Big Daddy And Little Sister In Real Life

No these aren't screenshots from Bioshock 3, these are from a photoshoot taken at the Georgia Aquarium. Amazing.

The guy who made the suit, who I will just refer to as Captain Awesome, has a site over here. Also, anyone (rich) interested in buying it should check out this eBay auction, because it's for sale.

Haiku Friday Number 9

Last night I took my 360 and a massive amount of plastic instruments over to my friend's house for some festive pre-Thanksgiving food and fun(egg-nog and brandy). It was a perfect occasion for me to christen my new copy of Rock Band Beatles and get some time with it's latest DLC, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Complete Album Pack.

Now, to be honest, I've never been huge on the Beatles, but I did have a copy Sgt. Pepper's on a bootleg tape that I found in a field while on a camping trip and played the hell out of it. So it's kinda my favorite from the Fab Four's catalog. So of course that meant I had to do a drunken rendition of "For the Benefit of ...

Dragon Age: Origins

Somehow I have to find 40 extra hours in the next few days to review Assassin's Creed II. Plus the podcast involved just as much alcohol as it usually does. Help me Yahtzee!

Mass: We Pray, Or Should That Be Wii Pray?

When I got the very official looking press release for Mass: We Pray, I immediately checked to make sure the date wasn't April 1st.

Over at their website they have this trailer, some pictures and screenshots and no indication that this is a joke. My guess, however, is that this is satire, or political commentary, or some such, and not a real product.

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Modern Warfare 2 Loser

Alright, this is one for all the teenaged readers out there. Hell, I probably acted this lame once or twice when I was a teen (maybe). However, today, my advice to you is to always step back, take a couple deep breaths, and turn the webcam off.

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Haiku Friday Torchlight Edition

We recorded a more beer fueled than usual podcast today, so I'm a bit peckish, which I'm sure doesn't surprise any of you by this point. But I do recommend you check out this week's episode at the very least for my booze inspired Christopher Walken doing a symposium on Elf sex impression.

Anywho, happy Friday y'all! I'm sure a lot of you are planning on spending most of your weekend indoors with your shiny new copy Modern Warfare 2, blowing up unarmed airport patrons and what not, so I won't waste too much of your time here.

Last weeks Haiku Friday winner is UpAndAtThem. PM me with your mailing details and we'll get this super new N64 game out to you.

I\'m Running Late

So here's a picture of Carrie Fisher and her stunt double sunbathing in slave bikinis on the set of The Empire Strikes Back.

Modern Warfare 3 To Be Ultra-Realistic

Whether you're transporting supplies, filling in paperwork, standing guard duty at the mess hall for eight hours, or just waiting for orders, Modern Warfare 3 will capture the true U.S. Army experience.

Rock Band Flute Controller

Actually, It's just a flute, but it's very cool how she uses it. And frankly, I think she actually improved on "Afterlife" by Avenged Sevenfold.

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The Sims: The Movie

Actually, that looks pretty good. I'd watch that.

Product-A-Haiku-Fri-Day

Today the Daily Manifesto takes on the Shinobii Console Tool Kit, a boon to anyone who has discovered that it takes the entire cast of Ocean's Eleven to get inside their Xbox 360.

"But Duke," you ask, "what possible legal reason could you have for wanting to open up your Xbox 360?"

Actually, I did have to do that once. We had a 360 debug unit (a special 360 that can play preview builds) and the DVD drive on it broke. Specifically, it was actually carving a groove into any DVD we put in it. A little research turned up that it was a $30 Hitachi drive, and I thought it would be an easy fix.

That was not the case. See that weird white piece of metal with the ...

Zelda Geek Rock

Today while recording the Inner Party Podcast we started a conversation about Zelda (which you can hear tomorrow when podcast goes live) and I mentioned that friend of mine and I had done a song inspired by the original classic 8-Bit NES version. Duke said I should share it with all you guys here in the Manifesto, so that's exactly what I'm doing. In fact, I like you guys so much that I'm just gonna share the entire demo with you.

If you don't feel like wadding through all the other songs to get to all the geeky goodness skip on down to "Item Shop". I should mention that we improvised the whole thing while drinking heavily one night, but I still think it's a gem, or more appropriately, a rupee. I hope you ...

Completely Pointless and probably NSFW

Computer difficulties have been screwing with me the last couple days, so here is a picture of... errr.. um... uh... well I just hopes she fights with Bayonetta and that's all I have to say.

Casual Gameplay Design Competition

The entries for the 6th annual Casual Gameplay Design Competition are in, and don't ever let anyone tell you that games are not art.

Some cool stuff for sure. Be sure to check out The Fantasy of the Sord, and How My Grandfather Won The War. Below is Small Worlds by David Shute

Happy Halloween Haikus

It's the day before All Hallow's Eve and Duke didn't even have the decency to wear a costume into work today. Nope, he just showed up in his regular old pirate outfit, just like every other day.

Last weeks Haiku winner is Oneshotstop. PM me your mailing address and we'll ship you off your copy of IL-2.

This week we're giving away a very fancy Fairytale Fights prize pack. It's got a pretty poster for your wall, some over-sized playing cards (but not a full deck, because no one here is playing with one), and some lovely and delicious sugar cookies. Oh yeah, it also comes with a copy of the game for the XBox 360. All in a cute little bedtime story book-looking box.

Leave us ...

Star Wars Uncut

Wow, if the trailer is any indication, I cannot wait for this movie project to finish. How did I not hear about this before now?

Here's the idea: The entire movie Star Wars Episode IV, split into 15 second increments, and reshot by amateurs around the world. You can find out more at their website. Did anyone else notice The Big Lubowski reference?

The only question that remains is, which scene do I claim and shoot?

Also, I'm presented to you by Energizer for some damn reason or another... I'm now being told that reason is money. I'm comfortable with that, so worship the pink bunny.

Vox Pop (September 2009)

"I can roam the waters of Azeroth in WoW quite happily, but I **** myself when doing such things like meeting Oacha'noa." - Melaisis

Since the link to the Vox Pop has been unceremoniously removed, it would only be just to relay the rules of the contest once more. Vox Pop is a contest where you, our GR members, write editorials as blog entries. During any given month, GR chooses several of these editorials to be featured in the Vox Pop box on the front page and as a worthy entry into the contest. At the end of that month, we will choose three winners from the list of Vox Pop entries, with two runner-ups given $25 (or US-equivalent) Amazon.com gift certificates and one winner given a $50 (or US-equivalent) Amazon.com gift certificate.

On your mark. Get set... We\'re riding on the internet!

Cyberspace sets us free. Hello, virtual reality!

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High Flying Haiku Fridays

It's Friday, I'm more drunk than usual and a bit crabby after having a ridiculous time trying to buy a bike off craigslist (ugh!). So hopefully you've lowered your expectations for today's Manifesto.

Last week's Haiku winner are: UglyKitten, VladtheMad, Sl33pythyme and ein311. Congrats to all of you beautiful, beautiful people. PM me with your addresses so I can stand outside your window at night taking pictures of you and also mail you your copies of Dirt 2.

Up on the Haiku chopping block this week we have one super-cool, ultra-special copy of IL-Strumovik: Birds of Prey for the Xbox 360 provided by our special friends over at 1C. It's a classic WWII Dog-fighter and is the ...

Shopping Channel Wiisaster

We tested some little snap-on Wiimote attachments that looked like toy swords and tennis racquets last year and they were some of the worst peripherals ever because they actually blocked the infrared sensor. However, there's even one more drawback.

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