Saudade is a Portuguese word with no real English translation. It's sort of a nostalgia or a homesickness, but really that's not a very good description and you should just read the link.
Thor, Son of Odin, is still Thor (the person). Thor is no longer worthy (as depicted in a recent issue of New Avengers) and loses the hammer Mjolnir to Female Thor (who presumably also has a real-name, but I'm not sure what). Thor, 3000 year old Son of Odin still exists, but epithet of Hammer-wielding Avenger changed hands. It's just weird because unlike Tony Stark or Steve Rogers or Bruce Wayne his superhero identity is the same name as his actual name. The superhero Thor is just whomever currently wields the hammer.
Fun fact: Cap's been black before. Not in a 100% canon Marvel-616 kind of way, but there was a miniseries about 10 years ago.
Here's a pretty neat related article about the abandoned cities of the World of Warcraft.
While all my friends have of course decided to use Facebook chat, Snapchat, and the like, all I really wish is that I could get just one of them to understand the simplicity and beauty that is IRC.
I'm not sure what you're referencing with the scientists, but I'd suggest that maybe you're thinking of Atomic Robo, which basically relates to science in the same way the Indiana Jones relates to archeology. Alternatively, maybe you're thinking of The Manhattan Projects, which (I haven't read much of but I'm told) is basically an alternate end to WWII, where science became Beatlemania levels of popular.
I'm a pretty big fan of Transmetropolitan. It's a 60 issue series written by Warren Ellis, an arguably insane British man, about a futuristic Hunter S. Thompson, political corruption, transhumanism, body modification, and fecal matter. I feel like there's some bit of description I usually use that I'm forgetting, but hopefully that's enough of a sell. Also, I maintain that anyone remotely interested in comics as a medium should read Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud.
Oh man, this was a really interesting read. I never owned an NES as a kid (I do now though!), and never played it enough to notice most of these quirks, but they were really interesting to learn about. I always just assumed that Shovel Knight looked and felt like an NES game in style and gameplay, but it's amazing how much effort these devs put into keeping NES features that frankly, I doubt most people will understand or notice.
But there's also people who skim newspaper headlines, magazine articles while driving, or use their offline device like a Kindle or an iPod while driving who have similar increased chances of incidents, whose bad habits can't be tracked like that. Perhaps a study will find that parents with children in the car, or people who play music loudly, or someone with a family history of heart attacks, or any number of other things also increase the chance of accident, and if they track cellular usage, next they'll want to tackle whatever the next biggest offender is. Then pretty soon they'll just be videotaping the interior of your car and reading your medical records in a huge violation of your privacy.
Clockwork Empires, a...colony simulator, sort of like Sim City meets Dwarf Fortress, with multiplayer, procedurally generated customized buildings, a fascinating development blog, a Victorian-era science theme and cults to the ancient old ones. Double Fine's Hack N' Slash, a old-school-zelda-like hack and slash, with actual hacking. SportsFriends- a collection of 4 local multiplayer games, looks super great. Radio the Universe - super cool style, sort of a cyberpunk-zelda game Choice Chamber - a game inspired by TwitchPlaysPokemon OlliOlli - skateboarding super-fun Curse of the Necrodancer - roguelike dungeon delve rhythm game playable with guitars and dancepads Gods Will Be Watching point and click thriller with despair and stuff Darkest Dungeon - RPG about the stresses of dungeon crawling, humanity, and psychology Hyper Light Drifter 2d action rpg, looks pretty, sounds pretty. Also lots of board games. People should like board games more.
I've watched this and my only complaint is that there's not a third series. It's a great anthology show, reminiscent of the Twilight Zone, but more focused on the future, where technology will be in 5 or 10 years. And then presents those potential uses of technology in a way that's unnerving and fucking terrifying.
I've listened to this album for years now and I don't think I'll ever tire of it. John Darnielle has a way with words unmatched by almost anyone.
I adore All Day, and I've never heard of this film. I'm so stoked to watch it later. If you enjoy Girl Talk's music, you might be interested in this documentary about remix culture, which as a bonus includes a bunch of concert footage.
I thought that the sound effects from Audiosurf were pretty annoying.
DuckDuckGo's privacy is cool, and their ! syntax is great, but I've never really been happy with their search engine's results.
Yeah, I grew up there, and unlike most other people, didn't head up to the Twin Cities, but I'm still in and out of Rochester and the cities every so often.
Hah, Rochester. Everyone leaves Rochester, it's pretty terrible.
What should it matter whether a kickstarter has a famous name behind it or not? It brings two things to the table: Credibility and customers. If you're starting a kickstarter for a product and have no history of producing similar products, you're gonna have to convince people that you can. If you have a portfolio of work, it lends credibility. These guys have that. If you are well known and have fans, that's easy marketing. If no one knows who you are, you have to work for that. Being a big name doesn't necessarily mean that you have the money to fund something yourself. Games cost a lot, and traditionally, that money would come from a publisher, but let's face it, publishers believe that Adventure Games Are Dead. It's not exactly the same as if a person (or company) worth millions or billions was asking for money for their new endeavor. This isn't Steve Balmer asking for funding for Windows 9, or The Rolling Stones asking for money for an album. It's just some guys who like adventure games, trying to make an adventure game.
Ryan North, for example, drummed up a lot of sales for his anthology Machine of Death, it's sequel, and his recent Hamlet book just because people are fans of his writing. He's got enough popularity that he's writing now for the Adventure Time print comic. Most of the time, people are interested in his stuff because, hey, it's by "the guy that writes Dinosaur Comics". KC Green writes the Regular Show one. Kate Beaton did some work for Marvel. Anthony Clark has done covers for Marvel, and I'm sure there's a few more examples that are slipping my mind. They've built themselves a loyal fanbase who will provide interest in their other endeavors.
Loogawa, I've never been to Winnipeg, but my impressions from it are derived entirely from the album Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole by Venetian Snares. Here's a sampling of some track names: "Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole"
"Winnipeg Is a Dogshit Dildo"
"Winnipeg Is Fucking Over"
"Winnipeg Is Steven Stapleton's Armpit"
"Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die"
Why would you limit yourself? There's tons of good music, and plenty of it is not found in video games. I mean, I guess if you just like music in the background, and not as something to actively listen to, to dance to, to sing along to then sure, video games music makes a pretty good choice. There's plenty calming and ambient music to be found elsewhere as well, but if that's what you like, that's cool. I guess the distinction here is that I (and probably many others) listen to music for the music, and not just as something in the background to half pay attention to.
1. Literally, anything from my library. If I'm alone, it'll be whatever I'm into at the moment. Right now, it'd probably be CHVRCHES, Japandroid's Celebration Rock, Alt-J, Jason Anderson, Girl Talk, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Ghost Mice, and the Mountain Goats. 2. Presently, I'd say something by Trouble Lights. Probably Hunting, but maybe Safe with Me, or Truu Love. Pretty good lesser known band, quite danceable. 3. Something calm, slow, and soothing, and nothing particularly electronic. I'd probably choose Godspeed You! Black Emperor's f#a#8, Boards of Canada's Music has the Right to Children or Geogaddi, but maybe The Campfire Headphase. 4. Well, if I'm just trying to stay awake, I'd probably go with something loud and fast-paced. Sleigh Bells' album Treats rarely steers me wrong, and recently Factory Floor's album Factory Floor has been filling that niche as well.
Mason jars work really well to hold things you might not otherwise bring. A few examples: Oatmeal stays good for plenty long is healthy, and can be reheated. Make a big pot on Sunday and bring it throughout the week. Mix with berries, honey, nuts. Plus it's cheap! You can do jar salads too. They're a bit crunchy, I guess, but probably passable. Soups. Cold soups or perhaps a gazpacho, work well, and you can bring a spoon or drink straight from the jar. Additionally, a lot of places on my campus had microwaves, so you could possibly have hot soup as well.
One of my favorite recent indie games was Fez. I know that might bring up a lot of hate and controversy regarding Phil Fish, but the game was really good. The game masquerades as a puzzle platformer, and as you puzzle-platform around the world, you begin to notice strange things, patterns, things slightly out of place. Eventually, you discover the real game: a set of much harder, thinking puzzles, instead of puzzle-platforming. The game reminded me of Myst, the way exploring the world gradually yields enough information to find and solve the puzzles. The game's retro aesthetics brought back memories of my days platforming on the SNES. It was a perfect mix of nostalgia and puzzles, combining elements of two of my favourite eras of gaming. I finished the game in about a week, a few friends and I played and brainstormed together to solve the harder puzzles, and it was some of the best time I've ever spent with them. At one point, recording sound from the game into Audacity and reversing/slowing down/otherwise manipulating the sound sounded reasonable. That's how tough some puzzles were.
Braid's puzzles were really, really good. What I loved more than the puzzles was the way Braid taught you how to play. The game basically teaches you each level's mechanic in each world's version of The Pit, then gradually teaches you more. It's never explicit, they let you figure out the way things work through puzzles, through trial and error, until finally, the last few puzzles of the world put it all together to test what you've learned.
Hey, I was sold on this game when you said Parov Stelar, but then I got to Austin Wintory and went out and got it. If you like rhythm games (especially in unusual mashups), you should check out [Crypt of the Necrodancer], a rhythm-based roguelike. It's not out yet, but I've been ogling it pretty hard, laying in wait.
Alright, there's the difference. I have friends who cosplay, and most of them just do it for fun. Some because they enjoy crafting and costuming, some for the culture of conventions, whatever. If you believe cosplay's purpose is to create a perfectly accurate representation of a role, then I can certainly see your point. The important thing here isn't the cosplay anyway. The cosplay brought attention to the picture, no doubt, but the same situation could have easily happened with her in entirely different attire. The picture is of her dressed in a manner associated with "sexy" and "beautiful," and a picture of her in an slinky dress or something could have easily elicited the same response, the costume and image text just likely made it spread more. That is to say, the real problem here is of course the degradation and humiliation of a perfectly nice lady, and not whether or not she should have been cosplaying Lara. But I suspect you'd agree with me on that.