Uh oh. Google overlords may just spot the next dangerous level-designers before the cops do. Google, you are walking the line between awesome [ludology] and awesome [dystopian cyberpunk world that sucks to live in but is awesome to think about].
Google is in your base, griefing your dudes
Published on May 14, 2007 by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: News, Ludology, Psychology, Google, Cyberpunk
EndgameRadio Episode 146
Published on March 14, 2007 by Tom Mannino | one commentCategories: News, Audio, Endgameradio Prime, PENIS, YouTube, GDC, Google
This week we’re went a little crazy and talked about some indirectly-related-to-gamer-culture topics. The big Viacom Ninjas vs. Google Pirates lawsuit! Some discussion inspired by GDC discussion about user-generated content! And, of course the trinary holiday - Steak and BJ day, Pi Day, White day. We go off on some semi-rants about the future of user-created content, both related to the big lawsuit, and to games with large amounts of user-created create. Hollywood manufactures stuff to be consumed, where the internet creates things for the sake of creating things, and people enjoy it randomly.
The quote of the evening:
Hollywood is a restaraunt where you get peed on.
FOOD FOR THE MIND, FOOD FOR THE BODY, BJS FOR THE SOUL, only on EndgameRadio Prime.
TGIF
Published on by Aaron Matthew | 0 commentsCategories: Journal, Theories, Google
Maybe this one is specific to the west coast or to SoCal, but I’ve noticed an alarming trend. About 60-70% of the grocery stores I go into have one (and only one) checkout clerk who reminds me of Dan Aykroyd in mannerism if not in physicality. They usually are good at the quick smile and shallow witticism, but you can tell they’ve told a joke or two in their time. Is this the fallback career for the Laugh Factory contestants? I’m not sure, but I figured it was as poignant a scientific assertion as any. And like a good theory, I get to name it.
I’m going to call it the TGIF theory for Think Grocer Is Friday. Of course the real reason I’m doing this is there is a definitive lack of good google links from the words ‘grocer’ and ‘friday’, so I figured if there’s anything I can trump it’s this. Hey at least this post won’t serve to increase our google index on “but I poop from there“. Or will it?