Archive for July 14th, 2008
Donkey Kong Jenga
Hmm . . . Donkey Kong Jenga. King of Kong: Jenga anyone?
This will be out at the end of September for $24.99.
Tags: Board Games, Donkey Kong, Jenga, Video Games
WordPress 2.6
So Wordpress 2.6 is now available. The software has been upgraded to include the ability to turn off XML-RPC without having to use a plugin, created a post versioning system, and provided better support for accessing admin functions over SSL (including adding Google Gears to speed up the admin area).
Tags: Wordpress
Wall-E and Consumerism
As part of the marketing for Wall-E, Disney apparently set up a Buy N Large website which is fairly amusing.
I took my kids to see Wall-E opening weekend. They loved it, but I’m kind of burnt out on Pixar movies. They do hit the ball out of the park frequently, but Cars and Wall-E really hit you over the head with their respective messages which is the death knell, IMO, of many otherwise good children’s movies.
It is also a bit weird to sit in a movie theater and have Disney, of all companies, pushing an anti-consumerist movie. In fact, when we showed up to buy our tickets for Wall-E, we were also handed one plastic-wrapped package for each of the kids. Inside was a bunch of promotions for upcoming Disney films and a crappy blue watch, all of which will ultimately end up in some landfill. The film was also littered with numerous product placements for Apple.
And, of course, you can buy any of a couple dozen different Wall-E toys, books, CDs, video games, digital watches, lunch boxes, pajamas, flashlights, posters . . . and who could live without the official Wall-E and Eve Cake Topper Set.