Will your life be just one big Role Playing Game in the future? A very amusing DICE (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) 2010 conference talk that gets better as it goes. Plus a great iPad dig.

Gaming on the Cloud

Now this is an interesting idea, cloud computing for gaming. Whether or not it will work has yet to be seen.

[Part 1, Part 2 - via Joystiq]

Dating Advice

McSweeney's lists good dating advice, taken from a GameFAQ for GTA: San Andreas. Some advice from the FAQ that's funny when taken out of context:

Just because she says she likes something doesn't mean that it's true. You are usually better off doing the opposite of what she says.

Perhaps if she's related to George Costanza ...

If you were going out with the girl and you killed her on a date, then you're in a situation similar to if you were dumped.

Um, "similar" is one word for it ...

It might be that some kind of event triggers phone calls, as you can often stand outside a girl's house for weeks without getting one.

The number she's calling at that point is probably only three digits long ...

The best haircuts for sex appeal are the cornrow, blonde cornrow, groove cut, and detail cut. Haircuts that give no boost to sex appeal include pretty much any that involve coloring (other than blonde) and the Elvis hair. Afros, mohawks, and goatees tend to give pretty low boosts as well.

Elvis hair, no sex appeal? You sure about that?

Gaining fat is easy. Just go to the fast food restaurant of your choice, and order up to 11 of the biggest meal they have. Don't have more than 11 meals in a 6-hour period though, or you'll vomit and gain nothing.

Profound.

The third basic type of date outcome is an abandon date. [...] The easiest way to do this is to get into a car, and then quickly drive away before your girlfriend can get in. [...] This is just like a failed date, but faster.

I can't tell you how much time I've saved over the years doing that ...

Yes, you can date all of the girls at the same time, and I recommend that you do.

Easy for you to say!

Clearly you both enjoy coffee a lot.

Video Gamer-lite

I've accepted the fact over the past few years, that I'm not quite the gamer I used to be. I thought once I got a job, I'd have all the systems and a nice setup, but truthfully other things are more important. This top 11 shows that I'm part of this category. I think I fell into more than half of this list.

Blood, Sweat, and Bears

Some videos to pass the time:

• Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty ... of death!


• In America, you hit tennis ball with racket. In Soviet Russia, racket hits you! (apologies to Yakov Smirnoff)


• Kids, don't miss out on the hottest new dance craze that's sweeping the nation — do the Bear! (plays after a short ad)


• Keep those Rock Band skills sharp, my friends; you never know when your musical talents will come in handy. (read the linked Wikipedia page too, if you have the time)

A Dozen Bytes Free

For the video game (or tech company) historians out there: Landon Dyer talks about creating the cartridge version of Donkey Kong for Atari. My, how far gaming has come ...

(via bb)

King of Wrong

Juno-bashing is so mainstream at the moment; if you want to be out of the box, start hating on the documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Jason Scott wrote about why he hated the film, and later added a follow-up (short version, long version), after a lively discussion sprouted up in the comment section of his original post.

In summary, he dislikes the film because the plot and character conflict that make it so compelling are a deliberate fiction, presented as fact (beyond the normal editorializing that all documentaries have). I haven't seen King of Kong yet, but I wonder how Scott's criticisms (which seem apt to me) change people's opinions of what they saw.

RPS Variants

We all know that paper covers rock, scissors cuts paper, and rock crushes scissors. But did you know that robot tramples medusa?

It's part of "RPS-101", one of the rock-paper-scissors variants invented by David C. Lovelace. Learn them well, as they make come in handy (no pun intended) when doing business in Japan.

Okami + Wii = Awesome!

Okami on the Wii.

'Nuff said.

Street Fighter 4!?

As most sites I went to put it, "Hell has frozen over, and wishes do come true."



It's just a teaser trailer with no actual gameplay. Capcom hasn't evenannounced the style of play or which studio will be designing, but there is an actual officical website.

Bungie Splits from Microsoft

Apparently, it has been announced that Bungie will be splitting from Microsoft. Quite a move after releasing one of the most anticipated games of the year.

Crazy-ass plasma kill in Halo 3

Talk about lucky. From Joystiq and Kotaku.

Introducing the Vii

Those folks in the east can pretty much knock off anything, including the Nintendo Wii. Introducing the Vii, the greatest thing ever since...uh...ever.

Top Execs Leave Nintendo

You have to wonder what Nintendo is going to do from now on with their marketing with George Harrison and Beth Llewelyn leaving.