From The Old Floppies #20: MiSTing of "Digimon: Digidefenders Episode 5", part 3

Well, here we are at the last part of the last thing I think I've got to post from my old files.  I had honestly intended to have this up well before now, but we all know how life away from the blog can be, and sadly, that just didn't happen.  Once again, for those of you who may have been waiting, I do apologize for the amount of time this took.

We'll be starting this off with what is probably my favorite host segment of all the ones I ever wrote while I was doing MiSTings.  I was, and still am, really, a Red Green fan, and the Adventures With Bill segment was one of my favorites from the show that at least used to run on PBS here in the States.  Writing a host segment where I combined that with playing pinball in an arcade was really fun.  I don't recall how well it actually went over with the audience, but I enjoyed writing it.

Also, my favorite single joke is in this part, as well.  I think you'll know it when you see it. 
So, without further ado, here's what may well be the last thing from my old files.

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From The Old Floppies #19: MiSTing of "Digimon: Digidefenders Episode 5", part 2

I should begin this one by apologizing to those of you who have been waiting for this.  I've been busy with things offline lately and have just been forgetting.  I suspect I've also forgotten something else from my FTOF series as well.  I'll look into that and fix it as soon as I can.  Until then, let's get down to business on this one, shall we?  Italics read in Majel Barrett's voice, a la the Star Trek computer.

Last time, on JMST3K: Digidefenders Episode 5: Jesse and Leomon dress up as characters from The Red Green Show to keep from getting beaten up!  The Commander sends a team of two to Japan to almost meet the Tamers!  A giant Boarmon goes on a rampage in Shinjuku!  And Jesse loses his glasses to Renamon in a failed attempt to impersonate Red Green!

And now, the continuation...

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From The Old Floppies #18: MiSTing of "Digidefenders Episode 5" Part 1

There's more to the title than that, but we'll get to see that in a bit.  First, though, I think I should set this up for context.

The last one of these I posted was of a junk email from late in my career as a MST3K fan writer.  One of, of not the, last bit of fan fiction I based such a thing on was a fan-made series based on the third season of the Digimon franchise, titled Tamers, which is worth checking out.  The series author went by the handle Phantom1, and, as memory serves, was part of the MiSTing community as well.  There was a general solicitation that went out for fans of Digimon Tamers who were also MiSTing authors to apply the "treatment" to the first so-called episode of the series, and I took the call.  I rather enjoyed the original story, and Phanto, as I called him, and I struck a deal to continue the series, both with and without the commentary, as long as we could.  This arrangement lasted a surprisingly long time, all things considered.

What follows is not only my favorite in the series, but also my all-time favorite amongst the MiSTings that I personally wrote.  So, here we have part one of three or four of Digimon Digidefenders: Episode 5!

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From The Old Floppies: Issue #17: Game Review of "The Three Stooges" video game for I-Mockery

It's been awhile since I've done one of these, and I've been meaning to get around to it since then.

In this case, what we've got here is a video game review I wrote for a website called I-Mockery.  It's one of those sites that's been around for awhile in one form or another.  They've got some cool stuff there.  Amongst my favorites are the Pixel Pals sprite comic and an article about a failed Disney resort in the Caribbean.  Back in the day, they used to take user-submitted video game reviews, and I had an account there with which I did exactly that maybe a half dozen times.  Just my luck, in an effort to come up with a cheap and somewhat lazy post for tonight, I came across a final draft of one of those reviews.  Interestingly enough, it's the one for the Three Stooges NES game that came out in the late 1980s or early 90s, which I mention in my video review of the recent movie of the same name by the Farley Brothers.

Now, what I'm posting here is just the plain text version I wrote without the supplemental in-game images that I submitted alongside the review.  Those can be found on the review page hosted by I-Mockery, along with additional info I couldn't find because I didn't know then and haven't had the inclination to find out in the eight years since then.

So, here we go, folks.  Check it out below the jump!
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From The Old Floppies: Issue #16: "Schriver's Selves"

Back when I was in college, working on my bachelors degree, one thing I was hoping I could possibly do was get published in a science fiction magazine of some sort.  So, I wrote what I thought was a story that would  pass an editorial board and submitted it to a few places.  On the list were Asimov's Magazine, the Sci-Fi Channel's website/e-zine at the time, and a few others that I've since forgotten over the years.  When the first attempt, which you're about to see, failed, I wrote something I thought would be better and tried again.  That attempt didn't work out any better for me, but at least I can say I tried, if nothing else.  I really wish I'd held onto the rejection letters a bit longer, just as mementos, but such was not the case.  More on that, and the other story, as well, may be forthcoming.

For now, though, here's my first attempt at getting something published: the ultra-short story "Schriver's Selves".

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