February 2010
45 posts
“I don’t know if you can really understand what it is like to have your life...”
– Vincent Connare, creator of Comic Sans (source) (via andrearosen) (via tazar)
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“Sure, when I was your age my formative musicians were Pavement and Superchunk...”
– Videogum
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“Suppose two men committed separate acts of extremist murder in the United States...”
– Poniewozik, in a very smart column from last year that seems especially appropriate on a day in which the WSJ calls Joe Stack a ‘Tax Protester’ (via newsweek) (via wardrox) (via tazar)
So I've started watching the first season of LOST
Brian: Jeez. Everyone is all like, "Don't tell me what I can't do!"
Ben: You and yr lost.
Brian: The hatch leads to purgatory, right?
Ben: No. Purgatory is being a lost fan.
Brian: So Claire's baby killed Boone. Got it. Wait. The baby IS Boone. Okay, it's all coming together now.
Ben: Don't drag me down with you.
Brian: The French woman brought the polar bears while on her way to collect Hurley's lotto winnings.
Ben: Do your homework. I should never have suggested this.
Brian: WILL KATE PICK JACK OR SAWYER???? AAUUGH!!!!
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man →
All these years later, the top half of Ebert’s face still registers sadness when Siskel’s name comes up. His eyes well up behind his glasses, and for the first time, they overwhelm his smile. He begins to type into his computer, slowly, deliberately. He presses the button and the speakers light up. “I’ve never said this before,” the voice says, “but we were...
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The newest project
Brian: yo
Jeff: sup
Brian: just found our new project: http://androidandme.com/2010/02/news/lego-mindstorms-robot-controlled-by-android/
Jeff: YES
Brian: i really want to make this happen
Jeff: emailing to mark right now
Brian: do it. let's make this dream a reality
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“See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum… and one night, one...”
– The Joker, The Killing Joke
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Accepting death in Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 is a phenomenal game. I have no problem admitting that. It’s a vast improvement over the original. It is not, however, without its fair share of problems. Some are technical, some pertain to the narrative, but they have nonetheless muted some of the praise that I have for the game.
On the technical side, Mass Effect 2 shines. The facial animations and lighting add a lot to the space...
The Rain Delay: Top Ten Movies of the Decade →
“Brian, another movie buff and winner of the 2008 Academy Awards Taco Bell Pool, contributed to the challenge and bestowed his own list.”
Unbeatable playguide for Civilization: Revolutions
namelessted:
tazar:
1. Build up technology fast enough to allow galleys to traverse deep water.
2. Find Atlantis.
3. Leave everyone in the stone ages.
4. Nuke the Romans.
5.
Doesn’t Spain start with a Galley?
My rules were more like:
1. Pick tribal Lincoln or tribal Gandhi as your leader.
2. Find other civilization.
3. Declare war!
