“The fun thing about Batman is that before he became the menacing and brooding hero he is today, he had to go through roughly 50 years of the most retarded shit ever.”
-From their What’s in Batman’s Belt!?update about halfway down the page
Something Awful is one of the most consistently funny places on the internet. Who doesn’t love them?
Ok ok, maybe consistently funny was the wrong phrase. They are usually funny, though. I agree that their Photoshop Phriday and Comedy Goldmines are their best updates. Some of their Awful Links updates are funny, too.
Their messageboards are great if you’re 15-21. There’s an occasional Comedy Goldmine thread that gets me laughing, but for the most part it’s pretty immature.
I’m also 19 and have a full forums account (and also a LUE-able Gamefaqs account. Uh, go me?). I haven’t been there for god knows how long though-- the place is a little fast and vicious for my tastes.
I like Something Awful. I was reading it quite regularly before their first Photoshop Phriday, and it doesn’t doesn’t seem to have lost any significant amount of quality. Their ALoDs have gotten a lot better (the descriptions, not the sites. Some of those give me shivers even with one paragraph of text), and they’re putting out more reviews now.
‘Your Band Sucks’ is the best thing they’ve put up recently, imho.
Videogame Recaps is another funny site, for those interested in RPGs. Their recap of FFX is the damn funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I only wish that I hadn’t have read it in a public computer room.
I like Something Awful on occasion. It’s funny in a really really stupid kind of way that sometimes clicks with me, and sometimes just bores me: “Look how idiotic and nonsensical I’m being! It’s clever! Clever clever clever!”. I agree that the Batman covers front page update was utterly brilliant.
I began reading their forums not too long ago, and even considered purchasing a forum account, but it seems like free browsing has disappeared. That’s a pity; I’m certainly not going to shell out fifteen bucks if I’m unable to get a proper feel for the atmosphere there. (I’m not averse in principle to paying for message board accounts - I’m apparently a “Charter Member” here, after all, though if I’d bought a Something Awful account I wouldn’t have bought one here.)
Well, the account should be alright this time, since Cheese Monster probably has the sense not to yell about his piggybacking and I haven’t posted in months, but I’ll make sure now that I’m au fait with the rules of all my boards.
Zsofia got it right. There have been Goldmines that have made me vomit a little in my mouth from the laughter, and there have been been updates making fun of the fifteen furries in the world laden with crappy “OMG WTF BBQ”-esque MS Paint gifs.
It’s worth checking out every couple days in my book.