The Internet Phenomena Alphabet
You know how sometimes you have to spell your name over the phone, because nobody can ever figure out how your last name (Prybclowiz) is spelled when you say it out load? Sure, you could always resort to the "P as in Peter" way of doing things. But really, wouldn't you get the point across much quicker if you just said "P is for Porn?"Inspired by The Big Lebowski Phonetic Alphabet, a Grupthink user submitted a challenge to the masses: help create a phonetic alphabet based on internet phenomena. You know, all those things that your friends and family won't stop forwarding you. Or perhaps you're the one subjecting your friends to videos of Chocolate Rain remixes.
Since the project is hosted on Grupthink, the alphabet is not written in stone. Go ahead and submit your own ideas, and vote on your favorites.
[via Neatorama]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Mark said 9:27PM on 8-15-2007
G is for what now? NO. Just NO.
G is for Google, and that's all there is to it. Even mentioning that other thing should be grounds for imprisonment. Aside from that, the whole list is really stupid anyway. Why is this on Download.com?
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BananaBoat said 9:27PM on 8-15-2007
Basically they stole memes from places like SA and 4C and alphabetized them....woohoo. Encyclopedia Dramatica already has this type of service. Kudos to Download Squad for including an image with the word goatse on it though hehe
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cthulhuguru said 7:36AM on 8-16-2007
"Jerry Tompkins.. That's 'T' as in Tubgirl, 'O' as in O RLY..."
Love it!
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