{"id":274,"date":"2010-08-21T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T20:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/?p=274"},"modified":"2010-08-24T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:18:46","slug":"3-quick-hits-scootch-closer-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"3 Quick Hits: Scootch closer children&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What were they smoking?<\/strong><br \/>\nTotally old news but recently randomly discovered<br \/>\nCheck out <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Section_8_%28comics%29\">this Wikipedia entry<\/a> about a superhero team known as Section 8. Note the altogether bizarre heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dogwelder: A thin, silent man in a welder&#8217;s mask who spot welds dead canines to evildoers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Defenestrator: A large, burly man \u2026 who obsessively carries around a window through which he forcefully throws criminals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I first heard about this I figured\u2026 it must have been the 60s and it must have been some good product. Actual date of publication 1997.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Walken<\/strong><br \/>\nIt has become a well known fact that Christopher Walken can make almost anything sound surreal and creepy\/hilarious by reading it aloud. His reading of the Three Little Pigs (find it on youtube) is fantastic and Jay Mohr\u2019s amazing impression as he reads Goodnight Moon on a Simpsons episode is in much the same vein. However; <a href=\"mentalfloss.com\">Mental Floss<\/a> linked to this video the other day and more or less blew my mind.<br \/>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AJDx3H_hvI8&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AJDx3H_hvI8&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The end of sleep:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/?attachment_id=275\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"595,325\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-275\" title=\"04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85\" src=\"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/04_civilization5_jpg_595x1000_q85.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nIn a move that will unquestionably have a major impact on my study patterns as I complete my last term of school, Firaxis is releasing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilization5.com\/\">Civilization V<\/a> this fall. CIV IV is probably the game that has most consistently caused me to look at a clock after what feels like a 90 minute session and realize that it\u2019s 3am. Early incarnations were good, but IV, especially post-Beyond the Sword expansion was an addictively epic experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And now here comes CIV V. The CIV lovers among you will likely notice on the screenshot above that (in addition to some pretty amazing graphic changes) we\u2019re seeing a shift to a hexagon-based grid for units. The keener eye will also notice a return to proper siege damage units. The changes go much deeper when you read further with units not necessarily dying off as a result of a combat, no more unit stacking and a complete revamp of how city fortifying works. I\u2019m not certain, but it seems as if firaxis might be making a leap here<\/span> that makes it a relearning experience for the hard core fans, but perhaps a bit more accessible to the new fan. I certainly think I\u2019ll need to really adapt my playstyle for the new combat, but I probably should have done that already anyway. I\u2019m certainly not going above prince difficulty on the first session though.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note for those of us who hate fighting with Gamespy, it will be a steam game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What were they smoking? Totally old news but recently randomly discovered Check out this Wikipedia entry about a superhero team known as Section 8. Note the altogether bizarre heroes. Of particular note: Dogwelder: A thin, silent man in a welder&#8217;s mask who spot welds dead canines to evildoers. 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