We talked with the GameSHOUT croo about Child's Play yesterday, a process that required we install Ventrilo. I understand that Ventrilo use among the young has reached troubling levels, but as devotees of Battlefield Commander (and then Sidewinder GameVoice) who migrated to TeamSpeak, we never dabbled in your Roger Wilcos et. al.
Ventrilo offers a feature that will pronounce your name phonetically, but of course these sounds need not be a human name, a loophole which Gabriel proceeded to abuse for forty minutes or more. Even I - I who have projected the harrowing image of a velociraptor rapist into the public consciousness - would not feel entirely comfortable revealing the extent of his synthesized content. Acts whose depravity projected into the ultralewd spectrum. Fluids whose origin and purpose were heretofore unknown.
Strange and imaginative hybrid genitals.
When you start using a Macintosh, you become aware of things Mac users take for granted - things like Quicksilver, or Transmit. CandyBar, too. I started visiting The Icon Factory shortly after I betrayed the PC platform, though their products are also available for Windows. They've done a bunch of things you would probably recognize - the tasteful icons for Windows XP and the 360 are both their handiwork. In any event.
I am constantly trying to push diagrams into the strip, iconic representations, and while it's not something we really argue about it's something Gabriel rarely indulges me in. The Icon Factory put up a Flickr Set of a "Wii Safety Guide" that I keep returning to. You might have seen it already, but I couldn't take that chance.
I linked a few other recently, ones detailing the creation of custom Guitar Hero instruments. I was not familiar with Toolmonger before this year's Fünde Razor, but it's fascinating to hear people discuss something I'm generally doesn't interest me in a way that makes me share their enthusiasm. They created an epic blog post alongside the construction process (which actually began as a destruction process), something you might really enjoy reading.
(CW)TB out.
So it’s Friday and I have another Child’s Play update for you. We’ve added up all the toys and cash donations again and you guys are not going to believe where we are now. Remember that just last Friday the total was $260,000. Well as of today the new total is $495,000 in toys and cash! I’m not joking, you guys donated more than $230,000 in one fucking week! The crazy thing is it’s only the 8th of December. This is our fourth year running Child’s Play and you guys amaze me every single year.
Speaking of Child’s Play I want to point you all at GameTrailers.com. They’ve cooked up a really slick way of letting you support Child’s Play without actually spending a dime. So if you’ve wanted to help but you just don’t have the disposable income (we’ve all been there) this is your chance. GameTrailers has a sort of internal currency they call GTD (GameTrailers dollars). You earn GTD by participating in the site in all kinds of different ways. Watching videos, rating videos or even posting comments will net you GTD. Right now, for every 20 GTD that you donate through their site GameTrailers will donate one real dollar to Child’s Play. Your donation will also enter you in a raffle to win an Xbox 360. Their goal is $10,000 so hit their site and help them reach it.
Also, if you don’t see a hospital near you or you’re just having trouble picking a hospital to donate to please think about the Tulane Hospital for Children in New Orleans. I think we all know how bad they could use the help this year.
-Gabe out
