I usually avoid posting too much news about PC Cases unless they're interesting enough for my tastes,
As well as avoiding touching on the subject of that DUAL-CHAMBER aesthetic which I have nothing nice to say about despite the aesthetic being BELOVED by enthusiasts....
But it seems FRACTAL DESIGN was just in their EXPERIMENTAL PHASE.
After their release of the FRACTAL POP 2 VISION earlier this year
FRACTAL has decided to renege their commitment to DUAL CHAMBER in favor of the classic FRONT INTAKE design for their cases.
I woke up(I'm still coughing as of this post) and saw on FACEBOOK a post from FRACTAL about two cases they just announced:
Fractal SUMMIT
&
Fractal DEFINE ONE
First, lets go with the SUMMIT
Looks like FRACTAL DESIGN is still obsessed with their WOODGRAIN aesthetic ever since their 2022 success with the NORTH case
But instead of the wood being the INTAKE GRILLE like it was on the NORTH series,
The WOOD seems to be decorative, a little similar to a certain case from ANTEC
But all-in-all,
The SUMMIT looks like FRACTAL is going back to their roots which is proper FRONT INTAKE for airflow.
Yeah.... Kind of like how this GIF of a JET TURBINE puts it.
But not quite.
We're talking about letting air in and letting air out to keep our components cool
Once again, FRACTAL is positioning this case to be for gamers,
I can tell seeing as I've seen that this case is promising itself to be tool-less once again but I noticed that FRACTAL is finally putting in an IN-CASE Anti-Sag Holder to prop up GRAPHICS cards.
In the past, You had to use HOLDERS or BRACKETS that came with your GPU unless you bought yourself a 3rd Party Holder like my ASUS ROG HERCUL-X Holder.
This is indeed a welcome change.
I'm all in for this case... provided I can build one for a friend of mine.....
Next, we have the DEFINE ONE case.
I have mixed feelings about this case.
I was really hoping for FRACTAL to introduce the DEFINE 8 series of cases but alas, they didn't.
The name DEFINE ONE really does remind me of the XBOX ONE from 2013
Unlike the SUMMIT, the DEFINE ONE seems a little short on the HORIZONTAL side of things so please be mindful of what GPU or AIO you have before mounting them into this case.
I'm curious about the back side of this thing?
At least for the backside, this case alongside the SUMMIT is following the NORTH case's homework on tool-less for things like PSU Mounting, back exhaust, etc.
One thing I wish FRACTAL would have retained is at least a single 5.25" Optical drive bay but this breakup schematic shows it doesn't have it
Look... I get that you can just use USB Optical Drives to get around that but in my mind, it's more important to have an internal solution to mounting at least a BLU-RAY burner.
Either way or another, I'm more interested in the SUMMET CASE due to it's woodgrain and front intake airflow design aesthetic
Yeah, I noticed that these cases don't come with their own FRACTAL ASPECT RGB fans. But who needs them?
If you really want ARGB fans that badly, just buy your own.
Me?
I just use my THERMALTAKE or CORSAIR fans that I have.
Here's hoping which case releases first...
and here's my closing line for this post:
IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE VANCOUVER AREA WHO'D LIKE ME TO BUILD THEIR COMPUTERS, HERE'S THE LINK TO MY WEBSITE'S CONTACT PAGE:
Starting today, I'm going to swap out my old B650 AORUS Motherboard that's inside my FRACTAL POP AIR Case and in it's place is this:
The X870E MSI MPG CARBON WIFI ATX MOTHERBOARD.
I actually bought this at MEMORY EXPRESS at Broadway & Cypress Street in VANCOUVER because I determined that after the morning thunderstorm of AUGUST 14th & another one in AUGUST 23rd, I felt a little jolt in my brain that I need a new Motherboard, just to be safe.
While I'm sure my SURGE PROTECTOR as well as turning off my SEASONIC PSU helped to save the old MOBO, I just felt it was time to switch motherboards if I'm gonna rebuild my Desktop.
So.... On AUGUST 27th 2026, I bought the aforementioned MSI motherboard,
Yes, I'm back to MSI but at least I'm still on an AMD system.
And at least I'll reuse a majority of parts from the older build.
.....
Why did I wait so long to rebuild my PC?
PROCRASTINATION?
No.
I got sick on AUGUST 30th 2026 with a throat flu.
I'm in the midst of recovery at the moment but starting today SEPTEMBER 1st 2026, I'm rebuilding my Desktop.
And yes, I'm using WINDOWS 11 PRO so don't ask why I didn't use MINT, BAZZITE, Fedora, or Red Hat.
I need to have an OS that supports both my ANIMATION SOFTWARE and GAMING but DISTROS have their tradeoffs and I can't afford to do dual booting for each service. And I don't want to install plugins just to make one thing work or others in the event WINE doesn't do it's job.
