#pig-pen — Public Fediverse posts
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Snoopy vs The Red Baron with Phil Theobald (Player One Podcast)
Attention, ace pilots and Peanuts enthusiasts! Buckle up your aviator goggles and prepare for some canine combat as Play Comics takes a nostalgic dive into Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, the PS2 and PSP action extravaganza where Charles M. Schulz’s beloved dog finally got his chance to translate his doghouse fever dreams into actual gameplay. That’s right, somewhere out there a development team sat down and thought “You know what the world needs? Snoopy piloting an actual Sopwith Camel and engaging in legitimate aerial dogfights with the Red Baron, the nemesis who has haunted a beagle’s imagination since comic strips were still printed on actual paper.”
This episode is guaranteed to be more unpredictable than Snoopy’s victory dance moves and absolutely loaded with more nostalgia than Lucy’s psychiatric booth could ever handle. Joining us for this World War I aviation adventure is the incomparable Phil Theobald from the Player One Podcast, a man who knows retro gaming inside and out and whose encyclopedic knowledge of everything from the Peanuts universe to PS2-era gameplay mechanics makes him the perfect co-pilot for this particular mission. Together, we’ll soar through the skies, investigate how faithfully this game captured Snoopy’s long-running fantasy sequences, and determine whether this particular adaptation is more “Happy Dance” and less “Charlie Brown Disappointment.”
Will you discover that this game is a hidden gem that deserved more recognition, or will you find yourself grounded faster than a teenager who borrowed the car keys without permission? There’s only one way to find out!
Learn such things as:
- Why does the Red Baron make for a surprisingly compelling video game antagonist despite being a fictional nemesis?
- Did the PS2 version feel significantly different from its PSP handheld counterpart, or are they basically the same dog in different houses?
- Did we really just get an entire Peanuts experience without trombones?
- And so much more!
Oh yeah, you should see the ad for this super cool looking baseball game that we never got to play. I’d have been all over this one.
You can find Phil on BlueSky @whimsicalphil and of course the Player One Podcast.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
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Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Anime Field Guide and What’s Shakin with Shaner for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who was definitely twitching in the bed but I have no idea why.
#Marcie #NamcoBandaiGames #newspaper #PhilTheobald #Pigpen #PS2 #PSP #Rerun #Sally #SmartBombInteractive #Snoopy #TheRedBaron #Woodstock -
@thetonearm ah, ̶S̶o̶u̶l̶ ̶M̶a̶n̶ [edit - see below] was covered by George Benson quite well :) good list, Pigpen did a really good Midnight Hour back in 70 at the Family Dog Great Highway venue
https://archive.org/details/gd1970-02-04.sbd.cotsman.12601.shnf/gd70-02-04d1t07.shn
#SteveCropper #BookerT #Stax #GratefulDead #JerryGarcia #SamAndDave #GeorgeBenson #Pigpen #RobMcKernan #SanFrancisco #SFBA #GreatHighway
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Pig Pen / Exhibition / Big Dog / Corrosives (NDY 824)
Welland Legion Branch 4, Thursday, July 3 at 07:00 PM EDT
PIG PEN play a home town gig in Welland, July 3rd!
Bringing it back to where it all started - PIG PEN are playing the Welland Legion in just a few weeks, corresponding with the release of their ‘Mental Madness’ LP on Flatspot Records.
Carrying on the grand cross-border-unity tradition, they’ll be joined by the likes of Buffalo’s EXHIBITION & BIG DOG, as well as a set from 905 / 716 rippers, CORROSIVES.$20 Advance
7:00pm
https://toronto.askapunk.net/event/pig-pen-exhibition-big-dog-corrosives-ndy-824
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The Bear star Matty Matheson unveils his new hardcore band Pig Pen
#music #punk #HardcorePunk #PunkHardcore #TheBear #MattyMatheson #PigPen
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Awful Friends Part 4 https://nutsrok.com/2024/07/22/awful-friends-part-4/ #Humor, #Mother, #Kids, #FamilyStories, #Pig, #Memoir, #BirthdayParty, #Storytelling, #Serial, #PigPen, #Calamity
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💫🪐 FIND OUT WASS 'APPENIN'! 🪐💫
Tune in THIS SATURDAY at 9PM EST for WAWTC - 'Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions & Frendz' - Featuring RARE early GrateFuL DeaD recordings + MORE!
