Enter the Submachine…

…but first enter Jay Is Games for longer reviews, comments and walkthroughs… …Then, Enter the Submachine! (created by Mateusz Skutnik) The First Submachine, Remixed A classic “point n’ click”/”escape the room” posture. Point n’ click to Escape the rooms. Got it? Ok, just warming up.

Linux has better Windows compatibility than Vista

Don’t Screw With My Games: I have been using Vista for well over a year now (since Beta 1). Of course Vista is slow, its bloated (over 10x the size of XP), aero kills system performance (even though this should be done on the video card), networking is pathetically slow, etc etc. We all know [...]

Firehose vs. Car

Thanks, Technowerks

The Awesome Power of Rock

RISE so you may Kneel to worship the unparalleled might of FOCUS: Hocus Pocus Harem Scarem Muse – Knights of Cydonia Dragonforce – Through The Fire and Flames (live) one for the road

UR TEH FAIL OMG LOL ROFL!!!!!111

The FAIL blog.

I’ve Been Buffalaxed!

Thanks to Buffalax for his supreme linguistic skills… …and thanks to Steph for bringing this to my attention!

Drunk History: Volumes 1, 2

Volume 1: The Alexander Hamilton / Arron Burr Duel With the nerdy kid from Superbad “Hey, you’re giving me shit. We gotta duel… Can you see my belly?” Volume 2: Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, and Prostitution With Jack Black “William Franklin was a dick… I need to throw up”

They taste like… burning

“Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them.” video from thetechblog You can also use potassium chlorate to make fireworks.

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears Night and morning with my tears, And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both [...]

Jazz Trance

Deep in the Juju

Drift through the uncanny valley

I can’t explain why, but this makes me feel very uncomfortable. Or maybe a little aroused. Just kidding. No I’m not kidding. Or am I? Reminds me of the robotics concept of the Uncanny Valley, make robots that look too human, and we get very freaked out.

Baby Moses, Baby Moses

Herb vending machine

Being deployed in LA [video].  Requires Rx, fingerprint scan, photograph, and access card. Isn’t this still illegal by Federal law? From drudgereport.

I’m having the same problem at my job

Best Abandonware Games

Abandonware is old PC software that is “abandoned” by the company that owns the rights to it. What abandoned means is pretty vague – I don’t ask any questions. Many (most?) of these games need to be played from DosBox, and can’t be played directly through anything higher than win 98. There is a DosBox [...]