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The X-Fools
''X-Fools: The Spoof Is Out There'' is an interactive comedic 1997 video game developed by Parroty Interactive. It is a parody of supernatural television series ''The X-Files'', which ran from 1993 to 2018. Released on the Mac and PC, it was the company's third game after ''Myst'' parody ''Pyst'', and '' Star Warped'' which lampooned '' Star Wars'', and would be followed by '' Microshaft Winblows 98'', a parody of Microsoft Windows 98. The game was distributed throughout North America by Mindscape. Plot and gameplay The game centres around two ex-FBI agents and skeptics named Mully and Scudder (parodies of X-Files protagonists Scully and Mulder) who encourage the player to undergo training as a new recruit. As such, the player is "subjected to a deprogramming regimen" according to ''Business Wire'', which consists of a series of games, quizzes, and skits. The gameplay experience is essentially a series of minigames thematically linked to the television show ''The X-Files''. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parroty Interactive
Parroty Interactive was an American video game developer based in Larkspur, California, which acted as a division of publisher Palladium Interactive, Inc. Parroty Interactive created a number of notable parody video games for personal computers running Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. The company's name was intended as a play-on-words between "parody" and "parrot". Palladium Interactive was acquired by The Learning Company in April 1999, and Parroty Interactive was discontinued. Games developed * ''Pyst'' (1996), a parody of the popular game ''Myst'' * '' Star Warped'' (1997), a parody of '' Star Wars''. * '' The X-Fools'' (1997), a parody of ''The X-Files'' * '' Microshaft Winblows 98'' (1998), a parody of Microsoft Windows 98 * ''Driven'' (cancelled), a sequel to ''Pyst'' and a parody of the ''Myst'' sequel ''Riven ''Riven'' is a Adventure game#Puzzle adventure, puzzle adventure video game. It is the sequel to ''Myst'' and second in the Myst (series), ''Myst'' series of games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindscape (company)
Mindscape was a video game developer and publisher. The company was founded by Roger Buoy in October 1983 in Northbrook, Illinois, originally as part of SFN Companies until a management buyout was completed in 1987. Mindscape went public in 1988 and was subsequently acquired in 1990 by The Software Toolworks, eyeing Mindscape's Nintendo license. When Toolworks was acquired by Pearson plc in 1994, Mindscape became the primary identity for the development group. Mindscape was then sold to The Learning Company in 1998 and bought out by Jean-Pierre Nordman in 2001, becoming headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Following the poor performance of its products, Mindscape exited the video game industry in August 2011. Notable titles released by Mindscape include the MacVenture series, '' Balance of Power'', '' Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight'', '' Legend'', '' Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat'', '' Warhammer: Dark Omen'' and '' Lego Island''. History Early years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-referential Humor
Self-referential humor, also known as self-reflexive humor, self-aware humor, or meta humor, is a type of comedic expression that—either directed toward some other subject, or openly directed toward itself—is self-referential in some way, intentionally alluding to the very person who is expressing the humor in a comedic fashion, or to some specific aspect of that same comedic expression. Self-referential humor expressed discreetly and surrealistically is a form of bathos. In general, self-referential humor often uses hypocrisy, oxymoron, or paradox to create a contradictory or otherwise absurd situation that is humorous to the audience. History Old Comedy of Classical Athens is held to be the first—in the extant sources—form of self-referential comedy. Aristophanes, whose plays form the only remaining fragments of Old Comedy, used fantastical plots, grotesque and inhuman masks and status reversals of characters to slander prominent politicians and court his audience' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seattle Times
''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest region. The Seattle Times Company, which is owned by the Blethen family, holds 50.5% of the paper. McClatchy company owns 49.5% of the paper. ''The Seattle Times'' had a longstanding rivalry with the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper until the latter ceased publication in 2009. Copies are sold at $2 daily in King & adjacent counties (except Island, Thurston & other WA counties, $2.5) or $3 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day (except Island, Thurston & other WA counties, $4). Prices are higher outside Washington state. History ''The Seattle Times'' originated as the ''Seattle Press-Times'', a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Maine teacher and attorney Alden J. Blet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Engine
A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games and generally includes relevant libraries and support programs. The "engine" terminology is similar to the term "software engine" used in the software industry. The game engine can also refer to the development software utilizing this framework, typically offering a suite of tools and features for developing games. Developers can use game engines to construct games for video game consoles and other types of computers. The core functionality typically provided by a game engine may include a rendering engine ("renderer") for 2D or 3D graphics, a physics engine or collision detection (and collision response), sound, scripting, animation, artificial intelligence, networking, streaming, memory management, threading, localization support, scene graph, and video support for cinematics. Game engine implementers often economize on the process of game development by reusing/adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-card
E-card is an electronic postcard or greeting card, with the primary difference being that it is created using digital media instead of paper or other traditional materials. E-cards are made available many different ways, usually on various Internet sites. They can be sent to a recipient virtually, usually via e-mail or an instant messaging service. Since e-cards are digital "content", they are highly editable, allowing them to be extensively personalised by the sender. They are also capable of presenting animated gifs or video. Typically, an E-card sender chooses from an on-line catalog of E-cards made available on a publisher's web site. After selecting a card, the sender can personalize it to various degrees by adding a message, photo, or video. Finally, the sender specifies the recipient's e-mail address and the web site delivers an e-mail message to the recipient on behalf of the sender. Technological evolution Since its conception in 1994 by Judith Donath, the technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Donovan
Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''Kevin * '' A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation''Ning * '' Action Dad''Chuck Ramsey, Slam McJackson, Ms. Poundpenny, additional voices * ''Action Man''Narrator * ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues''Sock, Socrates, additional voices * ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''Wes Weasley, Mad Mike * ''Animated Classic Showcase''Guest voices * '' Batman: Gotham Knights''Gun Runner #3 * '' Batman: The Animated Series''Guest voices * '' Billy the Cat''Mr. Hubert, Magician, Blackie, additional voices * ''Boom Boom Sabotage''TV Narrator/Commercial VO * ''Bumble Braynes''Burwin * ''Camp Candy''Grannie Knot, various guest roles * '' Captain N: The Game Master''Eggplant Wizard, additional voices * ''Captain Zed and the Zee Zone''Guest voices * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Richmond (illustrator)
Tom Richmond (born May 4, 1966''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1485; May 3, 2002; Page 29) is an American freelance humorous illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many national and international publications since 1990. He was chosen as the 2011 "Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year", also known as "The Reuben Award", winner by the National Cartoonists Society. Career Some of Richmond's earliest publication work was for the comic book '' Married... with Children'' for NOW Comics, and the mini-series '' The Coneheads'' for Marvel Comics in the early 1990s. Specializing in caricature, he began doing editorial illustrations for magazines, art for advertising and CD-ROM graphics in 1992. In the late 1990s he had a brief stint at ''Cracked'' magazine before beginning to work for '' Mad'' magazine in 2000. Now a major contributor to ''Mad'', Richmond's caricatures and cartoons illustrate many of ''Mad's'' trademark movie and TV parodies. He was the first illustrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars Pathfinder
''Mars Pathfinder'' (''MESUR Pathfinder'') is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, wheeled robotic Mars rover named ''Sojourner'', the first rover to operate outside the Earth–Moon system. Launched on December 4, 1996, by NASA aboard a Delta II booster a month after the '' Mars Global Surveyor'', it landed on July 4, 1997, on Mars's Ares Vallis, in a region called Chryse Planitia in the Oxia Palus quadrangle. The lander then opened, exposing the rover which conducted many experiments on the Martian surface. The mission carried a series of scientific instruments to analyze the Martian atmosphere, climate, and geology and the composition of its rocks and soil. It was the second project from NASA's Discovery Program, which promotes the use of low-cost spacecraft and frequent launches under the motto "cheaper, faster and better" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswell Incident
The Roswell incident was an event that occurred in 1947, pertaining to the recovery of mundane metallic and rubber debris from a military balloon that crashed near Corona, New Mexico by United States Army Air Forces officers from Roswell Army Air Field. Decades later, conspiracy theories began claiming that the debris involved a flying saucer and that the truth had been covered up by the United States government.: "Flight 4 was launched June 4, 1947, from Alamogordo Army Air Field and tracked flying northeast toward Corona. It was within of the Brazel ranch when contact was lost." On July 8, 1947, Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release stating that they had recovered a "flying disc". The Army quickly retracted the statement and said instead that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon. In 1994, the United States Air Force published a report identifying the crashed object as a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul. The Roswell incident was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Screen
''Kill Screen'' (stylized as ''KILL SCREEN'') was a print and online magazine founded in 2009 by Jamin Warren and Chris Dahlen and owned by Kill Screen Media, Inc. It focused on video games and culture, but also included articles based on entertainment. The name is based on the video game term of the same name. In 2009, both Warren and Dahlen were former writers for ''Pitchfork'' when they decided to found the magazine. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the magazine, the first issue was released in March 2010. After partnerships with ''Pitchfork'', StoryCode and Film Society of Lincoln Center, the magazine eventually founded an annual video game conference, two5six, in 2013. The magazine's website did a redesign in January 2014 and the print magazine itself was redesigned and overhauled after a second successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2015. In 2016, two5six's name was changed to Kill Screen Festival. After 2016, Kill Screen ceased publication, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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