The Visual Novel CCP

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to July 2015's installment of "It Came From the Internet."  On a regularly recurring basis that may or may not be monthly, the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

Japanese popular culture has gained a strong following overseas. In the United States, anime conventions are now common, manga has its own section in bookstores, and streaming services like Hulu and Crunchyroll deliver subtitled anime the same day as their broadcast in Japan. The news over

Lost Airports

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to the March 2015 edition of "It Came From the Internet." On a regularly recurring basis that may or may not be monthly, the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

Lost aircraft have dominated headlines in the past year, and have entered popular culture through media such as the Twilight Zone episode King Nine Will Not Return and the continuing interest in Amelia Earhart's final flight. The idea of lost aircraft is well understood, but how about lost

Doombuggies

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to the Halloween edition of "It Came From the Internet."  Each week the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

The name Disney may not immediately conjour up images of ghosts, ghouls, and spectral brides.  Fans of the Haunted Mansion attraction, which is present in one form or another at four Disney parks around the world, will beg to differ. The spookier content of the Haunted Mansion, mysterious backstory, and connection to a legacy of dark rides

Kickended

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to "It Came From the Internet."  Each week the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

Crowdfunding has become a notable element within social media networks. It's a refreshingly novel and egalitarian idea on the surface. Individuals put their ideas out for judgement, and the public decides which projects they will fund and to what extent. Despite notable successes, many crowdfunding projects never reach their goals. Statistics on Kickstarter give a

The CRPG Addict

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to the second installment of "It Came From the Internet."  Each week the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

This week we look at one man's quest to play through forty year's worth of English language computer role playing games (CRPGs). Under the psuedonym Chester Bolingbroke, this crusading blogger has delved into the deepest dungeons of 165 games as of October 2014. What sets the CRPG Addict blog apart from more encyclopedia style resources

Lost Films

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to "It Came From the Internet."  Each week the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

This week's websites take us into the vanished worlds of lost films, a tale that is part mystery story, part history lesson. Over 3500 films are listed by various groups as lost, unseen by human eyes for decades or even longer since their original runs. Lost films are a transnational phenomena, as movies from countries all over the world have vanished. Some exist

The Sci-Fi Airshow

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to "It Came From the Internet," our new feature! Each week the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

From the files of the "what if never-was" our first spotlight is on the Sci-Fi Airshow, a site that purports to be a museum of classic science fiction spacecraft from programs such as Space: 1999, Battlestar Galactica, and Land of the Giants. The site treats the spacecraft featured in its pages as actual air (and space) worthy vehicles constructed for use by their

The Internet Arcade

Daniel Fandino Blog Post

Welcome to the first installment of "It Came From the Internet" for 2015. With each blog post, the intrepid crew of the H-PCAACA will venture boldly into the farthest reaches of the internet to find interesting and offbeat sites relating to American, world, and popular culture.

If you have been disappointed by 2015's lack of hoverboards or giant cyborgs defending Tokyo 3, take a trip to retro-yesteryear with the Internet Arcade.  

Quoting from the web site:

"The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME