Friday Links: Action Packed Edition
Here it is: the most action packed movie in the world. I don’t know how this missed the Oscar when it came out.
Keep reading for some bullshit happening somewhere, a creepy vacuum collection and G-Dubs vs. the tiger.
Videogame Links
Interesting
More Valve news post the Portal 2 announcement: a cryptic BSOD that suggests we’ll see the first Portal info at E3, and the latest TF2 post that 1) suggests Half Life 3 is in the works and 2) has a man with chest hair shaped like Australia. Win?
5 creepy ways videogames try to addict you. They’re damn good at it, too.
Gabe Newell explains how piracy is a failure of developers to provide for their audience. Yet another reason why he is the greatest and fattest developer currently working.
Scribblenauts 2 coming out and it’s going to include adjectives? Christ … how about ’shitty game.’
I never did get my rooster hat. Damn you Gamestop!
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s ‘No Russian’ map fully recreated with Machinima. Fairly epic, even if the game was balls.
OnLive is launching later this year with a crippling $15 monthly fee. Talk about fail. The Gaikai guys, on the other hand, will be launching sans fee. Well played.
Funny
Just a heads up that this exists for anybody who doesn’t know about it. Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden! Great game, or greatest game?
HOBOKEN! SHORYUKEN! Count it.
Guy dressed as Boba Fett playing Zelda music in the subway. Pro.
I have brought great shame to my family
The first trailer for the new NBA Jam. He’s heating up … HE’S ON FIRE! God those games were good. Who knew Bill Clinton could jam from the opposite free throw line?
Little known fact: Clinton gave up a hugely successful playing career to become the President
Delicious and complicated looking Xbox cupcakes. Mmmmm.
A 3 year old shot herself with a loaded gun and her parents blamed it on the fact that she thought it was a Wii remote? Seriously? Parents of the year.
Mega Man rap. I have to link all of these, even if this one is particularly bad.
Curt Schilling picks up a publisher for his upcoming video game. Guess who it is?
The original D&D art sucked. Balls.
Non-Videogame Links
Interesting
Alkali metals vs. water: FIGHT!
Giant composite image of a redwood. These things are fascinating. Imagine how long I could heat my home with that thing.
24 secret restaurant menus revealed. Time to get the courage to try some of these out. It’s going to be so disappointing if I order one and they’re like ‘que?’
I don't really know what's going on here. I just know it was one of the image search results for 'secret McDonalds menu item'
Russian airplane food looks far more delicious than its American counterpart. Interesting manufacturing method too.
8-bit map of NYC. I vote we replace the subway map with this thing.
Recreation of the Blade Runner gun. I don’t know how he got the great resin look towards the end but nice job.
A safe and affordable jetpack for just $90k. Still a little steep but they’re getting there. When it’s the same cost as a jetpack I will consider the quest complete.
Everybody knows jetpacks are good for one thing and one thing only: killing Nazis
Giga Pan – interesting site with many of those super zoom images.
They claim this ant hive was deserted but it’s pretty clear that ant genocide happened here. Antocide.
Here is a 1000x close-up of a record groove. I was under the impression it was little ridges in the grooves that created the music. I guess not?
Funny
Great animation of teddy bears, pigeons and people. A++ would watch again.
Michael Jordan’s Twitter feed. I don’t know if this is really him or an imposter / an intern or something, but I hope it is as it’s hilarious.
Reddit is only good for a few things – hilarious pun responses to posts is one of those things.
I put my head on the floor and tumble forwards. That’s how I roll.
The Onion: Breaking News! Some bullshit happening somewhere.
Sandra Bullock actually shows up at the Razzies to get her worst actress award. Amazing that she got that and the Oscar for best actress in the same year.
I'm going to assume the Best Actress oscar was given to Sandra Bullock for her career accomplishments, notably Demolition Man
Baller. Shot caller.
I have brought great shame to my family
The best research paper ever: the rap lyric generator.
This kid has an issue and it’s with vacuums. He really needs a different (cooler) hobby. This will be a weird quirk when he gets older.
Magic trick in reverse: sliding the table cloth back under the plates and glasses.
All glory to hypnotoad! Fear him, for he is your undoing.
OBEY!
George Washington fighting a tiger in a hurricane. Which one was the greatest generation again?
The coolest man in the world (at least according to the video) and lo and behold … he’s a videogame designer by trade.
That’s all for this week. Did I miss anything good? Hit up the comments!
