So I don’t have a workbench nor do particularly enjoy racing games but this makes me wish I did.
If you have some extra time and space to trick out your PS3 and a desire to kick some serious ass playing NEED FOR SPEED then here are the instructions.
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Friday Fun: Drive Nerd, Drive!
Friday, March 12th, 2010Seeking SXSW 2010 Recommendations
Monday, March 8th, 2010Howdy all.
Today I come to you with a plea. No, I’m not asking for money. I’m asking for your recommendations.
I’ll be at the SXSW Music Festival this year and as I’m putting together my schedule I realize I’m checking off all my favorite bands. That’s cool but one of the things I love most is discovering new music.
Therefore, do you know of a band going to SXSW that I should check out? If so then hit me with your recommendation.
8-Bit Wedding Invite
Thursday, March 4th, 2010I’m pitching later today so once again I’ll repost something I found on Mashable, something that makes me insanely jealous.
In lieu of a traditional paper invite, this couple had an 8-bit video game wedding invitation created for them. Recipients/players have to clear all the stages in order to see all the pertinent wedding information.
How freakin’ brilliant!
Here’s his video game.
Here’s her’s.
I love this soooo much that I might try to crash their wedding.
BTW, I handed in that script yesterday. Let’s hope they like what a friend described as “THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE meets HARD CANDY with a twist of DEATH PROOF.”
Lego Fail Whale
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010I’m sleep deprived, stressed, putting together a pitch with a partner (a first for me), punching up a feature script and still working 2 jobs so I’m leaving the heavy lifting to the fine folk at Mashable.
May I present to you the Twitter Fail Whale constructed entirely from Legos!
Time for me to get back to work. BTW, click here to see the original article.
A Taste of SXSW 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010For those of you not lucky enough to be heading to Austin for the SXSW Music Festival, allow me to offer you a taste of what you’ll be missing. Just download this torrent and you’re ready to rock.
Now, before you get your panties in a twist, all of these MP3s are available for free from the SXSW website so it’s all legal. Someone was kind enough to gather them together in a single torrent.
For those of you that have never used a torrent, I suggest you download an aggregator. I happen to like Transmission for the Mac (if you really like the software, why not support the developer by making a donation).
Once installed, just open the torrent file with downloaded software and wait for all that musical goodness to arrive.
Addiction Is Spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-L-A-N-D-S
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Yeah, I’m addicted to BORDERLANDS. I play it at home, I play it online, I’ve downloaded both Zombie Island (and beat it) and Moxxi’s Underdome (looking for an online buddy to tackle this with me).
So you can imagine my excitement when I saw that the latest DLC is being released today. Say “hello” to General Knoxx.
And say “good bye” to my free time.
Happy Year of Me, Pub Style
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010My buddy Sean keeps saying “this is the year of Tony” but I didn’t realize how prescient he was until we went to Downtown Los Angeles for the Chinese New Year Parade and saw that it is in deed The Year of the Tiger.
(thanks to Clelio for first giving me that nickname)
And how better to celebrate my year than with an iPhone augmented reality app from Thai beer maker Tiger that helps you find suds in the UK.
Yeah, I know, that was a stretch of a segue but you see how I went from Tony to Year of the Tiger to Tiger Beer to an iPhone app I can’t use because mine is so old plus it only working in the United Kingdom… hey, cut me some slack. I just got over a terrible flu.
Anyway, here’s a video showing how the app works.
Any of my UK readers w/ iPhones wanna tell me if the app works?
(Brien, you don’t have an iPhone, do ya?)
Friday Fun: So Sticky
Friday, February 19th, 2010Happy Friday. Today I ask which pop diva makes you sticky.
(get your head out of the gutter)
I’m talking about memorability. In web parlance, they talk about the importance of stickiness. You can get people to your page but how long do they stick around? The longer they stick around, the better you’re doing… or something like that.
So let’s perform a little test.
I recently work on the latest crapfest from the director of the first two Harry Potter flicks (easily the worst in the series). In a desperate attempt to grab young viewers, this film features not one but two pop hits. The first is this little ditty.
The second tune is by this young lady who was featured not once, not twice but thrice on NPR (is this a sign of the apocalypse?).
When the credits rolled, it was the Ke$ha song that haunted my soul but the following morning I woke up humming Lady Gaga. Therefore, I posit that the Gaga song is the stickier of the two.
Do you agree or disagree? Which song do you end up humming in the shower?
Portal
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Being stuck home sick while having to execute renders that range from 17 minutes to 26 hours gives one a pretty good excuse to waste a lot of time on the PS3.
So while I hurtle towards the conclusion of BORDERLANDS, I was reminded that TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD was not the first game I beat. No, it was actually PORTAL.
For most of you, PORTAL was an “also includes” when you bought HALF-LIFE 2. When my buddy (and soon to be “hot s#!t” screenwriter) Jeremy let me borrow it, he said it’s like “Radiohead but as a video game.”
Naturally, I was skeptical. I play the puzzle shooter and found it fun. Once the puzzles got loopy, the game really got more interesting. And then once you think you’re done it kicks into this other place that’s pretty f**king cool. Yeah, I’m with Jeremy, I loved this game.
I should also mention that my buddy Sean, the one that got me hooked on BORDERLANDS, also let me borrow SPIDER-MAN: WEB OF SHADOWS and while it was fun web-slinging around Manhattan I found the narrative and missions too repetitive to recommend this game.
And there’s my alarm. Time for another DayQuil.
Super Bowl Ads 2010
Monday, February 8th, 2010On the whole this lot of Super Bowl commercials were okay. Some of my favorites were…
This one made me laugh a few times but my buddy Dan roared when the two fun boys slaped each other.
Man, this must be the year of the furry, rodent like animal stealing the spotlight.
I love that this commercials cost nothing yet still managed to evoke emotions.
I got a chuckle out of the vampire joke.
Loved the song placed to the visuals but I played this PS3 demo and it’s just too gruesome for me.
And of course, in space, no one can hear you scream. Yeah, that one joke elicited the biggest laugh from me.
BTW, it was great to hear songs by Grizzly Bear and The Arcade Fire (did you know they donated all their profits from the NFL spots to Haiti relief?) but why are ad executives still using that Blur song? It’s what, fifteen years old? And what’s with repurposing all those YouTube videos? Here’s hoping the creators are getting a fat paycheck from this.
And with that I think I’m getting sick so I’m out and apologies in advance if I’m not blogging regularly this week.
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