Monday, December 24, 2007

PORK!!

Marcello you may not love Half Life, cuddly kittens, happiness, cheesecake, or breasts but I think that this might just change your opinion of bacon.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/414664

Friday, December 21, 2007

My Little Xenomorph

Hey Sam!

Just letting everyone (and by everyone I mean really only Cyrus at this point) that the fantabulous Sam Anderson has joined the blog! Hey Sam! In case you didn't read the first couple of posts I started this thing because I knew that we all had smart/serious/stupid stuff we might want to talk about with our peers and this might be a good forum for it. Also, we can show/subject each other to crazy shit from throughout the interweb. Like that sweet ass Batman-Law & Order pic you showed me. So far only me and Cyrus are really doing any posting, but feel free to chime in whenever. AWESOMES. GO!

-Marcello

p.s. Do you REALLY remember how aweful comics were in the 90's? Here's drawings from the one man I hate most of all to prove it!

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Worth a laugh

I've been on a YTMND kick of late. This one is popuplar but always worth a laugh:

http://eeuauaughhhuauaahh.ytmnd.com/

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Spamlarious

I get a lot of junk from my work e-mail, which I usually don't even take half a glance at, but this was too good to pass up sharing. I don't know if it's just incorrect english, but hilarity ensues when taken literally.


Don't let your dick look like a kid from the Philippines. Try this efficient medicine.

You've Probably Already Experienced This But Still...

Stupid Manchu Rock. How dare you influence me to love this awesome song with what is possibly and even more awesome video.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Achievement Unlocked: Too Many Posts

Conversing Seriously: Serious Conversational Stupidity Series
Video Game Achievements and Unlockables: Welcome Addition or Life Ruling Plague?

So, the title is relatively straightforward, I think. For Dan, Cello and I were just talking about this lightly the other day. "This" being whether the new emphasis being given to various unlockables and achievements in video games is a positive or negative addition and how that addition to the medium plays out for us, the players.

If that still doesn't make sense, seeing as I am making a minimal effort to actual write sensibly, the whole discussion was sparked by my volumious opinions on two of the current popular multiplayer FPS games: Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4. I was saying that while Call of Duty 4 is enjoyable, its enjoyability has a sell by date on it. In part due to it being a roughly crafted (though still quite good) experience and in part due to the driving force of achievements and unlockables in the game. In short, I got the gun I wanted, used it a little and got bored with getting a nade in the behind every few seconds. Conversely, I claimed, TF2 is a game which I returned to after playing through COD4, not because I still have to get the hayabusa for my heavy, but because it is actually a fun game in itself and I just truly appreciate the fine tuned finely crafted multiplayer experience it provides. So, my initial thoughts would be, game developers should focus less on making games where you have to work for you pleasure. Basically if any part of the game is describable as a grind, then it needs to be altered or changed.

Thinking more on the subject now, I think it would be a severe generalization to say that unlockables are a detriment. In fact, my beloved TF2 uses achievements as well, even if they are much less central than in CoD4. What I'd say in a more revised statement is that a game should not be a search for unlockable unlocking and achievement achievement. That's just silly. Instead, unlockables are the type of thing which should add to the flow and direction of gameplay. So it's good if, in flow of just playing I might happen upon or accomplish a cerain achievement, even if it is off the beaten path. But when I start having to go from server to server and map to map, throwing myself off of things to try and figure out how to get a certain achievement just to earn extra points so that one day I can finally use the gun I wanted to use in the first place... well its sorta stupid (though I must admit, worth at least 1 laugh). So, after a long rant, not really saying much, I will conclude with unlockables are a good tool for adding or rewarding various directions in a game. But like any tool, they need to be used properly and not overused or abused. Or else you will end up with random holes and broken drill bits everywhere. Stupid drill. Why didn't anybody stop me.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

This is what the Starwars Kid felt like before the world butted in and fucked up his good time

I just think everybody are jerks for laughing at th Starwars kid. He was just doing what we have all done. In my case, what I have done on numerous occasions probably. I say we should look at him not as something to be ridiculed but as a sort of cultural hero representing the reality that everyone in the universe needs a little time to himself every once in a while to imagine that he is this guy:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1757260

Friday, December 14, 2007

Girl Sympathy

I didn't know the Whitest Kids You Know cam out on the internet. I am gonna have to check it out.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1793794

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Palette

The color scheme was depressing me so I changed it to another standard template. It's meh but not rainy, sad day anymore.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

"Who will survive after the bombs drop?"

