Okay, so first we have another quick comic in Dusty Plastic HELLside #19 -- nothing fancy there, but hopefully you'll find it a bit amusing. The more substantial offering, however, is a review of The White Chamber, a freeware game from Studio Trophis. I first played this delightfully creepy gem (and took most of the screencaps for this review, incidentally) back in 2005, and it's still as enjoyable today as it was back then (though admittedly much of it seemed new to me, since I'd forgotten the solutions to the bulk of the puzzles). The current version even has German speech -- something the older one didn't -- so listening to the foreign voices made the experience even more fresh!

Anyway, the review is largely spoiler free (despite how wicked cool they look, I avoided including screencaps of the really freaky sequences so you won't be any less horrified when you encounter them in the game), so feel free to read it before you download the game... which you definitely should. It's not a long game (unless you really get stuck -- in which case Google is your friend; there are a number of walkthroughs on the web -- you'll almost certainly finish in under two hours), but it is a very fun one. Be warned, however, as The White Chamber is not for the faint of heart or the squeamish of stomach.

In other news, I've always got more content on Articulated Discussion -- recently I posted reviews of Masters of the Universe Classics She-Ra and the BioShock 2 Young Eleanor & Little Sister 2-pack over there, and I'm still doing Bootleg Tuesday (almost) every week. I'm also going to be covering a certain convention for AD soon... which should result in quite a bit of content over there and maybe a little for SC as well. We'll see!

Okay, that's all for now; hopefully I'll be back sooner rather than later! Ja --

But today belongs to the Cyber Shredder -- and in Dusty Plastic HELLside #18, he makes his triumphant Scary-Crayon debut! This'll hardly be the last time you'll see him, though, as (much like Grodd) I'll probably find excuses to work him into a whole bunch of features and articles before I finally "retire" him to the display area. In the meantime, I'm having a blast posing and photographing the guy!

Anyway, that's all I've got for now. Until next time -- which will hopefully be sooner rather than later!

Moving along! If you find the Little Sister figure awesome -- I know I do -- you should check out my more in-depth review of her over at Articulated Discussion. I've got a new installment of Bootleg Tuesday there, so you should read that as well! Oh, and I posted an April Fool's Day review on AD... funny stuff, to be sure.

Heck, let's plug a new site while we're at it! Wes GRogan's Is it Fun? is off to a great start and is definitely worth a look. In the near future I'll have it added to the links block -- basically, whenever I get around to making a link button for it or whenever Wes GR sends me one (HINT HINT), since apparently Heroine Addict has gone the way of the dodo. Man, why do cool sites keep going away? Ah well, it's teh Internet -- there's always new content popping up. Most of it is pr0n, but still.

Until next time, kiddies!

I can't say this is the worst vampire movie I've ever seen, but it's probably the worst I've seen with production values this high. It's not even really a vampire movie. It's a movie about a teenage girl whining and flirting with death because her boyfriend moved away and she's oh-so sad, but then she meets this other guy and things aren't so bad except they are because she's still oh-so sad and runs off at the drop of a hat to be with the dude who left her -- it just has vampires and werewolves and other supernatural stuff along for the ride.

Speaking of rides, the Twilight series depicts vampires as being Flash fast -- so why the hell are they driving cars? I'd just run everywhere.

EDIT: And do let me know if it's not displaying properly! I didn't spend the weeks that I spent working on the actual site design, so there may be browser quirks I haven't tested and accounted for... not that I'll actually go to the trouble of trying to address them for a mock layout (although that's precisely what I've spent the last hour doing @_@), but I would like to know about them for future reference.

If you've been missing my work, swing by Articulated Discussion -- since the last Scary-Crayon update, I've posted a review of Battle Armor He-Man, a couple of Bootleg Tuesday entries, and a review of the Iron Man Mark VI (with power-up glow!). Cool stuff, yessir.

I do have more content planned for Scary-Crayon -- I just keep getting distracted! And right now I'm kinda ill and guzzling this disgusting CVS medicine that I found in the basement after it flooded. Anyway, more to come when it does. Ja!

In other news, I've written several Bootleg Tuesday entries for Articulated Discussion since last time -- on February 23rd, March 2nd, and March 9th (that's today!) -- so feel free to swing by there and check them out! And do leave comments. I like comments.

Until next time, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later!

More content on the way (hopefully soon). Among other things, the return of Kain and Wild Boar alien has been photographed! If you don't know what that means, try checking out some of the very earliest Scary-Crayon Foodstuffs articles.

Aaand since I've been away here, I've posted some articles over on Articulated Discussion that you might want to give a look! Since Mattel actually sent me a replacement Adora in response to the concerns I voiced in my harsh MOTUC Adora review, I wrote a followup piece. I also wrote an article on action figure modifications -- which features some relatively simple tricks and fixes you can try at home! -- and the February 16th edition of Bootleg Tuesday. Good stuff!

