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Thousands of hours of anime are now available on Wii U consoles via the Crunchyroll app on the eShop, Nintendo and Crunchyroll have announced. The app, which hosts shows like Naruto Shippuden, One Piece and Sword Art Online, features sample videos fo...

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We’re so glad you all still made time for us in this busy holiday week; your efforts did not go unnoticed. These are the little Internet gifts of joy we received.

“Now I just imagine Clara fighting various aliens perfectly well on her own and the Doctor randomly jumping in like ‘BELIEVE IN YOURSELF’ *mysterious dracula pose* *jumps off across the rooftops*” – Charlie gave us a strong desire for an ineffectual, Tuxedo Mask-inspired version of the Doctor to be a real thing for the next regeneration.

But that’s not all the Doctor Who goodness we got this week, thanks to Wauwy’s scientific explainer for why women don’t write for the show: “It makes sense, because women lack that extra bone in their foot that helps one write British genre TV. I read it in a science book.” It all makes sense!

First of all, how dare you:

Nianicole has used their powers to show us what it’s like in the alternate universe where a DC/Marvel crossover movie is a reality: “Why do I get the feeling it would just be 3 hours of Peter and Barry yelling at people to, “oh my gOD YOU GUYS STOP FIGHTING” while Galactus and The Watchers eat popcorn like its the Super Bowl?” I can imagine the civilian casualties alone.

We know what you’ve been searching our site for—unless you’ve been searching for blo0p. We have no idea what the heck that is, but we are amused.

Square Peg pointed out that the Legend of Korra finale basically ran down a checklist of everything we love here at The Mary Sue, and it melted our brains as well as our hearts: “So a canon bisexual strong (both physically and character-development-wise) woman of colour just walked into the sunset hand in hand with a woman in STEM and I’m honestly surprised theMarySue is even still standing at this point.”

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Microsoft and developer 343 Industries are struggling to fix the disastrous launch of 'Halo: Master Chief Collection' but will there be enough players around by the time they do?

There are two universes out there: Marvel and DC. They used to be found exclusively in comics, but now they live in movies, television, games and books. And you may have noticed some (ahem) similarities between their heroes and villains. Like Hawkeye and Green Arrow. Or Iron Man and Batman.

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Above is a gif of an interactive model of hyperbolic space tiled with 12 Days Dodecahedra. It’s part music video, part mathematical model, and all holiday cheer (or absolutely terrifying, depending on who you ask).

At this point it seems obvious to me that one must tile hyperbolic space with right angle dodecahedra that have pictures of gifts from a holiday song that blink on and off in time to a 12-tone rendition of the music, and that it should be accompanied by a holiday craft so you can make your own dodecaration (hyperbolic space not included).

Equally obvious is that it should be in virtual reality. The interactive page is webVR-enabled, so if you’ve got a webVR browser and a compatible headset you can navigate through the hyperbolic space and see the interesting stereo effects. It’s cool in a regular browser, and it’s REALLY cool in VR. It’s like hyperbolic space is what VR was made for.

There’s also a video version if you like. The comments are interesting. Most people associate dissonance with horror films, and most people aren’t familiar with the strange curvature of hyperbolic space, so I guess I understand why it’s frightening to some people, despite the ridiculous graphics. Looks normal to me…

The song and craft page are both public domain (CC0), so feel free to do whatever you like with them! You can download the original Illustrator file, pdf, or jpg.

The interactive code stuff comes from a massive collaboration with Henry Segerman, Andrea Hawksley, Mike Stay, Marc ten Bosch, and draws from code by many others. The whole open-source mess is on github.

For more 12 days math fun, see the Gauss Christmath Special:

and for a better understanding of 12-tone music, see Twelve Tones:

In theory I’d like to talk more about this whole project, but I’ve got more twelve tone carols to make!

edit: here’s one!

edit2: here’s another!

Also another interactive holiday thing, “child.“

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My 6th tattoo done by Charlie at Crown And Anchor Tattoo in Lafayette, Louisiana. (Day after)

Getting a dad one next on my other calf!