What is different is that instead of using the MEDIA CREATION TOOL,
I instead used RUFUS to create my own installation USB so I can get rid of COPILOT and create a LOCAL ACCOUNT.
(Though I will re-install ONEDRIVE because I need to transfer files between my iPhone and my PCs and Vice Versa. Email Apps will remain on my Laptop and Phone for the time being.)
But as usual as a failsafe, My blogging remains on my DELL LAPTOP connected to my ULTRAWIDE monitor.
On February 1990, a Satirical Newspaper article was written by writer IAN FRAZIER that was published in THE NEW YORKER.
The story goes that WILE E COYOTE has gotten so fed up with all the Defective ACME products he's been purchasing using his WARNER BROS. SALARY just to catch that GODDAMNED ROADRUNNER
It got to a point that he decides to sue ACME for damages to his EGO, BODY, and SPIRIT.
He hires a Less than stellar Billboard Attorney named KEVIN AVERY
Can't get his photo so I'm using this promo art of LIONEL HUTZ from THE SIMPSONS.
who agrees with the Canine that ACME has gone too far with their products and decides to represent his new Client in Court.
Of Course, BUDDY CRANE, a former boss of KEVIN at a previous LAW FIRM has a trick up his sleeve to not only intimidate AVERY but also keep ACME's Secrets from leaking into PUBLIC CONSCIENCE.
That's the basic outline for the original 1990 Article.
Almost 36 years later, A movie was released into THEATERS that expands upon that particular Article.
But that journey was majorly rough.
And that's because MANAGEMENT at WARNER BROS. can really be such a BITCH!!!
SERIOUSLY!
LATE 80s and EARLY 90s WARNER BROS. was too obsessed with making their
CARTOONS SOFT AND GENTLE
Unless you subvert it with a BASSET HOUND
accidentally snapping a TURKEY's neck.....
And despite efforts from those working within WB,
WB always shot down attempts to harken back to their anarchistic TERMITE TERRACE roots
Going as far as to delay BLOOPER BUNNY until 1997
due to DAFFY DUCK's joke about the WB executives' bones.
until FRED SEIBERT decided to change things up with CARTOON NETWORK in 1992.
Somehow, 2020s WARNER BROS DISCOVERY is even worse!!!!!
That's because of one ASSHOLE CEO who'd we wish we'd assassinate by ironically sticking an ACME Branded M80 in his desk.
Seriously, this man has no chill.
Despite his jovial nature, he does not care about us millennials who've grown up in the 2000s watching mid to late 90s and 2000s era CARTOON NETWORK.
But aside,
In the summer of 2023,
WBD decided to not give the film it's release.
Instead, the original intended release of the film had it's slot replaced with BARBIE.....
And then BARBIE went against OPPENHEIMER.
And we all know what that entailed that year.
Then the WORST NEWS came in NOVEMBER 9th of 2023 when WBD announced that the film would never get a release.
Because ZASLAV's an ASSHOLE with a deceiving jovial outer mask!!!!
His intention was to shelve the film in order to claim a USD$30 Million Write-Off which would therefore make it the third film by WBD to be shelved for TAX PURPOSES following similar cancelations of BATGIRL and SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT.
THAT'S WHY.... Mr. COYOTE!...
And drop the GENMA SAOTOME act will ya.....
Oh right.....
You barely have a voice....
My bad.
But seriously,
Not only were WARNER BROS. fans MIGHTY PISSED at ZASLAV's unapologetic actions but so were the production crew and pretty much the rest of the industry when news broke out about the WRITE-OFF attempt.
Even CANADIAN Voice Actor ERIC BAUZA was MIGHTY PISSED to a point that during the 51st ANNIE AWARDS, in an act of protest said in his DAFFY DUCK voice:
"I hate to be political but....
RELEASE COYOTE VS. ACME!!!!!"
But seeing that ZASLAV refused to kotow to industry pressure and viewer backlash or even boycotts, he remained firm with his decision for many years.....
Aside from when he offered to sell to other studios but cheated by raising the sales price of the film...
Then came
who was fresh last year from releasing...
Announced on MARCH 19 2025 that they purchased the rights to COYOTE VS. ACME from WARNER BROS. for USD$50 Million, Therefore saving the film from PERGATORY.
The SOUR TASTE of the attempted TAX WRITE-OFF was still in the tongues of many to a point that marketing decided to have a little fun by mocking it that with things like
Real Subtle COYOTE.
and
It's been a long journey but it was totally worth the RANTING, BITCHING, etc. to finally encourage KETCHUP to save the film from TAX HELL and finally release it.....
on DIGITAL LASER
Really wished KETCHUP would offer a 70MM screening seeing as I came off fresh from watching THE ODDYSEY in 70MM......
But I'll take the 4K Laser Projection any time....
And WILE E COYOTE is definitely happy
we all helped to save the film.
