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Indiana Jones versus Brian Jones

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An immortal hero versus a dead rock god? No contest, baby. Indy takes it going away. Highly educational infographic from Tanya, who quite sensibly calls the contest the same way I do. If only all schools had access to charticles like these, eh?

Indiana Jones versus Brian Jones

For more Indianization, check out Indiana Jones and the Call of Cthulhu (an updated classic! Cthulhu and Indy, together again for the first time) and
our two Which Indiana Jones Character Are You Quizzes.

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Transformers Mister Potatohead: Optimash Prime

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Ten bucks? How is this not sold out yet? Why, it’s almost as clever as Darth Tater!

Optimash Prime

 

He’s modeled more on the 80’s cartoon Optimus than the version we’ll see in theaters soon — and yes, we’re going, even if Michael Bay is a no-talent clown — and he even comes with a mini semi-truck, just in case you forgot what he looks like when he’s not, you know, a potato.

From Uncrate, via the unexpectedly rich vein of commenter gold on Defamer.

 

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Indiana Jones and the Call of Cthulhu: complete text

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Cthulhu motivational poster

What do you people think? Is he going after Cthulhu this time?

It’s just too bloody perfect, you know. The protagonist in The Call of Cthulhu was an aging archaeologist with a reputation for doing things his own way. With his trusty buddy, Inspector Legrasse, he crosses the globe, attempting to puzzle out the mysterious connection between a precious religious artifact, a cannibalistic cult of Louisiana swamp dwellers, and a vicious tribe of Greenland Esquimaux.

Blowing away forever all pretence to cool I may once have possessed, I have re-edited Howard Phillips Lovecraft‘s immortal Gothic tale The Call of Cthulhu, and placed at its heart a certain Midwestern academic who is, himself, no stranger to the strange.

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Indiana Jones and the Call of Cthulhu: complete text by raincoaster

Also: Indy in a hat. Still hawt?

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Join the Harry Potter Challenge

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Snape-a-go-goWell, get a move on.

We have, as of this typing, exactly 29 days before the July 21st release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Cold Hallows, the seventh and allegedly final book in the Hogwartian Mythos Cycle.

Which is, should you be a speedy reader, just enough time to get through all of the previous books, particularly if you read them before. If you read them before but you were drunk, it counts as reading them for the first time, for purposes of scorekeeping in this highly competitive international competition.

And no, watching the movies does not count, especially if you mostly just fast-forwarded and rewound and replayed all the parts with Luscious Lucius Malfoy until the DVD started to burn out on you.

For bonus points, you may also read the purportedly-but-not-confirmedly-false version of HPatDH which was posted on the internet last month. And you may do so here.

So what are you waiting for? Get to work!

GET TO WORK!

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quiz: has American culture ruined you?

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American what?


You Have Not Been Ruined by American Culture


You’re nothing like the typical American. In fact, you may not be American at all.

You have a broad view of the world, and you’re very well informed.

And while you certainly have been influenced by American culture (who hasn’t?), it’s not your primary influence.

You take a more global philosophy with your politics, taste, and life. And you’re always expanding and revising what you believe.

Has American Culture Ruined You?

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