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''Those who reject morality in their own lives often project their conscience out onto the periphery of their experience. They take righteous stands on political issues and embrace idealistic ideologies, as a compensation for the moral failures and guilt in their personal lives. They reject personal morality but believe in social morality. Holding the right political beliefs enables them to feel self-righteousness, without the trouble of actually being righteous'' : I think you should seriously look at yourself in a mirror, and see whether this interesting development does not, by chance, apply to you. There's no morality in hating and promoting hate speech. --FvdP 20:33, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Do I really am a “Flemish” hate-speech activist such as suggested? I am no hate-speech activist at all and that for the simple reason that the huge financial transfers from Flanders to French-speaking Belgium (Wallonia and enclave Brussels), are to a large extend the result of fraud and extravagance in spending patterns, which can be documented in exact numbers and independent description, see my main page at --Jvb.
 * But what most of the French-speakers in Belgium give in return is real hate-speech and betrayal towards the Flemish. From time to time we even read the echo of all their libel in the English-speaking press, see for instance the articles from the Guardian mentioned in http://majorityrights.com/index.php/weblog/comments/157/ at Theo Van Gogh’s discussion text at Wikipedia. And towards Americans and British it’s just the same, see the text below (a little something about Belgium).:

 * --Jvb Dec 28, 2004

 * "Stalinist Wallonia", "Eurabia", "cows" (about Walloons) are definitely hate-speech terms in my dictionary. --FvdP 19:26, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * 55% of the Walloons is earning an income. This is composed as follows:
 * -16% private domain (industry and commerce)
 * -39% public domain (public administrations, unemployment benefits…)

 * This is the information N-VA leader Bart De Wever has found in the official public accounting figures. Yesterday he was on the Flemish television in a discussion program. His opponent, the son of (Walloon) Euro commissar Michel was present, but did not deny the numbers.

 * And the worst of all things: nothing changes in Wallonia. With further delocalisation, even Flanders is no longer able to spend money in such a massive way or Flanders will go to hell itself.

 * But my principal conclusion is: Wallonia has a very, very big problem.
 * But instead of putting all one’s cards on the table and looking for real solutions by reorganising the labor market, the Walloons use methods in the sphere of “Stalinism” (no transparency, restrictions on free speech, political trials) and “Eurabia” (in fact the same as is said/asserted about France but locally in Belgium). Meanwhile not seeming to understand that the Flemish are no suckers and that this makes the situation volatile… But perhaps those Walloons who haven’t worked for generations even don’t know any longer what working is???

 * I don’t remember me calling Walloons “cows”. Their leaders I would rather describe as “snakes”.

 * --Jvb – January 10, 2005

 * "snakes"... yet another hate speech word. --FvdP 18:16, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Look at the unbelievable macro-economic numbers above. Flemish political leaders who want to bring this under public attention are charged/intimidated (the N-VA party) and must fear a trial because of laws (anti-“racism”/anti-“discrimination” laws) and an institution (the politically controlled Thought-Police), hatched out in Wallonia. Don’t you understand that Flemish workers must work for this and constantly improve their productivity? Never asked why the consumption of tranquilisers in Flanders is one of the highest in the world?

 * Flanders virtually lives under occupation and I would not be allowed to use terms with a negative emotional connotation??? Must I surrender? I’ll say it with Bart De Wever’s words : “NUTS”.

 * --Jvb – January 12, 2005

A little something about Belgium
What does the English-speaking world really know about politics and Belgium? If you register our existence at all, is it simply as a rather grey but worthy and pleasantly sensible little country. Or do we, perhaps, seem so burdened by the tragedies of 20th century history and, these days, so communautaire that we automatically eschew anything more divisive than the Federal Government’s consumption of paperclips? Or do you suspect that beneath all that we might be a nation of ten million Noel Godins – every one an exponent of the whacky, cream-filled theatre of the absurd? Do you see a Belgium of uncontainable anarchism that laughs up its sleeve while consoling poor Bill Gates for his 1998 humiliation ( http://www.parascope.com/mx/articles/godin.htm) by Godin’s followers? (Well, not poor Bill Gates, exactly. I take that back.  And, in Godin’s mitigation, what else does one do in Brussels but eat cake?) The truth, of course, is that there are two sides to Belgium, facing in entirely different directions. But I shall come to that later. For now, you should know that we are neither politically boring nor anarchist street comedians. But our political masters, now that’s another matter. Our political masters know precisely how to deliver a calculated public humiliation with perfect timing and with all the sang froid in the world. Think back, if you will, to Gulf War 1. Do you remember the urgent request from the British to our Federal Government for vital ammunition supplies? You should. It was a defining moment. Our political masters understood its potential perfectly. There were the Anglo-Saxons, hands outstretched in friendship, completely unsuspecting, convinced that we would be only too happy to make a gesture of European solidarity and … pish! Le moment Godin. No ammo but cream everywhere. And then to finish, the perfect anarchic touch – immediately afterwards we threw away all our bombs as their expiry date had arrived. Well, what’s so wrong about that, you may ask? One must never loose sight of who one’s true enemies are. What had Saddam’s Presidential Guard ever done to us? And the same for Osama, for that matter. So fast-forward to early November 2001. The Americans are one month into Operation Enduring Freedom. The Taliban has been bunker-busted. Moslems are resentful. The Stars & Stripes and effigies of Dubya are burning in capitals across the third world, and in Europe. Still only eight weeks since 9/11 this is a time for a united front among EU member states in support of America’s righteous War on Terrorism. Or, at least, you would think so. But already the fingers of Belgian Foreign Minister, Louis Michel, are feeling for that cream cake. But it’s at Britain again that he takes aim. He scoffs at Tony Blair’s perceived theatricality, an easy target after all. The British Prime Minister is guilty of “over-acting” and being altogether “too bellicose.” Blair’s support for Washington had left him with a “bitter taste” in his mouth. Ominously, of the Americans he warns, “there are limits to solidarity.” Not really. There was no solidarity. Now fast forward once more, this time to those charged weeks before Gulf War 2. There is now more protest on the streets of Brussels (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/01/106925.html ). This time the game is different. France, Germany and Russia are in diplomatic conflict with the English-speaking world. But little Belgium can still play the incorrigible rogue. Michel, again, and Defence Minister Andre Flahaut debate a motion on American power before an audience of two thousand students at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. “I am beginning to fear the U.S,” says Michel. Belgians, he notes, are starting to look upon the U.S as they once looked upon the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union? Really? SS20’s aimed at the heart of Europe ... all the peoples to the east living in penury under the Soviet thumb! For his part Flahaut, a socialist, attacks Blair, saying he would do everything in his power to have him expelled from the Socialist International. The comic irrelevance of such a gesture aside, does that sound like the kind of public statement Mr Hoon would make about Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt? Hardly. Only in Belgium do senior Ministers – supposedly mature and responsible politicians – set out at such a time to inflame anti-American and anti-British passions in the young. Completely unabashed, Flahaut followed this up by threatening to deny Belgian airspace and use of the port of Antwerp to the U.S military. No other EU member state was playing this contemptible game, not even France. But Flahaut actually lobbied in Europe for others to follow suite. His idea of solidarity, I suppose. It must have made the Americans seeth, as it was intended to. Yet far worse was to come. Since 1993 there has existed a, let us say, unusual War Crimes Law on the Belgian statute book. It provides for Belgian courts to hear charges against anybody in any theatre of war anywhere. Under this provision nineteen Iraqis had brought a suit against General Tommy Franks listing “specific incidents” in which US soldiers and commanders violated the law. Finally, the Americans stirred. The State Department told Belgium flatly not to allow its laws to be prostituted for “divisive politicised lawsuits”, meaning for the purpose of opposing American unilateralism. Senior administration officials warned that issuing indictments would result in real “diplomatic consequences” for Belgium. Donald Rumsfeld was clearer still, threatening to move Nato HQ from Brussels. Jan Fermon, the lawyer handling the case, retorted, “I think either the US State Department has nothing to hide, in which case it’s very important for them to have an independent inquiry - and why can’t it be a Belgian magistrate - or they have something to hide and that’s why they are threatening Belgium.” Of course, it might also have been that the Americans had had enough of the Belgian rogue. In any case, Verhofstadt bowed to expediency, softening the legislation so that charges under it could be transferred to another legal competency, meaning America. With that relations improved – just to the point where, last January, Flahaut could stir the pot again. He used an interview with the weekly magazine, Humo. If he was an American, he declared, he would vote Democrat. Of the U.S military he said, “The Americans are throwing so much money at their army that it simply can’t function efficiently anymore. When they have to move 15 men from point A to point B they deploy three planes to make sure it works. We deploy one plane, or better still, first check with an ally whether we can’t take a ride on its plane.” He did not, however, improve his little joke by explaining that the average Belgian soldier is 44 years old and would need a good push from behind to get himself and his kit onboard. But there was nothing funny about the substance of what Flahaut had to say. It was to assert that Washington opposes a unified European defence because internal EU rivalry better benefits the U.S. defence industry. Never mind NATO. Never mind geopolitical tensions and national security. Just business, folks. That did it. The Americans reacted again, Colin Powell reaching for the telephone and his Belgian counterpart’s throat. Michel felt the pressure. Independently, we are told, Verhofstadt wrote to Flahaut criticising his remarks “as inappropriate towards an ally.” “Aren’t I allowed to have a political opinion,” Flauhaut protested in the press. But, of course, who could doubt that that is what Flahaut is for. In April he strode fearlessly back into the firing line yet again. He lent his approval to a 16-page official report on genocide around the world, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan massacre. It appeared in two forms, first as an exhibit (http://p083.ezboard.com/fbalkansfrm24.showMessage?topicID=115.topic) at Brussels’ Monument of the Unknown Soldier and then in a government-sponsored military magazine. Inevitably, it was anti-American. Never mind Hitler or Stalin (who wasn’t even mentioned). The worst – the very worst - genocide committed in the past 500 years has, it said, been the extermination of 15 million Native Americans in what is the U.S today. The report dated the killing from 1492, when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World. But it pointedly gave no end-date, implying that there are Native Americans expiring in Bush’s gulags to this day. At this point you might think that Flahaut is nine-tenths of the problem. But he is simply an opportunist. The policy of the Belgian government is not Flahaut’s policy. But it is a policy with the recurrent theme of opposing the English-speaking world however and wherever an opportunity arises. The most inviting opportunity, currently, is the plan for an EU army (http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/30/weu30.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/30/ixnewstop.ht) in opposition to the Atlantic Alliance. Now we are deep in the geopolitical scheme of things, where Chirac and Schroeder are maneuvering to advance their national interests through the long-term goal of bi-polarity in global affairs. Belgium out of her league, did you say ? Ridiculous idea. Naturally, she is to the fore again, hosting April’s Praline Summit with France, Germany and mighty Luxembourg in Brussels. For sure, the outcome is quite modest : a military planning cell to be set-up and headquartered in, yes, Brussels. No one can be certain that a real army will emerge from this. There are deep logistical, financial and cultural difficulties. But it is another step on the road of confrontation. It irritates America and troubles Britain and Netherlands, Italy and all the new accession states, which is plentiful reward in itself. And so we return to the beginning and the dual nature of the political creation which is Belgium. That duality is the wellspring of all these excesses. Because the worldviews of Wallonia and Flanders are irreconcilable one has abbrogated to itself permanent political control, and does not hold back from using it. So this is the story of politically dominant, economically backward Wallonia and prosperous, much put-upon Flanders, and how they differ by race, language, economic output, political perception and ambition. Over the next few weeks I will explore these differences in their political effect inside Belgium, and especially inside Flanders. For now, I will finish on a slightly more hopeful note. Recently, Andre Michel has had to flee to the European Commission because of a blood-letting in the Walloon political world He was replaced by a good Flemish, Karel De Gucht. The morbid political games and wreckless confrontation are in sharp decline. De Gucht is more interested in economic welfare and in reaching a better understanding with the English-speaking world. So Belgian bad faith, the product of a Walloon elite that has grown arrogant in its familiarity with power, will certainly be scaled down. But fundamentally, De Grucht’s appointment won’t resolve anything. As soon as a moment of decision arises for the Belgian government the weight of Wallonia will tell. As long as Belgium exists it will be a nuisance.

