“The Safe House,” designed by KWK Promes, starts to get eerily close to something I could work with, if say 200 bludgeoned members of the undead army came over to eat their way into borrowing some sugar.
The house, with its movable walls, has only one entrance, which is located on the second floor after crossing a drawbridge. Seems like the perfect opportunity to use a flamethrower and defend the life of your family, while stylishly nesting in a piece of architectural elitism.
Short film directed by Craig Macneill. Written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Produced by Thom Litttle.
Official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Late Bloomer is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sex ed class gone horribly wrong. Loosely based on the dark tales of H.P. Lovecraft. Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Lake Placid Film Festival Best Short Film at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival .
Directed by, Craig Macneill
Written by, Clay McLeod Chapman
Produced by, Thom Little
Edited by, Emily Williams
Music by, One Ring Zero
Sound Design, Peter Walsh
Production Designers, Mak & Claire Falkenberg
Cast
Sam Borenzweig
Lauren Bond
Danicah Waldo
Courtney Merritt
Godfrey Pflager
www.northlakefilms.com
See what happens when the "mite-iest" of mortals wields Thor's hammer...Visit http://thor.marvel.com/ for all things "Thor"!
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)Best Novella
"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window" by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
"The Sultan of the Clouds" by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's, September 2010)
"Troika" by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)Best Novelette
"Eight Miles" by Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
"The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele (Asimov's, June 2010)
"The Jaguar House, in Shadow" by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's, July 2010)
"Plus or Minus" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's, December 2010)
"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)Best Short Story
"Amaryllis" by Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
"For Want of a Nail" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's, September 2010)
"Ponies" by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
"The Things" by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
The Atomic Bitchwax are a rock/jam band formed in the basements of New Jersey during the mid 90s by then 25 year olds Chris Kosnik of Godspeed and Ed Mundell of Monster Magnet.The bands first two albums, I and II, had a heavy psychedelic sound with roughly half of their songs containing only minimal vocals and the rest were instrumental. As the bands sound has progressed over the last 10+ years ,a more traditional song writing approach was slowly realized by incorporating the bands signature “boxriff technique” with the Kosnik/Ryan dual vocal harmonies throughout their last three releases.
But yeah, in-jokes are the weakest form of humor. Instead of being outrageous, counter-intuitive, clever or weird or any of the other things a joke can be, they're just sort of comforting. In fact, they're like the oatmeal of humor. They're warm and familiar and have the same consistency all the way down. Your spoon can stand straight up in a bowl of in-jokes.I couldn't have put it better! What do you think?
The first theatrical trailer for Super is out, and it's looking like this year's Kick-Ass is twice as demented and messed up.Partly because Rainn Wilson is just so preposterous as a DIY superhero, and the catchphrase, "Shut up, crime!" is total inspired lunacy. And Ellen Page is pure win as his kid sidekick. Also, it turns out that every other superhero movie this year does have to feature Kevin Bacon as an antagonist, it's the law. Keep your eyes open for a glimpse of Nathan Fillion as another big-time superhero, the Holy Roller.
We don't know how we missed this amazing scene from Monday night's House in which he battles an army of the undead, with his "axe-cane"... which transforms into a shotgun.It's settled: We want Hugh Laurie by our side in the zombie apocalypse. [via Darren Mckeeman on Twitter]
Dear XXXX,
Okay, I'm not good at this kind of thing, but I feel like I have to give it a try. So, here goes:
I was hanging out the other night, listening to some old mp3s, and I was just overcome with memories of when we used to hang out all the time. Remember? You were an intrepid, fearless adventurer, and I was the free-to-play, fun-and-funny online role-playing game that won your heart. Do you still remember those good times? I can't stop thinking about them.
I mean, I know things got kind of messed up at the end, and believe me, I'm sorry. If I could take any of that back, I totally would. And I know people grow and change, and you're not the same person you were then, but hey -- I've changed, too! I thought and thought about how to win you back. I figured I'd make you a mix CD, but I couldn't decide what "our song" was. So I just concentrated on becoming a better game for you, and here's what I came up with:
Remember how much fun you used to have with your clan? Alternately, remember how you never joined a clan because you didn't see the point? Either way, clans now have clan dungeons, group zones where your whole clan can work together. Crawl through sewers to Hobopolis, a vast underground vagrant vacation vista! Slide into the slime tube, and stir-fry sassy slimes!
I know I wasn't the prettiest game when we were together, so I had some work done. Almost every interface got an interface-lift. You can even manage most of your inventory via chat commands! I also came up with a way for you to automate some of the things you don't love about the game, so you can spend more time with the parts you do love.
Not only that, but there are way more animated .gifs than there were before. Don't worry; I haven't lost that low-fi edginess you love, but I'm a lot easier to play with now.
You can also have a custom title now, just in case you didn't feel like I appreciated what made you unique as an individual.
I should also say
Haiku Dungeon's been revamped.
See what I did there?
Maybe you quit because you got sick of always adventuring above the water. I admit that seems unlikely, but I fixed that, too -- there are a bunch of underwater zones with new food, equipment, mechanics, and challenges.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg, trust me. I'm still the silly, clever, deceptively-complex game you fell in love with, only with about 95% more awesome.
So, I'm just sayin', if you can find it in your heart to give me another chance, I won't disappoint you.
If you don't drop by, I promise I won't bother you again. I just really felt like we deserved one more try.
Love,
The Kingdom of Loathing.
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com
If I'm a monster,I am a willing one,this roller coaster ride is an enticing one,on the tip of a continuum flowing wavelikethrough disorder carry me like a vessel to water
everything you see leaves a mark on your soul,everything you feel leaves a mark on your soul,everything you touch leaves a mark on your soul,everything you make leaves a mark on your soul
if I can touch it,I can destroy it,if it's imaginable to some degree,I can become it,like a hungry turning vortex that just flickers to existence,consuming bits and pieces until I'm finally extinguished
everyone you see leaves a mark on your soul,everyone you bare leaves a mark on your soul,everyone you touch leaves a mark on your soul,everyone you love leaves a mark on your soul
everything you take leaves a mark on your soul,everything you give leaves a mark on your soul,and all the fear and loneliness that's impossible to control,and every tear you cry leaves a mark on your soul
Dan Bull (best known as the British copyfighting rapper behind such ditties as Dear Lily) was inspired by the wrenching trailer for zombie game Dead Island, and so he re-created it using footage from Shaun of the Dead. Says Dan, "Somehow the star Simon Pegg found the video, and got in touch with me to say it's 'the greatest trailer I've ever seen'." I'm inclined to agree!Shaun of the Dead Island (mashup by Dan Bull) (Thanks, Dan!)
