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Friday, March 28, 2008

Man vs. Mega Man

In case you haven't heard of it, Wikigroaning is defined as such:
First, find a useful Wikipedia article that normal people might read. For example, the article called "Knight." Then, find a somehow similar article that is longer, but at the same time, useless to a very large fraction of the population. In this case, we'll go with "Jedi Knight." Open both of the links and compare the lengths of the two articles. Compare not only that, but how well concepts are explored, and the greater professionalism with which the longer article was likely created.

It's very enlightening. Here are some I've found:

James A. Garfield
Garfield

Monopoly
Monopoly (game)
(best one I've found so far)

Poison ivy
Poison Ivy (comics)

Fraction (mathematics)
Ranma ½

Flight
Flight Simulator

Transparency (optics)
Invisible Woman

Zyklon B
Xykon

Ball
Pokeball

Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow

Soprano
The Sopranos

Bean
Mr. Bean

Beowulf (hero)
He-Man

Blight
Dr. Blight

Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis (Hilary Duff album)

MD5
Mega Man Battle Network 5

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Scott Kurtz Explains How To Make Webcomics

Have a bunch of plot holes in your sitcom-derived plot that you were too lazy to handle?

Paint them on a strawman and shoot him with paintballs.

That's quality storytelling, folks. Buy his book.