Authorisation to use Mr. Johan Van Vlaams’ texts such as represented at: http://majorityrights.com/index.php/weblog/comments/8/ has been granted, web-site secretariat at wirebiz@btinternet.com.

NY Times link
As I said in DavidWBrooks 20:13, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Fortunately it is not about me or about an organisation I belong to, but nevertheless, would you like it when your name is linked to the biggest bunch of mass-murderers in history, especially when there is in fact NO link. This is no ordinary discussion. I suppose you understand this. --JvbFebruary 28, 2005

Vfd
I have listed your recent article on the "Votes for deletion page" as it is a source text rather than an encyclopaedic article. The correct place to put this would be Wikisource. Having said this I am worried that it is a copyright violation in the first place. Please re-assure me in this respect. Thanks Refdoc 10:38, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

To remove a vfd tag is according Wikipedia policy vandalism. Vfd is a normal part of editing sorting etc articles. If you do not agree with the deletion simply vote. The majority of listed articles are never deleted, but all improve due to the process of being read by many more than usual. I will re-instate the tag now. If you remove it despite this explanation I must assume this is intentional and will treat it accordingly. Refdoc 10:42, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * There is no copyright violation. Copyright was granted by the quality newspaper De Standaard, see discussion side at Flemish Interest.

 * About removing the tag. The problem was rather technical. I was not able to make a direct link at Flemish Interest article, because the original article was in Dutch and not translated. So I placed it at full length.  But another user, for whatever reasons, had objections. So my idea was simply to make a new item, to which I could link. For the case Wikipedia doesn’t grant this new article, I suppose the solution will be that I simply replace the full text at the original site at Flemish Interest.

 * --Jvb March 10, 2005

That would be quite wrong. Lengthy quotes should be referenced (if on paper),linked (to the original wbesite) or put into Wikisource which is the repository for articles etc considered worth preserving. My own preferences would be the first two options as the content is far from earth-shattering, but if you believe strongly that the content is one English speaking readers need to have, do have a look at Wikisource. You could link from there. Refdoc 11:04, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * For the time being, Wikisource is disabled. I will revert later.

 * --Jvb March 10, 2005

 * I don’t think anybody will ever republish it and I don’t think that ever a second article from the professor from the Flemish shire will be incorporated, at least not in English, except perhaps for the case someone wants to write a book about the plight of neo cons abroad.

 * The article was submitted on March 10 for discussion. The discussion period meanwhile passed over. If the article is no longer listed for deletion, so there is no need to keep the tag any longer too, I humbly suppose.
 * --Jvb – March 16, 2005

7 full days. Also it is the job of an admin to remove the tags, close the delete page etc. Refdoc 12:10, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Can the tag now please be removed and the delete page closed. Thank you.
 * --Jvb – March 23, 2005

 * New request to remove the tag from "The mystery of Dewinter's "unalloyed Fascism". Thank you.--Jvb – March 25, 2005

 * Third time: I did the job myself.--Jvb – March 28, 2005

Please leave the page alone while voting is under way. Refdoc 10:13, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The page is now getting deleted. Refdoc 18:00, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the message. --Jvb – Apr 6, 2005

Vlaams Belang
Hi, thanks, I agree that the article has definately improved, Ideally I would have liked to bring all parties round (including FvdP) so we can reach a consensus. Since there's no dispute about the article's neutrality I agree that the message should be removed. (Posted to your talk page too, incase mine isn't watched). -- Joolz 19:26, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

South African agriculture
Hi, I don't know why you wrote what you did in that section and I've reverted it back to the old version because unless you can provide sources for it, it seemed like a rather cheap and nasty, and even racist thing to put into the article. I don't know if that was your intention, and I sincerely hope it wasn't. XYaAsehShalomX 17:25, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

 * That in South Africa most commercial farms (still) are owned by whites and that blacks mostly have a subsistence farm, because they simply are not qualified to run a commercial farm, is no point of discussion.

 * Uh, plenty of blacks do run commercial farms, although most of them are still owned by whites. "They are not qualified" is POV. How do you know this?

 * The fact that the white commercial farmer in South Africa has as an average more than 100 ( I somewhere read 138 at a certain point in time) black employees doesn’t change the picture about white farmers who decide about investments and who send their children to the agri high school etc.. And these are the big South African estates that produce the big food.
 * Actually there are two major (white) agricultural organisations: Agri SA and TAU SA. Do you know any big black agricultural organisation? If not then there is no important black farming sector, because it can’t subsist without. There perhaps has been land reform, but this has turned out to be subsistence farming (until the soil is depleted). BTW, they even can’t run a commercial farm on it, because they don’t get full property deeds that are needed for a mortgage. They are only “tolerated” on the ground. --Jvb – December 06, 2005

 * For the time being I don’t find a reference that black single mother farmers are a favourite target of farm murderers, but as they are the most vulnerable, it is not impossible. At any event, because only the commercial farmers are really important for food production, I propose to limit the text to them.

 * Well, then you admit that what you said is pure speculation, and has no basis in reality, but purely your own assumptions.

 * It is no pure speculation. I really read it somewhere, something like BBC or so. I googled to find the source but I only found something that partly referred to it in a blog, so I could not mention it. The only mistake I made was to write “mostly”, in fact it was “in many cases”. From that perhaps you suspected me having a racial undertone. Sorry for that. But if I really had “racial” intentions than I would perhaps have written more filthy details, something like: “and afterwards, in many cases, the whole family is burned in their shack”. Something, if I remember well, was indicated too in that text. At any event, because the subject is now discussed apart under “agriculture”, for food production it is not important. --Jvb – December 06, 2005

 * This has nothing to do with racism.

 * --Jvb – December 05, 2005

 * I hope you're right, but I don't really know what to think, personally. XYaAsehShalomX 10:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Could you please find something that will back it up? You can't expect me to take your word for it that you "really read it somewhere". Could you try and find the source, because if it can't be verified it shouldn't really be in an encyclopedia such as this one. Thank you. XYaAsehShalomX 11:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I’m a very busy person, for the time being I won’t do any further research on it, but I promise you that I will keep an eye on it. And if it really matters, it will certainly come back and then I will contact you. Then you are free to mention it or not. --Jvb – December 06, 2005

 * OK then. :) XYaAsehShalomX 13:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * A serious backup: “An unexplainable high percentage of victims were defenceless women”. Remark that no more explication is given about the kind of defenceless women, black or white. Because the category of (black) women is no TAU member? Mind you, TAU is nothing more or less than an organisation that also is a pressure group. --Jvb – December 07, 2005

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 * This is the editor: :http://www.animoweb.be/default.aspx?ref=AA&lang=NL&duck=10&persid=73

 * As you can see, it is a political poster that was widely (and freely) spread in Belgium (in urinals).

 * The authenticity can be verified here: :http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/276vsdtv.asp

 * --Jvb – February 1, 2006

Request for Mediation
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 * For the Mediation Committee, Essjay  Talk •  Contact, Chairman, 11:54, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
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 * Dear Wikipedian, I suppose this could be a mistake, because I never filed such a request. Friendly greetings.

