Well, I don’t know much about this photo, other than the fact that it’s been in Tim’s Gchat status for the past week. Had to share it.
Stormtrooper Driving Lotus Exige via Tim’s GChat (I’d link you to it, but he has enough stalkers)
So one of my friends sent me a link to Groundhog Dreams, a trippy, hysterical campaign promoting tourism in Pennsylvania around Groundhog Day. I also recieved a neat commemorative plate, honoring five years of Shadow and Groundhog. You’re not the only one who gets free swag, Sweeney!
This year, poor Groundhog is in a coma from a car accident. You can cast your vote on the site as to whether or not Groundhog will pull through, and you can even send him Get Well greetings, leaving him small tokens of your affection and well wishes, which can be viewed in a gallery.
With a wealth of short films detailing Groundhog’s dreams debuting weekly, this is definitely a site I’m keeping bookmarked. Take a look. The first film, Dining on Marmots, definitely freaked me out a little.
Take a look!
Groundhog Dreams
www.groundhogdreams.com
A friend of mine sent me this link to toplessrobot.com which talked about the merchandising of the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen. It would include, of all things, lunchboxes. A link to the site selling these items showed that pretty much nothing is off limits — everything from Dr. Manhattan hats to “Who Watches The Watchmen?” keychains. I am pretty sure this is not winning over Alan Moore to support this film in any way.
Thanks to Andrew for the heads up!
Watchmen will be released March 6th.
(Via toplessrobot.com and bigbadtoystore.com)
At some point in all our childhoods, we wanted to be superheroes. I wanted to be Superman, but as I grew older I realized I couldn’t fly and fanboys would never accept a black Superman. I hung up my bath towel, went to college and decided to live a rather normal life.
However, there are people in the world who have continued to seek the means to fight injustice. They’ve created their own costumes, superhero names and they actually fight crime. They even have myspace accounts! This sounds like the beginning of our own group of Minutemen. If you scroll through the site you’ll find that these heroes follow an ethics code, and they even do movie reviews.
Check out the Superhero Registry and see for yourself. Also check out this great article on Real Life Heroes Master Legend and The Ace.
Via Rollingstone.com and the World Superhero Registry
We’re sorry to start your morning off with such an, erm, interesting movie trailer but we couldn’t help ourselves; Street Fighter is something we grew up with, thusly we are required to post the silliness you see above (though we’ll be damned if we let another silly film ruin a great game series for us). Though Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li stars equally lauded celebrities as the original (stars such as Kristin “we barely know who this is too” Kreuk), it’ll be hard to top the misguided attempt at entertainment that it so gladly trumpeted.
Rather than bore you with our summation of the trailer, we’re giving you a breakdown of things the trailer most certainly doesn’t have:
-Signature moves from the game? CHECK. (absolutely none!)
-Actors that bare nearly any resemblance to the characters in the game? CHECK CHECK.
-A cool looking fireball? SUPER CHECK. (this fireball looks as silly as they possibly could have made it)
-Raul Julia? ULTRA CHECK. (there is most certainly no Raul Julia — and that’s a damn shame)
(From GameTrailers via Joystiq)
Click to see the original, full size version of the comic.
It would appear that Tim and Eric have discovered the true meaning of Christmas. Maybe there is something to be learned from these two, although every time I hear these stories, I can’t help but laugh as I draw them. Here’s hoping Tim gets a cool replacement arm like Mega Man’s canon arm or one of those mechanical Star Wars limbs.
I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday, and I hope to continue bringing these comics to you in the coming year. Have a great New Year everyone!
I wish this were a joke. I hoped it was.
On the Downtown Independent website, Uwe Boll is getting his recognition as a “notorious director” with a festival dedicated to his “films”. I’d hate to give in to the fear of Mr. Boll and his films, because fear gives him power. The stronger he becomes, the worse off the film and game community will be. I’ve heard his films are in the “so bad they’re good” category but I’ll stay away from his library of work. The good news for us Philadelphians is that this festival is happening in Los Angeles, so we’re safe. Or are we?
P.S. – That movie trailer linked in above features music from Batman Begins. WTF Uwe Boll?
Not sure what the history is behind this post on The Mango Blog, all I know is that these letters to God, supposedly written by children, are just way too funny and cute.
Head on over there. Read and enjoy.
Amazing. The Telegraph has posted some absolutely priceless George W. Bush photos from some of his most embarassing moments, as a means of saying goodbye to the worst president ever.
I’ve seen a lot of these on the web, be it in message boards or what-have-you, and I always assumed they were just photoshop jobs. Apparently not. Enjoy!
Thanks to Jeff, the president of Used Wigs (and my heart), for the link.
We shot a metric ton of b-roll — for serious. After hours spent hacking away at clip after clip, we’ve put together a bit of a montage for you covering the entirety of the VGXPO. An elderly woman playing Tron in its original stand-up arcade form? Covered. How about a man dressed in a Master Chief suit that may have cost him over $2k? Done. An original cylon? You bet! We got it all.
Oh, right! That whole gaming thing; nearly forgot about those! That’s likely because there were so few games actually available to play without being sold on something in the process that we opted out for the most part. Anyway, check out the above to see what you missed (intentionally or not) at the VGXPO. And don’t tell us we never did nothin’ for ya.
(Extra special thanks go out to Stephen Metzger who not only spent hours walking the floor shooting this stuff but also hours editing it into something beautiful. Music Credit: Twilight Electric via Internet Archive)
Behold, the loneliest booth at the Video Game Expo. Word on the street, is that they were showing off Castlevania Judgement in there.
Dear Blog, I cannot understand why it was necessary to
Can someone in Pepsi Corporate please explain what posessed them to fail this hard? And what’s the deal with companies trying to be more “contemporary” when their logos have been treasured for decades?
Here’s hoping we find some answers.
Signed,
A Perpetually Perturbed Designer
UPDATE: For more images of this re-branding, head on over to BRAND NEW. (They have photos of the new cans..ugh)
