FALLOUT NEW VEGAS PRE ORDER BONUS

GOOD NEWS! Pre-order Fallout: New Vegas (360,PS3) and receive a Limited Edition Fallout drink coaster! There are 8 different drink coasters available, but the coasters will be given randomly for each order. Check out all 8 versions below:

Bible MMO

Penny Arcade has a clever comic today which you can read here if you realize that in World of Warcraft people giving you quests have a yellow exclamation mark over their heads.

Despite having up-to-the-minute news,

I seem to still miss all the coolest Ann-Arbor-area events and only find out about them the day after. So far I've missed shopping cart races, an air show, and plenty of other cool stuff. It seems whenever I check arborweb, I see to only find out about swing dances classes, bingo, or a lecture series.


(Photo credit goest to Angie)

Worst board game title

Alright, so once upon a time there was a game called Last Train to Wensleydale. It was a train board game about moving, not surprisingly, cheese and other goods around a map.

Well, over on Board Game News they just ran this announcement: "Z-Man Games, in conjunction with Argentum Verlag (publishers of Hansa Teutonica), will be releasing Martin Wallace's Last Train to Wensleydale with the new title First Train to Nuremberg."

And while I realize there wasn't a concentration camp there (though of course there were the Nuremberg trials), this is the only thing I can think of:


I can't be the only one.

Orifice Doodles

As I’d previously mentioned, the new series of Orifice sculptures that I’m currently working on has started to influence my late night doodle sessions. And as promised, I’ve finally got round to uploading some of them onto my quick-fire drawings site.

When you put it that way.

I go over all the leases with people before they get their keys and there are four things that I always have to explain.
1) What is a water bed?
2) What is a halogen lamp? (I am good at drawing these)
3) What is a satellite dish? (I am bad at drawing these)
4) Christmas trees.

Now the thing is, I can't say "Christmas trees" so when I talk about it I have to explain that we don't allow live trees during the holidays. I'm sure if I said Christmas trees, people would know what I meant, but when it comes to fair housing you don't mess around and so it's always "the holidays"

Anyhow, try explaining what a Christmas tree is in a way that doesn't sound stupid. So, during the holidays, people here will go out and cut down a live tree so that they can put it inside the house and decorate it with lights. And then it slowly dies in their home and becomes a fire hazard.

PREORDER SHIPPING NOTICE

We have now begun shipping all pre-orders in our system for:

Ace Combat: Joint Assault - PSP (Preorder) (BONUS SOUL CALIBUR BROKEN DESTINY T_SHIRT(L) ) and Metroid : Other M - Wii (Preorder)

This is to try and have customers receive the games on, or as close too street date as possible. (Street Date shipping policy in effect) If your parcel usually takes 2 or more business days to arrive from us your order will ship out today. However, if your parcel only takes 1 business day to arrive to you than your order will ship on Monday. This is so we don't break the official street dates on these titles. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering! In store Pre-Order pickups will be available on Tuesday Aug 31st, 2010 which is the official street date for both titles. NO EXCEPTIONS ON THIS PICKUP POLICY!!!

TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON HOT PICK

This weeks ~Hot Pick~ is Transformers: War For Cybertron - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs). Experience the legendary battle between the Autobots and Decepticons before their exodus to Earth for the low price of $39.99CAD!

Limit 1 Per Customer while supplies last!

ALL NEW PRICE DROPS

We have lowered the price of the following titles:

Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition - 360 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) (Region Free) - Now Only $39.99!
Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now Only $39.99
Call of Duty: World at War - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now Only $39.99
Call of Duty: World at War - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now Only $39.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now Only $39.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum - PS3 (In stock usually ships in 24hrs) - Now Only $39.99


Grab these great titles now at there new low prices!

FALLOUT NEW VEGAS PS3 AND XBOX 360 PRICE DROP

We have dropped the Pre-Order price of: Fallout New Vegas - PS3 (Preorder), Fallout New Vegas - 360 (Preorder) by $10 from $69.99 to a lower price of $59.99! This game has not been released yet and we have already dropped the price!

All customers who have already Pre-Ordered this title will only be charged the new lower price. If you have pre-paid in full for your pre-order the difference will be refunded to your payment method in the next few days. Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices!

Fallout New Vegas - PC (Preorder) is also now available fro preorder as well.

If I see a picture and it makes me say "whoa" it must go here. Ultra tiny frogs!

[io9 via GRR]

TALES OF SYMPHONIA BARGAIN BIN

We have lowered the price of Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Wii (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) down to a new low price of only $19.99!

This qualifies it to be tossed into the Wii Bargain Bin. Look for more prices drops soon as we continue to lower our prices.

