Not bad for a Tuesday.

Prepare yourself for "The World's Hardest Game"!
Remeber that old HBO movie intro that flies through the little city? This is how they made it. The starbust effect (around 5:30 minutes in) is particularly fascinating.
GI Joe. Snake Eyes pics. Could be interesting...
Oh, and we're not done with the 80's yet. John Singleton is directing the A-Team movie.
Anatomy of a Black Hole.
And always be careful when you're dealing kids, you never know who's watching you.

UPDATE

This is awesome. A history of American conflicts as told by...food.

We're going to have actual AT-AT's soon...

I can't imagine it will be long before the pentagon turns this into an actual AT-AT...
If you really need a reason to be rich, well, here's 9 reasons...
I'm not sure but I think this could be bizarrely good...Tropical Thunder.
Questionauts. Enjoy. Learn something.
Here's 15 movie mistakes you might have missed.
These fonts are from the 80's. Probably that song too.
I wonder how many of these Mom and Kirby have seen...
Oh, dear. Lost Boys II.

Things that make you go: "Yeah, I already saw that on Todd's blog."

So, there's a new Indiana Jones movie coming out shortly...and Lego is there - LEGO Indiana Jones.
And a new Batman movie coming out in June...and Lego is there - LEGO Batman.

They did such a good job on the Lego Star Wars Games that I think I'll play both of those. But if they need ideas for more games they should use the Random Game Name Generator. (Thanks Phil!)

Speaking of Legos, if this book had been around and my mother could have found it, she totally would have bought it and all the legos it listed: Forbidden Legos.

Speaking of Star Wars, I totally dig the Alternate Star Wars Opening Credits and would like to watch the movie that follows.

Star Wars came out in the 70's, and so did these Weight Watchers Cards from the 70's.

Things were such weird colors back then. Which reminds me, I want to totally have my Bookshelves arranged by color.

This was colorful too, but I'm not sure, is that a Toy or Person?

Think that's weird? The internet is full of weird. Like if you recut Planet of the Apes and removed everything but Charlton Heston's dialog. Yeah, somebody did that. Check out Planet of the Heston. I'll let them sum it up: The film’s narrative is reduced to a single apocalyptic monologue that is often humorous and all Heston.

Berenger sent me this. Dog Genius. (Thanks Berenger!)

And speaking of pets, this is so every cat I've ever owned: The Cat Wants In. (Thanks Susan!)

Quiet weekend.

Sometimes you find a game, and that game is so awesome that it deserves its own post.

Today that game is SHIFT.

But, I'm gonna give you some bonus features.

This cartoon explains a lot about people like me.
Penn & Teller explain one of their tricks on stage, very neat. I've always liked them.

That's it for now. Enjoy the shifting.

Pillowy Mounds of Mashed Potatoes

To understand what you're seeing, you have to see it in context first. That's Uncle Phil. He likes potatoes. And then, there's this, which as the Metafilter poster who originally posted pointed out, must be heard to be believed. There's more of that weird type of stuff on YTMND.

But that's what the internet is for, right? Weird stuff? What is Garfield without Garfield? It makes Jon seem sad and pathetic. Or, more sad and pathetic I guess, since he's always been a little sad and pathetic. Right?

Speaking of sad, this movie looks like it might have a touch of the sad. And also, the fantastic. It's described as what League of Extraordinary Gentlemen should have been. It also stars Lee Pace who I never heard of until the fantastically fun Pushing Daisies.

And speaking of pushing daisies (I am like a segway machine over here), John Alvin died. You probably never heard of him, but he created some of the most iconic movie posters of all time.

Ok, I'm done with the segways. Now I just want to show you cool stuff:

Like this: Casulo. Or, how to put an entire room into one tiny box.
Or this: Some of the most awesome architecture ever built.
How about Kriegspiel? A game only slightly more complicated than chess.
Or maybe Predictably Irrational. A game that teaches you a little bit about choice.
Speaking of games (I'm segwaying again) you should play Iron Dukes.
Or sign up for the PMOG beta. I'm still not sure what it is, but it's called a Passively Multiplayer Online Game.
Try not to eat any of these things while you play, though.

Oh, and I'm going to send this post off with some Eddie Izzard, in honor of the fact that he's coming to do a show in Austin. And because I love Legos, and nothing goes together better than two things I love...

The Death Star Canteen.
Cake or Death.
James Bond. (Jam Trousers)
British vs. US movies.
And Vampires.

There's lots more up there if you go look.

Oh, and I told Travis about this the other day, but I found the link. This is Phil Jupitus (Eddie actually introduces him in this clip) and he's pretty funny. But get to the end to see the awesome.

Chapter 101. Things I found (part 101).

We're going to try something a little different. Today we're going to tell a story. Once apon a time Mr. Fancy Pants had an adventure somewhere in the world. No, wait, this idea sucks. Let's try something else.

Grid - 16.

Bah, that's too terse.

If only I could find the right tone. Kind of like if a 3-year old described Star Wars to you...

For some reason Star Wars reminded me I need some new furniture. Some kind of weird desk that would make people say, "That's awesome."

Wait, that's can't be real, can it? That's got to be some kind of optical illusion.

Like some kind of game that's not done but has a really neat premise (and a video).

I mean, there's some weird things to see on the internet.

It's never too late to get started.

But, I guess sooner or later Death comes for everyone.

What's this bloggy thing? Oh yeah...

I disappeared for more than a month and no one noticed. How sad for me.

:P

Ok. I'll see what I have laying around. You'd think there'd be a lot.

How does Superman shave? Superman may be the only one that knows. No, wait, this guy knows and he'll tell you.
Hey, look at what the future will look like! (That's a young Wink Martindale, by the way.)
Bruce Campbell Rules.
Filler. It's a game. You know it's fun. I don't post games that aren't fun.
I would so live in this house.
I'm not sure Tracy Morgan hasn't just become Tracy Jordan at this point. (PS, watch 30 Rock. It's funny.)
I don't know if this is real or special effects, but this is some impressive soccer.
Oh yeah. There's some new Harrison Ford movie coming out...Something about a Crystal Skull?

Well, it wasn't that much I had saved up. I'll try not to disappear for a month again.

(Like you care).

//By the way, I just looked and for the record, this is my 100th post. That makes it somehow even sadder.