I haven’t had a chance to update the site in over a week because the wife and I had our twins last Thursday. Needless to say, I’ve been super busy and whenever I had some down time I spent it relaxing or sleeping. Anyway, things are still a little crazy, but I haven’t forgotten about the site.

We haven’t had a new episode of Shamoozal Radio since June, and we were close to putting together a rather impromptu podcast last Saturday, but with all the baby stuff happening only two days before that we had to cancel it. I really do want to get a podcast up though, I almost thought about just doing one myself with some updates but I figured this blog post would be enough. I can’t tell you exactly when we’ll do another SRP, but we’ll get one to you sooner than later (or so I hope).

Then there is ROM. Hopefully I’ll be able to find the time to put together the compilation episode by the end of the month. My plan here is to string together the first four ROM shorts and spread it around to more sites other than just hosting it on YouTube. For me it’s sort of a “moment of truth” type thing. I’m very curious to see how people outside of GoNintendo and Shamoozal react to these shorts, and at the same time I wonder if bundling them together will hurt them or help them in the long run. I’m hoping my Mr. Show inspired idea to blend the shorts together pays off. I made some boards the other day to plan out how I’m going to bridge them together, and I’m hoping it works out well. I did think about putting Pizza Links up on Newgrounds, but ultimately decided to wait for the compilation.

Speaking of which, Pizza Links has gone on to become the most popular ROM video yet. On YouTube, it’s our second most watched video behind How to Hook Up the NES. Though that isn’t saying a heck of a lot as Pizza Links only has 5,000 views compared to NES’s 87K. But I’m looking at our trends and each month I’m seeing a steady increase in viewers across the board with our videos, so things are looking up. It’s a different beast to tackle when trying to build awareness outside of the normal sites I frequent like Newgrounds.

I recently sat down with Justin from the Radio Free Gamer podcast to talk about Read Only Memory. I’ve included a portion of the interview that goes into how the series came about, what old video game cartoons inspired me from the past and why I sort of still like the Zelda cartoon. If you click on over to the rest of the show, we dive more into how the NES era has affected an entire generation. My interview takes place around the 42 minute mark, but be sure to enjoy all the sweet game music that helps make Radio Free Gamer the show that it is!

Enjoy the interview and be sure to check out the show. I’m in the latest episode titled World 2 Level 20.

Should have had this up over the weekend but I was super busy! Anyway, our fourth Anniversary starts out with a bit of an SRP shake up. The Shamoozal News segment gets pushed behind our regular news updates, and the Whore Daddy/Clutch turns into an ending thoughts of sorts. We hit up topics like the Star Wars Kid turning into a lawyer, drunk birds, and kidnapped kids found through Facebook. Sithlord brings with him a new Trivia game based around Lost called “Now You’re Like Me.” Lost spoilers are a plenty, so listen if you dare. Finally some Shamoozal news where we talk a bit about the ROM shorts and Sith gives us some insight into the show he appeared on recently called Wa$ted.

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Somehow we managed to talk about The Human Centipede yet AGAIN. That isn’t really what the show is about though, it’s time for our annual Summer Movie preview! We go through a quick list of planned hits and offer our thoughts. For once we actually have some Shamoozal news and go a bit into the new Read Only Memory shorts. Plus, Nintendo Vs Apple? Craigslist is evil? Are Jim’s game punishments just too much for their own good? Find out in Shamoozal Radio Podcast #32!

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Actually, it was supposed to be the first “Read Only Memory.” If you listened to the last Shamoozal Radio Podcast we did, I mentioned how I was working on a short that I hated so much that I ended up scrapping it in favor of “Turnips In Love.” Well, this is it.

I mean really, how could a short with various versions of Link sitting around a pizza be terrible? Well, really easily actually. As I said on the podcast, once I did all the dialogue and timed out the episode, it wasn’t what I wanted. I still believe there is a decent enough core idea in there somewhere (and I love the ending that is planned), but for now it’s being put on the back burner. Will it ever materialize? Maybe. I mean, I already built nearly all of the assets for it, so it’s quite possible. I have some better and more concrete ideas for the future anyway.

For those of you who have enjoyed Shamoozal cartoons for the last few years, I just wanted to give you a heads up on how things are going to play out around here. First off, I have some really fun ideas for ROM, and a great idea of how to “bring them together” once I get through with the initial batch. Also, do you enjoy The Zoinks and Frankensteiner? They’ll be returning soon, in some form, but maybe not exactly how you remember them. I’m really excited to push these characters and shorts into new territory. Actually, I’m just feeling really good about the sorts of projects I have planned for Shamoozal. I’ll admit that I was in a bit of a creative rut for the last few months, but I’m thinking I’m finally starting to see that little beam of hope.

