Of course you should fight fire with fire!

Machinarium Trailer

2009-08-06T23:05:11Z

Crazy awesome looking game with creepy Tim Burton-esque atmosphere.

Writer's Block: Things You Don't Want to Know

2009-03-24T17:21:14Z

If you knew that a friend's significant other was cheating on him or her, would you tell your friend the truth or keep it to yourself?

View 503 Answers

Yes, what kind of person wouldnt?

cannibalchris @ 2009-03-05T12:14:00

2009-03-05T17:15:30Z

"Another experience that comes to mind happened a few years ago on set in Los Angeles. The shoot lasted four days and was a porn version of the popular TV show “Survivor.” Every day a few of the boys would get kicked off. One of the boys had just turned 18 and had recently run away from home because his parents were really conservative. He was struggling to pay rent so he got into porn. The “Survivor” thing was his first shoot and the director wanted him to bottom, but not just for anyone; the director specifically made him bottom for a guy with a 12-inch dick that was also really thick. When the boy’s scene finally came up, everyone was watching because no one believed he could take it. But he did. The kid took the dick for like four minutes and then a huge pool of blood shot out of his ass. He was kicked off the show that weekend. He was paid but he didn’t make as much as the rest of us who had “survived” the whole thing."

cannibalchris @ 2009-02-13T07:19:00

2009-02-13T13:11:12Z

Sometimes I wonder what constitutes important and meritous reading, and what constitutes frivolous, needless literature. Clearly, everyone has different tastes in what they read, but there is generally some measure of concensus in what is not only an entertaining and 'good' read, but also an enriching read. For example, many philosophers over the existance of the written word have discussed Tragedy. Since the times of Sophocles' works being analyzed by Plato, Aristotle and Socrates, to more recent Tragedies by Shakespeare and contempories, and more recent analyses by Nietzsche, Shopenhauer and Voltaire. These great thinkers, agreed by most to be the building blocks of much of how we now think, deigned to spend a good deal of their mental powers on the topic of this one for of literature (or more accurately, storytelling). Therefore, does this mean that Tragedy is by definition a genre above others, more important to the development and apreciation of the human condition?

I do not agree with this. It is a personal bias. I do not enjoy the melodrama, or the rarely veiled moral lessons of either Sophocles or Shakespeare's work. And according to many of these great thinkers, these are inextricable and important to the Tragedy. Certainly, good tales are told in these stories, but the method that is used to tell them, which is often cited as inseperable from and essential to the genre, is outmoded. The straightforwardness of the moral message is too plain, and the ploys to tug at the reader's heartstrings too blunt for a worldly audience. Little thinking, little examination is required to understand the true meanings behind most classical Tragedy.

This isn't meant to promote another medium or genre of material, but to knock Tragedy down from a pedestal. Some people enjoy celebrity tabloids, or blogs, or pulp fiction novels, or etc. Certainly some things are more important to the world stage, reading the World News section of the newspaper is typically going to make you more aware of the world in which you live than the Sports or Entertainment sections, but who is to say a review of the most recent album from your favourite band isn't as important as a report from the newest warzone? You are much more likely to be affected by the exploits of your heroes than that of a president half a world away.

The impetus for this essay was a link from Warren Ellis' blog. It was an article from the Sanfrancisco Guardian's Sex Positive Blog.
(http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/sexsf/2009/02/embedded_the_boy_next_door_1.html)
The posting was very interesting, and I followed it to other blog posts on other topics I found interested, such as a history and compilation of AltPorn, both a topic and a medium that is near and dear to my heart. And the question arose in my mind. Is reading this interview with a man who runs a altporn site as effective a use of my time as, say, reading Sophocles, Socrates or Shopenhauer? Certainly, it's much easier and generally more entertaining to read the article, as it is written in a language I'm more familliar with, and on a topic that is of interest to me. But how much am I missing out on by not cracking open a book penned by one of history's greatest minds.

Ignoring the fact that doing something you enjoy is almost always easier than doing something you don't enjoy, I believe that reading the article is just as good a use of my time, if not better. Learning more about the history of my favourite music, how it came about, how it was written, recorded, what its results were, and so on, affects me much more than a discussion on the efficacy and relevance of Tragedy. But beyond that, it's more relevant to my life, and life around me. Certainly, much of modern media borrows and could not exist without the foundation that was built before it, but the world around us is a different place, as is the media within it.

I suppose that the final point that I am trying to make, is that knowledge, all knowledge, has value, if it interests you, and it is relevant to the world around you. It is neccessary to be educated on how to think to be able to think for oneself, and it is neccessary to know what others think to know what your own opinions should be, lest they be from ignorance.

