Rare Encounter

Fishy postcards, J-Popping, and the flavour of Texas.

Show Notes

Pringles Japan Readies 'Texas Ribs' Flavored Chips | PotatoPro

RIP Ba'al

Cliff Simon Dead: Actor Who Played ‘Ba’al’ On Stargate SG-1 Was 58 – Deadline

Doom Eternal second DLC

Doom Eternal’s final DLC, The Ancient Gods – Part 2, drops tomorrow | PCGamesN

The Ancient Gods Part 2 trailer

DOOM on Twitter

You denied the gods and awoke an ancient evil.
Your war against Hell ends here.

The Ancient Gods – Part Two is available tomorrow.

Trailer video embedded in tweet.

J-Pop invasion

BTS and K-Pop Took Over the World. These Companies Say J-Pop Will Be Even Bigger. - WSJ

AEG’s bet on Japan’s importance to the future of live music comes as all corners of the music industry are scouring the globe for growth. Streaming services are bringing new markets online; labels and publishers are expanding their footprint outside the U.S., signing local artists and songwriters around the world, in a race to maintain market share. Spotify on Monday unveiled plans to launch in 85 new markets across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.

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Goomba genocide

KoopaTV: NEVER AGAIN... Again. Goomba Genocide in Super Mario Bros. 35 "2nd World Count Challenge"

Really, what justification is there for an evil Mario mob to literally hunt down hundreds of millions of Goombas and kill them in their living environments? There's no self-defence or anything by Mario (and I wish there was more self-defence on the part of the Goombas). It's non-aggression principle violating behaviour.

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the goombas?

Watch an 110-Pound Iron Anvil Float on Liquid Mercury | IE

Liquid mercury is so dense that iron floats in it!

History of Photo Editing and Photo Manipulation (1826-2021)

Another large chapter in the history of photo editing that would look rather out of place nowadays but had enormous popularity in its time is devoted to such odd images as you can see here.

One of the most known examples is that of a fish eating men, which retained its popularity for quite a long time.

Napoléon (1927 film) - Wikipedia

Filmed and presented in 4:1 aspect ratio, with a runtime of five and a half hours!