Microcosm! Or is that Micro-organism...

Okay, Ramin's been RAVING about Spore, so here's a neat little online "sneak peak" for you:

Flow in Games

Enjoy,
-Scott

"Will there be any kind of dessert with these pancakes?"

There is so much to talk about.

So the Game Developers Conference is a week gone now, and after all the smoke has cleared, Nintendo and Will Wright respectively stole the show. Anyone who hasn't seen Will Wright's Spore demonstration needs to free up an hour of their time and watch it. I can't even imagine how this game will, as cheesy as it sounds, change games forever--if it's as good as it seems. This game is just...freaking...like...just watch it.

But Nintendo was the show stopper this year. First there was New Super Mario Bros. DS which is pretty neat, though the name is kind of retarded. Why not Super Mario Bros. 5 or something. Or 4? Was Super Mario World a fourth one?

And of course, there's Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. You know, I really hated Wind Waker, but for some reason the graphical style seems fitting for the DS. I'm sure it'll play fine, but I just...am not that excited about it. I mean, I love my DS, and I'm sure they'll find some cool way to use the touch screens to like, throw tinkle bombs or something. I guess it's just...I mean, how long can they make Zelda games for? I guess till they make one that sucks. Maybe I'm just bitter about Twilight Princess.

They did release a bit more information about the Revolution though. Speaking of Twilight Princess, they did confirm that it would be compatible with Revolution controllers , with added functionality. Personally, this is kind of lame. I mean, this game was supposed to be out by now. If they delayed this game twice just so you could throw tingle-bombs or fish with a motion-sensor controller, I'm gonna be hella-pissed. I'm not sure why they don't just make it a Revolution launch title and be done with it. No one ever uses their Game Cub anymore anyways, so it really would make them more money.

Also, I thought it was pretty cool that along with the downloadable compendium of old Nintendo games, they're adding 1,000 Genesis games, and a bunch of Turbo Grafix games. Bonk baby!.

I was gonna put some thoughts into Wrestlemania, but I'll get to it later.

Peace,
Ramin

Really Alternative Religions

I'm one of those people who takes a sideways view of organized religion. I have nothing against people who are religious, I just personally don't buy into any particular dogma or credo. It's not really my thing.

So what of you, gentle reader? Are you also adrift in the sea of organized religion? Well fear not! Here's a few alternatives to the more mainstream religions that you might find more to your taste.

Scientology: The second biggest crackpot religion after Mormonism. Like the Mormorns, they believe in aliens... the Grand Galactic Emperor XENU to be precise! If you want to drop all of your money on bad psychological examinations to say you belong to the same religion as Tom Cruise, here's the link for you.

Jediism: Are you a huge Star Wars geek? Well here's one for you! Seems the devout spirituality of the Jedi is becoming something of a vogue religion now. Don't count on getting a lightsaber or using mind tricks, but if you wanna have a SciFi religion with both pop culture roots and aspects of Bhuddism... sure, why not. Consider the Dark Side.

Cthulhuism: If your going to believe in aliens, why not go big? The biggest alien of all has got to be Cthulhu, and worship of the Great Old One in the Deep is in full swing. I count myself amongst his devout... but it's more of a Christmas and Easter thing. Frankly, I just want to be one of the first eaten when he rises.

Pastafarianism: Behold the glory of the Giant Flying Spaghetti Monster! His Gospel is now available in paperback, and there's a petition to have his creation myth taught in our schools. And why not? If the Christian creation myth is a worthy alternative POV to evolution...

And there's many, many more. Frankly, it sometimes seems like there's a religion out there for everyone.

Enjoy,
Scott

Might Morphing Emo Rangers

A little birdy hooked me up with something I swear I would have never believed existed had I not seen it with my own eyes. Introducing The Mighty Morphing Emo Rangers. This is comedic gold. It's done by a bunch of british kids, I'm pretty sure only one of them knows how to even throw a punch, and i'm positivenone of them can act, but still, this is great. The thing is, they capture the craptastice mannerisms of the Power Rangers of my dad that I loved as a child, as well as the obviouse generalizations about different types of emo kids, that I have a hard time believing any of these people are actually Emo. Even if they are, though...just watch it.

