Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 April 29

= April 29 =

How many video games for Sega Genesis for North American market
How many video games were developed for Sega Genesis for consumers in North America only? I heard it was more than 700. Please clarify. Thanks.--Donmust90 (talk) 03:21, 29 April 2013 (UTC)Donmust90


 * Any chance you read our article on the subject? -- McDoob  AU93  03:58, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Why? Are you seeking to collect these games? I wouldn't advice this, some Genesis games will just make you want to harm yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.66.126.96 (talk) 05:09, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Finding a specific Halloween CD
Hello all. I'm looking for the name of a specific Halloween CD. When I heard it last was Halloween of 1996. I was working at a Wisconsin, USA Target store at the time. We had it playing on a continuous loop. If it helps, I believe the CD was orange. If I recall correctly, it had sound effects interspersed between songs. Some of the songs on the cd were (not necessarily in order):
 * 1) Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
 * 2) Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
 * 3) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare on My Street
 * 4) Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
 * 5) Elvira - Monster Rap

Unfortunately I can't remember any other songs. I know this isn't a lot to go on. I figured it can't hurt to try here.--Rockfang (talk) 06:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I did some searching and did not find a commercially released CD that fits the bill. My guess would be that it was a special compilation made up specifically for the chain by a 1996 version of a company like this: http://www.soundreef.com/ . There are all sorts of copyright/royalty issues when it comes to "broadcasting" a CD. Most commercially released CDs specifically say that they may not be copied, broadcast, blah blah. I'm pretty sure a store like Target would not take the chance of being sued for copyright/broadcast violations. 196.214.78.114 (talk) 07:49, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for doing the searching. I should have mentioned it in my first post that I bought the CD at the same Target store. I've emailed Target Corporate in addition to posting here in the hopes that they can help me out.--Rockfang (talk) 17:16, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * --Viennese Waltz 17:28, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You rule. If I could email you a bottle/can of your favorite beverage I would. :) How did you find it? Did you search for a certain track? Or was it a combination of things? --Rockfang (talk) 17:36, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) It was easy, actually. Discogs.com is great for questions like this.  It lists all of an artist's singles, albums and - crucially, in this case - appearances on compilation albums.  All I had to do was pick one of the artists you named (I chose Warren Zevon), found his entry on Discogs and checked the list of compilations he appeared on.  A quick scan through the list for scary album titles found this one, which I was able to confirm from the fact that it also has the other songs you list on it. --Viennese Waltz 17:45, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Kill Bill Vol. 2
In Kill Bill Volume 2, is "rock salt" just slang for shot? Or does he really shoot rock salt out of that shotgun? I always assumed the former, but Wikipedia's Kill Bill Volume 2 article states the latter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.156.136.229 (talk) 15:43, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * From Shotgun: "Rock salt shells are hand loaded with rock salt, replacing the standard lead or steel shot. ... The brittle salt was unlikely to cause serious injury at long ranges, but would cause painful stinging injuries and served as a warning." -- 71.35.109.118 (talk) 16:16, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Movies like this (someone does it in Looper too), as they're always looking for ways to temporarily incapacitate characters in a dramatic way (witness the huge number of times someone in Lost gets knocked out by a blow to the head, but no-one ever gets concussion or brain damage). That's clearly what Tarantino has Budd do. In reality it's not clear that it's at all effective - the shotgun article's claim that it can cause "painful stinging injuries" isn't sourced. Rock salt isn't very dense and is rather frangible. This guy tries and confirms it's "lame"; this guy tries and reports a bad smell as the worst effect; and   these guys try it at a variety of ranges and report that it's entirely ineffective down to a very short range, after which the wadding does the majority of the damage.  Going by their test, the shooter would probably have been better off just hitting his target over the head with the shotgun.  A cayenne pepper round (made in an actual factory, rather than someone cramming stuff into a shell casing on their kitchen table) seems a bit more effective; combine the two and you can garnish salads too. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 16:40, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Completely OR here, but I have a friend who was shot with rock salt as a teenager while hanging around a place he shouldn't have been. "Painful stinging injuries" sounds like a less colorful version of the way he described the sensation. I don't think incapacitation is likely to result, though. My friend was able to run off within a matter of seconds, from what he told me. Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 04:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)


 * as in The Flintstones, where in approximately half the episodes Fred gets amnesia from a bump on the head and awakes with the delusion that he is Fred Flinstoni, famed car racer, or the Count de Flintstone, famed royalty, or El Flinstonador, famed bullfighter, etc. etc. and hilarity ensues until he is finally returned to reality by another bump on the head. Gzuckier (talk) 15:58, 1 May 2013 (UTC)