Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2009 - The Re-Vengeance (Read 141867 times)

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #450 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:26:26 PM »

And PS 2's already sell for $99 new, and already crushed Dreamcasts in the past.

metroid composite · « **Reply #451 on:** May 04, 2009, 09:18:27 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfYAJJYMqg
(video) Prank on free hugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWF4x01MkzE
(video) More hug related videos, this time with police officers.

http://thehuntforgollum.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
(video) The Hunt For Gollum; only watched the trailers so far, but looks pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYSGVvA4ojE
(video) Creepy old toy.

http://vimeo.com/4366452?pg=embed&sec=
(video) Interesting 3D control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mkl9rtttog
(video) ridiculous 80s traier -- Gymkata

http://www.cracked.com/article_17299_6-famous-characters-you-didnt-know-were-shameless-rip-offs.html
6 famous comic characters you didn't know were rip-offs.

http://gizmodo.com/5234125/protect-yourself-against-the-swine-flu-with-style
Swine flu masks as a fashion statement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j-DGrWry6k
(video) iSnort.

Grefter · « **Reply #452 on:** May 04, 2009, 11:48:04 PM »

White Snake - Slide It In

SnowFire · « **Reply #453 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:00:04 AM »

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5078845/

Always fun when your friendly local police force is basically stripped of authority by the state and the senior officers are arrested on a raft of charges.

District Attorney Edward Grannis said he has also dismissed the majority of the police department's pending misdemeanor cases. He said he suspects senior officers of lying and directing other officers to fabricate facts in police reports.

"We can no longer rely upon the basic presumed integrity of the work product of this department," he said.
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Also backing up a bit, I realized what I suspect is a perfect example of a B-game: the .hack series. Build the engine once, pump out 4 chapters worth of gameplay, with the last 3 being really cheap to make. Profit, even if sales are only so-so. (Admittedly, the anime series tie-in surely helped, and they didn't skimp the budget on that. Well at least for graphics. The pacing budget was apparently $0.)

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #454 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:07:35 AM »

Quote from: SnowFire on May 05, 2009, 08:00:04 AM

Also backing up a bit, I realized what I suspect is a perfect example of a B-game: the .hack series. Build the engine once, pump out 4 chapters worth of gameplay, with the last 3 being really cheap to make. Profit, even if sales are only so-so. (Admittedly, the anime series tie-in surely helped, and they didn't skimp the budget on that. Well at least for graphics. The pacing budget was apparently $0.)

Oh they did, at least for .hack//roots. That was totally made on the extreme cheap. .hack//sign was less so, but it also helps when most of the shots are stills and there's little action and character movement.

I would have to agree though, much as I like the franchise. The premise SCREAMS B-Movie, and the games are pretty much copypastas of the first installment. (Except maybe Mutation from Infection, which was different enough story/plotwise to be decent). GU suffers badly from this though.

Grefter · « **Reply #455 on:** May 05, 2009, 01:02:56 PM »

Quote from: Hunter Sopko on May 05, 2009, 08:07:35 AM

Quote from: SnowFire on May 05, 2009, 08:00:04 AM
Also backing up a bit, I realized what I suspect is a perfect example of a B-game: the .hack series. Build the engine once, pump out 4 chapters worth of gameplay, with the last 3 being really cheap to make. Profit, even if sales are only so-so. (Admittedly, the anime series tie-in surely helped, and they didn't skimp the budget on that. Well at least for graphics. The pacing budget was apparently $0.)

Oh they did, at least for .hack//roots. That was totally made on the extreme cheap. .hack//sign was less so, but it also helps when most of the shots are stills and there's little action and character movement.

I would have to agree though, much as I like the franchise. The premise SCREAMS B-Movie, and the games are pretty much copypastas of the first installment. (Except maybe Mutation from Infection, which was different enough story/plotwise to be decent). GU suffers badly from this though.

All of that places it well in the Exploitation market as well. Edit - Possibly more so than the B-Movie area depending on how you want to put B-Movies in wanting to be quality productions and what you may think of .hack.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #456 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:31:40 PM »

http://kotaku.com/5240794/

Microsoft has finally come up with the ultimate DRM! So restrictive, even the people who buy Broken Steel aren't allowed to play it!
Alternatively, you could name it "Seriously, why would you name it 'BROKEN Steel?'" but every news site is already using a variation on that theme.

metroid composite · « **Reply #457 on:** May 07, 2009, 05:44:34 PM »

http://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle
(webgame) Simple dumb game, but somehow addictive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg8xdis9SVk
(video) Little Kuriboh reviews X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2784287/homemade_real_wolverine_like_claws_x_men/
(video) Wolverine claws.

http://newsinfilm.com/?p=13991
(video) Onion on the new Star Trek.

http://www.blizzard.com/us/
Starcraft 2 beta opt-in.

www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5559&sequence=0
Interesting report--apparently recognizing gay marriages would increase total tax revenues.

http://www.percussa.com/demos/
(video) audiocubes; weird stuff.

NotMiki · « **Reply #458 on:** May 08, 2009, 12:07:01 AM »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/07/police-sikhs-bulletproof-turbans

cool, huh? also, nice game, mc.

Ultradude · « **Reply #459 on:** May 08, 2009, 02:09:06 PM »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090507/ts_alt_afp/lifestyleushomelessmarriagehousing_20090507074519

If that giant one word title isn't clear, it's about homeless people from D.C. getting married.

metroid composite · « **Reply #460 on:** May 08, 2009, 06:35:55 PM »

http://www.rolcats.com/
Russian lolcats translated into English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkIoJZdKIAE
(video) rapping alice in wonderland.

http://konamicodesites.com/
Remember a few weeks ago when the Konami code made the ESPN website fill with unicorns and rainbows? That's not up anymore, but other sites recognize the konami code now.

EDIT: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/02/11/7596539.aspx
Finally, the Ctrl+ScrollLock stuff is partially explained.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXoYK4b_q24
(video) Live action My Little Pony.

http://www.cynical-c.com/?cat=85
Someone took all the one-star reviews on Amazon of classic movies and books, and gathered them into a single website.

NotMiki · « **Reply #461 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:23:13 PM »

good reason to be thankful Ben Franklin was unsuccessful in getting the turkey to be the national bird of the US: not having to feel bad when they are killed. Well, you can, but you don't have any, y'know, patriotic obligation to.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/08/australia-kangaroo-cull

Also:

http://www.slate.com/id/2217905/

Topical Star Trek is topical. I love that show. Even though it was frequently (very, eye-rollingly) bad it was willing to unashamedly address a whole smörgåsbord subjects both topical (torture) and not (robot seks). Let it all hang out there.

http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_09_06_a_ketchup.html

Is Heinz the pinnacle of ketchup? Maybe so.

Sierra · « **Reply #462 on:** May 08, 2009, 11:26:09 PM »

More Cracked listness, found while digging through the site after Met linked to it a few posts back:

http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-traumatizing-children.html

This might've been linked to before (sounds like something folks here would post) but if it has, I can't remember it.

Ultradude · « **Reply #463 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:00:34 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on May 08, 2009, 10:23:13 PM

http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_09_06_a_ketchup.html

Is Heinz the pinnacle of ketchup? Maybe so.

I have never thought so deeply about ketchup. Very interesting read though.

Quote from: El Cideon on May 08, 2009, 11:26:09 PM

More Cracked listness, found while digging through the site after Met linked to it a few posts back:

http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-traumatizing-children.html

This might've been linked to before (sounds like something folks here would post) but if it has, I can't remember it.

1. I've always been of the opinion that PlayStation commercials aren't very good.

2. HOLY SHIT I kind of want to eat Tarako now.

Grefter · « **Reply #464 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:59:00 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on May 08, 2009, 10:23:13 PM

good reason to be thankful Ben Franklin was unsuccessful in getting the turkey to be the national bird of the US: not having to feel bad when they are killed. Well, you can, but you don't have any, y'know, patriotic obligation to.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/08/australia-kangaroo-cull

Is Heinz the pinnacle of ketchup? Maybe so.

