Fat Princess

Alright, I'm sure you've all already seen this, but Fat Princess (PSN), oh my god. You must rescue your princess from the enemy's castle, only they've been stuffing her with sweets. So, it's capture the flag, but you must drag out an obese woman.



(not in-game)

The Coming (or not) Digital Presidency

Last week I read an article called The Coming Digital Presidency that talked about how Barack Obama's use of the internet to run his presidential campaign could influence the way he uses the internet to run the government if he takes office.

Today I read an article on the New York Times website about how Chris Hughes, one of the founders of facebook, now works for the Obama campaign to create the My.BarackObama.com social networking portion of their website.

All very interesting stuff, and promising too, as the internet and social networking could potentially reinvigorate the principals of democracy our country was founded on, bringing power back into the hands of the people, many of whom have become unfortunately quite jaded by the political system.

Oh, then through a link in another New York Times article I saw this video, in which John McCain states that he doesn't know how to use a computer. Hmmm...

Stoned spacial reasoning

If you're having people over and want to play a videogame, but don't want it to take the attention away from the conversation or ruin the relaxed atmosphere, pick up Boom Blox. Highly recommended.

Woody Allen directing a film staring Larry David

It's true. IMDB says so.

iPhone Games

I suspect the iPhone AppStore is going to become quite the fertile ecosystem for innovative game development, potentially even on par with the Nintendo DS, thanks to the iPhone's friendly SDK. Take a look at this video for the game Rolando, clearly heavily inspired by LocoRoco.


Rolando for iPhone - Teaser trailer from handcircus on Vimeo.

I've seen some pretty slick looking iPhone game demo videos, but so far this one is the slickest, right up there with the Super Monkey Ball demo that Apple and and Sega have been showing off. Word is that this game will hit the AppStore in August for $9.99.

The Last Days of Dr. Wily

Sure, Capcom may have just announce Mega Man 9, a new game that resembles the classic NES Mega Man games and will be released on all three of the major console download stores. All you nerds celebrated and rejoiced and prepared yourselves for the months ahead of anticipation. But did any of you stop to think how hard these things are on old Dr. Wily, who has to fit the bill and deal with all the red tape involved in creating eight different fun worlds?

Agile Mobile Hostile

It appears someone spent a year filming Andre Williams and the result is the documentary Agile Mobile Hostile.

Here is the trailer:

Have to get this out there

WALL.E is a masterpiece.

The Willow Tree

Last night I had the privilege of watching Majid Majidi's 2005 film The Willow Tree, which was just released here in America on DVD from New Yorker Films. It is unspeakably beautiful. All of you owe it to yourselves to see this film. Majidi is perhaps the most sensitive and religious of all directors, and this is a masterwork. See this film.

Everday Shooter

One of the few interesting indie download games on the PS3, Everday Shooter, is now available for Windows on Steam. It's $8.99 this week, and $9.99 next week. I'll probably get it, despite the fact that I'm already overwhelmed with great games that I haven't made time to play.