Christopher Nolan to direct The Prisoner with a script by David Peoples (12 Monkeys, Unforgiven, Blade Runner).

…this could actually be good!

Ruthlessly stolen from Christian: the fantastic Iggy and the Stooges rider, which is infinitely hilarious on each and every page.

Someone put together a cool and informative video about Totaka’s Song, which–for my money–is the coolest multi-game repeated secret. The Konami Code is totally lame-o; you can buy it on a shirt at Hot Topic! Clothing emblazoned with sheet music of Totaka’s Song, now that would be iconoclastic.

Cars are probably the worst idea of the past 100 years. I can’t believe our country uses them. What the hell!

• Cars are extremely expensive, and money spent on worthless cars are diverted from other, actually useful pursuits. Money spent on buying a car is never recovered; cars always decrease in value. On the other hand, trains are owned by the government, and you just have to pay the price of your ticket to ride.
• You have to pay a registration fee when you buy a car. All you need to ride a train is your ticket.
• You have to pay a renewal fee every year. Trains never have a fee!
• Insurance is incredibly expensive. If the train crashes–not your fault!
• You have to pay for smog testing, too. Trains don’t produce smog!
• You have to pay for gas all the time.
• Some roads are toll roads! In case you thought you weren’t paying enough yet.
• Parking somewhere on the weekends can take up to 30-40 minutes and may require an additional fee. Train stations always stay put and are free to enter and exit.
• “Traffic” means you have no idea if it will take you 30 or 90 minutes to somewhere. Trains are always on time.
• Owning a car means you can get traffic tickets or parking tickets. No car, no tickets!
• Driving is stressful and annoying. Riding a train is an opportunity to listen to music, read a book, or play your DS.
• A car based-society means everything is incredibly spread out, impersonal, and impossible to find without foreknowledge. A train-based society means things are close by, neighborhoods have personality, and cool things you are waiting to discover are literally just around the corner.
• Driving makes you fat and lazy. Trains and walking keep you thin.
• Driving is awful for the environment. Public transportation is environmentally friendly.
• Cars are slow because you’re always stopping at stop lights. Trains, especially express trains, go straight to your destination.
• Driving means designated drivers, restrained evenings out and “sobering up.” Trains mean that everybody gets to cut loose!

In conclusion, cars are awful and people who like cars and driving are unfathomably stupid. The car is an ugly, stupid solution to an ugly, stupid problem–the fact that American cities are designed by morons, for morons, and are growing ever more moronic every year. Cars are a social cancer that actively worsen the lives of every man, woman, and child in America and OH MY GOD WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CARS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA.

Thank you.