I just hope this makes sense when I wake up.

cannibalchris @ 2009-02-04T14:06:00

2009-02-04T19:06:35Z

CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:

During a typical Muslim hajj, it is customary to give alms, or charity, to the poor. During his hajj to Mecca, Musa gave so much gold that the price of gold went down significantly across the entire Africa-Eurasia World. It is estimated that he gave away 30,000 pounds of gold, just during his stay in Mecca, not counting the silks and other luxuries that he gave as well.
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
okay...
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
Dont you wish you were that rich?
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
how did he carry 30000 pounds of gold with him?
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
He paid people to carry it for him
he was just that fucking rich
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
well...that doesnt really count as giving it away
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
It was his gold
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
well, it was more like employing thme
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
yeah, he paid people to carry gold so he could give it to others
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
okay....
and whats the point of all this?
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
Dont you wish you were that rich?
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
i guess i could use 30000 pounds of gold...
would mildly fill my room though....
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
You could spend like 1 pound of it on a storage space for the other 29999 pounds
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
it would be worth like... $288,000,000
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
the 29999 pounds?
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
no, the 30000
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
oh
thats good too
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
go to fort knox... "guess what i have more of than you"
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
hahaha
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
"Uhh...bad hair?" "close...the answer was gold" "How was that close?!"
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
Now to set off a nuke in your fort, ruining all your gold, and making mine even more valuble. You guys dont have James Bond around here anywhere, do you?
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
oh. he's right over there
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
well...um...can you ask him to go on lunch?
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
oh... uhh.... no....
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
oh...well, do you know when he gets off? Because the last time someone tried this, that guy really made a mess of it
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
umm, something like 2024?
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
Fiiiiiiiiine
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
thats his next scheduled break
and then he's just gets a 15 minute coffee break
CannibalChris - "I am not a terroist threat. If I have to take down this whole building to make my point, I will!" says:
What a workaholic
Jeremy - "You killed me!" "Good!" says:
yeah. he'll do that though....guess it evens out with how much of an alcoholic he is

JC Denton's reverse wisdom

2008-11-14T15:06:25Z

You can't.

cannibalchris @ 2008-11-12T10:08:00

2008-11-12T15:10:45Z

Small enough to cover with your hand, because everyone around you wants a look. said:

but he wrote a book called 120 days of sodom!

that is sooo many days of sodomy

CannibalChris - We are all books containing thousands of pages and within each of them lies an irreperable truth. said:

Hopefully it wasnt the same person being the recipient every day

Or I know what happened to the 121st day of sodom

Small enough to cover with your hand, because everyone around you wants a look. said:

you will die in 7 days

you day after 120 days of sodom... you know ... it's like the ring

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CannibalChris - We are all books containing thousands of pages and within each of them lies an irreperable truth. says:

Eh, people dont always know what they need
Stephanie says:
You need a swift kick in the nuts imo
CannibalChris - We are all books containing thousands of pages and within each of them lies an irreperable truth. says:
See?
I dont agree
Stephanie says:
Shocking
CannibalChris - We are all books containing thousands of pages and within each of them lies an irreperable truth. says:
like a kick in the nuts
Stephanie says:
I'm looking forward to the next time I see you\
CannibalChris - We are all books containing thousands of pages and within each of them lies an irreperable truth. says:
I no longer am

cannibalchris @ 2008-11-12T10:03:00

2008-11-12T15:07:49Z

I admitedly remember little about Jacquie, specifically, as time has dulled my memory.

But one visceral memory that I will never forget

Is the sound of her scream.

Non sexually.

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-31T15:36:00

2008-10-31T19:40:51Z

Turns out I passed my Bartending course with an 86%, which I think is the same thing I passed the last one with. Kinda coincidental. Also, I was top of the class last time, but not this time. I don't know which school thats more indicitive of.

Yay Gothic Christmas tonight

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-17T18:32:00

2008-10-17T22:33:59Z

, sars -- . says:

i'm not

i just had a bad day

and my mom isnt home

i need someone to cheer me up

and you have no heart

CannibalChris - "So save your prayers for when we're really gonna need'em." says:

well yeah

Because Austin did it again

2008-10-16T03:42:20Z

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	5
Mind:	5.3
Body:	7.3
Spirit:	1.5
Friends/Family:	2.4
Love:	0
Finance:	3.9
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-14T03:03:00

2008-10-14T07:05:52Z

NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:

sounds fair
What do you need cash for?
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
buy...counterfit goods and such
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
:S
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
my bro bought 3 rolexes for 500 local currency
so...under 100 CAD
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
"Rolexes"
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
yup
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
I bet they're made out of weeds and fish
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
looks like some kinds of metal
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
fish scales
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
hardened mercury?
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
I hope you jest
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
ideally...but no telling
crafty asians...
o yea, like all the people in china are amazed by my brother's baby...
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
what do you mean?
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
at the train station there was a crowd of like 20 ppl crowding around and playing with it...
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
why?
Dont they have babies?
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
theyve never seen a white baby...
cuz this baby has huge blue eyes too...
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
I thought they sold them all the time in their white slave markets
the babies, not the eyes
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
mm...