 * --Jvb – February 12, 2006

 * Looks like the notice should have been about Requests for mediation/Vlaams Belang. I'll have to discipline my secretary for carelessness! (User:Celestianpower was nice enough to send out those notes on my behalf, and must have gotten his links confused.) Have a look at the Vlaams Belang mediation page. Essjay  Talk •  Contact 00:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Could you indicate for me that you are willing to mediate on this issue? I have a mediator lined up, all I need is for you to say you're willing. Essjay Talk •  Contact 00:36, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I certainly am willing to mediate on this issue. What do you expect me to do? --Jvb – February 19, 2006

 * Great! So just to clarify: the dispute is still active and all parties (specifically, 157.191.2.17 and yourself and anyone else involved) are still interested? (I also note that 157.191.2.17 has only edited sporadically.) If so, I'd be happy to take the case, as it has been assigned to me. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 01:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

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 * I made a summary of the concerned article. Thank you. --Jvb March 20, 2006

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 * This is a poster about the South African rape crisis. If the poster is orphaned, I agree to become the stepparent. --Jvb November 13, 2006

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Your only five edits in the last two and a half year have been five attempts to use the same severely biased blog article as a source in Belgium. You have been reverted by different people each and every time, and rightly so. This source is not a reliable independent source and doesn't represent a neutral point of view. There are enough newspapers and mainstream magazines, both from within Belgium and from abroad, discussing the Belgian political crises, from every point of view you can want, that we don't have to use blogs as sources, and that we don't have to present one-sided blogs as if they are a reliable, neutral summary of the situation. Fram (talk) 13:44, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

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Spectrum News 1 Capital Region

Spectrum News 1 Capital Region (formerly Time Warner Cable News Capital Region) is an American cable news television channel owned by Charter Communications as an affiliate of its Spectrum News slate of regional news channels. The channel provides 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on the Capital District of eastern New York. The channel is headquartered in Albany, New York, and maintains a sub feed serving the Hudson Valley region. Spectrum News 1 Capital Region is carried on channel 9 throughout most of the region, although its channel slot varies in the towns of Queensbury and Canajoharie, and in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

As with the rest of its upstate sister news channels in upstate New York, Spectrum News 1 Capital Region shares news content with New York City-based NY1, Charter's flagship regional cable news channel (which the provider carries on the digital tiers of its Upstate New York systems).

History
Prior to the launch of the channel, Time Warner Cable carried a repurposed rebroadcast of the 6:00 p.m. newscast from CBS affiliate WRGB (channel 6) on its local origination channel on channel 9. After Nielsen ratings reports showed that the broadcast was competitive with the fledgling 6:30 p.m. newscast on Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23), Time Warner Cable moved forward with plans to launch an in-house 24-hour news channel.

The channel was launched on October 11, 2002 as Capital News 9. Its debuted nearly a year behind schedule due to various infrastructure and staffing delays. With the launch of Capital News 9, Time Warner Cable's public access channel was moved from channel 9 to channel 3 on most of its Capital District systems (and became known as TW3). Capital News 9 came out of a period when Time Warner Cable rolled out several cable news channels. Within a two-year period, the provider had launched regional news channels in Syracuse (News 10 Now), Houston, (News 24 Houston) and San Antonio (News 9 San Antonio). Two channels were also launched in North Carolina, one based in Raleigh and another in Charlotte (both referred to as News 14 Carolina). Of the channels that launched, only Time Warner Cable News Central New York (the former News 10 Now) and Time Warner Cable News North Carolina (the former News 14 Carolina, which operates four region-specific feeds) remain, the byproduct of financial losses and a dispute with the Belo Corporation, which was a partner in the Texas and Charlotte channels.

On May 25, 2005, Time Warner Cable announced that it would eliminate 30 staff positions from sister networks R News in Rochester and News 10 Now in Syracuse in a cost-saving consolidation of its three regional news channels at the time in upstate New York. News 10 Now and R News's technical production and master control operations were merged with Capital News 9. With the move, Capital News 9 began serving as the production and studio hub for the news programming of both channels (with Capital News 9's anchor staff handling simultaneous on-air duties on both sister channels), while News 10 Now began handling production responsibilities for weather forecast segments for all of its sister news channels statewide from its Syracuse facility (using the channel's weather staff). Each of the channels retained their respective newsgathering crews, producers, facilities and news management; the channels also simulcast the Albany-produced political review program Capital Tonight. In addition, the cable access channels on the systems in each of the channels' markets now share broadcasts of collegiate sporting events in the event that Time Warner Cable is able to secure the rights to air the telecasts in all of its upstate markets.

In August 2006, Capital News 9 expanded its reach to systems within eastern New York that Time Warner Cable had recently acquired from Adelphia Communications. In April 2008, Capital News 9 began simulcasting its audio full-time on local radio station WUAM (900 AM); the simulcasting agreement with the channel ended in 2014, upon mutual agreement by both parties not to renew the contract.

On February 12, 2010, Time Warner Cable announced that Capital News 9 and News 10 Now would be rebranded as "YNN" (for "Your News Now"), adopting the same brand that had already been in use on their sister channels in Buffalo and Rochester (the former of which was the first to adopt the "YNN" brand when it launched in March 2009). The rebranding occurred in March 2010. The following month in April 2010, the channel launched a subfeed for the Hudson Valley region, YNN Hudson Valley.

On December 16, 2013, the channel rebranded as Time Warner Cable News Capital Region as part of a branding standardization across the provider's news channels that included the introduction of a new graphics and music package. The channel's Hudson Valley sub feed was accordingly rebranded from YNN Hudson Valley to Time Warner Cable News Hudson Valley.

With the acquisition of TWC by Charter Communications in 2016, the "Time Warner Cable News" branding has been dropped from all networks in favor of "Spectrum News", after Charter's primary consumer brand on September 20, 2016.

On July 27, 2018, the New York Public Service Commission revoked Charter's cable franchises in the state of New York, citing failures to meet conditions imposed on the provider as part of the TWC purchase. Despite the revocation of Charter's cable franchises in New York, the future fate of Spectrum News Capital Region after Spectrum's exit from New York State is currently unknown.

In May 2021, the channel was re-branded again to Spectrum News 1 Capital Region.

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List of television series based on video games

This page is a list of television programs based on video games, technically both computer and console games based on. Series like The Witcher and its spinoff The Witcher: Blood Origin are not included as a basis of video game adaptation due to being adapted from novels.

Japanese anime

 * Afterlost (2019)
 * Air (2005)
 * Arc the Lad (1999)
 * Ace Attorney (2016–2019)
 * Azur Lane (2019–2020)
 * Bible Black (2003–2008)
 * Blue Dragon (2007–2009)
 * Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden (1998–1999)
 * Bomberman Jetters (2002–2003)
 * Canvas 2 (2005–2006)
 * Chaos;Head (2008)
 * Steins;Gate (2011)
 * Steins;Gate 0 (2015)
 * Clannad (2007–2008)
 * Clannad After Story (2008–2009)
 * Comic Party/Comic Party Revolution (2001, 2005)
 * Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
 * D.C. ~Da Capo~ (2003–2005)
 * Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
 * Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
 * Devil May Cry (2007)
 * Digimon (1997–present)
 * Digimon Adventure (2020–2021)
 * Dinosaur King (2007–2008)
 * Dragon Quest (1989–1991)
 * Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1991–1992)
 * Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020–2022)
 * Ef: A Tale of Memories. (2007)
 * Fate/stay night (2006)
 * Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994) – A sequel to Final Fantasy V
 * Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2001–2002)
 * F-Zero: GP Legend (2003–2004)
 * Gakuen Heaven (2006)
 * Galaxy Angel (2001–2004)
 * Gungrave (2003–2004)
 * Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō (2004–2005)
 * Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (2006–2007)
 * Higurashi When They Cry (2020–2021)
 * Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (2013)
 * Inazuma Eleven (2008–2011)
 * The Idol Master (2011)
 * Kanon (2002, 2006–2007)
 * Rumbling Hearts (2003–2004)
 * The King of Fighters: Another Day (2005–2006)
 * Kiniro no Corda (2006–2014)
 * Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001–2003)
 * Koisuru Tenshi Angelique (2006–2008)
 * Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File (2018–2019)
 * The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War (2023)
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series – Based on Triangle Hearts 3 Lyrical Toybox (2004–2016)
 * Medabots (1999–2001)
 * Mega Man NT Warrior (2002–2006)
 * Mega Man Star Force (2006–2008)
 * Mix Master (2005–2006)
 * Monster Rancher (1999–2001)
 * Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (1998)
 * Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013–2015)
 * Parappa the Rapper (2001–2002)
 * Persona
 * Persona: Trinity Soul (2008) – A spin-off of Persona 3
 * Persona 4: The Animation (2011–2012) & Persona 4: The Golden Animation (2014)
 * Persona 5: The Animation (2018–2019)
 * Pokémon (1997–present)
 * Pokémon Chronicles (2002–2004)
 * Power Stone (1999)
 * Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
 * Sakura Wars (2000)
 * Saru Get You -On Air- (2006–2007)
 * School Days (2007–2008)
 * Sentimental Journey (1998)
 * Shenmue (2022)
 * Shuffle! (2005–2007)
 * Sister Princess (2001)
 * Sister Princess ~ RePure (2002)
 * Sonic X (2003–2005)
 * Star Ocean EX (2001) – Based on Star Ocean: The Second Story
 * Street Fighter II V (1995)
 * Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai (2005)
 * Taiko no Tatsujin (2005)
 * Tales
 * Tales of Eternia: The Animation (2001)
 * Tales of the Abyss: The Animation (2008–2009)
 * Tekken: Bloodline (2022)
 * ToHeart (1999)
 * ToHeart Remember my Memories (2004)
 * To Heart 2 (2005)
 * Tokimeki Memorial Only Love (2006–2007)
 * Tokyo Majin (2007)
 * The Tower of Druaga (2008–2009)
 * Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (2003)
 * Utawarerumono (2006)
 * Utawarerumono: The False Faces (2006–2009)
 * Viewtiful Joe (2004–2005)
 * Virtua Fighter (1995–1996)
 * Wild Arms: Twilight Venom (1999–2000)
 * Wind -a breath of heart- (2004)
 * Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)
 * Yo-Kai Watch (2014–2019)
 * Ys (1989–1993)
 * Yumeria (2004)
 * Z.O.E. Dolores,i (2001) – Set within the Zone of the Enders universe

