June 2008
The Image Fulgurator - A reverse camera →
This is an ingenious idea (via BoingBoing).
WatchAudi Drifting On Roundabout Video - Fuckin’ A.
Left4Dead: Shakeycam Bonanza | Rock, Paper,... →
Four Left4Dead vids.
Oh my God.
[In which I play] Limbo of the Lost (warning;... →
In the spirit of my previous Tumbl, here’s someone’s brave quest to go through Limbo of the Lost. Documenting (almost) his every step with pichures. It’s pretty funny. I’d read more… but I need sleep before work.
The King of Limbo-oooooh! | Rock, Paper, Shotgun →
I’ve posted on this game before, but didn’t mention how AWFUL it is (apart from the whole “plagiarism” thing). So, here’s a video of the end scene.
*WARNING: SPOILERS FOR A GAME NO-ONE CARES ABOUT*
Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years. →
“As if things aren’t bad enough, there are worrying claims that telephone callers...”
– Police Chief Faces High Court Anti-Piracy Action - In the same vein as carol singers being brought to court for singing music without a license.
MPAA Says No Proof Needed in P2P Copyright... →
inky:
cubicle17:
This quote is from Marie L. van Uitert, an attorney for the MPAA. Please consider this the most jaw-dropping statement I’ve heard in a long time:
Mandating [proof of copyright infringement] could thus have the pernicious effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against massive copyright infringement in many instances
Translation: proving that the people...
Limbo Of The Lost - An Astonishing Tale →
How much plagiarism can you fit in a game? Read this article to find out about a game that ripped scenes and levels from games AND movies, including Pirates of the Carribbean and Spawn.
Team Fortress 2 - Pyro Update →
It’s out! Now, the Hadouken taunt does damage! The flamethrower has an alt-fire that reflects projectiles and pushes enemies!
IS THE PYRO TOO POWERFUL NOW? Only TIME will tell.
I know one thing:
There’s gonna be a LOT of pyros on tonight.
Terry Pratchett, Lord of Discworld, fights to save... →
inky:
He got into trouble a few years ago for mocking her [J.K. Rowling’s] claim that she did not write fantasy. “I’m not the world’s greatest expert,” he said, “but I would have thought the wizards, witches, trolls … would have given her a clue.” Hate mail ensued.
So now when I bring up Rowling he sits there comically tight-lipped. I get round this by talking about the novelist...
SteamCard.com →
Y’know those XBox Live GamerTag things? These are those for Steam. Lovely idea, especially since Steam now keeps track of ANY game launched from it.
Kitty! →
So, yesterday night, my brother gets home. Before coming in, he sees a cat perched on the bin next door. He lures it over, then slides our door closed before it gets there, screaming “DENIED!!!” An…
“Auto designer Giorgetto Giugiaro - who created the bodywork for iconic cars like...”
– Take That - Television Tropes & Idioms
I Got Millions of Images
rocketboom:
I Got Millions of Images - Originally posted by Clinton McClung from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog, ReBlogged by Dan Torop on Jun 14, 2008 at 01:22 PM and Tumblrd by Andrew Baron.
“I’ve developed a bad habit thanks to Mister Internet, and that involves quickly capturing every image I find that amuses, intrigues, and excites me (in the non-porn way). Like casually ripping pages out of...
Back Baby Back →
I now has a work. It are my work. </meme-speak> So, yah. Things have been decent enough. Exams went well. I have 4th Ed, and am in the process of finishing it. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Fooly…
9.5 is available - by Opera Desktop Team →
It’s out! It’s out! It’s out!
KOVALIC'S SCROLL OF SWARMING FOURTH EDITION... →
Motivated by Kovalik, a number of people set out to turn this entry into code. This is one of the three he linked to, and the one he linked to twice.
stroan: "I am wearing these trousers with the sole reason that I may lower them in front of you improperly"
‘Wanted’ video targets Akihabara idiots | Japan... →
milhouse:
You know you have royally fucked it up when all of a sudden you have 273 followers and not one of them realized you called them retards to their face twice. Of course there weren’t as many back then, so let’s call every new follower we have since gotten a retard too so they can go on and feel good about themselves.
I feel special and warm. X3
“Literary excellence through superior horsepower.”
– Chrononautic Log: Notes toward an Infernokrusher manifesto (updated) (via Warren Ellis).
It was then I knew I had to kill everyone in the... →
merkin:
Warren Ellis goes insane. Again.
Does anything else need to be said? Go now.
An experiment: mongs.tumblr.com
Bork: WHAT THE FUCK? YOU ARE IMHOTEP! AND PHOTOSHOPPED
Spadge: ALL YOUR CHRISTIANS ARE BELONG TO GOATSE
Mangle: WUT
Spadge: I HAVE REPORTED YOU TO ACID BURN FOR STEALING EELS AS IT IS A CRIME.
Spadge: DISREGARD THAT, I THROW BEES
Internet survey
inky:
nikography:
so last night at the mashable party, we (zoya, chris and myself) conducted a small survey.
the question? what is your favorite thing about the internet?
the results were as follows:
porn: IIIII II
gay porn: I
free porn: I
getting off (of the internet): I
new ideas: I
freedom to be creative: I
aol sound effects: I
cafemom: II
connecting to the world: III
...
V for Vendetta Analysis - Two Vigilantes Walk Into... →
A comparison between V and Rorschach, two characters created by Alan Moore.
“I LIKE MY WOMEN LIKE I LIKE MY CHRISTIANS: COVERED IN CATS”
– Quote from a fun text generator inky’s been working on. It’s almost ready for the novelty website-loving masses. Watch his space!