The cult 2010 video game
Deadly Premonition gets a
Director's Cut this week. The
brainchild of a guy who calls himself
SWERY, one could make a strong case for
Deadly Premonition being the most entertainingly bizarre game ever made. It's undeniably
influenced by Twin Peaks and more than a touch of Japanese horror, yet that doesn't begin to explain how unique, disturbing and hilarious the game is. The humor is
intentionally unintentional. Everyone agrees there are significant gameplay problems, but the phrase "so bad it's good" does the game a
terrible disservice. "
Capable of swinging from zany to nasty, inspired to absurd
within the
course of a
single sequence," and
boasting an
eccentric, often inappropriate soundtrack,
Deadly Premonition is either a joke, a masterpiece or both. (Previously:
It's like watching two clowns eat each other.)
posted by naju
on Apr 30, 2013 -
33 comments
Which isn't to say it's not a deep record — it's just a record that wears its depth lightly, couching it in gags and a multitude of weird voices and ball-busting autocritique. The almost-hit-single "Passin' Me By" stands out most clearly as a foundational text for modern nerd-rap of all stripes, but the whole record operates in previously uncharted territory, foregoing both tough-guy posturing and didacticism in favor of honesty. It's about hormonal mischief and formative heartbreak, the mistakes these guys have made and the mistakes they'll make again, and the fact that it's one of the funniest-on-purpose rap albums ever made never quite overshadows its precocious intelligence. 20 years later, it's time for another Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde. [more inside]
posted by mannequito
on Nov 25, 2012 -
16 comments
"If you go into a Web browser and type the full city-nickname combination and add a .com, 27 of those URLs will take you to the official team page."
Not so for
CharlotteBobcats.com. (autoplaying audio)
posted by reenum
on Jun 4, 2012 -
40 comments
He lives somewhere in LA,
looks like Michael Jackson and
Barack Obama, loves
rap, chess,
nachos, movies and pizza, has some
comic books to sell, and
wants to meet white, Asian and Latina Ladies with big butts to give him money, be his sex slaves, or just help him with Things. Performance art project or genuine kook?
posted by acb
on Jul 16, 2009 -
44 comments
Photos from the Neverland Ranch auction A while ago, Michael Jackson was short of cash, and decided to auction off the contents of Neverland Ranch, his combined palace/fun park, down to the last vanity painting and statue. A guy named Paul Scheer went along with a camera, took photos of some of the more peculiar items and put them online. It's certainly a unique collection.
posted by acb
on Apr 27, 2009 -
56 comments
"Once upon a time there was a game that nobody ever played, sitting on the floor in the back room of an empty arcade. The game was full of life and strife, mega-monsters and robot fights. We Are The Strange
was the title. Now meet the players who live inside, idle." The story of filmmaker
M dot Strange and his solo indie masterpiece,
We Are The Strange.
[more inside]
posted by Rhaomi
on Apr 9, 2009 -
5 comments
You are interested in the
unknown... the
mysterious. The
unexplainable. That is why
you are
here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to
you, the full story of
what happened on that
fateful day. We are bringing you all the
evidence, based only on the
secret testimony, of the
miserable souls, who survived this
terrifying ordeal. The
incidents, the
places. My
friend, we cannot keep
this a
secret any longer. Let us
punish the
guilty. Let us
reward the
innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the
shocking facts of a
flickr collection of old snapshots?
posted by gamera
on Feb 14, 2009 -
18 comments
16 Mindf**k Movies. There’s a certain brand of movie that I most enjoy. Some people call them “Puzzle Movies.” Others call them “Brain Burners.” Each has, at some point or another, been referred to as “that flick I watched while I was baked out of my mind.”
posted by billysumday
on Feb 12, 2009 -
132 comments
The Childbirth Centrifuge You must be pregnant to ride this ride. Why push your baby out when you can spin the sucker out? This device probably makes one mean martini, too. Unlike many patent applications, the Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force is described in great detail, making me wonder whether a prototype actually got constructed. Link goes to a summary. Click through for the completely confusing text of the patent.
posted by fleener
on Jan 25, 2007 -
38 comments
' "
Predictive programming works by means of the propagation of the illusion of an infallibly accurate vision of how the world is going to look in the future". Through the circulation of science "fiction" literature, the ignorant masses are provided with semiotic intimations of coming events. Within such literary works are narrative paradigms that are politically and socially expedient to the power elite. Thus, when the future unfolds as planned, it assumes the paradigmatic character of the "fiction" that foretold it...........'
The Illuminati: an all encompassing conspiracy
stranger than any fiction
posted by 0bvious
on Dec 11, 2005 -
17 comments
