httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eooXNd…

There is something so very wrong and yet also so very right about this type of YouTube video. I suspect this is why the service was invented in the first place.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eooXNd0heM

links for 2009-06-16

(Photo credit: My new netbook from flickr user yurukov.)

I Doubt I’m the “Target Demographic” for This Advertisement.

Can anyone please clue me in on what I just watched here?

I’ve seen some weird Japanese video game advertisements in the past, but this one’s a touch beyond. A touch.

Don’t Forget to Bring a Towel.

I’m hoping that some kind of bizarre copyright lawsuit doesn’t bring this thing down, but for the time being, you too can experience gaming the way it once was in the day of monochrome displays and before modern graphics (or even ancient tile-based graphics systems really existed).

It looks a lot like this, updated with a nice look by Adium:

prakbot

You can see the Jabber address used in the screenshot above. Don’t know what a Jabber client is? If you already use Google Talk, Trillian, or Pidgin, you’ve got one installed on your system.

You should also be able to send the appropriate message by clicking this link if you have a client installed and an active account.

(from Mind Candy Design, via Kotaku)

I Have a Serious Need to Play This Game.

I don’t think I could explain things any better than this video can.

An introduction to Faceball from Face Ball and Vimeo.

I’ve also added an article to my wiki for Faceball and am looking forward to hosting the eventual First Annual Markel Invitational Faceball Tournament.