December 2010
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That’s what writing is. You’re keeping people alive in your head.
– Carl Reiner
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New Yorker Profile of Shigeru Miyamoto →
I can’t seem to get enough of The New Yorker’s coverage of gaming. Found this study of Nintendo’s game design legend (Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin) totally fascinating.
Now I’ll turn it around and read the reviews, fiction, and pithy cartoons in IGN.
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Part of "Painkiller Deathstreak" (The New Yorker) →
Someone erudite and new to gaming, and yet totally open to considering video games on their merits, plays through the year’s biggest games. Great knack for observational details I hadn’t considered in games I’ve tried or even played through. And only someone writing for The New Yorker would compare mastering the XBox controller to learning all the parts for a Dave Brubeck chart,...
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thedailywhat:
This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as David Bowie and Bing Crosby performing a duet of “Peace on Earth” and “The Little Drummer Boy.”
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Bizarrely word-for-word. The original is really nice too.
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Re Mark Greif’s essay “The Hipster in the Mirror” (Nov. 14): I am compelled to...
– The best reader letter to the NY Times ever. Also, she HAS A POINT. (via negevrockcity)
I think I cried a little when I read this.
(via skybarn)
I read this yesterday night and wanted to blog it. I mean. “I resent this borrowed term which conceals its true yuppie identity”!!!!! ZING, HIPSTERS!...
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Fragments from "WikiLeaks! The Musical." →
Ben Greenman’s new current events musical might be my favorite one.
(via McSweeney’s)
Word Of The Day: "chunder"
V.-to throw up violently
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“Humanatee” — Dir. by Phil Payson
My friend Phil made this as his thesis film, and has since recut it. Like if manatees had their own Sgt. Pepper and it was a fun movie.
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