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-14T02:54:00

2008-10-14T07:01:39Z

NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:

hey buddy
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
yo
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
Pick up any sex moves yet?
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
no...
why you need some?
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
Why did you go to china then?
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
my brothers wedding... i told you several times
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
pick up sex moves at the wedding I hope
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
ohhh.... i thought you said sex movies
was very confused
NDP or GTFO - I'm a magician. I take something living, and with a wave of my knife; POOF! It goes dead. says:
oh
When you asked if I needed some sex moves
I thought it was just a really good comeback
A scoundrel with a heart - "But to have a dream, you need to have a future...and you don't... Your future's all used up." says:
that would have been clever
hehehe....yeah...

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-13T04:39:00

2008-10-13T08:41:09Z

cannibalchris @ 2008-10-08T02:40:00

2008-10-08T06:42:40Z

Watching a Discovery program about clay pipes:

They leave them in a kiln to toughen them up.

Worked for me.

...sniff

Number One song that ought to be in Rock Band

2008-09-28T19:10:03Z

You know it to be true.

cannibalchris @ 2008-08-28T03:40:00

2008-08-28T07:41:50Z

I am the champion of night bus rock paper scisorsing

Also Jeremy hit me tonight, dont know why,

cannibalchris @ 2008-06-29T11:36:00

2008-06-29T15:49:10Z

Great lines from MSI last night:

I've got good news, and bad news! The good news is we're going to systematically murder each and every one of you, and turn you into merchandise. You're wearing last night's audiance! The bad news is that we're going to play some more shitty music while we systematically murder you - *play song*

Why am I dressed this way? Who dressed me? Why do I look like this. I want...I want to look like you! Give me your clothes! Give me your clothes! Give me your clothes! *Crowd procedes to throw bras, tops, dresses, a tiara, etc. on stage* Why...? Why did you dress me like Amy Winehouse?! Ill smoke all the crack you want!

*After playing Faggot* Lets face it. I could have murdered that song, and as long as I hit the high note at the end, you'd all still want to fuck me. "I've been denied blah blah faggot... Aaaaaaa." "Hmm, suddenly he isnt a skinny crackhead anymore. He's much more attractive now."

Ok, you know what happens now. This is where an encore should be. But we abolished them in America. I made them illegal. You know what normally happens. The band waves and puts down their insturments, and the lights turn off, and you think the band is backstage, but they're really just over here *stands offstage* doing coke and fucking a little hooker. Then the audience starts chanting something stupid like "msi...msi..." and after like 5 minutes the band comes out and looks at the audience like they're shocked. Well, you know what encore means in french-canadian. It means you're retarded. *Jimmy Urine starts to do a cabaret dance to a recording of Theres No Business Like Show Business from Annie Get Your Gun as the other members leave, house lights/music turn on*

cannibalchris @ 2008-06-06T03:39:00

2008-06-06T07:42:51Z

I had my final exam yesterday, I think I aced it, despite only remembering it existed a few hours prior, and thus, I didn't study at all. Not that I would have studdied, I'm just saying.

One thing that stood out in the exam was a poem called Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy. It really spoke to me, and i found it very evocative, which helped me write about it. I figured I'd post it here. I see some good lyrical inspiration in there (aka theft)

We stood by a pond that winter day,
And the sun was white, as though chidden of God,
And a few leaves lay on the starving sod,
—They had fallen from an ash, and were gray.

Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove
Over tedious riddles solved years ago;
And some words played between us to and fro—
On which lost the more by our love.

The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing
Alive enough to have strength to die;
And a grin of bitterness swept thereby
Like an ominous bird a-wing….

Since then, keen lessons that love deceives,
And wrings with wrong, have shaped to me
Your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree,
And a pond edged with grayish leaves.

AMAZING Hockey Goalie shot and goal !

2008-04-30T05:07:52Z

Only need to watch the first minute or so, here's an explanation of what happened.

Its a Polish tier 1 league game, and the team on the right has their goalie pulled for an extra attacker, but they take a penalty. In response, the goalie for the team on the left rushes out of the net (typically this occurs when your opponent takes a penalty to give you an advantage until they touch the puck). However, in this case, the goalie saw a 1 on 1 rush develop, and decided to help out. He skated with the forward, and recieved the pass on the 2 on 1. He then proceded to put it into the empty net for the most amazing goal that will ever occur. Sadly, it did not count, and in fact, for leaving his end of the ice, the goalie was assessed a penalty, as can be seen with the penalty shot he saves at the end.

