Hot Girl Gamers 2006
Game Lemons came out with a list of Girl Gamers–or girls who run gaming blogs and presumably game as well–and we can’t help but aggregate their top 10 hottest girl gamers into one big picture:
They’ve updated their original entry to add a list of lesser-known but linkable gamer-babes, so go check it out. Personally, I’ve always thought that to the intense-nerd-gamer, any female gamer would appear very hot…
Intelligent design; the evolution of Link
In honor of The Legend of Zelda’s twentieth anniversary, here’s an evolutionary diagram of Link over the years, culminating with Twilight Princess’s Link on the right. This is just begging to be put on a t-shirt.
Bonus points* for anyone who can rattle ‘em all off. Double bonus points for anyone who can figure out which Link is (sort of) missing.
See also:
Old school Zelda rap commercial
Happy Birthday Zelda! 20 years old today
*current exchange rate: 1 Bonus Point™ = $0.00
Kotaku gives comments invites
Totalitarian metaphors about identity cards aside, Kotaku has given us three invites to the right to speech on their blog. Two of the invites go straight to the greedy maws of our editors, but that leaves one for you readers! First come, first served:
If you read their blog, you’ll see their new comments system is working out pretty well–lots of buzz, no spam!
Kotaku doesn’t care about you
Kotaku reports that after a year of promising, they’ve finally developed a method of invitational commentation. From what I gather, this invitational system is like Gmail in that they invite you, and in turn you invite your friends. So whom is Kotaku inviting? Tipsters, bloggers, and anyone working inside a major developing or publishing company. It seems as if Kotaku is only inviting those whom they deem worthy–the avant-guarde of multimedia.
So what does this mean for the average joe reader? Tough luck, unless you have a friend in the business. Having an elitist system like this where one must convince Kotaku of one’s own credentials smells not only of arrogance, but also of pure-bred disdain. Kotaku doesn’t care about its mainstream audience, or at least not enough to guarantee them a voice without the painstaking process of acquiring an invitation.
On one hand, I can see the benefits of such a system, namely, the people they invite are much less likely to spam them or post “excessively self-promotional, obnoxious, or even worse, boring” material. But this system seems difficult to become a part of, and it destroys the concept of honest feedback. By creating a system of rules prohibiting vague terms such as “boring” or “obnoxious” material, it’s almost an argumentum ad baculum to those fortunate enough to get an invite, with the ultimate mandate: entertain Kotaku, or else.
Here at ElliottBack.com, anyone can comment, 100% of the time, on anything. Spam is avoided by an ingenious plugin called Hash-Cash, obscenities are non-existent due to a “Politifier Plugin“, and freedom of speech is easily accessible simply by typing and posting your comment. At Elliottback.com, everyone is invited!
Hundreds of vintage PCs and Consoles auctioned on Ebay.
Two of the most conspicuous bundles I have ever seen dare enter an Ebay auction are from Freeman PC museum. And believe me, these are bundles of joy! At least, for any nostalgic nerds with plenty of pocket change. Included in his 6,000 lb. jackpot are over 400 vintage computers from “the PC revolution”, including well-preserved Apples, Ataris, Commodores, and Osbornes. The same guy is also auctioning off well over 300 consoles and electronic games of a bygone era. The consoles included are tantamount to lifetime of collection, and they include jewels such as the Nintendo NES, Magnavox, and Atari. If you feel compelled to revisit your roots in video games, you’d better be quick–the auction ends tomorrow!