The Ziggurat of Doom

It was brought to my attention today that some of you have not seen this. Given the title, need I say more?

You should check it out.

I mean, where else are you going to find Galactus holding a Gundam puppet? And Joss Whedon…well, you’ll see.

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGHHH!

I would love to see someone make this into a controller. Nintendo, I’m looking at you.

Okay, so NOW we have our real iPhone/iPod touch game done and up on the app. store. Sample gameplay shown below the cut. We also have a web site. If you decide to check it out, please leave a review.

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Well, okay, a joke app at least.

Lately I’ve been working nights with some people I know to do iPhone/iPod Touch game design. We’re working on a separate, fairly large project, but to test the waters we did a joke app, called Tubby Tester. Basically you whack the device against yourself and it gives you snarky comments about how fat, thin, or average you are. I was one of the the two writers of the snarky comments.

If you have a compatible device and know me in real life, shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get you a promo code to download it for free, have a few laughs, and show it to people. We’re trying a whole “word of mouth” thing.

And, if you just happen to read this blog, please consider looking up Tubby Tester on the iTunes store and giving it a whirl, and a review. It’s only $0.99.

Microsoft comes out with official OS-tan for Win7. She’s got a wallpaper and sound set in Win7 Ultimate (though I’d assume only in Japan) and she’s voiced by Nana Mizuki.

I saw this posted in response to news that a missing Yale student had been found dead, behind a wall.

Today, we bring you William Howard Taft by the Two Gentlemen Band, along with a twitter user who uses twitter for neither good or evil but for AWESOME. All of his twits are written as telegrams. The one I wish to bring to your attention is:

DEAR FEET STOP I FEAR I SHALL NEVER SEE EITHER OF YOU AGAIN STOP WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT STOP

Apparently, the Nepal airport is so prone to corruption that the government has decided Something Must Be Done:

Nepal’s anti-corruption authority has come up with a novel solution to rampant bribe-taking at the country’s only international airport — the pocketless trouser.

The authority said it was issuing the new, bribe-proof garment to all airport officials after uncovering widespread corruption at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.

Brilliant.

(Via Bruce Schneier.)

Conan? Mario? You decide.

Edit: Italan anti-defamation league protests mario

Autotuning is nothing new. Debates have raged back and forth over whether or not it is okay to use Autotune, in what circumstances. Circumstance where it is definitely OK to use autotune: Setting the evening news to music and getting the anchors to ’sing’ along.

I watched the 2nd video - not as hilarious as I had hoped, but a hilarious concept nonetheless.

Monty Python wants your money, but their business plan is in the 21st century (read the info).

Genome Quilts by Beverly St. Clair

Via the high-altitude balloon of the cape-and-goggles wearing Cory Doctorow, comes a website that has on it only a little flash app…that does something awesome.

MoreCowbell.dj will take any MP3 you care to hand it, and add rhythmic cowbell and Christopher Walken samples. As Cory Doctorow says, “thus vastly improving it.”

He’s got a licence to love.

Neil Patrick Harris is the shoe fairy. No, really.

Yeah, a dancer, or something.
Just keep looking till it’s funny.

Failblog may be full of 4chaners, but it’s still funny

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If you don’t know who the guy in the picture is, there is no help for you

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