Hal's Blogs

Monday, December 29, 2003

10 ADS AMERICA WON'T SEE

From Slashdot, 10 ADS AMERICA WON'T SEE.

# posted by Hal : 9:04 PM

More 80's Arcade Nostalgia

This here music video and 3D animation really makes me feel nostalgic. How I long to visit a place like that again! (It's a 3D animation of a cool 80's arcade, with sounds, and music soundtrack). Visit this site for more.

# posted by Ray B : 4:40 PM

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Chipmunks song slowed down to normal voices

Someone has taken the time and effort slow down the Chipmunk's Christmas song.

# posted by Hal : 5:27 PM

Mini iPods

Rumour has it, that Apple is to release 1GB-2GB mini-ipods for sub $100.

# posted by Hal : 5:25 PM

Wild Metal Re-Released for Free

Rockstar has re-released the full version on Wild Metal for free.

# posted by Hal : 5:11 PM

Monday, December 22, 2003

The Ipod's Dirty Secret

Apparently the average Ipod's battery life is only about 18 months (if used regularly?). These guys felt it unfair and made a little movie about it. Read the whole story over at MSNBC.com

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3764981/

# posted by Ray B : 11:25 PM

2003 Best Xmas Lights

A website dedicated to those people that have the best Xmas lights of 2003.

# posted by Hal : 7:46 AM

Friday, December 19, 2003

U.K. Castle Cameras Catch Ghostly Visitor

Interesting picture of a ghostly visitor in a castle in England.

# posted by Hal : 3:01 PM

MSNBC's 2003 Year in Pictures

MSNBC has an excellent little slideshow of some of the year's more poignant photographs (accompanied with a soundtrack and soundbites).

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/yip03/

# posted by Ray B : 2:37 PM

Walmart.com Music

Walmart has just launched their own version of a Music Download service.

# posted by Hal : 7:35 AM

Thursday, December 18, 2003

11 minute Mario 3 video is FAKE

How come, we as videogame geeks ourselves, didn't find this out? The 11 minute Mario 3 video is FAKE.

# posted by Hal : 6:06 PM

Sony claims first Running Robot

From Slashdot, Sony introduced the first robot that runs.

# posted by Hal : 9:00 AM

Globulos multiplayer flash game

Not a badly done multiplayer flash game.

# posted by Hal : 8:18 AM

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Panasonic ends production of NIntendo Q System

Gamesindustry.biz has the scoop that Matsushita (Panasonic) has stopped production of the Nintendo "Q" system. For those of you who weren't aware, the Q system was an integrated Gamecube with DVD player. Too bad it wasn't offered in the United States
at all.

# posted by Hal : 9:40 AM

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

South Korea's professional gamers

Interesting article from Slashdot, on South Korea's professional gamers. $100k a year to play games? Geez.

# posted by Hal : 9:42 AM

Monday, December 15, 2003

Smallest PC

Fro Slashdot, the smallest PC is about the size of an orange. It's called the T-Cube.

# posted by Hal : 7:42 PM

Spider-Man 2 Blog SKins

Want that special personal touch of flagrant advertisement for your Blog? With the release of the Spiderman 2 movie, they are offering Spider-Man 2 Blog skins!
Teaser looks good, though.

# posted by Hal : 9:39 AM

eXtreme Segway

This is what happens when you give teens a Segway. Some of the pictures are badly photoshopped... but it's pretty funny nonethless.

# posted by Hal : 9:35 AM

Friday, December 12, 2003

Luminex

Fabric that glows. Tell me this won't make money.

# posted by Hal : 9:42 PM

Microsoft to cut swastikas from software

Apparently, MSFT has inadvertantly left swastikas in their fonts.

# posted by Hal : 10:50 AM

Hollywood Wax Musuem honors Mario

The Hollywood wax museum in California honored Mario with it's own wax figure (with pictures and video)! Get this.... on top of that, it replaced the former spots reserved for the wax incarnations of Neo and Trinity! More google links here.

# posted by Hal : 8:57 AM

Garfield the Movie

Ohno. Hasn't this cat surpassed his 15 minutes of fame? I can't stand this cat, and now there's this terrible movie. Remember how even his Xmas specials suck?

