Liberty Heist

The game GTA 4 for PC has an amazing video editor that easily surpasses any other in games, even “The Movies”, a game developed with this in mind which failed horribly, lacking basic video editing options like slow motion, filters, etc. I’ve been using the GTA 4 video editor constantly, and decided to film a long shoot-out in a heist mission. First, some screenshots:

The video is best seen on its original page due to the aspect ratio, so here you go. Enjoy.

Art Contest – Villainy Loves You

My good friend Robin LeBlanc has started a brilliant contest on her website.

So here’s the deal. I’ve always loved looking at those cheesy portraits taken usually in malls during the 1980s, if you’re friends of mine chances are you love them too. With that in mind, here’s the contest:

Draw or photograph a portrait of a villain as if they are having it done to give to family or something. They can be holding flowers, standing in front of a chair, have lasers behind them, have another picture of them on the top right corner…ANYTHING. As long as it looks like a bad portrait. It can be of just one villain, or a “family shot” made of several villains…whatever you want. The only rules are that it must look like a 1980s portrait, it must be a villain from comics/movies/television and it must be them in a nice pose.

Now what’s a contest without prizes? The winner will receive:

- A mixed CD

- Some photography prints

- A 2GB flash drive with all sorts of goodies inside

- A picture of the framed winning picture on my office desk

- Something else that I can’t think of right now.

And there will also be runner up prizes! And of course, the top…let’s say 20 will be featured on this site.

SPECIFICATIONS: All pictures must be Portrait size and in 300 dpi. Send your submission to wornoldhat@gmail.com by October 31th 2009

EDIT: FOR THOSE THAT AREN’T CONFIDENT IN THEIR DRAWING SKILLS, I WILL ALSO ACCEPT PHOTOS!

That’s it! Sound good? Awesome!

(original link)

Count me the fuck in.

Random Ranting #01 – A Review Of Resident Evil 5

In the first episode of what COULD be a series — possibly with recorded audio in the future — I review Resident Evil 5 in a slideshow. Random Ranting can be about anything, not just videogames, not just reviews. Feel free to put some music on, there’s no sound. Enjoy.

MUTO

It boggles my brainmeats to imagine how long it took to make this — it’s an amazing piece of work: graffiti animation.

Picture of the Day

Hell Of Sand

http://www.andyslife.org/games/sand.php

No idea who the author is, but it’s quite fun and well-programmed.

The Dark Poet Speaks Again

Approaching 15 years of Bill Hicks’ death, David Letterman, on this past Friday (01-30-2009), invited his mother, Mary Hicks, for an interview and to apologise for never airing one of Bill’s routines in 1993 – something that hurt Bill so much he handwrote a 39-page letter to John Lahr of The New Yorker. He wasn’t given a reason, but he could figure it out — his routine criticized the pro-lifers, and during the late show’s intervals, there were pro-life commercials. He would die of pancreatic cancer about five months later.

This is the bit of the show concerning Letterman’s explanation, Mary Hicks’ interview and the routine. Even though it took so long, I appreciate Letterman taking full responsability. It’s no half-assed apology he makes.

Enjoy.

“Hey! Superbitch!”

The brilliant Robin LeBlanc (writer of this great little article) linked this.

Anderson’s English Skills

Someone get this guy an interpreter.

Welcome to Brazil

I have to admit this country is ocasionally fun.

In case you understand Portuguese, this is from the brilliant Jacaré Banguela.