Join us for SRP #31! We took a two month break, but we got together last week for a bit of SRP fun. We weren’t able to do it live since we didn’t have Steve with us, but in his place is an appearance from the only guy that updates our blog, John. We play a new game from Jim called David Caruso’s One Liner Trivia, go over a bunch of Nerd News, and just whatever else. Enjoy!

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It has been a really long time since I’ve updated the Nerdlog, it’s been a long time since we did a podcast, and it has been an even longer time since we did a new short. So what’s the deal with this site anyway?

It is a combination of many things really. Number one, I can be lazy sometimes. Number two, I can be busy with home/personal stuff many other times and when I get free time, that’s usually what leads to my wanting to be lazy. Number three, I’ve actually been told not to use the computer on the weekends, so there goes lots of potential Shamoozal time. That last part is true, I’ve been suffering with bad back pain for close to a decade now. Earlier this month I officially started Physical Therapy and the therapist told me not to sit at the computer outside of when I have to (meaning, my daily 9 – 5 job) and to take the weekends easy as far as sitting goes. Since I haven’t made much progress with the whole “healing” thing, I’ve decided I have to get back into the Shamoozal groove regardless. Who knows when and if my back will ever behave for me when I sit down for extended periods of time, so I might as well just move on with it.

That said, last night I sat down to continue working on a short I started well over a month ago. It’s a simple little thing outside of the Shamoozal norm but hopefully it’s entertaining enough. If it goes well, I plan on doing a series of four of them and then seeing where that leads me from there. On the GFGames front, I honestly wouldn’t expect to see a new episode of that until the end of the year. We put together a really good idea for the next short, but of course it’s pretty complicated. I may do a more simple episode before then, but I’d really like to keep the quality up from the standard we set with the last one. I’m not sure on that, we’ll see. I also have some cool ideas on where to take both The Zoinks and Frankensteiner. I’d love to be able to do at least a new one of each of those shorts this year. They’ll be very different from previous versions, I can at least promise that.

And then there is a Shamoozal Radio. I’m sorry we missed all of last month. It was hard to find a date where we could do it, so we just decided it would be best to push the next episode into April. I’m almost 100% certain the next SRP will be the first weekend of April, so be on the look out for that one.

Looking forward to SRP #31? So are we. There’s a pretty good chance we’re recording this weekend. We’ll let you know for sure ASAP. For all you who will joining us for the live stream, we reccomend you watch this video… a lot.

Our first podcast of 2010! We start out with a bit of talk about what we plan on doing for the entire year, and then move right into our 24 themed trivia in which the punishment is for us to put our fingers into a bug zapper. It was pretty brutal, thankfully yours truly only had to do it once while everyone else… well, you’ll see. We then move onto some thoughts about the current season of 24, speculate over Lost (mainly last Tuesday’s premier, so that convo is a little out of date now) and hope into a large helping of Nerd News and wrap it up with the normal Whore Daddy/Clutch section. Enjoy!

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I seriously can’t believe that we’re not only about to close up ‘09, but this entire decade. Time sure is flying by isn’t it? Well, at least it feels that way for me anyway. Getting more to the point, I’d like to once again thank everyone that has stuck by Shamoozal and the work we do around here. I know that as far as GFGames goes, 2009 wasn’t exactly a stellar year. Our last episode, launched in August, was a bit of a massive undertaking, plus, my brother and I are busy folks. It kind of blows that the only thing we were able to put out this year was “How to Hook Up the NES.” That said, I’m really happy with how that short turned out, and it is arguably our most popular short ever.

Last year I said my New Years resolution was “more” of everything for the site. Looking back, I think around halfway through the year I decided I didn’t so much want more shorts, but more mileage from the ones we already created. The fact is, there is a mass amount of people out there that has never heard of us before. Using “How to” as more of a bridge into previous shorts seems to have worked in our favor. Thanks to the success of the short, people have gone back and rewatched all of our work from ‘08 and GFGames has been getting more of a following. So in that regard, I’m happy that these shorts are still being watched by people, even if they are all pretty old by this point.

I’m not making any promises as to what you’ll see next year out of GFGames. As you might know, I took a bit of a break from the series after putting out “How to” and I’m finally going to jump back into it sometime this month. I have the basics of the next episode worked out, and it’s going to be another tough one on our part, but again, hopefully worth it. Let’s just say I’d be happy if I could do at least two GFGames episodes during ‘10.