The only thing that’s more amazing than the announcement of Gliese 581c is the artwork that the Daily Mail used to illustrate it.
The new planet is apparently a 1950s cover to Fantasy & Science Fiction. Really the only thing missing there is a tri-tailfinned rocket and someone in a bubble-headed spacesuit. Maybe the way to kick-start a new space program isn’t with Apollo-era iconography, but with pulp SF guns, girls, and ghouls.
Somewhere out there Chesley Bonestell is grinning…
I haven’t looked into the emulation / 8-bit world for a long time… Most of my gaming time has been limited to short runs of MAME OS X (finally a universal version!) and that’s about it. I don’t understand how I’ve missed M.U.G.E.N all these years. It does for 2d fighting what GURPS did for RPGs: provide a common set of parameters so that characters from different games can compete against each other.
What does this mean? It means you can finally see what happens when Godzilla meets the Mario Brothers.
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I always find it interesting that political action groups will spend millions of dollars in commodifying their rage against video games, violent movies, and guns but aren’t willing to spend a cent in providing basic mental health care that could help prevent kids from snapping in the first place.
On the last cross-country road trip I stopped in at Blacksburg for a visit. Ended up spending the whole late morning/afternoon in town. Liked it a lot. I can’t imagine what’s going on out there right now but I’m postive that what they don’t need is minions from both the Church Of Scientology and Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church descending upon them. My only hope is that both groups will encounter each other and annihilate themselves like matter/anti-matter.
In lieu of any other kind of post at the moment, I’m somewhat traumatized after the trusty New Hampshire amp lost about two-thirds of it’s volume during last night’s practice.
1. I have to get it fixed since the only sound the Ampeg reliably makes is a 60 cycle hum.
2. Is this when I finally break down and buy an AC30? Anyone have a blue-speakered Vox they want to sell?
[after Diane gives Thornton an 'F' for his report, which was actually written by Kurt Vonnegut]
Diane: Whoever *did* write this doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!
[cut to Thornton's dorm suite]
Thornton Melon: [on the phone] … and *another* thing, Vonnegut! I’m gonna stop payment on the cheque!
[Kurt tells him off]
Thornton Melon: Fuck me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, *fuck you*! Next time I’ll call Robert Ludlum!
[hangs up]
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