Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2 - The Vengeance (Read 121277 times)

Taishyr · « **Reply #775 on:** October 23, 2008, 04:03:54 PM »

http://kotaku.com/5067536/totoro-reproduced-in-bread-and-chocolate

SNOW DID NOT NEED MORE ENCOURAGEMENT.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #776 on:** October 23, 2008, 09:46:37 PM »

Mmmmm, edible Taitoro.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #777 on:** October 24, 2008, 05:57:09 AM »

Ah, it's Totoro-pan. I love that stuff.

It's been around roughly 20 years or so... pretty much a staple of Japanese bakeries. I'd forgotten that Totoro-pan wasn't common knowledge in the West.

Still, it's not only cute - it's quite tasty. Think 'Eclair with cream frosting topping and a slightly thicker, flakier crust'. Of course, the whipped cream filling is the best part.

Or the best part could be the fact that it's like drinking the sucrose-laden blood of Taitoro... your choice.

-Djinn

metroid composite · « **Reply #778 on:** October 25, 2008, 12:56:48 AM »

http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/245807.html
Presidential D&D campaign.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_avatar_murder
Woman jailed after killing MMORPG character.

http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/
Reasonably priced classic PC games (around $6 or so).

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/22/a-very-special-message-from-david-hasselhoff/
David Haselhoff in the game Pain. o_O

http://www.palinaspresident.us/
Palin spoof site.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/barack-obama-to.html
Obama's fundraising is...how much???

http://www.cracked.com/article_16704_9-foreign-rip-offs-cooler-than-hollywood-originals.html
(videos) "9 Foreign ripoffs coller than the originals"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mY2JR2_0QI
(video) Campy 1974 trailer involving Chuck Norris.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #779 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:02:32 PM »

http://www.captaincapitalism.com/

My new personal superhero. A must see for Hals and Grefters alike!

metroid composite · « **Reply #780 on:** October 25, 2008, 10:33:05 PM »

I'm pretty sure neither Hal nor Grefter votes for elected officials based on how much they can bench press >_>

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-study-squashes-myth-of-gamer-as-antisocial-comic-book-guy.html
In other news, gamers are cooler than non-gamers. Objectively.

Cotigo · « **Reply #781 on:** October 27, 2008, 12:26:46 AM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html?em
John McCain's latest endorsement... wait, the Times? What the fuck, this ISN'T the Onion?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7692153.stm
...Fuck.

Xeroma · « **Reply #782 on:** October 27, 2008, 01:02:19 AM »

Quote from: Zenthor on October 27, 2008, 12:26:46 AM

...Fuck.

This is all that can really be said. Wow.

TranceHime · « **Reply #783 on:** October 27, 2008, 03:14:26 AM »

http://japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=8803

y halo thar Japan

Grefter · « **Reply #784 on:** October 28, 2008, 10:39:16 AM »

http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2008/10/fallout-3.html

So, this blog is apparently cool and does cool things that I didn't know about. A guy got a bunch of people who just came off the tale end of playing Planetfall (Old text based adventure game, think Zorkish) and were going to play FO3 when it came out, but first had to play Fallout 1 and 2. They started off hating it, plenty came out of it sounding like Fallout vets (Fallout 3 is going to be nothing at all like Fallout style thing and less errr NMA)

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #785 on:** October 28, 2008, 05:28:10 PM »

Since we're often prone to discussions about bad writing, I suddenly remembered the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwer-Lytton_Fiction_Contest

The point of the contest is "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels".

I particularly like 2005's winner.

I'm sure a few people are already familiar with this...

-Djinn

hinode · « **Reply #786 on:** October 29, 2008, 12:54:57 AM »

http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2008/10/sf-all-time-sales-list.html

An attempt at making an all-time SF/F sales list by author. It's very rough, but still interesting for a rough idea where the major modern authors stand. Also features Neil Gaiman himself (!) making a comment to give a more accurate estimate of his sales.

Cotigo · « **Reply #787 on:** October 30, 2008, 06:16:09 PM »

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSJuWgZGYo

T... th...

This is remarkable. An... an anchor for Fox News... shows... something resembling sense.

I'm speechless.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #788 on:** October 30, 2008, 06:46:19 PM »

Quote from: Zenthor on October 30, 2008, 06:16:09 PM

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSJuWgZGYo

T... th...