There is a new Prof. Bros. up. Check it: 1, 2. 1,2,1,2.

Also, I think that we should use this blog for its real possibilities: a) world domination and b) stupid conversations that no one else is willing to flesh out but still are totally worth fleshing. I call it "The Serious Conversations: Stupid-Serious Conversation Series." Basically one of us will pose a question to the other 2 (3 if Peta gets her life together) and then a conversation on the topic will ensue in the comments section of that topic. Each topic will be something that we are too embarassed about to ask "outsiders" or, conversely, something which has been dubbed, by the filthy out-people, as too stupid to discuss. Just to make sure that we are all aware that the question being posed in the post is indeed stupid-serious, it should have "the Stupid Conversations: Seriously Stupid Conversational Series," or some rehashing of said title, at the top. Thus we all know how seriously and stupidly it should be treated. As an example of said question type, I shall pose one now.

Going parallel with an earlier "convo" Marcello and I had: when has porn gone too far? And I don't mean for you personally, I mean in a worldly everybody and everything sense.

I say we take these conversations as seriously or as stupidly as we feel at the moment. I think this has some real possibility for a) erudition AND b) not-so-smarty...ness. GO!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

CYRUS, this post.....is for YOU

http://kotaku.com/gaming/media/double-feature-to-make-you-laugh-then-make-you-hate-us-332482.php

Friday, December 7, 2007

DUN DUN DUN

EON KID

Good lord this series has some choice concepts. I wonder if I should bother trying to find it or just imagine how good it is...

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/006609859.cfm

MOOSE

This involves a moose and an awesome scandanavian kid.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/game-smarts/wow-helps-boy-triumph-over-moose-330981.php

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Gotta love this video

I have actually seen this video before. But I just love it and the song. Its just such a simple video but awesome. Check it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBSkLfVp2fQ&feature=related

p.s. I have found next years halloween costume

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I love streetfighter everything

http://www.collegehumor.com/tag:street-fighter-the-later-years

The name says it all. The series isn't complete, but totally worth the wait. They just came out with the most recent one. Check it out.

Amazed and Fearful

Not only is this cool for the act itself, but also, the shear sense of dread and fright you get from the audience watching it. It's work safe or whatever. I just love the reaction

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1764798

Also who is wingfacechompman or whatever. Not that I have any problem just curious. Welcome also... to wingmanchompface. Sorry, I can't remember what your actual tag is.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

A Most Curious Piece

This is a relatively long news piece about schooling in Japan. I suggest that you watch it first before your read any of my comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XX30-Ez8xg

I personally am very on the fence about the overall message. I thought some good points were made about the level of schooling intensity and the treatment of difference but at the same time, the authors of this were leaning extremely heavily on the "we civilized Westerners" ideology. It didn't provide too much credibility that all of the music was from Akira (speaking of which, I gotta lend you those books). I dunno, its sad to see a system which seems to support bullying the odd man out but then again I'm not sure that American schools do any better at discouraging that. Plus the video only looked at two schools which it sort of forced into parallelism. Overall, like I said, I get mixed feelings about this video. Some interesting points of view and overall I am glad I watched it, but also, a very shaky credibility to it all. What are your thoughts?

Kill Jim Liebowitz

I think somebody should make this game

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Monday, November 26, 2007

Singing Horses

CLICK THE HORSES

http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf

I'm back!

Damn Cyrus....just damn. How can I possibly compete with your deluge of youtube posts. I haven't even been on the internet in four days. I need to get more people on here so it doesn't look like I'm never posting! Let's see if I can hit all your points.

-Yes, Peta IS a dumb smelly face. What is her deal? Maybe I need to invite her with a different email address.

-Ergo Proxy DOES look cool and those are mighty fine credentials. I hate having so many awesome shows and games on my plate. Wolf's Reign does have a nice ring to it. It's even kind of ironic, or what have you because they're an almost extinct breed of gods. I think rain is what they were going for though because they are Japanese and have titles like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy.

-(aside) The new Gundam Double 0 is pretty sweet. It's like a new Gundam Wing, but maybe more political and with some SWEET fights. Also, cool (I made these up) names like Sweet Gundam, Chunk Gundam, Transformer Gundam, and Sniper Gundam. And they're led by a guy who looks like Professor X and Sigmund Freud had an ugly man-baby. OH and the Sniper Gundam Pilot has the COOLEST name ever....Lockon Stratos.

