BATS! Analysis

They really seem to want to kill that bat with lasers and soundwaves.

Well, it looks like we've hopped onto the analysis bandwagon with Commander Firebrand giving his take on today's episode "Bats!" Hit the jump to watch the latest analysis, or click the image to watch on YouTube!

FOB Equestria is upgrading!

Major Tom is, by himself, upgrading the site with some major updates. So hang on for some big changes.

Standby. Grab hold.

-SEMPER FILLY

ARTillery Inbound Re-boot! #024

Happy Hearth's Warming Eve - 2012 by brianblackberry

Howdy, folks! My name is Brony Joe, and I'm the new staff member here on FOB Equestria! My job is to reboot the ARTillery Inbound post! And since it's that time of year, it's time for some holiday themed ponies!

Greetings from Antarctica! The Frozen Brony: Day 1

The Frozen Brony

 Good news bronies!

Our literature review pony Dizziestbeef has been deployed... to ANTARCTICA. He is now (as far as I am concerned after doing no research) THE SOUTHERN MOST BRONY EVER. He'll be doing a bit of a blog every so often while he's down there. His first report back is below, so check it out, and wish him well.

Convention News: Everfree discount, BCon guests: Heather Breckel, Tony Fleecs

Everfree is announcing a Hearth's Wamring discount for badges at 10% today, and are including a special video for you to check out. Also, BronyCon is announcing Heather Breckle and Tony Fleecs will be attending. They work on the official comic series, and this will be Breckel's return trip to BornyCon.See more specific information below.

BronyCon 2013 Review! Wait, WAT?!

Yeah, this is accurate.

I have two things to give to you my fellow bronies. One of them is an apology, and the other one is a 4 month late BronyCon 2013 review. If your wondering if this post is still worth your time being late and all, I'd say it is, because no one anywhere in the fandom wrote a review like this... There was probably a reason for that though.

Convention News: BronyCon 2014 Volunteers

BronyCon Opens Staff Volunteer Applications

Baltimore, Md. - It takes hundreds of staff to make the world’s largest brony convention tick, and BronyCon wants your help. As of today, applications for staff volunteers are officially open. Not only is volunteering for BronyCon a great way to get involved behind the scenes and make some friends, but staff also receive free admission to the con, as well as a cool t-shirt! If you want to lend a hand, head over to http://bronycon.org/about/volunteer/ to see how you can help.

[FOBEQ Edit: This one's short and sweet, no additional info beyond the above release]
[Saunter Hoof]

Songs for the Troops #027 - Learning from the Best - Neighsayer

Surprisingly, NOT a shipfic cover! I know right?! 100% innocent picture of Twilight Sparkle learning to fly with Rainbow Dash, accompanied by a quaint song by Neighsayer to capture the moment. Ahhhh... Relaxing...

Letters for the Princess - "Castle Mania" - 3

                                            
This week we have Fluttershy's letter to Princess Celestia (seeing as no-one informed her it would be read by Luna too. Enjoy!

Musical Critique #003 - Run, Shoot, Kill... and Cry (By The Living Tombstone)

Hehehe... Really Commander?... You want me to eh... Review a Tombstone song?... Oh boy... Well, here we go, let me get my Kevlar first. Alright, lets just get this over with.

Letters for the Princess - "Princess Twilight Sparkle" - 1 & 2

Well hello everypony!  Ever since Princess Celestia and Princess Luna stopped getting mail, all of us here at the FOB wanted to help them out just a little bit.  After all, the friendship letters stopped somewhere back in Season Three, and since our favorite colorful equines are a bit busy saving the universe, it falls to us in the Royal Guard to do things as trivial as paperwork.  After the break, find PRINCESS Twilight Sparkle's letter to her former teacher about Season Four, Episodes One and Two.

RoTLcon 2013 Review

Held in Thorton, CO (actually Denver, but we here in Colorado feel the need to sub-name sections of the city), the Running of the Leaves Convention provided a chance for all the locals to meet up and spend some quality time with what unites us all: love for small, colorful equines!  Catch the details of the event after the break.

Artist Outlines #002: JoafTheLoaf

It's time to make some toast! What?.. It sings? Holy Cadence! According to intel we have a singing loaf of bread on Artist Outlines today... Intel is never wrong. Let's make some sandwiches.

Episode Review: "Mmmystery on the Friendship Express"

Those eeeeeyyyyyyeeeesssssssss..........

All aboard the ham train! Commander Firebrand teams up with The Autarch of the Chaos Theatre to deliver your daily dosage of overreacting reviews!

He wishes to let you know he does this because he loves you. And loves talking in third person. As usual, hit the jump for the latest episode plus all links to previous ones!

Mission Briefing: FOB Equestria Does Dallas

Wow, it's been a busy fall our most of the FOB staff (as you can probably tell from our lack of activity). It's time to start ponying up again, with the new season right around the corner.

Our first line of business is doing a little invading of Texas and hit Nightmare Nights in Dallas. We hope you can join us and maybe we can take over some more Irish bars.

See our plans below.

Songs for the Troops #026 - (Super Spooky Edition) - Thriller - Applebloom & BlackGryph0n

It's that time of year again everyone. The time of year where jam pancakes are hung from strings and you have to eat them blindfolded. Or the time of year when someone throws an onion into the woods and you have to find it!...
 
No-one?... Cripes, you guys missed out.

Fan Fiction Review #49: Antipodes

A long time fan-favorite and among the first of 100k+ word MLP fanfics, Antipodes (that's pronounced an-ti-poe-dees for those of you who are like me and thought it was pronounced phonetically) gives a fresh take on the post-apocalypse Equestria.

Author: PK

Set in the far future after Celestia and Luna mysteriously vanished and the sun and moon froze in the sky, Antipodes is the story of two ponies thrust out into the harsh new world on an adventure to uncover what happened to the world so long ago.

I've had this story recommended and lauded to me by more bronies than I can count.  So does it measure up to all that the masses say about it?  Find out after the break!

Fan Fiction Review #48: Sorcicular Fornication

Talk about eye candy!


Author: darf

Princess Twilight Sparkle is tired of being a stunningly attractive spinster, so she decides to ask out the pony of her desires (whom she decides is Applejack). As is par for the course, things don't go exactly as planned, but Twilight learns valuable lessons about magic and friendship in the process.

Is this tale of unbridled passion good, or is it soooo un-rainbow? Grab your Applnese-to-English dictionary and click through to find out!

Fan Fiction Review #047: Wild, Sweet, and Cool

I've seen a lot of things that look shippy, but this one puts on a reflective belt and yells 'TWIDASH' in my face.

Author: Kwakerjak

After reading a book by Spitfire's personal trainer, Rainbow Dash decides that the best way to get closer to her ultimate goal of joining the Wonderbolts is to add strength training to her practices by having one of her friends ride her. However, when she decides that Twilight Sparkle is just the mare for the job, the pegasus gets a bit more than she bargained for.

I guess it's my job to do just a bit more than freak out at a cover art and try to start a Pinkie mob, though I'll have you know this only got read on direct orders.  They banish ponies here.. anyways, catch the breakdown after the break!

Songs for the Troops #025 - Royal Fanfare

Ah, stiff upper lip chap, today on Musical pieces for the Officers abroad, we shall be looking at a delightfully unknown artist in the pony loving fandom.

I'll stop now. Anyway, today we will be looking at 'Royal Fanfare', a military brony from the United States Air Force band.