Saturday, January 31, 2004
Top 10 Superbowl Commercials
Friday, January 30, 2004
NES Sports Bloopers
Pixar ends Disney distribution deal
Pixar has ended Disney's distribution deal, saying time to move on. Good for Pixar. I think Pixar single handedly saved Disney's butt during it's corporate profits. This year, half their revenue will be from "Finding Nemo", and the other half, "Pirates of the Caribbean". I am all against Eisner. Eisner runs Disney as too much of a corporation, and moving Disney's core values away from "art".
Thursday, January 29, 2004
NASTY! Whale explodes in Taiwan
They were transporting a dead whale... Apparently it swelled with gases... and ... quite literally... exploded.
Nasty disgusting photograph right here!
Nasty disgusting photograph right here!
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
Xbox rumours abound today. With a crystal edition of the Xbox bound for Europe for Xbox's anniversary, and an analyst speculating Xbox's price drop to $99.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
BIX Building
Re-enactments of videogame scenes
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Genetically Modified Flower to Detect Landmines
Yahoo has the story that a Danish company has developed a plant that can detect landmines. The genetically modified weed that has been coded to change color when its roots come in contact with nitrogen-dioxide (NO2) evaporating from explosives buried in soil.
The Worst Cars Of All Time
Monday, January 26, 2004
Nintendo DS to be 3D?
From gamesindustry.biz, key developers have signed up for Nintendo's Dual Screen handheld. In the article, Konami and Namco have confirmed support for the system. It also highlights the rumour that the DS will be based on a Sharp TFT 3D LCD technology. Could this be a color 3D virtua-boy?
MikeRoweSoft.com Teen settles
Leaked Star Wars: Episode III clip
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Han Solo in Carbonite Lego
From Slashdot, a couple of interesting lego assemblies paying homage to Star Wars...Han Solo in Carbonite.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Classic Arcade Game Logo Challenge
Try to identify which arcade game each letter was taken from:
http://www.madville.com/corporate.php?id=4
*NOTE: You have to be careful about the spelling of some of the names. If it says you got one wrong that you think is right, then try an alternate spelling. (ie: "Q Bert"). THEN tell us your score.
http://www.madville.com/corporate.php?id=4
*NOTE: You have to be careful about the spelling of some of the names. If it says you got one wrong that you think is right, then try an alternate spelling. (ie: "Q Bert"). THEN tell us your score.
Nintendo Unveils Dual-Screen Portable Game Unit
From Yahoo News, Nintendo finally unveils it's product: A Dual-Screen Portable Game Unit. This is also covered in Gamespy's article.
My first impression? What the heck? What are they thinking of? Punchout 1 and 2? The other impression is why didn't they go one LCD widescreen? Well, my guess is because of cost. They already have a crap load of GBA screens.... so why not just stack them one on top of the other?
My first impression? What the heck? What are they thinking of? Punchout 1 and 2? The other impression is why didn't they go one LCD widescreen? Well, my guess is because of cost. They already have a crap load of GBA screens.... so why not just stack them one on top of the other?
Monday, January 19, 2004
MikeRoweSoft sued by Microsoft
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Strar Wars Car
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Periodic Table of Condiments
Nintendo Plans NES Revivals For GBA
The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
Prototype Marvin
Here is a prototype image of "Hitchhinker's Guide to the Galaxy" film of a prototype Marvin costume.
Atari Combat Level Design
Sunday, January 11, 2004
CES Highlights
Here's a small run-down of the Las Vegas CES show highlights:
A Segway Clone
Sony's Humanoid Robot
"Invisible" Speakers
What is CES? It stands for "Consumer Electronics Show". It's a trade-only expo that brings together the world's electronics manufacturers, retailers and the media, in much the same way that "E3" (Electronic Entertainment Expo) does for the video and computer game industry. (In fact, before E3 started some time around 1995, game publishers would show off their goods bi-annually at CES!)
Interesting tidbit: I attended my first CES in Las Vegas, in 1991. The highlight of the show (asides from getting to see hundreds of Nintendo NES games before anyone else) was my first glimpse of HDTV. It was AMAZING. I'm not even sure that the resolution I saw then is the same as what they now sell in stores. I recall being at the Toshiba booth and they had a rather large screen up on a wall, with some nature footage of elephants playing. The impression I came away with was that "it's like I'm looking through a window at real elephants!" That was 13 years ago. Look at how long it's taken for HDTV to go from being shown at CES, to appearing in homes, and I don't think the quality is as high as what I saw then.