Protesting that shit is retarded. Kangaroo culls are part of the looking after our country. Fucktards, do you love that whole Australian Outback propaganda? I bet like fuck you do if you have that strong a national identity. That stuff is a pretty fucking fragile ecosystem, one that cannot handle overpopulation by any fucking species very well at all. Culling is necessary for your national identity to be upheld. Dickheads.

Also yes.

NotMiki · « **Reply #465 on:** May 09, 2009, 01:31:15 AM »

I love the subtitle to the article:

"Protesters descend on Australian army base as marksmen slaughter kangaroos to protect other species"

Grefter · « **Reply #466 on:** May 09, 2009, 01:38:13 AM »

Yeah. Kangaroos are kind of cool (I guess?), but they are not exactly a protected species. They can quite easily reach the level of vermin in some places if left unchecked.

Edit - This really helps the argument for the Roo Meat industry, which I fully support but will not actually eat.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #467 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:01:43 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on May 08, 2009, 06:35:55 PM

http://www.cynical-c.com/?cat=85
Someone took all the one-star reviews on Amazon of classic movies and books, and gathered them into a single website.

I think I'm going to be depressed... So much concentrated fail... it's hard to even laugh at...

This one from Catcher in the Rye bugged me:

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the book is nothing but a democratic self centered view of life. i could care less about reading a book with a cry-baby wining about his life. this is the type of action that drags this country into the black hole of depression. if a book moves a person and it does not have the words holy bible on the front of it, it shows how lost the person it “moved” really is.

It's not the worst one, more like an example of most of these reviews. Also, unsurprisingly, every single classic novel has at least one (if not 20) review complaining about having been forced to read the book for a class.

Cotigo · « **Reply #468 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:39:38 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on May 08, 2009, 06:35:55 PM

http://www.cynical-c.com/?cat=85
Someone took all the one-star reviews on Amazon of classic movies and books, and gathered them into a single website.

Krrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

On a more articulate note,

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmen3jCNKvM
Finally, the Ctrl+ScrollLock stuff is partially explained.

Is this supposed to link to a clip from Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Clip about the Boyscouts? 'Cause if so I dun get it.

Ultradude · « **Reply #469 on:** May 09, 2009, 06:37:40 AM »

http://kotaku.com/5245005/pokemon-gold-and-silver-getting-ds-remakes

In case you haven't heard yet.

Grefter · « **Reply #470 on:** May 09, 2009, 06:54:04 AM »

Quote from: Goodfellas

Deserves an X rating for all of the gratuitous violence. Little to offer to a Christian-based viewer who ascribes to humanist values.

metroid composite · « **Reply #471 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:39:39 PM »

Quote from: Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti link=topic=2703.msg60027#msg60027

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmen3jCNKvM
Finally, the Ctrl+ScrollLock stuff is partially explained.

Is this supposed to link to a clip from Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Clip about the Boyscouts? 'Cause if so I dun get it.

Oh, whoops, copy/paste error there. Article I meant to link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/02/11/7596539.aspx

Shale · « **Reply #472 on:** May 09, 2009, 10:05:32 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbN7m29RlBU

Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen, better known as Pinky and The Brain (although not in that order) decided to record a video of them goofing around at a Starbucks. It's (predictably) awesome.

Grefter · « **Reply #473 on:** May 10, 2009, 08:12:14 AM »

http://exiledonline.com/locked-n-loaded-for-the-coming-obama-lypse/all/1/

More news from Victorville, CA! Ammo shortages. Apparently happening fairly wide spread. People who don't own guns buying ammunition. America is weird.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #474 on:** May 10, 2009, 04:10:43 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on May 10, 2009, 08:12:14 AM

People who don't own guns buying ammunition. America is weird.

For after they pry the guns out of the other peoples' cold, dead hands when Obamazilla attacks with his thermonuclear firebreath, Grefter.

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Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2009 - The Re-Vengeance (Read 141867 times)