# posted by Hal : 7:27 AM

Pentrix

Remember how I can flip my pen around my thumb? Well, there's a website now just for that! Awesome tricks with pens that you can do in school or at meetings! Cool!

# posted by Hal : 6:47 AM

Thursday, December 11, 2003

EA Job Posting in Canada

Was this ad in Montreal or Vancouver?

# posted by Hal : 5:40 PM

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Why Do Thin Guys Always Seem to Win Eating Contests?

Ever wonder how and why Takeru Kobayashi is the world's eating champ? There's a scientific reason for it. Very interesting.

# posted by Hal : 8:31 PM

"Pong" A Retro Video Game Cartoon

Just discovered this while perusing some arcade collector's files. It's cute little Flash cartoon related to the game of Pong. Check it out.

# posted by Ray B : 1:12 PM

PC "TiVo" Alternatives

I haven't used this, nor really looked at it in-depth, but at a glance it appears that Myth TV does everything TiVo can, plus more--And it's all done through your desktop PC.

http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures

# posted by Ray B : 8:54 AM

Tuesday, December 09, 2003

Real Gun Pulled at Counter-Strike Tournament

From Slashdot, after a heated Counter-Strike tournament, two contestants got into a heated argument, and before you know it, a real gun was taken out.

# posted by Hal : 6:40 AM

Kazaa Lite to shut down

Kazaa Lite is to be shut down.

# posted by Hal : 6:08 AM

Monday, December 08, 2003

Sammy Acquires 22.4% of Sega

Following failed merger talks, it seems like gambling Giant Sammy has made a bid to acquire 22.4% of Sega shares. The former parent CSK sold it's shares to Sammy, Japan's largest pachinko machine maker. Sega just managed to rebuff ERTS and MSFT as suitors in a determined effort to remain independent, but it seems their effort has failed. It'll be interesting to see what Sammy does to Sega's lesser known Vegas machines (Royal Derby, Blackjack, Royal Ascot, Bingo Party, and Roulette Club) then what it will do to their videogame division.

# posted by Hal : 9:55 AM

PSP Presentation

From Slashdot, a Powerpoint presentaion from Sony on developing for the PSP.

# posted by Hal : 7:27 AM

Friday, December 05, 2003

No Parking Tree

Believe it or not, here's a tree that has grown around a No Parking sign!

# posted by Hal : 12:49 PM

Build Your Own Comics Page

Houston Chronicle's Build Your Own Comics Page.

# posted by Hal : 7:19 AM

Get Out On Parole

Here's an interesting game.... role play, and pretend that you're trying to get out on parole.

# posted by Hal : 6:18 AM

Wednesday, December 03, 2003

VideoGame Endings

Surprisingly, here's an international database of Videogame Endings!

# posted by Hal : 6:28 PM

Liotta Takes 'Best Human' Video Game Award

Interesting. Didn't even know that Liotta was the voice of Vice City, let alone for him to win an award for it.

# posted by Hal : 3:17 PM

Tuesday, December 02, 2003

86 Rules of Drinking

Okay, not that I am an alcoholic or anything, but Drunkard magazine offers the 86 rules for Drinking.

# posted by Hal : 12:10 PM

Akklaim's New Ads

Apparently, out in the UK, Akklaim's new ads leak fake blood.

# posted by Hal : 7:14 AM

Monday, December 01, 2003

Digital Sundials

Now, for sale, Digital Sundials.

# posted by Hal : 7:28 PM

Origami of Nintendo Characters

Yes, as the title says, Origami of Nintendo Characters! The Luigi in a swimsuit is funny!

# posted by Hal : 7:23 PM

Contra, Super C, and MegaMan 2 Walkthroughs

More NES speed videos of Contra, Super C, and MegaMan 2 Walkthroughs... Plus, a Super Mario Bros. 1 Tricks Video exploiting every bug in the game. [Caution! 103MB Avi!]

# posted by Hal : 7:17 PM

Egg Shell Sculpture Carving

Neat pictures of what you can do with Sculpting Eggshells!

# posted by Hal : 3:15 PM