The great sidebar backlogathon

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 » link

Hey, remember when I used to update the links over there? →

I'll get back to that soon. For now, here's a roundup of my favorite stuff from the Internet over the last few months.

Can you kill a PlayStation 3? The behemoth console is subjected to various extreme conditions. Can it fare better than an Xbox 360 operating at room temperature?

Clive Thompson delves deep into Bungie's development and testing process in The Making of Halo 3. I wish there were articles like this for every game studio.

The most violent fight scene ever! You've got a lot of guts, Oscar! (Warning: Violent!)

Hole punch art by Steven Nicholson.

Isaac Asimov's The Last Question

Makoto Nagano conquers Sasuke, the end-all of Japanese acrobatics gameshows.

Almost certainly a hoax but a great idea nonetheless: Massimo Silenzio's Installation is a sculpture claiming to be the top of Mt. Everest, which he sawed off and removed.

Outside In: Learn how to turn a sphere inside-out. Probably harder than it looks.

Winston the weird cat.

A collection of old TV production company logos.

Almost certainly a hoax but a great idea nonetheless: Xu Zhen's "8848-1.86" is a sculpture claiming to be the top of Mt. Everest, which he sawed off and removed.

Halo: The Future of Gaming

Lauren Weedman writes about how she just didn't fit in at The Daily Show. Lauren Weedman is my least favorite Daily Show correspondent of all time. I had reservations about writing that on the off-chance that she'd read my Internet page and be offended, but based on the article it seems like she's really good at ignoring what anyone says.

The Histogram as the Image: Hidden images within value histograms in Photoshop.

Toyota Prius for the Blind. Silent killers no more.

The Great Pizza Orientation Test. NONE PIZZA WITH LEFT BEEF NONE PIZZA WITH LEFT BEEF

5 Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions (That Would Actually Suck). I've thought plenty about flying cars being disasters, but not as much about the whole transporter death issue. Also, if you haven't already, you should see The Prestige.

Trippy images from a broken digital camera.

Runner-up entry for Jonathan Coulton's "I Feel Fantastic" video. This reminds me a lot of old They Might Be Giants.

Wizard's list of ultimate weapons.

Alec Baldwin plays a zillion characters in one scene from 30 Rock. Does that guy have an Oscar yet? An Emmy? How about a Nobel Prize, or maybe a medal of honor? I think he's due.

For Web-geeks only: How Many HTML Elements Can You Name in 5 Minutes? Followed by How Many CSS Properties Can You Name in 7 Minutes? It turns out there are way fewer CSS properties than I imagined.

25 years of water effects in games. PIXEL SHADAZ

The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings. As you're reading this, remember: This list is in descending order of quality. The images keep getting worse.

And, ending on a really high note: Kid playing video games gets attacked by a dog.