Danny is a bit of a pot-head, apart from that he's just an average high school kid. That is till he falls through a hatch in the ground and suddenly discovers he has super powers! He starts cleaning up his neighborhood and getting rid of the local gangs, only ...

QUACKCAST 572 - Myths of fiction part 2
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 1, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Last week we did a thing of the persistent myths of fiction- fictional conventions that we all just accept, and are repeated over and over and even ...
How Many Moves Ahead Should One See?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 28, 2022
Photo: “Rhino and Zebra Playing Chess”. Illustration from The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base. (1988)
My uncle could see nine moves ahead in chess. Nine moves. I could never understand how one could predict the future moves of an opponent by sheer chance. A predictable opponent makes predictable moves, yet ...
Tropes I Hate: Slap n' Kiss
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2022
I revert to talking about tropes I hate, because I don't want to talk about things happening around us but I still want to talk about something I despise.
Tropes I hate it is!
The horrible slap n' kiss or “slap slap kiss” trope.
Especially prevalent in lakorns (Thai ...
QUACKCAST 571 - Myths of fiction
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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There are so many really silly cliché myths from fiction that we all just tend to accept. They're objectively stupid but they get repeated so often ...
When Everybody's Kung Fu Fighting... Or Anything Else
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2022
Have you readers ever heard of Xin? It was a flash animation series that ran on Newgrounds from 2003 to 2006, created by NG users Lifepoint1 and Maxmao 2002.
Link to youtube playlist XIN: The Series HERE
It’s a high school drama/martial arts anime where you follow students ...
The Twist
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 19, 2022
I remember the first time I watched The Others in the cinema. (how I miss going there…)
It was an awesome experience. Not only because the horror/thriller film was excellently shot with really good actors, but because it played with shadows and your mind in an elegant but unforgiving ...
Friday Fashion Spotlight 14: Tonya and Adam
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2022
Welcome to…
The DD Fashion Spotlight!
Number 14.
Tonya Mills and Adam Winthrope are federal bounty-hunters from MrGranger's The Devilfish Project.
They both sport a range of tactical gear consisting of body armour, weapons, webbing, and pads. They're dressed for hardcore close range fighting.
It's a pretty ...
Technology and Story
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2022
I just can't quit you, Star Wars!
George Lucas once said something about special effects without story being a pretty boring thing.
I wonder what Mr. Lucas thought about the recent episode of Book of Boba Fett, where (spoilers!) Luke Skywalker shows up in his Return of the Jedi-era ...