The Great Geek Manual

Another World of Warcraft video, this time featuring the classic comedy sketch Boot to the Head by The Frantics.

You can read the full transcript of the sketch or listen to it online over at BeagleWeb.

ROFLMAO! This is one of those tunes that just gets stuck in your head and stays there. But at least when someone comes up and asks what you’re humming, it’s not as embarrassing as having to admit, “The Internet is for Porn.” Make sure you check out the site’s CafePress page!

Source: Brandon M. Dennis’ Oxhorn website

Here’s a hilarious D&D Christmas cartoon making the rounds of the usual Internets sources. I came across it while Googling the terms “gank” and “manger” for a special Christmas demotivational poster. The video distracted me from the task, but it’s funnier than anything I could have come up with anyway.
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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film. To commemorate the anniversary, I’ve decided to post this great new reel that takes a look at how the film was made. It’s a bit cheesy, but it’s still amazing to think how exciting it the technology behind the film must have been to people of the day.

I had a chance to attend a lecture given by a Pixar animator a few years back, and I can tell you, the way they make cartoons now looks like rocket science compared to the way it used to be done. On the other had, when do you think was the last time a traditionally animated film was storyboarded, drawn, and colored entirely in the United States? A studio couldn’t even afford to hire the staff necessary to animate a film this way any more.

Source: YouTube

Evidently, I’m not the only person out there sick to death of the Harry Potter media blitz. Just give us our damn books already!

Source: Brotherhood 2.0

Think the Mac vs. PC commercials are the epitome of geekiness? Think again. Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer of Rails Envy have begun a series of commercial parodies of their own, pitting Ruby on Rails against Java. I love the first one (posted above), and I can’t wait for the other three in the series.

Source: Rails Envy

Has anyone ever told you to get a life after catching you in the middle of a game of D&D? If so, you’re certain to appreciate this video.

Oh, yeah. For the record, I could easily take on a clerk with Level 7 Sass, so long as I’ve remember to equip my +2 of T-Shirt of Dark Sarcasm before embarking upon the Slushie quest.