International
There have also been several one-off video game-based cartoons, including specials such as Bubsy (1993), Battletoads (1992) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2006–2009).
 * Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series (2019)
 * Angry Birds
 * Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016)
 * Piggy Tales (2014–2018)
 * Angry Birds Stella (2014–2015)
 * Angry Birds Blues (2017)
 * Angry Birds: Summer Madness (2022)
 * Angry Birds Mystery Island (2024)
 * Ape Escape (2009)
 * Arcane (2021–present)
 * Ark: The Animated Series (2024–present)
 * Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix (2023)
 * Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991)
 * Carmen Sandiego (2019–2021)
 * Castlevania (2017–2021)
 * Castlevania: Nocturne (2023–present)
 * Clash-A-Rama! (2016–2018
 * Costume Quest (2019)
 * The Cuphead Show! (2022)
 * Darkstalkers (1995)
 * Dishonored - Tales from Dunwall (2012) – three-part web series that serves as a prequel to the game.
 * Dofus (2013)
 * Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021–2022)
 * Dragon Age: Absolution (2022)
 * Dragon's Dogma (2020)
 * Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000)
 * Double Dragon (1993–1994)
 * Dragon's Lair (1984)
 * Earthworm Jim (1995–1996)
 * Fruit Ninja: Frenzy Force (2017)
 * Hello Neighbor: Welcome To Raven Brooks (2022–present)
 * The Legend of Zelda (1989)
 * Legends of Dawn: The Sacred Stone (2021)
 * Meet the Team (2007–2012) (Web series)
 * Mega Man (1994)
 * Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018–2019)
 * Minecraft Mini Series (2017–2018)
 * Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)
 * Mutant League (1994–1996)
 * Ninjin (2019–2020)
 * Om Nom Stories (2012–present)
 * Onimusha (2023)
 * Pac-Man (1982–1983)
 * Piggy Tales (2014–2019)
 * Pole Position (1984)
 * Rayman: The Animated Series (1999–2000)
 * Rabbids Invasion (2013–2017)
 * Saturday Supercade (1983–1984)
 * Skylanders Academy (2016–2018)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994)
 * Sonic Underground (1999)
 * Sonic Boom (2014–2017)
 * Sonic Prime (2022–2024)
 * Street Fighter (1995–1997)
 * Subway Surfers: The Animated Series (2018)
 * Super Mario
 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
 * The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
 * Super Mario World (1991)
 * Talking Tom and Friends
 * Talking Friends (2012)
 * Talking Tom & Friends (2014–2021)
 * Talking Tom Shorts (2014–present)
 * Talking Tom and Friends Minis (2016–2018)
 * Talking Tom Heroes (2019–2021)
 * Trivia Quest (2022)
 * Tak and the Power of Juju (2007–2009) - Game and television series were developed in tandem.
 * Twisted Metal: Black (2008) - Promotional webisodes.
 * Viva Piñata (2006–2009)
 * Wakfu (2008–2024)
 * Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999)
 * Wing Commander Academy (1996)

Upcoming

 * Devil May Cry (2024)
 * Dead Cells - The Animated Series (2024)
 * Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super (2024)
 * Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2024)

Unscripted

 * A*mazing (1994–1998)
 * Candy Crush (2017)
 * Frogger (2021)
 * Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995)
 * Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997)
 * You Don't Know Jack (2001)

Web series

 * Dragon Age: Redemption (2011)
 * The Far Cry Experience (2013)
 * Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011–2013)
 * Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)
 * Hay Day: Meet the Farmer! (2018–2022)
 * Payday: The Web Series (2013)
 * Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014)
 * Street Fighter: Resurrection (2016)

Animated

 * Among Us
 * Earthworm Jim: Beyond the Groovy
 * Final Fantasy IX
 * Grounded
 * Hungry Shark Squad
 * Hyper Light Drifter
 * Kingdom Hearts
 * Minecraft
 * Watch Dogs

Live-action

 * Alan Wake
 * 'Assassin's Creed'
 * Brothers in Arms
 * Child of Light
 * Disco Elysium
 * Final Fantasy
 * God of War
 * Hunt: Showdown
 * Life Is Strange
 * Mass Effect
 * My Friend Pedro
 * A Plague Tale
 * Untitled Pokémon series
 * Skull & Bones
 * Steins;Gate
 * System Shock
 * Vampyr

Series about video games

 * Aaron Stone (2009–2010) – A boy turns into his favorite online superhero
 * Accel World (2012) – A series about a boy who plays VR video games to escape bullies in school and discovers a secret program that is able to accelerate the human cognitive process to the point at which time appears to stop.
 * Ace Lightning (2002) – Children's television series centered on a teenage boy's life after his video game characters come to life.
 * Alice in Borderland (2020) – Series about a group of gamers trapped in a parallel dimension.
 * Arcadia (2008) – Guatemalan TV series about video games
 * Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002–2003)
 * Bad Influence! (1992–1996) – UK TV series aimed at a younger audience covering contemporary video games and technology
 * BOFURI: I Don't Want To Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020–present)
 * Breadwinners (2014–2016) – The Breadwinners "level up" like video game characters.
 * Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991) – Revolves around a kid who travels across various NES video games.
 * Close Enough (2020–2022) – Josh Singleton, the lead male protagonist, works as a video game developer.
 * Code Monkeys (2007–2008) – About the lives of video game programmers and animated to resemble and parody the tropes of 1980s 8 and 16-bit video games.
 * Crash Zone (1999–2001)
 * Crossfire (2020)
 * Da Boom Crew (2004)
 * Darwin's Game (2020)
 * Dead Pixels (2019–2021) – Sitcom about online gaming.
 * Deadly Games (1995) – plot centered on video game villains that have escaped into reality.
 * Defiance (2013–2015) – The series is connected with a video game of the same name.
 * Epic NPC Man (2016–present)
 * The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) – One of the main characters, Leo, works as a video game publisher.
 * Fish Hooks (2010–2014) – Oscar, one of the main characters, is an avid gamer.
 * Future Man (2017–2020)
 * Game Center Arashi (1982)
 * GameCenter CX (2003–present)
 * Game Grumps (2012–present, web series) – Let's Play series centering around its hosts Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson playing video games while adding comedic commentary.
 * Game Grumps Animated
 * Game Grumps Vs
 * Guest Grumps
 * Steam Train
 * Game Over (2004) – TV series about the lives of video game characters after the game was over. Aired on UPN originally.
 * Game Shakers (2015–2019)
 * Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015–2017)
 * The Gamers: Shadow Dance (2017)
 * GamesMaster (1992–present)
 * Glitch Techs (2020) – Netflix/Nickelodeon animated series about a secret group of gamers who fight glitch monsters.
 * The Guild (2007–2013)
 * .hack
 * .hack//Sign (2002)
 * .hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003)
 * Harsh Realm (1999) – Hobbes, a soldier about to retire, is put into a virtual reality where the only way to get out alive and get back to his wife and the love of his life, is to kill Omar Santiago, another soldier in the game and has taken it over.
 * High Score Girl (2018–2019)
 * The Hollow (2018)
 * Infinite Dendrogram (2020)
 * Just One Smile Is Very Alluring (2016)
 * Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016–2017) – The 18th installment of the Heisei era Kamen Rider series. This show utilizes game cartridges called Rider Gashats and the rider's motifs are inspired by retro video games.
 * The King's Avatar (2017–2020)
 * The King's Avatar (2019) – live-action web series based on the web novel and anime series of the same name.
 * King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989–1990) – not based on a game, just a framing device for cartoons and toy giveaways.
 * Kiss Me First (2018)
 * Level Up (2012–2013)
 * Log Horizon (2013–2018) – The series follows the strategist, Shiroe, and the other players of the long-lived MMORPG Elder Tales after they find themselves whisked away into the game world following a game update.
 * Magic Micro Mission (1983) – UK TV series aimed at a younger audience covering contemporary video games and technology.
 * Memories of the Alhambra (2018–2019) – South Korean television series about an augmented reality game based on the Alhambra palace.
 * The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021–2022) – Koob, a member of the Don't Bothers, is a gamer.
 * Mythic Quest (2020–present)
 * Nick Arcade (1992)
 * No Game No Life (2014)
 * The Ones Within (2019)
 * Overlord (2015–2018) – Japanese anime series about a VRMMO that is in the process of getting shut down but becomes real.
 * Parker Plays (2017–2018) – A Disney XD show featuring YouTube personality Parker Coppins, aka ParkerGames, playing video games, the series also features other YouTubers such as CaptainSparklez, Strawburry17, Shubble, and Steve Zaragoza, as well as Jimmy Wong and Whitney Moore.
 * Players (2022) – Mockumentary about a fictional team of professional League of Legends gamers.
 * The Power Team (1990–1992) Featured various Acclaim Entertainment video game characters.
 * ReBoot (1994–2001) – The characters commonly assume the roles of enemy NPCs in "Game Cubes".
 * ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018)
 * The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019) – A gamer is sent to a parallel world.
 * Russian Doll (2019–2022) – Series about a game developer stuck in a time loop.
 * The Sinbad Show (1993–1994) – The main character, David Bryan, works as a video game designer.
 * Slasher (2018–present) – In the third season, Solstice, one of the main characters, Amy Chao, is a professional gamer.
 * Sparta (2018)
 * Starcade (1982–1984) – Arcade game-based game show hosted by Geoff Edwards (with early episodes being hosted by Mark Richards)
 * Sword Art Online (2012–2020) – A series where players get trapped in a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Game) named Sword Art Online.
 * The Tribe (1999–2003) – Series four focuses on tribes addicted to a virtual-reality game.
 * Tron: Uprising (2012–2013)
 * Video Power (1990–1992)
 * Video Game High School (2006–2009)
 * Video & Arcade Top 10 (1992–2008)
 * Virtual Insanity Advance (2012) – Sketch-comedy series centered on video games where people simulate popular and ancient corresponding video games while interacting with real people and features short animated segments of cartoons based on popular video games.
 * Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006) – Tatsuhiro Sato, the lead male protagonist, works as a writer for gal games
 * Zixx (2004–2009)
 * Zomboat! (2019) – One of the main characters, an avid gamer, uses her gaming skills to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Series episodes with plots centered on video games

