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“I don’t quite understand why Dungeons and Dragons is relegated to the absolute, total nerd sub-humans, while video games have become almost totally socially acceptable, when only one of those two past times requires having at least three or four friends.”

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Diet Kloster Wallace (via gguillotte)

Because it is a hard option. Because it requires imagination, creativity, and, above all, listening. Because we feel as a society that anything which is not watching a TV show or a sports game requires us to justify the way in which we spend our time. Because we fear that justification, we fear it and the backlash so much that we do not take the time to suggest that the soft option should require justification as well.

Honestly ask people why they spend time watching sports, watching reality shows, explaining the way in which they spend their time. Match it up to the reasons you have for the way you spend your time. Watching a man run a goddamn spheroid around a grassy field is no more ludicrous than telling a story and rolling a die. We spend our time with what we like, with what we love, and if we judge one another for how that time is spent, if we weigh one against another actively instead of reveling in those joys, then we have only ourselves to blame for hanging our heads low.

I’m so goddamn tired of hobbyists not having the confidence to quit the shameful shoe-shuffling that accompanies every declaration of their preferences. If you act like you are doing something shameful, then you will be shamed for it, because people will take their cue from the information you provide.

I don’t know what point I’m trying to make, other than shut the fuck up and hand me my goddamn d20, I’ve got a roll to make against the bullshit of this overly prevalent attitude.

vgjunk:

Sengoku Turb, Dreamcast. 

(NEC - 1999) (Japan-only)

from The Gaming Intelligence Agency: “Easily one of the weirdest RPGs ever, Sengoku Turb features a storyline sure to leave many gamers scratching their heads. You play as a Jino-Chan, a space traveller named marooned on Turb (hence the game’s name). Turb is inhabited by warring factions of super-deformed stick figure soldiers, and it’s up to Jino-Chan to make peace between the combatants so she can return home.”

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 14mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph this pre-winter storm located just off the coast of southwestern Australia on March 29, 2014. A solar array panel on the orbital outpost is in the left side of the frame.

Photo credit: NASA. Found at The Atlantic: InFocus.

Ron Harper might be one of the people who comments on Dan on Fire videos.

Surely you have heard of The Onion, the most wonderful satirical newspaper in the history of satirical newspapers. They also have a wonderful sports section.

Recently, they picked on five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, joking that the guy who won titles with Michael Jordan and Shaq was telling everybody that he had been on the Dream Team.

"Man, we'll never again have a group of superstars like we did in '92; I'm just proud to have been a part of it," the journeyman shooting guard reportedly told his checkout clerk at a local Stop & Shop earlier this week, adding his oft-repeated claim that "being selected as a starter for that squad was the biggest honor of [his] life." "That team was something else: Magic, Jordan, Bird, Barkley, and me, manning the perimeter. We were unstoppable. Granted, what we accomplished in '96 was pretty great too, but nothing can ever come close to that summer in Barcelona."

Ron Harper saw this, and wants you to know that the sources quoted in the article were lying:

Whoever told them that story on @OnionSports didn't tell the truth!!!! & I don't do stop & shop stores....THANKS

— Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) May 23, 2014

Of course, there's the possibility Harper is having a go with us -- he gets that it's satire and he's pretending to not understand it for laughs and WE'RE the ones who have been fooled -- but, well, it doesn't seem that way:

@candacesmith007 @OnionSports yes I saw that BS @OnionSports @OnionSports whoever wrote that story never talk 2 the real ron harper! !!!!

— Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) May 23, 2014

@qlippers whoever wrote that story never talk 2 me I was in college at miamiohio thanks... I never said I was on a dream team ever!!!!!

— Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) May 22, 2014

No word on whether or not Harper is suing for libel.

For more people who think The Onion is real news, check out Literally Unbelievable.

"Heyyyyyyyy guyyyyyys! Do youuuu liiiiiiike soooooccerrrrrrrrrrrrr?"

There are concerns around the upcoming World Cup. Strikes and protests over the large amount of money spent on the porting event while many Brazilians live in third-world conditions. Stadiums that aren't necessarily ready. An American team that doesn't feature Landon Donovan.n the other hand: sloth!.

"A sloth near Manaus, Brazil, a host city at the 2014 World Cup" (Photo: Felipe Dana/AP) pic.twitter.com/5yLWvUeJk6

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 24, 2014

Hey buddy! You are the World Cup sloth. We're going to call you Norbert! Norbert the World Cup sloth! What was that stuff I said about protests? I forget!

Manaus, of course, is where the United States plays Portugal on June 22, the biggest city in the Amazon. It will be hot. Hopefully America's back line will be more fleet of foot than Norbert when dealing with Cristiano Ronaldo and crew.

The Disney Channel's misguided live-action TV movie about the offspring of Disney's most famous animated films has just added a lot of people with comedy backgrounds to its cast. Think Once Upon a Time meets High School Musical.

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If the latest lawsuit by former players against the NFL teaches us anything, it's that it's finally time to do away with the entire practice of team doctors.

brook:

going over to strangers’ houses

going over to strangers’ houses who have a dog

bondoge:

I’ll never forget the time I went to a campaign rally and Pitbull stepped up to the podium and gave a speech

croutoncat:

Once my friend asked her boyfriend “do you like the outdoors?” and he answered “I’m not familiar with their music”

astoldbygengar:

lets just be clear, if you spend the time baking a cake/cookies/brownies, you can eat as many of them as you want and the calories don’t count. you made those calories. you’re their god.

A couple weekends back, the trailer for Never Alone caught my eye. The first title from indigenous-owned Upper One Games, Never Alone follows the adventures of an Alaska Native girl named Nuna, who must save her people from an endless blizzard. The game is based heavily in traditional Iñupiaq folklore, with authenticity at the forefront. The description alone was enough to put this one on my must-play list, but a recent Post Arcade interview with some of the game's team members made me all the more excited for this project. From what I've read, the primary focus for Never Alone has been to share an underrepresented culture through a modern storytelling medium. It's a laudable goal, and one that its creators have not taken lightly. Upper One has partnered with E-Line Media for development, and both groups have been very conscious about getting this story right. Speaking with Post Arcade, Cook Inlet Tribal Council cultural ambassador Amy Fredeen discussed her role in developing the game, and the importance of open collaboration.

Back in 2012 we first posted about GIF-ITI, animated murals that UK artist INSA makes by painstakingly painting animation frames on walls and buildings. INSA has created much more fantastic GIF-ITI in the interim, including some intriguing works he made while traveling in Africa.

images by INSA

via Hi-Fructose

cafrerinezetajones:

airrogance:

incredible

Every few seconds, your favorite brands are tweeting at you. But what most people don't know is how much time and effort goes into curating these accounts, writing tweets, and filling your news feed with content people actually want to see.

nope:

hahaha cool i should share that post on google+

paintchipsforpyromancers:

Moshi Moshi, Rex desu

cracked:

No matter how you date, Rom.Com knows what you’ve been through. See Episode 1 and Episode 2 in less time than it’d take to scroll through all the MRA-reblog notes on this post!

Pretty soon these pups will be ready for a marathon.

Del Campo, a restaurant in Washington DC, has a Bloody Mary made with squid ink.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

gamefreaksnz:

Armored Maiden: The Hunter by Ninjaink

US $10 for 24 hours only