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8bit killer

A brand new, free, 8 bit-styled shooter with 32x32 textures and a palette of 64 colors. It is inspired by games like Wolfenstein (obviously) and Metroid (not obvious until you play the game).

Download it here.

Oh, and it sucks in Wine, but I haven't yet tried any compatibility modes or other tweaks. Can you get it to work nicely in Wine? Please leave a comment.

Happy American Independence Day

The Greatest Dog

Right Down My Alley

[Via a very long post on food and drink @ Vintage Ads.]

Real Talk

Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.


Ex-NYPD cops say smiley face is link in 40 deaths by serial killer syndicate!

Street sweeper crushes Bronx dog

DMX arrested, again.

Top level domain names like totally opened up.

MySpace Page -- Funk/Hip Hop group that does songs exclusively about feet.

A meat company has been branded Dickensian after forcing its employees to clock-off every time they want to go to the toilet.

Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests.

Good News: Earth actually not at risk for being sucked into black holes created by massive particle collider.

Some Mega Bullshit

I guess it sucks when the shoe is on the other foot -- Or something. Pixar could do a movie about a young witty paparazzo and call it Filthy. Who would voice the main character?

Paparazzo Claims 'Iron Man' Robbed Him A photographer from LA is claiming that his above photo was used without permission in the new Iron Man movie. Ronnie Adams, currently employed at JFX paparazzi agency, is suing Paramount and Marvel over copyright infringement for an image featured on the front page of a mock newspaper being read by Robert Downey Jr.

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Oh Shit

Internet body approves domain name big bang

PARIS (AFP) — Web regulators Thursday voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in Internet history, a French web official said.

The overhaul is expected to radically change the way users navigate the Internet and has major implications for businesses and consumers worldwide.

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New Posts After July 4

Not Surprised

Behavior considered part of the normal spectrum in the 19th century, Lane says, had in our time become a mental disorder requiring treatment with prescription drugs.

Gangs of Kabukicho

I bought Japanese photographer and man about town Watanabe Katsumi's "Gangs of Kabukicho" at OK recently. Katsumi worked the red light districts of Shinjuku Province in 1968 Japan. Shooting with an on camera flash, which was rare at the time, made his portrait services popular with the drag queens, gangsters, hookers, and night club patrons that worked and partied there at night. It also gives his work the feel of all the other masters of on camera flash like WeeGee, Arbus, Larry Fink, and Araki. And like those greats, he must have been amazing with people, as his subjects all seem really relaxed and for the most part happy....... or at least happily drunk.

More About 'Gangs of Kabukicho'

Gnarly Potential

Some New Desktop Background

This is why Edward Norton is one of the best actors

Despite portraying what costume designer Jane Ruhm described as a "hippie" character, Norton eschewed the rootsy wardrobe presented him and commissioned a suit made of hemp from Armani.

I Have A Frighteningly Similar Story For Why I Stopped Eating Meat

Some addicts say they reach "rock bottom" when they lose their health or their family -- but Robert Downey Jr hit his lowest ebb when he ordered a Burger King!

The Iron Man star has publicly thanked the fast food chain for helping him get on the road to recovery by serving him a cheeseburger so disgusting that it forced him to reassess his entire life, according to Britain's film magazine Empire.

Some Celebrity News Site

You Know The Dude Just Faked It

A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has been found in the river below -- and the victims of his fraud say they doubt he killed himself.

The FBI and state police are skeptical, saying they're still looking for Samuel Israel III.

Israel, 48, a co-founder and chief executive of the now-collapsed Bayou hedge funds, was sentenced in April to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy and fraud, to begin Monday afternoon. He was also ordered to pay $300 million to his victims.

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Clearly, money talks -- and it speaks a language I don't fully understand. They let a thief, who stole hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, drive himself to prison.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

1968: Norman Mailer Debates Marshall McLuhan