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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/ A very interesting look on where the future of gaming may or may not be going. I would recommend those interested to read it from beginning to the end. It is a fascinating look at group dynamics and basics of game play and its...

The Taiwanese Presidential Election goes off on the Jan. 14, which is the starting gun of all the important elections in 2012. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/president-ma-ying-jeou-vulnerable-as-taiwan-elections-loom/story-e6frg6so-1226238529996 President Ma has a lot of...

http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_8_lee_looks_for_general_tso.html An awesome talk about localization and globalization of Chinese food. One thing that really surprised me is that there are more Chinese restaurants than all those fast food restaurants combined. I knew most of it before...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501712_162-57344889/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-69-has-died/ As for the guy that will take over a country at the young age of 27...

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81314273/ A friend posted this on another forum I frequent. I found it kind of interesting, because I can imagine the uproar this kind of thing would cause in North America. Of course, jokes about questions asking whether or not you would like the...

Well, it's that time of the year and here comes another attempt by Spike to Hollywood the video game industry, along with red carpet and all. http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011-nominees/voting/game-of-the-year Comments, complaints, disses, and apathetic opinions are all...

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I was reading Wired and I found this article about this strange thing fairly suitable for NMA. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/ff_uvb76/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvb_76 So, what's your take on it? There are links in the wiki post that will allow you to listen to it. Any...

A 1 hour gaming special from a Canadian gaming show that tries to help generate donation for the Japan earthquake/tsunami. What's amazing is that a lot of big shots are interviewed. A lot of big names I've heard over the years are on camera. It's pretty special to see all these guys in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPA6-E0b15k&feature=player_embedded#at=29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGTIs9fvkUA&feature=player_embedded The premise: A British guy visits China while completely unprepared for the consequences. Since a few people never seem to get the jokes about...

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html http://www.google.ca/search?q=japan+earthquake&num=20&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1680&bih=871&prmd=ivnsu&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=ZZJ6TfWqEYqErQGnwbXUBQ&ved=0CEAQqAI As some of you may already know, all hell broke lose in Japan...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101220-lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-2010-science-shortest-day-first/ So, anybody out for some lunar gazing tonight?

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/90-strong-team-working-on-fallout-mmog I have the magazine that shows the interview, but an online transcript is still not available on their website.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/10/nobel_oddsmakers_look_kindly_o.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo Well, this is going to be a crappy day for the Chinese head of the propaganda department. They were doing well, inciting furor in the populace over the...

You know, if you fly a lot, do you still look at safety demonstrations provided by the cabin crew any more? But isn't it important information that you need in order to save your life? Therefore, to alleviate bordem and get people to pay attention, some airlines have invented new ways to deal...

http://www.in.com/videos/watchvideo-bra-that-doubledds-up-as-a-gas-mask-5705837.html So, in case of emergency, do authorities have the right to commandeer these bras for public use? :lol: Of course, if you really want it to be useful, wouldn't it be better to actually insert some kind...

http://www.mnn.com/food/beer/stories/space-beer-headed-for-zero-gravity-bar So..., who here thinks it will probably taste like crap/space food? :P Of course, I can understand why they wouldn't allow it on the ISS, since a drunk driver is already bad enough.., but a drunk space pilot...

Or how the police screwed up big time. http://topics.cnn.com/topics/philippines http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/08/25/coren.philippines.hostages.cnn http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/philippines.bus.hostages.eyewitness/index.html...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/china.traffic.jam/index.html?section=cnn_latest http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/chinese-traffic-jam-stretching-over-100kmh-expected-to-last-a-month/story-e6frf7lf-1225909285377 As I have told most people coming here, driving in China is...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1264744/American-sends-adopted-Russian-boy-behavioural-problems.html http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/10/6258802.html I really don't know how to comment on this, except that how the hell does someone like this even allowed to adopt in the...