A trailer for 100 Yen: The Official Story, a documentary about the arcade scene in Japan.
In America, the arcade is basically dead. In Japan, arcades are thriving, sometimes encompassing huge multi-floor buildings, and playing video games is seen as a social past-time rather than an anti-social one.
The Brett Domino Trio’s rendition of Labrinth’s “Earthquake”.
w3sp plays “Those Who Fight,” composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
Alfred: We rocked everyone’s collective socks off last night, ladies and gentlemen. I hold that when we are all awake, we are unstoppable!
Me: True dat! We owned like there was no tomorrow. And also like it was nobody’s business.
Alfred: And also like nobody was open for business tomorrow!
Me: We owned like tomorrow was a national holiday!
Alfred: Everyone Recuperating From Us Kicking Their Butts Day!
skip to about :37. a dramatic reading of an online review of a game. my favorite part is the last line.
“i reley dont wan to say this, but i have to now.
this game is so esey. i mean, all you do is hit the spacebar. thats it! how is this an RPG anyway? you cant contrail anything but what it says on the screen! what if i didnt want to buy the potion? what apout quests? all you can upgrade is stranth? there is no way you can lose to the boss at the end! this game is crap! its not even an RPG at all! i mean look at it! in what way is this supposed to be an RPG if you can do quests and stuff? all you do is press one butten the entier time! explain to me! the athore coments al totol lies! is it supposed to be stick dudes? i dont even know how this damn game got the daily 3rd prize, or a rating of 4.26!
pepole think this review is worthles.
go ahead! say it! i dont care! im just trying to make a point here!
blam this piece of crap!!!!
P.S the only reson im giving this a 1 is beacuase the voices where pretty good. but thats it!”
did you know? have you seen? have you heard?
suddenly, blonde.
This is lovely – Diego Stocco makes music from leaves and a turntable.
Hal you’re the best at covering your tracks
For Children’s Book Week, the best illustrations from 130 years of Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
some thoughts for hot weather
