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posted to MetaFilter by goodnewsfortheinsane
at 6:42 PM on July 5, 2008
(10 comments)
Do you enjoy classic 2D platformers? Then boy, are you in luck! The
indie game community is thriving, and a good majority of its games are exactly that. I've spent many hours playing these unique, beautiful, and often exceptional projects, and there's quite a few - more than I can count on my fingers! - that could stand toe-to-toe with the finest contemporary games. Inside is a list of some of the greatest indie platformers, based on community recommendations and my own experience. Enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter by archagon
at 3:28 AM on June 24, 2008
(48 comments)
Dixie Square Mall
, in the mostly-blighted "
inner ring" Chicago suburb of
Harvey, Illinois, opened in 1966. It suffered gradual decline, until it closed in 1978. A year later, film crews gave the mall a brief makeover and
Jake and Elwood Blues drove through the place. Then, nothing. For 20-plus years, the mall sat and decayed.
Renovation plans (even a planned
baseball stadium for the White Sox) were
popular over the
years, but never panned out. In 1993,
a rape and murder took place in the JC Penney's space.
From space, the mall looks beat up. From the ground, it
looks even worse. Human fascination with deserted space has borne a
number of websites and
spelunking trips (along with some
excellent then-and-now
comparisons), and a
documentary is apparently in the works. Finally, at long last,
there's renewed hope for the site. Previously seen
here and
here.
posted to MetaFilter by AgentRocket
at 9:55 PM on April 18, 2005
(21 comments)
I'd like to spend a week or two of vacation in a kind of "intellectual retreat". Let me rephrase that and try to make it less pretentious - I want to get away from it all and read/write in peace. Please help me find a suitable place.
posted to Ask Metafilter by falameufilho
at 5:07 PM on June 15, 2008
(9 comments)
What rituals do you have in your profession or job? A friend's son - who works in the construction industry - told me about "topping-out parties" once a building's top floor and roof structure have been completed. Now I'm curious about what other professions do. Not so interested in religious rituals though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by flutable
at 1:27 AM on June 14, 2008
(37 comments)
What author should I delve into next?
posted to Ask Metafilter by el_lupino
at 10:24 PM on May 23, 2008
(36 comments)
Is there a best order to read the Culture novels by Iain M Banks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Caduceus
at 10:50 AM on May 20, 2008
(21 comments)
Lately, the concept of "friends" seems to have become incredibly diluted by the casual use of the term by Facebook, MySpace et al. But in "the real world" what do you consider to be important when you are
making and becoming friends? Is it how long you've known someone? How frequently you meet up? What you have in common? Something more intangible?
Also, I'd love recommendations of any books looking at the psychology of how people become friends.
posted to Ask Metafilter by pipstar
at 7:10 AM on May 14, 2008
(21 comments)
Is there a good reference site for festivals around the world? I'm going to be traveling and this would be a neat place to start planning where to be when.
I'd like to find a resource that has actual
festivals, not just holidays (like you wouldn't specifically come to the US for MLK Day but you would for the 4th of July).
posted to Ask Metafilter by bikergirl
at 4:55 PM on May 12, 2008
(8 comments)
I find it hard to maintain friendships with women. What's up with me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 10:34 AM on May 3, 2008
(53 comments)
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2008
(49 comments)
Free Speculative Fiction Online
is a database of free science fiction and fantasy stories online by published authors (no fan-fiction or stories by unpublished writers). Among the authors that FSFO links to are
Paul Di Filippo (14 stories),
James Tiptree, Jr. (4 stories),
Connie Willis (3 stories),
Eleanor Arnason (3 stories),
Bruce Sterling (5 stories),
Robert Heinlein (7 stories),
Ursula K. LeGuin (3 stories),
Jonathan Lethem (5 stories),
Michael Moorcock (6 stories),
Chine Miéville (2 stories),
Samuel R. Delany (3 stories),
Robert Sheckley (8 stories), MeFite
Charles Stross (33 stories) and hundreds of other authors. If you don't know where to start, there's a list of
recommended stories.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 1:52 PM on April 5, 2008
(34 comments)
Has anyone used an automated tool for moving (to a new house) - for example, like the Move Planner at moving.com? Your experience?
posted to Ask Metafilter by WestCoaster
at 2:48 PM on April 2, 2008
Seeking places in Haruki Murakami novels.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gomichild
at 5:20 PM on March 11, 2008
(10 comments)
I've been reading 'New Kings of Nonfiction' by Ira Glass and love it. I want to read more articles and books in this vein.
posted to Ask Metafilter by reenum
at 8:48 AM on February 27, 2008
(7 comments)
Help me learn HTML and CSS.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater
at 8:31 PM on February 17, 2008
(18 comments)
Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki
Jiten, a DS lite "game," is apparently really useful for learning kanji. So much so that people in
this thread recommended it over dedicated electronic dictionaries. Any other DS software you'd consider that useful?
posted to Ask Metafilter by trig
at 2:21 AM on February 14, 2008
(9 comments)
Where can I learn German online through an actual school/university?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lxs
at 4:08 PM on January 27, 2008
(6 comments)
What movies should any person in their right mind have seen by now?
posted to Ask Metafilter by showbiz_liz
at 2:36 PM on January 26, 2008
(103 comments)
How many ways can I blow my sheltered American mind while visiting Japan?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ZackTM
at 7:27 AM on January 25, 2008
(36 comments)
Solid Gold was a television show that ran from 1980 to 1988, on Saturdays, in the early evening, hosted by (among others) Dionne Warwick, Rick Dees, and Marilyn McCoo. It showcased snippets of the Top Ten popular songs of the week, accompanied and sometimes interpreted by the
Solid Gold Dancers. This post is about them.
