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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · 4d

I searched and could only find 20+ year old forum posts mentioning this, so here's the Return to Castle Wolfenstein "I need ammo!" reference in Sealab 2021.

To any surviving show creators: See? One guy did recognize the reference. And I even remembered it too! Totally worth it!

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 20

Good news, everyone! The artist has been identified! This piece was apparently commissioned a Half-Life fan out there and drawn by one "Karstens". web.archive.org/web/20020603...

But now this begs the question: Who was that fan?

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 19

After years of searching, I finally refound my favorite 90s Half-Life fan art of all time! Sadly, I lost the artist's name literal decades ago, but what mere name can do justice to a masterpiece?

Hey @valvesoftware.com, please cancel HLX and remake this picture. #halflife

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Mega64 @mega64official.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today is the 20th anniversary of the original “WTF BOOM” meme getting uploaded to the internet. Many may not know this, but the explosion and laughter comes from our “Cold Fear” video we did for Ubisoft back in 2005. Thank you for keeping the legacy alive.

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 14

See the full quality WTF BOOM! 4k remaster on YouTube. Full credit to @mega64official.bsky.social and Steve Moustache for unwittingly becoming a part of this fad (as we called them back in the day). Also, I belatedly apologize for any blown out eardrums. #ytmnd #wtfboom #fad

youtu.be/wrZqUBSo6XI

WTF Boom! - Official 20th Anniversary 4k Remaster

YouTube video by MarphitimusBlackimus

youtu.be

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 14

20 years ago today, July 14, 2005, I created "Link finds a WTF" on YTMND, later becoming better known today on the Internet after it took on a life of its own as "WTF BOOM!".

To commemorate this 20th anniversary, I've remastered my original WTF BOOM! YTMND in 4k. #ytmnd #wtfboom

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 10

My treasured souvenirs from attending this WWF Raw are a couple ticket stubs, a Road Dogg bulldog plush, a Scotty Too Hotty foam hand, and a disposable camera's worth of blurry, overexposed photos from an 11-year-old me who was too short to hold the camera above the audience.

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 10

Spurred on by @wrestlingbios.bsky.social' latest Reliving the War, I reviewed the Sep 18, 2000 WWF Raw to try to find myself and my dad in the audience, and I think we're roughly among these blurry splotches. Thus, I can say I was on cable TV!

Does anyone have a satellite feed of this show?

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 4

Actual footage of my desktop on this day (and most days, to be fair). #doom #fireworks

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jun 29

This means we're also right on the verge of the 20th anniversary of my YTMND which became way more popular outside of the site, "Link finds a... what the hell is that?", better known now as "WTF Boom".

I 'spose I oughta do something special for its birthday. #ytmnd #wtfboom #fad

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jun 29

20 years ago today, June 28, 2005, I created "What is Half-Life?" on YTMND, becoming my most popular site there which spurred an interest in creating more HL stuff. whatishl.ytmnd.com

But it left one burning question: Hey @valvesoftware.com, what is Half-Life? #halflife #ytmnd

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jun 14

In this Duke Nukem D-Day build, the lockers in this science lab kind of look like the ones in Half-Life's Anomalous Materials Lab. It even has one labeled "Freeman" too! What are the odds?

Boy, what a coincidence this is, eh @valvesoftware.com @gearboxofficial.bsky.social? #halflife #dukelore

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jun 10

In this book's Garry Newman interview, this screenshot is identified as being the original 1998 Half-Life, yet it's clearly 2006's Half-Life: Deathmatch Source!

Boy I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @bitmapbooks.com! And why didn't you correct them, @garrynewman.bsky.social? #jbmod

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jun 6

In this newly-leaked Duke Nukem: D-Day build, the evil scientist's lab contains cloning tanks with Dukes from 1, 2, 3D, and even TTK. However, the fourth tank is empty! As if we're still waiting for that Duke! Maybe waiting... 'forever'!

I see what you did there, @dukenukemgame (not on Bluesky)!

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · May 22

You: Barney Calhoun in Blue Shift isn't Barney Calhoun because it doesn't call you Barney.
Me: The manual calls you Barney Calhoun. Multiple times, even!

Don't worry, @gearboxofficial.bsky.social, I'm a real fan who's got your back! #halflife #realfan (Scans by @segadreamcastinfo.bsky.social)

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · May 9

But despite this calamitous oversight in Radiaki lore, this still doesn't change the fact that Radiaki's "incredible" characters continue to remain "superior to those found in Doom™".

Pack it up, @doom.com! Your dark ages have just been illuminated!

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · May 9

The key art for the new release of The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki depicts Dr. Radiaki himself with two normal arms, yet his left arm (or right, if the shot's flipped) is canonically a laser cannon.

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @zoom-platform.com! #radiakilore

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Apr 28

Whoever just won this shirt at auction has officially laid claim to the being the coolest cat in all of the Doom-dom.

You can go ahead and cancel the game release now, @doom.com; the dark ages of Doom are no more! #doom #doomer #doomersdoit

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Apr 22

The RIOTTANK.3DS model found in the recent 3D Realms discs in the late Stephen Hornback's data archive sure looks like it could be 'the' original model used for the Pig Cop Tank sprites in Duke Nukem 3D.

Hey @dukenukemgame (not on Bluesky), can you confirm or disconfirm this suspicion? #dukelore

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Apr 20

Good news, my fellow PO'ed-ians! My PC physical edition of PO'ed: Definitive Edition has arrived, now joining The World's Largest (known) PO'ed Collection™!

This may also inadvertently document the woeful decline of PC "big" box releases. #poed #RIPboxesthatRtoobig #3do4life

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Mar 23

To assuage the public's fears, I wanted to assure everyone that, after several harrowing months in shipping, my Barney on Miami Beach mug has arrived safe and sound. It now sits on my desk where it will serve out its days as a container for bits and bobs. #halflife #barney #miami

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Mar 20

Speaking of Painkiller, I'll be on the lookout in the reboot for my favorite iconic foes of the series, those being stagehands, robots, vikings, Japan, and pirate skeletons.

What did you mean by the theological implications of robots ending up in Purgatory, @painkillergame.bsky.social?

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Mar 2

I've received multiple reports suggesting this new Hexen game is "not a real game". But how can you tell? Is this shopped? Can you tell by the pixels? 🤔

Would you really do a thing like that, @ravensoftware.com? Just go on the Internet and lie to us Hexen fans about a new Hexen? #aifraudery

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Mar 2

Hey Activision, in your new Hexen Reborn mobile game app, the store page shows an ESRB rating of M but captioned as 13, but the event page about the ongoing raid event clearly shows PEGI 7 (and 3)!

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @ravensoftware.com! #hexen

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Feb 28

According to video rental store chain Hollywood Video, Halo has more "family appeal" than Half-Life.

While I can't find Hollywood Video's social media account, let me tell you, @playhalo.bsky.social (not real?), that the daily life of an MIT graduate can be perfectly enjoyed by the whole family!

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