The Jack Bauer Jar by Xihilisk

The Jack Bauer Jar.

7 Popular PC games of the last 65 months that actually sucked

These games are all immensely popular, highly rated and a fair amount of fun, but each and every one of them is also a spectacular shitbag of suck. Mirror’s Edge (2009, metacritic 81, user score 8.2, 1+ million copies sold) Parkour does not translate well to the PC. Moments of fluid motion are rare, the [...]

5 Vintage Songs on the Modern Stage

The Lennon Sisters – Dry Bones The Ink Spots – Do I Worry? Tiny Tim – The Other Side Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel Les Baroques – Such A Cad

Law of the Rabbits

photo credit: nblumhardt The rabbit magistrates conferred. At the conclusion of the meeting, they resolved to write a law so convoluted and prolix, that no bunny or fox or human could ever hope to read or comprehend it in their lifetime. The rabbit magistrates would thus be able to make any judgment they wanted in [...]

The shared experience of single player games

We don’t often stop to think about the entire layer of shared experiences represented by video games.

Inside the giant egg

I was born inside a giant egg.

It had no yolk or albumen, just an inflatable swimming pool and plastic books.

Nobody loves 7 Upside Down like Henry M.

dnL was a short-lived soft drink, which you can read about in the screenshot below: Henry M. loves dnL. He loves it so very much that when he learned the product was going to be discontinued, he bought all the remaining stock in his town’s supermarkets and stored it in a cupboard, where his camping [...]

The Mantle of Mistrust

“Rest assured there is no deeper than rock bottom”, said Professor Arkengaard. And Professor Arkengaard is at all times mistaken, which is a fine gauge as to the veracity of statements about the world. Whatever Professor Arkengaard says, the opposite is probably true.

Broccoli Man gets made redundant

England has its own special superheroes. Today we’re going to talk about a dear friend of Mr. Mackerel: Broccoli Man. Broccoli Man is a superhero with the power of broccoli (being generally nutritious) and can always be counted on in a pickle. Unfortunately Broccoli Man was made redundant recently and is now on the dole. [...]

Ultimately ushering in the usual updates

One may have noticed “with a vengeance” proved somewhat of an exaggeration. To hold you over until further updates, let us remember the 5th of November with some altogether alluring alliteration.