"Importantly, it is not left to visuals alone to convey the heightened level of intimidatory excitement that is to be manufactured. The videogame musician has a number of tricks. In Donkey Kong Country, there is a separate musical motif that accompanies each Boss. In addition to the arrival of this new and specific motif, there is an immediately ( Read more... )

Pac-man is fucking amazing, because it came out of an era of coin-slots and was good at what it did, which was getting you to insert more coins and play longer. But in an age of home platforms, i think it's high time we started appreciating metal-gear solid, tomb raider, and oh god, the zelda series, for the great works of art they really are ( Read more... )

i love audio storage ( Read more... )

my mom is crazy into 'lost' and it's pretty freaking cute. especially when she calls or emails me during the day to tell me her latest theory ( Read more... )

"Six numbers in particular govern our universe, and if any of these values were changed even very slightly, things could not be as they are. For example, for the universe to exist as it does requires that hydrogen be converted to helium in a precise but comparatively stately manner-specifically, in a way that converts seven one-thousandths of its ( Read more... )

i think taco bell's slogan 'think outside the bun' is one of the most genius advertising lines ever.

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i love my electronics engineering class, even though it's hard as fuck ( Read more... )

The poems to come are for you and for me and are not for mostpeople ( Read more... )

this really moves me and i like it. it is from erich fromm's 'the art of loving'. i just finished it and i think it's amazing ( Read more... )