ffwd: Linklog

eBay: 'Lot of Sixteen (16) Space:1999 Laser Discs 30+ Episodes: SOME OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BULLET HOLES IN THEM' (I came across this completely randomly! "All of the discs and their jackets are in great shape with the exception of a SMALL CALIBER BULLET HOLE in the upper corner of the majority of the cover sleeves. NOT the discs! My ex girlfriend was a terrible shot and missed me completely, however, she unfortunately struck several laser discs which were leaning innocently against the wall behind me. Sadly, a few of the discs were fatally wounded. But luckily, most of the discs survived the shooting without a scratch. This auction includes only the latter.")

Music Thing: 'Daft Punk's samples: A visual aid' (Wow, Daft Punk samples a lot more heavily than I realized.)

Quick Stop Entertainment: 'Interview: Kerri Kenney-Silver' (More super-excellent Quick Stop interviews.)

Reality Blurred: 'Spring 2007 reality show debuts and schedule' (So many reality shows, so little time.)

Neomarxisme: 'Rip Slyme in a One-Act Play Entitled "Sony Vaio: Fight the Power"' (Wow, Japanese hiphop Sony Vaio adver-music video-ing.)

BBC: 'Paraglider survives at 32,000ft' (Pretty crazed. Via Warren Ellis.)

Newsarama: 'TILTING @ WINDMILLS #37: BOOKSCAN 2006' (Some interesting stats in here on Alan Moore's back catalogue doing amazing for DC.)

EW Popwatch: 'Craig Ferguson won't kick Britney while she's down' (Too much gawking in today's media.)

Google Sightseeing: 'Autumn' (About tracking down a Windows backdrop.)

PaidContent: 'Hearst Tests Microsoft News Reader At One Paper; Considering Use At Others' (I personally like the concept of downloadable newspapers.)

Cartoon Brew: 'Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life' (Really interesting art, in retrospective.)

Variety: 'Fox Atomic brings new twists' (Really interesting multi-genre tactics, including comics (yay) and Second Life (ack!) SKUs.)

ASCII: 'BLOCKPARTY UPDATE: Speakers List is Finalized' (Nice demo-scene action here!)

Gamasutra: 'Question Of The Week: Is Lowenstein Right?' (Does the game industry fail to step up and defend itself?)

GSW: 'Cinema Pixeldiso' – Avalon (On a v.interesting Japanese/Polish video game-themed movie.)

Gamasutra: 'The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)' (Also see Part 1 - a wonderfully researched history.)

Monotonik: 'Beak - Bishop Whitney EP [mtk180]' (Latest CC-licensed 'guitar and beat-strewn idm' EP on my net.label - leech and enjoy!)

LJ Circle Dogs: 'I buyd you a Pepsi, but I drinkd it' (OK, I'm a sucker for ORLY-style dachshund captions.)

Twitch: New 'Grindhouse' trailer online (All kinds of crazed Rodriguez/Tarantino action here.)

Google Sightseeing: 'Top 10 Sports on Google Earth' (Waiting for pingpong...)

BBC: ' Idle's Messiah is Spamalot sequel' (Just an oratorio, not a musical, but hey - via LinkBunnies.)

Collision Detection: 'Fighter Jet Porn' (Mm, nice piiicture.)

The Beat: Cover to 'Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen' comic book (And a costume contest announced, too.)

B3ta newsletter Issue #264 (So much good stuff in here that I'm just linking it all.)

Gelf: 'Valentine's Day Is for Lovers—and the Rich' (OK, a bit late, but I highly appreciate Gelf's hunting for local gems.)

YouTube: Aries Spears impersonates Snoop/DMX/Jay-Z on Live 105 (Late to the party, this is all kinds of ridiculous - via Blender Magazine (!))

GameSetWatch: 'Arcade Obscurities - Mitchell's Gamshara' (Dammit, I want the Long Tail to make stuff like this available for digital download, preferably on consoles.)

Ruhlman: Anthony Bourdain goes off on current Food Network stars (A favorite subject of the irredeemably awesome Bourdain - via Kottke.)

Grand Text Auto: 'Some Joe Schmo Was First to Experience True Interactive Drama' (All about people being fooled in the name of games and art.)

Simon Waldman: 'Skrenta on the ‘failure’ of We Media' (Citizen journalism is the new MP3.com?)

YouThoughtWeWouldntNotice.com (Neat blog for comparing design world ripoffs to the original.)

Defective Yeti on online dating (The super deformed theory!)

Gamasutra: 'We See Farther - A History Of Electronic Arts' (An amazing piece from J. Fleming, with layout by Frank Cifaldi - heck, EA wants to use it for new hire education.)

GSW: 'Why Partnernet Is A PR Nightmare For Microsoft' (The press can't keep its mouth shut, ohdear - but should it have to?)

Gamasutra: 'Losing For the Win: Defeat and Failure in Gaming' (When setbacks can be positive in games.)

Nerve interviews Evan Dorkin (Part of a comics issue special - via v/a.)

