johnke.meWhat's That in Danzigs? »
Fuck imperial. I’m measuring everything in Danzigs from now on.
Erik Wolpaw on Portal 2 »
Great interview, but lots of spoilers for Portal 2. Favourite line of the whole thing: “I’d really like to make a really credible comedy game. People seem to be skipping straight to the pure art, and yet nobody’s made the Caddyshack in games yet, right? So I’m like, woah woah woah, let’s put on the brakes – let’s make Caddyshack, and then we can make Anna Karenina or whatever.”
Interview with Val Kilmer »
I watched two Val Kilmer movies this weekend while I was sick - Top Secret and MacGruber - and I honestly had no idea he was this insane-slash-amazing. E.g.
Time itself is a concept. It’s just because we’re lame, because we can’t see that fast, because we can’t imagine that fast-we think that fast, but it’s hard for us to articulate it. That doesn’t mean you misapprehend it. It just means that you can’t diagnose it with the same language. The human language is lame. It’s lame, I say! That’s as deep as I can get without dinner.
Make Believe »
This looks like a great documentary. I went to school with a guy who was big into his magic. His nickname was “Presto”. 18 years old and he would be doing magic tricks for people in the halls before class. Thinking back, he took an awful lot of shit for this thing he was deeply passionate about.
The last time I saw him, it was when Uri Gellar played in Dublin back in 2007 or so. He’d gotten all into Nu-Metal, he’d been arrested a few times and I’m fairly sure he was off his face on meth at the time.
Still - this looks like a great documentary.
Quora - What are the best travel hacks? »
Tons of great tips in here. I particularly like this one from Josh Sprague: ’learning to say “How much,” “That’s too high,” “This one” and “That one” is way more useful to the short-term traveler than “Hello, how are you?”’. And also ‘Eat it before asking what it is.’ (via Justin Mason)
Brandon Boyer's GDC Microtalk »
Brandon Boyer sums up everything I love and hate about videogames - I wish I could frame his talk and hang it in my house.
Interview with the designer of the "Ultimate Pirate Ship Bedroom" »
We need more parents wilfully ignoring health and safety in favour of giving their kids a more amazing childhood.
Frontier Life in the West 1887 - 1892 »
The Deadwood/Red Dead Redemption part of me is loving this.
Mr. Skin's Anatomy Awards »
“A One-Armed Salute to 2010’s Most Skintastic Achievements in Motion Picture and Television Sex and Nudity”. You have to admire any awards with a specific category for ‘Best Nude Parasailing’.
Endnotes: David Foster Wallace »
Episode of the BBC radio show, Endnotes, focusing on David Foster Wallace. Features a load of interviews with DFW himself, a bunch of other authors and his editor, his agent and his sister. I’ve yanked the audio from the Vimeo so I can listen to it on my iPod.