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This is the most coherent and detailed Virtual Stan mention I’ve seen in a long time.

I’m not particularly interested in the boycott or the game, but I was amused by the Fail Whale graffiti in the screen shot.

I’m really intrigued by this. The look and feel is great, and the gameplay has real potential. I’d like to see a more challenging level to know if it lives up to that potential.

Chucky does it again. Very funny stuff.

As always, the details are perfect, and I’m especially fond of the all-caps post on the Facebook wall.

No no no no no no no no. No.

When I first heard about this awhile back, I had serious doubts about chiptune Miles covers. But I have to admit the samples on the site sound kind of awesome.

We’re seriously not past this shit yet? "Something’s wrong with the TV! It’s got these black bars up and down it! I think it’s broken, Robbie, help me!"

:(

As of last night, William Ocean is our two-time US Air Guitar champion. This short video "interview" of him is hilarious.

Yeesh.

The middle story about the Tanzanian albinos is fucking crazy.

I can’t wait to try this.

This would be impulse purchase #2 for today thanks to Drawn.

The first sentence is priceless.

I don’t think the font itself has much going for it beyond the gimmick, but I am completely amazed by that driver’s control.

What the fuck is this doing in a newspaper?

Um. Kaboom. I can finally talk about one of the things I’ve been working on.

I get the sense this idea was well-intentioned, but you know what they say about good intentions. Who would be shocked to see Hollywood arrive late to the digital age with a calculated plan to line executive pockets on the backs of scores of faceless artist drones?

I can’t decide who’s stupider in this story: The dipshits who left iPods and laptops in their unlocked cars, or the dipshits that managed to get caught stealing them.

Remember Kevin’s design vigilante concept? This guy is doing it. Awesome.

I’m really curious to see how far into its hallowed halls popular culture will let this crabcore nonsense get. I have a sinking suspicion that it won’t be long before it’s not even fun to laugh at it anymore.

The fact that waivers are necessary for this is disappointing, though not at all surprising. I enjoyed all of the self-conscious, pseudo-scientific justification for childish behavior in adulthood.

This piece pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about the whole hipster thing.

I really hope this has online multiplayer.

This is part of a massive series for the current No Doubt tour, and they’re all pretty nice. Check out the rest.

I was blown away by this until I learned that they’re just doing separations in Photoshop and tracing them. Still kinda cool.

I fucking love this guy.

This is a good, broad introduction to heavy metal in all its shades, for anyone who’s interested.

This isn’t too close to home, this IS home.

If this is in fact the final box art (and I’m really skeptical that it is), this is some seriously half-assed shit. Ordinarily I’m a fan of understatement in design, but everything about this is awkward: the composition, the wording of the new features, and especially the reworked logo (which I know IS final), complete with phoney-baloney Photoshop spray-paint effect. I feel pretty confident that my obvious bias barely factors into my opinion on this.… See more →

I love when Sutter does geometric stuff like this. I hope he keeps developing this style and plays more with line thickness and contrast.

If this is real, it is officially the best thing I have ever seen.

I love Philly, and I’ve never seen "Parking Wars," but from what I gather, it’s 100% accurate.

I was never all that into Metroid, but the Contra aspect of this looks like fun, especially since it’s a side-scroller. I’m beginning to think the limited scope of XBLA games is more appealing to me than the sprawl of most disc games, probably because I’m old.

Finally you can see exactly how difficult it has been for me to keep quiet about this game. Set mind to "blown."

Crazy idea. Maybe instead of crusading against sex, we should consider crusading against stupidity?

I can’t wait to see where this goes.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

Why is Scott Kim the only ambigram artist given credit here?

In case you weren’t yet convinced that religion is generally just really fucking stupid.

Enjoy this quick (especially the news one at the end) before it becomes the next unbearably ubiquitous meme.

I hate to do the "kids these days" thing, but I KNOW we weren’t this stupid in high school.

Check out this guy’s name.

This very nearly had me in tears.

I have the PDF if you have a hard time downloading it. It’s... wow.

Keep your eyes peeled for this exhibition when it hits the Met in the fall.

This sounds very cool. I hope it comes to XBLA.

I initially thought all the issues were readable online, which would have been awesome. Turns out it’s just the first few. Still pretty cool.

In the Stereo

• Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle
• The Swell Season: The Swell Season

On the Silver Screen

• Let the Right One In