I wish I were a dorky 18 year old so I could be as f’awesome as Scott Pilgrim. Oh, waitasecond… I think I was.
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Dance, chicken, dance!
Man, this chicken makes me laugh.
So nerdy it’s interesting.
At least that’s what I think. Your opinion may vary. Lately I’ve been reading this book, Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant. It tells the tale of the Antikythera mechanism, a reconstruction of which is shown to the left.
This device is (imo) fascinating. Discovered just over 100 years ago in the wreck of a Roman ship that had looted Greek cities in the first century BC, it is, a calendar/seasons/moon/eclipse calculator. Machine-thingy. The staggering bit is that it is made up of a complex array of gears that surpasses pretty much any technology seen for another millennium. Or more. And to top that off, they’re still learning new things about it as they use modern imaging equipment to peer into the depths of the remnants of the device.
Since I am scientifically incapable of imparting the full impact of the amazingosity of this device, I’ve embedded a vid below wherein very smart people do exactly that.
Plus, go buy Decoding the Heavens. It will give your bookshelf all kinds of mass market appeal as well as make you look smart.
Trine Demo
Since everyone else is doing it, I figured I would as well. There’s a Trine demo out! Why should you care? Well, this is a 2.5D physics-based platformer made by the cool guys who did the Shadowgrounds games which I thought were awesome and really should be made for XBLA. (hint, hint)
Anyway, about the Trine demo… get it here. It’s going to be out for the PC on July 3rd, shortly afterwards on PSN, and XBLA at an as-yet-undetermined future date. Check it out in action below.
Awesome fan-made Lord of the Rings movie availble May 3rd
Quite frankly, this looks awesome. I’d condition that with budget, them being nerds, etc, but why? This looks awesome, full stop.
Plus, I’m pretty certain someone’s coming out of it with a job in Hollywood. Good for them.
Tag. A mashup of Portal and de Blob.
Love the music. Love the concept. Love love love. It won ‘Best Student Game’ at the IGF (Independent Games Festival) 2009. I’m not surprised – it’s innovative and looks like a helluva lot of fun.
Tag: The Power of Paint. Complete walkthrough from Tejeev Kohli on Vimeo.
Iamakey is.. guess. No really, guess. No, it’s not a key.
But it is a USB flash drive! I’m only surprised that it took USB manufacturers this long to think of it. Great idea, awful name.
This comes from the industry that brought you the thumb drive (it’s actually a thumb. ha ha.), the barbie drive, sushi drives and even a little dog that humps your laptop when files are transferring. I think I like the key better.
The humping is funny so it deserves a video.
The LaCie IamaKey looks and feels very much like a regular key, fits easily on your keychain without much extra pocket bloat, and stores up to 8GB of your data.
Sure you can already attach most thumb drives to your keychain, but most are still a little on the bulky side when compared to your keys. The iamaKey drive is made of solid metal, is durable, and is constructed to join your keychain just like another one of the keys. To top it off, they’re pretty reasonably priced; you can grab a 4GB drive for $25 or an 8GB drive for $33.
via Lifehacker – LaCie IamaKey Is a Sturdy Thumb Drive for Your Keychain – Gadgets.
Bioshock 2 – now with pointier hands!
Okay, so it was a good game. But from the looks of this trailer, Bioshock 2 is um, well, identical to Bioshock. I’m all for sticking with what works, but what exactly is our motivation to go buy the sequel? New levels? I can’t honestly figure out what’s different here.
Here’s the preview teaser from Gametrailers:
(4.00 out of 5)