Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links for the Miscellaneously Inclined: 2011 Edition!!! (Read 64924 times)

AAA · « **Reply #300 on:** May 28, 2011, 02:26:08 AM »

http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com/

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #301 on:** May 28, 2011, 03:11:41 AM »

Oh how I wish they published the name of the people who originally posted on facebook. That would make for such glorious trolling.

Nephrite · « **Reply #302 on:** May 28, 2011, 04:40:11 AM »

I'm waiting for one of these where the person responds laughing at their incredibly dumb friend.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #303 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:11:21 PM »

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=6451796

Apparently South Florida pee-wee football leagues are shady as fuck. Large-scale gambling going on, drug dealers working as de facto GMs for teams, and the Chief of Police pretty much says "I don't give a shit."

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Before some gamblers bet on a team, they'll invest in it, said Smith, the local pastor. Gamblers study kids, and they find the good players whose dads are in prison and whose moms are barely making ends meet to put food on the table for three children, he said.

They offer a mom $2,000 to have her son play for a certain team, and throughout the season they give her son clothes, shoes and money to give him an incentive to play well, Smith said.

According to Smith, the gambler's point of view is, "I'm recruiting these kids to play for this team because this is the team I'm going to be betting on all year." He added that many coaches are also in on the deal.

The way Smith describes it, the return on investment is more certain than the stock market: Give the boy and his mom $5,000 to $10,000 throughout the season. Make up to $20,000 to $30,000 per game, over eight to 10 games.

Thurston said he lost one potential player when another team offered the boy's mother $3,500.

Captain K. · « **Reply #304 on:** May 30, 2011, 12:12:17 AM »

I saw that on ESPN a few weeks ago. You can see the guys in the stands just passing money back and forth after each play and the police just stand there and watch them.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #305 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:46:38 AM »

It's especially shitty for those kids who now know if they don't make some big play on 4th down or blow the point spread or whatever, their mom won't make rent.

NotMiki · « **Reply #306 on:** May 30, 2011, 04:34:31 AM »

Can't believe the NCAA neglected to corner this market.

NotMiki · « **Reply #307 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:59:14 AM »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/29/50-state-stereotypes-in-2-minutes_n_868591.html

just like it says: 50 state stereotypes in 2 minutes.

"Our chief export is obnoxious Pats fans."

metroid composite · « **Reply #308 on:** June 01, 2011, 04:58:00 PM »

http://gamearthritis.org/
Cute art project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo
(video) Secret wars reenactment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2BfqDUPL1I
(video) Parrody Pledge of Allegiance.

NotMiki · « **Reply #309 on:** June 05, 2011, 03:10:16 AM »

http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article/178031/176/Florida-Homeowner-Forecloses-On-Bank-Of-America

File under: Justice, poetic.

AAA · « **Reply #310 on:** June 06, 2011, 02:58:02 AM »

http://www.notracistbut.com/

metroid composite · « **Reply #311 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:26:27 PM »

http://www.untoldentertainment.com/games/sissy/
5-year-old girl makes game and it's...actually surprisingly enjoyable. Sissy's Magical Ponycorn adventure; possibly my favourite game released in 2011 so far >_>.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8553366/MI6-attacks-al-Qaeda-in-Operation-Cupcake.html
Best cyber attack ever.

http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/zombies-take-over-henry-968755.html
One of those "awesome headline" moments.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #312 on:** June 07, 2011, 11:40:52 PM »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110603/us_yblog_thelookout/first-man-functionally-cured-of-hiv

Turns out getting some bone marrow from an HIV immune doner basically knocks out all the symptoms of HIV (as in, White Blood Count returns to normal and the virus seemingly can no longer reproduce in general). Cool beans.

