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News For Sunday, March 16 A Tale of Rock nominated for award: vote now!
Comments: 4 | Posted 58 days, 9 hours, 49 minutes ago by James Spafford
In semi Thumbs related news, 'resident artist' John G's short animated film, A Tale of Rock, has been nominated for a You Tube award - which it truly deserves!
I'm going to shamelessly ask you all to go and vote for his movie over here. You'll find it in the 'Short Film' category and if you haven't seen it yet, now is a good opportunity ;)
News For Wednesday, November 21 Giant Enemy Crabs thought to be real, world eats humble pie
Comments: 5 | Posted 174 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes ago by James Spafford
Earlier today, Marek sent me a link to this article on the BBC entitled “Man-sized sea scorpion claw found”, joking about Giant Enemy Scorpions, and having another laugh at Sony’s expense. However, after actually reading the article I stumbled across this stunning paragraph:
The size of the beast suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were much larger in the past than previously thought, the team says.
This has shattered my world. The previously hilarious Giant Enemy Crab meme has been shot to the ground, and Sony finally has their proof that Genji really is historically accurate. They will surely now prepare a PR backlash, and hit the world for Massive Damage. Oh… it just doesn’t have that sting any more :(
[Taken from The Gaming Fascist]
News For Saturday, November 10 Portal is Thumbs' New Poster Game
Comments: 2 | Posted 185 days, 4 hours, 7 minutes ago by Alex Ashby
She Blinded Me with Aperture Science explores just what makes Portal so special and the effect it has had on the games industry. Possibly while wanking.
From the article:
Portal received little attention in the hype surrounding the release of Valve's Orange Box this autumn. The flagship titles (Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Team Fortress 2) were smothering all other competition, and even its own creators described Portal as merely "bonus content". But almost overnight the world fell in love with this little sleeper hit in ways not seen since Katamari Damacy.
Portal is unique in the current gaming climate. Not for any one particular element, but rather as a result of drawing them all together. Being a 3D puzzle game is already enough to consider it a rarity, but for me the really distinguishing features begin with its story. Not that it's especially deep or rich, but that there is one.
News For Friday, November 2 Idle Thumbs content breeds contentment
Comments: 0 | Posted 193 days, 6 hours, 53 minutes ago by Alex Ashby
The world is left reeling in the wake of a new Idle Thumbs content. It's coming was foretold, and you, brave adventurer, are the one destined to read what lies beneath so that you can fulfill the prophecy and take your place in legend as: The Entertained.
We present: Getting The Short End
Bigger is better: an axiom familiar to us all and, to be honest, one that has a lot going for it. Leg room, bank balances, two-bedroom flats; personal experience can attest that all these would be improved with some widening of the margins. When it comes to video games, however, the message isn't always so clearly applicable.
The subject of acceptable length in video games is hardly an untouched one, but the insistence of the gaming media (and public, for that matter) to dish out criticism based on precisely that, coupled with my ever-shortening short fuse, has compelled me to get up on my podium once again and wretch until I'm sore.
Read the rest. It is good.
News For Friday, October 26 Double Fine Halloween Competition
Comments: 0 | Posted 200 days, 7 hours, 56 minutes ago by Rusalka Clarke
Double Fine are running a Pumpkin carving competition over on the official Action Forums. To enter, all you have to do is post a picture of an excellent Double Fine-themed pumpkin that you have created.
The prizes haven't all been decided yet, but we do know that a signed Psychonauts poster is going to be one of them.
The closing date for entries is the 30th of October. Good luck!
News For Tuesday, October 16 [Get Out Of My Blog] Halo 3 is not an option...
Comments: 0 | Posted 210 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes ago by Bob Watson
There will be no queueing overnight, Westminster Council put the kibosh on such events in London anyhow.
There will also be no joining thousands of n00bs online to yell abuse, and I will also sadly not get to watch Rockstar attempting to subvert the Bungie-worshipping masses with free GTA:IV lewts either, as they apparently/allegedly did at the NYC Halo 3 launch - bribing the milling gamer hordes in an attempt to dilute the current Halo hysteria.
Bob will not be playing Halo 3 any time soon.
How no? Find out!
[Get Out Of My Blog] Outrun With Mud! Innit!
Comments: 0 | Posted 210 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes ago by Bob Watson
O SEGA Rally. O beauteous thing. O awesomeness unbounded.
Listen:
You can keep your Forza 2's with their hardcore physics and their elegant driver progression, your DiRT's and their stunningly atmospheric cockpit view...
Bob plays the Sega Rally demo, and explodes with glee unbounded!
Explore the glee!
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[Get Out Of My Blog] Chow Yun-Fat Is Not Mr Fucking Potato Head
Comments: 0 | Posted Oct 16, 2007
..."Give a guy a gun and he thinks he's Superman! Give him two and he thinks he's God!!"
So I've got the Jose Cuervo...
[The Gaming Fascist] Skeletor loses Guitar Hero contest
Comments: 3 | Posted Oct 15, 2007
This weekend I attended a Guitar Hero contest at the local Cinema, not as a contestant however, despite my immense showmanship...
[The Gaming Fascist] I'll give you something to cry about...
Comments: 4 | Posted Sep 21, 2007
A long time ago I attempted to write an article for Idle Thumbs that discussed emotion in video games, after many drafts...
Get out of my Blog!
Comments: 3 | Posted Sep 11, 2007
Some say the Idle Thumbs staffers are lazy, some say they are dead, both of these could be true. However, one of them has...
Idle Thumbs staff surprised to discover Idle Thumbs still exists
Comments: 7 | Posted Aug 31, 2007
Thumbs has just been nominated as part of the annual Games Media Awards event. We’re in the Non-Commercial Website or Blog...
[The Gaming Fascist] Taking binge drinking to the next level
Comments: 1 | Posted Jul 30, 2007
Last night I dreamt of drinking in a pub. This is not uncommon being the alcoholic that I am, but this time the pub was different...
John Godwin's Tale of Rock
Comments: 4 | Posted Jul 14, 2007
One of our resident artists John Godwin recently finished his final piece for University, an incredible animated short...
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Microsoft forces young children to sell their sex on the internet
Comments: 10 | Posted Jun 16, 2007 by
Nick remembers why he was tempted the first time someone suggested paying him.
"The Xbox 360 had just come out and games...
[gameslol] Idea: shower karaoke
Comments: 1 | Posted Jun 13, 2007 by
Some of my friends were talking about how much they love SingStar. I’ve never played it, and I said I was curious how I’d...
[The Gaming Fascist] Welcome to the Jungle, watch it bring you to your knees.
Comments: 1 | Posted Jun 12, 2007 by
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s back to WoW we go… Yup, the inevitable has occurred, and my WoW subscription has been reactivated again....
[The Gaming Fascist] Currently playing: Sonic and the Secret Rings
Comments: 1 | Posted May 18, 2007 by
Back to work after almost two weeks off means no more sleeping all morning and then sitting around in my pants playing video...
[The Gaming Fascist] Decapitated goat carcass reviews God of War II
Comments: 1 | Posted Apr 30, 2007 by
Over the weekend many of you will have read the sensationalist crap spewed forth once again by the finest of all news publications...
[Cumulomentis] Preventing Quicksaves
Comments: 1 | Posted Apr 30, 2007 by
At GDC this year there was a series of speedy 20-minute lectures where the topics were tightly condensed and used to brutally...
[Gameslol] Stop feeding the troll
Comments: 1 | Posted Apr 26, 2007 by
The Virginia Tech massacre gave a certain attorney from Florida yet another podium from which to eject his nonsense into...
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