The view from above is pretty cool. Beyond that I feel like I am trying to compete with the awful quality of the local news on television by posting this.

via Laughing Squid

That’s right, it is the favorite new game of typography buffs: Cheese or Font?*

(via The Daily What)

Good hunting. *Updated the link for the game above. There’s a new mode where you can save your progress if you bookmark the link.

via xkcd

I had some good times playing the game formerly known as PMOG and I will miss it, to be sure. What’s the Nethernet? It was an MMO that we played all over the web. The Internet was our game board and a toolbar on Firefox was how we interacted. The game developers are turning out the lights and moving on to other projects.

I started playing around the same time that I joined Twitter. Last night during a chat with a close friend from The Nethernet on IRC,  we realized that PMOG/TNN was the first time we took a chance and joined a social game. We let our walls down and made some real connections. I remember several months ago, the developers posted in the forum asking what parts of the game the players really enjoyed. I would guess, 99% of us said, “The community.”

Bean counters & marketing gurus are all about numbers. If you get the players/users, then you have a base number which you can use to estimate your all mighty profits from ads, subscriptions and the like. The formula is practically a law in the Internet business world. So, the developers of The Nethernet did what any start up company would do, they went out looking for numbers. Instead of numbers, they got us. We are a community.

We may not have a home, but I have hope to keep the connections that I have made. I humbly offer a refugee camp for those of you interested in remaining in contact. Snocrsh has also made a Ning for lost souls. You can also find many of us on freenode. You can connect through the web using their webchat or you can download xchat, pidgin, colloquy and a number of other free IRC clients. You’ll find your Nethernet friends in the channels #pmog, #thenethernet.com.

Share your own experiences, ideas for a new home or questions about IRC in the comments or the refugee camp. We’ll do our best to keep on jaunting.

Just when you thought it was a not so clever, shabbily put together video by College Humor you find out is real. So, yes there is a game based on Grey’s Anatomy. The fact that it is awful should be no surprise, however what is surprising to these folks, whoever they are, is the way in which the game is awful. The horridness comes from the game play rather then from the show’s weak writing and plots.

For example, perhaps you disagree with my take on the show? Well if you were playing this game you would get 2 choices to respond to my comments, cook me dinner or make out. Hardly seems fair, unless you know me. Then, you’ll wonder why you can’t do both.

via topless robot

Oh, did I forget to mention it was for the Wii? I wonder if Meridith will get a mustache ride from Mario?

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Just want to give a shout out to my friends at PMOG. They’re creation is featured in October’s Macworld Magazine!  Read the write up on the GameLayers site.

Come join the fun over at pmog.com.

Nothing says, “I’m a real catch,” to the ladies like a gaming system, am I right?

Turns out, I am wrong, must be the first time.  That means we need to hide it, huh?  Check this out:

For more pics, click here.

Currently, the latest toolbar used to play PMOG will not allow me to complete any missions, which is the source for the bulk of my PMOG Link Monday blog posts. I have all the confidence that this will be remidied quickly and I am looking forward to new features. The overlords of PMOG have opened a portal through time and taken players back to the days of beta. The decision was made to allow the coding monkeys to experiment with new goodies built into Firefox 3. Thus, this may be a good time to review all the finds I have made since I started playing this game.

Thus Far…

Volume 1: Congress, Comics and absolutely no Smurf websites.

Volume 2: Online betas, alternative energy, IE sucks, Strange collaborative writing, Raising money.

Volume 3: Armstrong & Miller sketch comedy, freakin’ hilarious.

Volume 4: Get organized you putz, Grand Central, Remember the Milk & Jott. Nude runway models eating borscht, not included.

Volume 5: Book lovers, Linking, Recycling. The rights to this volume has been sold to Michael “boom-boom” Bay.

Volume 6: Procrastination animation, Anonymity, Why play this game?

Volume 7: Twitter tools! Spelling and grammar errors in volume 7 are intended to make me sexy.

Volume 8: Word tools, Nerf Herder video for Mr. Spock.

Volume 9: Toast is delicious, The periodic table of Awesomeness, Anti-social networking and one bad joke that is so bad, it is good.

Volume 10: Open-source Vector Art application, Customers & Ridiculous job applicants, Homemade Sex Toys.

Volume 11: After Doomsday, Fox News Porn, Pac-man and no references to cabbage, SNL and poker tournaments.

Volume 12: Hide your porn, perv. Famous Last Words, Geek Flow Chart, Local News. Porn, local news and sausage all in the same post FTW!

Volume 13: Hypermiling, The LHC, Paper Cut Outs, and teeny-tiny homes.

Volume 14: Music & Cynicism.   This post is now Barry Manilow free!

If you haven’t tried PMOG, go check out the video on the main page.  I know, you are one of those people who doesn’t want to waste time playing a game, you have better things to do.  Guess what?  This game is perfect for you, because you are passively playing anytime your browser is open and you are doing other things (or turn it off).