Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links for the Miscellaneously Inclined: 2011 Edition!!! (Read 61842 times)

metroid composite · « **Reply #225 on:** April 26, 2011, 08:43:44 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSU1jQoGIqo&feature=player_embedded
(video) Slingshot that fires Machetes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw
(video, song) Prejudice by Tim Minchin (hilarious)

http://lezgetreal.com/2011/04/george-takei-reacts-to-tennessee-cant-say-gay-bill-with-humorous-tweet/
That's so Takei.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #226 on:** April 27, 2011, 03:28:54 AM »

Minchin will be here in Portland...

...while I am at work. Fuck.

metroid composite · « **Reply #227 on:** April 28, 2011, 03:07:25 PM »

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6360/the_cake_is_not_a_lie_how_to_.php
Decent article on achievements in games.

http://vimeo.com/22970879
(video) Video of the tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama yesterday.

Captain K. · « **Reply #228 on:** April 28, 2011, 10:52:13 PM »

I tend to prefer achievement systems where there is a tangible reward for collecting the achievements.

For example, collecting Battle Trophies in Star Ocean 3 led to more character outfits, music test room, and (eventually) an entirely new way to play the game.

Collecting Accolades in Dragon Quest 9 is not fun at all, since they (a) don't unlock anything (other than Accolades for having a lot of Accolades) and (b) aren't even all possible to get at the same time (i.e. fuck you completionists)

The Halo series has the best overall use of achievements that I've seen. The achievements themselves are well-designed (doing cool and/or funny stuff ingame, or completing difficult challenges). They make available a free download (Waypoint) that lets you manage your achievements, compare your performance to your friend's, and has a "level" system that makes earning the achievements more desirable. And getting those achievements unlocks different armors ingame and Xbox Live avatar items. You're having fun *and* getting a reward, even if it is just a different skin for your character.

NotMiki · « **Reply #229 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:13:07 PM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/sports/ncaabasketball/29sportsbriefs-STJOHNSSIGNS_BRF.html?_r=1

St. John's signs player with entitlement issues. Or maybe issues with his parents. Guarantee you: kid's got some kind of issues.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #230 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:52:27 AM »

I'm impressed someone with the name God's Gift could live long enough to move past kindergarten, let alone get to college.

Captain K. · « **Reply #231 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:59:48 AM »

Quote

He and his five siblings all have names reflecting the religious beliefs of their father, a minister.

I would have named them Pay Day, Money In The Bank, Make It Rain, Bling Bling, and Salary Cap.

NotMiki · « **Reply #232 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:52:19 AM »

Abbott and Costello would have a field day with that, I'm sure.

EDIT:
http://www.losteyeball.com/index.php/2007/06/19/56-worstbest-analogies-of-high-school-students/

"Oh, Jason, take me!” she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night."
so good.

Sierra · « **Reply #233 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:51:58 PM »

Almost all of those strike me as being intentionally goofy, honestly.

NotMiki · « **Reply #234 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:38:51 PM »

Me too, but they're awesome, so who cares?

"She was as easy as the TV Guide crossword."

"He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River."

Grefter · « **Reply #235 on:** May 01, 2011, 10:39:53 PM »

"Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever." is hands down the smartest thing in there.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #236 on:** May 02, 2011, 12:20:36 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on May 01, 2011, 10:39:53 PM

"Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever." is hands down the smartest thing in there.

Fucking word.

Lance · « **Reply #237 on:** May 05, 2011, 02:57:15 AM »

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2011/05/02/portal-tetris/

Portal Tetris. For the life of me, I cannot beat the high score.

NotMiki · « **Reply #238 on:** May 06, 2011, 12:07:11 AM »

http://joshblackman.com/blog/?p=4407

in case you never hear from me again.

metroid composite · « **Reply #239 on:** May 06, 2011, 04:36:12 PM »

http://vimeo.com/22826209
(Video) Hammok on wheels controlled by PS2 controller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gNQ2KYCb4
(video) Short film "Late Bloomer" from the Sundance Film Festival. It's about a sex ed class (so mildly NSFW) but I don't want to spoil it past that.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/04may_epic/
Precessing gyroscopes; more confirmed aspects of General Relativity.

NotMiki · « **Reply #240 on:** May 06, 2011, 09:37:13 PM »

Quote from: metroid composite on May 06, 2011, 04:36:12 PM

http://vimeo.com/22826209
(Video) Hammok on wheels controlled by PS2 controller.

But...why would you want to go anywhere when you're already at a hammock?

VySaika · « **Reply #241 on:** May 07, 2011, 07:32:31 PM »

http://monsterlicenses.com/index.php

Are YOU a supernatural lifeform? Then register today!

(This amuses me more then it probably should.)

metroid composite · « **Reply #242 on:** May 07, 2011, 11:47:19 PM »

http://shitmystudentswrite.tumblr.com/

Ranges from unforunate typos to...pretty ridiculous.

metroid composite · « **Reply #243 on:** May 10, 2011, 12:24:57 AM »

http://www.techspot.com/news/43696-the-us-legally-recognizes-video-games-as-an-art-form.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dc8487e9cc70318%2C0

Take that, Ebert!

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #244 on:** May 10, 2011, 06:05:29 PM »

Jim's sig made me seek it out. Meta-humor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md-q5GRo9E0

NotMiki · « **Reply #245 on:** May 10, 2011, 06:25:28 PM »

Success at last!

NotMiki · « **Reply #246 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:31:58 AM »

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/library-of-congress-debuts-national-jukebox-crammed-with-rare-sounds.php?ref=fpb

coooooool.

Captain K. · « **Reply #247 on:** May 11, 2011, 11:57:58 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncsHQ_psTEg&feature=player_embedded

The glory of Saikyo.

metroid composite · « **Reply #248 on:** May 12, 2011, 03:57:33 PM »

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/GregMcClanahan/20110508/7579/Logic_vs_Psychology_in_World_of_Warcrafts_New_Gear_Advancement_System.php
Interesting theories on the weird logic of MMO addictions.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6375/the_cake_is_not_a_lie_how_to_.php?print=1
Designing achievements, part 2.

http://thefinaledition.com/
Parrody: the final edition of the New York Times.

Grefter · « **Reply #249 on:** May 12, 2011, 10:48:44 PM »

Not a bad article. It certainly explains the addictions of a great many players to be honest. It certainly is the opposite for myself, I don't know why I liked the game in BC, but it wasn't because of loot and it being hard to get. I know why I like Cataclysm, because it is by far the best MMO content they have ever produced. They have even fixed some of my biggest misgivings in the recent patch (thus the relapse). However, like all expansions of WoW, the content is coming to slowly, that is mostly the heart of it. Not all the playerbase has beat the current raid content.

That doesn't matter, people have been doing it for 5 or so months now. They need something else. People DID grind through Black Temple for 12 months and they -bitched constantly and incessantly about it-. Not to mention the churn in higher end guilds was relatively high then, but even more brutally so on middling guilds that were being used as a stepping stone for loot hungry players.

News:

Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links for the Miscellaneously Inclined: 2011 Edition!!! (Read 61842 times)