Tuesday, May 22, 2012

title pic The Pwnie Awards adopts My Little Pony as their mascot

Posted by Hillary on August 9, 2011

My Little Pony has acquired another unlikely fandom: computer hackers! We’re already familiar with the gaming term Pwned and how it applies to MLP from this shirt but this annual award show takes it one step farther. Their awards are actual early G3 ponies spray painted gold! (Are they only picking ponies with pink hair to spray [...]

title pic Are Bronies only into My Little Pony Friendship is Magic because they are hipsters? asks the Ampersand

Posted by Hillary on August 7, 2011

Listen, I just report the news… All-ages show: Hipsters love children’s programming.

title pic My Little Pony: Danny, the original brony

Posted by Hillary on July 29, 2011

I made this for your amusement. I have long wondered what the B on his hat was supposed to stand for and now we know… it stands for brony!!!   Updated: Just for fun, I threw it up on My Little Brony. If you want to comment/vote on it, that’d be cool.

title pic Contest: Prove your knowledge of My Little Pony G3 and win a 2010 Comic Con Exclusive MLP

Posted by Hillary on June 1, 2011

We haven’t had a contest in a while and that makes me sad. Let’s remedy that, shall we? Below, you’ll find a page from last year’s Cute Overload calendar that I’ve been saving for this very purpose. Though it’s a bit of a challenge, you can actually identify at least four* of the ponies in [...]

 How can Hasbro take advantage of the unexpected mass appeal of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?

More importantly: More stuff for us grown-ups? Yes, please! Get on that! Talking about the new larger mass appeal of MLP: Fim discussed here: My Little Pony: the Hip, New Trend Among the Geekerati If you were Hasbro, what would you do? I mean, obviously, MLP has been big with adults for years and we've had adult shirts, random stash boxes and other items but what would you most like to see this time out to appeal to us grown-ups?

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