June 9, 2023
The 'Real' Mario Movie
Who needs Illumination? Let a completely different Mario movie play out in your brain as you listen to the completely improvised audioplay The Real Mario Movie (starring, among others, Ellie Spectacular, the woman behind, among other things, the uncommonly clean Youtube Poop account DaThings). By its creators' own admission: 'no script, no reheaseals and zero brain cells'.
"I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell is THAT?"
Kid Leaves Stoop breaks down what we know about The Simpsons style guide, a long internal document that defines the surprisingly rigid way the characters are depicted in the modern show, and have been for decades, but weren't in the Tracy Ullman shorts or first season: The Simpsons No-No Sheets. (Youtube, 23 minutes) [more inside]
Their Crypto Company Collapsed. They Went to Bali.
Many other top executives who gained wealth and status by marketing crypto to the masses have avoided serious repercussions. They had cashed out early, invested in real estate or holed up in When their hedge fund failed, a large swath of the industry was dragged down with it. The ensuing crisis drained the savings of millions of amateur investors and plunged other companies into bankruptcy. But by their own account, Mr. Davies and Mr. Zhu have been thriving. They left Singapore, where Three Arrows was based, and traveled around Asia, effectively taking the summer off. Mr. Davies started meditating. Mr. Zhu played video games and found a surf instructor. His old crypto associates were bad-mouthing him in the press, but he made new friends, a mix of surfer types and UFC fighters.
Sonic, Sephiroth, & zero women but plenty of trailers and announcements
Summer Game Fest 2023 [YouTube] Summer Game Fest is here to kick off a weekend full of announcements and trailers for all the biggest games arriving in the next few months and years. The show, once again hosted by organizer Geoff Keighley, included trailers for all kind of titles including Mortal Kombat 1, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Path of Exile 2, Sonic Superstars, Baldur's Gate 3, Lies of P, Sand Land, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. But sadly, Summer Game Fest featured no women onstage. Bonus: Devolver Digital’s showcase featured just four games, but they look like good ones, especially wacky walking simulator Baby Steps (from QWOP and Ape Out creators). [via: Polygon]
"I am not your Fleshlight."
The Vindication of Ariana Madix It’s familiar territory for any woman who has been cheated on: You weren’t giving your man enough time, you always talked down to him, you never wanted to have sex, you weren’t supportive enough. [more inside]
If You Have Raw Feelings Related to Recent Fires, This Could Be Rough
Fire escapes are a hacky bit of afterthought tacked on to the outside of a building after the building is finished. If you're using fire escapes, it's worth making them as good as possible, but you’ll prevent more fires if you build better buildings. Similarly, incident response is often a hacky bit of afterthought tacked on long after software is released. Again, great incident response can help you recover faster than if you don’t have it but… you’ll prevent more outages if you build better software. Finally, buildings have an extremely detailed fire code, but we don't really have an extremely detailed systems engineering code for software, and I think we should have. from The History of Fire Escapes
It's not about politics; it's about life.
Happy Pride Month! The lesbian daughter of Lithuanian and Syrian immigrants, Silvana Imam [Wikipedia] is one of Sweden's biggest rappers [2019 NYT profile, archive]. Her short music film Naturkraft [16m] is about the Swedish immigrant experience. Imam talks rap and politics with Sway in 2015. [15m] Bergen rapper Aron Eskeland helps Silvana shop for clothes. [15m] Thanks mersen for mentioning her!
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