Tulpa

Well, copyright law protects the book whether it's in print or not. So unless Title 17 of the US code changes, it is what it is. Internet Archive's stance is that they want to use the doctrine of first sale as a way of uploading books to the internet. They'll buy one copy, scan it, and then allow one user at a time to view it. And there is merit to that argument. Unfortunately, they've been losing the court cases regarding this.

Jeff Rovin didn't upload it. The staff of Internet Archive did. They scan and upload physical books themselves, not the authors. Some of the listings are more complete than others, hence the discrepancy.

A lot of it is tied up in stuff between Internet Archive and various copyright holders. IA has been sued several times over the content, so some stuff is more restricted than others.

No, his info is out there. He's still writing, fiction and nontiction. Hasn't done anything video game related in awhile, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rovin This is what he looks like.

What do you mean "his account"? The Internet Archive doesn't have accounts, it's all in one database.

That only mean you get the spot ahead of me.

I laughed, and then realized I just reserved my place in hell.

Be sure you have a nice soft cushion to throw your controller at when you do.

I was thinking of that, too. I bet you could run internal wires from all the traces on the ROM board to the connector, and rig up some kind of switching mechanism to go between NES Open and a different cartridge, but man, I have to think that'd be an enormous pain in the ass.

On the plus side, it's one game vs an entire season, so if you master it, you should wrap it up. Dunno how hard it is to master. I remember the Roger Clemens one being a complete RNG crapshoot whether you hit the ball or not.

On the plus side, no mice or rats.

Sure, but we need to be welcoming to new members. Otherwise the community grows stagnant. I mean, you guys are great and all, but, you know. Plus, maybe he's just got the spark and could turn it into a real passion, but some douchebag killed his spark early on. We don't suddenly develop a passion full blown from day one. Well, maybe you do, but you're a weird exception.

Craziest mod video I've seen in a while. Very entertaining, though.

Wasn't the third Bases Loaded (the Ryne Sandberg one) where you had to complete the perfect game instead of a season mode?

Well, I guess you got past the teenager part.

You're still a teenager?

Rocko was even more subversive in some respects. I'm still amazed that the local fast food place was called The Chokey Chicken. I think that one holds up better today overall than Ren and Stimpy.

What, you didn't fart and try to make your little bro puke as a kid? Or as an adult? It was really a product of its time, but when it came out in 1991, it hit like an atomic bomb. Nothing outside of underground cartoons had anything like it been seen. With all the imitators coming out, it doesn't seem as groundbreaking, but it was a shock to see it when it first hit. And it really did break mainstream cartoons out from the stuff that was cool in the early 80s but by the late 80s had grown stale. Granted, the gross out cartoon got stale, too, but it just shows that these things go in cycles. I'm always appreciative of things that shake up the status quo, even if it isn't universally acclaimed. Yeah, there was a wry, subversive sense of humor that was lost on younger kids but did give some Fridge Brilliance and Fridge Horror moments for older kids and adults.

*thinking that u/nebulaastromer is Gulag Joe's reddit account*

Yeah, Rugrats and Doug were positively wholesome compared to Ren and Stimpy, though Rugrats occasionally had a dose of gross out jokes here and there. But Ren and Stimpy was the one with all of the imitators. Good point about YCDTOT. It's amazing that the green slime from that show is still a Nickelodeon icon, even though it's pretty much divorced from its original context. I wonder if any kids today are even aware of where it came from.

It was a very ... deliberately repugnant show. So it fit well with the 7-13 year old demographic. Fart jokes and gross out humor turned up to 11, and paved the way for shows like Rocko's Modern Life and Cow and Chicken. It was also one of the shows that I noticed a very marked change from the squeaky clean cartoons of the 70s and 80s. All the moralizing and setting good examples for kids was replaced by "how can we get the audience to projectile vomit." It had its moments. I remember the show about the tooth fairy was one of the most effective PSAs about brushing your teeth. I still shudder at that one.

Eh, only if you're into stuff that's weird for the sake of being weird. It's a much different experience in a crowded theatre. The Meatloaf cameo is a highlight, though.

Yeah, Frankie only sings on the bridge, the part of "Oh, I-I-I, got a funny feeling..." The drummer sings the verses and someone else does the random falsetto "Oh what a night!" parts.

I think you just have an unrequited love for Axl. He's not going to call, James! He's just not!

That reminded me of the time I was on a message board where someone said "I found this awesome song! It's Bob Dylan doing a cover of GnR's Knocking on Heaven's Door!" And everyone was like "WTF? Did you think GnR did the original?" He was like, "Yeah ... didn't they?" And then the whole board went apeshit.