…but is it a true story? My Spidey Senses say (and a decent amount of Googling after the fact suggests) no. Nevertheless, Craziest is an entertaining way to spend 8 and a half minutes… if you’re into Scrabble, that is.
“The Newlywed Game” (1977):
Bob Eubanks: “Where specifically is the weirdest place that you personally, girls, have ever gotten the urge to ‘make whoopee’?”
Contestant (Olga): “Umm . . . the as$?”
A proud moment for Olga’s family:
Technically . . . “the as$” is a place.
From the brilliant minds at [adult swim] – the awesomely awesome free Shockwave game “Candy Mountain Massacre”.
Something has gone terribly wrong with the denizens of Candy Mountain. Clad as a Japanese cosplay schoolgirl, your mission: free cupcake hostages while exterminating the explosive cookie-lobbing Keebler Elves Baker Leprechauns, bazooka-toting Hello Kitties Salutations Kittens, and the thumping Energizer Bunny Blue Rabbit.
When?: September 24th, 2007
Where?: The Microsoft Hall of Doom, Silicon Valley
What?: The HALO 3 Prelaunch Party
Who?: Blogadilla “reporter in the field” – James
Why?: ’cause it’s cool.
Here’s James’ report:
“This last Monday evening, I was lucky enough to be invited by Microsoft to the longest commercial I’ve ever been privileged to partake in. The interesting thing about it being that everyone there was already going to buy the damn product they were hocking. I speak of course of Halo 3, that dastardly game that has taken over the airwaves (as well as the inter-tubes) for a few weeks now, and is at this very moment hogging precious time on beautiful HD TVs the world over.
I attended a pre-launch party for this game-of-games, and it was an… interesting experience. First let me say that after having looked at some coverage of other pre-launches around the world, this one kinda sucked. There was some delicious food, and even more delicious beer (thank you Tide house, even though your bartender did try to sell me on it. Why the hell would I ask for an Ironwood if I don’t already like it?), but none of the huge excitement of the others. Sorry for the bad quality photos, my phone was having a bad day; please bear with me. Here (A) is what it looked like when I walked up. (click to enlarge)
This line carried a few dozen back, and took about 5 minutes or so to get through. Obviously we’re not talking the standard late-teen to college crowd, but rather the Silicon Valley tech geeks we all know and love.
Having 2 boys has made me a big Lego fan and Lego knows it. Being target market #1 I’ve been notified of the coming Lego MMOG, Lego Universe. Will there be Lego guilds, Lego sex, Lego MMOG law suits, Lego 12 step programs…?
Even I may be tempted…
In addition to the very cool Google Sky that comes as part of the newest version of Google Earth, an easter egg has surfaced: a hidden flight simulator!
To access the flight simulator, all you have to do is open Google Earth and hit Ctrl+Alt+A if you’re using Windows, or Command+Option+A (note it must be capital A) on a Mac. After you access it for the first time, the option to go back to the flight simulator remains under the Tools menu for easy access.
In the simulator, you can fly an F16 Viper or an easier to fly 4 seater, the SR22. Check it out, it’s pretty damn cool.
(via Techcrunch, via Marco)
