Scene: A poorly lit room is filled with 4-8 year olds. They are watching Saturday morning cartoons. A video tractor beam is projected onto their face, originating from the screen. They are slowly floating towards the television.
In walks dad with a dozen donuts. It’s family time! Hooray, your children will temporarily spend time near you because you peddled them sugar. Now watch them bounce off the walls for the next three hours.
It’s disgusting, but it’s a 0/10 compared to, oh say the childrens’ crusade.
That’s Eric Wareheim of “Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show Great Job” fame. The video does more to capture the internal workings of my mind and is a microcosm of the human condition.
The freeze frame pretty much says it all.
Dancing hippies? Overweight musclewrestlers? Hopping/popping emo kids? An overly muscular woman shooting lasers out of her eyes? Girls in Xena garb eating ice cream cones?
“The vast majority of the hit casual games are written in C++,” said David Fox of iWin at his talk at GDC’s Casual Games Summit on Monday, as attended by Gamasutra.Nonetheless, he took a look at the wide variety of tools, engines, and middleware that can make development of casual games easier and more profitable.
This is a nice brief overview of various indie game platforms. Word to the wise, don’t write your engine from scratch. It’s 2009. You have more interesting things to do.
Not mentioned is the Lassie Adventure Studio, which I plan on using when it is released later this year.
I will, however check out the list in more detail if I become one of the laid-off masses with delusions of indie game glory.
via [googling for some unrelated code advice while working late because you have to share lab equipment with a midget]
Y chromosome – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Today, the human Y chromosome itself contains only 78 working genes,[9] compared to close to 1500 working genes on the X chromosome. In some animals, Y degradation is even more severe. The dunnart, a marsupial carrying a 10-12 Mb Y chromosome, has only four characterised genes; among them the SRY gene, is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.”
Via [wikipidia while writing a dirty rap and forgetting which chromosome the mens have]
Some duchebags are proposing that you should use as much electricity as possible during earth hour. It’s funny and I get it, but it won’t be funny in 100 years when people are fighting and dying because of the pollution and energy consumption.
I know that repeating this crap is the worst thing I can do for it, but you should be aware of who you share your world with when you are considering saving it:
I am proposing a worldwide strategy to discredit the theories of man-made global warming, starting with the 60 minutes of ‘Anti-Earth Hour’. On the same date and time as Earth Hour, March 29th, 2008 at 8pm, your local time, join the fight against the lights off hour by turning your lights ON.
In fact, turn everything on! Below, I will provide you with a list of all potential items and objects that you can turn ON as a way to counter the effects of Earth Hour.
-all household lights
-air conditioner
-heater
-automobiles (your ride)
-automobile headlights
-washer
-dryer
-dishwasher
-stove/oven
-put on oven’s self-cleaning cycle
-microwave
-any/all kitchen appliances
-television
-dvd player
-game system
-stereo
-and any other electrical equipment you can think of
Please sign this petition to indicate your support and participation to 60 minutes of ‘Anti-Earth Hour’.
Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any actions that result in damages or harm, such as but not limited to, burning down your house due to faulty wiring, etc. Participation is at your own discretion.
threewalls is hosting its unforgettable spring fundraiser:
You Oughta be in Fangs
Written and directed by Death by Design
Decadent 1920s party-goers in search of hot-jazz and free-flowing booze, head to an underground speakeasy run by conjoined whisper sisters, but discover cold bodies and free-flowing blood. Assisted by a team of waxen virgins and undead goons, Vampires move incognito through the euphoric crowd, adding to their brood.
Come and enjoy an evening of cocktails, live entertainment, and delectable Vampire bites.
Food created by Bleeding Heart Bakery
Event will be held on May 29th, 2009, details following soon, so stay tuned and be reborn this spring as the eternally undead!
Threewalls info (not sure if this is the address):
* 119 n. peoria #2d
* Chicago, IL 60607
* 312.432.3972
* info@three-walls.org
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