Ressurected in New Cap City

Wow, it's been almost 2 months since my last post. Not that all three of you haven't been able to find something else to read ;)

In any case, this was worthy of bringing the mostly dead blog back for three reasons. First, it's in honor of Caprica being cancelled, a not entirely unsurprising event. Second, it's a sketch clip from Attack of the Show on G4, a channel I now longer get thanks to Directv and their asshole execs (which has a whole other rant at some other time). Thirdly and most importantly, It's got Alessandra Torresani in all sorts of Cosplay goodness and needs to be spread as far and as wide as possible.

Video Game - E3 2011 - Comedy

"Starbirds are breaking into our Destroyer, so we should get to unleashing the 5th Element." Best. Pickup. Line. Evar.

Also, that Slave Outfit has got to be in the top 5 greatest inventions.

Mixed signals

While I was looking into gifts from PBS, I came across this site. It's a blog about the prevention of teen suicide, a very worthy cause. The curious thing though, is the picture they decided to have on the site:

Maybe it's just me but it looks like a suicide pact to jump off a cliff. Nothing like discouraging kids from suicide by making it look fun. Is it supposed to be ironic? Who exactly chose this picture to represent the prevention of teen suicide?

To Tom-Tom listen you must

This just may be worth getting a Tom-Tom unit:



Or for a set of directions to the dark side of GPS, the Vader Tom-Tom voice.

Busting a fakie ollie through a Portal

I'm not one that normally enjoys snowboarding videos, and I hate the X games. However, this was worth sharing, if only for the retro gaming references (and one not-so-retro reference).



Always a plus when a skater punk gets disintegrated...

Indie attitude

I love indie games. I try to play as many as possible. From brain-benders like Braid, to light flash games like Home Sheep Home, The Atomic Puzzle, Boomshine or Obechi (If you can't tell, Kongregate is one of my favorite time waster sites)

Anyway a relatively new one is on my radar (and thanks to the weekend Steam sale, in my possession), Gratuitus Space Battles. It's a game that boils the RTS game down to the battles, supposedly eliminating the resource gathering/unit building that can be the down side of most RTS games.

Anyway Cliff Harris was recently at the Develop Conference in England, participating in a panel of indie developers discussing "microdevelopers". Cliff was talking about the advantage of being a one man studio with the ability to support users on a one on one basis. As he discusses here, Marc Rein from Epic games loudly snorted derisively at this concept. Showing how larger companies really feel about their individual gamers. Not that Epic is really that epic in my mind, The Gears of War series is a piece of crap shooter that they keep re-releasing over and over.

Cliff sums it all up in his blog with a direct, "[Big] studio bosses trying to lecture me on how to communicate better with gamers? Fuck off.". Awesome, if I hadn't already bought his game I would anyway.

I laugh at your Roomba

Robot scientists are simultaneously advancing our lives and bringing us closer to our robot overlords (if the zombies don't kill us all first)

From the awesome folks at AotS, comes this Robot News report. This report starts with the creepiest damned thing I've ever seen in my life and ends with the most awesome:

Game Reviews - E3 2011 - Robot News

Seriously, it's a good thing the first one doesn't have legs or arms, I know it can't come after me too fast to eat my face. As far as the last robot? Really?!? Miller?!?! What a waste of beer-delivering technology...

Z-plan must have

From the people at Bestmadeco.com comes the next thing that every zombie apocalypse survivor must have, the Axe Sling.

Before now it was impossible to arm yourself with a double barreled shotgun and subcompact machine pistol at the same time while staying prepared for that inevitable gun jam or running out of ammo. For a mere $165, that's now a reality.

I think Max Brooks would be proud to know that companies are taking his advice...

Comicon Oddness

AoTS did a piece at Comicon about the weird collectibles. While the last one is simply cool (and Allison obviously has never camped), the first is definitely the oddest:

Video Games - E3 2011 - AOTS Exclusive

"Because tomorrow may never come." Awesome...

World Agricola

Those who play Agricola will get this, sorry to those that don't other than it's yet another world Cup joke, but I'm not a proud person....


Not really sure why it takes a brick to build. Maybe so you have something to throw at the person playing it...

Drumming tips

Maybe this is why I suck at the drums on Rock Band (jump to the 1:00 mark):



I'm totally going to trip playing this way next time. Although it will most likely result in me ruining another of the Doctor's drum set, but it's all in the name of rock right?

Wastin' away

Got too much time on your hands? Need to fill the mind numbing parts of the day?

I present to you, Continuity! Continuity is a great little flash game that combines running, jumping and slide puzzles.

But beware, I stayed up WAY past my bedtime trying to finish all 32 levels.

You've been warned.

Accurate Weather

Best weather site out there.

http://www.tomscott.com/weather/starwars/

Well, it would be without the Ep. I references for San Francisco...

An Excellent Adventure

This makes scary sense:



Thanks AOTS

Ferret Gein

Rob Zombie should take notes:



Wonder where I can get a tiny little chainsaw...

Parenthood

I knew having a dog was good preparation for having kids. (potentially NSFW for a little language at the end)

Baby from summer of tears on Vimeo.

You wanna play catch?!

303-555-YUMMY

Hey! you got your beef jerky all over my business cards!

Well you got your business cards all over my beef jerky!

Wait a minute...

For those with too much time

A few time wasters for your consideration:

Rock Paper Scissors Deathmatch = The Ultimate Ro Sham Bo...OF DEATH!

For a wider variety of time wasters - Kongregate.com

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

And now for something completely different, I present Crappy Cat.

I really can't tell you what to expect, except psycho cats and exploding spider-Darth-vaders.

Enjoy...

Oddtodd explains

I've always been a fan of Oddtodd. However, I didn't know that he had done some animating for NPR. He has a series with Robert Krulwich about how carbon is causing global warming (my favorite moments are in part 4). It's actually entertaining, whether you believe it or not. But while browsing them, I found this...



22 miles east of Kit Carson huh? Hmmmm.....

Don't touch that tree!

Anyone who grew up in Denver should remember such classics like Blinky the Clown, the Shane company's commercial and maybe even Celebrity Sports center.

I only bring it up because I just spent an hour or so on this thread at Boingboing.net.

Ah memories of being able to smell what kind of Jolly Ranchers factory was making that day, or spending a weekend day at Cin City, or dinner at the Organ Grinder.

And bonus points for those that can identify the image to the left...