Pizza The Hutt

Gamers, geeks, and couch potatos world wide felt the simultaneous glee of joy and forthcoming pain of a myocardial infarction as Pizza Hut of Japan annouced its newest menu item.

Shift Yer Paradigm, Cowpoke

OK, that didn’t take long. So here’s the Major Announcement:

We are now fortawesome.info!

So, why .info, you may ask? Well, there are many other Fort Awesomes out there, but this one is ours. The .info really gets at the heart of what we do: simply, we provide you – the adoring public – with awesome information! See? It’s like branding or something… I swear! It’s not that we couldn’t get any other top domain. Would I lie?

Everything’s Coming Up… Ancient Viking Silver Hordes?

OK, I know this is dangerously close to a *shudder* News Item, but Holy Crap! This is better than the Underwear Gnomes:

1. Detect Metal
2. Dig
3. Discover Ancient Viking Silver Hordes (AViSHes)

Father and son treasure hunters discover Viking treasure worth £1m
Swedish Teens Find Viking-Age Silver Treasure | Viking silver hoard found on Isle of Man

According to Under a Black Flag, a wonderful work on historical piracy, the ol’ pegleg and eyepatch pirates very seldom if ever buried any treasure. But, apparently, if you have a beard and a longboat you do bury treasure. Pirates: 0, Vikings: 1

Major Announcment

Hopefully in the next few days, a major change to Fort Awesome will be ready for the primetimes. I won’t say anything yet, but this will undoubtedly put us in direct competition with the likes of BoingBoing, Neatorama, or Cuteoverload. For your clicks, see?  So advertisers, don’t wait! Get your demographically-targeted trinkets and trash adverts to me as soon as possible.

Oh yes, Duncan, the Spice will flow…

Bill Bailey + Uncle Remus = Portishead?

Possibly Why I Don’t Remember My Childhood…

When I was a kid, I lived for Saturday morning cartoons. I’d get up at 5 or 6 in the morning to watch my favorite shows while everyone else was still asleep. However, for the life of me, the memory of those years of my child are fuzzy at best. I think I know why now. I came across these “cartoons” and realized that I was probably brainwshed as a child. It all makes sense now…

Note to Self…Buy Ankle Armor

FLASH! *AHHahh!* Savior of the UNIVERSE!

Well, okay, they’re not REALLY from Flash Gordon, but if these aren’t the damn coolest things that I’ve come across since I was a child and laid my eyes upon Optimus Prime for the first time.