…account/password problems. It’s remarkably fun, especially when I can’t get anywhere. Wouldn’t you agree?
[Goes back to staring at the screen until the pixels begin to individually nova. One pixel at a single time. Because it is soothing.]
Month: February 2017
Creature Seed: Pollies [GURPS]
Pollies [GURPS]
ST 20; DX 5; IQ 5; HT 40;
Move 3; DR 10; SM +2
This species is originally from a frigid planet with no oxygen in its very thin atmosphere, and covered with extensive but shallow seas of somewhat diluted glycerin. Pollies are technically amphibious; it is more accurate to say that they do not breathe and are mostly resistant to changes in atmospheric pressure. Modern breeds have been genetically adapted to live comfortably enough in vacuum; they are not suited for Earthlike conditions. The species is about the size and weight of a 20th century minivan; it has four eyes (two each, front and back), four mouths (one on each side), and a set of cilia on which it slowly moves around. Pollies reproduce by egg-laying; the eggs typically outgas a mildly disgusting smell to discourage predators.
So apparently I can’t watch *good* movies on the treadmill.
The better the movie or show, the less I like it while exercising. But I’m halfway through Death Race 2050 at this point and I’m apparently OK with that*. Kind of weird, really – especially since I can read pretty much anything and still be fine. Then again, I’ve long since taught myself to read anywhere and at any time.
I suspect that I won’t want to watch merely bad films, though. I am going to need the Cheese. All of the Movie Cheese.
Moe Lane
*My God, but it’s absolutely dumb. The good kind of dumb, which comes when you actually have an artistic vision and attempt to fulfill it. I’m never going to watch it again and I think Roger Corman’s more than a bit of an ass, but am I not entertained? …Yes. Yes, I am.
‘Jump.’
Jump, Van Halen
There needs to be a word…
…for the sudden realization that the sleazy rationalization that you came up to not do something with is actually a valid reason. “Well, I can’t go drop off that check just yet. It’s almost 9 AM; surely the highway’s going to be in the middle of rush hour traffic. …No, wait, it actually will be.”
Yeah, that’s pretty much all I have for the night.
Item Seed: The Pravaz Syringe.
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The Pravaz Syringe
This particular device is a masterpiece — a bizarre, twisted masterpiece — of 19th Century technology. To begin with, it’s titanium covered in silver, which would be generally considered to be simply flat-out impossible, given that the Syringe has been verified as existing at least since 1850. It’d be like finding a handmade automatic breech-loading rifle in Grant’s Tomb: a sufficiently brilliant and obsessive tinkerer might have made it, but why didn’t they make any more?
This NFL 2017 Bad Lip Reading is one of their best.
BigGator5 sent it over. It’s well worth the watch.
New Sean Rowe album ‘New Lore’ out April 7th.
You can get the first song on New Lore (“Gas Station Rose”) now, the rest on April 7th. As you know, I’m a Sean Rowe fan. I should see where he’s touring this year…
So, live action/CGI ‘The Rats of NIMH.’
This story about the upcoming movie The Rats of NIMH is an interesting one, because of this: “According to Variety, the new film will be an adaptation of Robert C. O’Brien’s 1971 novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, and not a direct recreation of the original Don Bluth film.” It’s interesting because I happened to read the book before I saw the movie – we didn’t really watch much Disney in the house, growing up – and when I did see it I was startled a bit to see how the conversion from book to movie also somehow required flipping the genre from science fiction to fantasy. The contrast was a little jarring, if I recall correctly.
Mind you, I’m not saying that The Secret of NIMH was a bad kid’s film, or that Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH was hard science fiction. And I’m not even saying that the director shouldn’t have flipped genres like that. I’m merely saying that it would be interesting to see a film version that’s more faithful to the source material. Although I blanch at the thought of another live action/CGI movie…
This Conan Exiles video game article will unleash your inner 13 year old male. (Links NSFW!)
Why? Well, because of this (DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK WHILE YOU ARE AT WORK, unless your boss has a similarly low sense of humor) reveal: “While no Early Access launch date was given for Conan Exiles, this open world survival game features a character creation menu which allows players to choose which level of nudity they want, and there is also an “endowment slider,” where players can decide how large or small their character’s penis is, or, for the female characters, how large or small their breasts are.” …And then, just in case you were wondering whether they were exaggerating in any way, shape or form, the author provided some handy pictures. And some animations from the game demonstrating the, ah, physics involved. Apparently, you can adjust the clothing levels, from tasteful to, well, nekkid.
Some thoughts, in no particular order: Continue reading This Conan Exiles video game article will unleash your inner 13 year old male. (Links NSFW!)