Limyaael's Rants
I recently found a link to this gigantic list of rants about what authors get wrong in fiction. I've only read rants that apply to fantasy so far, so I don't know how generalized some of it might be,...
View ArticleHow people can come up with completely different solutions for some brain...
Was reading a bunch of them and saw a bunch of comments on one where you are sentenced to die and get to choose between a room filled with raging fires, a room full of armed murderers, and a room with...
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The first labyrinth theme in Summon Night: Swordcraft Story - a pretty little...
You don't hear many things in 9 time (by this I mean 3x3, or three beats each of which has three subdivisions). This is rather pretty. (As it's a chiptune designed to sound right on a weak soundsystem,...
View ArticleHilariously subbed 'The Avengers' Chinese bootleg
These are truly amazing: http://bileto.tumblr.com/post/28858678193 Poor Nick Fury, he just wants to achieve relaxation!
View Articlethat weird part of youtube
I don't know about the people who are writing this, but as far as I can see, that's all I use Youtube for. All those crazy videos. I'm a big fan of YTPs. Okay, and finding random j-pop and classical...
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This ad is awesome
hat-tip to http://www.abdi.ro/norfolk-southern-city-of-possibilities-tv-commercial for the Youtube link (behind-the-scenes video also available there)
View ArticleConversations consisting entirely of memetically reused/mutated lines.
Hello, and again, welcome to the It Just Bugs Me computer-aided discussion center.
View ArticleThat the "early 2000s" is a distinct thing
Time flies, doesn't it? I remember Green Day being big, the Matrix being huge, and Napoleon Dynamite being inescapable.
View ArticleHey, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is actually trying to do something new.
Hey, it looks like Nintendo is actually trying to make New Super Mario Bros. 2 unique in some way. The lives system is being done away with entirely, and while it isn't yet clear how, it seems that the...
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The "Extreme Advertising" Meme
ESPECIALLY when done with something completely out of left field, like Magikarp, or perfume, or a ball of cotton
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ITT: Bill Nye
http://dailycurrant.com/2012/08/30/bill-nye-blasts-todd-akin-challenges-debate/Whether he's calm and professional, or profane and frustrated, Bill Nye is fucking awesome.
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This analysis of The Shining
So far I've only looked at the video supplements for Chapter 4. But damn this is just awesome! Edit: Forgot the link ^.^; Edit 2: Fucking AlienBlue copying the wrong link >.>
View ArticleRandall is fucking insane...
By the way, you can go left as well as right. And there is stuff hidden in the sky as well
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Internship opportunities
So, a little while ago, I got back from a panel held by some other students at my school, where they talked about internships/jobs they'd had. It was really informative, and sort of inspiring, too,...
View ArticleVideo game "folklore".
I think it's kind of amazing when the community surrounding a game makes up something about it that, while plausible, isn't necessarily true. This thought hit me while thinking about Dark Souls, and...
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The next James Bond theme.
Usually, most modern Bond themes are pretty meh. But this, this is something else.
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Walk off the Earth (aka. Super Lazuli is late to Music Memes)
So apparently this clip of five guys (four guys and a girl, technically) playing a very complete cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" has been floating around the web for awhile. I only...
View ArticleReddit comics made by Japanese students learning English
I normally hate Reddit's rage comics,but there's something so charming about those ones
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IJAM: blobs of overcooked noodles (e.g. angel hair)
I actually like these. They're not as wet and stringy as how pasta is usually prepared. This means that they're less of a sloppy hassle when eating, because they don't keep on dangling in long strings...
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SHIFT+UP Games
Because there totally needs to be a thread about this on both forums I visit. Long story short, SHIFT+UP is an obscure Japanese developer of what I can charitably describe as old Javascript web-games....
View ArticlePokemon White
This is easily my favorite iteration of the Pokemon franchise. Here's why:The reasons that Pokemon White is my favorite iteration of the series so far (in no particular order)It's a welcome break from...
View ArticleDigimon Adventure is on Itunes!
The complete first Season of Digimon is now available for purchase on iTunes! IIRC, this is the first time it's EVER been officially released in the United States. How did I not know of this before?!
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