 * 3-2-1 Penguins!
 * Season 1 Episode 1: "Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn" (2006) – The twins fight over a video game.
 * 6Teen
 * Season 1 Episode 3: "The Slow and Even-Tempered" (2004) – Caitlin practices driving using a virtual driving game.
 * Season 4 Episode 4: "Blast from the Past" (2010) – Jude goes to the game store to purchase an old video game.
 * Season 4 Episode 5 "Quit It" (2010) – Jude goes to the game store to purchase a guitar game.
 * Season 4 Episode 8: "Great Expectations" (2010) – Jonesy and Jude hang out at the game store.
 * 7th Heaven
 * Season 3 Episode 7: "Johnny Got His Gun" (1998) – Ruth wants to buy a violent video game.
 * Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
 * Season 3 Episode 6: "Ace Off" (1999) – Ace plays a racecar video game against an evil clone.
 * Adventures in Odyssey
 * Season 2 Episode 2: Escape From The Forbidden Matrix (2001) – Dylan and his friend get trapped inside a video game world.
 * All Grown Up!
 * Season 1 Episode 8: "River Rats" (2003) – Betty takes the kids rafting to help Phil overcome his video game addiction.
 * The Amazing World of Gumball
 * Season 5 Episode 18: The Console (2017) – When Gumball is given a cursed video game console, Elmore gets trapped inside a fantasy RPG world.
 * American Horror Stories
 * Season 1 Episode 7: "Game Over" (2021) – A video game programmer attempts to adapt American Horror Story into a video game.
 * American Housewife
 * Season 4 Episode 9: "Hip to Be Square" (2019) – Oliver and Cooper reconcile an argument through a video game.
 * Amphibia
 * Season Episode 20: "Reunion" (2019) – Anne and Sasha play a dance game at a video arcade.
 * Animaniacs
 * Season 2 Episode 1: "Wakko's Short Shorts: Now Loading" (2021) – Wakko waits for a game to load.
 * Season 3 Episode 8: "WARnerGAMES" (2023) – The Warners get trapped inside a video game.
 * Are You Afraid of the Dark?
 * Season 1 Episode 13: "Tale of the Pinball Wizard" (1992) – A teenager plays a supernatural pinball game.
 * The Barbarian and the Troll
 * Season 1 Episode 11: "I Will Survive" (2021) – The Questers play a dance game in order to enter a demon's lair.
 * Beetlejuice
 * Season 4 Episode 25 "Vidiots": (1991) – Beetlejuice and Lydia get sucked into a video game.
 * Bibleman
 * Season 3 Episode 5: "Blasting The Big Gamemaster Bully" (2009) – The villain Super Pro Gamemaster 2 creates a video game that influences children to become bullies.
 * The Big Bang Theory
 * Season 2 Episode 3: "The Barbarian Sublimation" (2008) – Sheldon gets Penny addicted to an online game.
 * Big City Greens
 * Season 1 Episode 16: "Cyberbullies" (2018) – Cricket deals with bullies he encountered from an online game.
 * Season 3 Episode 29: "Virtually Christmas" (2022) – The Greens spend Christmas inside a video game.
 * Black-ish
 * Season 6 Episode 8: "O Mother Where Art Thou" (2019) – Junior gets Rainbow hooked on a video game.
 * Black Mirror
 * Season 3 Episode 2: "Playtest" (2016) – An American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system.
 * The Brothers Sun
 * Season 1 Episode 6: "Country Boy" (2024) – While in hiding, Bruce and Charles play a cop game.
 * Castle
 * Season 7 Episode 3: "Clear & Present Danger" (2014) – An underground gamer is suspected of being the accessory of an invisible killer.
 * Chucky
 * Season 1 Episode 2: "Give Me Something Good to Eat" (2021) – Chucky plays video games with Lexy's sister.
 * Clerks: The Animated Series
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Dante and Randall..." (2002) – Randall is put into slave labor after beating the high score on an old video game.
 * Cobra Kai
 * Season 4 Episode 2: "First Learn Stand" (2022) – Kenny Payne, a new student, is heavily into a fantasy video game.
 * Season 4 Episode 7: "Minefields" (2022) – Danny uses video game metaphors to explain Karate to his son Anthony.
 * Con Man
 * Season 1 Episode 8: "Voiced Over" (2015) – Wray Nerely provides voice work for a video game.
 * The Conners
 * Season 4 Episode 6: "Peter Pan, the Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting and A River Runs Through It" (2021) – Dan and Luiz play a virtual reality game.
 * CSI: Cyber
 * Season 1 Episode 11: "Ghost in the Machine" (2015) – The team investigates a death involving a video game.
 * CSI: Miami
 * Season 3 Episode 20: "Game Over" (2005) – A skateboarder and video game tester are found murdered in a car accident. Tony Hawk is in this episode.
 * Season 4 Episode 9: "Urban Hellraisers" (2007) – Murders are being committed in a style similar to a Grand Theft Auto-like game.
 * CSI: NY
 * Season 4 Episode 5: "Down The Rabbit Hole" (2007) – Centers around a murder via Second Life.
 * Community
 * Season 3, Episode 20: "Digital Estate Planning" (2012) – The Greendale 7 must help Pierce attain his father's fortune by playing an 8-bit video game.
 * Corner Gas Animated
 * Season 2 Episode 10: "Anger Games" (2019) – Wanda creates a video game.
 * Craig of the Creek
 * Season 1 Episode 27: "Power Punchers" (2018) – Craig trains after getting fed up with losing to his father at video games.
 * Season 4 Episode 11: "Chrono Moss" (2022) – Craig and his friends come upon a village with video game references.
 * Creeped Out
 * Season 2 Episode 1: "One More Minute" (2019) – A gamer suffers memory loss.
 * Creepschool
 * Season 1 Episode 25: "Game Over" (2004) – Elliot faces a computer game that comes to life.
 * Danger 5
 * Season 2 Episode 2: "Johnny Hitler" (2015) – Tucker and Mendes engage in a Street Fighter II-like fight.
 * Daria
 * Season 2 Episode 7: "The New Kid" (1998) – Daria and a new friend play a virtual reality arcade game.
 * Dave the Barbarian
 * Season 1 Episode 3: "Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow" (2004) – A nerd from the future gets the people of Udrogoth hooked on video games.
 * Diff'rent Strokes
 * Season 5 Episode 1: "Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade" (1982) – Arnold and Willis compete in a video game.
 * Dork Hunters from Outer Space
 * Season 1 Episode 10: "Toy Soldiers" (2008) – The Dork Hunters investigate a toy factory that manufactures video games.
 * Doug
 * Season 2 Episode 13: "Doug's Lost Weekend" (1992) – Doug gets distracted by a new video game.
 * Drake & Josh
 * Season 2 Episode 1: "The Bet" (2004) – Drake and Josh make a bet they can go without junk food and video games.
 * Dude, That's My Ghost!
 * Season 1 Episode 8: "Axe Maniac" (2013) – Spencer gets hooked on a haunted video game.
 * Emmanuelle in Space
 * Season 1 Episode 7: "Emmanuelle 7: The Meaning of Love" (1994) – Emmanuelle uses virtual reality computer simulations to help her clients achieve sexual ecstasy.
 * Even Stevens
 * Season 1 Episode 10: "Easy Way" (2000) – Louis's friends and family have fun at a video arcade called "Funtasia."
 * Evil
 * Season 1 Episode 4: "Rose390" (2019) – Kristen's daughters play with a digital game that may be possessed.
 * Season 1 Episode 11: "Room 320" (2020) – Ben uses a digital game to track down a psychopath.
 * The Fairly OddParents
 * Season 1 Episode 1b: "Power Mad!" (2001) – Timmy utilizes a virtual reality helmet to play a video game he wished for as "challenging, a game that you can't wish yourself out of". A.J. and Chester use the helmets to play the game as well, not realizing they are in mortal danger.
 * The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
 * Season 1 Episode 12: "Fairies Away! Pt.1" (2022) – Roy wishes for a life-like virtual reality game.
 * Season 1 Episode 13: "Fairies Away Pt. 2" (2022) – Roy uses a virtual reality game to rescue Viv.
 * Fangbone!
 * Season 1 Episode 16: "The Kat of Munching" (2017) – Fangbone gets addicted to a video game.
 * Forbidden Science
 * Season 1 Episode 10: "Virus" (2009) – Penny plays a sexy virtual reality game.
 * Forever Knight
 * Season 3 Episode 15: "Games Vampires Play" (1996) – Nick investigates the death of a software designer whose murderer puts clues into the vampire game the designer created. Nick plays the game (which is erasing itself while being played) and finds his vampire tendencies being strengthened by the actions of the vampire character. He also finds the clues that lead to the murderer... in a church!
 * Fresh Off the Boat
 * Season 1 Episode 6: "Fajita Man" (2015) – Eddie takes a job at Cattleman's Ranch to buy a video game.
 * Friends
 * Season 8 Episode 12: "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" (2002) – Phoebe buys Chandler and Monica the Ms. Pac-Man arcade game as a late wedding present.
 * Futurama
 * Season 4 Episode 3: "Anthology of Interest II" (2001) – In the segment Raiders of the Lost Arcade, Fry sees a simulation of life as it would be if it were more like a video game.
 * Season 6 Episode 26: "Reincarnation" (2011) – The segment Future Challenge 3000 is animated to resemble a video game.
 * Gary and His Demons
 * Season 1 Episode 4: "Gary Goes Home" (2018) – Gary's niece is addicted to video games.
 * Ghostforce
 * Season 1 Episode 9: "Zipzap" (2022) – A ghost takes control of a video game.
 * The Ghost and Molly McGee
 * Season 2 Episode 16: "Smile Valley Farm" (2023) – Scratch and the McGees get hooked on an online farming game.
 * Season 2 Episode 18: "Game On" (2023) – Darryl tries to turn gaming into a school sport.
 * Ghosts
 * Season 3 Episode 6: "Hello, Brother" (2024) – Jay plays a football video game against Trevor's brother.
 * The Goldbergs
 * Season 5 Episode 7: "A Wall Street Thanksgiving" (2017) – Adam Goldberg purchases an E.T. video game.
 * Season 6 Episode 19: "8-Bit Goldbergs" (2019) – Adam creates a video game based on his family.
 * Gravity Falls
 * Season 1 Episode 10: "Fight Fighters" (2012) – Dipper unleashes a video game fighter.
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
 * Season 1 Episode 10: "Night of the Living Grim" (2003) – Billy plays a slime-eating video game.
 * Hailey's On It!
 * Season 1 Episode 7: "Dance Like No Mom is Watching" (2023) – Hailey tries to master a dance game.
 * The Haunting Hour: The Series
 * Season 1 Episode 9: "Game Over" – Gamers are zapped into a video game and fight for survival.
 * Head of the Class
 * Season 3 Episode 20: "King of Remedial" (1989) – At an academic tournament, a remedial student uses video game references to answer the final question.
 * Home Improvement
 * Season 1 Episode 13: "Up Your Alley" (1992) – Randy Taylor and a bully fight over the arcade game Zaxxon.
 * Hotel Transylvania: The Series
 * Season 2 Episode 8: "The Northern Frights" (2019) – Uncle Gene becomes obsessed with gaming.
 * iCarly
 * Season 2 Episode 2: "iStage an Intervention" (2008) – Carly and friends help Spencer overcome his addiction to video games.
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer
 * Season 1 Episode 1: "It's Thursday" (2015) – Dylan plays Mortal Kombat at a party.
 * Intergalactic
 * Season 1 Episode 7 "Episode 7" (2021) – Drew and Genevieve play a dance game.
 * The IT Crowd
 * Season 4 Episode 4: "Italian for Beginners" (2010) – Moss gets trapped inside a claw crane game at a video arcade.
 * Jellystone!
 * Season 1 Episode 9: "Gotta Kiss Them All" (2021) – Augie and Yakky play a new VR game.
