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Title: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on September 14, 2011, 10:26:36 am
My first article for Cracked went live today, so I just thought I'd share:

(http://www.rjasonbenson.com/img/cracked/091411/89960_v2.jpg) (http://goo.gl/aE7M3)
7 Mind-Blowing Structures Built in Secret (http://goo.gl/aE7M3)

Not arcade related, but I did sneak one arcade reference in there.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Ginsu Victim on September 14, 2011, 11:47:17 am
Dig Dug FTW!

Nice article. I love cracked.com
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: ChadTower on September 14, 2011, 11:54:10 am
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Content blocked by your organization

Reason:
This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless.


Hahaha.  Irony!
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Hoopz on September 14, 2011, 11:55:27 am
Very nicely written.   :applaud:
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: RayB on September 14, 2011, 12:35:10 pm
Great read. Some really funny lines in there.

I have to dock you points on writing the name "Falco" xx times and not once referring to this 80's pop sensation  ;) :

(http://www.project80s.com/lyrics/photos/falco.jpg)


Falco - Rock me Amadeus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow6MqjICfFA#)
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on September 14, 2011, 01:47:07 pm
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Content blocked by your organization

Reason:
This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless.


I'll have them know that Cracked is quite tasty.

I have to dock you points on writing the name "Falco" xx times and not once referring to this 80's pop sensation  ;) :

Can you believe that connection never even once crossed my mind? I have failed.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: t3design on September 14, 2011, 02:23:34 pm
Nice work. I'm starting my tunnel-to-my-temple-to-my-bomb-site construction later today. If anyone wants to join me I am accepting workers that will work for free, pledge to die before revealing my secrets, and help me come up with a better name for my ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- than any of those in the other secret projects.

This project will solve the several problems:

1. create a place to store all the arcade machines I haven't collected yet.

2. give me some "me" space

3. provide an appropriate response to spam and flame mail (when we say scorched earth, we are not elfing around)

You have inspired me....
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on September 14, 2011, 03:07:40 pm
I enjoyed your article. Thanks.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: MaineEvent on September 14, 2011, 06:21:37 pm
Very cool, congrats!
431k views!
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: DaveMMR on September 14, 2011, 06:45:30 pm
Congrats - I read Cracked all the time. Haven't read your article yet but will today.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: amendonz on September 14, 2011, 06:45:38 pm
yeah good article. looks well received on the site too. good work
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on September 14, 2011, 08:32:42 pm
431k views!

Over 500K views in the first day, and less than half of those were me! My mind has officially been boggled.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: gnateye on September 15, 2011, 10:33:51 am
congrats read the article before i knew it 2was written by a fellow byoac-er, good job, love these kinds of articles AND cracked.com always good for a laugh
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on November 09, 2011, 09:42:38 am
We seem to have a few Cracked fans around here, so I guess I'll keep this thread updated whenever my painfully slow rate of output produces a new article:

(http://www.rjasonbenson.com/img/cracked/11092011/99683.jpg) (http://goo.gl/TYqcL)
6 Mind-Blowingly Huge Versions of Things You Loved as a Kid (http://goo.gl/TYqcL)
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: HaRuMaN on November 09, 2011, 10:21:42 am
 :'(

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This website is blocked due to its current content categorization: "Adult/Mature Content;Humor/Jokes"
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on November 09, 2011, 10:29:16 am
The article right next to mine today is "14 'Luxury' Sex Toys for the Extremely Rich and Creepy," so I guess that's somewhat warranted.  :D
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: DaveMMR on November 09, 2011, 01:20:57 pm
Just finished reading that article (before I saw your updated post, BTW).  I liked it! Though were there kids that actually enjoyed papercraft as a kid?
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Mikezilla on November 09, 2011, 01:52:09 pm
I dont even know why I bothered clicking it. I knew I wouldnt be able to see it.  :badmood:
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on November 09, 2011, 02:26:06 pm
Paper airplanes were huge when I was a kid. And those paper fortune teller things where you picked a name and a number and found out who you were going to marry or whether you had cooties.

I didn't realize blocking comedy sites was so common. Though I did use the s-word in there at least once, so I suppose I can understand the need to protect people from such filth.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Vigo on November 09, 2011, 05:32:41 pm
Blocked for me at work too, of course, my company has no sense of humor to begin with.  :dunno
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Mikezilla on November 09, 2011, 05:34:29 pm
Blocked for me at work too, of course, my company has no sense of humor to begin with.  :dunno

Same here. I cant even look at Subways web site.  :banghead:
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Dervacumen on November 09, 2011, 06:12:04 pm
Blocked for me at work too, of course, my company has no sense of humor to begin with.  :dunno

Same here. I cant even look at Subways web site.  :banghead:

Maybe it's because all they talk about is their $5 footlong. Totally NSFW.
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on March 04, 2012, 09:40:05 am
My latest, for all two of you that can access it:

(http://www.rjasonbenson.com/img/cracked/03042012/118677.jpg) (http://goo.gl/WN2bH)
6 Insane Attempts to Communicate With the Future (http://goo.gl/WN2bH)
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Loafmeister on March 07, 2012, 07:56:42 am
Well written, thanks!
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: Mikezilla on March 07, 2012, 12:20:22 pm
Blocked for me at work too, of course, my company has no sense of humor to begin with.  :dunno

Same here. I cant even look at Subways web site.  :banghead:

Maybe it's because all they talk about is their $5 footlong. Totally NSFW.

 :laugh2:
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on April 24, 2012, 10:57:10 am
New one today:

(http://www.rjasonbenson.com/img/cracked/04242012/125698_v2.jpg) (http://goo.gl/icnpd)
5 Futuristic Technologies Invented in the Wrong Century (http://goo.gl/icnpd)
Title: Re: Cracked.com
Post by: piecesof8 on June 06, 2012, 04:06:28 pm
Anybody still want to see these? This one was a tag team effort:

(http://www.rjasonbenson.com/img/cracked/06062012/131429_v3.jpg) (http://goo.gl/Z6Y9B)
The 5 Most Adorable Stories in the History of War (http://goo.gl/Z6Y9B)