Turn off the lights
Great Chrome extension to dim the non-video elements of the page when watching a YouTube/Vimeo/etc video.
2010-09-30
“The Dungeon Master”
*The New Yorker* on Dungeons and Dragons:
“Guys,” I say. “Stop it. Come on. Let’s decide about the dragon. You really want to bail?”
“Better safe than sorry,” Marco says.
“Is that an old paladin saying?”
“You’re outvoted,” Cherninsky says to me. “Fine.” “O.K.,” Cherninsky says to the Dungeon Master. “We’ll just scoop up what’s near our feet and not rile the dragon. Can you roll for not riling the dragon?”
“Sure you want to do this?” the Dungeon Master asks. “This moment might never come again.”
“We’re sure.”
“Listen,” the Dungeon Master says. “I know I’ve been hard on all of you. I want to be more easygoing from now on. I want you to have fun.”
“This is fun,” Brendan says. “Really. Thank you. This is so exciting. But I think right now we should just grab a little gold and leave the cave.”
“This is pathetic,” I say. “It’s weenis.”
“You don’t know anything about real violence,” Brendan says.
“What?”
“You heard.”
“It’s a dragon, man!”
I remember having this exact experience. Instead of taking the GM’s lead and ATTACKING THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF BAD GUYS we picked flowers and ate virtual corn.
2010-09-30
JS1k: 1k Javascript demo contest
10 amazing Javascript demos in under 1k of code, including a platformer, chess, and Tetris.
2010-09-29
BDO 2011
Looks like the BDO are on the Mathcore bandwagon too - Tool, Rammstein, Iggy, Grinderman. Bad luck if you’re not a young angry man I guess.
2010-09-28
Last.fm Gender Plots
I obviously need to get more Mathcore & Anti-folk into my rotation.
2010-09-27
The decade’s best in film villainy
The Idler nominates the five best villains of the noughties. Pleased to see one of the scariest characters on film made it:
The 2001 british gangster film Sexy Beast is certainly well-written and well directed, but its real claim to fame is Ben Kingsley’s performance as DON LOGAN. His introduction is pitch-perfect. He marches through an airport like a scud missile aimed squarely at former ganster Gary “Gal” Dove’s new found happiness.
2010-09-26
In praise of unsheets
Unsheets - nice term for fan crafted movie posters.
2010-09-22
Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names
For when you need to differentiate between more than East Coast v West Coast.
Best Category: Audacious Misspelling.
2010-09-22
The Cult of Me
Aleks Krotoski on adapting linear broadcast media for online audiences:
The online audience also wants a good yarn, but in addition they want to be part of the experience that gives them the sense that they’re the hero, that they are inherently involved in the story arc. They want their interests and beliefs to have an impact on what happens, they want to share this with their friends, and to be part of the group. In short, the digital media audience consumes its output to create a universe in which they are at the centre.
2010-09-21
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix multitrack
Phoenix have released the complete multitrack recordings for their crazy hooky LP Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Try Love Like a Sunset for starters.
2010-09-21