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Fun stuff that may not be related to computer games

Garfield + Markov chains

13-Jun-08

First, someone removed Garfield’s speech bubbles. Then, someone removed Garfield. Now, Josh Millard has added Markov chains to create Garkov
(Garkov link via Monochrom.)
Update: Jason Kottke has collected a boatload of Garfield variations. Most of them are worth a few seconds of your time, and may evoke the fleeting thought of a chuckle. In other words: [...]

Team Fortress 2 Karaoke with Celine Dion

09-Jun-08

Here is a video of Team Fortress 2, with voice chat, a karaoke mode and Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’. The singing is terrible, but I can’t stop watching because it is so hilarious.
TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will Go On from FLOOR MASTER on Vimeo.
Hmmm… what would it take to do that in [...]

MUTO, a wall-painted animation by BLU

02-Jun-08

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
What an awesome video. You can read more about it here.
I have become quite interesting in hand-made, physical, unconventional media recently. I wonder how this video’s style, combined with some clever graphics programming, could be turned into a cool approach to interactive storytelling.

Suzumiya Haruhi + Super Mario = win

26-May-08

After weeks of inaction… what has he been concocting in his lair? What nugget of wisdom has he been cooking up in his kitchen of doom? The tension mounts.

A video of a Super Mario level where the sound effects match the opening track of cult anime series ‘The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi’. Clearly my mental [...]

Amazon’s rabbit hole

27-Apr-08

Start with this book on Amazon, then explore the similar books (there are two lists on every page). Try to guess which books are completely serious, actually existing books. It’s like a weird parallel world. Cheese Problems Solved? What connects a book about huge ships to The Big Book of Lebian Horse Stories? It’s like [...]

Get Out And Play

21-Apr-08

Get Out And Play - viral ad du jour. Well made!

For all German-speaking game developers

20-Apr-08

The following can only be fully appreciated by people who speak German. This song is not about game development… but it’s funny to pretend that it is. It’s called ‘3 Tage Wach’: awake for 3 days. Play it next time you crunch!

Steve Meretzky on life

17-Apr-08

Steve Meretzky is a very funny guy. Here is proof.
(Via Greg - I don’t quite agree with him there, but that’s another post.)

Dedicated to the Welsh

10-Apr-08

I don’t post for weeks and what do you get? A music video. What can I say, I am a sucker for dance videos.Utah Saints, Something Good 2008 Remix from Jason Fields on Vimeo.And here it is on YouTube. It is a remix of Utah Saints’ Something Good, by the way.(Via Kottke.)

Fun with David Blaine

12-Feb-08

You may have heard of David Blaine, street magician. Here is a video of him doing magic.
Now watch these three spoof videos by ThoseLilRabbits: one, two, three.
I laughed out loud, for real. I really like this kind of humor.
Note how cheap this was to make.
(Via the excellent Wondermark.)