Ethan Suplee & the Squirrel Cadaver-1994 Sega Game Gear Squirrel Commercial+How CPU Clock Speeds don't lineup between manufacturers

 Well....

This recently showed up on my FACEBOOK Reels Feed and suddenly, a wave of nostalgia came flooding down my cerebellum. 

......

Keep in mind, I wasn't born until December 1997 but a commercial like this is about to ignite a heavy amount of Nostalgia amongst many a SEGA Fan from the mid-90s.

What's going on here?

Well.... It's some fat 90s Teenager playing on his Gameboy at a park in late spring '94.

He feels bored out of his mind playing his copy of SUPER MARIO LAND 2 SIX GOLDEN COINS....

More like he wished his GAMEBOY should have had a TFT Active Matrix Color Display instead of that non-backlit STN Passive Matrix Display.

Suddenly, he notices something on the Ground.

What is it?

UGH!!!!! It's a dead squirrel.

Seeing as that Dead Squirrel obviously is under the effects of RIGOR MORTIS, the guy decides to take advantage of that by holding the squirrel by it's tail.

*WHACK!!!*

uhh.... That's one way of inducing an ACID TRIP but I think it may have something to do with the smell of putrefaction from the squirrel than hitting yourself bluntly on the head.

At least he's seeing... COLOR on your GAMEBOY?

"Woah..... Color......"

Since this was 1994 and it would be 4 years before the GAMEBOY COLOR showed up at retail in 1998,

Your only other method was to use an SNES and this cartridge here

This allowed certain games to have a slightly enhanced color pallete alongside some borders

But of course, SEGA didn't care.

They decided to rib on NINTENDO circa '94 and state that the only handheld you really need is a GAME GEAR:

All while showing a thin teenager to accentuate that.

?????

Why does this guy look like actor ZACHARY GORDON before he was born in 1998?

Anyway, the narrator also insinuates that the GAME GEAR's superiority is due to having games like 

SONIC 

and MORTAL KOMBAT.

And then........

"SEGA!!!!"

WOAH!!!!! 

Did that Squirrel Cadaver just..... RE-ANIMATE?

DAMMIT HERBERT WEST!!!!!

"I swear! I didn't use my REGENT on that SQUIRREL!

Go see my movie! You'll know that the regent does not work on 

organisms that have entered RIGOR MORTIS!!!"

Ok. I believe you. You're forgiven.

If you're wondering about why the GA and MA-17 logos are superimposed?

That was SEGA actually playing fair with CONTENT RATING SYSTEMS by starting their own AGE RATINGS SYSTEM.....

All because the original MORTAL KOMBAT & NIGHT TRAP pissed off the American Government in 1993.

SEGA's Videogame Rating Council would eventually be replaced with the North American standard ESRB system after it's enforcement in September 1994.

As usual, if you want to see the commercial in full, here's the YouTube Link for the commercial:

The fat Teenager you see in the commercial is none other than ETHAN SUPLEE.

About a year after this commercial was released, he found everlasting fame in KEVIN SMITH's 1995 film MALLRATS.

In that, he portrayed WILLAM, a guy who can't find that DAMN SAILBOAT on a MAGIC EYE poster due to his lack of depth perception.

"Will you shut up!!!! 

I'm trying my damnest to find that stupid Sailboat!"

SPOILER ALERT:

He eventually does find the sailboat...... albeit OFFSCREEN.

The SEGA GAME GEAR Commercial is one of the many ATTACK ADs that SEGA OF AMERICA made as they were trying to unseat NINTENDO and drive them out of the business because according to TOM KALINSKE, Withered Technology as insinuated by the LATE GUNPEI YOKOI does not guaranteed winning hardware.

So SEGA tried everything to show NINTENDO that you don't need a weak 65C02 CPU to have a great console

with them saying that a ROIDED UP Motorola 68000 is superior because BLAST PROCESSING.

I don't care what you still fiercely believe but the BLAST PROCESSING thing is a piece of CRAP and nothing short of a MARKeTING GIMMICK.