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 9:42 PM on January 11, 2008
(69 comments)
Announcing the Metafilter Short Fiction Anthology! Previously
suggested by
Effigy2000, the Metafilter Short Fiction Anthology is a chance for all us writer-type or vaguely-writer-type Mefites to get together and write write write! We'll be taking a "
Thieves' World" approach to our writing with each story in the Anthology taking place in a setting
first posited by Mefi's Own
L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg and then
fleshed out by himself and members of the Mefi community. All who are interested are encouraged to join in!
posted to MetaTalk by robocop is bleeding
at 5:41 AM on January 7, 2008
(166 comments)
What do I absolutely HAVE to buy at Trader Joe's?
posted to Ask Metafilter by showbiz_liz
at 1:54 PM on December 8, 2007
(95 comments)
Global social networking: I've assembled this list of the most popular social networking websites in the US, France, Germany, China, India, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Users of these sites: please help me make sure it's accurate!
posted to Ask Metafilter by lhall
at 2:38 PM on November 30, 2007
(14 comments)
Can comic book fans suggest some good comic books/ graphic novels/ etc. for me to read?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cell divide
at 4:35 PM on November 13, 2007
(51 comments)
Can anyone recommend any good manga series for 12 to 14-year-old boys?
posted to Ask Metafilter by davetill
at 6:31 PM on November 13, 2007
(18 comments)
Where can I buy legitimately funny, sarcastic and/or offensive Christmas Cards?
posted to Ask Metafilter by melorama
at 7:11 PM on November 12, 2007
(13 comments)
Looking for the best wireless keyboard/mouse/lapdesk solution to play PC games from my couch.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lattiboy
at 2:06 PM on November 5, 2007
(6 comments)
Who's the Carver of today? That is, who do the kids in contemporary writing workshops emulate? Supposedly, in the 50's into the 60's it was Hemingway. From the 60's and 70's it was Donald Barthelme. The 80's and 90's was the reign of Carver. Has anyone taken over?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kattullus
at 2:34 PM on October 30, 2007
(23 comments)
What are some famous stories that don't have a proper ending, like the series finale of the Sopranos?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lunchbox
at 5:00 PM on October 23, 2007
(62 comments)
I'm a lifelong Anglophile, and I have an unhealthy interest in reading about modern British life and society. Basically I'm looking to buy (in America) (imported) British magazines ...
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mael Oui
at 9:16 PM on October 22, 2007
(19 comments)
I need books for a sci-fi discussion group
posted to Ask Metafilter by Jacen
at 5:35 AM on October 9, 2007
(49 comments)
I wish to buy a not too expensive fountain pen. Any recommendation for sites that I should look at? Thanks!
posted to Ask Metafilter by sk381
at 7:09 PM on October 2, 2007
(23 comments)
Help me find this dance track that's been taunting me for years...
posted to Ask Metafilter by twine42
at 3:16 PM on September 29, 2007
(4 comments)
Help us name our new Adult (porn) website!!!! Question inside due to graphic nature/language. Not for the easily offended. Thanks :)
posted to Ask Metafilter by boyinmiami
at 2:58 PM on September 26, 2007
(46 comments)
'These are a few of my least favorite things.'
Melvin Jules Bukiet shares his thoughts on some contemporary writers, some of whom call the borough of Brooklyn home. Writers with names like Foer, Sebold and Eggers, among others. His thoughts are mostly negative. [
via]
posted to MetaFilter by From Bklyn
at 2:22 AM on September 26, 2007
(123 comments)
What are some cover versions of well known songs that have refashioned or rearranged the piece so dramatically as to seem not exactly the covered song, but more of a unique work in and of itself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:36 AM on September 24, 2007
(97 comments)
I'm looking for books with quirky storylines or quirky characters doing strange things.
posted to Ask Metafilter by reenum
at 8:52 AM on September 20, 2007
(60 comments)
What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople?
posted to Ask Metafilter by limon
at 5:40 PM on September 8, 2007
(239 comments)
Astronaut: A Flickr-Generated Project
Around the time I was exploring the Flickr API, I was listening obsessively to a song by a musician friend of mine. I got the notion to import his song into Flash, mark specific keyframes in the song, and randomly pull images from Flickr whose tags matched his song lyrics.
I've found that sometimes, the image combinations end up being pretty amazing; other times, they end up being silly and totally subvert the song. It all depends, as each viewing should provides a new, randomized set of photos. But that, I think, is part of the fun. Hope you like it.
posted to Projects by avoision
at 10:38 PM on July 31, 2007
What are some good recommendations for recent fiction/film with NO romantic entanglements?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sweetkid
at 4:47 PM on August 23, 2007
(39 comments)