This is remarkable. An... an anchor for Fox News... shows... something resembling sense.

I'm speechless.

Yeah. This was on Colbert Report last night. They tied it in with the whole Palin "going rogue" story. Good times.

Grefter · « **Reply #789 on:** October 30, 2008, 09:56:25 PM »

"Could you tell us why you said that?" "I think it would be good if people could go read things and try to understand why I would agree to that".

Is like inability to answer a direct fucking question that is only to your benefit to answer some kind of disease or is it just a mental disorder people that go into politics get? I would say politicians, but this guy isn't (before this campaign) a politician. I would say is it something wrong with Republicans but I don't think you would have to dig hard in other parties that you could find the same thing.

Edit -

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This idiot will never own a business, He's lucky he can hang onto he job!!

Either this is a joke or the whole Joe the Plumber is an "average" American (who owns a business that is worried about tax increases should he earn more than a quarter of a million dollars) part of this guy hasn't sunk into the population like it should have and everyone still has managed to take the party line.

Sierra · « **Reply #790 on:** October 30, 2008, 10:27:45 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on October 30, 2008, 09:56:25 PM

Is like inability to answer a direct fucking question that is only to your benefit to answer some kind of disease or is it just a mental disorder people that go into politics get? I would say politicians, but this guy isn't (before this campaign) a politician. I would say is it something wrong with Republicans but I don't think you would have to dig hard in other parties that you could find the same thing.
than a quarter of a million dollars) part of this guy hasn't sunk into the population like it should have and everyone still has managed to take the party line.

It's pretty much endemic. Unfortunately, dogged persistence in the face of inconvenient facts and questions long ago overtook intellectual coherence as a political asset. Politicians will say what they want to say and if they do answer a question it's probably by accident. In an age dominated by attack ads (which everyone claims to hate even though they pay attention to them anyway just because we're wired to listen to gossip), anything remotely controversial is bound to be used against you at some point. If you express an actual opinion on something, it's going to piss off some single-issue voter, somewhere, some time, and cause them to choose whichever other candidate will fulfill their monomaniacal obsession. So the trick is to avoid stating your actual position on anything until you're in office and can actually do something (and even then it's a hard habit to break). Be vague while giving the impression with physical and vocal cues that you actually know what you're talking about, because often people are impressed far more by attitudes than by words. If anyone tries to point out that you're full of shit, talk over their objections into they're numbed into submission. Raising your voice helps if things get really hairy.

VySaika · « **Reply #791 on:** October 31, 2008, 09:49:54 PM »

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/

Amusing photoshopped book covers

EDIT: And part 2.

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/

Grefter · « **Reply #792 on:** October 31, 2008, 10:35:37 PM »

Wow, those are funny. Lots of decent soft targets there (worthy reading, but mockable anyway). No Weiss and Hickman though? Or is that just far to easy?

Sierra · « **Reply #793 on:** October 31, 2008, 11:04:22 PM »

Thomas Covenant's the best of the lot. Coverwise, not bookwise. I couldn't finish the book, for reasons the 'shopped cover make obvious.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #794 on:** October 31, 2008, 11:05:38 PM »

I admit, despite liking a number of those, I laughed.

Also, I only heard about the Thomas Covenant books. I concluded I would never read them unless I decided to indulge in masochism.

VySaika · « **Reply #795 on:** October 31, 2008, 11:16:45 PM »

Lemme put it this way. I managed to choke down through book 4 of Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I couldn't finish the first Thomas Covenant book.

Also, dunno why there's no W&H in there. The dude took a shot at Salvatore in the second batch, so I can't imagine it's because it's "too easy".

Twilkitri · « **Reply #796 on:** November 01, 2008, 02:06:23 AM »

You guys are making me want to reread Covenant.

For that matter, I haven't read any of the new ones yet now I think about it ._.

Captain K. · « **Reply #797 on:** November 01, 2008, 04:04:04 AM »

"Characters Show Up" is so damned true.

Ranmilia · « **Reply #798 on:** November 01, 2008, 10:11:09 AM »

Awesome link. The Covenant and Goodkind covers are more generous than the books deserve.

Cotigo · « **Reply #799 on:** November 01, 2008, 12:53:48 PM »

Awesome. "Hey what if Vikings had Jet Plane Fleets?"

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