This is funny.

Chinese boys. Lip Synching to boy bands on a webcam. Watch it here.

The odd thing is, the guy in the middle who seems to be doing something else. He’s in all their videos.

I have been waiting for this game to come out since 2001.

The stars are now right!

For those not in the Lovecraft know, Lovecraft inspired just about all of the modern horror writer (some of King’s stories actually use lovecraftean elements). I was introduced to him in college, and loved it.

There have been many games which have borrowed from Lovecraft, but this is the first game intended to really capture the setting, as opposed to just borrowing monsters.

I like rainbows. No kitties. No, rainbow kitties. I can think of nothing better in my day, as I walk to work, than just giving everyone I pass a hearty ‘Heya do!’. Mostly, they don’t ‘Heya Do’ back, but I don’t mind. You don’t give a ‘Heya do!’ to get a ‘Heya do!’ back. You give a ‘Heya do!’ because that’s what the rainbow kittens would want.

My boss came to me this morning, and I smiled and said “Heya do!”. He looked at me funny, and asked why I was late. I told him that I left my house on time, but there was this really sweet, slow moving, person whom I’m sure was thinking about rainbow kittens. I tried to pass them, but they were swerving back and forth – prolly chasing the kittens in their minds. Which is often what I do, cuz kittens liked to be chased, and rainbow kittens doubly so, because they are solar powered.

But my boss, who clearly is not a ‘rainbow kitten’ kind of guy just got angry at me for being late. I thought, maybe, I would just dart down to the store and by him a card with kitties on it. So I did. I ran back and gave it to him, saying ‘Heya do, I bought a card for you.’ But he got angry with me for taking work time to get him a card, even one with kittens. So, I strangled him and stuff him under his desk. I’m going to feed him to the rainbow kittens if I can sneak his body out.

‘Heya do!’

Excuse me. EXCUSE me. Yes, you. The one wandering down the hallway like an dizzy giraffe. Here’s a clue. Walking is a lot like driving a car. The rules arte the same. Unless you are passing, you stay to the right. If you were driving a car, would you weave back and forth like George Bush before he found god? Clearly not. Why, then, do you think it’s okay to do in a hallway? Or Sidewalk.

Oh, and if you’re wandering down the hallway and suddenly decide, because you’re in idiot, that you’re heading in the wrong direction. The correct procedure is not to immediately stop, swing around 180 degrees, and go full speead ahead. Why? Because I am behind you, waiting for you to stop weaving so I can pass. Your slow weaving must have been a result of your brain being distracted by the fact that you have no idea where you are going. And, what’s up with the look. You ran into me, I was just keeping to the right. Like I’m supposed to.

And, hey. Here’s a hint. If you’re traveling in a group (for this case, a group is two or more people), and you have spread out to fill the entire hallway/sidewalk/stairwell – because you just have to walk side by side, common decency would dictate that you create a hole when you see me coming from the other direction. You should NOT continue ahead, unyielding, like a human street sweeper trying to push my into the nearest corner.

And another thing. Let me explain the right on red rule to you all. There are 3 simple steps.

1. Stop at the red light.
This is a requirement. You can just zoom around the corner on a red light. Why? Because most likely I am coming down the street and you can’t see me because you apparently think right on red means ‘anytime I want to turn right, I have the right of way – regardless of the color of those funny lights’.

2. Look to see if there is traffic coming.
That’s right, stopping is just the first step. Technically, you’re only supposed to be able to go right if there is no one coming down the street. There needs to be room for you to go. Here’s a little ‘clue’ for you. If I have to jam on my breaks to stop from rearending you, because you pulled out in front of me – YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TURNED. The law doesn’t say ‘as long as there is space between the bumpers of the two oncoming cars, you can turn right’.

3. If you have done 1 and 2, and I would not smack you, you may turn.

Here’s another clue. If it is Rush hour, unless you live in rural Maine where rush hour consist solely of your tractor and two cows, you should never go right on red. And if you are in rural Maine, remember the cows always have the right of way.
See, there will never be enough room. If I have stopped, because the cars in front of me have stopped, I am not inviting you to turn – I am merely a victim of the numerous other cars, who have conspired to slow my progress.
Thank you. You may now all go back to annoying the hell out of me.

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