Tag: The Blue Ink

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” –Carl Sagan ——————- So, that happened. That whole “Worlds Collide” thing, that is, and sure enough, the Cosmic Reset that Mega Man used via “Chaos Control” dropped us right back where we left off… […]

“If I go down, I’m taking you with me!” -Andross, Star Fox 64 ——————————— So, you’re an evil overlord. You’re in the endgame, your final plan is rolling out perfectly, and you’ve just crushed your mortal enemy. And then you go and stuff him in a tube, because somehow gloating while he can hear you […]

“He starts monologuing! Telling me… how feeble I am compared to him, how the world will soon be his!” -Lucius (Frozone), The Incredibles —————————– It’s very hard to try and put together your ultimate fighting vehicle when crap is happening all around you. T-Bone and Razor from SWAT Kats know the feeling: They were still […]

“Most friendship is feigning.” —William Shakespeare ——————————————– When we last left off, Dr. Robotnik had gone with the simple, murderiffic solution to the Dr. Light problem: Shove him off a cliff. Well, okay, out an airlock into the abyss, but that’s pretty much the same thing. And so what if he had Metal Sonic do […]

“Think you can handle this many?””Well…might be tough if one more showed up.” “Then that’ll have to be the one I take care of.” “What, you’re fighting too?” -Leon and Cloud, Kingdom Hearts 2 ——————————————— Everybody breathe a sigh of relief: Mega Man finally looks like Mega Man again. Team Hero has gotten a significant […]

“Any form of real betrayal can be final. Dishonesty can be final. Selling out can be final. But you are just talking now. Death is final.” -Ernest Hemingway, Islands in The Stream ———————————————- It’s been one bad decision after another on the part of our evil doctors since Mega Man, Sonic, and their pals hopped […]

“I will not interrogate my enemies within my inner sanctum. A small hotel just outside my borders will work just as well.” –Rule #10 of Being an Evil Overlord ———————————– You would think that deep in the heart of enemy territory, the main strike force of Mega Man, Sonic, Rush and Tails would start to […]

“United we stand, divided we fall.” –Aesop, The Four Oxen and the Lion ————————- When faced with eight Robot Masters all at once, you have a few choices: Run away, set off a bomb designed to level small cities, or play it smart and pick them apart a piece at a time. For the sake of […]

“Bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art, because it documents human failure.” –Henry Letham, Stay —– Having arrived in the Skull Egg Zone, the bizarre conjoining of Mobian and Wily-esque design, the strike force of Sonic (and pal) and Mega Man (and his brother and his dog) find themselves wondering who’s responsible for […]

“Communication can only take place between equals.” — Kenneth Boulding TMMN Staff

“Science studies what’s at the edge of understanding, and what’s at the edge of understanding is usually fairly simple.” -Noam Chomsky ————————————— We left off having finally gotten the full explanation of how Mega Man ended up in the Green Hill Zone, and how Dr. Wily and Robotnik got the Genesis Wave to cross the […]

“It’s like magic. He’s got you watching his right hand…” “And his left hand keeps pulling rabbits!” –Lieutenants Oster and Monday, Sergeant Bilko —————————————- The City of Mega City, a quiet metropolis where the people go about their daily lives peacefully… Until a bank robbery! This was where we left off in the last issue, […]