the moment repeating is now fleeting.
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OUYA UNBOXING
I’m excited to share this unboxing photoset of the indie video game console Ouya. As a backer I got my hands on an early console prior to the scheduled retail launch later this summer.
Ouya comes with everything you need for easy setup:
- an Ouya console
- one wireless controller (with batteries)
- cables for setup (power and HDMI)The console box itself has the etched Angel List that includes the names of the $10,000 tier backers and their place amongst the 63,416 backers who helped bring Ouya to market.
The controller has the heft and feel of a traditional console controller. The touchpad area works well; although I’ve only really used it for moving an onscreen cursor.
The only out of place thing to mention is the included booklet doesn’t have setup instructions or include any type of user manual; it’s just a safety guidelines and information booklet.
Now I’m off to starting playing around with this new console and see what all it has to offer. Stay tuned for my impressions post coming soon on the Ouya. Meanwhile I’m counting the days until I can play Airtight Games’ Soul Fjord.
If you’re interested in picking one up, you can pre-order them direct from Ouya’s online store or online at Amazon right here. The retail release date for the Ouya is June 25.
WOMEN IN GAMES
As we discussed in our podcast a few weeks ago, women’s depictions in games are gradually changing for the better.
While it’s still far from perfect, games like Tomb Raider, Metroid, Borderlands 2, and the upcoming Transistor and Remember Me are slowly changing the view of women in games—no longer are they shifted to a support role, now they are the badass mofo giving the baddies the business.
And speaking of badass, deviantARTIST muju’s depiction of women from games perfectly encapsulate the idea that women can lead and kick ass as well as (or better than) any man.
do you ever get weirded out by the fact that everyone around you is constantly within their own mind and thinking a million secret thoughts and battling internal struggles just like you and that you’re not the only one who thinks these things and that the people around you aren’t just faces meant to fill up your life but they’re actually really deep people who have a lot more to them than you ever actually even think about
(via bonjour-love)
ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY—RETOLD WITH PAPER!
Eric Power re-creates the original three Star Wars films as a short, paper-animation set to the song “Tatooine” by Jeremy Messersmith
(Source: thesarlaccpit)
(Source: thegestianpoet, via staff)
One of our favorite shots of Thrush’s 510G aircraft, powered by the GE H80 engine, flying low over the fields of Georgia.
I love boys who have massive, throbbing vocabularies.
I love girls who have clean, tight grammar
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