Archive for February, 2010
Sunday Night Video: Amazing Sand Art
An entrant (and I believe eventual winner) for a Ukrainian National talent show. I meant to post this so many times, but I would always forget.
The artist recounts the effects of the Second World War on the Ukraine through a series of emotionally-moving images.
Season Of Love Event
This was one cool log-in event. Every day that you log in a character, it would receive Flowers (if Male) and Chocolate (if Female) and you could trade them with another character. Once you had one of each you could go to the Cupid NPC in flaris to get a box that had a chance for some cool items.
Here I am, ready to open 201 boxes.
Week 42: Pageant of the Transmundane
Now, you may have heard, but the students of Ole Miss have decided they no longer want their school’s mascot to be the stodgy Southern stereotype it has been for many a year. Instead, they want their school’s mascot to be Admiral Ackbar.
I would love to see that for just one game. One game. That would make my day.
Anyhow… *ahem*
Friday Favorite: A note to the Film Distributors and Theatre owners out there
I think it is sort of cute that I actually mention VHS near the start of this entry, posted in November 2006. It is so quaint.
The message is one which I still believe in however.
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I know there is one issue that most people agree on: they are sick of seeing straight-up advertising before movies. I am not talking about the previews here; I am addressing the placement of television ads for products and services before feature films at the theatre and on DVD/VHS recordings.
If the theatres, studios and advertisers insist on showing the movie-going and renting/buying public ads before features, they should at least compromise with us all and not show the same ads they do on television, because we all know they can do better.
I mean, look at the BMW Films series of branded content. You are telling me
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Someone joined Twitter… and it wasn’t me!
Man, maybe I would start a twitter account too if I could get 330000 fans with just two posts.
I am of course talking about Conan O’Brien’s recent foray into the world of Twitter.
His latest post was the following: