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created in 2000 by the former cast and crew of ''

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'', including

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, and Kevin Murphy. The site garnered much critical acclaim and accolades, but was eventually retired the following year. The site featured odd but humorous reviews of everyday items, comics, strange games, and new syrup ads each week.TimmyBigHands
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. The new owners decided not to continue with the project. In an interview in 2003, Nelson stated :

Content

Games included such oddities as "Kill-a-Guy" where the player is

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, and a simple click on a man kills him, as well as an interactive game called "Apologize to Steve", in which the concept was to apologize to Steve. Comics included "The Cliparts" which were simply crafted from

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and given dialogue balloons. The stories were usually nonsensical and the art would run the gamut from office workers to suddenly having a tall

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enter the frame.

Contributors

* Kevin Murphy *

* Patrick Brantseg *

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References

External links

* American comedy websites Mystery Science Theater 3000 Defunct American websites Internet properties established in 2000 {{entertainment-website-stub