Pixel Poop

Are you dying to read an absurdly over-thought hypothesis on the size and consistency of Pac-Man's virtual poop? Curious about the fecal density of a ghost & cherry diet? Somewhere, two dorky brothers were, and their analysis is funnier than I would have imagined.

Lockou... er, Blackout Jumps

The Legendary maps are about a week old, which was plenty of time for MLG to turn them inside out.

Halo Map Pack Trailer

Bungie posted this hilariously melodramatic (like me?) trailer for their new map pack. Check it.


Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack Trailer - Darkness from luke smith on Vimeo.

Blue! Blue! Cobalt Blue!

It's just a new DS color. Personally, having a DS to match every outfit has been a fantasy of mine for some time, but according to the folks at 1up, that makes me less of a gamer.

Is it really impossible to combine gaming and fashion? I hope not, because that's sort of the goal of my upcoming 'zine, New Meme. Think Vice meets Edge. We will be happy to discuss which DS best fits your wardrobe. In fact, I think it's a funny story idea. Expect it.

In other news, the phrase "cobalt blue" always reminds me of FLCL, which I will now be watching on my way to work.

Ignorant Bitch Admits Ignorance

Cooper Lawrence, the loudmouth "Psychology Expert" from Fox News' well-publicized attack on Mass Effect, is now admitting that she is, in fact, an ignorant bitch, and simply said what she was told to say. Probably by Fox themselves. Now that her book's Amazon review is in the toilet thanks to a brutal retaliatory attack by the gaming public, she has decided to make an apology, conveniently earning more publicity in the NY Times.

Judging by the commentary on sites such as Digg and Kotaku, gamers seem ready to forgive and forget. But here at GLG, we know what the word grudge means. It means we still plan on returning our copy of her book. And we didn't even finish it.

Digg is obsessed with Scientology.

No, this is not photoshopped. These were the top stories of Digg.com on the morning of January 24th, 2008. Seriously, people. We all know Scientology is weird. We've seen the Tom Cruise video. We saw the episode of South Park. Do we really need five of the top ten stories on Digg to be concerned with this hokey religion? I mean, I know religious intolerance is de rigueur at the moment, but does anybody remember when Digg was full of interesting tech, gaming, and science stories?

When Conservatives Need to Plug a Book.

Ugh. Fox News really gave me the screws this week, when they simultaneously attacked my love of gaming and my love for journalism with one tidy little package.

Watch their expert openly laugh when her "facts" are challenged, and she is asked if she's played the game in question, a.k.a., done any research at all.

Watch their mediator quickly change the subject when the correspondent from Spike TV points out their factual errors.

Watch the panel of experts at the end, who conveniently all share the same opinion and openly joke about their complete lack of knowledge.



Shit, I have a headache.