Thursday, January 23, 2014

My Top 10 Video Games of All Time

Here is a list of my top 10 video games (of all systems). I am including both PC games and downloadable games, by the way!




1. Fate (PC).
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
3. Spore: Galactic Adventures (PC)
4. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
5. Scribblenauts (DS)
6. Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex (GameCube)
7. MUGEN ( (Downloadable PC)
8. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (PC)
9. TorchLight (PC)
10. Mario Kart 7 (Wii)





My Favorite Animal

Don't get me wrong, I love cats, but dogs are by far my favorite animal! I currently have two dogs named Rooster and Shawnee. Rooster is a little beagle. Actually, he isn't a LITTLE beagle considering how much he eats, but you get the idea. He is 1-year-old and is a very cute and sweet dog. I am his owner, I feed him, water him, and walk him all the time. He really likes me and follows everywhere I go. Then we have, Shawnee. She is the family dog and she loves all of us. We named her Shawnee after Shawnee Lookout Park, if any of you know where that is. I REALLY love both of those dogs and they are special to me.

My REAL Thoughts on The Wii U

When I had said that about Wii U, I wasn't very knowledgeable about the subject. At the time, I thought that the Wii U was simply a handheld Wii. But then, me and my Mom did some research, and found out the Wii U is much, much, more. The Wii U looks amazing and I'm sorry if I offended any Nintendo fans. In fact, I like the Wii U so much, I might get it for my birthday, :D.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

My Videos

When I was in middle school, I made a spoof of 90s kids show "Zoboomafoo". I took the video footage and added fart sounds, burp sounds, explosions, and bleeped profanity. It was my first video! I found out that other people made similar videos called YouTube Poops and I started making a whole bunch of these videos, usually parodying Zobomafoo and Mario. Then I started using other sources like Sesame Street, The Muppets, Pokemon, and Toy Story. I started learning new techniques like speeding up, slowing down, and muting videos. A year later, my computer broke and Mom and Dad bought me a laptop. That laptop just happened to come with a webcam, I started filming videos of my self. I called them Effects Compilations because I would film me performing random special effects like cloning myself, disappearing, and blowing things up. I started watching other effects artists like my personal favorite Justtubeyreturns. I started using Justtubey's ideas and calling them my own by remaking them. After months of remaking videos, I finally came up with my own effects short films. They used LOTS of random special effects and had little to no story. On my 13th birthday, my friend, Dalton showed me an animated sketch show called asdfmovie. Asdfmovie is a series in which stick figures perform a bunch of random 3-second clips. I decided to make my own sketch comedy, in which I parodied pop culture. They were similar to Mad Magazine, because I included Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin-style cartoons, as well as images of Alfred E. Neuman. Because of that resemblance to Mad, I called it Matt Mad. That Summer, I asked Mom if I could upload my stuff to YouTube. She said that's fine, as long as I don't post inappropriate stuff. At first, I had trouble thinking of a name for it. I was going to call it "Visualfxguy" but that was taken so I ended up calling it "1visualfxguy", because I'm an only child who does visual effects videos. I uploaded 100+ effects videos just that Summer. I would upload stuff almost every day (mostly silly stuff). A year later, I found out there was a video contest at the library, in which you could make a video and win an ITunes giftcard and have your face in the paper. I made a short film called "Swiss News Live At The Library", which featured a cast of brand-new characters, including the News Guy, Darth Vader, Elvis Presley, The World's Oldest Baby, and Jim the Muppet. I ended up winning the contest and the librarians said they were laughing so hard. I figured I wanted to start making comedy videos and stop the silly stuff I had previously done. So, I made some new characters and made a new channel called "One-Eyed Willy Johnson Productions". I tried to post my videos to a gaming forum and the moderator said the name sounded inappropriate. So, I made a new channel called "2MattTV". If you want to see some funny videos, check me out on 2MattTV today!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Crack Master

In the 1970s, a Sesame Street skit aired that scared many kids. It is about a girl laying on her bed imagining cracks on the wall turning into animals. She befriends them, until a giant monster appears and declares loudly "I AM CRACK MASTER!", then he destroys himself by melting to the floor. The girl then thanks the camel for the ride. It was lost for years and not even a screenshot of it was shown online. Me and my friend, Dalton REALLY wanted to see it. We looked all over the web and couldn't find anything. Until, last Christmas, I got a message from Muppet Central Forum saying this long lost clip was uploaded to YouTube. And here it is:

Monday, January 13, 2014

Cutie and the Beast

Last year, I joined Drama Class because I thought it would be fun to preform a play in front of a live audience. And let me tell you, it was AWESOME!!!!! On the first day, I met a new friend and we talked a lot about our favorite YouTube videos. On the next day, the instructor said we will be doing a play called Cutie & The Beast. I didn't want to be the Beast because it didn't want to be the bad guy and I didn't want to be the witch because witches are usually female. So I chose to be an elf. Me and some friends talked and said I was going to be the Elvis Elf. Who is an elf that is obsessed with Elvis Presley. On the day of the play, I made the audience laugh hard with my Elvis-based character. I even adlibbed a little beforehand. The play was a success and I can't wait to join again next year.

Holy Grail Party

One night, me and my mom had a special movie night. We made popcorn and watched "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". I love the Pythons, and I thought it was a hilarious movie. It is a must see for all British humor fans.

My Love of the Muppets

When I was 6-months-old, I watched Sesame Street for the first time on PBS. I was amused at all of the Muppets and thought it was an amazing show. My favorite character was Elmo, but I liked all the other ones as well. I didn't really like the scenes without Muppets in them, though. Then, when I got a little older I started watching the Muppet Show and Muppet movies. They were so incredibly funny and I started collecting Muppet merchandise. I had three Pallisades figures of Rizzo the Rat, Dr. Teeth, and Crazy Harry, but they are all broken now. Then, I started watching Fraggle Rock. It was very good and just like the Muppets and Sesame Street, it had amazing humor. I still to this day love anything Henson and me and my mom are going to watch the Dark Crystal some night soon.

Wii vs. Wii U

I got my Wii when I was in 3rd Grade. I was my Aunt's house and one of second-cousins was playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I wanted a Wii so bad. A couple weeks later, I finally got a Wii with two games: Wii Sports and SSBB for doing good in school. I had trouble with the Wii controls at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. I now own at least 20 different games in my Wii library.  But the question is: how good IS the Wii U. I personally don't own a Wii U because I feel it just a handheld version of the Wii. Sure there are some good games, but I'm just not all that interest in having the same old Wii with a new controller. So, in my opinion the Wii is the game system EVER!

Big Bang Theory Night

Every Thursday, me, my mom, and dad sit down and watch our two favorite comedies: The Big Bang Theory and Bob's Burgers. We have a lot of fun watching them. If I don't like the episode, I ask Mom to sing Soft Kitty to me, LOL.

My Thoughts : Rosalina and Luma in Super Smash Bros. 4

I was kinda shocked when I heard they were adding another princess to the Smash Bros. games. Aren't Peach and Zelda, enough!? Can't they just have a tough female character!? I know I'm a male gamer, but I still think it would be nice to add somebody like Katniss from the Hunger Games to the Smash Bros. getup

My Dog Rooster

When I was 13-years-old, my mom and dad got a little beagle pup. He was really rowdy and was always into trouble. We named him Rooster because that sound like a good name for him. One day, Dad told me he could be my dog as long as I feed, water, and walk him. I was so excited because I never had my own dog before. Rooster is and always will be my favorite dog. Sorry, Lassie.