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Archives for 2006

South Dakota and the Idiots It Breeds

March 28, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

A hilarious article that does an excellent job pointing out the flaws and hipocracy of those idiotic Pro Lifers. It comes with an amazing set of links in the article that illustrate it well (especially the whole ‘Pro Life Protesters show up in abortion clinics’ article). Defintely worth a read.

Filed Under: Editorial, News

A Chill Wind Blows

March 28, 2006 by Bartoneus

If you haven’t heard already, Starcraft : Ghost is being delayed, with the reason given that Blizzard wants to re-evaluate the capabilities of the next-gen consoles. This should seem fishy to you already, as Ghost was originally announced as a next-generation game, back when the X-Box was fighting for its share of Sony’s market. While […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

Gameplay to the Forefront

March 24, 2006 by Bartoneus

The Experimental Gameplay Project has announced a new competition they are hosting, where people are to create a game in two weeks time. Their site already hosts many such games, where gameplay and innovation are favored over licenses and advertisement. A few that I would suggest immeadiately are Particle Suck and Tower of Goo. Both […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

2006 Game Developers Choice Awards

March 23, 2006 by Bartoneus

Here is a quick article talking about the results, which features a very surprising sweep by my favorite game lately, Shadow of the Colossus.  This is not a shock to me, as Colossus has managed to be one of the most impressive games I’ve ever played.  It features very innovative and fun gameplay, as you journey from […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

Some disgusting comic news from teh boingboing

March 19, 2006 by spankleberry

Marvel Comics: stealing our language Marvel Comics is continuing in its bid to steal the word “super-hero” from the public domain and put it in a lock-box to which it will control the key. Marvel and DC comics jointly filed a trademark on the word “super-hero.” They use this mark to legally harass indie comic […]

Filed Under: Comics, News

The Moon Knight Returns!

March 14, 2006 by Bartoneus

There is a great preview of the upcoming Moon Knight comic launch on Newsarama, including a great peak at the first few pages of the opening issue, which makes it look like this will be a comic worth picking up.  This comic rides on the recent trend of novelists and authors moonlighting as comic book […]

Filed Under: Comics, News

Happy pi Day

March 14, 2006 by guest

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Filed Under: News

What is GATO?

March 12, 2006 by Dave

GATO is a loveable cat-like robot. Formerly a carnival attraction at the Millenium Fair, after the world was saved he lost interest in fighting with a mechanical boxing glove. Now, he processing Geeky RSS feeds from all over the internet and reposts them here. GATO is able to do this via a WordPress Blog, RSS […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

You've Got Questions, He's Got Ninja Answers

March 11, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

Ask a Ninja. You know you want to.

Filed Under: Web Meme

"Bitch, get in the kitchen and bake me a pie!"

March 11, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

Check out this wonderful list of “Wifely Expectations” from a guy in Iowa who kidnapped his wife. My personal favorite bits here is the part at the end stating that “this is not a contract”, despite requiring the signature of his wife and the requirement regarding taking naughty photos of “sets no less than five”. […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Web Meme

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