Mog Anarchy's 1st Gunge Tank Experience!

I'm sure we all have a bucket list - things we'd like to do in our lives before we die - whether it's physically written down or just in your head, we all have a long list of things we'd like to accomplish, experience or achieve.

My bucket list includes such highlights as graduating from university, getting married, getting my own house, visiting Germany and of course - getting publicly gunged in a real gunge tank.

And on October 29th 2016, thanks to my friend Leigh, we made it happen.




I went along with him to help out with the gunge tank in general - you may not realise, but they're actually a massive pain in the arse - being made of glass, they're quite fragile - they also require a lot of set-up and of course, clean-up afterwards. The tank had been booked by a shopping centre in Stoke to raise money for a breast cancer charity - all good - and while I was there, I took a gunging to help with their fundraising and to be used as promo material for the gunge tank next year.

The tank itself can hold 90 litres, or 9 buckets - and thanks to the collection tank underneath, the gunge can be recycled and used again - my gunging consisted of around 5 buckets worth of recycled gunge...

When I was gunged, there were around 50 people gathered around to watch, in addition to all of the shoppers mooching around and people sitting in the nearby cafe - so quite a big audience for the first time I was publicly gunged...

The event organiser even had a microphone and speaker set up - he asked me before I stepped inside: "How are you feeling Dixie?"

"...A little nervous." I stammered in reply - a feeling of excitement and nervousness, to be honest.

So with a countdown from 10 - and his son pulling the release chain - I stood trembling with a mixture of dread and anticipation. After they all shouted ONE - the chain was pulled, and I was doused in thick, gloopy, green gunge - which was so thick and falling from such a height, knocked off my glasses quite spectacularly. I couldn't stop a stupid smile forming on my face, or the giggles.

Unsure what to do with my hands, I thought "go big or go home" and raised my fists with dual devil horns - which garnered a massive crowd reaction - I got a lot of cheers and applause. Afterwards, a group of old ladies expressed I was brave - to which I replied, "no, I'm just daft," - I was still giggling like a fool.

I was sent off to the underground staff area, leaving a gloopy trail behind me - where I cleaned up in their little toilet room - I'd taken along spare clothes and a towel, but the only water source I had was a tiny hand basin - which I just dunked my head into and washed my hair as best as I could until I got to have a proper shower later that evening. But, having been gunged so much before - you only get better at getting cleaned up.

So, that is the story of my first ever time in a proper gunge tank - and also my first public gunging. I doubt it'll be the last, either. :)

Ash's Birthday Cards: The Binding Of Isaac

My prediction was right, so it seems. :)

Shelly made me a cake, I got some books, T-shirts and a shitton of underpants, because I made the mistake of telling everyone I needed pants. I also got some money and some gift cards that I blew on Amazon. :)

Anyway, this is this 2015's card designed by Ash - a Binding of Isaac card:

Complete with the menagerie of monsters attending my birthday party as I cut the cake with Mom's Knife. :)

Unboxing: Arcade Block September 2016

It's time for my eleventh monthly Arcade Block!

As I've previously explained; for a fee of $20 CANADIAN per month, Arcade Block will send you a lovely box of gaming merchandise, including a T-shirt. Shipping costs vary, depending on where you live, and larger T-shirt sizes cost a few $ extra - overall, my boxes including shipping, work out at about £24.

This one was shipped on the 25th of September and arrived on the 7th of October.



And let's take a closer look at the contents:

Sega Mega Drive USB hub

Super Chip Clips

Retro video gaming magazine

Controllers T-Shirt

Assassin's Creed Mega Bloks

Gungey Gaming Gameshow - Episode #1

Welcome everybody, to the first episode of Mog Anarchy's GUNGEY GAMING GAMESHOW - where gamers compete in gaming-related quizzes and challenges in a hope of avoiding getting gunged!

Today's contestant is... me. D'oh!

The rules are simple - the Gungey Gameshow consists of three rounds and a final GUNGE ROUND - in order to avoid facing the gunge, you must complete TWO out of the three rounds satisfactorily. Simple, right? Ha, just you wait.



(The blog below is full of photos! To fit them all in, I had to make them smaller - to see a full-size version, simply click on 'em!)

Round #1

In our first round, you have ONE MINUTE to draw a picture of the icon of Nintendo gaming: Mario. The catch? You have to splat your face into a plateful of paint and use your NOSE as a paintbrush! This is going to get messy...

Personally, I think I did pretty well - at first glance, it may not look that much like Mario - but if you take in account the face I drew it with my FACE in a MINUTE - it's not bad at all! I also didn't get as much paint on my face as I expected - I just got a black nose like my cat Jet.

Round #2

In our second round, we have a general knowledge question for you about The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. In front of you are three tubs filled to the brim with lovely, sloppy gunge. You will notice their lids are marked with pictures of the three Spiritual Stones. You must gunge yourself in the order of which you receive these items!

This was a first for me, I've never gunged myself before. I've always had somebody standing over me with a bucket - I've never been in charge of doing it myself. My word, it's nerve-racking. You know what's going to happen, but at the same time, you're apprehensive about doing it! Each of these tubs could hold 2 litres - and each was filled right to the brim with gunge! Anyway, I knew the order, the Kokiri's Emerald, the Goron's Ruby and the Zora's Sapphire - or GREEN, RED, BLUE - so I doused myself with six litres of gunge... gooey green, runny red and bubbly blue... Yuck!

Round #3

In our third and final round, you have ONE MINUTE to sing the entire "Still Alive" song from Portal. Once you are finished, you must slam your face into the lovely foam pie on the table in front of you.

Now as you know, Still Alive is a song that haunts me - thanks to a previous gunging I had... but - we all have to face our demons one day. I ACED this round - I rambled through the lyrics with time to spare! Before I face-planted in the pie, I made sure to take off my glasses... it's a good thing too - I hit the table so hard, I bumped my nose! I also held my face in the pie for a while... I was a little embarrassed about raising my head, because I knew I'd look super silly. I'm surprised at how long I could hold my breath!

Gunge Round

It's not fair! Even though I DID pass 2/3 of the rounds - I still got gunged anyway!

Yup, I was made to get on my knees in the already messy paddling pool, raise up my head and get absolutely covered in 12 litres of thick, gloopy, sticky bright yellow gunge...

All of the gunge used in this video, I got from an awesome UK retailer GungeSupplies.com - it's HEC gunge, made to a thick consistency. HEC is slightly different to natrosol, as it feels a lot thicker, gloopier and stickier. It's also a lot less slippery underfoot and cleans up a lot easier!