Hiya.
You're a sensible person, right? So that means you drink tea. Or, at a push, coffee. How many sugars do you take? Oh really? That's interesting. Those of you who gave an answer greater than zero, how many grains do you think that number of spoonfuls would consist of?
Essentially, what I want to know is, would you put 100 grains of sugar into a cup?
Sugar, Sugar is a game that will task you to do just that; put 100 grains of sugar into a cup. Simple. I mean, you'll face the same challenges you would if you were making a cuppa at home: transport the sugar from where it is kept to wherever the cup may be, make sure you're putting the right type of sugar in the right cup, etc. Obviously, just like at home, you'll also need to drop the sugar through a hole in the floor so that it will fall from the ceiling and sometimes you'll need to flip gravity on its head.
Basically, you've been training for this your whole life.
So go. Go and draw those lines necessary to ferry the sugar from the comma it lives in to the waiting cups. Go play Sugar, Sugar.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
OK Mr. Sunshine!
Hello, this post presents a bit of a quandary for me. On the one hand, I don't want to over-explain the concept because it would strip away some of the joy of discovery. On the other hand, as you'll see in a moment, the more words I can put on the page, the better. I suppose one solution would be to talk at length about this dilemma so as to solve it in such a way that retains the mystery while creating enough raw material for you to enjoy.
Also, I suppose I could squeeze a few sentences out of the fact that this miraculous thing you're about to see may not work depending on the browser you're using. I can vouch for it's effectiveness using Google Chrome and I'm assured that the newer versions of Firefox run it fine, but I haven't tested IE. Maybe if you feel like you're missing out, you could convert?
Ok, that's enough blurb. Just click below to Katamarify this very page!
NAAAAA NA NA NA NA NA NAAA NA.
Visit the Site for more info.
Also, I suppose I could squeeze a few sentences out of the fact that this miraculous thing you're about to see may not work depending on the browser you're using. I can vouch for it's effectiveness using Google Chrome and I'm assured that the newer versions of Firefox run it fine, but I haven't tested IE. Maybe if you feel like you're missing out, you could convert?
Ok, that's enough blurb. Just click below to Katamarify this very page!
NAAAAA NA NA NA NA NA NAAA NA.
Visit the Site for more info.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Sty Stallone.
Evening all.
It's game time. I hope you're ready, because it's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and I've run out of baseball clichés. Should probably have picked a sport I know more about. Or just not persevered quite as far with this tawdry introduction.
Either way, you're about to play a game where a pig in a bandana uses an arsenal of weaponry to take out other, presumably evil, pigs.
It's a 2D physics puzzle game, like so many that have gone before but the quality is elevated by the variety of weapons and intelligent level design. Also, if you run out of levels to play, there is a whole gallery of user-generated ones.
It's good, wholesome, cartoony, pig-murderin' fun for all the family.
It's Hambo!
It's game time. I hope you're ready, because it's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and I've run out of baseball clichés. Should probably have picked a sport I know more about. Or just not persevered quite as far with this tawdry introduction.
Either way, you're about to play a game where a pig in a bandana uses an arsenal of weaponry to take out other, presumably evil, pigs.
It's a 2D physics puzzle game, like so many that have gone before but the quality is elevated by the variety of weapons and intelligent level design. Also, if you run out of levels to play, there is a whole gallery of user-generated ones.
It's good, wholesome, cartoony, pig-murderin' fun for all the family.
It's Hambo!
Monday, 28 February 2011
Steeeeerike.
Hey guys.
Today I'm going to lift the veil a bit. Give you an insight on how to milk the very best stuff out of the internet.
This is primo information, so don't go spreading it around. I had to put in 10 years hard graft in the HTML mines for this.
Ok, here goes... There are videos of cats on the internet. That's right. Cats. Just drink that in.
Oh you knew? You've seen the videos of Maru in the box? The cat failing to jump a gate in slow motion? The one that plays the bongos on a baby's head?*
Well check THIS out:
Yeah, that's why I'm an internet maven and you aren't.
*These are all real videos by the way. Oh yes.
