November 2009
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Be Cautious Of Black Friday Deals
Ok, so I’m doing this as a public service announcement to anyone who is (like myself) doing their holiday shopping online. Just some very basic protocols to follow to keep yourself out of trouble. It’s really one protocol… if it sounds too good to be true it is. Don’t think that your google search for some impossible to find item turned up some place that not only has...
Dear (some of our) readers:
copycats:
You take this blog — and likely all of the internets — too seriously.
So we’re clear, we all post here for fun! It’s not a profession… Yes, sometimes we will get information wrong; sometimes we make the error, other times we pass along someone else’s…
We’re sorry that we posted a Weezer cover once, that was really by Deftones.
We’re sorry some of you think Iron & Wine wrote...
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Twitter launching paid business accounts →
Don’t act so surprised. We all saw this coming. Too many companies use Twitter as an email blast, letting customers know about deals, or products, or tech help. It’s about time that Twitter as a company started seeing some money for this very convenient service. The real question is are companies going to play ball. Starbucks has one of the most followed Twitter accounts, but will...
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WatchEpic Punch Out Rap
I was just listening to the Mega Man rap yesterday by the same artist. This one is just as good. Although correct me if I’m wrong, but if Tyson punched you in the game you went down every time right? There was no blocking a Tyson punch.
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“At a hundred and twenty dollars, [DJ Hero] rests on the same lofty economic...”
– Jerry Holkins (aka Tycho from Penny Arcade)
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unfriend is the Oxford Dictionary's word of 2009 →
amandalynferri:
i am pretty certain we can do better than that.
I guess unfollow is next on the list… and that’s equally as lame. I’m still holding out for ‘cornacopulation.’
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Never-before-seen 'Star Trek' pilot found →
“Star Trek” fans know there were two pilots for the original series. The first, “The Cage,” was rejected by NBC for being “too cerebral” (ah, some things never change). The second, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” replaced the actor who played the captain with William Shatner and was more action driven. That pilot had an alternate version which was...
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Videogame Music Fridays - Cabin Song, Friday the...
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Watch50 Worst Videogame Voice Acting Lines
Be warned… these are absolutely terrible. Including one from Mega Man 8 that is unforgivable.
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Watch Vimeo On The iPhone
So the Vimeo uploader app isn’t here yet, but it seems close. Vimeo just updated their Staff Picks and HD video showcase with content so that it will play on the iPhone and Android handsets.
Blake Whitman, community director at Vimeo and all around cool guy, told CNET, ”This is sort of the prelude of offering Plus members iPhone support; and in the future, an app, … In the...
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Twitter Account Gets TV Contract
It’s happened. A Twitter account has landed a TV deal. Justin Halpern author of the ”Shit My Dad Says” twitter who recently got a book deal now also has a contract with ABC to make a sitcom.
TV is in a bad place if they’re looking to Twitter accounts for new ideas. I wonder how long it takes for someone’s Facebook to become a major motion picture…
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Homeland Security Seizes Fake Frogger, Donkey Kong... →
The machines contained several copyrighted video games, which are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and recorded with CBP. The video games found on the coin-operated machines were Frogger, Scramble, Time Pilot, Ms. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong. CBP seized the items when the importer was unable to provide authorization from the owners.
Useful...
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Watchbleepbloopblog:
We got the Call of Duty Prestige Edition which comes with, among other things, actual nightvision goggles. Here’s the unboxing.
Nightvision goggles and videogames. A match made in heaven.
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Next-Generation Robots Ready for Combat →
Robots, robots, robots. They’re going to kill us, we all know it’s going to happen. It’s far more likely than a zombie attack, and I’ve come to accept that. I do my part in preventing the robot uprising by NOT building robots and sending them off to war.
The same can’t be said for Foster-Miller and (hilariously named) iRobot. Both companies received hundreds of...
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Book Review - 1984
1984 is a book that managed to escape me in high school. I had to read the Odyssey 3 times, but I was never assigned 1984. I think that’s important to note. I knew a lot of the themes going into this book and have used the term ‘Orwellian future’ in conversation. Good, I’m glad that’s out of the way.
As far as dystopian futures are concerned...
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The Nerdology Podcast - 003 - We’re Back!
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“You know perfectly well that I don’t have a problem with the concept of...”
– Jerry Holkins (Tycho from Penny Arcade) Talking about Dragon Age: Origins and DLC in a recent post.
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WatchLegend of Zelda Spirit Tracks - Trailer
It’s not a secret that I’m a huge Zelda fan. Anyone who played Phantom Hourglass on the DS knows to expect hand held games that are equally as engaging as their console counterparts. The bar has been set high for Spirit Tracks I hope Nintendo doesn’t disappoint.
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Videogame Music Fridays - Ain’t No Rest For...
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Getting So Much Better All The Time
You have to admit, it’s getting better. After going dark for much of this week I’m getting better about posting. Things in my real life have been filled with moving and doing all the things you do in a new apartment. I’ve been reblogging too much. And I’m not providing you with the type of original content you’ve been used to.
Also I started playing...
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Watchbleepbloopblog:
For the third installment of our Save the Arcades campaign we visited Game Galaxy in Nashville.
Notes: - The ad for Back to the Future pinball is amazing. - The pizza was from S’barros, and I did eventually eat it. - I did awesome at the Sopranos pinball machine there, eventually earning an extra ball. - Pat alludes to Crime Patrol 2, which happened in Bleep Bloop: War on...
WatchScratch: The Ultimate DJ
Fact: I’m no DJ. That said, I played DJ Hero for the first time last night and it felt… off. It felt like I was pushing buttons just for the sake of pushing buttons to make it more of a rhythm game.
On the other hand Scratch: The Ultimate DJ actually looks legit. It looks like what DJ-ing is actually like. Most noticeably there are no buttons on the...
