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My Cat Is Retarded

aaronm — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:51:52 +0000

I just created http://mycatisretarded.com/

The story of why:

My girlfriend said “my cat is f!@#ing retarded”
and then I said “DOT COM” (a habit of mine)
Which made me curious
Not only was that available but plain old mycatisretarded.com was
?????
Profit

Spoongeblorb

aaronm — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:04:40 +0000

Sorry Zug but I have to repost this one… This is like my childhood colliding headfirst with modern marketing while 4chan stands by and comments. Other than the obvious memes the first thing I thought when I saw this is… “this is someone’s fetish”

Advertising: The Japanese Are as Brilliant as They Are Scary

aaronm — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:28:22 +0000

Whut.

http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/4097330/

A meme-filled GDC

aaronm — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:29:24 +0000

I had a blast at GDC this year – couldn’t help but notice memes everywhere. Internet – stop invading my real life.

Also special shout outs to Pixel, Dasha, Jamy, Jay Moore, Royal O’Brien, Matt Daly, John Say, and all the fine people I met while up there. I wish I took more pictures; ah well, reminder for next time.

A lot of good conversations were had, also great to meet a large contingent of game-making-game people over drinks
Many people liked my ideas about social convergence and asynchronicity; I have some potential beta testers for my collaborative storytelling engine
Met many good business contacts over many good drinks
The Fairmont hotel was awesome, complete with trap door bookshelf and bed that Marilyn and Kennedy were in
I regret a bit not getting the full pass, but I was tired enough as it was (great to sleep in on those days)
Jane McGonigal’s panel was inspiring as always
Was a master of concentration but a failure at relaxation in NeuroSky‘s game
Got my head scanned – still need to go get that app to post on facebook – my hair looked funny but dull
The new BigWorld 2.0 stuff looks amazing
lol @ BoneTown – great work guys, expect a contact
A lot of buzz about Onlive – check 2 entries back for my response
Unity is looking cooler and cooler these days
Exhausted and sick as soon as I returned, but at least I’m getting over it fast

And now some pics

Me at the Chinatown Gateway

Creepy-awesomest statue of scary Reagenesque business man undergoing a Duchampism

Shake?

I wondered how long until the store would sell this and for how much

There are two of these – one at Virgin, one at gamestop that I found

San Francisco is a wonderful juxtaposition of Old and New

What does the scout say about his power level? – From a fashion store window

From the game Ninjatown on DS

Duck Roll!

I know this started with south park but 4chan made it funny

From the balcony of the Fairmont penthouse

At the poker party, finals

You know a party is good when it ends in Martial Arts lessons

Light Our Darkest Hour

aaronm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:14:03 +0000

Just found out from Jack that The Touch will be a Guitar Hero song. I want to cry.

click for full size

This about sums it up

aaronm — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:20:53 +0000

Not at this very moment, but QUITE OFTEN this perfectly describes how I feel