Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.

Must … apply … to forehead …

(Intentionally) awful writers honored

Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you’ve had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean.

Read the rest of the winners (if that’s the right word) of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest here.

Blizzard artist does a WoW Webcomic

When I was at Blizzard, Rob Pardo bemoaned that his War3 team was so pro-dwarf, all the high elf units kept getting cut during production. He had to fight to keep some around for the Alliance — whenever there was a choice of two redundant units to cut, it was the pointy ears types who always got it first. (Obviously, this was rectified to a certain degree in the Frozen Throne expansion.)

It’s pretty easy to see where Samwise falls in the elves vs. dwarves preferences: He’s one of the pro-dwarf types. (So are Jenn and I, for the record.)

Now Sammy has even made a Webcomic about The Last Dwarf, set centuries after the time of the Warcraft games, where the elves have betrayed the dwarves and only one survives to fight back. Mouse over the panels to see them animate. The comics are designed for a slightly larger resolution than 1024 x 768.

(Thanks to Widge for the link.)

Pirates vs. Ninjas: A ninja reviews Pirates 2

He’s awfully talkative for a ninja, but a ninja reviews Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Given the ancient enmity between ninjas and pirates, you can imagine how he feels about it …

That dice game from Pirates of the Caribbean 2

There’s a moment where a dice game aboard the haunted Flying Dutchman determines the fate of one of the characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest as well as advancing the schemes of one of the other characters.

Liar’s Dice is a real game, and Disney has put up their Pirate’s Dice variation online.