school got sick of hearing about it as it was practically all I talked about. Some of things were into the series like I was where others played more Minecraft-type games.
One kid even gave me a fake "spoiler" by jokingly saying,
"I got a copy of Fate 4 and at the end of it, you fight Barney the Dinosaur!". I knew right away that that wasn't true. Mom and I spent days frequently checking WildTangent's Facebook page and forum until one day it finally happened:Fate 4 came out! We downloaded the demo that night and a few days later bought the full version from Gamestop. I was 12 when it came out and I played/modded this game well into my teens. When I was 15, I started feeling like cartoons and video games were "kid stuff" but even then I wasn't afraid to play Fate. Fate was one of the few kid games that I wasn't only not embarrassed to play, I was proud to play! Because Fate isn't just for kids, it's not overly kiddie but not overly inappropriate either. It's more of a family game because kids can like it and adult can like it too. I'd recommend it to anybody who likes games like that! In fact, I still play Fate to this day and await the release of new mods frequently. WildTangent, if one of your workers is reading this, PLEASE make a Fate 5! I am your biggest fan (possibly) and would love to see a at least one future sequel, just keep that in mind, :D. Anyway, I'm SO glad that I was able to blog about something that impacted my childhood SO much! See ya next time on the Matt show.
One day when I was 7 years old, I took off school to go to a new dentist. Since I was only 7 and had never gone to this dentist before I was very nervous. The morning before the dentist trip, I was so scared that I went on the computer to look for fun games to get my mind off of it. I had played video games before but most of them were either educational or non-action games. So I went on a console that came with our computer called WildTangent Orb to look at the wide selection of games I'd never quite looked closely at before. They had a big list of games and most of them didn't catch my interest. The one that did however was a game with a simple title yet intriguing description. The game had the basic title of Fate, but what really got me interested was the fact that you could "battle monsters". I've always been interesting in made up creatures from Neopets to Pokemon to Lilo and Stitch experiments so I figured I'd give the game a try. I told Mom about the game and she asked me to check the rating for her. I said it was rated E10+ and considering I was only 7, she wanted to try it to make sure it's not inappropriate. I waited in my room while she played the game nervously hoping it wasn't all bad stuff, when she opened my door. I felt some serious nervousness in my stomach (on top of the already nervous feeling about the dentist) going on.
"The game's fine. I tried it and there's no bad words or anything like that," Mom said. As soon as I turned on the game, I was greeted with a beautiful medieval picture of a boy holding an axe with a cute little puppy (that ironically looked like my dog Scout). I was intrigued already. I named my first character Matt after myself and then found out that you could have a cat for a pet as well. Since I am both a dog lover and a cat lover, I decided to make my first virtual pet a cat and name her Spot after my little kitty. After I designed my hero, I saw a wonderful story about the history of the fictitious town of Grove. I sat back and listened closely to this beautifully written tale of a town being attacked by horrible monsters. Once the story was over something popped on my screen reading,
"There is a monster on Level 50 who's name is spoken in whispers. Slay this beast and become the hero of legend,". After that, I saw the most beautiful cartoon forest town pop up on my computer screen. The first towns person I talked to was the potion salesman, Bartleby. At first, I thought the townspeople were supposed to evil villains so I didn't want to go near them (especially the green goblin looking guy, I just didn't trust him). So I went in the dungeon with no quest and this was where my childhood was changed forever (OK, that's a bit dramatic, but it definitely got me hooked). I saw these weird blob creatures that looked almost like blobs of jelly. They were called gels but I mistakenly read the name wrong. We were currently studying cells in my 2nd Grade Science class, so I thought the creatures were supposed to be red blood cells. The next things I saw were giant rats, huge bats, and voracious spiders. Since I had defeated rats and spiders in a Lilo and Stitch video game years ago, that had me even more interested. I remember looking at Mom as soon as I fought my first rat and making a Tom and Jerry reference.
"I just killed my first mouse, something Tom has never been able to do," I said mistakenly referring to the rat as a mouse. Next I saw these little green troll-like creatures called Imps. They had bright red hair and a horn coming out of their head. I had played the game for a while when Mom said it was time for lunch.
"MOM! 10 MORE MINUTES!" I said.
"But Matt, I've got pizza," Mom told me. Just hearing the word pizza was enough for me to stop playing the game and go straight to lunch, but I promised myself I'd go back to the game afterwards. So I sat down with two big pieces of pizza and watched Spongebob. But I wasn't even paying attention to the TV, I was imagining what other cool creatures I would eventually run into in the game.
