Odd and the Frost Giants

The title refers to Neil Gaiman's latest story, which in his own words will be a "novelette". Anything that Mr. Gaiman writes is essential reading, and yes my opinion is completely unbiased. Seriously. If you haven't read his works yet, what are you waiting for? Start with American Gods and the Sandman comics, and go on from there.

You can read more about this new story, including the introduction to Chapter 3, in his blog. I personally cannot wait. Now if only I could find a copy of Fragile Things here (I don't want to order it from Amazon at the moment for a variety of reasons) everything would be great. Oh, well.

I've been trying to write a long post about the concept suggesting that MMORPG's are all about immersion and escapism, and how that is a lie, but so far I'm not happy with the result. Fingers crossed, it should be ready within the week.

Last thing for today, another of my favorite Daily Show segments of the year so far, Language Burier:

Bush V. Bush (Daily Show series #1)

Since I'm trying to hit 100 posts on this blog by this month's end, this is a perfect opportunity to post videos of some of my favorite Daily Show segments.

First video in this new series, what would a debate between first term Prez Bush and second term Prez Bush be like? Jon Stewart has the answer. It can be argued that Jon and his team have made an excellent mockery of this administration because, well... the administration is doing an amazing job with providing them with stuff to be mocked for, but videos such as this are so brilliant that you have to be talented in order to come up with it.

Anyway, enough babbling, enjoy the video:

Early Christmas!

Yes, it's true, Christmas came early this year. The new Daily Show website launched yesterday, with a vast archive, going back all the way to early 1999.

This is amazing news for all the fans of the show, myself included, who love to rewatch certain parts of some episodes. YouTube provided that opportunity in the past, but Viacom actively took down every single Daily Show video in that site. Thankfully though, they decided to make up for it.

So far there are 7,128 videos available, with more being added every day. That, of course, means countless hours, just waiting to be wasted, by watching every single one. I'm especially interested in the Even Stephven segments, as I wasn't watching the show when Steve Carell was still on. That, and This Week in God, which is probably the funniest non-Jon part of the show.

Fans of The Colbert Report should not feel disappointed, as an online archive of the show is schedule to go live in early '08, and the same goes for the Graig Kilborn era of The Daily Show.

The layout of the site is pretty simple and easy on the eyes, unlike the Comedy Central one, so finding the clip you want with relative ease, and better yet, you can embed these videos to your blog/website.

Understandably, the site is getting hammered right now, so you may experience difficulties searching and/or loading certain videos, but I expect this to get better as the initial craze settles down.

Praised be the Internets!