O What A Tangled Web…!

I've always been slightly creeped out by the larger-than-life posters advertising Joel Osteen's latest Christian self-help tomes yet couldn't put a finger on why, exactly. It finally struck me when I was confronted by yet another poster at the train station next to the farmers' market we frequent and my mental calculus put two [...]

Raincheck-Cashin' Time

Time for another mega-sized link dump courtesy of Y.T.
Important things first: Capcom is producing a sequel to Bionic Commando for the next-gen consoles. Awesome. I loved the original NES title, even though its callous lack of save codes or battery backup made it impossible to finish under my parents' old "only 1 hour [...]

This Week On "The Pain Channel"

Saturday Night Live puts in for the "Monty Python Lampooning Astin Kutcher's 'Punked!' Award of the Year" with "People Getting Punched Right Before Eating":

No trout were harmed in the filming of this digital short, at least I don't think any were…

Unreal Tournament 3 Demo Out NOW.

Go. Now. You know what to do.

Lets All Point And Laugh At The People Who Dont' Know How To Apostrophize Or "Quote"

Before I begin, I should admit to a bit of personal Grammar Naziism; that is to say, I generally have little tolerance for people who don't take the time to learn to use proper punctuation, spelling and grammar and thus inflict linguistic atrocities upon those of us that do care about such matters. Thus [...]

Who Says Dark Lords Of The Sith Don't Have A Sense Of Humor?

Darth Vader, practical joker:

Heh.

About That Super-Secret Project…

The full reason for sporadic updates here at Literal Barrage can finally be revealed:
I've been spending a good amount of time working on a side project with two other talented WordPress hackers, Stephane and Viper. The project, WPhone Admin plugin, is a WordPress plugin that aims to make administering your WP blog[s] from a [...]