In general, I am morally opposed to linking anything that looks like the sort of ha-ha-chuckle e-mail forward you might get from your mom. But this list made me laugh out loud several times, so I suggest you read it, ha ha and chuckle and then forward it to your mom.
Wow. I didn't have to wait nearly as long as I expected to for new Futurama content! (Hey, I'll take it in any form I can get it.)
This makes me dream longingly of a WiFi Mario Paint DS. I hope Nintendo's just finding a way to make sure all the submitted content is "appropriate"... or perhaps link it up with a Mario Paint Wii... because those are the only acceptable excuses for the continuing lack of a Mario Paint DS. It's so obvious. It should be built in to the firmware, as far as I'm concerned.
Despite it being a complete ripoff of DDR, "Pump It Up" can still be host to some fancy footwork. (And armwork and kneework and headwork.)
In honor of Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th birthday, here is my concept art (compare it to some actual concept art) for the title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog III, which I planned to submit to Sega. I was sure that my winning concept of "Sonic and Tails both have kids now" and inclusion of the roman numeral III would earn me a job working alongside Yuji Naka. I wonder how many other ten-year-old kids sent design documents to Sega. Probably a lot. In the same box I found the Sonic drawing was also a much older design of mine for Super Mario Bros. 3, drawn before I knew anything about the actual game; I'd actually invented Chain Chomps, though I figured they'd come out of question mark blocks. From the looks of it, I also decided that Mario should be able to carry and throw Koopa shells, and that it would be nothing like Super Mario Bros. 2... I'd scan it, but it's at the bottom of the box now.
I think I woke up a little unbalanced or something, possibly, because this (YouTube again) actually made me cry a little! Just... just a little. *sniff*
When the House of Representatives gets together to chat about video games... America wins! (Daily Show clip, YouTube)
I never wish to fan the flames of the computer platform wars (for the record, I have both a Mac and a PC)... but I agree with this article. The real reason I'm linking it, though, is that it led me to this video, which is "amusing" upgraded to "hilarious" by the fact that it actually originates from Microsoft.
I don't know which of these things is most remarkable:
Sometimes, I need a new job. Sometimes, people suggest that I should become a video game tester.
Sometimes, words just fail me.
Follow this link and look at the pretty pictures! Unless you don't like pretty pictures. Then maybe you shouldn't.
I had a bit of a chuckle over the premise of this video... but then I found myself drawn into its world. ESL Nintendo jokes aside, this is quite a wonderful thing.