 * Johnny Bravo
 * Season 3 Episode 2: "Virtual Johnny" (2000) – Johnny tests a virtual reality game.
 * Johnny Test
 * Season 6 Episode 25: "Johnny Goes Gaming" (2014) – Johnny and Dukey get trapped inside a video game.
 * Kickin' It
 * Season 2 Episode 11: "Kim of Kong" (2012) – Jack and Kim compete in a video game battle.
 * Kim Possible
 * Season 2 Episode 9: "Virtu-Ron" (2003) – Ron gets trapped in a fantasy-themed video game.
 * Season 3 Episode 1: "Steal Wheels" (2004) – Kim, Ron, and Felix participate in a video game competition.
 * King of the Hill
 * Season 6 Episode 22: "Returning Japanese Part 2" (2002) – In Japan, Bobby Hill plays a step-dancing game with a crush.
 * Kirby Buckets
 * Season 1 Episode 8: "Kirby's Choice" (2015) – Kirby wins tickets to a video game convention.
 * Last Man Standing
 * Season 8 Episode 6: "Mysterious Ways" (2020) – Vanessa accidentally knocks down her kids' virtual reality game.
 * Law & Order: Criminal Intent
 * Season 3 Episode 10: "F.P.S." (2004) – A gamer, who appears to be connected to a network of thieves using spyware to commit fraud, is murdered.
 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
 * Season 6 Episode 14: "Game" (2005) – Teenagers run down a prostitute. They seem to be acting out a violent video game.
 * Season 9 Episode 2: "Avatar" (2007) – Centers around an online game similar to Second Life.
 * Life with Derek
 * Season 1 Episode 11: "Babe Raider" (2005) – Casey catches Derek playing a sexist video game.
 * The Loud House
 * Season 3 Episode 34: "Game Boys" (2018) – Clyde gets unhinged when Lincoln borrows his gaming system.
 * Man Up!
 * Season 1 Episode 9: "Camping" (2011) – The guys camp out by a department store for a video game.
 * M.I. High
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Nerd Alert" (2007) – The spies use a friend's gaming skills to thwart a hacker.
 * Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
 * Season 1 Episode 22: "Gamer" (2016) – When Max loses a challenge at a video game tournament, he gets akumatized into the Gamer and unleashes a giant robot onto Paris.
 * Season 3 Episode 16: "Gamer 2.0" (2019) – When he cannot find anyone to test his video game that pits formerly akumatized villains against one another, Max again becomes one himself: Gamer 2.0.
 * Mixed-ish
 * Season 1 Episode 13: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (2020) – Rainbow and her friends ditch school and go to a video arcade.
 * Moville Mysteries
 * Season 2 Episode 9: "Just My Luck" (2003) – Hitch wins and loses to an arcade game called "Super Sumos."
 * Muppet Babies
 * Season 7 Episode 1: "It's Only Pretendo" (1989) – Gonzo and Piggy compete in a video game.
 * Ninjago
 * Season 12 Episode 12: "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll" (2020) – They are inside a video game and has to use video game knowledge to survive. They're in a platformer and sometimes we see them on the screen of a game Unit. The whole season is about video, but this one is the most.
 * Ninja Kamui
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Episode 5" (2024) – The character, Jason Cardenas, hides out in a video arcade.
 * Ollie's Pack
 * Season 1 Episode 3: "Doom for Rent" (2020) – Ollie buys his mother a VR helmet for Mother's Day.
 * The Owl House
 * Season 3 Episode 3: "Watching and Dreaming" (2023) – The Collector forces Luz, Eda, and King to partake in various games, including games similar Pac-Man and Tetris.
 * Packages from Planet X
 * Season 1 Episode 8 "One for the Ages" (2013) – Dan and Troy use a device to make themselves older so they can play adult-oriented video games.
 * Phineas and Ferb
 * Season 2 Episode 11: "Gaming the System" (2009) – Buford plays a game called "Jump N' Duck", where all he has to do to beat the game is to jump and duck.
 * Season 2 Episode 62: "Brain Drain" (2010) – Phineas, Ferb, and the gang is about to play a Street Fighter II-like video game.
 * Pretty Freekin Scary
 * Season 1 Episode 14" "A Matter of Life and Debate" (2023) – Mrs. Ripp tries to bond with Remy through gaming.
 * Quack Pack
 * Season 1 Episode 4: "All Hands on Duck" (1996) – Donald's video game takes control of a remote-controlled navy plane.
 * The Really Loud House
 * Season 1 Episode 2: "The Chore Thing" (2022) – Lincoln plans to skip chore day to play a VR beach game.
 * Red Dwarf
 * Season 2 Episode 2: "Better Than Life" (1988) – The crew plays a total immersion video game that grants the user's deepest wishes. Rimmer's self-loathing leads to manifestations of his subconscious fears.
 * Season 5 Episode 6 "Back to Reality" (1992) – Exposure to a hallucinogenic toxin leads the crew to believe that the past four years of their lives were spent playing a total immersion video game. Seemingly back on Earth, they struggle to adapt to their "true" selves.
 * Season 6 Episode 3: "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" (1993) – The crew use a western-themed virtual reality game to enter Kryten's computer virus-induced dream.
 * Regular Show
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Death Punchies" (2010) – While playing a new Dig Dug-like two-player video game with Mordecai, Rigby expresses his resentment at always having to be "Player Two" due to his poor video game-playing skills.
 * Season 2 Episode 7: "High Score" (2011) – After beating the world record high score at an Excitebike-like arcade game, Mordecai and Rigby find themselves competing for the 'universe record'.
 * Season 2 Episode 8: "Rage Against the TV" (2011) – Mordecai's and Rigby's TV stops working just as they reach the final stage of the Double Dragon-like video game they have been playing for 20 hours straight, and locating another one (so that they can beat "The Hammer") proves difficult.
 * Season 3 Episode 19: "Video Game Wizards" (2012) – Mordecai, Rigby and Skips take part in a video game tournament in order to win a specialty game controller (based on the Power Glove peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System).
 * Rick and Morty
 * Season 2 Episode 2: Mortynight Run (2015) – Rick plays the arcade game Blips & Chitz.
 * Season 6 Episode 2: "Rick: A Mort Well Lived" (2022) – Morty gets trapped in a VR game.
 * Robotech
 * Season 1 Episode 24: "Showdown" (1985) – While infiltrating the SF-D1, Miriya plays games at a video arcade.
 * Round the Twist
 * Season 3 Episode 4: "You Am I" (2000) – A video game causes Pete Twist and Mr. Gribbles to switch bodies.
 * Sanjay and Craig
 * Season 1 Episode 8: "Game On" (2013) – Sanjay and Craig's favorite video game disappears at the Frycade.
 * Scream Street
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Resus Rocks" (2015) – Luke and Cleo play a game of "Zombie Kickboxer."
 * Season 1 Episode 51: "Lucky Penny" (2017) – Luke and Cleo play a game of "Zombie Armageddon."
 * Seinfeld
 * "Season 9 Episode 18: The Frogger" (1998) – At Mario's Pizza Parlor, George Costanza discovers he still has the high score on the old Frogger video game he played in high school, with a score of 860,630 points. He decides to buy the Frogger machine to preserve his fame, but Jerry asks him how he is going to move it and keep it plugged in to preserve the high score.
 * Side Hustle
 * Season 2 Episode 8: "A Mouth Noise Christmas" (2021) – Alan and Tedward search for a recalled video game.
 * Season 2 Episode 17: "Dinner for Jerks" (2022) – Fischer creates a video game.
 * The Simpsons
 * Season 7 Episode 11: Marge Be Not Proud (1995) – Bart is caught stealing a video game.
 * Season 18 Episode 17: Marge Gamer (2007) – Marge Simpson participates in online gaming.
 * Season 30 Episode 17: "E My Sports" (2019) – Bart competes in a video game tournament.
 * Season 34 Episode 10: "Game Done Changed" (2022) – Marge communicates with Maggie through a video game.
 * Solar Opposites
 * Season 1 Episode 6 "The P.A.T.R.I.C.I.A. Device" (2020) – Jesse accuses a group of gamers of being sexist for a gender assignment.
 * Some Assembly Required
 * Season 1 Episode 7 "Dance Crew Evolution" (2014) – Jarvis and Piper write songs for a new video game.
 * So Weird
 * Season 1 Episode 5: "Escape" (1999) – The kids visit a carnival video arcade while dealing with a girl with astral projection powers.
 * Season 3 Episode 6: "Banglebye" (2000) – A group of small-town kids are hypnotized by a video game.
 * South Park
 * Season 10 Episode 8: "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (2006) – A griefer named Jenkins repeatedly kills the South Park boys' characters in the online game World of Warcraft.
 * Season 11 Episode 13: "Guitar Queer-O" (2007) – This episode is centered on Guitar Hero.
 * Season 17 Episode 2: "Informative Murder Porn" (2013) – This episode is centered on the parents learning to play Minecraft in order to get their murder porn back.
 * Spaceballs: The Animated Series
 * Season 1 Episode 2: "Grand Theft Starship" (2008) – Captain Lone Starr and Princess Vespa are sucked into a game of 'Grand Theft Starship', leaving the Spaceballs to conquer the known universe. But, missing Lone Starr's opposition, President Skroob and Dark Helmet follow them into the game world.
 * Spicy City
 * Season 1 Episode 1: "Love is a Download" (1997) – Two lovers meet in a virtual-reality game world.
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Season 5 Episode 6: "The Game" (1991) – Ktarians attempt mind control on the crew of the Enterprise with an addictive holographic video game.
 * Stargate SG-1
 * Season 8 Episode 6: "Avatar" (2004) – Teal'c becomes trapped in a virtual reality training simulator.
 * Stoked
 * Season 2 Episode 2: "Surf Surf Revolution" (2010) – Reef creates a surfing video game.
 * The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
 * Season 1 Episode 24: "Good-bye Girl" (1983) – Max and Milia meet at a video arcade.
 * Superstore
 * Season 3 Episode 13: "Video Game Release" (2018) – A new video game is released in Cloud 9.
 * Tiny Toons Looniversity
 * Season 2 Episode 3: "Tooned In Space" (2024) – Sweetie is obsessed with her game console.
 * Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
 * Season 2 Episode 6: "Fisting Fantasy" (2011) – Todd and his friends are trapped in a video game.
 * Total DramaRama
 * Season 3 Episode 22: "Teacher, Soldier, Chef, Spy" (2021) – Chef creates a VR game.
 * Tucker
 * Season 1 Episode 3: "Everybody Dance Now" (2000) – Tucker tries to impress McKenna by attempting to beat a dancing arcade game.
 * Ultimate Book of Spells
 * Season 1 Episode: "Magical Logical" (2002) – Verne has a handheld video game.
 * The X-Files
 * Season 7 Episode 13: "First Person Shooter" (2000) – The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to a virtual reality firm when the new game they have helped design is thwarted by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual.
 * Young Dylan
 * Season 3 Episode 7: "Fame, Blame & Video Games" (2022) – Dylan and Rebecca compete in a gaming competition.
 * Young Love
 * Season 1 Episode 7: "Game Love" (2023) – Stephen gets hooked on video games.
 * Young Sheldon
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Bobby Marcano

Roberto Marcano Cherubini (June 7, 1951 – November 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player who made a name for himself playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League.

Born in El Clavo, Marcano played minor league baseball in the United States from 1969 to 1974, first with the Cleveland Indians organization, and later with the California Angels organization. During the MLB off-seasons he also played for Tiburones de La Guaira steadily from 1969 to 1985.

In 1975, Marcano went to Japan, where he joined the Hankyu Braves as a second baseman. With Marcano putting up big numbers, the Braves went to four straight Japan Series, winning the first three (the first championships in the franchise's history). Marcano played for Hankyu for eight years, then joined the Yakult Swallows for another three. Over the course of his NPB career, Marcano was awarded four Golden Gloves, and was named to the Best Nine four times. He is noted by many sources as being one of the best foreign-born players in Japanese baseball.

Marcano played outfield for Tiburones de La Guaira (representing Venezuela) in the 1983 Caribbean Series.

After retiring from the game, Marcano worked for the Yomiuri Giants as a scout and translator.

Marcano died at age 39, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. His number 15 jersey was retired by Tiburones de La Guaira.

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Anti System

Anti System is an English punk rock band from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

History
Formed in Bradford in 1982, the original line-up consisted of Phil, George, Dom and Dave Damned on vocals. Following their first gig at the Palm Cove in Bradford on September 14, 1982 (with Friktion Agitators, The End and Complete Disorder), Dave Damned was replaced by Nogsy (Simon Nolan). The band recorded a demo at Lion Studios in Leeds which led to them being signed to Marcus Featherby's Pax Records.

Anti System recorded a session at Cargo Studios from which the tracks Mansworld and Breakout were chosen to appear the Pax Records compilation album Punk Dead - Nah Mate, The Smell Is Jus Summink In Yer Underpants Innit in early 1983.

Their next release was the five-track Defence of the Realm EP. By this time George had been replaced on bass by former Raw guitarist Mickey Knowles although he appears on two of the five tracks.

This line-up also played on the tracks Schoolboy and Why Should It Happen which appeared on the compilation Bollox To The Gonads - Here's The Testicles, also on Pax Records.

By May 1983 Nogsy had been replaced by former Raw vocalist Liam Sheeran. During Liam's time with the band a live album was recorded but remains unreleased. Both Mickey and Liam left in 1984 and former members of the band Subvert/Morbid Humour joined a new line-up.

In 1985, Anti System released a split single Strange Love/So Long As with Morbid Humour's Oh, My God (Parts 1 & 2) on the flip side. This was followed by the No Laughing Matter album and the 12" A Look at Life EP on Reconciliation Records.

Like some other anarcho-punk bands of the time, the band were promoters of animal rights causes, their debut EP being a benefit for animal welfare groups and prior to the recording of the A Look at Life EP there was a necessity for a new line-up as two of the original members had been imprisoned for various animal rights actions. Mark Keane and Michael Teale were imprisoned in 1986, shortly after recording A Look at Life.

In 2009, a family tree and profile of the band was published in the book Bradford Noise of the Valleys Volume One - 1967-1987.

In 2012, guitarist Varik formed a new version the band with past members Mark Keane and Mickey Knowles.

Musical style
The band's music has been categorised as anarcho punk and hardcore punk. In an article by DIY Conspiracy, they were referred to as one of the pioneers of UK82. Their lyrics often political, supporting anarchism and animal rights.

They have cited influences including Black Flag, Crass and Conflict.

Members

 * Current
 * Dean Martindale - Vocals
 * Mickey Knowles - Guitar
 * Mark "Varik" Teale - Guitar
 * Mark "Keaney" Keane - Bass
 * Kevin Frost - Drums

Recordings

 * 82 Demo (Self Release, 1982)
 * In Defence of the Realm (EP, Pax Records, 1983)
 * No Laughing Matter (LP, Reconcile, 1985)
 * A Look at Life (12", Reconcile, 1986)
 * Live At Sheffield Marples LP - Unreleased
 * Split 7" w/MORBID HUMOUR (Reconcile, 1986)
 * What Price Freedom (Boss Tuneage, 2017)

Appearances on compilations

 * Punk Dead? Nah Mate, The Smell is Jus Summink in Yer Underpants Innit (Pax Records, 1982)
 * Tracks - Man's World, Aftermath

 * Bollox to the Gonads - Here's the Testicles (Pax Records, 1984)
 * Tracks - Schoolboy, Why Should it Happen

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I think it is quite a good article

 * It's a stub, and it's going nowhere. There's nothing in Freshwater. TheMadBaron 21:38, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, there is, and one day, I'll write it, see if I don't. Naturenet | Talk 22:15, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I notice there is slowly getting to be more and more material about Freshwater. haha...--Filll 00:14, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Proposal to merge West Wight Sports Centre into Freshwater, Isle of Wight

 * I think it should be maintained as a separtate article as it is an important hub of the community in the area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Larsseelig69 (talk • contribs)

 * I don't support the merge. The WWSC has just about enough notability to stand alone, and it would not sit well within the Freshwater article.Naturenet | Talk 23:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I also disagree with the merger proposal.--Filll 19:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I notice this was merged, contrary to community consensus. I think it should be made a separate article again. Frankly, it is disruptive in this present article.--Filll 15:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

how big is the Fat Cat in terms of local sites of interest?
I am referring to the new addition: This seems somewhat suspect to me. I am therefore removing it for time being until someone can come up with a good reason why it belongs with the other major sites of interest. --Filll 01:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The Fat Cat Local bar and restaurant.

Tennyson Monument
According to the O/S map i have, Tennyson's monument is actually on Tennyson Down. West High Down is the hill immediately to the west of Tennyson Down. Mind if i change it in the article? Debnigo 22:25, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

River Yar
Surely this article is wrong in saying that the Yar "empties into Freshwater Bay"? It rises directly behind the Bay and flows northwards into the Solent at Yarmouth. (Yar.... mouth.... Yarmouth!) 143.252.80.100 (talk) 17:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I've changed the sentence, it may need further tidying Agingjb (talk) 09:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Drawing of the arch
Might be of use if the article gets a bit bigger:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11007283166/

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Alone in the Dark (disambiguation)

Alone in the Dark is a survival horror video game series.

Alone in the Dark may also refer to:

Films

 * Alone in the Dark (1978 film) (Solos en la madrugada), a 1978 Spanish film
 * Alone in the Dark (1982 film), a 1982 horror film
 * Alone in the Dark (2005 film), a 2005 horror film loosely based on the video game series
 * Alone in the Dark II (film), a 2008 horror film sequel to the 2005 film

Video games

 * Alone in the Dark (1992 video game), the first in the series of Alone in the Dark video games
 * Alone in the Dark 2 (video game), 1993 sequel to the first game
 * Alone in the Dark 3, 1994 sequel to the second game
 * Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, 2001 video game
 * Alone in the Dark (2008 video game), first reboot of the series
 * Alone in the Dark (2024 video game), second reboot of the series

Music

 * "Alone in the Dark", a song by American thrash-metal band Testament from their 1987 album The Legacy
 * "Alone in the Dark", a song by John Hiatt from his 1987 album Bring the Family

 * "Alone in the Darkness", a song by All That Remains from their 2018 album Victim of the New Disease

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Foster Brooks

Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of a lovable drunk in nightclub performances and television programs.

Early life
Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on May 11, 1912, to Edna (née Megowan) and Pleasant M. Brooks. He had seven brothers. His career started in radio, notably with station WHAS (AM) in Louisville. He was a staff announcer, and his deep baritone voice was also well-suited for singing. Brooks gained fame for his reporting of the Ohio River flood of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts by WHAS and also WSM (AM) from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Brooks appeared on local TV in a short-lived spoof of Gene Autry and his "Singing Cowboys".

He later worked in local broadcasting as a radio and TV personality at WHAM (AM) in Rochester, New York and at WGR & WKBW in Buffalo, where he hosted "The Musical Clock" and "Million Dollar Ballroom". In Buffalo, Brooks also performed with a country and western vocal group known as the Hi-Hatters. In 1997 Brooks was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Moving to the West Coast, he launched a career as a stand-up comic and character actor.

In 1960, Brooks moved with his family to Los Angeles to seek more professional opportunities. During this time, he appeared on television comedies such as The Munsters, The Monkees and Bewitched. Brooks also delivered Christmas mail and phone books, and managed an apartment building in North Hollywood. In addition, he worked as a security guard for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.

On the syndicated Steve Allen Show of the 1960s, Allen introduced Brooks as an important movie producer. Brooks stumbled on stage doing his drunk act, fooling some of the other guests. Brooks claimed to be the executive in charge of editing movies for television. His biggest success, he said, was the famous movie The Three Commandments. His character also claimed to have invented the concept of removing clips from the movies and inserting commercials.

In 1969, game show icon and television personality Dennis James took his friend Brooks to a North Carolina charity golf tournament to tell some jokes, and then introduced Brooks to good friend, singer Perry Como, who in turn gave the comedian his major break. Como chose Brooks to open for him at a Las Vegas hotel. When the hotel's owners balked at Como's choice due to Brooks' age and lack of fame, Como insisted and the owners acquiesced. Brooks was an instant hit. He made his first appearance soon thereafter on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Career
Brooks regularly appeared on The Dean Martin Show television program in the 1970s (for which he garnered an Emmy Award nomination in 1974) as well as many situation comedies and talk shows, (including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson). Mr. Brooks appeared many times on the Bill Cosby variety show in 1972.

His signature routine was the basis of a hit comedy album titled Foster Brooks, The Lovable Lush, released in the early 1970s. As his "Lovable Lush" character, Brooks usually portrayed a conventioneer who had had a few too many drinks—not falling-down drunk, but inebriated enough to mix up his words and burp to comedic delight. Brooks is best remembered for his appearances on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast during the 1970s, where he roasted other comedians, such as Don Rickles, Johnny Carson and Lucille Ball, and serious public figures such as writer Truman Capote, consumer activist Ralph Nader, and former vice president Hubert Humphrey.

During his period of greatest fame, Brooks rarely drank. Of giving up drinking to win a bet in 1964, Brooks said, "A fellow made me a $10 bet I couldn't quit, and I haven't had a drink since. At the time I needed the $10."

He would occasionally make cameo appearances in which his character was perfectly sober, such as his appearance in a 1968 episode of Adam-12 playing a strait-laced citizen who tries to get out of a parking ticket by dropping the name of an officer senior to the main characters. He also played the character Harry Sachs in a 1969 episode of Adam-12 in which he performed as a highly intoxicated man standing in the middle of a street, waving his suit jacket at oncoming traffic, as if he were a bullfighter. In a later Adam-12 episode, he plays a stoned man, stopped for erratic driving, who tries to hide the burning marijuana "joint" in his suit's front pocket. In a more serious Adam-12 appearance, he portrayed a drunken driver who killed another driver in an accident on Christmas Eve.

On the comedy series Green Acres in the 1969 episode "Economy Flight to Washington", Brooks' boozy, bobble-headed character meets and befriends the pig Arnold Ziffel in a hotel bar. In the scene, ostensibly through the haze of alcohol, Brooks mistakes the anthropomorphic pig for a U.S. Air Force lieutenant, since the animal is sitting on a bar stool and is wearing a white leather aviator's cap, goggles, and a red scarf. Brooks acted again on Green Acres in 1969, this time giving a "sober" performance as Charlie Williams, a chemist, in the episode "The Milk Maker." The following year he returned to his whiskey-soaked persona on the television western The High Chaparral. Brooks asked Dean Martin to join his group "Alcoholics Unanimous," a play on Alcoholics Anonymous. He boasted he and Martin were charter members of the DUI (Driving Under the Influence) Hall of Fame.

In the 1970s, Brooks appeared as a celebrity panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Match Game, and in 1979, he appeared in the film The Villain as a bank clerk.

Public sensibilities had changed regarding alcoholics and public drunkenness by the 1980s, so Brooks moved away from his drunken character. In 1983, Brooks appeared in the film Cannonball Run II with comedians Louis Nye and Sid Caesar as fishermen in a rowboat. He had a recurring role as Mr. Sternhagen, Mindy's boss on Mork & Mindy. His name was a moniker on a Louisville celebrity golf tournament benefiting Kosair Charities. Brooks was a Shriner and member of the Al Malaikah Shriners, Los Angeles. He also made occasional guest appearances on TV shows in which he would demonstrate his singing voice.

Brooks' last performance was at a celebrity roast in Las Vegas for Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Later career and legacy
Years later Brooks was referred to on the Cartoon Network television show Space Ghost Coast to Coast (episode 45, "Switcheroo II"). He was featured in a scene that was cut before being aired, but the scene was later included on the Space Ghost Coast to Coast volume 3 DVD release. He is also referenced on an episode of Get a Life called "Paperboy 2000". On the March 1, 2010, episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart referred to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's mispronunciation of a constituent's name by saying, "It's not supposed to end on a Foster Brooks hiccup." He was mentioned in the lyrics of a Loudon Wainwright song, "Drinks Before Dinner."

Personal life
Brooks was first married to Loretta Brooks, with whom he had a son and three daughters; one daughter died in infancy. Foster and Loretta divorced in 1950. That same year, he married Teri Brooks, with whom he had two daughters. Brooks' brother, Tom, was a well-known entertainer in Louisville for many years. Brooks's nephew Randy Brooks is a comedy songwriter, best known for his composition "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," recorded by Randy's friend Elmo Shropshire.

Death
Brooks died on December 20, 2001, at his home in Encino, California, from heart failure. He was 89 years old.

title: Foster Brooks