Guaranteed: No Rick-Rolls.*

*guarantee not guaranteed.

Just a link-dump for this entry. Like all the most productive people, I spend most of my time browsing instead of doing actual work, so over the course of a few days I tend to build up quite an.. interesting History backlog in Firefox. Browse away.

Project Rooftop: I remember coming across this gem of an art-blog not long after it first started up, but I lost touch with it over the next few years, only to re-discover it all over again. It's effectively a superhero fashion parade, but it's entertaining as all hell. You don't realise just what defines a character until you see someone else's take on it, and for all their differences and changes, they're still the same superhero you know and love. Plus, big love for Big Barda. That's always a plus in my book. I loved the character and always thought that she and her husband needed more time in the spotlight. Even though she's dead now. Bah, that never lasts.

Girl-Wonder.Org: See, I'm a fan of comics. And I tend to consider myself a reasonably level-headed and normal indiviual. And it's painfully obvious to me that the vast majority of women characters in comics seem to be either bimbos, ice-queens, or motivations for vengeance, plot advancement and dark, moody feelings. Girl-Wonder seeks to change that all by suggesting the rather bold idea that women be treated as caped equals. Weird, huh? They're doing a fabulous job giving a voice to the oestrogen-ed minority in comics, and more than that, they're all smart, intelligent, and level-headed people as well. I know, where do I find them, huh?

Archetype: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology: A wonderful resource for those of us who don't consider their characters complete unless they have a crushing array of psychological problems (a characteristic most of them get from their writers, it seems). Aside from clearing up a lot of misconceptions concering psychiatry and common psychological disorders, it also contains plenty of interesting psych-based writings and general writing articles, all typed up in a manner that doesn't make your brain turn to vomit.

Inform 7: I've been thinking a lot about Interactive Fiction these days, and I've dabbled with the I7 system previously. It's an interesting genre, but it's obviously so far removed from the modern gamers perception of what a game is, the market is quite limited. But I love it nonethessless, even if I'm hopeless at the game I'm trying out.

Hardboiled Slang: Fact: the term 'getaway sticks' is the best slang for legs, ever.This fact is indisputable, and permission is fully granted to use it in every day speech, even where wildly inappropriate.

Oh, and lastly, some blogs that I've been recently reading.

And I must have listened to this about 50 times today.

Happy browsing!