Font Conference

This is awesome:

Font Conference

My favorite is Comics Sans, of course!

Biography (courtesy of cenobyte)

If ever there was a time when the flagrant use of the exclamation point was acceptible, it would be in the dissertations of Randy!. Randy! grew up in the make-believe Megiranthea, which would be slightly to the left of London, England if it could be mapped. It was in Megiranthea where Randy! discovered his great love of game design. He has worked on some of the world's most loved games, and was part of the original 15th century team which invented what is known today as “chess”. Randy! was instrumental in designing the Queen and her moves, fashioning her after his beloved wife, TUO!. Because of his mysterious origins in that other-worldly place, Randy!, like others of his kind, is actually a therianthrope, and can transform himself into different animals at will. Because of his great love of sleeping and playing, Randy! has often been known to present himself as an otter (or lutrinae, to his Latin-speaking friends). Unlike many therianthropes, Randy! does not lose all aspects of the creatures into which he transforms, choosing instead to keep a thick pelt of fur for his own insulatory purposes. If he ever does forget to retain his pelt, he is fortunate to have a warm sweater, made by TUO! herself, with the use of magic spinnerets. By the standards of his people, Randy! is still just a 'whelp', yet he has already done most of what he dreamed of doing. He still dreams of creating a great huge gun shaped like a penguin. No one understands all the mysteries that flow together to meld the creature known only as Randy!.

The Effects of Drugs on Spider Webs

Hinterland Who's Who is a series of 60-second public service ads profiling Canadian animals and birds, produced by Environment Canada in the 1960s. The distinctive refrain of flute music that each of these ads opened with, along with the deadpan style of the narrator, John Livingston, describing the animal over footage of it taken in the wild, became a widely recognized and often parodied feature of Canadian pop culture. At the end of each message, he reminds viewers, "For more information, contact the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa."

Here's a parody involving the effects of drugs on spider webs:

Unicorns

There's something inherently merciless about professional game developers. When someone shows a sign of weakness, it's like a feeding frenzy. It's less ominous than it really sounds, mainly because professional game developers tend to be kids that never really grew up. Then again, I remember some pretty wicked kids in my time...

Last week, one of the designers last week was caught by three other designers looking at unicorns on his screen. We're talking about a shiny, silver, rainbows-and-lollipops-type unicorn. He claimed it was a link off an MMO site he follows, but that fact pretty much became irrelevent in the ensuing verbal crucifixion. It was mentioned to our project lead, who made a point of mentioning it to the rest of the designers and producers with many comments to the effect of "Oh, don't forget the unicorn zone!" and "What was that villain's name? The unicorn?" and "Keep in mind *unicorn* when we're developing the *unicorn* zone that we need to keep the *unicorn* spawns well-distributed. *Unicorn*."

Unfortunately for our unicorn-loving friend, it didn't end there. Within a half-hour, a picture of a rainbows-and-lollipops-type unicorn was send via email around the design featuring the unicorn-lover's face framed by hearts right beside the beast with the phrase "Best friends!" beside it. I did my part by forwarding the email pic to a friend in another company. Next morning, a stuffed unicorn named Darla was found on the unicorn-lover's desk. Later that day, his nameplate was replaced with a unicorn head and the phrase "I'm feeling horny!" More hilarity has ensued since then.

The unicorn-lover weathered the storm fairly well, and took it in stride by posting this YouTube video around design about - you guessed it - unicorns. Never trust those beasties!

Humour: Awesome Videos

'Cause I work with comics:
Secret Wars Reenactment

Cenobyte sent me this one:
Toyota Commercial
Best. Commercial. EVER!

May I Take Your Order?

A very funny article by an English teacher living in China:

May I Take Your Order?

The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test

Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 77%!

Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.

Link: The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test

American Political Humour

As you may have heard, American Vice-President Dick Cheney accidentally shot one of his fellow hunters. He already had been mocked previously for his hunting of retarded farm-raised quails (i.e. quail-tards).

Here's a humourous video about Cheney's recent hunting adventures: Cheney's got a gun.

Misheard Song Lyrics

So we were coming back from the grocey store today (in short sleeves - beautiful warm sunny day!) when the old "Godzilla" song came on. Amy asked who sang it, and for the life of me I couldn't remember. While looking up the answer on Google (it was the Blue Oyster Cult), I came across this collection of misheard song lyrics:

http://www.amiright.com/misheard

Some are brilliant!

The Importance of Good Writing

Funny story; one of the guys I worked with is good with numbers, but isn't the greatest with words. He went on a blind date once and followed up with an email to her saying, "I had a great time, and would like to give you a call on Wednesday." Innocent enough, no?

Unfortunately for him, because of his bad spelling/grammar he had an auto-spellcheck in his email. He had actually written, "I had a great time, and would like to give you acall on Wednesday.", (missing the space between 'a' and 'call'). The auto-spellcheck interpreted "acall" to be "anal"...

Needless to say, there was no second date! :-)

They Fight Crime!

Hehe...

"He's a fast talking hunchbacked werewolf whom everyone believes is mad. She's a green-fingered Bolivian hooker who believes she is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian queen. They fight crime!"

They Fight Crime!

Nintendo Acapella

A friend sent me this link today: Nintendo Acapella. Talk about brilliant! It's amazing how certain video games have become cultural icons!