Waffle Squadron Omega

A video game based on Afro Samurai, coming in October, was recently previewed by Fidgit, a new gaming blog hosted by SciFi.com. The game is described as “hip-hop infused”, to which Fidgit editor Tom Chick comments “Oh, dear. “Hip-hop infused”? “

I’ve been enjoying the new gaming blog from Fidgit, but you know I had to say something. Tom goes on to compare Afro Samurai to 50 Cent: Bulletproof, and then confesses to never having seen the Afro Samurai series to begin with. Then, despite Sammy L.’s awesomeness and bad-assedness in Star Wars, Tom states: “anything with Samuel Jackson that doesn’t have the words “Star” or “Wars” somewhere in the title can’t be all bad.”

My comments to Tom on his cluelessness are posted, after the break.

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So, we’ve all heard how the ESA spent over $5 million to move E3 for one year. 

However, what hasn’t been discussed is the Entertainment Software Association’s CEO Michael Gallagher’s resemblance to Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Sure, Kotaku did sit down with him to discuss his role in the ESA, as well as in the industry. But did they ask the really serious, hard-hitting question? Like, what is up with his Dracula likeness? Why the Nosferatu haircut, Mikey? And why did Kotaku have to interview him after hours instead of over lunch, like normal businessmen??

Okay, I might be way over the line on the last bit, but I wouldn’t be surprised. As a businessman myself, I know how many Draculas there are out there in the corporate world. It’s just not always as obvious to spot them as it is with the ESA, apparently.

Well, this is pretty cool! I could see owning a few of these plants to power small electronics and whatnot. Found this article via Engadget. From Tech-On of Japan:

“A Japanese institute and firms prototyped a foliage plant-like solar cell module by using organic thin-film solar cells.

A leaf-like module featuring bright green solar cells was developed by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mitsubishi Corp and Tokki Corp.

The organic thin-film solar cell consists of a plastic substrate, phthalocyanine layer, fullerene layer and so forth. And eight 7.5cm² solar cells connected in series constitute about 60cm² solar cell module. “

So, pretty neat! Organic film with solar cells inside of it. Won’t be long until our coats and hats have solar cells all over them, eh? Maybe the roofs of our cars could have many layers of these organic cells? At any rate, it’s interesting. You see fake plants all over the place, so maybe someday soon those fake plants will have a use other than decoration and collecting dust!

Hey, I wanna post, too!! Don’t bogart the site, man! Oh wait, that’s my fault for not posting anything for months.

I just read about this on EvilAvatar, and it sounds like a capital idea to me! Marvel Comics has announced that they will be making a new comic series based on The Stand. The story will be taken from the “Complete & Uncut” version of King’s best book of all time. …ok, maybe it ties with IT. It’ll be written and drawn by people I don’t know who’ve written and drawn comics I’ve never read before. However, the good news is that after they put their grubby mitts all over it, Stephen King himself will check it for quality.

Now, I know that Stevie has okayed some steaming piles of crap before when it comes to adaptations of his work, but the Dark Tower comics have been pretty good so far. We’ll See!!

According to Nate, in celebration of the new Venture Bros. season 3, of which the first episode was Sunday 6/1, AstroBaseGo has decided to release a series of t-shirts to commemorate season 3.  Each week, they will offer a different t-shirt for purchase, themed to that week’s episode. Pretty cool idea, if you ask me.

This week’s t-shirt is themed in the manner of The Guild of Calamitous Intent (pictured). Keep checking here every week for a different shirt!

Zeus over at Bucket Bros. made a recent post about an RPG called “Mount & Blade“, developed by a Turkish husband-and-wife development team. Reasons on why this is good for you after the break.

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Mattboyslim pointed out to me that ThinkGeek.com is selling a replica Flux Capacitor for about $250 (marked down from $275). Now, this is an official replica, and only 1,000 will be made. But, for those of us who can’t really afford such expensive memorabilia, there’s always a cheaper method to owning the toys that we want… nay, need. 

Enter Instructables user ‘sponges‘. He says: “250 bucks for a flux capacitor? Forget that, I did it for 54 dollars and 79 cents. It has 7 modes and it’s totally freaking awesome! Very little electronics experience is required, just a little resourceful scavenging.” 

Check out sponges’ instructable on the DIY Flux Capacitor here.

Homebrew? On my Wii?? It may be easier than you thought!Instructables user ‘btop’ has just posted a very helpful guide on how to add “The Homebrew Channel”, or other homebrew apps, to your Wii with only an SD card and The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess.But, to do it you’ll need to transfer a save file onto the SD card, so you’ll need an SD reader of some sort. I have a USB thumb drive SD card reader, which is very handy on the go. Read all about this hack on Instructables.

 Reminder for Halloween 2008:
* Lose weight
* Buy cheap Ironman costume and affix LEDs to it
* ???
* Profit!

An instructable has been posted on how to:

How to make an Iron Man Mask (with LEDs)
How to make an Iron Man Arc Reactor

Well, this comic isn’t necessarily NEW, per se. But it’s new to ME, dammit, and I hope it’ll put a smile on your face too.

Online webcomic Warehouse seems to have been around for awhile. Why I’ve never heard of it is beyond me. Mix one part cutesy with one part bizarre, and you’ve pegged the majority of the Warehouse comics. They are also purveyors of sound advice, such as: “Don’t bring a kiwi to a cassowary fight. Don’t do it.”

A sample is provided after the break.

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