Gelf: 'How Stock Spam Works' (Not quite how I thought, but makes sense!)

PingMag examines Japanese snack packaging (An awesome, also yummy overview.)

QuickStop interviews Hellboy animated movie producer Tad Stones (Aha, another good QS interview!)

Pink Tentacle: 'World's Most Complex Origami' (Wow, that's pretty insane.)

QuickStop interviews Tanya Donnelly (QuickStop's interviews are some of my favorites.)

Twitch: 'It's About To Kick Off... Rodriguez & Wright Scratch Backs On 'Hot Fuzz'.' (REALLY looking forward to this.)

Vinyl Abuse shows off Dalek Glifiks (Either extremely cool or Nathan Barley, but hey, I like 'em.)

UK Guardian: 'Charlie Brooker - I hate Macs' (Always enjoyable ranting from a former PC Zone editor (aha!) - via Idiot Toys.)

GSW: 'IGF 2007 Audience Award Voting Open' (Go vote now for some smart indie games.)

Gamasutra: 'D.I.C.E. 2007 Live Coverage' (Didn't go, but helped co-ordinate - you should check Lowenstein's goodbye speech, if nothing else.)

The Beat: Garth Ennis talks DC/Wildstorm semi-censorship on The Boys (Cancelled because it was 'too hot for DC', now popping up elsewhere.)

b3ta: 'Brrrrrrm!' (Is there an art world term for supercute b3ta-style looping GIFs? With cats in monster trucks?)

Obtusity: 'Depth Of Focus: Bjork' (Combined with Part 2, an annotated look/link to ever Bjork music vid ever - there's also one for Radiohead - via Antcast.)

BBC America is showing 'Hyperdrive' with Nick Frost (Only just noticed, it's a sci-fi comedy with Simon Pegg's Spaced sidekick, eez neeto!)

GSW: 'Bollywood, FXLabs Dream Up, Uhm, 'Dhoom 2' Game' (All kinds of Mission Impossible-aping Bollywood gaming awesome.)

GSW: 'N4G & The Meta-ing Of The Meta-Game Blog' (A little blog/aggregator whine- "Are we just a thousand parrots with a thousand typewriters, at this point?")

eBay tip: Lots of A&E box set DVDs going really cheap (If you like cult/obscuro mainly Brit TV, lots of liquidators are blowing these out - I just picked up $690 RRP of The Persuaders, Randall & Hopkirk Deceased, Terrahawks, The Protectors, Danger Mouse, Rumpole Of The Bailey, Sapphire & Steel, Kids In The Hall, & Hammer House Of Horror for $69 (+$50-ish tax and postage).)

GSW: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Thinking Like A Ziff Buyer (Really nice retrospective by Kevin Gifford.)

PopCultureShock: 'Manga + Avril Lavigne = UGH' (Yeah, I think that Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen is much cooler, honestly.)

UK 'Mac Vs. PC' ads feature Mitchell & Webb... (...who are well-known UK comedians - via Linkbunnies.)

Barry Wood's NAMM Oddities 2007 page (Fun odd music equipment - via Music Thing)

Gothamist: 'Covert Dining in New York: Miracle Fruit' ('Everybody started to smile. Eating Miracle Fruit somehow makes sour food taste incredibly sweet.')

Quick Stop Entertainment interviews Mike Nelson (Yay for Rifftrax/Film Crew upcoming DVD action!)

Stereogum: 'New Avalanches - "Brains (TEAZER)"' (The Avalanches are Aussie wizards - looking forward to this album.)

Wil Wheaton: 'more more moore' (Damn, more deluxe Moore from Top Shelf - Jess Nevins notes that The Black Dossier is still coming, too.)

Shots Ring Out compile other 'Best Music Videos of 2006' lists (Best one I hadn't seen = Director-File's Top 10 list.)

Idiot Toys: 'It took ages to find the originals of these' (More underwater phone extreme sexism alertage from the UKR folks.)

Simon Waldman: 'Britain’s number one quality newspaper website. Oh really?' (A good multi-source stats comparison of UK newspaper sites - interesting in the abstract!)

GSW: 'Beyond Tetris' - Lights Out (One of my favorite GSW columns by far - very smart stuff.)

Gamasutra: 'The Quantum Leap Awards: The Most Important Multiplayer Games of All Time' (An oddly random collection this time, but hey.)

GCG: 'Saving Ourselves: Psychoanalytic Investigation of Resident Evil and Silent Hill' (All about 'the poststructuralist divide between Freudian and Lacanian', innit?)

Serious Games Source: 'The Missing Social Rituals of Exergames' (On why exergames need to 'start wrapping physical activity in credible social experiences'.)

GSW: 'Arcade Obscurities' - Namco's Dancing Eyes (It's a 3D Qix clone where you remove girls' clothes, innit?)

Gamasutra: 'The Designer's Notebook: Asymmetric Peacefare' (Ernest Adams on Peacemaker - the game.)