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* [[Fake American]]: Despite being "America's Only Humor & Video Site," quite a few of their writers aren't American but will sometimes try to pretend they are--usually with [[Eagle Land]] type 2 results.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: The photoshop contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_85_if-video-games-were-realistic/ If Video Games Were Realistic] included [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_85_if-video-games-were-realistic_p27#25 a photoshop] of a [[Guitar Hero]] guitar with 18 frets (each with six sub-buttons) and six strum bars, [[Don't Explain the Joke|mocking the fact that playing Guitar Hero is much simpler than playing a real guitar]]. Not a year later, Harmonix announces that [[Rock Band]] 3 will include a "Pro Mode" for instrument, which will use special controllers designed to perfectly simulate playing the actual instrument. Now take a look at their [http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/rb3-pro-guitar-awesome-rm-eng.jpg Pro Mode guitar].
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Dan O'Brien's writing persona does things that would terrify Charles Manson; Dan O'Brien himself is a somewhat awkward nerd who has a talent for beatboxin' Team Plasma and Kyurem, the last of the regular reader commentators uses the name [[Mad Magazine|A.E.Neuman]].
* [[No Export for You]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19447_6-arcade-games-too-awesome-to-get-released-in-west.html 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West].
* [[Old Shame]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19287_10-movies-that-famous-people-dont-want-you-to-see.html 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_16959_5-classic-cartoons-they-dont-want-you-to-see.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See].
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=== Trivia for the magazine: ===
* [[Executive Meddling]]: What brought the mag down. Tabloid owner [[Meaningful Name|Dick]] Kulpa bought the mag, and as a cost-cutting measure, turned most artists' and writers' pays to flat-rate instead of by page. As a result, many veteran writers/artists left, such as Walter Brogan and John Severin. Kulpa was literally running the mag from his kitchen table, plastering it with tabloid-like covers, constantly delaying releases, and overall ruining the mag through his lack of experience.
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