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The 6 Greatest Video Games We'll Never Get to Play. As I briefly touched on in this article, the one thing common to every gamer I know is that they all have at least one revolutionary, brilliant, perfect and heartbreakingly unrealized "I Have a Game" concept: some combination of elements, some untapped property or some new direction for a sequel that just never got made, but would shake the gaming world to the core if it did.

The 6 Greatest Video Games We'll Never Get to Play

The single greatest tragedy in gaming isn't what that manipulative bitch Peach is doing to poor Mario's heart; it's that, though we will get endless iterations of Call of Battle: Duty Field from now until the heat death of the universe, we'll never see these masterpieces get made. But fuck that noise: This is the Internet. This is where dreams come true, even (hell, especially) the awful ones. Why can't we have these? Indie games have more of a market than ever, talented designers are increasingly going freelance and Kickstarter and similar programs are disseminating funding outside of the old publisher model. . #6. 7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident. Hollywood is filled with plenty of rags to riches stories.

7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident

6 Terrifying User Agreements You've Probably Accepted. How many user agreements have you clicked through in your life without reading them?

6 Terrifying User Agreements You've Probably Accepted

We're going to guess it's one for every single piece of software you've ever used, and every gadget, and Lord knows what else. You've probably signed off on thousands of pages of dense, unread legal jargon in your life. Well, guess what, you've all but signed away your soul. We're not saying that the below companies intend to screw you over. 7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles. Typecasting is nothing new in Hollywood; it's not very surprising, seeing as some actors just look and act like the cliched roles they attract.

7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles

This phenomenon explains why Meg Ryan has never taken a role as a transvestite vampire, and Meatloaf has never been the object of affection in a romantic comedy. But amazingly, some people seem to perform uncannily similar roles over and over, like Groundhog Day, but with less appealing actors. Attack of the Clones: Suspiciously Similar Movie Showdown. Hollywood does "original" about as well as it does "geography of the Midwest.

Attack of the Clones: Suspiciously Similar Movie Showdown

" Thus, year after year we're treated to films with plots and themes so similar that if the movie business were college, at least a few screenwriters would be taking a trip to the Dean's office. Here are twelve of the most ridiculously similar movies ever to be released within a year of each other, as well as our scientific analysis of which ones sucked, and which ones sucked even worse. Tombstone vs. Wyatt Earp (1993/1994) Pitch: Getting America's most famous cowboy gunfight at the O.K. Crucial Differences: One's a faithful recounting of historical events, stars Kevin Costner, and is approximately two hundred and forty-seven hours long. 6 Pop Culture Mysteries That Were Solved by Fans. Pop culture is full of unsolved mysteries, like "Was Tony Danza the boss?

6 Pop Culture Mysteries That Were Solved by Fans

" "What happened to Tony Danza's career? " 7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers. They walk among us!

7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers

Some even fly among us! They may even take the bus among us from time to time! Homosapiens-Superior is here, and can do things that have scientists scratching their heads. We're carefully tracking their progress, so that one day soon we may gather them together and fight crime. Or maybe commit crimes. Real Name: Unknown Uberboy's name is being kept secret, presumably to protect the lives of his loved ones once Uberboy dons a mask and begins patrolling the streets of the world righting wrongs. Superpower: Bona fide Super-Strength. 6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers.

If the insane, explosive popularity if superhero movies is any indication, we are fascinated by people who are insanely better than us at any given thing.

6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers

Probably because, in real life, we're all such a bunch of incompetent boobs that we've been enslaved by blue paint, flashing lights and crying French babies. But it turns out, superpowers are real. And not just the secret ones that everyone has, or even the ones everyone thinks they have -- this Cracked Classic is about a group of people that, in a sane world, would already have multi-colored leather jumpsuits, delightfully mismatched personality traits and a skyscraper shaped like whatever they decide to call themselves. The 9 Most Devastating Insults From Around the World. A responsible traveler won't set foot in another country without knowing how to viciously insult the people in their native language.

The 9 Most Devastating Insults From Around the World

Odds are, you won't even make it out of the airport before a situation arises that requires obscenities. But "obscenity" is an ever-moving target. It's an amalgamation of cultural taboos, the impact of current events and your mom. Accordingly, every country has developed a uniquely beautiful set of curses and insults that set it apart. While some insults are broadly accessible, like your mom, others will require a little background for the new student. . #9. The Top 10 Celebrity Sex Videos Nobody Wanted to See. John Cheese returns to the Cracked guest column, and this time he's taking more bullets for us than a bad guy within reach of Bruce Willis during a machine gun battle.

The Top 10 Celebrity Sex Videos Nobody Wanted to See

First of all, Mr. Cheese is filling in for us on a Saturday while we train for our dark horse bid for the 2008 Olympic Decathlon. Additionally, he's reviewed the ten most revolting celebrity sex tapes ever released, thus saving us the embarrassment of admitting we watched them ourselves. Pamela Anderson and Bret Michaels I saw this video way back when I first started surfing porn on the internet. The Upside: At least it involved two people who were once considered attractive by the generally stupid public.

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"The Seven Deadly Websites" by Jeff Rosenberg and Caldwell Tanner. 5 Personality Flaws Skyrim Forces You To Deal With. Quick: Look to your left, then look to your right. One of those people is a nerd. It's easy to tell which one, just look for the nerd-shaped hole in the universe where a person used to be.