In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
Disposable e-mail addresses.
These fulfill a need but the providers might eventually be blocked by web sites and forums to prevent abuses.
What to expect from a Michael Bay Transformers movie.
Choose your names wisely. [via]
It would horribly fun to go this high-faluting conference and confuse everyone by asking them where you could download the latest episode of Justice League Unlimited.
Posted in Web.
Comments Off on Elsewhere on the web
– Thursday, April 7, 2005
Time to meet the mecha. [via]
The Land Walker doesn’t so much walk as shuffle in a geriatric manner but it’s a start.
1/1 Scopedog. [via]
Imagine if the guy who made this got together with the folks who made the Land Walker … a Scopedog that shuffles in a geriatic fashion!
Creative Assembly vs. fans: Total War.
I’m exaggerating but it’s evident the game’s developers made a bad AI programming decision and unimpressed players by going “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature.”
Posted in Web.
Comments Off on Elsewhere on the web
– Thursday, April 7, 2005
Takara’s latest Microman designer interview promotes the Titans-inspired MagneForce series. The Magnemo-powered assortment comprises of Microman figures Achilles, Theseus and Icarus along with their Acroyear counterparts Atlas, Phobos and Metis.
The figures, expected to be released at the end of the month, are 98 per cent done and all that’s left is to fine-tune the magnets on the soles.
Designer Abiko Kazutami talked about the MagneForce figures’ ability to combine with the accessories to form vehicles. The Microman vehicle, an aircraft reminiscent of the classic Space Knight‘s vehicle mode, is dubbed MagneGriffon, while the Acroyear equivalent, a ground vehicle, is known as MagneOdyssey. Both look unconvincing but they’re bonuses.
Abiko went on to tout the figures’ interchangeability (via 3mm, Magnemo-8 and Magnemo-11 joints) and pointed out the new figures will even be compatible with the vintage Titans.
At that point, I was hoping he would announce Takara would be producing replicas of the vintage Titans but that didn’t transpire. Abiko did reveal a fondness for the vintage Titans and the Magnemo-powered Jeeg but it appears he’s considering producing reimagined versions rather than going with the repro route.
It’s a pity. The vintage Titans were some of coolest designs from the original Microman line. Most action figure fans might sneer at them today but I think the Titans have got an endearing retro-cool elegance about them and their Magnemo interchangeability gives them tremendous play value. The only thing that’s putting me off getting a vintage Titan is the thought of having to pay upwards of 10,000 yen for a battered and bruised 30-year-old figure with cracked cuffs. I would love it if Takara reproduced these classic designs. The fact they would be compatible with the new figures would give toy fans additional incentive to pick them up.
The second half on the interview concerned the upcoming Road Spartan series. The most interesting tidbit was its development was inspired by the fact Automaster Ryan was a hit with both Microman and Transformers fans. We should get a look at the new vehicle designs next month.
Posted in Toys.
Comments Off on MagneForce
– Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Disk Animals, unite!
A creative fan-mode.
WordPress 1.5 theme winners.
I like Wuhan and Zen Minimalist.
Firefox prefetching: a dubious Google decision. [via]
Shaving: an alternative how-to. [via]
“Don’t press too hard, since this is the step that causes the most damage to your skin. However, if you’re like millions of Americans without a job, in debt, angry about the government and the coarsening of public life, you might want to slash yourself repeatedly, rendering your face a bloody testament to your personal despair.”
Posted in Web.
Comments Off on Elsewhere on the web
– Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Stardock working on freeware MMOG. [via]
“Sims meets Total Annihilation.” As I understand it, they’re doing this to drive traffic to TotalGaming.net in the hopes it will result in sales for the company’s other products.
United draw, Ferguson concedes.
If the Premiership awarded points for hitting the woodwork, United would have won the title by now.
Loony Toon.
It’s not unusual to see football players sent off for fighting but the Newcastle-Aston Villa match saw two players from the same team dismissed for that offence. Specifically, the teammates were sent off for fighting each other. Bizarre but not unprecedented.
Konami’s Specter: another masked rider. [via]
Choseishin Gransazers and Genseishin Justirisers were both aimed at the same young audience as the sentai shows and it would seem Specter is aimed at the same (older) audience as the Kamen Rider shows.
Posted in Web.
Comments Off on Elsewhere on the web
– Sunday, April 3, 2005
