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The Week in Links #25
Hey, Obama! Dude, you won already… Succeed blog. Positively wonderful. I am a grown man. I have responsibilities and dependents. And yet this squat chocobo tat steals my heart. Idiot. “Many gamers would rather take a beating if they think that they are accomplishing something” Nice little post. List of cats with fraudulent diplomas. I ...
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The Week in Links #24
One Night Left, final lineup announced. I’m on from midnight-ish I think. Will probably post up the mix after the event. ‘Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party‘ Like a good Onion headline, you almost don’t need the rest of the content… I AM THE CLIENT! Insights into the mind of a marketing commissioner. Dubstep remix ...
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The Week in Links #23
E Honda is so fat, even his hair is big-boned (Via Gril) Cigs on the Queen’s bed. Chris Donlan pointed out that this provides an excellent premise for the next Jonathan Blow game: wandering dark corridors, eating cheese, finding out your Queen is always in another bedroom… Scribblenauts made hideous flesh: Google turns making adding ...
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The Week in Links #22
Fascinating Reddit Q&A with a victim of Scientology. Made me think that exploring the parallels between Scientology and MMO-style leveling would probably make for a useful explanation of its appeal. Thought the Daigio parry vid was the pinnacle of 3rd Strike showboating? It has competition. 6:00-7:15 in particular. Michael Moschen performs The Triangle. Dude must ...
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The Week in Links #21
‘There are 12 reporters in Columbia whose work is critical to that town, trapped inside a burning business model‘. 8-bit Total Eclipse of the Heart. Regretsy.com tracks the most questionable offerings on Etsy, like this Pokemon menstrual pad. How videogame producers roll. Videogame character Facebook status updates. *titter* Katy Perry’s Hot n´ Cold on Mario ...
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The Week in Links #20
Voxel art creator. Show and tell, if you make something special. The Vending Times on why arcades may yet see a resurgence. Starite-vending machine breaks Scribblenauts? Reads like a hardcasual headline, but it’s not. If all the games consoles in the US formed their own city, that city would use as much power as San ...
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The Week in Links #19
Game designer on ‘Triple-A MMO’ starts an anonymous and frank thread on Reddit. Some interesting stuff in there. PlayStation 4 concept art. Post-medium publishing. This is a quick and brilliant read. Sweden Invaders. The jumper you wouldn’t mind unwrapping at Christmas. ‘Good thing I have two extra lives‘ Why life increasingly feels like a constant ...
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The Week in Links #17
Dan Savage on the disconnect between the US religious Right’s opposition to universal healthcare and the teaching of Jesus. The ice men cometh. (For about 30 mins, at least) Achewood on the danger of E-mail lost to spam. Street Fighter II tokens on eBay. The price! (You are not my) Daddy Day Care. ‘The lion ...
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The Week in Links #16
Keep calm. Who hasn’t confused a “schwanz” with a “schwanz” before? Hyper-sweet Scott Pilgrim poster based on Capcom’s Gem Fighter. He’s going to be so famous this time next year. + 360° video makes my brain do a little hurt. If I want to point something out I give a time stamp AND a compass ...
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The Week in Links #15
‘Time moves faster when close your eyes.’ Lies I’ve told my four-year-old recently. ‘Launch missiles!’ WARNING: difficult to look away. Also: possibly NSFW if you, um, work with robots. Elephant Fail. So, who’s going to get themselves some Langdell-wear? Playmobil Michael Jackson and Bubbles. None more plastic. ‘A line of Street Fighter IV cellphone straps ...
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The Week in Links #14
• Best Photoshop Disaster yet. • Insane Japanese rice field pictures. The Hokusai wave! • ‘The task set for students was to come up with design solutions for a better way to remember the dead.’ • Working NES Monster Sculpture/Puppet on eBay. Want. • ‘I replaced your DNA with Fruit by the Foot.’ Sweet advert. ...
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The Week in Links #13
• Handerpants. Good idea except your skids will be more visible, no? • The best .gif you’ll ever see this week. • Space Invader. • Just a Game. That is a fine poster. • Trailer for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox is up. Love, love, love the style. • Standup comedian Richard Herring defends his ...