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Dennis Farrell

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Something Awful writer 2003-2020. Former 1UP/IGN/GameSpy. Developing a narrative comedy video game called Harm Other.

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The internet's intended use is looking at product photos of food items, so you can read cooking directions on the labels without walking a few yards to your kitchen

07.03.2026 20:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why go through the effort of designing a shoe-shaped computer case if you don't bother to include a combination 90s Reebok Pump button + 90s PC Turbo button?

07.03.2026 15:51 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Batman 4-Film Collection DVD box with the quote "I'M BATMAN." attributed to Batman

Batman 4-Film Collection DVD box with the quote "I'M BATMAN." attributed to Batman

Wait a second, he gave that exact quote for a blurb on the latest Stephen King book

06.03.2026 21:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

F1 cars are completely different this year, and one team screwed up so bad that they don't plan to finish the first race because doing so would give their drivers shaken baby syndrome

05.03.2026 13:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Poster for a Lifetime movie PUSHED OFF A PLANE AND SURVIVED

Poster for a Lifetime movie PUSHED OFF A PLANE AND SURVIVED

Slipping on a banana peel off the top of the Empire State Building and falling past a billboard for this in your final moments

02.03.2026 13:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm old enough to have bought Ultima Online at launch in a box at a store, but young enough to have thought I could get around the "credit card + subscription" requirement by editing an ini file

24.02.2026 20:49 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

why are they called the US Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team and not the Mighty Milkshake Ducks

23.02.2026 19:52 — 👍 358    🔁 97    💬 2    📌 2

This cracks me up every time. The bird comes surprisingly close to the right notes, which makes the total freakouts way funnier

20.02.2026 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Puppy Bowl Classic: Star Spangled Banner
YouTube video by Animal Planet Puppy Bowl Classic: Star Spangled Banner

The FCC has urged all networks to loop this video 24/7 for the entire duration of the USA's 250th anniversary year www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVi...

20.02.2026 20:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Dolphin now emulates the Triforce arcade board, and their writeup on the platform/history/games is a fun deep dive dolphin-emu.org/blog/2026/02...

16.02.2026 21:27 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Thor destroying a wall, saying "Just as I thought--an involved, complex system of electronic component parts!"

Thor destroying a wall, saying "Just as I thought--an involved, complex system of electronic component parts!"

Sure, you're finally right this time, but this is what you always suspect. Have you even looked at those bills from the House of Expensive Mirrors and the Antique Wallpaper Museum?

16.02.2026 16:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The worst part of being in a ska band is probably all the requests to play the theme from America's Funniest Videos

16.02.2026 11:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Friday the 13th today, next month, and in September. Jason Vorhees will either be brought forth into our reality via the rule of three or banished like a Nintendo boss

13.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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You simply cannot deny the charismatic screen presence of Tom Cruise

12.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management Blizzard just shadow-dropped the expansion as part of the series' 30th anniversary celebration.

Diablo 2 expansion?! I've done a playthrough once a year since it came out in 2000 and never imagined there would be new content post-Lord of Destruction. Probably the game I've spent the most time with

12.02.2026 00:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

While 60% of household dust may be human skin, I find it more concerning that the other 40% is high fructose corn syrup

11.02.2026 18:38 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Loved the game to bits. When I tidy up and find the Fotodome prints tucked away in a drawer they give me a surprising wave of nostalgia. That was such a neat idea!

09.02.2026 12:33 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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It's Yuko the pug

08.02.2026 01:08 — 👍 285    🔁 12    💬 6    📌 0
A hideous Bart Simpson balloon monster with a sign that says "FREE Bluetooth"

A hideous Bart Simpson balloon monster with a sign that says "FREE Bluetooth"

*nodding, smiling, backing away and hoping my heartbeat isn't as loud as it feels*

06.02.2026 21:32 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Before money was invented humans spent most of their time staring longingly at items on store shelves

04.02.2026 11:24 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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i was reading some old 90s books about dialup cybersex BBSes on archive.org and i learned about tom terrific who owned the pleasure dome. thank you, tom terrific, for owning the pleasure dome.

03.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 894    🔁 147    💬 22    📌 12

Also someone invited me to visit the filming of a Corin Tucker music video. That email was eaten by the Something Awful mail server's spam filter so I didn't see it until long after the fact.

A very exciting time for insider info that appealed to my interests but not pan out in any way whatsoever!

02.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With the Rifftrax team doing new Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes, I'll share this. In 2007 a crew member sent me photos from the set of an MST3K revival pilot thing. It went nowhere, but I always wondered who would have written/starred

02.02.2026 20:50 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Super Bowl halftime counter-programming for REAL AMERICANS (image of crying eagle).
Brantley Gilbert Gabby Barrett Gabley Barley Glibrant Barglib Bilblet Binley Galbert Barnyert Gunga Galunga

02.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The theme of Fallout New Vegas (clinging to a past that led to ruin) was so focused and palpable in every bit of the design. Not sure I'll be able to watch a mostly fun tv show whip through setpieces pulled from that melancholic setting

02.02.2026 12:40 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's wild how many current events have roots in a forum I joined in 2000 because the site owner made some funny Quake jokes

31.01.2026 13:24 — 👍 45    🔁 6    💬 6    📌 1

Turns out GOG isn't just using AI promo art, which was bad enough. They also have a job listing for a Senior Engineer to "Actively use and promote AI-assisted development tools to increase team efficiency and code quality." So instead of circling the toilet they're diving in headlong

29.01.2026 00:15 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Game Boy games didn't use the chocolate palette, but now it's the only one my brain accepts

27.01.2026 15:44 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Telling absolutely everyone I injured my wrist by masturbating too hard, hope they don't figure out the truth

25.01.2026 17:19 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What do you say when people ask why you converted an old chicken coop into a cat cabin?

That was hen, this is meow

23.01.2026 23:56 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0