Link roundup

1. Custom dog crate.

2. Psychedelic time waster by Paul Neave. He's also posted various games like Asteroids, and a planetarium.

3. Full scan of a twilight zone-esque tale by Neal Adams and Sergio Aragones.

Link roundup

1. Soviet Rocket Giraffe is a blast to play (think snowboarding, not flying).

2. Some fun baseball links: MLB owners ranked from best to worst (go Dodgers); Top 50 prospects of the draft era; "Who is Drew Butera, and is he hitting .122?"

3. i09 raves about The River:

The River is much more exciting, immersive, and cinematic than you'd expect from a "found footage" style show. It has a mythology that feels like it could become something for your coworkers to obsess over around the watercooler, but the mysteries aren't of the "endless hand-waving" variety. The makers of the pilot paid attention to the fundamentals: character development and great storytelling, and it's paid off.

Link roundup

1. "The number of children ages 5 to 9 in L.A. County decreased by 21% from 2000 to 2010, compared with an average decline of 8.1% statewide, researchers say." Via.

2. Fun Google Chrome toy - - catch the balls and make music.

3. "1995 family photo of the Kardashian family."

Link roundup

1. "Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt."

2. Age of Conan is the latest MMO game to go the freemium route.

3. Tips on haggling.

Link roundup

1. Gabe Delahaye on the Tintin trailer:

Not since the Arthur remake has Hollywood so firmly placed its finger on the pulse of WHAT AMERICA WANTS: CGI adaptations of Belgian comic books from the early 1900s. It’s almost spooky how deeply this taps into our collective subconscious. For example, after all of these years of not even realizing how badly I wanted an adaptation of Belgian comic books from the early 1900s, little did I realize that I wanted that adaptation to be so heavily computerized that it sucked any possible charm from the original source material.

2. This article by Roseanne about Charlie Sheen is one great anecdote after another:

It didn’t take long for me to get a taste of the staggering sexism and class bigotry that would make the first season of Roseanne god-awful. It was at the premiere party when I learned that my stories and ideas—and the ideas of my sister and my first husband, Bill—had been stolen. The pilot was screened, and I saw the opening credits for the first time, which included this: CREATED BY MATT WILLIAMS. I was devastated and felt so betrayed that I stood up and left the party. Not one person noticed.

I confronted Marcy under the bleachers on the sound stage when we were shooting the next episode. I asked her how I could continue working for a woman who had let a man take credit for my work—who wouldn’t even share credit with me—after talking to me about sisterhood and all that bullshit. She started crying and said, “I guess I’m going to have to tell Brandon [Stoddard, then president of ABC Entertainment] that I can’t deliver this show.” I said, “Cry all you want to, but you figure out a way to put my name on the show I created, or kiss my ass good-bye.”

Via.

3. NSFW Duke Nukem browser game (I haven't tried it). Via.

Free Thor side-scroller

Here's a decent, free game - - Thor: Bring the Thunder!. Via.

Play a Portal/Tetris mashup

Playable Portal/Tetris mashup. (It's seconds of fun.)

*See more Portal links here.

Link roundup

1. I'm pretty sure I've posted this once before, but - - download Chris Ware's Batman paper toy.

2. Marvel Super Hero Squad is a simple, free online MMO you can play with your kids.

3. Gizmodo's latest list of essential iPhone and Android apps.

*Buy iPads at eBay.

Sony's Project Shiphunt

At Sony's Project Shiphunt, you can search the world for sunken ships.

*Buy Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of the World's Richest Shipwreck at Amazon.