Archive for August, 2007

It’s not at all related to games or animation, but I just found this site claiming to relate local news from my hometown of Dundee, Scotland, in the local dialect.

While it’s far from regularly updated, they do have an iFrame displaying the local weather from an external site, which I’ve stolen and handily embedded below. It’s clear to see at least one of the reasons I left the UK as the weather certainly is shit right now - (This is an external link though so will likely be bright sunshine by the time anyone gets around to seeing this).

This is vaguely relevant because today, Marie-Jo informed me of a new twist on Speed-Dating that’s apparently catching on in the UK. Called “Speed-Hating”, socially awkward singles interact with one another in brief rotation, and in the great British tradition, complain about every facet of their miserable lives - a task presumably requiring more than just the few allotted minutes.

In this 2nd Web of user-created content it appears even videogame trailers are up for grabs to be remixed. The game’s not even out yet and already fans are cutting up and overdubbing Mass Effect trailers, the best of which was this effort combining audio from South Park with clips from multiple previous trailers.

I actually hope a dialogue-heavy game such as this will spawn a lot more of these post-release when creative fans get their hands on the sheer amount of acted dialogue in the game.