Largest hailstone ever recorded is the size of a volleyball

"Even after melting, the stone [produced from the thunderstorm that struck Vivian, South Dakota, U.S. of A., on 23 July 2010] still measured 8.0 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds (1 pound, 15 ounces) with a circumference of 18.62 inches"


Via Digg. NOAA article here: http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/hailstone.html

PHANTASY STAR PORTABLE 2 PRICE DROP

We have dropped the Pre-Order price of: Phantasy Star Portable 2 - PSP (Preorder) by $5 from to a lower price of $44.99 to $39.99! This game has not been released yet and we have already dropped the price!

All customers who have already Pre-Ordered this title will only be charged the new lower price. If you have pre-paid in full for your pre-order the difference will be refunded to your payment method in the next few days. Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices!

PROFESSOR LAYTON PRICE DROP

We have dropped the Pre-Order price of: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - DS (Preorder) by $5 from to a lower price of $39.99 to $34.99! This game has not been released yet and we have already dropped the price!

All customers who have already Pre-Ordered this title will only be charged the new lower price. If you have pre-paid in full for your pre-order the difference will be refunded to your payment method in the next few days. Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices!

SHIPPING TODAY @ VGP.CA

We have now begun shipping all Pre-Orders in our system for:

NHL 2K11 - Wii (Preorder)
Ivy the Kiwi? - DS (Preorder)
Ivy the Kiwi? - Wii (Preorder)
Gunblade NYC & LA Machine Guns - Wii (Preorder)
This is to try and have customers receive the game on, or as close too street date as possible. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering!

MAFIA 2 REGION TEST AND NOW SHIPPING

We have now begun shipping all Pre-Orders in our system for:

Mafia II(2) - 360 (Preorder)
Mafia II(2) - PS3 (Preorder)
Mafia II(2) - PC (Preorder)
Mafia II (2) Collector's Edition - 360 (LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER) (Preorder)
Mafia II (2) Collector's Edition - PS3 (LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER) (Preorder)

This is to try and have customers receive the game on, or as close too street date as possible. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering!

This title is also REGION FREE, for all you PAL Xbox 360 owners.

This is made out of wood

[more info]

Drew Carey got skinny

HALO REACH ACCESSORIES

In-stock now are the Special Edition accessories for Halo: Reach!

Blast Covenant forces like never before with the Xbox 360 Halo: Reach Wireless Controller, and get into the game with the Xbox 360 Halo: Reach Wireless Headset!

Features artwork created by Bungie and only available for a limited time!

CASTLEVANIA LIMITED EDITION PRE ORDER

We are happy to announce that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Limited Edition is now available for Pre-Order for the PS3 and Xbox 360!. This limited will include:

- Art book (estimated 30-40 pages)
- Soundtrack (estimated 18-20 tracks)
- X360 game (2 game discs) / PS3 (1 game disc)
- Special Packaging

How about a punch to the face instead. Seriously.

The page below comes from a book about 100 items that women can use as improved weapons if attacked. Check out the full post over at Awful Library Books to see someone attacked with a handful of coins and a 3 1.2" floppy disk.

I think a lighter would only work if the assailant was a troll who needed to keep regenerating HP (D&D anyone?).

UFC UNDISPUTED 2010 PRICE DROP

We taken $20 off the price on UFC Undisputed 2010 for both 360 and PS3!

UFC Undisputed 2010 - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now $39.99
UFC Undisputed 2010 - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) - Now $39.99

Also we have stock of UFC Undisputed 2010 [Preplayed] with free shipping for only $29.99!

Grab this great title now at its new low price!

Ha

[via]

NEW PRICE DROPS!

We have lowered the price of the following titles:

Splinter Cell: Conviction (360) (Region Free) - Now Only $39.99!
Red Steel 2 Game Only and MotionPlus Bundle (Wii) - Now Only $29.99 & $39.99
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Wii) - Now Only $19.99

Grab these great titles now at there new low prices!

Crab Head Doll

As my blog has been a bit drawing/doodle-heavy lately I thought I’d give you a break with something 3D. This is one of my small component sculptures. I’m not quite sure where these component pieces are going – whether they will eventually form part of an installation, join together to form a weird mutated sculpture or just sit on the shelf and gather dust. Once I have enough of them I’m sure something will suggest itself.
As you can probably tell from this piece and from my Crab Claw paintings, I have a bit of an obsession with crustaceans and anything else that has claws. I think it probably stems from my love of collecting dead things as a child and of long walks along the beaches in Wales – where there was always an abundant supply of crab parts.

KANE AND LYNCH NOW SHIPPING

We have now begun shipping all Pre-Orders in our system for:

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - 360 (Preorder)

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - PC (Preorder)

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - PS3 (Preorder)

This is to try and have customers receive the game on, or as close too street date as possible. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering!