LISTEN HERE 👉 https://slackradio.org/shows/wassappenin/#radio #gratefuldead #mothermccreesuptownjugchampions #earlydead #deadmusic #earlyrecordings #jugband #jerrygarcia #bobweir #pigpen #music #formerlyfatharry #michaelmartinmurphey #slackradio #subgenius #wawtc
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💫🪐 FIND OUT WASS 'APPENIN'! 🪐💫
Tune in THIS SATURDAY at 9PM EST for WAWTC - 'DeaD RideRs of The PurpLe SLACK'!
LISTEN HERE 👉 https://slackradio.org/shows/wassappenin/#radio #gratefuldead #nrps #PeterRowan #deadheads #newridersofthepurplesage #psychedelicmusic #acidrock #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #bobweir #pigpen #slack #slackradio #subgenius #wawtc
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От аль-Кинди до Керкгоффса
На Хабре уже вышло несколько десятков статей, рассказывающих о старинных шифрах и классической криптографии. Например, «Как закалялась сталь» , «Элементарные шифры» , «История первых шифров» или «Итальянский след» . Интересующиеся могут легко найти и другие, это не трудно. В большинстве из них читателю наверняка встретятся моноалфавитные шифры типа шифра Цезаря, другие варианты шифров замены, перестановки или композиционные шифры. Когда только задумал написать эту статью, я решил представить в ней некоторые интересные оригинальные шифры, о которых ещё никто не писал на Хабре или же они были упомянуты буквально несколькими строками. С одной стороны, эта задача может показаться тривиальной, поскольку в криптологии за сотни лет накопилось множество самых разнообразных шифров, но такое впечатление обманчиво. Хотя книг и статей по истории криптографии очень много, большая их часть так или иначе описывает одни и те же шифры, и это печально. Десятки похожих описаний шифров Цезаря, Виженера, Плейфера (на самом деле Уитстона), Отендорфа и других постепенно переходят к диску Альберти и цилиндру Джефферсона, от которых уже рукой подать до Энигмы и её потомков. В любом случае чем тривиальней кажется материал, тем интересней сделать из него то, что не потеряется в ленте и вызовет какой-то положительный фидбэк. Ну что же, трудности созданы, осталось их героически преодолеть.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/first/articles/779816/
#pigpen #масонский_шифр #Керкгоффс #альКинди #Криптология #ибн_Дунайнир #шифры
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a “filthy” Love Light from Pig. He was feeling his oats. #music #gratefuldead #pigpen #Deadheads
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on this week’s good ol’ #gratefuldead-cast, rich & i conclude our tribute to #pigpen, who died 50 years ago this month, including pig’s housemate tom constanten, #AcidTest stories told by pigpen himself, a closer examination of his alleged firing in 1968, lost songs, a found notebook, a #psychedelic #burlesque club, & more. https://www.dead.net/deadcast/adventures-pigpen-part-2
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this is the chateau, the house in menlo park where #JerryGarcia & #RobertHunter lived circa 1961, where garcia met #PhilLesh at the kitchen table, where #Pigpen got his 1st harmonica, & where there was once an out-of-control 3-day party called "the groovy conclave." hear more on the newest deadcast: https://www.dead.net/deadcast/adventures-pigpen-part-1 (photo via @InstituteJerry)
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#pigpen died 50 years ago today & the good ol’ #gratefuldead-cast begins our 7th season with a 2-part tribute built on a whole pile of never-seen writings & never-heard tapes, the deepest pig bio yet. in part 1, we zoom in on the palo alto #folk scene circa 1961-1964, including tales of teenage pig hanging with train-hopping hobos, a look into the pre-warlocks R&B bands he played in, & bits of a few uncirculated tapes, including one with #JerryGarcia. https://www.dead.net/deadcast/adventures-pigpen-part-1
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RIP #pigpen left this realm otd in 1973. #gratefuldead https://youtu.be/K8B_YY327Pk
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In celebration of Charles Schulz's 100th birthday, a cartoon by Alex Hallatt that celebrates #Pigpen's gut #microbiome.
This strip has made the massive nerd and #Peanuts fan in me very happy.
All the tribute cartoons can be seen at https://schulzmuseum.org/tribute/