Peace,
Ram

confessions of a socially embittered mind

So it would seem that Facebook is still looking for bidders. After turning down a $750 million deal, they reportedly want $2 billion. So who's gonna buy this next big wave in emo "non-conformity" conformity? Viacom, apperantly. At least, that's the suggestion. Since they own like, VH1, MTV, and Comedy Central, this would be a good fit for them. Make's sense, considering Rupert Murdochowns My Space and poures endless amounts of money into that ever-growin empire of shit. The popularity is there, so Facebook can probably get at least $1 billion.

My question is, why? I mean, as cliched as it's becoming to question the popularity of these sites, I still don't understnad the mass appeal of them. Some have suggested to me that it's the future of social networking. Frankly, I don't buy it. Don't get me wrong. places lik My Space were originally designed with the intention of "social networking" for underground musicians and the like. Now look at it. it's a cesspool for Emo Kids , Wiggers , and oh-so-sad Goths ,can be pretentious gits at once. Where is the networkng here exactly? I mean what do 14-year-old kids with no life experience and probably no ambitions do on those websites besides spend hours upon havinng comment-conversations or starting forum threads about "Diss the guy above you ^^!!!!111oneoneone?".

Now before you get smart and point out the irony that I'm writing this on a blog--a medium that has equally been accused of such actions, as well as complete lack of journalistic integrity--or that fact that i've gone on a wild tangent, keep in mind that, unlike these pretentious know-it-all schmuks, I don't expect to make BFF's on this blog. I don't plan on musing about my true love or how fucking rad counter-strike is--but not as rad as crying myself to sleep.

I guess I just worry that, when my kids are growing up, social discourse will be thrown completely out the window, instead replaced by virtual sex, virtual drugs, and virtual music that sounds like shit compared to 80's rock and roll--or rap for that matter. Though, I guess I should be more worried about my kids becoming Emo.

Peace,
Ramin

I Speaks the Tongue of the Devil!

Oh. The Wonders of the IntraWeb.

The Good - The Canadian Red Bull FlugTag: Around the world, Red Bull, makers of that poor-tasting energy drink, has held an annual competition that has allowed participants to look to their inner Da Vinci.

The task: Build your own flying machine, with extra points for creativity and style.

The Participants: Pretty much any random Joe that can fill out an application.

The Result: Comedy, pure and simple.

Well, the competition is finally coming to Canada. The first Canadian FlugTag will be taking place in Vancouver, on August 19. Registration is free. It's about creating something. It's about competition. It's about dressing up like a chicken and throwing a Styrofoam Cadillac with wings in to the water while thousands of people cheer.

It's about making a difference.

The Bad - Celebrity Gawker: It's 11:00 pm. Do you know where Sting is? Do you really give a shit? Well, for the three of you who do, the Celebrity Gawker site is for you. Keep tabs on your favourite manufactured Hollywood personality. Anthony Hopkins eats dinner!Jodie Foster does laundry! Courtney Love still sort of resembles a corpse.

They're just like us...except not! I have to envy the people who have done everything they want to with their lives, and have the time to concern themselves intimately with that of others.

The Fuckin' Awesome - Mp3 Pez Dispenser: It's a Pez Dispenser. And it plays Mp3s. Mp3 Pez Dispenser.

I'm not even to write about this. If you don't understand how intrinsically rad this is, you aren't worth the effort.


String,
Lilwall

Welcome to Ten Thousand Monkey's (or 10-K, for those who dabble in abreviation).

This blog originally started as a website idea that, for circumstances that are irrelivant, turned into a blog. Mostly, we're just going to write about the crap that interests us: games, movies, weird web stuff, wrestling (sometimes), among other things.

So, let's clearify the cast of characters: Parsopolian (Ramin, that's me) Scottybomb (Scott Bourgois), Lilwall (Scott Lilwall), Masamax (Mike Smith), and MiketheGreat (Mike Kendrick). Now, most of what I write will be about gaming, and TV, and rants about society that people have made for years over. So you probably won't pay much attention to me. The others are pretty smart, so you can trust your eyes to their words--except Lilwall's. He speaks the tounge of the devil.

So, enjoy, I guess.

Peace,
Ramin

It's alive!

And now the formatting must begin.