What Else Is On? February 19th, 2021
Published on Feb 19, 2021
Welp! Moving has me busy as hell, and actually made me miss my first day! That was to be expected, I suppose. Since I'm still in the thick of it, but don't want a double-miss on my record, how about we check in with what other folks are doing around the web?
Art Corner
- Here's a really beautiful collection of illustrations, titled "Calendar for a small northern Russian city," that made its way across my desk via Behance:
- https://www.behance.net/gallery/113132465/Calendar-for-a-small-northern-Russian-city
Weird good video game news
- This truly wild piece from the AV Club about a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic phenomenon giving a Super Mario 64 speedrunner an unexpected edge really scratched a particular Weird Video Game News itch:
- https://news.avclub.com/sorry-a-literal-cosmic-ion-ray-boost-to-your-super-mar-1846250037
Normal bad politics news
- If you were wondering just how far left the Biden administration would lean...well, you're pretty naive I guess. Here's some shitty news about his continuation of shitty US foreign policy:
- https://www.liberationnews.org/bidens-first-directive-to-the-war-machine/
Dispatch from the South Pole
- Here's an incredible story about a guy who lost his wallet in Antarctica in the 60s and actually just got it back:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/us/paul-grisham-antarctica-lost-wallet.html
Chuckle Zone
- And finally, here's a great post from The Hard Times that I found while searching for Boktai screenshots:
- https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/nasa-announces-that-you-wont-be-able-to-play-boktai-anymore-after-the-sun-dies/
That's it for me on this fine Saturday evening. I'm back to more moving tomorrow, bright and early. Here's hoping I have enough stamina to write a post as well.