August 19, 2005
It can only be attributable to human error
Do you remember the time you saw 2001 and you were so stoned that the ending not only made cosmic sense, but added visual texture to the next few weeks of your life?
I don't either. I saw 2001 the way God intended, with a fast-forward button, sarcastic friends, and some beer. (OK, a lot of beer.) But I've always been a little bit envious of those freaky-deaky types who did end up tripping the light fantastic to one of Kubrick's dullest movies.
Now, thanks to the miracle of children's television, I need envy no more! Oh the colors.
The strange thing is, very young children *love* this. Giant fat-assed pastel schmoos dancing spastically to cut-rate techno. It's like a rave at a Shriner's convention.
The evolutionary implications are highly disturbing.
Posted by coyu at August 19, 2005 01:11 AMI dunno, Carlos. I kinda enjoyed bopping the schmoos on the head with the beach ball thing, and hearing the resulting beeps. Either I'm evolutionarily advanced or emotionally retarded. Most likely both.
Posted by: Noel at August 19, 2005 02:28 AMLiked it! Am going to try it out on 2.5 year-old tomorrow. Kinda like Barney gone psycodelic!
Posted by: Larry at August 19, 2005 06:44 AMFor some reason, that cursor makes me think of the U.S. Steel logo. There's a deeper meaning in this that eludes me.
Posted by: Dennis Brennan at August 19, 2005 10:25 PMIt's out there, but I don't think anyone really beats the Japanese when it comes to full out trippyness while sober action. If you have the chance, I highly recomend you check out a game called Katamari Damacy in which the King of the Cosmos gets drunk and destroys the stars so you have to roll up a ball as it collects things on Earth. The dialogue is . . . very Japanese translated.
Posted by: Mike Ralls at August 20, 2005 12:55 AMWicked! Look at 'em go! I need some Doritos.....
Posted by: Bernard Guerrero at August 20, 2005 04:28 AMThis puts me in mind of the now several year old snarg.net. (You have to click through a few screens to get to the similar graphic stuff. Snarg is less cartoony, but my son was fascinated by it when he was small.)
Posted by: eanja at August 28, 2005 04:35 AM