Friday Links: Coyote Hat Edition
Last year it became obvious that something was wrong in the financial markets. Excitement has become excessive, and a correction needed to take place. We had seen peak exuberance. Similarly, Coyote Man proves to us that we have seen peak Coyote Hat for the foreseeable future. While this is a black cloud marring our bright future, I know it to be true. How? Because he’s wearing an entire goddamn coyote on his head, that’s how.
That’s just the beginning, folks, because it’s Friday Links time. Read on for Lego heroics, obscene Circue du Soleil stunts and perhaps the greatest prank the world has ever known.
Videogame Links
Interesting
Let’s be perfectly honest, Brutal Legend sucked horse balls as a game. But it did have some interesting design, and this Red Bull Brutal Legend bus soap box car is ridiculously epic. See the video towards the bottom ftw!
Assassins Creed publisher Ubisoft decided to make some live action shorts to promote the game. The first one is out and the verdict is ’surprisingly not shit.’ Good production value, too. At least The History Channel quality.
Diablo 3 interview where they reveal that the 5th and final class will be ‘not a Bard.’ They already have Barbarian, Wizard, Witch Doctor and Monk. What’s left? Just robotic bunny. Robot bunny, confirmed.
Borderlands is awesome, as you might have heard from my Review. One of the only drawbacks is the lack of a trade system, as the internet is full of thieving douche bags. Gearbox claims this is intentional, but not necessarily permanent.
Imagine this ... but 200% more meat. I know. I'm excited too
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LL Cool J is playable in the game Super Meat Boy. I don’t even know what that means, but the dream of LL Cool J made out of meat has likely been realized. Mark the date, people. Mark the date.
This Penny Arcade comic likely needs a little backstory. Dante’s Inferno is a game about going to hell, and killing people. They reward you for killing babies. There, you’re up to speed.
Red Faction: Guerilla was about one thing: blowing shit up. Well, actually two things. It was also about being an asshole.
I have to give it to you Wal-Mart. I laughed a little.
I have brought great shame to my family
Modern Warfare 2: Super Murder Simulator.
I don’t know why I keep linking these. There are crazy people out there, I’m sure you get it. More people killing others over videogames.
In a similar vein, this man turns off the power in a hospital. His reasoning? ‘I’m a retard.’ Oh sorry, actually it’s much worse.
You think this is impressive? This is BUSH LEAGUE!
Non-Videogame Links
Interesting
Is this the greatest thing ever made? It’s certainly the greatest thing ever made out of Lego. Also, I made a cure to AIDS out of lego last weekend, and I’m including that in the running. This is still better.
Mythbusters tests whether a bullet fired from a gun really hits the same ground at the same time as a bullet dropped. Pro tip: THEY DON’T! Gravity disproved. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!
You think your costume for Halloween is good? Well … uh … it isn’t! SICK BURN!
I know a lot of things about trampolining: 1) It should not be an Olympic sport. 2) It paralyses young children, 60% of the time, every time. 3) It is awesome.
This guy is creating his own stonehenge in his backyard without modern tools to prove how it was made. 2010 Nobel prize for moving large crap candidate?
Slow motion fire breathing. If any of you try to replicate this you’re going to end up in one of those embarrassing ‘flaming shot’ YouTube videos.
If you are too fat / hurt to run with your own bodyweight, maybe you need to lower it. While the AlterG M200 merely sawed your legs off to lower weight, that had some other undesired side effects. The 300 model takes another approach!
French guy watches ‘Taken,’ goes berserk. When we stop being able to take the law into our own hands, that’s how they win.
Forget it Jake, it's Japan
Funny
This is the real link of the week. If there’s anything I’ve learned from the internet over the years it is that it’s legal to do anything in Japan and nobody has any morals.
It would be fairly impressive if this was just a leopard in a car. But then consider it’s in England therefore this Leopard is in the driver’s seat. He’s driving the car. FAR FUCKING OUT MAN!
Swedish women reenact internet memes. Well played … ma’am(s)?
Have you ever seen a pumpkin get down? Slammin’ it, jammin’ it to that new sweet sound.
I have brought great shame to my family
Great white shark: the most fearsome predator in the ocean! So how did this one get bitten in half? Pwned, son!
Creepy pumpkin spiderbot. Tim Burton, take note.
5 Soldiers who make Rambo look like some sort of huge bitch. I’m going to take all these accounts as perfect fact. Cracked is a reputable news establishment.
BLIMP PROM! Somebody get Michael Bay on the line.
So that’s it for this week. Overall I’d say it was a strong week. On a scale of 1 to 10, this week gets a rating of ‘meat LL Cool J,’ who is featured prominently in my upcoming single, ‘LL Cool Meat,’ or ‘LL Meat J.’ I haven’t decided yet. ‘Meat Meat Cool J?’