"Maybe there will be giant snakes. If so, there going to get chopped up instantly," I thought to myself. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but I absolutely can't stand snakes. After a short lunch break of thinking of nothing but the game, not even laughing at Spongebob and Patrick like I normally do. I sat down on the computer, got my "serious" face on, and started delving dungeons. That night, I introduced Dad to the game and he watched me play it. We saw a few new creatures together and had a few laughs over just how strange these characters are. A few days later, I realized that this version is nothing but the demo and that a full version with MORE creatures exists somewhere out there. I eventually conquered the demo slaying every beast in the entire version. I also got to know the townsfolk better. Until my 8th Birthday, Mom got me three presents. I only hoped that one would be the full version of Fate and to my surprise, it was! I gave Mom and Dad a huge bear hug saying,
"Thank you SO much for giving me the full version of Fate!". I then installed the game into the computer, imported my old character, and delved even deeper into the depths of the dungeon. Matt and Spot slayed practically every mythical creature in existence from goblins to dragons to ogres to evil unicorns, if it has existed in myth and legend, Matt and his partner in crime Spot had beat the living snot out of it. That Spring, I was on my computer and found a rare creature that was a giant eyeball called a Watcher.
"Where can I get this eye beast?" I asked myself and found out you can download him. I searched all over the Internet and couldn't find him. This went on for weeks and weeks on end until finally one day, I was on the Internet and found a link titled Owlbear.zip. I then put the creature into my game's files and defeated him. He also come with his partner, the mighty Owlbear, the king of all birds. I defeated them both with my mighty dragon sword and Spot meowed with victory. Then one day, Mom and I were going to see the theater to see the movie Wall-E, before we left I checked my WildTangent console and I saw something that made me almost scream with joy. There was a Fate 2! I told Mom and she was SO excited for me. I went to my Aunt Shelley's house that evening and she bought the game for me, I put it on a disc and took it home as our Internet was too slow to download. I conquered the monsters in that game over a few weeks. I felt kinda done as I had seen all there is to see until one day I was browsing the web and found out about something called mods.
"What are mods?" I asked myself and found out that you can add 100s of new creatures to the game. The Watcher wasn't the only one of his kind, just like Stitch, he literally has over 600 cousins. I spent days trying to figure out how to add these "Watcher buddies" and couldn't figure it out, until one day I was at my friend Emerson's house. We were watching cartoons when I saw her copy of the game laying on a desk. She had a different version than me! I asked her if I could borrow it and she said sure as she had lost interest in the game a long time ago. As soon as I got home, I installed the version and put these mods. I went into the game and tested them and oh my goodness, they worked!
"THE MODS ACTUALLY WORKED!" I yelled to Mom with tears of joy in my eyes. That night, we made popcorn and watched the movie Hercules to celebrate my newest achievement. Then I went through a phase where I wanted to collect every single one. I ended up with 100s of them and traded my doubles with kids at school to get rares one like Pokemon cards until eventually I got them all! I had my entire collection of mods on a disc that I still have to this day. Then one day, I was sick in bed with a cold when Mom told me that something came in the mail. I picked up a package and found something I'd never heard before, Fate 3 was in the box.
"I got this for you as a late birthday present," Mom said and as soon as I got over my cold and played the heck out of it. That Fall, I introduced Mom to Fate. She was skeptical at first but it turns out she really liked the series. She played all of 1 and 2 but not 3 as it feels kind of like an expansion for 2. I actually remember feeling a little disappointed when Fate 3 came out as they didn't add enough new content to it, but I liked the game nonetheless and to be honest it became my favorite in the series for some time. Then one day I was hanging out with my babysitter and we were talking about all kinds of different stuff, I told her I was into Fate and she told that me that she used to play it a little herself (the demo only, though). So I looked up pictures of the full version to show her when something really great happened:I read that they were making a Fate 4! As soon as Mom woke up, I told her the news and we were both very excited! We spent months waiting for this sequel. The kids at school got sick of hearing about it as it was practically all I talked about. Some of things were into the series like I was where others played more Minecraft-type games.
One kid even gave me a fake "spoiler" by jokingly saying,
"I got a copy of Fate 4 and at the end of it, you fight Barney the Dinosaur!". I knew right away that that wasn't true. Mom and I spent days frequently checking WildTangent's Facebook page and forum until one day it finally happened:Fate 4 came out! We downloaded the demo that night and a few days later bought the full version from Gamestop. I was 12 when it came out and I played/modded this game well into my teens. When I was 15, I started feeling like cartoons and video games were "kid stuff" but even then I wasn't afraid to play Fate. Fate was one of the few kid games that I wasn't only not embarrassed to play, I was proud to play! Because Fate isn't just for kids, it's not overly kiddie but not overly inappropriate either. It's more of a family game because kids can like it and adult can like it too. I'd recommend it to anybody who likes games like that! In fact, I still play Fate to this day and await the release of new mods frequently. WildTangent, if one of your workers is reading this, PLEASE make a Fate 5! I am your biggest fan (possibly) and would love to see a at least one future sequel, just keep that in mind, :D. Anyway, I'm SO glad that I was able to blog about something that impacted my childhood SO much! See ya next time on the Matt show.
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