I’m very skeptical of new MMOs. It’s not because I’m a fan of EQ and WoW, it’s because there’s a lot of “been there, done that” in a lot of them. Even when a game does something unique like Warhammer’s public quests, it can still fall flat on its face. Oh, and don’t get me started on Final Fantasy XIV.
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For years I’ve been asking people in the music industry “why can’t we get 24-bit or at least CD-quality lossless music online?”. Nobody could answer that, and knowing how the music business works, it’s no surprise that it took this long for someone to wake up and do the right thing.
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I have to admit that I absolutely love those Bud Light “Real Men of Genius” radio commercials. I came across this animated GIF and it instantly reminded me of it.
Today we salute you, Mister Death Star Blower Upper. Just a few hours ago you were washing sand from all the wrong places and now you find yourself with a hot sister and an X-Wing. And even though you never went off-planet, you worked that stick like a pro and showed your dad who’s boss. So here’s to you, Mister Death Star Blower Upper. You have the guts to stay in the trenches, even when dad and his entire Imperial army is shooting at you.
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This was sent to us by our friend @Azyxa. It’s the Imperial March from “The Empire Strikes Back” being played on a floppy drive’s stepper motor. All I can say is: impressive….most impressive.
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Most people have seen QR Codes, those boxes of seemingly random pixels that can be described as static. It turns out, they’re actually an organized code of bits which are meant to be read by a QR Code reader on a mobile phone so that you can get information about a person or a company easily without having to type in a URL. The problem with QR Codes is that they’re bland, black and white, and clash with full color ads in magazines. In essence, they can be an eye sore.
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