I’m on a mission.

The Colbert Nation secret force has entrusted me to bury The Lede.

This message will now self destruct. No, not really.

Gosh, has it been 10 days since Christmas already?! I’ve been tonnes busy lately, and am dearly sorry for the lack of updates. However, to make up for it, I’m going to do a special giveaway to celebrate my birthday.

Leave a comment below to stand a chance to win a super special ultra fantabulous extremely mysterious gift from me. It might be a box of junk, or pink socks, or a copy of the Eidos Collector’s Pack, Razer peripherals or a Body Shop gift card. It could also be something as bizarre as invading a neighboring country and imposing my own ideology even if they don’t want it.

Okay, that last sentence made no sense… In any case, don’t forget to list your email so I know how to contact you! Only valid on the 4th of January 2009 starting 00:01 till 23:58.

This year, fellow gamers, we should focus on the season of giving. What with the recession and all, people are probably feeling less generous with spending their hard-earned cash (that is, if they even have a job). But what is Christmas (or the holiday season, if you prefer) without the lavishing of ridiculously expensive gifts on loved ones and your favorite lazy-blogger (that would be me, by the way)?

It’s still not too late to visit Stuart Hughes exclusive elite gadgets (yes, it’s exclusive and elite) to purchase a £299,995 solid gold Nintendo Wii with diamond encrusted buttons.

If that’s over your budget, you might want to buy a £199,995 PlayStation 3. This is probably the only time that a PlayStation 3 is a third less than the price of a Wii. That’s a pretty good deal. Really!

In any case, even if you can’t afford to buy me a console that would blind my corneas when I polish it, I still want to wish you Happy Holidays and may all your presents be like the above (or better)!

Sacks get a dose of
The Caribbean Islands
in this level pack.

Kotaku.com : LittleBigPlanet’s Pirates of the Caribbean Level Pack Priced, Dated, Explained, Arrrr!

Nine years quickly pass.
Diablo II still epic.
Beta patch released.

Read the 1.13 beta patch notes here.

After trying out Pearltrees today, I have to say I’m incredibly impressed. It was featured on CNN.com as a possible next big thing on the web and since its beta launched on Wednesday, there has been massive scrutiny in the online world over its social-network-meets-categorized-mind-map-bookmarking style. The webhounds have definitely stirred and are barking up this flash-based (pearl)tree.

What Is It

On the surface, Pearltrees is (are?) a fancy bookmarking system that’s guided by a visually intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Each “pearl” can either be a stand-alone link or a category, a “pearltree”, with branches of pearls extending from it, thereby grouping pearls into a cohesive map of ideas. As far as I can tell at this point, pearltrees can grow exponentially – with the user at the helm of creating and categorizing each branch of each pearltree or re-branching by, literally, plucking it off like an over-zealous gardener with new shears, and linking it to some other category. The possibilities are endless.

Pearltrees also comes with a downloadable add-on (I’m currently using the firefox one) which allows you to automatically create a pearl of whatever site(s) you are currently on. The pearl can then be put in a pearltree category or a drop-zone. The drop-zone is essentially like a the desk of a schoolgirl. Pearls can be stored there and filed away later, or – if everything gets too cluttered – dumped into the bin. Easy.

There’s definitely an emphasis on organizational ability and aesthetics here. You don’t want to be a messy pearl-gardener, so you’d want to keep everything trimmed and neat. Think online bonzai and you’ll get the hang of it pretty quickly. Otherwise watch the helpful video on www.Pearltrees.com.

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Lightsaber chopsticks. Enough said.

Thinkgeek.com – Star Wars Chop Sabers

“If I ate myself, would I become twice my size or disappear completely?”

The question doesn’t make sense and probably isn’t technically feasible, but I really want to know.

Patiently, we wait.
As Blizzard will soon open
Icecrown Citadel.

Rumor is that Blizzard will be releasing patch 3.3.0 this week. Patch notes here.