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Capstone
Solitaire and Poker Get Married
StevoTheBrush on December 21, 2011 13:41 in Gaming
I just finished a new Flash game called Capstone. It's an atmospheric puzzle game that incorporates both Solitaire-esque gameplay with Texas Hold-em winning hands. 1920's-style graphics and music carry you through fifteen challenging stages, with unlockables and other compelling modes. You can play it here:http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/586247
Have you given M83 a chance?
Pretty darn good band
StevoTheBrush on April 27, 2011 09:46 in Music
I started listening to M83 a few months ago and haven't been able to stop. Their ethereal sound is so catchy without being annoying, which is hard to come by (*cough* Owl City *cough*). I find that they are an exceptionally good band to listen to when you are trying...
Can't stop thinking about The Social Network
StevoTheBrush on February 25, 2011 10:26 in Just for Fun
It really is mind-blowing. Not sure how much of it is true. How'd facebook get so awesome so quickly? We are experiencing textbook history, people.
Development blues
StevoTheBrush on February 25, 2011 10:13 in Just for Fun
Making video games is easier said than done. Working on one now: there always seems to be a thousand things I never thought about. The code gets so long that it's easy to get lost in all the variables and functions and what-not. Hopefully the end product will be something...
Faith Is Out
The negative view of religion in video games
StevoTheBrush on September 10, 2010 10:15 in Gaming
I just finished my fifth time through Dead Space, and noticed something that kinda got me thinking. The evil in the game, the reason for all the "hubub", is the Church. Now, it's not exactly the Catholic church we've all come to know and love (right), it's basically a cult...
This Just In: Dogs may suck
StevoTheBrush on September 7, 2010 09:57 in Just for Fun
My wife and I just bought a black lab puppy and it just doesn't seem to be learning anything. It still poops in the house. It doesn't know its name. And it doesn't let us sleep at night. It's been two weeks of living hell, basically. Sigh... hopefully it will...
We're all guilty of it
StevoTheBrush on August 2, 2010 10:59 in Just for Fun
XKCD strikes again with a cartoon that explains the root of disagreements: our own pride. Ha!
M. Night's at it again
Could this actually be a good movie?
StevoTheBrush on July 16, 2010 16:31 in Movies
It's called Devil:
Read more about the movie and see screenshots at io9
Are you a nerd?
Take this quiz from io9 to find out
StevoTheBrush on July 16, 2010 16:16 in Just for Fun
"Answer the following questions as honestly as possible. Then add up your score and find out just how angry you really are.
"For each "yes" give yourself one point.
""Have you ever experienced a spike in your blood pressure when overhearing other people (especially strangers) getting their facts wrong when they talk...
GoldenEye in Real Life!
StevoTheBrush on July 16, 2010 11:03 in Arts and Crafts
Ever want to see what you'd look like if your body was placed into N64's GoldenEye 007? Well now you can with only $40 and a lot of paper. Learn more at Instructables.
The Psychology of Wrong-Doing
How we are all like "The Machinist"
StevoTheBrush on July 16, 2010 10:38 in Movies
I think I can safely say that everyone has experienced a heart-wrenching, cataclysmic event at some point in their life. If you say you haven't, I'd argue you are either un-human, or too young in life. These difficult events change us, and make us wonder why life has to be...
Advice from an email
StevoTheBrush on July 15, 2010 13:45 in Politics
I stole this from an email I received from my dad:
You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take...
The ultimate portrait and wedding lens?
Jacinda on July 9, 2010 09:45 in Photography
Somehow I had missed the memo before...but it seems across the board the 50mm f/1.2 or f/1.4 is THE lens for portraits, weddings, and low light scenarios. It creates a sharp focus on the subject with plenty of soft blur around to make your subject stand out crisp and clear....
Rice Boy
StevoTheBrush on July 6, 2010 10:27 in Comics
"Rice Boy is a story set in the ninth century of the Red Age of Overside. It was started in April 2006 and finished in May 2008. It is divided into five books, and available in one printed edition. You can read the entire story here."
Read all of Rice Boy...
M. Night Makes a Comedy!
We think...
StevoTheBrush on July 2, 2010 09:54 in Movies
While I haven't actually seen the movie The Last Airbender, the reviews seem to say that M. Night's most recent endeavor failed yet again. But at least we can watch it as a comedy, says this spoiler-filled review at io9.com:
"...The Last Airbender is a lavish parody of big-budget fantasy epics....
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, weathly, and...tired?
Why is getting up early a virtue?
StevoTheBrush on July 1, 2010 10:31 in Health and Fitness
Okay, first of all, there are zero, and I repeat ZERO, health benefits to getting up at the butt-crack of dawn. Anyone who tells you differently is crazy or from the eastern part of the world (which we ALL know is full of tree-hugging yin-yang peeps). So why do...
Afrodisiac
So fine it'll blow your mind!
Ben on June 30, 2010 10:35 in Comics
"Shooting dice in the moonless ghetto night, 8 year old Alan Deasler was running his luck when a well-clad man with two armfuls of beautiful woman joined the game. No words were spoken, but the deal was understood. At the stroke of midnight, Satan took the boy's immortal...
Divorce Need Only Look At The Kids
How your children prove that living unified is possible
StevoTheBrush on June 28, 2010 18:12 in Marriage and Parenting
Every marriage starts with success in mind. No one wants a failed marriage, and yet success after "I do" appears to be a pipe-dream for the majority. What keeps two people from creating a perfect union several years down the road? Why does it seem to be an imperfect journey...
Criminals of the Font Families
A list of the top ten most ugly, yet over used font-faces
StevoTheBrush on June 24, 2010 16:40 in Design
"Ugly fonts, cutesy fonts, unreadable fonts, bad fonts . . . they have terrorized us for far too long, infiltrating our homes via e-mail, IM, and low-rent ValPak ads. Here, LMNOP presents the seven worst fonts--and the people who use them."
Papyrus and Comic Sans make the top of the list,...
Sexuality in Games: A Looming Danger
Jonny Brush on June 23, 2010 12:52 in Gaming
I've got a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head so I'm just going to start writing and hope it makes sense.
Recently I finished the game Mass Effect and it got me thinking about a lot of things. At the end of the game you have the opportunity...
My first and new favorite cooking blog.
Smitten Kitchen
Jacinda on June 17, 2010 10:51 in Just for Fun
Never have I adventured into cooking blogs, but stumbled upon this one recently. This lady gets me; she combines great recipes with wit and well done, interesting photos of her cooking adventures. I'm sure to visit this blog on occasion and will suggest my friends do too.
There's even a part...
I need a reason to bake this.
Jacinda on June 17, 2010 10:44 in Food
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/rainbow-cake?video_id=0
I'd love a reason to spend the time to make this, and an event in which I would not emasculate those consuming it.
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