Let's all give him and KEVIN AVERY a GROUP HUG.
And I will confirm that I watched the film at this very theater in VANCOUVER:
CINEPLEX CINEMAS
MARINE & GATEWAY.
I enjoyed it more than I expected it to be.
Be sure to read a future review about the film sometime later during the fall or maybe as per part of my YEAR-END LOONEY TUNES retrospective....
There’s evidence that DOUG has more in common with the GRAND THEFT AUTO series than one would realize.
I first found out about this years ago when I've done research on a RADIO PERSONALITY in one of the games and discovered that Skeeter Valentine's Actor FRED NEWMAN
was a radio DJ in the 1999 game GTA 2 for PS1, Dreamcast, & PC.
And here's the full radio session with his voice as SPAZ FUNBAGS:
Quite a side gig for MOSQUITO "SKEETER" VALENTINE.
"I knew my Mouth Sounds lessons I learned from MICHEAL WINSLOW
would eventually land me a career in both
RADIO & PODCASTS.
*HONK HONK*"
But that doesn't end there.
2 years later in 2001, we got CHRIS PHILLIPS,
Voice of Roger Klotz in the Disney Series,
"Ironically using a Photo from back when I was paying rent to
FAT JACK'S TRAILER PARK."
He's Marty Chonks
and El Burro,
two notorious criminals from LIBERTY CITY.
That was in Grand Theft Auto III for PS2.
Though MARTY CHONKS is one of the only characters that Phillips voiced that has an on-screen appearance.
While El Burro, despite having official artwork, has no in-game physical appearances whatsoever.
Just his voice during missions:
and Finally, THOMAS LYONS, aka TOM MCHUGH.....
Second Voice of DOUG FUNNIE in the Disney series.......
"I think you've got the wrong actor.
And why'd you interrupt my binge-watching of FUTURAMA on HULU?"
& I don't see Porkchop barking angrily at my DELL Ryzen 7 Laptop,
nor his doppelganger THE ABNORMAL attacking me in my dreams.
???
WHY NO BILLY WEST?
Well it's because WEST bore witness to SUMNER REDSTONE of VIACOM freezing 75% of Nickelodeon's Budget in February 1994 after the company purchased and acquired PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
And then WEST was told that his pay would be cut.
"I'm sorry.... What did you say about my pay?"
West got so pissed off that he stormed out and gave the finger to his employer....
BIG MISTAKE as he now regrets leaving.....
Anyway, Ready for some IRONY?(And apologies for any aneurysms...)
Oh come on DOUG! GTA 6 isn't even out yet!
Hold your Pre-Order money for the ULTIMATE EDITION until then!
I've already mentioned this, albeit through Thinly-Veiled TAKE THAT jokes against LYONS at his own expense... BUT.....
THOMAS LYONS portrays Corrupt Liberty City Cop FRANCIS MCREARY...
in the 2008 game GRAND THEFT AUTO IV, aka GTA 4.
So what's the Irony?
Well if you play the game on PS3, XBOX 360, or PC, and/or watch GTA IV clips on YouTube, watch the cutscenes with Francis appearing in them and you'll hear that Thomas Lyons' Francis Mcreary Voice sounds much closer to Billy West's FRY Voice.
Don't believe me?
Take a gander at this Clip starring FRANCIS MCREARY himself:
Man, I had a hard time finding clips to embed but search on YOUTUBE some GTA IV clips of FRANCIS MCREARY and you'll get the gist of it.
It's kind of hilarious to hear DOUG FUNNIE using the word "FUCKING" albeit with proper vocal chords that sound like FRY from FUTURAMA.
But notice the similar Vocal Cadence to FRY's?
At least before MCREARY loses his marbles over DERRICK the further you play the game....
Here's a clip from FUTURAMA to illustrate my point using WEST's favorite quote:
I call this WEST's favorite since he uses it at conventions or interviews
to provide examples of his own voice.
Granted, Francis Mcreary's voice is a slight lower octave compared to FRY's
& Billy West's FRY voice became less nasal and slightly lower pitched in the later seasons compared to the clip shown above which is from the 1999 Season 1 episode FRY & THE SLURM FACTORY.
(Barring SEASON 11 where FRY sounded raspier due to WEST being in his early 70s and was in the midst of recovering from COVID back in 2022-2023,)
I could have used the "It's that Obnoxious Monkey" clip from MARS UNIVERSITY or the "Ocean Madness" clip from THE DEEP SOUTH but I can't find any clips at the moment.
But notice the vocal similarities between FRY and FRANCIS MCREARY?
Trust me, now that you've heard them, now you know.
But man, talk about a wasted opportunity to impersonate Billy West in 1996.....
Or maybe it was Michael Eisner's fault for thinking that if LYONS impersonated West, there'd be a Lawsuit from Billy West that would be enough to make us scream
"SWEET ZOMBIE BEJESUS! A JUICY LAWSUIT!"
