Anamanaguchi | A Take Away Show | Airbrushed from La Blogotheque on Vimeo. I love these guys so much.

I have a few friends who will typically opt out of buying a new game until the hype and price drops to save themselves some considerable money. It’s a great strategy, that’s for sure, but it misses out on one of the best reasons to pick up a multiplayer game upon release: the shared conversation and the most active period for the community. [caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Everyone’s playing StarCraft 2 right now. EVERYONE”] [/caption] ...

The Heroes of Final Fantasy Week 3 One of the first major features on this blog was a Villains of Final Fantasy series that ran for 13 weeks covering the main enemies of every numbered Final Fantasy game from I to XII including X-2. With Final Fantasy XIII launching in the states in just over a month, I figured it’s high time to give some recognition to the teams who are actually responsible for bringing those villains to justice and saving the world. I bring you the Heroes of Final Fantasy. ...

Scott Pilgrim mania hit its peak two weeks ago with the release of the PSN game and the movie coming just a few weeks after the sixth book made its way to stores. The book is in a really strange position for mainstream acceptance. Most people see it and think “hipster”, which isn’t at all accurate. It’s more gamer than hipster, but its protagonists are young, twenty-somethings who are trying to get their act together and get started in life. ...

What’s going on in this video? Who can tell. I just know that it’s strangely hilarious and awesome and the song’s not bad either.

My friends have been talking about sacrifice and I’m feeling out of the loop. Today I’m gonna talk about sacrifice too. The sacrifice hit and the sacrifice bunt. These two stats are among my favorite because they represent something rarely seen in modern American baseball today: small ball. Today’s MLB player is much more concerned with blasting a home run than bringing in a run with a well-placed pop up. MLB pitchers focus more on their devastating fastball than being able to drop a simple bunt on a given day. It’s atrocious. ...

Here’s an interesting interview with Penn Jillette, famed magician and skeptic. Below you’ve got a famous trick of his that I happen to love.

Here’s another fantastic NPB catch from 1981 between the Marines and another team I can’t quite decipher.

“WHAT?!” I hear you cry, “StarCraft II isn’t a sport!” Well, it’s got professional players and people make more money doing it than the average Joe, so why not show it a bit since it occupies a lot of my waking time anyway. This Terran vs Zerg match, narrated by Day[9] has some interesting moments in it and some good strategies. Day[9] is an interesting enough narrator too, not wooden and super nerdy and full of interesting insights. If you play SC2, it’s worth checking out this guy’s show. to improve your game. ...

An interesting NPR conversation about the new pop duet, male rapper and female vocalist, and the implications it results in both racially and in terms of gender relations.