It’s funny because Optimus Prime is _also_ a hyperbolicly adored leader that doesn’t live up to the hype.

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cartoons has a new shirt on pre-order:

I just love the description. Two guys playing tennis on the back of kodiak bears with a lit bundle of dynamite instead of a tennis ball.

TopatoCo: Most Dangerous Game Shirt

This is a quick game, it should only take you about 20 minutes to  complete.

It simultaneously satisfies my retro game itch, as well as introduces interesting game play.

Mostly you are a few blocky pixels adventuring across disapearing chasms, ropes, snakes, and hot lava. The bosses are fun to fight, and the “second half” of the game exploits the namesake.

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The best part is the end, when the round table erupts with talking heads breaking down into skanks and getting all up in each others grills.

“When a bearded, bespectacled Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman February 11, he gave bloggers across the world the biggest Valentine they could hope for. What to say about this, that hasn’t already been pounded into oblivion by everyone from your neighborhood blogger to Ben Stiller? Movie star goes on talk show, exhibits possibly affected eccentricity; talk show host fires back with lighthearted but emphatic barbs; audience and blogosphere go nuts. It seems like most people are in agreement that Phoenix is taking the piss on this one. But there remains the chance that Phoenix isn’t faking it, and that he really thinks near-incoherence and a rap career are good ideas. Even if probability leans toward this being a commentary (albeit a ham-fisted one) on the culture of fame — or a Punk’d-esque documentary directed by Casey Affleck — with the amount of press Phoenix has been getting as a result of this appearance, who’s to say he’s not right either way? Of course, he wasn’t the first — nor will he be the last — celebrity to mangle a media moment. From inebriated monologues to sportscaster throw-downs, from coke to couch-jumping, here are the Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time.”

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Oliver shows off the failed attempts that got him to the place where he could create the game, reveals how Ico/Shadow of the Colossus inspired its design, and gets big bonus points for referencing David Lynch’s excellent book Catching the Big Fish in showing where he gets his inspiration (here, physically, a swimming pool).

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Oh, hell yes! For halloween a couple of years ago we dressed up as zombie republicans, but this is infinitely better, as there will be more zombies and better drinking.

On the list:
Simon’s – great dive bar. You can order food from the neighborhood and have it delivered here.
Charlie’s Ale House – decent food. A little pricey, but great booths
Hamburger Mary’s – A drag queen themed hamburger joint. Awesome.
Hopleaf – This one isn’t on the “list” but I don’t really understand the point or concept of an “organized” pub crawl. If a bunch of zombies show up to a bar with money, they will be served. The hopleaf has an amazing selection of beers from all around the world.

This pubcrawl will knock your socks off.

Drop us a line if you want to rub elbows at the crawl.zomb

Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl 2

Audio and onscreen text NSFW.

I  have to get a transcript of this. They do a great job of sounding exactly like a kowtowing electronic-interest piece.

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Hah ha! I said taint.

Listen to the original version of tainted love. I like the pictures of 1960s computers. Thank you infernet.