Do You Believe In Gosh? – New Mitch Hedberg Album

Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 08:31 by shea | No Comments »

Mitch Hedberg

“If you find yourself lost in the woods, fuck it, build a house. Well, I was lost but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament.”

“I think Bigfoot is blurry, that’s the problem. It’s not the photographer’s fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that’s extra scary to me. There’s a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he’s fuzzy, let’s get out of here.”

Mitch may no longer be with us, but that doesn’t have to mean no new Mitch albums apparently.  Cruise over to Amazon and pick up the new Mitch Hedberg album sans DRM.

Amazon.com: Do You Believe In Gosh? [Explicit]: MP3 Downloads: Mitch Hedberg

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Warhammer Online: Open Beta Key Giveaway

Posted on September 9th, 2008 at 10:14 by shea | 5 Comments »

Warhammer

Full Disclosure: I’m an MMO junkie.  My first MMO experience was Beta Testing Merdian 59, way back before anyone had attempted to utter MMORPG.  I’ve dabbled with Everquest, played a good amount of DAoC, dipped my toes in Lineage 2, battled a vicious World of Warcraft addiction, played a character to the level cap in Age of Conan and, most recently, have been swept up in the Warhammer Online, or WAR, Open Beta.

Warhammer Online is based on the venerable Warhammer Fantasy setting, well known to minatures gamers, but should feel pretty familiar to anyone who’s played a game with a fantasy setting, particularly Warcraft, which was influenced heavily by Warhammer.  In turn, Warhammer Online will feel similar to World of Warcraft to many players.  The UI looks almost exactly like WoW and that is probably a good thing.  The Realm vs. Realm PvP system pitting the Alliance of Dwarves, Elves and Men against Dark Elves, Orcs, Goblins and Corrupted Humans should also feel very familiar.

Warhammer does have some tricks up it’s sleeve however.  PvP appears to be a viable path for leveling as loot, cash, and XP all drop off PvP kills.  Quests are well designed and developed, adding a rich flavor to the world.  Rather than Warcraft’s cartoonish and kid friendly approach, Warhammer presents a grim, dark world on the edge of destruction and your quests and experience reflect this.

Public quests and RvR scenarios are the early standouts in gameplay.  Public quests are constant open scripted sequences that help move the world’s story forward and add to the epic scale of the game.  I simply stumbled into the first one and quickly came up to speed aiding my faction by killing a swarm of elite enemies along with the others in the area working on the quest.  After gathering the souls of the fallen, a caster NPC summoned a demonic hell-hound which went berzerk and we then killed.  After this, the quest ended, loot was assigned by a weighted roll based on contribution automatically (brilliant!!!) and a few minutes later the quest restarted again.  I found these public quests both fun and rewarding, and the mechanics showed great polish.

The RvR scenarios provide quick PvP action in a battleground like setting, with XP rewards as well as PvP leveling.  The scenario I played a few times was similar to an Arathi Basin, with 2 teams vying for control of 3 way points.  The PvP combat was fast-paced and extremely enjoyable, and certainly seems to be a more emphasized factor of the game.  I’m told that at the early levels content is roughly 20% PvP and 80% PvE, but at later levels that is flipped to 80% PvP and 20% PvE.  I look forward to exploring more of the PvP options in further gameplay.

But don’t take it from me, hit the link below and grab a Beta Key.  Hop on, start slaughterin’ and enjoy!

WarCry Network : Contests : Warhammer Online: Open Beta Key Giveaway

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All Domain Names Are Not Created Equal – Cracked.com

Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 23:21 by shea | No Comments »

See, dwot isn’t so bad, is it?  :)

All Domain Names Are Not Created Equal – Funny Videos | Cracked.com

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Raptor Survival Test

Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 23:17 by shea | 2 Comments »

velociraptor

#7. What is a raptor’s weak point?
a.) Its eyes
b.) Its crotch
c.) Conversational Spanish
d.) Non-existent

Raptor Survival Test

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TREASURE BOX

Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 23:13 by shea | No Comments »

Remember those really weird flash games where you clicked on random vague things to fire off a Rube Goldbergian machine to accomplish some arcane objective?  Did you enjoy them?  Well, if so, check out Treasure Box, it’s no Grow, but it’s … something.

TREASURE BOX

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5 Real World Criminals Who Were Certified Super-Villains

Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 23:10 by shea | No Comments »

Killdozer

From Captain Killdozer to the Iceman, Cracked.com has an amazing list of the top 5 real world criminals who were certified super-villains.  This takes a special brand of crazy that we at dwot certainly appreciate.

5 Real World Criminals Who Were Certified Super-Villains | Cracked.com

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Silicone Implants for Tattoo Breasts

Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 22:23 by shea | No Comments »

Tattoo

Now, I’ve seen some odd tattoos and body mods over the years, but this is a first.  Breast implants to top off the sexy lady tattoo on your leg.  Now that is commitment.

A little bit of everything…: Silicone Implants for Tattoo Boobs

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Jonathan Coulton is the Nerd Rock King

Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 20:18 by shea | No Comments »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIsHCa99pY[/youtube]

Got a chance to check out Jonathan Coulton’s set at PAX and it was amazing.  If you haven’t heard of JoCo, as he’s known in some circles, you may still be familiar with his work.  Coulton penned the cult classic gaming song Still Alive, as well as many other great nerd rock anthems.  Skullcrusher Mountain, an evil genius love-song, has recently be released on Rock Band with proceeds benefitting Child’s PlayCode Monkey is an eeriely accurate portrayal of the life of the young developer, at least in this developer’s experience.  Hit the jump for a couple more videos.

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