There Are a Lot of Sweet Video Games Out

I'm not exactly a huge gamer, but the recent onslaught of spectacular games might just change that! Batman Arkham City, Halo Anniversary, Skyrim: Elder Scrolls, Battlefield 3, Assassins Creed Revelations, Disney Universe... The list goes on and on!!

Toilet Paper

Note: This post refers to Australian prices and therefore may not be accurate in locations outside The Land Down Under.

When I was a lad, shortly after finishing High School, I moved a fair way away from home to live with my brother and cousin. It was my first experience living away from home, paying expenses, budgeting and whatnot, so naturally I looked to them for guidance (both were around four years older than me and had been out of home for a while).

One day while shopping, we noticed a special on toilet paper and purchased a couple of packs, my cousin stating the Golden Rule by which I live my life (well, at least the part of my life that involves buying toilet paper).

That rule?

Anything Below 50c per roll is cheap.

So, naturally today when I went to the supermarket and saw toilet paper packs of 12 going at 20c per roll, I decided to stock up.



Yep, that right there is close to 90 rolls of T.P. Why? Because toilet paper is the perfect grocery item to buy in bulk while it's cheap. Think about it:

• Toilet paper never goes out of date.
• It will always be used.
• It is soft and light enough to be stored in high places without any safety risks.

It's ingenious!

So next time you see cheap toilet paper (cheap = <50c, as per the Golden Rule), stock up and save, call me crazy, but you'll certainly thank me later.
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How We Do

Have you ever visited a website that somebody uses as a creative outlet of some sort (whether it be art, music, tiny knitted seahorses or whatnot) and wondered how exactly they went about doing what they do?

Yeah, me neither.

But just in case you do, I put together a short screen recording of my general process when it comes to building my stickmen.



The finished masterpiece

Unicorns

The Unicorn is a magical creature of European Folklore. It was said to be a white horse with a single horn (and occasionally a goats beard). It was a symbol of purity and grace and was still believed to exist up until the 19th century.

Five Things You May Not Have Known About Unicorns

• The original Unicorns were described by Greek scientists as being native to India.

• A Unicorn is so pure that it can only be caught by a "fair virgin".

• If pursued by hunters, a Unicorn would throw itself off a cliff and then turn its head before hitting the ground so that its magical horn would absorb the force of the impact, leaving the Unicorn unscathed and able to escape

• Elizabeth I of England owned a 'Unicorn Horn' (from a Narwhal) which she kept in her Cabinet of Curiosities.

• The royal throne of Denmark was made completely of 'Unicorn Horns'



Today, Unicorns are growing more and more awesome. They have gone from a symbol of purity to a symbol of awesomeness- games like Robot Unicorn Attack are slowly taking Unicorns from the realm of mythology and moving them into a world of radical sweet wonderfulness.

UNICORNS UNITE!!

Feet Are For What Now?

A couple of months ago, I purchased some feet.



Not real feet, mind you, but convenient covers that slip over my current feet like a glove. They are called Vibram FiveFingers™ and they are built for the sole purpose of letting your foot perform that way it is supposed to perform.



You see, hundreds of years before Nike, Adidas and whomever else started inventing padded, air injected, spring loaded shoes, we got along fine with our feet. It's a brilliant and complex structure built around an arch (an engineering masterpiece in itself). People ran in their bare feet or in crude sandals, and you know what- they replaced their air-foam-padding with healthy legs. Really healthy legs.

In fact, most common knee, ankle and foot injuries have only come about in the last couple of decades, which amazingly enough just happens to coincide with the invention of the modern running shoe.

Back to the point, I bought these new feet and have been taking them on the occasional jog. Most times I get a lot of quirky looks at my feet and the occasional set of raised eyebrows, but for the most part I like to think I'm moving too fast for people to notice. They're a little tricky to get on at first, especially when your feet, (like mine), are so used to being bound in shoes all day long. I remember my pinky toe burning with pain the very first time I put them on, but after a few jogs that pain goes the way of denim overalls.

And what remains? Bliss. It feels odd, like you're not wearing a shoe, but like you can do anything. You can wiggle your toes and then walk on glass, it's awesome.

So why am I doing this?



This is an image of a three year olds feet before they start wearing shoes and a few months after. It's a little daunting that something so everyday and familiar can have such a profound and permanent effect on your body. That's what I'm trying to change. I've done my reading and I've done my research (and I encourage anyone interested to do the same) on this barefoot phenomenon and the science and logic behind it makes sense. Anyone looking for a good read with a good deal of information should definitely check out Chris McDougall's book 'Born to Run'.

Check it out for yourself, better yet, try it out for yourself.

Then tell me I'm wrong =)

GNG

I went up to the Sunshine Coast on the weekend. It lived up to the name. Sunshine, warmth, pristine beaches all around. Afterwards, I visited a fish & chip shop by the beach with my amazingly awesome girlfriend and we got some food.

It was, to quote, "good, not great".

Which, when I think about it, describes a lot of aspects about life in general.

So next time you do something or have something or you're given something that is good but not great, when asked how it is, reply: 'GNG'.

Lets see how far this can go =D

This Weeks Addiction: Killer Bunnies.

This game was recommended to me by my good friend Mike a few years ago. I had seen it in stores and knew that it had been described by such lofty adjectives as 'awesome', 'addictive' and 'radfabulous' but it wasn't until the last week that I actually forked out the sweet moolah to get my hands on it.

Initial response: This game is complicated. Upon opening the box and seeing 6 different decks of cards and just as many 12 sided dice, I was a tad overwhelmed. However, the good people at PlayRoom Entertainment give you a clear (and somewhat entertaining) game manual that you can use to eventually figure out that this game isn't so complicated afterall.

So, Killer Bunnies. The aim of the game is to collect carrots (or more specific, carrot cards). When all the carrots go (there are 16) the game is over and the winner is determined. In the meantime, it is your goal to kill your opponents bunnies in a gruesome and hilarious fashion (suck them into a black hole, kill them with a kitchen whisk... etc, etc). It involves a measure of strategic thinking because you are always required to play cards two turns ahead but it is also a game where you can occasionally just luck into victory with the right cards. For this reason it's a lot of fun for everyone regardless of experience level or intellectual capacity.

But the COOLEST thing about Killer Bunnies is something I discovered just yesterday. I was bored and decided to go on their official site (http://killerbunnies.com/) and after browsing around a bit, I found this.

For those too lazy to click the link, it is a Designers Resource Center. Basically, it gives you everything you need (templates, font sizes, design principles... etc,etc) to make your very own Killer Bunny cards to introduce to your game.

Which, when you start introducing photos of family members and whatnot, suddenly makes the game very very VERY very awesome.