The chickens live peacefully in a different universe, where chickens are the main species. Mort the Chicken is the star of his own television show. In another universe, cube-like creatures called The Boolyon are spying on the chickens. The leader of the cubes, General Cubicles, notices that the chickens have stacks of hay. The Cubicles mistake them for kidnapped citizens of their universe. While Mort is filming his own TV show, the cubes reach their universe via a well and kidnap all the baby chicks, scattering them across the cube universe. Mort is the only one brave enough to stop the cubes, so he jumps down the well. This is when he starts his adventure to save the baby chicks.
"Mort the Chicken" is a platformer. The player controls Mort as he explores his world. The player needs to rescue baby chicks and kill cubes. Mort can destroy the cubes using the comb on his head. That comb can be used as a whip. Some cubes cannot be killed. Every time Mort gets hit, the cubes take a chick from Mort and imprison it. Mort's health bar is shown by two stalks of corn. When Mort loses health, part of the corn goes away. Each level has up to 10 chicks to rescue. Mort can also get power-ups. These power-ups include making him jump higher, become bigger, attract chicks, make his neck-whip attack longer, or have chicks attack enemies. Eggs and chicken food are around the levels, and Mort can peck at these with his beak. Eggs give Mort power-ups. Chicken food gives health.
"Mort the Chicken" received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
Saosin
Saosin is an American rock band. They started in Orange County, California in 2003. The band released their first EP, "Translating the Name" in 2003. The group recorded its self titled debut album. It was released on Capitol Records on September 26, 2006. Their second studio album, "In Search of Solid Ground", was released on September 8, 2009 on Virgin Records.
Saosin has been described as post-hardcore, emo, and alternative rock.
Stroke 9
Stroke 9 is an American alternative rock band. It was formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989.
Take Me Home, Country Roads
"Take Me Home, Country Roads", (also called "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads") is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about the state of West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971. It got to number 2 on "Billboard"s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. The song was a success on its first release. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971, and Platinum on April 10, 2017. The song became one of John Denver's most popular songs. It still sells, with over 1.5 million digital copies sold in the United States. It is considered to be Denver's signature song.
The song has a status as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as "almost Heaven". In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia.
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" received a positive response from West Virginia people. The song is the theme song of West Virginia University. It has been performed during every home football pregame show since 1972.
This song was played at the funeral memorial for West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd at the state capitol in Charleston on July 2, 2010.
The popularity of the song has gotten bills in the West Virginia Legislature to make "Take Me Home, Country Roads" an official state song. On March 7, 2014, the West Virginia Legislature approved a bill to make "Take Me Home, Country Roads" an official state song of West Virginia. They did this along three other songs: "West Virginia Hills", "This is My West Virginia", and "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home". Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed the resolution into law on March 8, 2014.
A cover version of the song, a collaboration between Copilot Music and Sound and the vocal group Spank, exists. It was commissioned for and shown in both the teaser and full E3 2018 trailers for the 2018 video game, "Fallout 76". The game's story is set in West Virginia. Released as an iTunes-only single on July 4, 2018, the song reached #1 on the iTunes singles chart. It debuted at #41 on "Billboard's" Hot Country Songs chart that week and at #21 on "Billboard's" Country Digital Songs the following week. The official YouTube upload of the original John Denver recording, first uploaded in 2013, would later edit its description to mention the use of the song in the game.
Gary Chester
Gary Chester (born Cesario Gurciullo; October 27, 1924 – August 17, 1987) was a studio drummer, author, and teacher. He began playing in the 1960s. Chester played on hundreds of records for bands such as The Coasters, The Monkees, and The Lovin' Spoonful. He also played drums for people including the Everly Brothers, Ben E. King, Jim Croce, Dionne Warwick and Bobby Darin.
Christian Broadcasting Network
The Christian Broadcasting Network is an American conservative and evangelical religious television network. It is also a production company.
The network was founded in 1960 by the televangelist Pat Robertson. Other hosts include former Miss America 1973 Terry Meeuwsen.
One of CBN's main programs is "The 700 Club", a religious and news program which has aired on CBN since 1966.
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Fort Mill, also called Fort Mill Township, is a town in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is in the northern part of the state. It is south of Charlotte, North Carolina and near Rock Hill, South Carolina.
As of 2018, around 19,848 people were living there.
Neper (mythology)
Neper was the god of grains, specifically grains that were significant in Ancient Egyptian times, such as wheat, corn, and barley. His name means lord of the mouth. Neper also represented sustenance and nourishment. He determined the times of the year when the crops grew, were harvested, and disappeared. He was worshipped mainly because he was a god that kept people healthy through their food.
Neper was a god in human form. However, he had distinctive marks to represent grains. He had dots on his clothing to represent corn grains. He also had grains above his head, like in the picture to the left. He was also often shown carrying wheat, or similar crops. He wore little clothes, like in the picture where it shows him wearing a cloth around his waist. Neper was worshipped all over Egypt.
Neper had a female version of himself, called Nepit. Nepit was the goddess of grain. Neper's mother, Renenutet, was a goddess of nourishment, and harvesting, who also represented grains. Neper was also seen as a form of Osiris, the god of death and the underworld. People saw him as a form of Osiris because he appeared and disappeared at the times of annual harvest, just like Osiris came back from the dead. He, along with Osiris, was often thought of the god that was "Living after he had died".
Benjamin Orr
Benjamin "Ben" Orzechowski (September 8, 1947 – October 4, 2000), known professionally as Benjamin Orr and Ben Orr, was an American musician best known as the bassist, primary lead singer and co-founder of the rock band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Drive". He also scored a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night."
Orr was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars in 2018.
Orr died from pancreatic cancer.
Tropical Storm Imelda
Tropical Storm Imelda was a weak though very catastrophic 2019 Atlantic tropical cyclone. The storm struck eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Imelda created a "very" serious flash flood event in both states. It was one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history, particularly in Texas.
The Galveston/Houston area was "especially" hit hard by Imelda. Several people were killed due to flooding from the storm.
The storm also led to several tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana.