Saw a sign for a building company today – Stonehenge Constructions.
So, they build everything out of rocks, keep changing the plans and take hundreds of years to finish the job?
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Category: Geekery
Mortal: The Screwed
Just had an idea for a new White Wolf role playing game where you play an ordinary human in the World of Darkness setting – Mortal: The Screwed.
The players start by creating characters with skills, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, motivations and highly detailed histories. Once everyone has created their character, they roll 2d6 on the following table…
2 – You are killed by a Vampire. Roll up a new character.
3 – You are killed by a Werewolf. Roll up a new character.
4 – You are killed by a Promethean. Roll up a new character.
5 – You are killed by aĀ Hunter, who mistakes you for a Vampire. Roll up a new character.
6 – You are killed by a Mage. Roll up a new character.
7 – You are killed by a Changeling. Roll up a new character.
8 – You are killed by a Mummy. Roll up a new character.
9 – You are killed by a Demon. Roll up a new character.
10 – You are killed by a Kuei-jin. Roll up a new character.
11- You are killed by a Wraith. Roll up a new character.
12 – You are hit by a truck. Roll up a new character.
Hours of fun for everyone! š
(Yes, I know you can play as a mortal in the New World of Darkness, but I’m a traditionalist! ;))
Charity Time
Vooks of vooks.net has a great idea.
Dick Smith Electronics are getting out of the games business (wait, hang-on, no they’re not apparently) and from Monday are selling off their remaining stock at ridiculous prices. Really ridiculous prices. Vooks suggests that if you’re taking advantage of their array of $1 and $5 games, buy a few extra and donate them to either Child’s Play, or to your local children’s hospital.
How about it folks?
A Simple Soul Amused by Simple Things
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Got a new pair of headphones at work today, as my old ones were on the verge of completely dying.
The very first thing I listened to with them? This.
Fugiens Plumbum Navis
What is it about Zeppelin covers that makes them so awesome for action movie trailers?
What am I asking? They’re Zeppelin!
You got to walk that lonesome road alone…
As one who on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread…
In my continuing quest to eventually complete Fallout:New Vegas I started my first add on last night by entering the Divide – the setting for Lonesome Road. My first impressions? Fething hell!
The Divide is sheer, fething madness. I’m not going to post any real spoilers but the environment, the enemies, the whole atmosphere is downright terrifying. That first view when you step through the canyon wreckage – yikes! I’ve actually considered turning tail and heading back to the Mojave – but Corvus Jones (my Courier is named Corvus Jones – deal with it) don’t run! Or at least he hasn’t run yet, and if I’m going to beat the game I’ll have to finish Lonesome Road at some point, so it might as well be now. But jeeze! The Divide is one hell of a creepy place and I’ll be very happy when I’m done with it and can head back to Vegas where the worst thing that can happen is an ambush by deathclaws.
Shudder!
An Open Letter to the Western Australian Department of Commerce
Internet Explorer 6 was released in 2001. It is now over 10 years old.
UPGRADE YOUR BLOODY COMPUTERS!!!
Thank you.
Tilt
Firefox 11 has just been released, and it includes a 3D DOM inspector (nicknamed ‘Tilt’).
The possibilities for coding a site that looks like confusing crap in normal view, but pops up into 3D models when viewed in Tilt are amazing…
My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles
By which I actually mean my favourite blogs, webcomics, etcetera. It’s been a while so I thought an update might be in order…
Blogs
Boing Boing – The grandaddy of all ‘random cool stuff ‘ blogs. Be sure to check out the submitterator for upcoming random cool stuff (and – depending on how well the spam filter’s working – promotional articles about public injury lawyers in Toad Suck Oklahoma).
Warren Ellis – They call him “Internet Jesus”.
Hyperbole and a Half – Rarely updated recently for various reasons, but wonderful. The tale of moving the dogs cross-country made me laugh so hard I almost passed out (literally).
Strange Maps – Exactly what it says on the tin.
Building Blog – Urban speculation and wild flights of fancy
The Worst of Perth – Everything that’s wrong with our fair city.
Not Always Right – Insane customer service stories.
Lamebook – I don’t have a Facebook account. This is one of the reasons why.
Regretsy – Fat, jealous losers critique the astonishing garbage and mass producedĀ crap people attempt to sell through ‘crafting’ site Etsy.
Studies in Crap – The finest in forgotten and bewildering crap.
Comics
Bad Machinery – Continuing strange goings on in the Midlands town of Tackleford. The current plot involves selkies (one of my favourite types of mythical beasts…)
Gunnerkrigg Court – Continuing strange goings on in a very unusual school.
Dresden Codak – Transhumanism, cyborgs and amazing artwork. An Ayn Rand analogue has just shown up, which should be… interesting.
Romantically Apocalyptic – Post-nuclear madness and (more) amazingĀ artwork. You shall obey Zee Captain!
XKCD – Wonderful geekiness.
Girl Genius – Ongoing gaslight fantasy adventures (don’t call it steampunk! They don’t like it!)
Wondermark – Recycling Victoriana into surrealism. Tusky McMammoth is my favourite.
Subnormality – Observations on the human condition. And Sphinxes.
Scandinavia and the World – What if countries were people? Stupid people?
There you go. That should keep y’all occupied.
The Extra Clever Mongoose
I am a freak. I have hands and I have feet, and if you saw me you’d faint, you’d be petrified, mummified, turned into stone or a pillar of salt!