Shifting Through Parallel Universes

Shift is awesome little flash game. If you loved Portal, than you owe it to yourself to check this out and if you ever played Super Mario World on the SNES, then you may want to keep reading.

Apparently, a Japanese genius used some tools to rearrange the levels of Super Mario World to make it the most evil and difficult game to ever exist. There is a series of videos on YouTube called "Asshole Mario," which is shorter than the actual Japanese translation of: "Making my Friend Play Through My Own Mario Hack"

I've tried to provide a link to all the videos in order. For the sake of time, you only need to view about 1-2 minutes of one of the videos to get the idea. It really is best to watch these in full with another person in the room. I have yet to watch them all, but I went through the trouble of linking them all so I can easily watch them some day in the future. Even with friends, we were only able to watch the first 3 before it was just too much to handle.

Asshole Mario
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 11
Stage 12
Stage End

Asshole Mario Returns
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage End

It was especially entertaining to watch this with a group of friends while consuming alcohol. The girls at the party weren't interested in the video, but they did find it amusing that, every 30 seconds or so, all the guys would make loud exclamations of pain, disbelief and laughter.

So here is where it gets good. Some guy recorded 134 playthroughs and merged them together as one.

Watch:


There is detailed explanation of what is going on available here, which also includes a really awesome philosophical description of physics.

And after reading the description of quantum physics, you can browse through the fail blog to get an idea of the massive amount of failures existing in potential universes.

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**END TRANSMISSION**

Tim and Eric Super Tuesday

As everyone knows, you can watch Tim and Eric Nite Live every Tuesday, but what you didn't know was that yesterday's episode was super.

That's right, it was a Super Tuesday spectacular. They provided in depth coverage of the candidates that you won't see on cable news. Who wins the big debate? Is it Bob Bop Perono or Bill Clinton? To find out, you have to spend 15 minutes of your precious time watching the full episode linked below this sentence.
http://qu.to/3z8

Also, episode 7 features some awesome HD technology.
http://qu.to/3z9

Salamé,
Niem

Not quiet so daily....

or so it would seem! I just discovered that I've been typing into a word document for all these years instead of on the internet. Woops.

I will spend some time in the next couple months retro-blogging. Stay tuned to the past.

Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Ipods

Everyone has a friend who owns an Ipod. Unfortunately, some people seem to think that a click wheel is the best interface for music. You really can't do much to convince these people that there are much better ways to enjoy portable media; ways that don't involve proprietary software.

Sometimes it seems like it's better to let people enjoy their white earphoned DRM players, but would you believe that the Ipod is a dangerous device that could explode in your pocket, armband, underwear or where ever else people put them when they go jogging? Well, Natalie's Ipod nano suddenly swelled up in the middle and put so much pressure on the click wheel that it stopped working.

I consulted Internet with this shocking phenomenon and found that Ipod Nanos are renown for the battery swelling for no apparent reason. I don't know if anyone had battery acid bust in their pants pocket yet, but with the recent problem with laptop battery explosions, it seems like these Ipods could be just as dangerous.

If you or someone you love owns an Ipod, it may be time to get rid of that time bomb and buy a better media player.

The Cake Is A Lie

I finally played and beat Portal. It is easily the most humorous and entertaining game I have ever played. If you are able to navigate in a FPS world, then you must do whatever it takes to play this game. I may even let you play it at my house. It only takes a couple hours to beat.

If you have played it and need to listen to the end credits song over and over, it might still be available here.

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Where are you?
I will find you.

Battery Hacks

You may have heard of the many battery hacks on the internet. Basically, you can save money by opening a 9volt to get cheap AAA batteries or cracking open your dead laptop battery to bring it back to life.

Well now, there's the insane car battery hack:



Friendly hack!

Final Fantasy

Most people know that I am a nerd. Some people know I love Final Fantasy (well, I only like 1, 6, 7, and 12). So this post is only for nerds like me who have played Final Fantasy 6 too many times.

1. Open this link in a new tab.
2. While the music starts playing, open this link and look at the picture.
3. Profit?

Tell me that this wasn't an enemy from somewhere in FF6. I wish I still had my guide, so I could find the monster that these beasts came from.