Category Archives: Games

This year’s number one boutique gift item!

By jeff | Published: February 12, 2010
“The Middlesex-London Health Unit of London, Ontario has launched an online game designed to educate teens and young adults on the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). “Adventures in Sex City will have players assume the role of one of four characters—Captain Condom, Power Pap, Willy the Kid or Wonder Vag—as they take on penis-armed (literally) [...]
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Roll the dice to see if I’m getting high

By jeff | Published: December 10, 2009
America’s Former Next Top Model Adrianne Curry summoned legions of sweaty, geeky left hands to service over the weekend, Tweeting this: jumping into shower.going to spend my afternoon playing World Of Warcraft butt naked&stoned.Perfect Sunday! and then this: WoW. I’m personally of two minds when it comes to World of Warcraft. Well, one mind, really. I think its [...]
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“Yeah, I’m pretty nasty at Donkey Kong, B. You should go check my high-score.”

By jeff | Published: December 1, 2009
-Eminem (high score: 229,100*) [via Mark Ecko's Complex, which we were as surprised as you to find out is a real thing.] *Marshall’s got himself a pretty respectable score there. For comparison, the all-time Donkey Kong high score is held by either Steve Weibe or Billy Mitchell, and hovers around 1,000,000 points. The dispute between these two [...]
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This is why I don’t do surveys on the internet

By jeff | Published: October 7, 2009
I took Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire, and, turns out, of all celebrities to fill it out, I’m most like Joan Didion. Downer.
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Army imparts priceless wisdom on the art of swallowing

By glenn | Published: September 14, 2009
A Maryland man was crowned King of the State of Maryland this weekend after consuming about a pound and a half of crabcakes in just under 3 minutes. Where could a human learn such a practice? Hoover, 38, who is stationed at Fort Meade, credited his 18 years in the U.S. Army with giving him the attitude needed to [...]
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Update: Courtney Love will commit sexual violence against your children, probably.

By jeff | Published: September 11, 2009
The other day, I suggested that perhaps — just maybe — putting Kurt Cobain’s likeness into a video game was a little bit crass. Turns out, his late wife (no, really, shes late to everything — we were supposed to interview her today and she never showed up) agrees with me. Sort of.
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Pinball Wizard

By jeff | Published: September 3, 2009
Lo and behold, The Great Pumpkin’s North Brooklyn Pinball directory. I think of myself as something of a pinball revisionist — I started my career on a high-tech, faux-holographic Star Wars Episode I machine in Milwaukee. While a part of me wishes pinball-nouveau had taken off (the last time I saw a Star Wars pinball machine [...]
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