Today I'm going to lift the veil a bit. Give you an insight on how to milk the very best stuff out of the internet.
This is primo information, so don't go spreading it around. I had to put in 10 years hard graft in the HTML mines for this.
Ok, here goes... There are videos of cats on the internet. That's right. Cats. Just drink that in.
Oh you knew? You've seen the videos of Maru in the box? The cat failing to jump a gate in slow motion? The one that plays the bongos on a baby's head?*
Well check THIS out:
Yeah, that's why I'm an internet maven and you aren't.
*These are all real videos by the way. Oh yes.
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Seed Of Doubt.
Morning all.
Not really sure how to classify today's plink. It's a game in as much as it is technically interactive, but all you really do is click and watch events unfold.
In online gaming circles, things like this are called webtoys. Cute, right?
This one, named Mitoza, is a particularly polished example. It starts with a seed (well, technically it starts with an adorable loading screen) and offers you two choices. A flowerpot or a bird. Clicking one will cause something to happen to the seed, it will grow into a plant or get eaten by a robin respectively. Anyway, you keep making choice after choice and eventually you'll end up with a company of flies performing Hamlet or an ice cream stand inside an egg run by a devilish aubergine. Inevitably, you always revert to a single seed and the process begins anew.
There are so many permutations that I'm still discovering new ones. Give it a try and report back with your discoveries.
Mitoza.
Not really sure how to classify today's plink. It's a game in as much as it is technically interactive, but all you really do is click and watch events unfold.
In online gaming circles, things like this are called webtoys. Cute, right?
This one, named Mitoza, is a particularly polished example. It starts with a seed (well, technically it starts with an adorable loading screen) and offers you two choices. A flowerpot or a bird. Clicking one will cause something to happen to the seed, it will grow into a plant or get eaten by a robin respectively. Anyway, you keep making choice after choice and eventually you'll end up with a company of flies performing Hamlet or an ice cream stand inside an egg run by a devilish aubergine. Inevitably, you always revert to a single seed and the process begins anew.
There are so many permutations that I'm still discovering new ones. Give it a try and report back with your discoveries.
Mitoza.
Monday, 14 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
The Ascent Of Van.
I don't know quite how to explain today's offering. I've just found it and I am somewhat taken aback.
Put simply, it's a program someone has written which shows the realtime evolution of a car.
Now, I don't mean it shows the stages of a car being built, or how a certain model of car has changed over the years.
No. This is a genetic algorithm enabling the selective breeding of randomly generated vehicles. Each one is spawned and then its progress is recorded. The ones that get the furthest in the fastest times live on to 'reproduce' and pass on their strengths to a new generation.
This is one of the weirdest posts I've ever had to write. Thinking about it is making my head hurt. I think it is best if you just see for yourself. If you can handle it.
BoxCar 2D.
Let it run for a while. See how some are more successful than others? Through subsequent generations, you'll see tweaked versions of those cars as they literally evolve. It's strangely heart-warming. I found myself really rooting for certain scrappy little racers and being emotionally crushed (well, a bit) when one of them spawned upside down. Removing itself from the gene pool by dint of pure dumb luck.
I still don't fully understand the finer points of this program, but I am finding The FAQ pretty useful.
The theory of Evolution applied to cars. THAT is why I love the internet.
Put simply, it's a program someone has written which shows the realtime evolution of a car.
Now, I don't mean it shows the stages of a car being built, or how a certain model of car has changed over the years.
No. This is a genetic algorithm enabling the selective breeding of randomly generated vehicles. Each one is spawned and then its progress is recorded. The ones that get the furthest in the fastest times live on to 'reproduce' and pass on their strengths to a new generation.
This is one of the weirdest posts I've ever had to write. Thinking about it is making my head hurt. I think it is best if you just see for yourself. If you can handle it.
BoxCar 2D.
Let it run for a while. See how some are more successful than others? Through subsequent generations, you'll see tweaked versions of those cars as they literally evolve. It's strangely heart-warming. I found myself really rooting for certain scrappy little racers and being emotionally crushed (well, a bit) when one of them spawned upside down. Removing itself from the gene pool by dint of pure dumb luck.
I still don't fully understand the finer points of this program, but I am finding The FAQ pretty useful.
The theory of Evolution applied to cars. THAT is why I love the internet.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Doing Your Swede In.
You've probably already had your dinner by now. If you haven't though, and you're at a loss for what to eat, why not consider some delicious Swedish meatballs?
Cooked the traditional Swedish way, of course. For reference, please watch the following video.
Note, this is like that time I linked to the German Forklift Driving Instructional Video, the video is much better than it sounds. Enjoy!
Give this man a prime-time cooking show.
Goodnight!
Cooked the traditional Swedish way, of course. For reference, please watch the following video.
Note, this is like that time I linked to the German Forklift Driving Instructional Video, the video is much better than it sounds. Enjoy!
Give this man a prime-time cooking show.
Goodnight!
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
What's Your Angle?
Hello friends.
I think it's about time we took a fishing trip.
Just, y'know... float out into the middle of nowhere, sling the hook over the side, grab a fish, flick it out of the water and into the air then blow it to bits with a gun.
What do you mean that's not how fishing works? That's how I learnt. Your way sounds boring! I prefer to go RADICAL FISHIN'!
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
I think it's about time we took a fishing trip.
Just, y'know... float out into the middle of nowhere, sling the hook over the side, grab a fish, flick it out of the water and into the air then blow it to bits with a gun.
What do you mean that's not how fishing works? That's how I learnt. Your way sounds boring! I prefer to go RADICAL FISHIN'!
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Sunday, 23 January 2011
It's A Hoot Hoot.
Hello all. Hope your weekends were fruitful.
I spent a lot of mine playing LBP2, predictably. It's so great. I'll write more about it sometime in the week.
Today however, I have something that just doesn't feature enough in everyday life:
Hungover Owls.
Yeah. Somebody has dedicated a blog to finding pictures of owls that look like they're suffering after a big night. Once again, it's stuff like this that makes me love the internet.
The blog has an astonishing 14 pages of worse-for-wear owls already, each with a smirk-worthy caption. You should check it out, and you can do so Here!
I spent a lot of mine playing LBP2, predictably. It's so great. I'll write more about it sometime in the week.
Today however, I have something that just doesn't feature enough in everyday life:
Hungover Owls.
Yeah. Somebody has dedicated a blog to finding pictures of owls that look like they're suffering after a big night. Once again, it's stuff like this that makes me love the internet.
The blog has an astonishing 14 pages of worse-for-wear owls already, each with a smirk-worthy caption. You should check it out, and you can do so Here!
Monday, 17 January 2011
Carnage.
Hello friends.
I love videogames, I also love the videogames community. Their creativity and the breadth of their commitment to titting about with the games they love is awe-inspiring. It's largely for this reason that I'm so excited about the release of LittleBigPlanet 2 this Friday. This post isn't about that, though. Expect a giddy outporing of fanboyism on that topic soon.
This post is about Grand Theft Auto 4, more specifically a video created by a guy who tinkered with one very important setting inside the game. Specifically the friction of the vehicles. If this sounds dull, well take a look at the video:
Heehee!
I love videogames, I also love the videogames community. Their creativity and the breadth of their commitment to titting about with the games they love is awe-inspiring. It's largely for this reason that I'm so excited about the release of LittleBigPlanet 2 this Friday. This post isn't about that, though. Expect a giddy outporing of fanboyism on that topic soon.
This post is about Grand Theft Auto 4, more specifically a video created by a guy who tinkered with one very important setting inside the game. Specifically the friction of the vehicles. If this sounds dull, well take a look at the video:
Heehee!
Friday, 14 January 2011
Space: The Final Frontier.
Evening all. I trust you're well.
I'm going to really test your mettle tonight, put your skills through their paces. This game is not for you 'casual' gamers, so go back to your Farmville, pansies.
It's called Super PSTW Action RPG, the PSTW stands for 'press space to win' and err... that's all you do. Don't get me wrong, you have to press it a few times.
