Dec 162007
 

 

What can I say? Only 9.95 for a device that lets me drink all the beers I want without looking fat? Sign me up!

 

256px-assassins_creed.jpgAssassin’s Creed is a fairly new game by Ubisoft that is getting somewhat mixed reviews. Being that I am trying to start some game reviewness on the cynical times, I decided that this would be a good game to start with. The game is about an assassin who blah blah blah…here’s my problem. So here I am, at the last level, and suddenly my assassin falls through the fucking earth into an everlasting void of white, eventually dying.Upon his resurrection, he has been cloned with both versions of him moving together in a strange dance of frustration.  Did I mention this was the last fucking level?  What makes this so god-damned frustrating is that it renders the game in-fucking-playable and un-fucking-finishable.  So, alas, my first review as a budding game enthusiast will have to wait until the supposed patch is released. I really, really want this game to be good.  I mean, up until this point, I only had a few minor gripes about the repetitiveness and a certain assassination that is damningly frustrating.  This glitch shouldn’t effect my eventual review, but how the fuck can Ubisoft release a game that can’t be finished!  I know that it isn’t everyone who is having this annoying problem, but I’m not the only one. See the video after the jump. Continue reading »

Dec 152007
 

magnify

Oh yeah, sexy… Look, it does work, it made the E bigger… wow. Easily clips on to frameless glasses– like anyone would have huge glasses lying around like that so that the magnifier would fit. To think people would actually buy these. Click the pic for full size.

 

By circletimessquare in Science:

For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.

It has received no answer. Nor will it ever. [That last statement is a little harsh. Way to squelch all hope.]

If you want to listen to his cry… [Totally creepy, but awesome at the same time]

or if you want to read more…

Amazon + J.K. Rowling

 News  Comments Off
Dec 142007
 

[Dear Santa,
Can I have this for Christmas? Or $4mil to buy one?
Love, Natalie]

Amazon.com:

We’re incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is one of only seven handmade copies in existence. The purchase price was £1,950,000, and Ms. Rowling is donating the proceeds to The Children’s Voice campaign, (at first I was like, “Hey, that’s a buttload of money”, but then I as like, “Oh, but you’re giving it to a charity… that’s nice, J.K., really nice”) a charity she co-founded to help improve the lives of institutionalized children across Europe.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is extensively illustrated and handwritten by the bard herself–all 157 pages of it. It’s bound in brown Moroccan leather and embellished with five hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted moonstones.

Article (and more pictures) …

Dec 142007
 

lock picktext

 

“Includes easy-to-follow directions”

If I wanted to break in to houses and steal cars I would buy this. It even names all of the things that you can use it to break into. You can’t read it but it also says Not Available in FL under the picture. Maybe Florida finally realized that legally allowing people to break into things might contribute to the crime rate, a little… Why would you ever remember to keep a LOCK PICK on you if you forget your keys? Why not just hide a spare key? “Oh damn, I’m locked out of my house again! Good thing I have my trusty lock pick, now I’ll be able to force myself inside this locked home.”

 

The A.V. Club has a hilarious post about the worst band names of ’07, and I gotta tell ya, I fucking rolled on the floor with some of these names. Let me give you a glorious taste:

Gay Witch Abortion

Statutory Grape

Harmonica Lewinsky

Slut Barf

Ima Fucking Gymnast

This shit goes on for 3 pages.  Seriously, this is one of the funniest things I’ve read all day, and that’s pretty damn good cause I read the Bible today…..too soon? 

DNA Dating

 Humorous, Technology  Comments Off
Dec 132007
 

Wow. They are really taking this DNA thing to a new (very commercial) level.

Would you pay $2,000 to find your soul mate?

If you can cough up the cash, a Florida matchmaking company claims perfect chemistry lies in a swab of your spit.

The new DNA dating service, ScientificMatch.com, promises that its pricey, patent-pending technology “uses your DNA to find others with a natural odor you’ll love, with whom you’d have healthier children, a more satisfying sex life and more.” Read more…

Dec 132007
 

KITT

NBC is bringing Nightrider back, for some reason. Along with American Gladiators, and Bionic Woman, apparently the whole network lineup will be filled with remakes of successful ’80s TV shows. Hooray for original ideas. Check out more KITT photos here.

(via AutoBlog.com)

© 2012 CynicalMedia.com Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha