Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 168
November 18, 2011
whitney-mccaskill:
I found this a while ago and just forgot to...
I found this a while ago and just forgot to post it, but it is one of my favorite typography experiments. Climent Canal, who did the design, does some really fun stuff with type.
November 17, 2011
November 16, 2011
Boo-urns, google. Boo-urns.
Boo-urns, google. Boo-urns.
Penny Arcade on Super Mario Land 3D
After being eased into Super Mario Land 3D with a series of levels which are not horrifying, the punishment can and will begin in earnest. Defeating these while also collecting their three star coins will test you. Indeed, upon missing that same jump that you missed many times previously, you may find that a magical leaf has been provided. This leaf is a kind of Super Tanooki Suit, which transforms you into a kind of sparkling megaraccoon which cannot be harmed. You don't have to take it. You can just leave it there and continue to fail again and again, as you have so miserably. But the strong implication is that you need this leaf very badly.
You will most likely accept it, but you won't like it; you'll resent the leaf. You'll feel the leer of a Koopa Troopa hot on your neck, its beak curled in disgust. You'll get to the end, you'll get the flag; you'll tick your adventure forward one Standard Destiny Unit (SDU). But a taste will accompany the proceedings.
This taste will be bitter.
Just like so many other major Mario games released in the last few years, there's a little help added. I really like that this exists; not because I use the feature (much), but because it means these games can remain difficult. Games in general are much, much easier than they used to be, and handholding generally just happens. That Nintendo turns this into a form of shame (indirectly) means that old guys like me can still revel in getting creamed by cartoons.
November 15, 2011
Jonathan Coulton & John Hodgman singing "Tonight you...
Jonathan Coulton & John Hodgman singing "Tonight you belong to me."