The Passenger - Iggy Pop and The Stooges 70's

2008-02-27T16:24:24Z

Watching this video stirred something up in me, a serious of thoughts that has been burried for god knows how long, but I know they've been there for a while, without me conciously thinking about them, until this moment.

As irrational as it may seem, is it not entirely possible that the best times of several mediums are behind us? I mean, there will always be good books written. Since before the bible to the current day, there have been provocative, intelligent, thoughtfully crafted works of fiction. So I doubt that the 'Golden age' of books, cinema, or theatrics is come and gone, or will ever exist.

However, two prominent mediums do seem in something of...perhaps not a downward spiral, but likely never to reclaim what they once had.

Music, specifically Alternative Music (the Alan Cross book on tape played no small part in this epiphany), seems, more than anything, to be in a rut. Alt bands don't enjoy the market share or the press buzz they once had (102.1 the edge, for example, has about 1/5 the market share it had in the 80's). More technically talented, polished acts are coming every day, but none of them are capturing attention like bands from the 70's-90's did, and I think there are two reasons for this.

One is a lack of the old rock mentality. Way back when, it wasnt uncommon for your favourite band to be full of drug addled wildmen, drunk or high or both on stage, acting wildly, getting arrested during their off time. This generally made for some interesting music and interesting live performances. These days, with excessive publicity and examination of the lifestyles of the people who entertain us, theres sadly no way that our current generation could get away with the shenanigans that older acts made famous.

The second reason is that there is less ability for inovation today. During the late 70's, technical ability and electronic music tricks were all the rage, allowing musicians to do amazing new things. And some people thought this was getting away from the original intent of rock, making the music seem too professional and soulless. So they rebelled, and made loud, angry and rough music. But now THAT has been done to death too! There's nowhere to go, nowhere to take this genre of music, except into other genres (which is what the majority of noteworthy current acts do (RHCP, NIN, Radiohead)).

The second media who's best years may (and this seems a bigger issue of preference than the first one) be behind it, is Video Games.

Now, undoubtably, graphics, music, physics, and other technical aspects of gaming are vastly superior today than to 10 years ago. And gaming is becoming more popular every day. But I would argue that games are worse today than 10 years ago.

Lets start just by looking at IGN's most recent "Top 10 games of all time" (actually its top 100, but Im taking the top 10) list.

Resident Evil 4 (2005), Final Fantasy 6 (1994), Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992), Super Metroid (1994), Half Life 2 (2004), Super Mario 64 (1996), Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), Civilization 2 (1996), Tetris (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1985).

All but two games were made before 1999, and the top 2 games were made before 1990. The two recent games are on this list primarily due to their technology, HL2 Having an incredibly advanced Physics system, and RE4 having the best graphics on the system, and improved camera over previous RE games.

Perhaps it is because so much innovation has already been done, but fewer and fewer compelling games are coming out. Final Fantasy 12 is inferior to 10, and it to previous FFs. The Burning Crusade is from a storytelling point much worse, some would even say insultingly worse than the original World of Warcraft. Is Super Mario Galaxy even close to as fun as Super Mario Bros? Only a rare few games, such as HL2 and its episodes, can continue to be as compelling again and again.

In both mediums, so much has already been done, it gives me worry for the future of both these things, as I enjoy both greatly. I could well be wrong, and something groundbreaking could be right around the corner. Or, this could be the tip of the iceberg in a pool of stagnation.

The Road To February 10, 2008 (part 1 of 2)

2008-02-13T08:32:08Z

0:48 of part 2

Congrats Robbie, we were part of something bigger than ourselves.

Half Life Prank Call

2008-02-13T04:20:11Z

Richard Zednik Throat Cut by Skate graphic version

2008-02-11T20:50:10Z

Our thoughts are with you.

cannibalchris @ 2008-01-22T11:46:00

2008-01-22T16:53:40Z

John Ferguson Jr. was fired today, as has been rumored/expected for weeks. This is something akin to trying to prevent a leg infection from spreading by cutting off the foot. The real source of the problem is Richard Peddie, and do I dare say it, the faceless ownership group of the Ontario Teacher's Pension Fund. As long as they're making money, which they always will be, there's no need for real change. JFJ's firing was just a sacrifice, he was a scapegoat, a offering to placate the ravenous Toronto fanbase and media junket. If they are to succeed, the team must be dismantled, top to bottom, and allowed to regrow from the Win Today: Worry Tomorrow thought process of 1999-2004. Hire Cliff Fletcher, hire John Paddock, hell, hire Patrick Roy if you want! Just give the new guy the ability to make his own decisions that will allow the team to be competitive in the future.