So, one of the occasionally-useful things about Steam is that it tells me when cool things are happening, and/or on sale. Today, it told me about “Plants Vs. Zombies”. It looks kind of like Desktop tower defense, only with plants. And zombies. and a Zombie Bobsled Team.
Yes, you heard that right.
Also if you buy it this weekend, you get a free copy of “Heavy Weapon Deluxe”, which they really should have just called “Atomic Tank.” It’s kind of a neat shooter.
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.
Maybe you’ve heard me going on about the Erlang programming language before? Well, watch the Erlang movie!
This video mostly consists of old Ericsson engineers with old desk phones, old computers, and timeless British accents saying “Hello Joe.” “Hello Mike.” over-and-over while they demonstrate the telephony app they implemented in erlang. Much of what they demonstrate is not too shocking if you have a fair breadth of exposure to modern and classical programming languages, but if you watch the whole thing you’ll see one erlang feature not so easily duplicated, still somewhat impressive today.
Zac Efron and The Rock in my Jonny Quest live-action remake? It’s more likely than you think.
What, no entries in two weeks? You guys remember how to write blog posts, yah?
Anyway, since I don’t have an Anime blog like the Fool does, I figured I’d bend your ear for a moment to describe some of the shows I’m watching currently.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Possible the best mecha show anyone has ever produced ever, this show is the proprietor of the patent-pending Exponentially Increasing Awesomeness Curve. It starts fairly slow and with a narrow view, following two guys from the underground caverns as they reach for the surface. It ends with both feet firmly planted on the train to crazytown, with such amazing awesomeness as a guy, piloting a mecha, which is piloting another mecha, which itself pilots the moon. Yes, the whole goddamn moon. Obviously not for everyone, but if you have ever enjoyed a series with giant robots in it, you NEED to watch this.
RideBack
A series which mixes, of all things, mecha, motorcycle racing, and ballet. A ballet dancer sustains an injury which renders her unable to dance. She finds a hobby in the RideBack, a half motorcycle, half-robot, which can stand balancing on two wheels. Kind of an interesting show, although I have only seen a few episodes of it so far.
Gundam 00
After forty years of Gundam, including somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 anime productions, several movies, and untold volumes of manga, Sunrise/Bandai may have finally figured out how to make a Gundam series. There’s legitimate character development, interesting political divisions, no horrid pacing problems, and neat mobile suits.
Sengoku Basara
Ok, so I haven’t actually started watching this one yet, but I sure am going to. It features Sengoku-era fighters (~1550-1800) in modern-day Japan, only… with a little bit of ridiculous thrown in. What kind of ridiculous you ask? I have been told that one battle in the anime features two fighters wielding six swords each, and when they clash there is a nuclear explosion. You know what? Just watch the opening.
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