This would be a godsend. Every time I want to buy a new Arcade title, I have to delete an old one from my too-full-of-Rock-Band-songs hard drive. Did you hear that, Microsoft? I want to buy stuff from you, but your archaic storage options are preventing me from giving you my money!
Amazon thinks I want to buy potted meat
Amazon’s “you bought this, you should also buy this” suggestions are usually pretty good. But this one totally stumps me:
For the record, no, I don’t want to buy any of these things. But it’s a revelation, in a way – did you know that people buy potted meat in packs of 48 cans? That’s hardcore.
Hawkwind, PBS style
This is almost too awesome for me to process: It’s the James Last Orchestra, that bastion of PBS pledge drives and your mom’s house, doing Hawkwind. I just don’t know what to say.
Reminds me of the joke about what’s the difference between the James Last Orchestra and a goat: the goat has horns in the front and an ass in the rear.
But seriously: THIS IS INCREDIBLE:
I realize that comic strips can play around with the rules of their chosen genre, but come on: If you’re going to set a comic strip in medieval times, you don’t go giving your characters a refrigerator:
And evidently the wizard now lives in the same house as Blondie and Dagwood. Look at the damned furniture. And they have lamps?
It's Lost: The Sitcom!
Ah, but this is great fun … everybody’s favorite metaphysical time-travel drama Lost, reimagined as a cheesy 80s sitcom!
Interesting bit of trivia: All of those cheesy 80s sitcom theme songs were written by the same guy, and his name is Jesse Frederick. The more you know!
Unboxing the Bioshock 2 Special Edition
Ever watched an unboxing video? That’s a video in which someone gets a new toy and they film themselves opening it, taking each piece out, obsessing over how beautiful it all is. As I mention in the video below, it’s kinda like porn for people who can’t afford stuff.
And yes, as you might infer from the phrase “the video below,” I’ve made an unboxing video. It took something pretty special to get me to take the step, and that something special is the Special Edition of “Bioshock 2,” a game that I’ve been excited about for more than a year. It’s the sequel to one of my favorite games of all time, and one of the most memorable gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
So, without further delay, let’s crack open the box, shall we?
You know I don’t exaggerate, but friends, this is the greatest T-shirt ever made. It’s mildly NSFW, so I’m putting it after the click. read more…
The S From Hell!
Back in the 1960s, the Screen Gems studio updated its closing credits sequence, changing it from an innocuous lady holding a torch to an artsy little scene in which two parallelograms dance around one another and a tiny red dot. This six-second sequence was accompanied by the then-new sound of a Moog synthesizer.
Well, evidently, this sequence freaked out a whole bunch of kids at the time, according to a new short documentary called “The S From Hell,” which recently debuted at Sundance. Here ’tis, in its entirety: read more…
Great video games for non-gamers
So you got an Xbox 360 or a PS3 for the kids this holiday, yeah? But if someone asks you about it, you mumble something like “Oh, that’s not for me, that’s for the kids, I don’t play it.” Is that you? Are you that guy?
Well, let me introduce you to a couple of games that you, the non-video-gamer, are going to want to play. These are all downloads, so there’s no need to go to the store; they’re also very inexpensive, a fraction of what you’d pay for a new boxed game. read more…
How to make a news broadcast
It’s really easy, you see, because all television news segments are essentially the same. Here’s Charlie Brooker with more.