-Have I ever shown you the video my roommates and I made in college? Where we make a doc about us fighting with pvc pipe swords and cardboard samurai armor? It reminds me of these guys.

-....mud fight festivals and flying cats kill my brain of all answers.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

be confused, be entertained, be in love

So, if you haven't already hit this up, I fully suggest you check out Ergo Proxy. To me it seems like something of a sister work to Wolf's Reign (yes I know I am technically spelling it wrong, but I think they just mistranslated to Rain, but by the time they realized they just had to run with it. Sort of like "Um, we already have Solid and Liquid. If only there were another state of matter... Ah fuck it, Solidus will have to do"). A handful of the same artists worked on them both. By the same studio as Champloo, which I feel is very high credentials. Anyways, here is the first ep part 1/3. I have found that these versions uploaded by crimsoncrescent moon are tops. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaoGll6oLc

So I guess that's it. And: Vapor, vapor you stupid idiots. God damnit.

Peta Smells:

Bad.

Where the heck is she anyways. I am supposed to invite her over for Thanksgiving but I don't have any way of contacting her. Cello could you hook me up with her house phone number which, theoretically at least, she could not lose the phone for. I say that until Peta get's on this blog we dedicate it to severe badmouthing of her.

Did you know that's not even Peta's real hair color. Her real hair color is puce with random inexplicable stripes of heliotrope through it.

Chicago

So I'm going to Chicago with Carolyn tomorrow, I'm excited! I always used to go to Chicago every Thanksgiving with my parents and its always been one of my happiest memories. I haven't been able to go for a few years now between school, work, my dad being sick and generally being older. But now is the time!

It's also a chance for Carolyn to finally be involved with a big family celebration of mine. I've been to a hojillion events with her family but I've never been able to reciprocate because half of my family is across the Atlantic and the other half might as well be they're so religious. Not religious in a bad way mind you, just very different customs. This section of the family, the Patinkins, are pretty awesome though. It's my Dad's two uncles and his aunt and their entire family. They're all very liberal and great people, so they're the family I most relate to and can relax with, even though I only see them once or twice a year. Carolyn's so close with her family, she's always worried that I have no sense of a large extended family staying in touch. She'll just see that the Goldberger's do it a little differently.

Anyway, family rant aside, I'll be out till Sunday. Keep the blog alive!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Coolest Stupid Hobby Ever!

This reminds me of those people who can play Guitar Hero on super ultra hard level but are too stupid to just put in the extra minute of practice each day and become a real guitarist. But also, it's equally awesome as those people who can play GH on super ultra hard level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2FZ7uk5fqc&feature=related

Mushroom Woes

Seeing as its about to be Thanksgiving and, unlike some people, (who don't like bacon, or cheesecake, or the joy in the eyes of children whose lives are untainted by random bouts of cursing) I am going to do the regular type thing and spend the day with my family. On top of this I have taken it upon myself to do the cooking. So, as would make sense, after volunteering, I went and scoured the internet, i.e. searched on Google, for any possible recipes to make up for my massive lack of turkey knowledge. In short, I found a good-sounding recipe on Food Network's site and I have commenced to gather the ingredients. And this is what brings me to the utter madness which I have just come upon. Are you aware that dried mushrooms, while a seemingly simple ingredient, swing in at the obscene price of $44 per pound. Mind you, the ones I could find were made from shitakes which are already $11 per pound, but still. A 300% increase in price seems a little high for somebody sticking something in an oven for a while. Especially something which started off as horse shit. All of this said, I have no choice but to dry my own damn mushrooms which I imagine can only turn out swimmingly. I call it Operation: This Can't Possibly Fail, named after the strategem adopted by Cyrus and the Canada Bunch for video gaming, which they in turn stole from South Park. Rumble dumble sports team, I'm out.

Monday, November 19, 2007

But for serious

Carolyn's boss and his friends have this blog they do where they just post crazy stuff for each other to see and comment about. I thought the idea to be brilliant! So far you (Peta and Cyrus), are the oly ones I've invited. I think we should test this thing out and go from there.

I'll start with this!:

http://guineapigtrap.ytmnd.com/

First blog on the left!

This is where you blog now! go!