October 2009
61 posts
Paging Harmonix, Red Octane and Tom Hanks: http://is.gd/4HKpw
D.O.A. (Death of Attorney-General): http://is.gd/4GVNL
What do Madden, Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Clippers have in common? http://is.gd/4EHLv
RT @ncyoung: “Announcing @ngmoco’s Co-op and Internship program for Spring and Summer 2010. Please RT!” http://www.ngmoco.com/internships
At long last, Hollywood, have you no shame? http://is.gd/4BW22
RT @ShawnElliott: http://bit.ly/1ZLlRw This could be Pixar’s next movie. Or Vivid’s.
Videogames: The New B-Movies? The case for (http://is.gd/4AcK9) and against (http://is.gd/4AcNZ), lightly argued.
Crazy Talk On Videogames…Or Is It? http://is.gd/4zS57
RT @Greenspeak: “Ok! Finally it can be told! I’ve been named Editor-in-Chief of EA.com.” Congratulations, sir!
Word is that TNT is picking up Southland. Would be great news for my friend who’s an executive story editor on the show! http://is.gd/4ygyU
Fiscal Conservatism: http://is.gd/4ykwI
My Dinner With Lecter #dullesthorrormoviesever
RT @tole_cover: “Simon Says gets remixed into a house song by Canadian DJs” http://bit.ly/3HGppf Thanks, man.
RT @ShawnElliott: Out of the Game podcast, Ep. 15: http://bit.ly/PWbSa Enjoy!
Well, They’re Both Reverends: http://is.gd/4viMM
Hope to make this list someday: http://is.gd/4ue1B
RT @ferricide: “what’s more awkward—the flyer, or the local news story about pedobear? RT @sterling_m File under awkward:” http://848e7.tk
RT @MrEdLover: “C’mon Son 6 is done! Will be out tomorrow!” It’s about time, son.
Mel Gibson’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction: http://is.gd/4mOE7
Skynet Develops A Sense Of Humor: Google Wave Pulp Fiction http://is.gd/4mRPR
Just asked Miyamoto how he felt when he heard that Captain Lou Albano passed away. He said he hadn’t heard until I told him. Sorry, man.
RT @ShawnElliott: “@ncroal @greenspeak @robertashley Thoughts on taking Out of the Game weekly?” #directmsgfail?
RT @stephentotilo: Controversial, sexual, semi-lucrative ($60K profit for 4 hrs of dev) Xbox Massage-maker scene: http://tinyurl.com/ygckks7
Horrific crime helps Gawker identify “the root of all 21st century evil” http://is.gd/4je5s @Kotaku’s take? More rational http://is.gd/4jeek
This new Expendables trailer will bring you right back to the ’80s. http://is.gd/4iHhH
Oldie But…What The Frak? Starbuck 1 wilds out on Starbuck 2 and the entire remade Battlestar series: http://is.gd/4ifIA
The only thing missing from this collection is 50 Cent: Blood On the Sand http://is.gd/4hFpR
Lethal Weapon II: http://is.gd/4g2SM
Three Developers In Search Of An Author: http://is.gd/4fwlS
Thanks for all of the inquiries, advice and encouragement on Demon’s Souls. The adventure begins Monday evening.
Oldie But Goodie: http://www.lamebook.com (via @Frangry)
“Two years after 9/11 [Senator John McCain] was claiming that we could “in the...”
– excerpted from a New York Times column by Frank Rich, titled, “Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco.”
Just picked up Demon’s Souls on the advice of a European client…and the resounding buzz stateside.
When Pundits Get Teste: Scarborough vs. Limbaugh, Part I http://is.gd/4aADc and Part II http://is.gd/4aARy
Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair, was a hit with the opening night crowd. The logical sequel, Good Dreds, should be even bigger.
Grandmaster Flash and Harmonix’s Alex Rigopulos onstage at Carnegie Hall on 10/19? Tell me more, @johntdrake and @mosjef73
A Veteran Sportswriter’s Worst Nightmare? Game Reviews: http://is.gd/45CoM
You Knew The Backlash To Harry Connick Jr. Was Coming: http://is.gd/45GC9 and http://is.gd/45GCS
“About here in the Leonsis litany of what works today, I must confess that my...”
– Veteran sportswriter Dave Kindred, describing his reaction to former AOL chairman Ted Leonsis explaining that in order to better appeal to readers like his 19-year-old son, the sports section of a newspaper should include videogame reviews. (Via Romenesko.)
RT @DavidEllis: “See the new L4D2 Scavenge mode in action right here.” http://bit.ly/1qXZJm Oh. Hell. Yeah.
Ron Artest looking good so far in the preseason.
RT @mattbertz: “Scott Jones writes a sobering piece on the unfortunate disappearing act of game journo veterans” http://bit.ly/4f53PS
RT @Newsweek: Harry Connick Jr. Blows Up at Black-Face Michael Jackson Impersonator http://bit.ly/3LEBj9
The gamers will look up at @robertashley and shout, “Save us!”
And @robertashley will whisper, “No.”
Episode 14 of the Out of the Game podcast is now live, featuring @robertashley, @ShawnElliott, @Greenspeak and me: http://bit.ly/Lvvrz
Modern Warfare 3 or Halo 4? http://is.gd/3YIcp
For those of you who haven’t yet watched the new Modern Warfare 2 trailer, see here: http://bit.ly/17jK2a #MW2