Because the MOTOROLA 68000, like the MOS 6502, was developed in the 1970s and was developed for the better part of the 1980s before it finally found use in computers like the Macintosh, Atari ST, and the Commodore Amiga.

Still want to challenge my Views?

Let's use screenshot as an example:

The 68000 is rated at 7mhz while the earlier 6502 can sometimes be set at the default of 1mhz.

Looks like the 68000 would be the winner... RIGHT?

WRONG!!!!!!!!!

Let's say you would downclock the 68000 so it's on the same ballpark as the 6502. 

You'd expect them to be equal, but no. Take a look at what's show below:

There's a rating known as MIPS which stands for 

MEGA INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND.

It is a measurement to measure how much instructions a CPU can execute efficiently.

As seen in the screenshot above, a 1mhz 68000 has a pretty abysmal efficiency cycle to handle it's instructions when compared to a similarly clocked 6502.

But of course, the 68000 is meant to start at 6 or 7mhz by default so you'd expect the efficiency to be better. Right?

Well.... It is better but only by a minor margin.

Because the 68000's biggest competitor,(not counting x86 CPUS) was the WDC 65C02.

And those often had a starting 3mhz clock.

I've done my research when comparing the GENESIS vs the SNES and here are the results:

GENESIS: Motorola 68000 7.6MHz(1.3 MIPS)

&

SNES: Ricoh 5A22 3.58MHz(1.5 MIPS)

In essence, the SNES still beats the GENESIS due to it's higher MIPS rating..... by a minor margin according to the number past the decimal.

But I know people are gonna fiercely disagree with me and still say that the GENESIS is better because of it's 7.6MHz being the source of all that BLAST PROCESSING.....

The reason people would refuse to believe this is because:

WE ONLY CARE ABOUT RAW CPU CLOCKS AND NOT MIPS RATINGS! 

At least... that was the original mantra.

Nowadays, we don't really look at how high of a rating we demand in our CPUS.

It's all dependent on the core count, and at some point, L3 cache.

Take for example my MAVERICK FALCON's AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3D

It's rated at a 4.3GHz clock so that doesn't sound impressive when compared to it's lower clocked brethren like a Ryzen 5 9600x or a Ryzen 7 9800x3D.

But the real hero of the 9950x3D is it's L3 Cache.

The CPU in it's original Single CCD configuration has an L3 Cache of 128MB when compared to the lower number used in other CPUS which go no higher than 32MB.

And even the Ryzen 7 9800x3D, the best CPU for gaming, has an L3 Cache of 96MB which is lower than my 9950x3D's 128MB L3 Cache.

And the recently released 9950x3D2 CPU released back in April 2026 absolutely TRUMPS both my CPU and the Ryzen 7 Variant with it's insane 192MB L3 Cache which is enough to be in THREADRIPPER or EPYC territory though both those levels of CPUS still beat the 9950X3D2 by several margins.

Well.... the BLAST PROCESSING crap worked for a bit with the GENESIS(MEGA DRIVE in Japan and UK) due to SONIC but surprisingly, the Game Boy still managed to beat the GAME GEAR...

As well as both the ATARI LYNX

and the NEC TURBOEXPRESS

Eventually,

SEGA exited the hardware business due to mishandling of the SATURN by KALINSKE and a failure by BERNIE STOLAR to take into account the rising success of SONY's PlayStation Consoles.

So now SEGA is a Software company that makes games for Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and for PC GAMERS out there.

But one good thing did happen to ETHAN SUPLEE.

After finally finding the Sailboat,

He lost weight.

Yes, I did mention that I was gonna be booked for JUNE due to FIFA and my job working at the STAFF KITCHEN at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver.....

But I just couldn't resist making a BLOGPOST about one of my favorite Commercials from the bygone years of SEGA fighting with NINTENDO.

Maverick Update 05/27/2026-June's gonna be booked for me

For most of June 2026, Things are gonna be packed for the week.

This doesn't mean I'm gonna be inactive for the following month but there will be less and less posts on MAVERICK MARTINEZ ARCHIVE due to a multitude of things.

