February 2009
Helvetica
Just overcame my resistance to watching a movie about a font and watched Helvetica. I absolutely loved it. It reminded me almost immediately of Man on Wire, except that I enjoyed it much more (which I intend as a compliment, of course). Unlike Man on Wire, I was actually riveted to Helvetica, which never had a dull moment and didn’t run a little too long. Every frame of the movie is...
January 2009
You can get used to anything
It’s so warm today that I was walking around with my jacket unzipped and no gloves on. So I just checked what the temperature is, and it’s 32 degrees.
Obama Ready to Pick Republican Senator for... →
Hah, I love it. Nominate a Republican from a state with a Democratic governor to a cabinet post, his replacement will be a Democrat, and you have your 60 seat filibuster-proof majority.
But Can You Spot The X-Blades Boxart Discrepancy? →
teh horrors, i has seen dem →
Steve Jobs a music visionary? Judge for yourself →
Interesting look at an interview with Jobs from 2003, and how everything he said would happen did.
gonna sleep here k? floor very cold →
The Covenant returns: hands on with Halo Wars →
Pretty good review. If this is indeed a review. It’s not really clear. Yet another month-before-release review.
Halo: Take A Closer Look At Halo 3's Mythic Map... →
Killzone 2 PlayStation 3 Review →
The full review a month before the game comes out? Mmkay.
Looks like the multiplayer is going to have the same reward-better-players-with-better-guns thing from Call of Duty. What a shame.
AmazingSuperPowers: Webcomic at the Speed of Light →
Activision now hiring Bullshot Artist →
Boxer…I getz it…. →
The Jeff and Casey Show on Visual Studio 2010 and... →
Wow.
(For programmers).
Paul Kedrosky: The End of (Behavioral) Finance →
Ted Haggard Says He's Not Gay, But It's... →
Just turned off the PS3 and found a late night rerun of Oprah interviewing him happened to be what was on. Fascinating. He’s much more sympathetic when he’s being honest. It looks like he hasn’t gone all the way towards being an advocate for homosexuals against evangelical homophobia, but it does seem that his views have evolved.
Regarding the crystal meth he purchased and then...
Zero Punctuation : Gears of War 2 →
Yahtzee is a total ass, and I hate him, which is why it’s so hard when I agree with him so completely.
Obama Incredulous Over School Closing, Says DC... →
Totally
dinosaur comics - January 28 2009 →
Economist's View: "A Dark Age of Macroeconomics" →
Streaming video cannibalizing DVD rentals, says... →
Wait, Netflix rents physical DVDs too?
Street Fighter IV: Alternate Costume Showcase →
Wow, these range from horrendous to, uh, mediocre. I was going to complain that Cammy’s alternate costume sucks, but then I saw that her alternate costume is actually among the best. Dhalsim wears a dress, and Akuma, Gouken, and E. Honda all have these gigantic bows behind their backs. Worst has to go to Fei Long. I understand that he’s wearing something Bruce Lee wore in Enter the...
Daring Fireball Linked List: ClickToFlash Is Dead;... →
ClickToFlash was greatly improved overnight.
Video: Puppy Winks and Hiccups →
Postmortem: Capcom/GRIN's Bionic Commando Rearmed →
In case you missed it when I said it before, this game was one of the best of 2008.
Also, I can’t believe they released this game for $10. It would have been worth $20.
Fear 2 Demo
Wow. I just played through the demo on the Playstation 3, and basically this game came out of nowhere and landed right near the top of the list of games I am most looking forward to in the next year.
I played the demo for the first FEAR, and I liked it, but I wasn’t really moved to pursue it any further, even though it went on to get good reviews. Never really got around to it, I guess....
Iz dat cab on da way? →
Hulu - 30 Rock: Retreat to Move Forward →
Last night, I wanted to watch 30 Rock before The Office, because if you watch the funnier show first, it makes the later one seem less funny. But it turned out 30 Rock was unbelievably hilarious last night, and The Office kinda sucked.
Click to watch the full episode.
ClickToFlash →
Mac users: YOU WANT THIS
But Xbox Live costs $50 a year!
Just spent the past 15 minutes getting disconnected from PSN right as the Street Fighter 2 match starts. Brilliant.
Chipotle Employee Just Gave Guy In Front Of You... →
This is so accurate, only for guacamole, not rice.
DOWNSIZING →
Parsing Obama
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I hope he’s right.
Capcom
I don’t know what it is, but Capcom has been on my radar lately in a way that they haven’t been in a very long time. First they released two of the best games of 2008, Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix. Then their lineup for 2009 looks fantastic already, with Bionic Commando and Street Fighter 4. Then I see this video for Dark Void… I...
WHUT? MOMMY →
She Human kick’z me outz too! →
Well, MY →
Growing Markets →
Ubisoft ramping up for new generation of consoles... →
Ubisoft believes that the next generation of consoles will be coming in a few years. I agree, you shouldn’t believe Sony and Microsoft when they claim that this generation of consoles is going to last way longer than previous generations. Any console manufacturer who has been successful enough to become profitable on the thing is in no hurry to start the next generation. But the loser will...
Safe, But Also Sorry: Security expert Bruce... →
Security is designed to protect us from the dishonest minority. It’s important to remember that. I remember being told as a child: “Never talk to strangers.” That’s actually stupid advice. If a child is lost or scared or alone, the smartest thing he can do is find a kindly looking stranger to talk to. The real advice is: “Don’t answer strangers who talk to you...
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Latest Music - The Ting Tings
I finally gave the full album a chance. My friend Mary pointed out Great DJ to me a while back, and it’s a really great song. But when I went to hear more, the other single they were pushing was That’s Not My Name, which does absolutely nothing for me, and might actively annoy me (I’m not sure). So I wasn’t really that moved to listen to the entire album, but I wish I had,...
Fox News Fear Imbalance →
Call of Duty: World at War
I couldn’t even bring myself to play this game today, the experience has been so dissatisfying.
I really like a lot about this game. The main mechanics of the multiplayer are great. I like Counter-Strike, and the game has a lot in common with CS in that you get to pick your weapon of choice from a large variety of realistic guns, and the guns approximate the lethality of real life, where a...
i waz →