For a second I thought “am I suffering from the Mendela effect? I thought this movie starred Eddie Murphy!” Then I realized that was the Haunted Mansion movie. Which was also not good. They can’t all be Pirates of the Caribbean I guess.

That’s the real question. But really what would be more on point is if kotaku did a review of the game that was just entirely a review of the ARG itself.

Woah wait. So this game did a thing were it intentionally pretended to fry your memory card as part of some “insanity” mode?! That seems freaky as hell and I’ve never heard of it. What did it do? When did the card return to normal?

I think you’ll be mighty impressed with Mario Run once you play it. It really does feel way more like a classic Mario game made convenient for mobile rather than something like temple run. Unlike a lot of the procedurally generated runners, the levels are exactly the same each play through (including obstacles and…

Yeah good point it reminds me of learned helplessness.

I think this new evidence certainly lends credence to that theory!

Yeah it’s kind of like how apparently the Nintendo classic actually exists but no one I even know has actually gotten their hands on it. Each store got like two copies on launch day and that’s it. Which really is insane given a) they could have easily anticipated huge demand, b) the product has no rare or new…

This needs a movie. Hell a franchise. Here is what I am envisioning: Movie 1 - Cruis’n USA, the movie. Ryan Reynolds is the lead. Emily Blunt is co star. It is basically true to the game in that it is about a series of increasingly complex races through the heart of major American cities. Movie 2 - Cruis’n World.…

This fan theory writes itself. After the inevitable eight seasons of this master class in comedy, we get to the Series Finale. Kevin wakes up in a familiar bedroom. He turns over to see Leah Remini asleep next to him. He says “Honey, wake up, you won’t believe the dream I just had”.

I really wanted more focus on gaming level graphics in the new MacBook Pros. This has been an area where other top end laptop makers have really excelled lately and also seems to kind of be low hanging fruit these days. And yet! The cheapest MacBook Pro with discrete graphics is a whopping $2400. That is insane. Much…

There was an article on Giz a while back (maybe a couple of years) when this company was getting started. It mentioned the CEO had a habit of putting his clothes in the freezer a few hours to “clean” them. The guy is so into short cuts and “good enough” that he thinks a freezer is a proper replacement for a washer. So…

He got around 19% I believe in the general election. That’s by far the biggest in our lifetimes.

I like this! Could also include in depth interviews with state and local representatives on the “cultural and economic impact” they expect from the “big game”. Their confused and bewildered faces would be great to see. Also keep a running tally of hotel bookings e.g. “We called the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport, and a…

I didn’t. Thanks! That makes more sense now.

If I may be permitted to riff on that idea.... “Dear Batman, my famous “hot chocolate” recipe was actually just Ovaltine - Alfred”

I thought the same thing. But in the trailer it looks like he’s using a pro controller, which would make sense as he is supposed to be a pro gamer. The single left or right Joy Con as a standalone is the configuration that most of us worry will be hard to use and its very likely he never got to experience the feel of…

The actual Bloomberg article is here

That’s funny because I feel the opposite about work from home. In my current job I thought it would be great perk but its not all its cracked up to be and I won’t even care about it during my next job search. When I’m in the office, no one really hassles me because they can see I’m “working” and just assume I am…

I once came up with an actually legitimate way to do this: The way it worked was, between kick off of the game and halftime you can choose to switch an active player out for a player on your bench. The player switching in could have already started their game or not. You don’t keep the points already earned for the…