For one, I got a new Job at the FAIRMONT HOTEL in Vancouver after my previous Job with BCIHS had my work contract elapse.

But because I'll most likely be doing food service for the hotel, I might not be active as much on this blog for the foreseeable month due to the scheduling I'll be dealt with.

Most of this has something to do with the upcoming FIFA WORLD CUP being held in my home city of VANCOUVER so there's gonna be mouths to feed because them players and executives need their nutrition in the stomachs.

So that's that.

Just a small update before JUNE 2026.

I've got posts that are coming that month but please be aware of any gaps due to my new Job.

I do need the extra money to support myself and my PC Upgrade....

My wish for what song to be used in GTA 6+SALUTE TO PHIL COLLINS

We're all anticipating the release of GRAND THEFT AUTO VI releasing for the PS5 and XBOX SERIES X coming in NOVEMBER 19 2026.

And to be honest, A lot of us have become somewhat impatient with ROCKSTAR.

That's because the game was susposed to release in late 2025 but then the foul taste left behind by the Fall 2022 leaks caused moral to deplete with the programmers which lead to the game being delayed until MAY 2026.....

And then came the late October 2025 news that the game would be delayed to November 19 2026 with the excuse being to further polish the game so it doesn't end up an unfinished disaster like CYBERPUNK was.....

I get that ROCKSTAR wanted this to look perfect but GAMERS are not only impatient but they don't like excuses like using CYBERPUNK to justify delays just to avoid a buggy release and believe me, CYBERPUNK was not the only game to suffer that at launch.

FALLOUT 76 & the original release of SKYRIM are testaments to all that.

Anyway. Shared Venting over. 

What's the topic?

Well.........

WE'RE ALL IMPATIENT FOR TRAILER 3.

So for a while, I've been searching on GOOGLE,

both on CHROME & SAFARI on my iPhone 17 Pro MAX, 

what would be a good contender for a song to accompany TRAILER 3....

Then I figured, THIS SHOULD FEATURE ANOTHER SONG FROM PHIL COLLINS

Why PHIL COLLINS?

Well, this ENGLISH DRUMMER/SINGER who's more well known in the USA for his contribution to MTV and DISNEY has always been a fan of the GTA games.

It got to a point that he even got his own character in VICE CITY STORIES released for the PSP and PS2 back in 2006

The last game we had that featured a PHIL COLLINS song was GTA 5 and that featured COLLINS' 1982 hit "I DON'T CARE ANYMORE."

Anyway....

I've put multiple GOOGLE SEARCHES of my suggestion that the song that should be used in TRAILER 3 for GTA 6 should be "TWO HEARTS."

If you want to hear what that song is susposed to be like

(either you never heard it before or you've heard it before but promptly forgot)

Here's the YOUTUBE LINK to the song:

Why should TWO HEARTS be the song that's used in GTA 6's THIRD TRAILER?

Well......

It may have to do with the fact that this song was already attached to a movie back in the 80s and that was the 1988 film BUSTER

This film is based on the 1963 GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.

If you want to read more on the film, here's the Wikipedia page to the film:

Buster (film)

So...... why TWO HEARTS in GTA 6?

It's obvious.

While there are more heists in this game than a simple Train Robbery,

The sheer fact that JASON & LUCIA are likely to be inseparable throughout the game is what makes TWO HEARTS more fitting.

DOUBLY SO if the song becomes the leitmotif for the DUO when together in the ADs.

Another reason why I think they should use TWO HEARTS in GTA 6 is likely due to the news of recent health problems for our favorite Singer.

He looks much Healthier in this photo, and probably is recovered by now.....

But earlier in the year, he had health scares.

So ROCKSTAR licensing his music should be enough to pay his Medical Bills and ensure a complete 100% recovery alongside his newer music he's making.

And one final reason for wanting TWO HEARTS as the song for TRAILER 3 is due to this:

This is the EMBLEM for the long defunct CARONLINA CIRCLE MALL in GREENSBORO, North Carolina...

(Yes, I live in Vancouver.)

