As the story goes, a reader of the Official Australian PlayStation magazine by the name of Alistair Richardson sent in this photo he took at a wedding of an uncle he hadn’t seen in quite a few years. Of course the reason he took the photo was because it turns out his uncle is obviously Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid. I’m pretty sure that game was semi-biographical right? The photos were then cleverly doctored by Gameplayer to show Snake in his more recognizable uniform, and to remove all doubt as to who this really is.
…I have a brother and he got married recently, so I was at the wedding and there were lots of family members about, some of which I had not seen for years. One man in particular caught my attention. An uncle of mine that had aged considerably since I last saw him – maybe more than ten years prior. I looked at him and thought “I recognise that face and not just as the face of my aged uncle.” Then it dawned on me and I found myself thinking “Snake……. Solid Snake?……Snake….What happened…………. Snake………… SSNNNAAAAAKE!”
I had my camera with me and snapped a few shots. So there you have it! Solid Snake in real life! I thought he was a carpenter, but it looks like my uncle is a badass stealth killer.
The only downside is that during the reception he ended up sitting next to his uncle and had to endure hours of cutscenes in between the speeches and the meal. But it makes me wonder who I might run into at the next wedding I attend… oh wait… I almost forgot… I don’t get invited to weddings anymore after ‘the incident’.
Are you tired of telling people that they can borrow your pen as long as they promise to return it, but they never do? Well you can pretty much guarantee your co-workers will be less than willing to abscond with any of these pens. Instead of squirting ink or giving an electric shock like your standard gag pen, these ones are simply branded with fake businesses that have the potential of ruining someone’s reputation if they’re caught using them. Like Electrolysis Is Us or Verdant Fields Nudist Group or even Stuffed With Love Taxidermy.
But because the fake businesses sound so… well… fake, there’s probably more of a chance that someone is going to actually keep one of these pens as a ‘hi-larious’ novelty item. So if you really are tired of people stealing your pens, I suggest doing what I do and take something of theirs as collateral until it’s returned. Like their car, their eldest son or even a beloved pet. Some people might think that’s a bit extreme (like that stupid jury) but it gives you a pretty solid bargaining chip if you ever want to see that 10 cent Bic ballpoint again.
A set of 8 ‘Borrow My Pen?’ pens is available from Perpetual Kid for $6.99.
Thinking back to Summer vacations during my own childhood and what my parents had to deal with, traveling with kids in tow can’t be a fun experience. And while I’ve thankfully never had a screaming baby or child on a single flight, I can’t imagine that it would make for an enjoyable trip. (Given how already un-enjoyable flying can be.) But I’m also the type who tries to see the humor in every situation. So if I ever lost the airline seating lottery and got stuck next to a young kid, I’d have to cut them some slack if they were wearing this clever ‘Congratulations! You get to sit near me’ shirt. But if they started to wail once we got airborne, you’d better believe I’d still be riding that flight attendant call button.
The shirt (or snapsuit) is available from Milkbomb in a variety of child and infant friendly sizes, ranging in price from $20 to $24.
Back in January, we posted a video from Those Aren’t Muskets called Internet Party, exploring what would happen if you got a bunch of popular websites together in one room. It’s damn funny stuff, and now comes the second installment, in which MySpace’s friends tell him that enough is enough. The video is probably NSFW (language and some same-sex mackin’), and will autoplay after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m not entirely sure how Wile E. Coyote could afford everything he bought from the ACME company over the years, but I do know there were plenty of gadgets and contraptions I would have loved picking up myself. I mean who can’t find a use for a Do-It Yourself Tornado Kit, Rocket Powered Roller Skates or even the pinnacle of ACME engineering, the Giant Rubber Band.
The Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products website has pretty much every single ACME product I’ve ever seen in a Looney Tunes cartoon, and plenty I haven’t. It also lists what episode or episodes the product appeared in (I remember the Giant Rubber Band being used again and again) as well as a handful of screenshots for each one. Looking back you think ACME would have opened up a division to sell insurance. Though I guess the claims would have probably bankrupted them in a week.
There are countless books that will supposedly teach you how to properly raise your kids, but only one that takes the opposite approach. How To Traumatize Your Children is part of the ‘Self-Hurt Series’ of books and includes chapters that cover everything from narcissistic parenting to being your child’s best friend to the convenience of neglect and even how to enjoy the legacy of trauma you’ve carefully crafted. Because let’s be serious, what’s the point of putting all the time and effort into traumatizing your kids if you don’t end up becoming pseudo-famous thanks to a tell-all book or movie-of-the-week 30 years later?
At 192 pages with full color illustrations the book should provide more than enough guidance to keep your son or daughter living in your basement well into their 40′s. You can get it from Perpetual Kid for just $10.
Here’s a great post from the people at Mightygodking.com who claimed to have found a genuine working-condition Atari 2600 at a garage sale, complete with a huge stack of classic games that they’ve scanned for our enjoyment. In reality, it’s a huge post of classic video game artwork that’s been updated with titles and descriptions that more accurately reflect what’s being depicted on the cover. If you’ve ever looked at an old video game and wondered how the artist came up with those over-the-top covers when the games barely featured a few pixelated sprites you’ll find these pretty amusing. And really, do you have a better way to spend your Saturday morning?
They say everyone’s life has a soundtrack. Or something. The geniuses at ThinkGeek have just released a t-shirt with a working speaker on the chest. Use the wired remote to select the appropriate music or sound effect for your current situation or mood… It’s “perfect for making your ordinary life more exciting,” as you can see from the demo video:
After the jump, check out another new product from ThinkGeek, “Super Pii Pii Brothers.” It’s an amazing Wii virtual peeing experience from Japan and might be mildly NSFW since it’s, well, toilet humor, so to speak. Read the rest of this entry »
This just in: Virgin Galactic and Google want you (yes YOU) to be a part of Virgle, a joint project with the objective of establishing a permanent, self-sustaining human city with a population of 100,000 on the planet Mars by 2108. Sure, that’s a long ways off, but they’ll need a crew to get started, and selection begins now. If you think you might have what it takes, head on over to the application and see. Note that the second part of the selection process focuses on 30 second YouTube videos submitted by potential applicants, which you’ll be able to check out on Project Virgle’s YouTube channel.
So, what’s the motivation behind Virgle? According to Larry Page: “We feel that ensuring the survival of the human race by helping it colonize a new planet is both a moral good in and of itself and also the most likely method of ensuring the survival of our best – okay, fine, only — base of web search volume and advertising inventory. So, you know, it’s, like, win-win.”
Now, even if all of this is some sort of April Fool’s joke, there still might be some space travel in it for the best YouTube application video, since Virgin Galactic will be doing that sort of thing in the not too distant future. ‘Course, it might just be wishful thinking on my part.
If you have a little bit of time, it’s worth reading through the Virgle website, especially their 100 year plan. It’s well thought out and contains a lot of accurate information, all of which will be relevant if when Mars is finally colonized.
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