Magazine Cover Of The Year

Is it too early to call? No.

[Thanks to Kotaku]

Poisonous, Acid-Shooting Spiders

Meth Addicts Demand Government Address Nation's Growing Spider Menace

AbsolutE Terror

I love this picture!

[For the record: I have no affiliation with Absolut Vodka. I believe in responsible consumption of alcohol [blatant lie]. If after viewing this image you develop an irresistible compulsion to drink vodka, go for it!]

Gamrz Tataly Rulz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no this is about the WORST PS2 games of all time theres a fine line betawen games that suck and games that you dont like its like compereig an apple to a bana some will hate the apple and others will like the bana or the other way around its not to say that the apple sucks or the bana sucks . worst PS2 game of all time DMC2 i finshed it and it was boring and dull driver3 played the dmao kind of like it but i was exspecting better looking gameplay the getaway 2 it was rushed had inporvments but the story was bad i complted it thegetaway 1 had a good story it was hard but fun a lot said they hated it and that it sucked but it didnt most of thos users weret able to beat the game . spider man 2 i had high hops for it after the 1st one but it just looked bad i played it finshed it it got a bit boring along the way to short it sucked but its mainly due to high sores that made me hate it now a lot of users like FF games i like the storys in them and the looks but find the games boring and dont like playing them i suck at playing them but there not bad games you see theres heeps of users that come in and say a game sucked when it was becze they werent able to beat it or it was boring to long when yet it got a high sore XIII was a good game they said in a prviw that it was a cartroon and they intened it to be that way cz they wanted a comic style if you dont like comics then dont buy it get some thing else i got it cz i liked the ida of a comic i beat the game .so as you can see it comes down to do thes games suck ? a lot of them dont so plz think do they suck or is it just you ? now what is it you guys dont like about GOD OF WAR and XIII do you suck at playing them ? are they boring plz explin in detail ? one thing is for srue tho the MILT PLAYER in XIII dos suck but the game it slfe is good

RIP Van Smith

I just read in the newspaper that Van Smith died. He was the guy who created Divine's frightening look. You probably already saw Divine, at least in the John Waters movie Pink Flamingos (1972). That was the one with the infamous dogpoop-eating scene. That's dedication for you! The chicken scene also upset a lot of people, but as Mr Waters admitted in his defence, at least they ate the chicken afterwards.

Anyway, here's a quote from Van Smith about his make-up philosophy:

"I like to start with a freshly-scrubbed face. First I apply pimples made out of eyelash glue, and if they have any natural glow, I throw dirt on their face as a good base. Then I draw on blackheads, pencil on any age lines, shadow severe bags under their eyes, and crack their entire complexion by letting egg white dry on their skin."

Return To Sender

When I open the mailbag at work there are always a bunch of letters addressed to people who haven't worked there for years, so I have to Return it to Sender, but sometimes just for the hell of it I like to add a drawing, like this one.
Mostly it's one of these little dudes, crying his eyes out because that person ain't there no more, and it's so sad. Or maybe he's crying because he is the one who sent the letter, and he's gone to all that trouble of writing a letter and putting it in the mailbox, but that person ain't there no more.

A Scanner Darkly

I just got back from the movie palace. I went and saw A Scanner Darkly, the film version of the Phillip K Dick novel about a young narcotics officer who infiltrates a ‘drug household’ and ends up getting hooked himself.
The movie was shot live action then animated, a very time-consuming process no doubt, but the result was awesome, in particular the scenes where the narcs are wearing their scramble suits. The scene near the end in the cornfield was pretty cool too.
The cast was terrific – Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr and Winona Ryder.
I can’t say how faithful the film was to the novel because I read that novel many years ago, way back when I had only just begun to bake my own brain. (What is that sizzling sound? Is there a barbecue next door?) The feeling I got however was that Linklater had been faithful to the spirit of the book.
This one will make it into my Top Ten for sure.