(Read that remark but in West's Farnsworth Voice.)
Anyway,
I can definitely hear BILLY WEST still fuming over being replaced by LYONS in 1996, and raging over the fact that LYONS used an imitation of FRY's voice just to voice a corrupted LIBERTY CITY COP who, SPOILER ALERT, once he's shot dead, he's considered PERSONA-NON GRATA in the eyes of the Mcreary Family.
"Yes I'm pissed off that THAT LYONS GUY stole my DOUG
but what I'm more pissed off about is that I got put in RAYMAN 3
instead of GRAND THEFT AUTO while I'm scheduled to come back to RAYMAN
in OCTOBER 2026!
Hope something changes come forth NOVEMBER 19 2026."
Are you reading this BILLY WEST?
You still ready to file that Lawsuit against LYONS and challenge his UNION status within SAG-AFTRA?
I'm all in for it.
And you're more than free to hire either the Blue-Haired Lawyer
"Why am I representing that FUNNIE Kid?"
or the HyperChicken as your attorney.
"I may be just a simple HYPERCHICKEN from a Backwoods Asteroid
but I draw the line at a sweater vested kid being told his that his future
is that of a Corrupt Liberty City Cop.
And he should have rejected his contract with that LAW & ORDER TV Show."
And for you TIPPI DINK & MRS. WINGO fans,
Doris Bellack, actor of the two characters above,
she portrayed the MCREARY matriarch
MAUREEN MCREARY.
Here's how Mayor TIPPI DINK would feel about her voice being used to portray the matriarch of a mafia family.
Tippi here is not amused that she's the voice of a MAFIA Family's Matriarch
Though her husband BUD is congratulating her for her voice work.
......
Am i noticing a pattern here?
How is it that many of the actors in DOUG, sans BILLY WEST, have all acted in Crime based entertainment such as GTA or LAW & ORDER?
Notice I did not mention others like DOUG PRIES, BECCA LISH, MELLISA GREENSPAN, CONSTANCE SHULMAN, etc.,
They probably didn't get contacted by ROCKSTAR to provide voice roles for any characters whether they're recurring or pedestrians.
And I didn't mention the late ALICE PLAYTEN either but either way, she's no stranger to adult animation of her work on HEAVY METAL & Picha's THE BIG BANG were any indication.
Since the DOUG KIDS revival was soon abandoned sometime after reading that a management change happened back in 2021,
Funny how it was teased back in 2023 but as of AUGUST 28 2026, I just saw on Facebook that the revival is now shelved.....
We'll see further development in the coming future.
All I can say is, once the CHIBIVERSE legal kerfuffles have been sorted out,
The Mouse Executives should SERIOUSLY back Billy West and accept his pay demands as WEST does not want a repeat of his dispute from 1996 or JOHN DIMAGGIO’s 2022 Salary dispute.
(Unlike WEST's 1996 dispute, John thankfully came back as BENDER.)
I'm still sore over the fact that ROCKSTAR has to delay the game to NOVEMBER 19 2026.
Look, I get that ROCKSTAR wants to avoid another CYBERPUNK LAUNCH FIASCO,
but using CYBERPUNK 2077's infamous 2020 launch to justify the delay has been seen by many gamers as an unacceptable excuse.
And while I was also working on some revisions on this blogpost back in January 2026,
I heard there was a BOILER ROOM explosion incident at ROCKSTAR NORTH's headquarters but thank balls that was taken care of.
And then starting in MID-AUGUST 2026, the game was leaked by a disgruntled HACKER named CYBERLEEK,
Causing great concern for both the Game Development Industry & the Gaming Community.
But aside, I'm still excited for GTA 6 coming to PS5.
And to show my support, here's a screenshot of DOUG kissing his copy of GTA 6 for PS5.
Though in light of events dating back to CANADA DAY 2026 regarding PLAYSTATION,
I really should not be using this PHOTOSHOPPED edit of mine due to poor taste....
But what the hell.... I'll take the HEAT
(No relation to the 1995 VAL KILMER film.)
Sorry It took me so long to make this post.
I was already finished typing this blogpost back in February 2026 but I didn't want to publish it yet until now because I wanted to wait until GTA 6's Third Trailer was released....
well.... a trailer 3 did release and that's the EXTENDED LOOK documentary on NETFLIX which was just recently released so I waited until then before I can publish this blogpost which I did just to celebrate the reveal of the Doc but for copyright reasons, I can't embed the video so wait until it's on ARCHIVE.ORG.
And even then, just download it from there.
Hope you all enjoyed this interesting post...
And yes, I still believe BILLY WEST is a superior DOUGLAS YANCY FUNNIE....
FRANCIS MCREARY had what was coming to him(SPOILER ALERT)