There are a couple of humans there, too.
(via BBC)

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One mega-director is going to be paying homage to his roots soon enough: David Fincher’s directing a pilot for HBO that follows music video crews of the 1980s. He’s got some first-hand experience there, having directed upwards of 45 music videos in the ’80s, including Madonna’s iconic video for “Vogue.*”

Fincher’s also set to direct the first season of Utopia for HBO (with Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn writing that first season). That one’s based off the cult favorite UK show of the same name, which I have never seen (shout out in the comments if I should watch the original). According to The Wrap it “follows diehard fans of an iconic, underground graphic novel.”

They are suddenly drawn into a pop-culture thriller when they learn that the author has secretly written a sequel. The new manuscript is much more than just a book, though, and soon the fans find themselves in the midst of a shocking conspiracy.

Fincher’s other HBO project will reportedly be called Living On Video, and be set in the era when music videos really hit the mainstream. Insert prerequisite “when MTV was about music” joke here. Instead of focusing on Madonna the series will focus on the people who worked on the music videos who were not Madonna. From Deadline:

Set in 1983 Los Angeles, Living On Video centers on Bobby, a wide-eyed guy who drops out of college and drives to Hollywood with dreams of directing a sci-fi epic. He lands a job as a PA for a company making music videos. In the vein of HBO’s Entourage, the series revolves around the players of the then-exploding music video industry — directors, record executives and crew members, many of them dabbling in drugs — through the eyes of the newcomer.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed real hard that the only resemblance this series will have to Entourage is that they’re both behind-the-scenes-y.

*Correction: “Vogue” was 1990. He did direct a Madonna music video in the ’80s, though: “Express Yourself,” in ’89.

(via JoBlo) (Image via Madonna/Youtube)

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Well, there is good news for those that prefer their breakfast in QWERTY form. As of Christmas, the effort had raised more than $66,000, thanks to a late rush of orders.

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An anonymous reader writes "Per an op-ed in today's New York Times, Google, Apple, and others would be effectively exempt from "Do not track": "[T]he rules would allow the largest Internet giants to continue scooping up data about users on their own sites and on other sites that include their plug-ins, such as Facebook's 'Like' button or an embedded YouTube video. This giant loophole would make 'Do Not Track' meaningless."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Facebook this year showed users a compilation of photos drawn from their own gallery of uploaded images, but the automatic nature of the collation and display of those photos inspired the need for an apology on Facebook's part to at least one reader who was upset by the compiled pictures. That may sound silly, but even innocent data-mashing can touch real nerves. "Eric Meyer, a web design consultant and writer, is one of those people. Earlier this year, he lost his daughter to brain cancer on her sixth birthday. For that reason, Meyer wrote in a blog post, he had actively avoided looking at previews of his own automatically generated summary post. But Facebook put a personalized prompt advertising the feature in his newsfeed, he wrote, prominently featuring the face of his dead daughter -- surrounded by what appears to be clip art figures having a party."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Chris Moore scored a touchdown. Chris Moore did this (via ESPN):

Cincinnati was assessed a penalty on kickoff for this. But for what?

I am told the penalty on Chris Moore was called because Chris Moore saluted after his TD catch. In the Military Bowl.

— Tom Gelehrter (@Tommy_G) December 27, 2014

For real? We're still getting worked up over salutes, let alone at the Military Bowl? Or was it the mascot hug? We know there's precedent for the NCAA having a problem with that. Either way: Silly.

The presidents were out here trying to race in Annapolis, and the Cincinnati mascot was not having it:

(via ESPN)

SUCCESSFULLY TAKING DOWN A US PRESIDENT MAKES YOU THE US PRESIDENT. IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION. ALL HAIL PRESIDENT BEARCAT.

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— pete (@pistolpete806) December 27, 2014

This is, in fact, the Avalanche Bar and Grill in Crested Butte, CO. Those are the jerseys of, from left to right, Ray Rice, Michael Vick, Kobe Bryant, and Aaron Hernandez. Those are, as you may have noticed, all professional athletes who have been in varying degrees of trouble with the law.

