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Why Focus Testing is Important

December 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments

So HP recently developed a smart web cam that will track your face as you move around a room (I don’t know, don’t ask me, maybe some people do web conferencing/skype/nudie cam while standing up).  It works really really great! If you’re not black. I guess the HP techs designed it to look for contrasts [...]

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Tags: comedy · design · fail

We’re all Doomed

October 13th, 2008 · 10 Comments

I’m normally not one to drink the crazy cool-aid and claim that all of our civil liberties are at stake, or that we’re entering a police state, or that the world is coming to an end, but I was sent the following image via email this morning.   I’ve put up a simple side-by-side comparison [...]

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Tags: comedy

Weighty Fail

July 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Oh, Kotaku, how I love it when you try and be intellectual.  To be fair, I love Leigh’s and Maggie’s think pieces (they’re the most intellectual editors they have), but Kotaku’s demo is just so overly fan-boy driven that their advertising (and commenters) tend to undercut any attempt at seriousness with a healthy dose of [...]

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Tags: comedy · general

Halo Merchandising You Never Even Imagined

July 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Okay, fine, we will chalk this one up to pareidolia right off the bat, but I had to document this just to get it out of my system.  Consider this my group therapy session.  I show you what I see and you laugh in my face. My wife likes having birds around the house to [...]

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Tags: comedy · general

Konami: Metal Gear 4 Will Cost Firstborn, Possibly Soul

June 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments

In the wake of recent news regarding Metal Gear 4′s multiple near 90 minute cinemas, media blackout regarding review content, and multiple installs, Konami has released yet another bombshell of information regarding the title which debuts this June 12th. Apparently, in an attempt to ensure that all of the content would fit on a blu-ray [...]

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Tags: comedy