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- Fluff Screamer: Marshmallow Topped Burger and Other Neat Stories
- Fashion In Video Games
- An Honest Trailer for <i>Dune</i>
- Game Document is Notable for Something Besides the Game
- Surprisingly, Some People in Italy Say That There's Something Unseemly about This Dignified Statue
- Bear Turns On Lost GoPro
- These Lenses Are Made From Carbon Dioxide
- Graffiti Artists Turn Chicago Skyway’s Viaducts Into Works Of Art
| Fluff Screamer: Marshmallow Topped Burger and Other Neat Stories Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:31 PM PDT
Quick: what's your favorite burger topping? If you answer Marshmallow fluff, then chances are you've eaten at Tony's Lunch in Girardville, Pennsylvania. On the menu is the Fluff Screamer, a hamburger topped with marshmallow fluff. (Image: Erik/Atlas Obscura) Find that and other neat stories over at our new Picto sites: Wind, shopping carts and Star Wars music combine to give you a short but epic Attack of the Shopping Carts video clip. Ivy is a dog with short spine syndrome that looks like a cross between a dog and a frog. Free Guy movie posters feature some of our favorite video game box covers. Just say no to three-point turns in your tight driveway - use this car rotating platform instead! Sony PlayStation 5 is still out of stock, but you can get the next best thing: Nike PS5 shoes. Some really smart engineers figured out how to make a gear shaped like a ball. Behold the Abenics spherical gear! The darkest of nights ain't a match for the world's brightest flashlight from Hacksmith. For more neat stuff, check out our new science site Pictojam, cute animal site Supa Fluffy and wonderful home gadgets Homes & Hues.  |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:30 PM PDT
Well, sort of. The worldwide gaming industry has been in the mainstream for quite a while. Different games have exploded in popularity and sales, such as Epic Games' Fortnite, Mihoyo's Genshin Impact, and the indie hit Among Us by Innersloth. According to Accenture, the worldwide gaming industry is worth over $300 billion! Games are products themselves and they are used as advertising spaces for different brands. The fashion industry has seen the potential of promotion in big video games-- with some big brands like Balenciaga partnering up with Fortnite. Gucci has also partnered with cult games like Tennis Clash, The Sims, Genies, Roblox, Pokémon Go, and Animal Crossing to create items available for digital avatars to wear. While the cosmetic items we see in games are a fun little way for us to customize our avatars, it is undeniable that they are also used as advertisements for different brands. No surprise there. Image credit: Epic Games |
| An Honest Trailer for <i>Dune</i> Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:30 PM PDT
The new movie version of Frank Herbert's Dune is set to hit theaters on October 22, so it seemed to be a good time for Screen Junkies to revisit the first attempt at turning the sprawling 1965 sci-novel into a film. The 1984 David Lynch version was critically panned and turned out to be a box office failure. However, the disappointment stuck in the consciousness of Gen X so well that another film was inevitable. Anyway, here's a critique pointing out what was wrong with the first Dune so we can be on the lookout for whether it will be fixed this time. Maybe they'll do it justice this time around. Stay tuned, in another month or two we'll have an Honest Trailer for the new Dune. |
| Game Document is Notable for Something Besides the Game Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:30 PM PDT
In 2000, a gamer known as rsln released his Super Metroid Speed Guide and FAQ. Take a look through the whole thing, or even just the disclaimer blurb above, and see if you can figure out what makes it unique. You don't have to know anything about the game, or any game, to see what it is.
You can try to figure it out for yourself, or you can follow the Twitter thread, or you can continue reading to find out what makes this document special.
Fully by word choice. In about 1700 lines of text. You might say that his misspelling of "missile" might be cheating, but it's spelled the same way throughout the entire guide. Commenters at Twitter and at Boing Boing recall typists and early computer adopters they knew who would do this all the time. It's one of those stylistic things you do to show off (whether anyone notices or not) that eventually becomes an ingrained habit. -via Boing Boing |
| Surprisingly, Some People in Italy Say That There's Something Unseemly about This Dignified Statue Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:30 PM PDT
I have a well-rounded appreciation for art, especially that which is inspired by past events. The arc of history bends toward justice, taut against the thin confines of social expectations. And so I am perplexed as to why some women in Italy think that this newly unveiled statue by Emanuele Stifano does not do justice to the subject, which is the 1857 poem "The Gleaner of Sapri." That poem, by Luigi Mercantini, honored the revolutionary Carlo Pisacane and his companions, who launched a failed expedition to overthrow the Kingdom of Naples. We can only surmise, as the sculptor did, that what is pictured above is what those brave men fought and died for. The maiden beckons us to walk behind her and follow her. Who could not accept such a call to adventure? The Guardian reports that Italian politician Laura Boldrini and her colleagues claim that the gleaner has been sexualized. The sculptor denies the allegation, claiming that he originally planned to render the subject nude. Stifano was determined not to waste too much time debating critics "who absolutely only want to see depravity." -via Super Punch | Photo: Italia 2 TV |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2021 01:02 PM PDT
Smart bear! A hilarious video of a bear who turned on a lost GoPro was discovered by a hiker in Wyoming. Once the hiker was able to scan the device's SD card, he was treated to unique footage. The majority of the video is just the bear trying to eat the GoPro, with the animal trying to gnaw on the device for a little while. The footage is both cute and funny at the same time. It's surprising that the abandoned GoPro not only survived the snow, but also the bear who was looking for its next snack. Check the footage above to see more of the bear's shenanigans with technology! |
| These Lenses Are Made From Carbon Dioxide Posted: 28 Sep 2021 01:02 PM PDT
A pair of limited-edition sunglasses is now for sale for a whopping $495. What's special about this eyewear? Well, clothing brand and material science company Pangaia created a pair of sunglasses that is made from carbon dioxide. With the help of Twelve, a startup thatturns greenhouse gas emissions into the chemical building blocks for new materials, Pangaia used their technology to create polycarbonate lenses. The company used Twelve's "CO2Made" chemicals instead of fossil fuels. The sunglasses are luxurious, elegant, and lightweight. These design choices were implemented to show how valuable and transformative the eyewear is. Image credit: Pangaia |
| Graffiti Artists Turn Chicago Skyway’s Viaducts Into Works Of Art Posted: 28 Sep 2021 01:02 PM PDT
A group of graffiti artists banded together to turn Chicago Skyway's Southern viaducts into wonderful artworks. The dirty, rusted support columns that feature pockmarked walls and glass-strewn sidewalks are now colorful walls filled with different graffiti art. The Meeting of Styles, a traveling, international gathering of graffiti artists along with other artists from Colorado, Texas, and California took up the challenge of painting different murals in Chicago Skyway. Even though the artists involved in the project produced various art pieces, a similar style has emerged from the multiple works. According to Krase, one of the painters, "it's just a matter of coincidence. We didn't plan that. It's just our own styles happen to be cohesive." Image credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago |
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