We were all very curious about this photo, so I gave the Avalanche a call and spoke to the owner, who told me that section of the restaurant is known as the "Hall of Shame" or "Coffin Corner." It started with some Pete Rose memorabilia, then grew to include the names above. Why?

"That they make the mistakes that they make given what they have -- it's always disturbing to me, and somewhat amusing."

The jerseys of Pat Tillman, John Elway, and Peyton Manning hang elsewhere in the bar, making it clear to "9 out of 10" patrons that the wall of ignominy is meant as a joke, even if someone asks about it "every day."

So the "Hall of Shame" remains, and it sounds like it could keep growing: "I'm just waiting on the next guy to screw up."

The girls basketball team won't play after players refused to agree to not wear the shirts.

The boys and girls basketball teams from Mendocino High School were uninvited from a local tournament due to concerns that players would wear "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts while on campus and during pre-game warmups, according to a report from the Associated Press. The boys team was eventually added back into the tournament after all but one player agreed not to wear the shirt. The girls team will sit out after too few players agreed to not wear the shirts.

Several professional athletes including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have worn similar shirts during pregame warmups. The teams from Mendocino High School had previously worn the shirts multiple times. According to the report, Fort Bragg High School -- which is hosting the three-day tournament -- made the decision to uninvite the teams from Mendocino due to safety concerns.

"To protect the safety and well-being of all tournament participants it is necessary to ensure that all political statements and or protests are kept away from this tournament," Fort Bragg principal Rebecca Walker said in a statement, according to the AP. "We are a small school district that simply does not have the resources to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff, students and guests at the tournament should someone get upset and choose to act out."

Caedyn Feehan, head coach of the Mendocino girls team, said the players previously wore the shirts before games without issue. Feehan wasn't aware of the message behind the shirts prior to this.

"I didn't even know what it meant. I thought it was a joke about how I had conditioned them so hard," Feehan said, via the AP. "None of the administrators knew what it was or that any of them were doing it in advance. This was entirely for their cause that they had strong feelings about."

Garnett pulled a Lance Stephenson and it worked.

Lance Stephenson became an Internet meme when he attempted to get into LeBron James' head by blowing in his ear. Kevin Garnett apparently took notice and added the tactic to his repertoire.

(H/T @BenGolliver)

Unlike Stephenson, Garnett's tactic worked. David West was called for a technical foul for shoving Garnett away. While the blowing was good, the entire scene leading up to it was even better. Garnett was called for a personal foul after he held West. He then proceeded to repeat loudly that West was "doing a lot of flopping" before blowing in his face.

(via The Brooklyn Game)

Kevin Garnett, Hall of Fame player and troll.

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Gaming in the ancient world: selected artefacts from the Penn Museum.

Gameboard from Ur, Iraq. Made of Shell, limestone, and lapis. B16742.

Two knucklebone from the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Cyprus. Made of bronze. 54-28-201 & 54-28-202.

A Roman loaded die, from Athens. 2003-37-1.

Game board from Ur, Iraq. Made of clay. Brick with 10 x 6 squares, used as a counting board. Red coating. B16563.

Egyptian lion game piece, from Abydos. First Dynasty, 3000 - 2800 BC, made of ivory. E11522.

Game board from Ur, Iraq. Made of clay. Brick with point drawing, a chess board? B16562.

Persian dice, from Iran. Made of bronze. Two sets of four metal plaques on a metal post. The numbers are indicated by a dot with a circle pressed into metal. Some overlapping. 29-221-283C.

Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, via their online collections.

During his show this week, Limbaugh brought up the exchange and immediately rejected the idea because the Luther star is black. "James Bond was invented, created by Ian Fleming, a former spy, MI6, and James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming.  He was white and Scottish, period. That is who James Bond is," the host said.  "But now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton rather than a white from Scotland.  But that's not who James Bond is, and I know it's racist to probably even point this out." Yet he continued, "We had 50 years of white Bonds because Bond is white. Bond was never black. Ian Fleming never created a black Brit to play James Bond. The character was always white. He was always Scottish. He always drank vodka shaken not stirred and all that."