August 2008
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McCain makes his pick →
Sarah Palin, first-term governor of Alaska.
ANWR, here we come!
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List of problems solved by MacGyver →
I’m glad there are people out there with so much time on their hands that they spend it chronicling the scientific ingenuity of MacGuyver.
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Making The Wire →
Pretty fantastic roundtable about The Wire, including David Simon, Wendell “The Bunk” Pierce, Clarke “Freamon” Peters, Clark Johnson, Seth “Carver” Gilliam, and Richard Price.
The Museum of the Moving Image has a ton of talks and interviews with fascinating people. Here are a few others: PT Anderson & Daniel Day-Lewis, Brad Bird, Kenneth Branagh &...
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Photosynth
Microsoft’s Photosynth service is live.
Here are a few good spots to check out:
The Grand Canal, Sphinx, Temple of Heaven.
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WatchI’m more stoked for Mirror’s Edge right now than anything else, and this video just extends the excitement. There are some vertigo-inducing jumps as she climbs higher and higher. Kinda looks like it’ll give the same feeling of leaping between buildings in Crackdown.
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WatchInsane Rube Goldberg done in Garry’s Mod.
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Rush's "Moving Pictures" album on Rock Band
I just received the first Rock Band Community Zine entry in my email containing the announcement that Rush’s album Moving Pictures will be released August 26th as a full album download.
I’m not a huge Rush fan in general, but I’m a massive fan when it comes to playing their songs in Rock Band. Harmonix also has a two-part interview here and here.
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Steps Toward an Elitist Critic Future →
Kieron Gillen makes the case for games criticism to spread into less mainstream titles. I think this is his conspiracy to get Trials 2 onto as many End of Year lists as possible.
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WatchFirst gameplay trailer of Heavy Rain. The next title from Indigo Prophecy creator Quantic Dream.
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Harmonix: How ‘Rock Band 2′ Lets You Access First... →
I’ve been wondering how this would work. Looks like there’ll be a small fee (~$5) charged to anyone for exporting their RB1 songs to RB2.
Yet another example of the laughable RIAA licensing horseshit that the music industry dumps on everyone. They really need those $5.
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19.32 →
An illustration of how absurd Michael Johnson’s 200m world record is.
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1001 rules for my unborn son →
My new favorite site.
Drink rail liquor. — A good drink never needs more than one ingredient. Usually ice.
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Chrono Trigger DS Hits Retailers on November 28,... →
I’m kind of glad I never played Chrono Trigger back in the day. Playing on the DS sounds like a lot more fun than a console.
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Viva Pinata 2: Co-op Gardening Goodness! →
Looks like VP2: Trouble in Paradise will allow 4-player co-op inside the host’s garden. Including the ability to destroy their garden.
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WatchDead Space “Garden” trailer.
So much alien exploding.
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Kevin Smith Has Seen Watchmen: “It’s F**king... →
“I saw Watchmen. It’s fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off. Remember that feeling of watching Sin City on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals?...
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WatchMinotaur China Shop.
A tech demo created my Matt Wegner of Flashbang Studios.
Their previous games include Off-Road Velociraptor Safari and Jetpack Brontosaurus.
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charmingmandy:
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
This...
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Wikipedia "Grey Lady" style →
This code for the Stylish Firefox extension makes Wikipedia look hella professional.
Unrelated, but also recommended:
Bright Focus, Cursor Indicator, Yellow HTTPS Bar, OS X Style Google Reader
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WatchThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Brad Pitt is born a septuagenarian and ages backwards, ending his life as a newborn baby. Adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story by David Fincher and Eric Roth.
You can read the full original story here.
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AMC, Krantz talking 'Conversation' →
AMC wants to develop a TV series based on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation.
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"The Road" photo slideshow →
Photos from the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
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Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis at 65 |... →
R.I.P.
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Familiar faces in David Simon pilot →
Money.
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No Hitler in new Wolfenstein →
GREAT. NOW I’m not playing this game.
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Braid Review on Eurogamer →
Wow. I really hope Braid is this good.
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In-Depth: How Valve Makes Art To Enhance Gameplay →
The art directors for Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead talk about their design ideas and how they allowed them to build better gameplay.
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WatchJohn Carmack interview from QuakeCon 2008.
He’s a real truthspeaker.
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Interview with a drum hero: Rock Band pro plays... →
Guy plays 235 songs in Rock Band straight through for 26 hours straight.
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Cryostasis: A Little More Information →
Cryostasis looks hella interesting to me. First, because it involves survival, and second, because it’s made in Europe. I really hope this continues to be cool, and doesn’t become some horseshit FPS game.
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More Wheelies, Less Crashing — How Motorcycles... →
Criterion really knows how to do DLC.