I follow this YOUTUBER called BILLY COORE who runs the YouTube channel 

THE NOSTALGIA MALL

So what does PHIL COLLINS have to do with him anyway?

Well... If you've seen his older videos or read his blog CAROLINA CIRCLE CITY, you'll know that he often heard this song while visiting MONTGOMERY WARD at the Mall and the song was also the catalyst for him pursuing NOSTALGIA after hearing the song on a Radio while attending PENDLE HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL back in 2005.

So, While COORE isn't likely a GTA Fan unlike his friend CLINT BASINGER of LGR, having TWO HEARTS being used in GTA 6 would be a VERY NICE DOUBLE WHAMMY for BILLY COORE not because of the song being used in game but rather due to the song being the total Catalyst for his entire YouTube Career.

I know for sure ROCKSTAR might not see this BLOGPOST and they might use a different song for TRAILER 3 but still, it would be nice to hear TWO HEARTS in the game as a featured song through the in-game Radio.....

If that doesn't happen as well.... well....

There's always the inevitable PC Port in 2027 and the PC Ports will always have the option of giving us the ability to attach our own songs to the game.

Well.... We'll just wait and see what happens.

For me, I'm excited. 

But first, I need to buy a new Controller.

Both of my DUALSENSE controllers have suffered Stick Drift so I need to buy the DUALSENSE EDGE controller before I buy GTA 6 when it finally releases this November.

Clash of Heroic characters with a Closeted Dark Side-The Dark Quail vs. Hollow Ichigo

Not all super heroes can be portrayed as perfectly good.

Even if they're susposed to be the savior of Mankind, they can have a closeted dark side to their personality

which in turn makes them the perfect target for JOURNALISM FODDER.

First, we have THE DARK QUAIL,

QUAILMAN's dark side after being extracted

by QUAILMAN's archnemesis DR. RUBBERSUIT.

He strives to be a better and badder hero than QUAILMAN would ever be.

And that includes physical violence,

Something that QUAILMAN will not stand for.

"As Phil Funnie would say:

SHOW ME A MAN WHO CAN FIGHT YOUR BATTLES, 

AND I'LL SHOW YOU A MAN WHO'S RUN OUT OF GOOD IDEAS."

He then reappears later in a 1999 episode where he separates himself from his host once again due to an alleged jealousy against PATTI MAYONNAISE's superheroine persona SUPERSPORT.

Ok OK.

DOUG AVERMEDIA CAPTURES OVER ONCE AGAIN!!!

Now let's get to the Anime Side of things.......

We have HOLLOW ICHIGO from BLEACH.

This is the hidden Dark Side of ICHIGO who at times until the ARRANCAR ARC back in the late 2000s would often disrupt ICHIGO's fights whenever he's a state of defeat whenever his BANKAI is used.

The first time that happened during a fight was when ICHIGO fights with BYAKUYA during the near tail-end of the SOUL SOCIETY ARC.

Despite the fact that HOLLOW ICHIGO is ICHIGO's manifestation of his own dark side, 

he's not even a villain to begin with.

In fact, he's actually on the side of heroism.

But rather than spoil the beans on BLEACH, 

I encourage you to read the manga & watch the anime on DISNEY+ or CRUNCHYROLL.

Yeah Yeah... That explains why I have DISNEY's label on this particular clash post.

Because it's not only referring to DOUG being with DISNEY since 1996,

(Though I still used Nickelodeon's label because Nick Elitists)

But it's because BLEACH,

Both the entire original anime & THOUSAND YEAR BLOOD WAR,

are on DISNEY+ via HULU.

Which at first confused me since BLEACH's NORTH AMERICAN distribution has always been VIZ MEDIA.

But even on the DISNEY+ prints, VIZ MEDIA's logo is still left intact.

(Though it's the 2019 VIZ logo that's used.)

And this logo does sound great on my LG Soundbar+Subwoofer.

HEY YOU DOUG & BLEACH FANS!

HOW ABOUT A FUN FANART CONTEST!

Draw on paper or Photoshop(or GIMP or KRITA) some hand-drawn FANART of the DOUG Characters dressed as BLEACH Characters that I can post on this blog.