This title is also REGION FREE, for all you PAL Xbox 360 owners.

Embroidery Illustrations

Check more out: on her flickr page. Sorta via CRAFT

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I just got a Nigerian email scam that asks for all the usual info but also asks that I email back "9. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY............"

Check out these old cereal boxes

A whole lot more over here

Jackson 5 vs Nirvana Mashup

Watch it before the cease and desist order takes it down!

Also, while I'm posting music videos, do you realize that Kidz Bop did Ke$ha, master of talking rather than singing? They changed "Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack" to "brush my teeth and then I go and pack." I can link you the audio track but I'll let you know that they cut out the whole middle part.

Someone also went and amped up the creepy by mashing up their original sexualized videos with the kids bop audio. They change the lyrics around, but somehow "we'll melt your popsicle" stayed in California Gurls.

Heroic day at work today

Spot the contradiction in the 4 statements!
1. The lock on the door to my son's hall won't lock
2. I noticed this two days ago
3. I would have forgotten to call about this if I hadn't had this other thing to call about.
4. This makes me very concerned and I want this to be fixed right away. Anyone could walk into their hall.

Though her description, she made it sound like parts of the lock were sticking out, keeping the door from closing and wouldn't consider my suggestion on how it could be fixed [When maintenance uses a master hall key on a lock, they can turn it so that the lock stays unlocked. If you put a regular key in that lock to open it, it goes back to autolock mode]. So I said I would head over and see what could be done. I took a walk there, put a hall key in the lock, and turned it back to normal.

Rest easy, everything is fixed.

In other heroic news, some other people that moved in from Korea just came in and called me a hero for helping them resolve a problem they were having with getting electricity in their name without a social security number.

MAG PS3 PRICE DROP

We have lowered the price of MAG - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) by $20 from $59.99 down to a new low price of only $39.99. Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices.

Just like beggar's canyon back home

Someone made an android app that turns your GPS into an X-Wing targeting computer. This would afford you many opportunities to say great things like "we're going in, we're going in full throttle" and for your navigator to say "Luke, you've switched off your targeting computer". Who cares if it's functional?


Full details over at engadget.

Just make sure you don't leave any glasses on the table

This ship (which I shall henceforce call the flipship) transforms from a boat to an offshore platform. More details and video over at core77

The guy in the foreground works at this music store. That's all you need to know to enjoy this

[via thediggreel]

VGP JOB POSTING

Wanna join the VGP.CA Team? We are currently looking for an energetic, and hard-working individual for a new Shipper/Receiver Position...Anyone interested please send resumes to: opportunities@videogamesplus.ca

ASSASSIN'S CREED COLLECTORS EDT. NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE ORDER

We have just added: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collector's Edt.(PS3) and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collector's Edt.(360) for Pre-Order. Quantity is very limited and is limit 1 per customer.

Another Doodle Update

With lots going on at the moment I’ve not been doing as many of my late night doodles as usual. However, I have just got round to uploading a dozen quick-fire drawings from last week.
The thing that I like about automatic drawing is that at the moment you put pen to paper you don’t know what will appear in front of you. Your brain is just a split second in front of what you are doing – instantly reacting to the mark that you are currently making. Sometimes you slow down and feel that the drawing is going in a certain direction, and at this point it becomes more considered. At other times the marks just fly out onto the paper as if drawn by some external force. And when these ones work out you kinda feel guilty about taking credit for them.
But, as I said before, with this approach they can be a bit hit and miss - so please don’t judge them too harshly.

LOST PLANET 2 PS3/360 PRICE DROP

We have lowered the price of both Lost Planet 2 - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) and Lost Planet 2 - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) by $20 down to new low prices of $39.99 each. Also, in stock are Lost Planet 2 - 360 (Region Free) (Preplayed) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) and Lost Planet 2 - PS3 (Preplayed) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) at even lower prices of only $29.99 each with FREE SHIPPING!! Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices!! The XBOX 360 version of this title is Region Free and will work on a PAL XBOX 360 console.

MADDEN NFL 11 NOW SHIPPING & REGION TESTING

We have now begun shipping all Pre-Orders in our system for:

Madden NFL 11 - All Systems

This is to try and have customers receive the game on, or as close too street date as possible. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering! In store Pre-Order pickups will be available on Tues. Aug 10th, 2010 which is the official street date for this system. NO EXCEPTIONS ON THIS PICKUP POLICY!

Madden NFL 11 - 360 (Region Free) (Preorder)[Free Shipping] is also REGION FREE, Pal 360 users will be able to play this hot new title!

MORE TITLES HIT BARGAIN BIN

We have lowered the price of all versions of MX vs ATV: REFLEX and STAR WARS: CLONE WARS REBUPLIC HEROES too new low prices of only $19.99 each and have tossed them into their respective systems BARGAIN BIN. Look for more price drops soon as we continue to lower our prices!

