February 2012
14 posts
13 tags
Asura's Wrath Demo
I’ve heard Asura’s Wrath put down as one long Quick Time Event. After playing the demo I think there’s much more to it than that. It’s an attempt at evolving the third-person action genre.
If you haven’t played the demo the hero is a god/demigod/mortal whose daughter is kidnapped by the gods themselves and he must fight them to get her back. This theme sets you up...
January 2012
17 posts
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
hayao-miyazaki:
Video Game Cover Bands
If you didn’t see the video I just posted, here’s a link:
http://youtu.be/GnQ7bDGhOLI
It’s a 45 minute playthrough of Mega Man 2 on stage at MAG Fest with the Bit Brigade playing the soundtrack live accompanying the gameplay. It’s amazing. It’s the best thing I’ve seen so far in 2012.
I just discovered the Bit Brigade today through that video. I kind of dig...
gotta go faaaassst
dumbrunningsonic:
http://jacquiedoyle.tumblr.com/
Twitter, Facebook, and Google endorse alternate... →
themisse:
newsweek:
reuters:
Gautham Nagesh for The Hill - Eight of the largest Web companies have endorsed an online piracy bill offered by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as an alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart PROTECT IP.
The OPEN Act would direct online patent infringement claims against foreign websites to the...
Up and down we go.: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The…
December 2011
44 posts
Scott Baio is a Horrible Human Being →
Add another crazy celebrity to the list. Scott Baio is incredibly racist and offensive, and doesn’t mind sharing it with the world on his Twitter account.
ANGELINA JOLIE By CLINT EASTWOOD →
fuckyeahangelina:
Can Angelina Jolie get people to see one of her movies if she isn’t actually in it? Jolie’s feature film debut as a director, In the Land of Blood and Honey, will reveal whether the world’s most famous movie star has as much command over the screen behind the camera as she does in front of it. But despite the fact that Jolie doesn’t appear in the film, it’s very much her...
STFU, Conservatives: Random bit about the NDAA →
danelaw:
A lot of people seem to think that the NDAA is going to empower the government to indefinitely detain citizens without charge.
That’s oversimplifying it a little. 1031 (the section in question) only applies to “covered persons” who are defined as:
A person who planned,…
The End of the Beginning
lareviewofbooks:
BEN EHRENREICH on moving onward. The Beginning is Near cc Alexandra Clotfelter (Some rights reserved)
Oh, the fickle hearts of elected officials. Like hummingbirds, only not pretty. To call a mayor or a city councilman slippery is to insult every smooth, wet stone that has ever graced a streambed. To call them faithless is an offense to all adulterers. To call them liars is,...
a season away.: Full list of companies that pulled... →
Full list of companies that pulled ads from All American Muslim
3M (Command, Scotchbrand tape), Airborne Vitamin, Amway, (says it has been misrepresented) Anheuser Busch Inbev (Select55), Art Instruction Schools, Bamboozles, Bank of America (Cash Rewards), Bare Escentuals, Brother International (Ptouch), Campbell’s Soup, Capital One, Church & Dwight (Oxi Clean, Arm & Hammer), ...
