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Speak with Monsters
The Bad Gods site has resurrected Speak with Monsters, a Webcomic about fantasy RPG monsters, particularly the silly ones. It comes along with amusing commentary, such as the one about the shrieker: The amazing thing is, Gygax created the shrieker decades before the factory installed fungus-based car alarm system was invented. I think the leprechaun…
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Trivia Thursday
This Donald Kingsbury novel involves a colony on an arid world in cultural extremis because of its lack of resources, and the central characters becoming involved with a challenge to its established order. Which author coined the term “cyberspace?” What was the name of the ship’s computer in Alien? Who was the main character in…
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Newsflash: Vader Had Issues
A panel of French psychologists who apparently have too much time on their hands have just concluded an analysis of Anakin Skywalker’s life and concluded that the dude was a little nutty. From the death of his beloved mother to an Emperor who was a clear destabilizing influence, poor ol’ Darth was doomed from the…
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They’re Probably Not Parasitic Slug-Things
There’s new evidence of consumption of hydrogen that may suggest life on Titan.
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Adidas Does Star Wars
Adidas’ new “World Cup Party” ad splices an odd assortment of individuals into the Cantina scene. It’s on the “meh” side, but the ending is amusing.
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Heh.
(From Para Abnormal)
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Trivia Thursday
In this Arthur C. Clarke novel, Earth is on the verge of nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction but is saved by the intervention of benevolent aliens who have the form of traditional devils. Name it! This Spielberg film is about a young boy/robot who wakes up an amnesiac in the woods. Adopted by a pleasant family,…
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They May as Well Close Down the Internet
Because the Pinnacle of Awesome has been achieved. Click to enlarge. If you think you can take it. Information about this vision, and the contest attached to it, is here.
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I Like the Idea of a CowShark
Charlie Brooker has an article up at The Guardian, weighing in on the recent breakthrough in creating artificial life. To “watermark” their artificial bug, the geneticists spliced a James Joyce quotation into the DNA sequence. The unsuspecting genome now has the phrase “to live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of…
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Seen Online
I wish there was a time machine just to send spoiled L.A. kids to World War II. — thesulk If homosexuality is a disease, I am calling in lesbian tomorrow. — iMelbel Big weekend coming. My Star Trek club is going to dress as Klingons and ambush some Civil War re-enactors. — JerryThomas Nonsequitaur. Half…