A Segway Clone
Sony's Humanoid Robot
"Invisible" Speakers
What is CES? It stands for "Consumer Electronics Show". It's a trade-only expo that brings together the world's electronics manufacturers, retailers and the media, in much the same way that "E3" (Electronic Entertainment Expo) does for the video and computer game industry. (In fact, before E3 started some time around 1995, game publishers would show off their goods bi-annually at CES!)
Interesting tidbit: I attended my first CES in Las Vegas, in 1991. The highlight of the show (asides from getting to see hundreds of Nintendo NES games before anyone else) was my first glimpse of HDTV. It was AMAZING. I'm not even sure that the resolution I saw then is the same as what they now sell in stores. I recall being at the Toshiba booth and they had a rather large screen up on a wall, with some nature footage of elephants playing. The impression I came away with was that "it's like I'm looking through a window at real elephants!" That was 13 years ago. Look at how long it's taken for HDTV to go from being shown at CES, to appearing in homes, and I don't think the quality is as high as what I saw then.
Thursday, January 08, 2004
Top Ten Reasons to work for MSFT vs Top Ten Reasons to work for Google
Here's an interesting blog: Top Ten Reasons to work for MSFT, versus Top Ten reasons to work at Google.
Trends in the Online Community
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
GameSpy's Summary of Nex-Gen Consoles
7 Year Old Gets Stuck Insde Crane Machine
I don't understand how the hell the kid fit in, but here you go...
http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2004/01/04/news/news3.txt
http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2004/01/04/news/news3.txt
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
West Coast Wankers
Hal, you don't mind if I rant, do you? ;-)
"WEST COAST CHOPPERS". I'm seeing their t-shirts, sweaters, and automobile stickers everywhere these days. Especially on pick-up trucks, on guys who look like they haven't showered in 4 days, and on little teenage mall twerps.
If I lived in Long Beach California, I wouldn't say anything. But I live in a small suburban city 1 hour from Toronto, Ontario, Canada!! WTF is going on?
West Coast Choppers is a small custom bike/car shop in Long Beach, owned by Jesse James, that guy on Discovery's "Monster Garage". While I'd find it REALLY lame if everyone was wearing "Monster Garage" shirts, I still find it rather ridiculous to see little punks and grown men alike walking around with these shirts.
I can't help but wonder WHY. What, you can't afford one of his choppers so wearing a t-shirt is the next best thing? I don't think so. You're slapping a sticker on your over-sized pickup truck to ... to what? Help advertise a "little guy"? Hey, thanks. I was in the market for a high priced custom motorcycle, and now thanks to you and your little sticker, I know where to buy it. What would I have done without you!?
Since this kind of lameness is happening 3000 miles away from Long Beach, across the border, in a little boring town, I can only assume it's happening in cities across the continent. Post your comments folks. Where have YOU seen the infamous shirts and stickers?
"WEST COAST CHOPPERS". I'm seeing their t-shirts, sweaters, and automobile stickers everywhere these days. Especially on pick-up trucks, on guys who look like they haven't showered in 4 days, and on little teenage mall twerps.
If I lived in Long Beach California, I wouldn't say anything. But I live in a small suburban city 1 hour from Toronto, Ontario, Canada!! WTF is going on?
West Coast Choppers is a small custom bike/car shop in Long Beach, owned by Jesse James, that guy on Discovery's "Monster Garage". While I'd find it REALLY lame if everyone was wearing "Monster Garage" shirts, I still find it rather ridiculous to see little punks and grown men alike walking around with these shirts.
I can't help but wonder WHY. What, you can't afford one of his choppers so wearing a t-shirt is the next best thing? I don't think so. You're slapping a sticker on your over-sized pickup truck to ... to what? Help advertise a "little guy"? Hey, thanks. I was in the market for a high priced custom motorcycle, and now thanks to you and your little sticker, I know where to buy it. What would I have done without you!?
Since this kind of lameness is happening 3000 miles away from Long Beach, across the border, in a little boring town, I can only assume it's happening in cities across the continent. Post your comments folks. Where have YOU seen the infamous shirts and stickers?
Monday, January 05, 2004
buh...
Here's a SNES controller adopted for the GBA.... I can't see much use, as the screen isn't attached.... but it'd sure be useful if the GBA had 4 buttons!
UbiSoft Publisher goof lets porn ad slip into Rainbow 6