Alrighty, that'll do it for this update. Until next time!

First, a quickie -- Dusty Plastic HELLside #12, which features Adora from "She-Ra: Princess of Power" facing off against Chun-Li of the Street Fighter series. More on Adora in a bit.

The more substantial offering in today's update is a summary review of The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings -- a book I've despised as long as I can remember. Admittedly, I don't really remember it before high school (I rediscovered it when perusing the selections on the bookshelf in my room), but still. This is also a piece that is somewhat personal, as I not only describe an incident from my own life but even include a relevant photo of myself. I'm not doing any of this for sympathy, mind you -- so please try not to offer your condolences or pity, though I welcome other responses and insights regarding today's features -- but I did want to share my own similar yet decidedly less encouraging experience in order to better convey just how wrong the events of this story are. I think we can all agree that The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings has a terrible message and probably shouldn't be shared with impressionable young minds in any context.

And back to Adora! The comic here is an extra photo from the shoot I did for my review of the figure at Articulated Discussion, so please check that out and leave a comment over there if you like. The review's not going over so well with some AD readers, as it's quite negative and contains a good amount of cursing (there are only 15 swear words in the 2000-word article, but even so), but I think readers familiar with some of my work over here might find it to be entertaining. If nothing else, it's given me material for a running gag involving Hordak... and a cool idea for a custom if I ever end up with a bunch of fodder from female figures. Oh, I also did last week's Bootleg Tuesday entry, so go there to marvel at the horror of bootleg toys based on a great late-90s cartoon show.

That'll do it for this update, then! Until next time --

Okay, as is traditional for the anniversary, we've got multiple features for you to celebrate with. First up, a quickie: Dusty Plastic HELLside #11. I told you the Triceratops Ranger would be appearing again... I just didn't think it'd take him so long. Ah well, he's here now and that's what matters!

Next up, a long-overdue summary review of an episode of "Wuzzles"! It's been a long time since I've done an article like this, so let me know what you think. I will say, however, that I kinda miss articles writing like this -- sure, they're mostly recapping, but there's plenty of room for snark and jokes and odd analytical insights that I don't often get to indulge in, say, the toy reviews that have dominated SC as of late.

And then we pop over to the games category for a review of the DOS version of Body Blows! Apparently I haven't done a game review since 2007 (wow), so I really enjoyed writing this one as well. Hopefully we'll see more of them in the future! I did pick up Power Rangers: Super Legends with intent to review it, so maybe that'll show up on the site before too much longer. And oh, I'm trying something new here with videos. I've noticed that when visiting other sites I sometimes have issues playing videos with embedded players, so I've just gone the simpler route of uploading the videos to YouTube and including links at the end of the article. Just about everybody can watch stuff on YouTube, right? And if you've got the proper codecs, you can download the larger, higher-quality encodes to watch from your hard drive. Let me know what you think about those, too -- they probably don't need to be quite so large in terms of size, so I could see reducing their visual quality in the future.

Finally, our amazing, fashion-conscious contributor Mickey Glitter is here to help us celebrate with the final installment of Sarah Jane Smith Fashionista Fever! Lots of images and captioned hilarity in this one, so enjoy! I'm glad that we had the ability to share this series with all of you and look forward to hosting future articles by the Glitterific One, whether they're rooted in the Whoniverse or not. In any case, expect more Doctor Who- and Sarah Jane-related content in 2010 and beyond!

And that'll do it for today's celebratory features -- but don't think that there won't be more content in the near future! In keeping with our return to neglected categories, I've got a new Foodstuffs piece on the horizon, not to mention several ideas for upcoming Spectare reviews. I'd also like to do more Crayon Haiku and Dusty Plastic HELLside installments, though I'm kicking around the idea of posting them in the blog (I'd still have links to them with thumbnails in the content structure) rather than having separate single pages them that then link to blog entries. If you've got any strong feelings about that change one way or the other, please let me know!

And yeah, we'll also be adding more Playthings content, but I'll be trying to increase my focus on items that you wouldn't generally see spotlighted on sites in our general circle. Among other things, a couple of Juku Couture clothing sets and some really kickass dollar store toys are queued up for review. So yes, stay tuned!

Before I end this entry, I'd like to take a moment to thank all of you who've visited Scary-Crayon over the years. Granted, I get a lot of enjoyment out of maintaining and writing for the site, but without you guys I'd have no reason to share it and it wouldn't feel nearly as rewarding. And if you've got a moment, please leave a comment below -- whether you've got something to add about today's features or anything else. In particular, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the kinds of things you wish I'd write more about (or less about) and any other suggestions you might have. Knowing which articles were your favorites among more recent pieces might also be helpful. And if there's something you think we do especially well here, please point it out so that we can keep doing it!

Until next time (and forevermore!), I sincerely wish y'all all the best.