This is a short video (via BoingBoing) about Chinese people being introduced to fortune cookies. Because they don't know what they are. Because America invented them. Because we are nuts.
I guess on the scale of horrible cultural bastardization born from a deep well of incurious ignorance and Xenophobia, this ranks pretty low. The whole slavery and annihilation of Native Americans was way worse. Not to mention Karl Rove rapping. But still, we are crazy, you guys. CRAZY FOR COOKIES. But also crazy for horribleness.
Unless you're one of the 46 people who've signed the Stop Tina Fey petition, you probably think she's great. But this morning she appeared at a press conference with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, where he gave a speech against pirated movies. Feyr enough. That's her profession and her livelihood, and if she wants to spend the day in Albany, who are we to tell her she shouldn't. But the question to you is, can she convince you to stop doing all that illegal downloading?
Obviously, we at videogum.com do not condone the illegal distribution of artists' work. We do it, but we do not condone it. It is illegal, and you should be a better person. In a lot of ways probably. Everyone should be properly compensated for their work. Would you ask the sun to stop charging you a light distribution tax? Would you ask the rain to water the crops for free? Would you ask the trees to forfeit their first-serial distribution rights? So how can you ask artists not to get all Lars Ulrich about this stuff. Nevertheless, there is a historical tendency for fans to rebuff their heroes in the face of these confrontations.
The Terminator trudged along the wooded path towards the lake, his gun dangling by his side, the taunts still ringing in his hypersensitive bionic ears. He stared at the ground as he walked, and didn't even bother scanning anything with...
After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.
Do you ever eat foods that you know you don't like, just to remind yourself why you don't like them? I think that's a good thing to do sometimes! The worst case scenario is that you might momentarily have a...
Last weekend, something strange happened. Some of the Videogum Monsters created their own secret, password-protected chat room. In 2009! Incredible! I suppose every monster has his cave, or whatever. As it turned out, though, we already had a Videogum Chat...
Blogging about TV and movies isn't all fun and videogames. Every week, Lindsay or Gabe will be presented with a physical or mental challenge that tests their bravery,patience, and taste.
The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
I went to see Where the Wild Things Are on Saturday, but it was sold out. Ay-ay-ay. That was a surprise! I mean, anticipation for this movie seemed pretty high, but anticipation for lots of movies seems high, especially when...