NotMiki · « **Reply #313 on:** June 09, 2011, 11:23:49 PM »

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

Not the most technically proficient pianist in the world, but he's got music in his soul.

metroid composite · « **Reply #314 on:** June 10, 2011, 03:54:25 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGvTgYyANy8
(video) Fire Tornado. FFX was right, it can happen!

http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html
Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA.

http://cf.drafthouse.com/she_texted_we_kicked_her_out2.html
(video) After being warned twice about texting while watching the movie, customer leaves angry phone message. Theatre makes angry phone message into a pre-movie video. This theatre is in Austin...DLC6 trip? >_>

metroid composite · « **Reply #315 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:39:20 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86vWgaLuwE
(video) Turns out Duke Nukem Forever is bad. No, no, I mean really bad.

"It's got all of the bad things about old-school shooters, but all of the bad things about new-school modern shooters as well. Which is a horrible mix, it really, really is."

Xeroma · « **Reply #316 on:** June 11, 2011, 06:02:45 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on June 11, 2011, 01:39:20 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86vWgaLuwE
(video) Turns out Duke Nukem Forever is bad. No, no, I mean really bad.

"It's got all of the bad things about old-school shooters, but all of the bad things about new-school modern shooters as well. Which is a horrible mix, it really, really is."

That video broke my heart. Oh well, at least I can spend that $50 on something better.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #317 on:** June 11, 2011, 06:40:35 AM »

Duke Nukem being bad is somehow surprising? Clearly it has been too long since the last one came out.

Shale · « **Reply #318 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:01:30 PM »

Hey, Duke 3D is a classic.

Also, TotalBiscuit's still making videos! Awesome! I kind of lost track of him when he left off his Let's Play Shining Force 3 videos.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #319 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:18:53 PM »

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Hey, Duke 3D is a classic.

1. While I'd agree with that statement, I wouldn't say that's because of its quality, and more to the point:
2. My understanding, though I admittedly haven't played them, is that every game in the series since 3D has sucked ass.

Shale · « **Reply #320 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:29:09 PM »

The "(im)mature content" in 3D definitely got it a lot more press than it otherwise would have had, but the core gameplay and level design were very good. Maybe not good enough to hold up today, that's up to you. The problem is that all those other games in the series were third-person shooters farmed out to third-party developers that didn't even pretend to be full-on successors to 3D, leaving that mantle for DNF. So every expectation for a Duke Nukem FPS came from (fans' memories of ) 3D, both because of the genre and because it was the last game in the series that 3D Realms actually worked on.

metroid composite · « **Reply #321 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:48:38 PM »

To further put things into perspective, Duke Nukem Forever is getting lower metacritic scores than games like Duke Nukem Advance, Duke Nukem 64, and Duke Nukem: Manhatten Project.

DomaDragoon · « **Reply #322 on:** June 11, 2011, 05:18:29 PM »

Quote from: metroid composite on June 11, 2011, 04:48:38 PM

To further put things into perspective, Duke Nukem Forever is getting lower metacritic scores than games like Duke Nukem Advance, Duke Nukem 64, and Duke Nukem: Manhatten Project.

To be fair, Advance (according to the screenshots) looks like Duke 3D on a handheld, 64 is a pseudo-port of 3D, and Manhattan Project was a downloadable title with lower expectations. There's no doubt in my mind that DNF isn't going to be great, but as long as it's fun and the multiplayer doesn't suck, I'm sure it'll be fine.

AAA · « **Reply #323 on:** June 11, 2011, 05:49:03 PM »

Time to Kill was a fine 3D action game as I recall, though the controls were sort of awkward.

edit: it's kind of a shame, but you can't really expect a 14 year old zombie of a game to be much of anything but a horrible mess. Gearbox has the rights to the franchise now, maybe they can make a better game without all that baggage. All the same, ignoring reviews and such until I get my own hands on the game, which hopefully will be soon. Always bet on Duke.

Shale · « **Reply #324 on:** June 11, 2011, 07:41:47 PM »

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/11/american-gods-tv-series-to-be-six-season-open-ended/

American Gods whatnow?

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