It's a fun little pastiche of RPG flash games, but the REAL reason I'm drawing your attention to it is because of a review it got from an irate player. As with many places on the internet, Newgrounds.com affords visitors the ability to comment on the content of the site. Obviously, when you give the general public an anonymous mouthpiece, you get, well... you get utter twats. The above game attracted a real doozy. He spewed out such a malformed chunk of prose that someone else felt compelled to do a dramatic reading of it and then a THIRD person made an animated video for it. It's stuff like this that makes me love the internet.
Without further ado, I present to you 'Dot Dot Dot'.
I'm going to really test your mettle tonight, put your skills through their paces. This game is not for you 'casual' gamers, so go back to your Farmville, pansies.
It's called Super PSTW Action RPG, the PSTW stands for 'press space to win' and err... that's all you do. Don't get me wrong, you have to press it a few times.
It's a fun little pastiche of RPG flash games, but the REAL reason I'm drawing your attention to it is because of a review it got from an irate player. As with many places on the internet, Newgrounds.com affords visitors the ability to comment on the content of the site. Obviously, when you give the general public an anonymous mouthpiece, you get, well... you get utter twats. The above game attracted a real doozy. He spewed out such a malformed chunk of prose that someone else felt compelled to do a dramatic reading of it and then a THIRD person made an animated video for it. It's stuff like this that makes me love the internet.
Without further ado, I present to you 'Dot Dot Dot'.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Pleased To Meteor.
So, it's mid-afternoon. You're probably at work or something. Has the desire to destroy all life on the planet crossed your mind?
Thought so. Well, as always, plinx has got your back.
Way back in the mists of time (april '09, to be precise) I plinked a game called Effing Hail where you used gusts of wind to manipulate hailstorms until they became powerful forces of destruction.
Well, now the same guys bring you Effing Meteors! This time, you use your cursor as a magnetic field to group together rocks whizzing through space in order to send them smashing down onto the surface of the planet, wiping out anything currently living thereupon. YAY! It's a well-implemented gaming mechanic and hey, it's fun to cause enormous explosions.
Have fun destroying life as we know it.
Thought so. Well, as always, plinx has got your back.
Way back in the mists of time (april '09, to be precise) I plinked a game called Effing Hail where you used gusts of wind to manipulate hailstorms until they became powerful forces of destruction.
Well, now the same guys bring you Effing Meteors! This time, you use your cursor as a magnetic field to group together rocks whizzing through space in order to send them smashing down onto the surface of the planet, wiping out anything currently living thereupon. YAY! It's a well-implemented gaming mechanic and hey, it's fun to cause enormous explosions.
Have fun destroying life as we know it.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Happy New Year?
Humm, so I suppose I'm a few days late. But hey, after the posting marathon that was the advent calendar, I reckon I deserved a bit of a break!
Anyway, as you may have noticed, it is now space year 2011 and a new year means one thing here on Plinx. Hell it's as close to a 'tradition' that exists on this particular slice of the interpie.
Yup, just like Last Year and The Year Before That, I am bringing you the Boston.com new year photo showcase.
Much like the 'Christmas Around The World' set that I posted recently, this set focuses on how various chunks of the planet ring in the new year. The photo above was taken in Manila and this next one shows how they do things in New York, New York.
Not bad, not bad, but we didn't do so bad here in Blighty either.
Anyway, there's plenty more where that came from, including vikings, crazy people venturing into the sea, makeouts and some truly spectacular fireworks displays.
So check it out:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Anyway, as you may have noticed, it is now space year 2011 and a new year means one thing here on Plinx. Hell it's as close to a 'tradition' that exists on this particular slice of the interpie.
Yup, just like Last Year and The Year Before That, I am bringing you the Boston.com new year photo showcase.
Much like the 'Christmas Around The World' set that I posted recently, this set focuses on how various chunks of the planet ring in the new year. The photo above was taken in Manila and this next one shows how they do things in New York, New York.
Not bad, not bad, but we didn't do so bad here in Blighty either.
Anyway, there's plenty more where that came from, including vikings, crazy people venturing into the sea, makeouts and some truly spectacular fireworks displays.
So check it out:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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