EARLY NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE

Now in stock ready to ship is Monster Rancher DS - DS (Preorder). To all our European gaming friends this title still has no European release date!

Filled with nostalgia of past Monster Rancher games and imaginative monster breeding, fans of the series will not be disappointed with this latest installment.

You're all clear kid, now let's blow this joint and go home

From Mint's money origami

Irony

As posted on Fark, there was recently an event in Massachusetts for National Night Out. What's National Night Out? Well, it's an event to fight crime and to promote overall community safety.

At this particular event in MA, someone got stabbed.

Addicted to Drawing

I’m not wishing to knock it but I seem to be addicted to drawing at the moment – maybe it's my way of distracting myself from thinking about other stuff. I’ve just uploaded a few recent drawings to my sketchbook page. Most of them relate to, or are ideas for, the new Orifice Box sculpture project that I’m working on. But they are not the drawings that I mentioned in my previous post. Those ones will appear soon, on my quick-fire drawings page – just as soon as I get round to uploading them.

Business card turns into a car

I thought this was a neat look for a business card (since it looks just like the plastic molds that a model car uses), but then I realized that you can actually use the business card to make something and I had to post it.

Hopefully the contact info is all on that bottom part otherwise someone will say "whoa that was great, I have to call that person" and won't be able to since your phone number just turned into a rear spoiler on a dragster. [via make]

NBA JAM ONLY ON NBA ELITE!?

Just some news we received today: New copies of Electronic Arts' NBA Elite 11 will include a "one-time download code that will enable users to access three modes of NBA JAM - Play Now, Classic Campaign and Online." So anyone looking for NBA JAM will have to also purchase:

NBA Elite 11 - 360 (Preorder)
NBA Elite 11 - PS3 (Preorder)

So Pre-Order now and get two new basketball titles in one!

Everything is normal and hopefully will stay that way

I think that that one resident of ours finally got some help. She was in the hospital for a bit (unrelated to her schizophrenia-like tendencies) and I think maybe they put her on some meds. She looks more together now (less garish eyeshadow, new haircut). Most importantly, when she comes in, she doesn't tell me things like "I'm on to your Baptist Cult" but instead just says "here's rent" and doesn't tangent to talking about satellites or seeing people from Fox News filming on the property. She still mentions knowing people in the federal government, but she's making progress.

MEDAL OF HONOR PRE ORDER UPDATE

We are happy to announce that the new Medal of Honor title for PS3 and Xbox-360 will be a Limited Edition (first run only!). This limited first run is the same retail price and will include:

• MP7 – Exclusively in the Limited Edition, is a weapon utilized by Tier 1 Operators in the field. With its light weight, high rate of fire as well as its ability to penetrate body armor, the MP7 handles like a pistol yet allows targets to be engaged like a rifle.
• TOZ194 and 870MCS Shotguns – Get instant access to these two devastating shotguns for close quarters combat.

Also, the PS3 version will exclusively include Medal of Honor: Frontline! Pre-Order now and receive these special bonus', don't wait and miss out!

Medal of Honor Limited (PS3)
Medal of Honor Limited (360)

If you want to read a good blog

check out 1001 rules for my unborn son. Like it sounds, the guy writes down a bunch of advice that he has for his upcoming kid. It ranges from "When using a saw, patience not strength is needed to make the smoothest cut." to "Support friends in the arts. Especially if they stink." to which Hardy Boys book is a good read. It's the kinda stuff that sounds trivial by itself but makes for a good collection of wisdom when thrown on a tumblr

I found it recently when the guy's recent tip "You only get one chance to notice her new haircut." hit google reader recommended posts. Maybe it's just because I've got a kid of my own on the way, but I think you might like reading it. You might even want to start from the start [link goes to the page with rule #1 on it at the time this post was written, that'll change over time].

The Second Orifice

Here’s some ‘work in progress’ photos of the second piece in my new Orifice Box series. The working title for this one is Horned God Orifice Box (a bit of a mouthful and not that catchy, I admit) because of the branches that grow out of the sides of the box – which remind me a little bit of horns. I know that the box is a little on the small side for anything with deity status but maybe the Horned God doesn’t have that much in the way of worshippers these days. I’ve still not yet decided what the interior of the box will line with. I’m toying with the idea of either hair or very old news print, with drawings over the top. I had thought about having the interior mirrored but I’m not sure if that would add much to the piece. I also have to add the trademark casters.
I think that this new series of work has started to influence my ongoing quick-fire drawing project, as a few of sketches have come out remarkably boxy. I’ll upload them soon so that you can see what I mean. Which reminds me – I must get round to scanning and uploading the next batch of doodles as they are starting to mount up.