THIS SONG. Think if Kenny Loggins wrote a song about Pac-Man. Now, take that hypothetical song and make it better. At last, you kinda-sorta have a conception of the song “Pac-Man Fever” by Buckner and Garcia from 1984. They say this song is supposed to be a parody, but a parody of what, exactly? P
In a story straight out of the dungeons of John Hodgman’s More Information Than You Require, the powers-that-be are finally putting the house of Williams Lyttle, the legendary British “Mole Man,” up for sale. In his lifetime, Lyttle dug labyrinthine tunnels under his London home (see the above image
And not in that jokey, “I’m-not-sure-I-could-live-without-it” type of way. There’s a new study that suggests we have the same feelings for our iPhones as we do for our partners. This comes at the heels of a recent study to see if the old adage of “technology is addicting” was actually true. As we hi
London designer Lee Wei Chen has created what he calls an “Amusement Washing Machine,” which is exactly what is sounds like. The idea spawned when the studying designer was no longer happy with just shooting alien invaders. He wanted to utilize his ‘wasted but enjoyable time’ and make it more produc
So we’re partnering with Capcom to launch the first ever Fright Club based on their zombie titles such as Dead Rising 2 Off the Record, Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City, and Resident Evil Revelations. There will be drink specials from Sailor Jerry’s rum and of course, performances by Picturepl
We’re fans of the ethereal tones of Ms. Annie Clark that stir our passions. But apparently, something else lights her fire. She has a point. (Thx J.P.!) -Jamin Warren
The New York Times has a piece on the dozen or so serious writers who honed their chops not through writing short fiction or practicing journalism, but by playing Ambermush, an online, text-based RPG from the 90’s that lasted until 2009. Consider the case of Jim Butcher, the author of the Dresden Fi
Just in time for Halloween, you can now buy Stack the Bones a new game that’s well, like Jenga, but with bone-shaped blocks. For some reason, the game reminds us of this 1848 political cartoon featuring Zachary Taylor, but then again, some of us were history majors for two years. Anyway, like we sai