When it comes to video game characters, it’s hard not to love Mario. The problem with Mario on the web is that just about everything that could possibly be done to him has already been done. In the middle of an odd conversation about Ernst Ruska, the thought came to our heads that no one has ever posted (that we know of) an image of what Mario might look like under an electron microscope, so we decided to give it our best shot.
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It completely blows my mind that people of the world continue using the technical blunder known as Internet Explorer when the best web browsers are available for free and are one easy click away from downloading. We’re always trying new things on Kezins.com and the biggest problem is getting those new things to work in IE. Like most other arenas, Microsoft doesn’t play fair. They continually change IE and do NOT follow current web standards. In addition to Explorer not looking “right” when viewing a lot of sites, it’s also full of security issues. It boggles my mind why anyone uses it. There’s not one single good reason to use IE.
There’s nothing more frustrating than setting up something new on the site to find out that it works in every known browser but IE. At that point, we have to waste hours and hours of time trying to figure out how to get it to work or to simply drop the new feature because of this. Microsoft recently promised that IE 8 would automatically follow web standards and for a while, we started to believe them again. It turns out their new project does NOT follow standards intentionally. In actuality, a user will be required to manually change the browser settings for this to work. Why does Microsoft play like this? I don’t think anyone has a good answer, but it’s time people stopped dealing with them. If you are one of those still using Microsoft’s browser, check out the following downloads which are all BETTER options:
Opera: Opera has a few issues, but it’s really fast and still superior to IE.
Safari: I’m actually using Safari as we speak.
Firefox: Probably the best for security and customization.
The day people stop using IE will be the day my life becomes a lot easier. We certainly waste a ton of time making sure things work with Internet Explorer, instead of moving on to more important projects.
This may surprise some of you, but we love more than just video games on Kezins. It seems everyone on the web publishes their iPod playlist, so we decided to let our readers know what music we are listening to. The first list is Will’s favorite 20 songs. We’ll be publishing lists from the other writers (possible some from other sites too) in the near future. I currently have over 12,000 songs on my iPod plus all the stacks of CDs, so it wasn’t easy figuring out what my favorites were. Nirvana and The Killers are probably my two favorite bands of all-time, but I decided to only post one song per artist. Feel free to comment on my picks or list your favorites below, but no Coldplay bashing!
Kezins.com brings you a behind the scenes look at “Spider-Man: Web of Shadows”. Developer, Shaba Games is trying to correct the Spider-Man franchise by revamping Spider-Man’s fighting system. Boy, do they need a good ‘overhaulin’.
I’ve seen the above video several times, but decided to go ahead and post it since we didn’t have it here on Kezins. In addition to video game news, we like to throw in anything odd we can find on the web concerning Asian culture. If you are familiar with Calbee, you already know they always have some seriously wacky commercials.
What if E3 brought back the ‘Booth Babes’? In an effort to ‘Bring em Back’ we’re publishing some pics of what we will miss for the 2nd year in a row. Marketing is simple, place strategic ads that consumer’s will find interesting. Nevertheless, we will always keep E3’s best exhibit in our memories. In this set of pics I’ve narrowed down the booth babes, to where the idea first originated, Japan.
I honestly think E3 Media and Business Summit would still keep the popularity that made the formerly known Electronic Entertainment Expo.. well.. um entertaining.
Fines have been posted to those companies which sponsor the Booth Babes for up to $5,000. I’m not sure why the fine, maybe M.A.D.D. had something to do with it. It’s a shame that the web will not be smothered with Booth Babes in 2008, so let’s enjoy the past years babes! We welcome our Japanese readers.
After the break check out all 70 Booth Babes pics!
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With all the retarded toys that have been invented, it’s hard to find ones that would actually make great video game characters. I’ve spent weeks searching the web for such a toy and finally scored when I discovered something on YouTube called the “Slingshot Monkey” which retails for $4.95.
When I’m looking for a break from hard-core games, I always head to the web to see what fun free game I can find. Today I lucked out and discovered Ziczac, a simple yet entertaining freeware puzzler. The game isn’t going to change your life or anything, but it’s certainly great free entertainment for a few hours. Check out the description at Indie Games.
Via Indie Games
Click on the above image for a larger view. I have seen quite a few GTA IV comics hit the web in the past few weeks, but this one has to be the best by far. The strange thing about my personal GTA experiences is that I tend to run over the most people when I’m not trying to. After all, Grand Theft Auto has always been about the complete randomness of the chaos each individual experiences. Just the other day, I jacked a car from this fat guy and he started running after me. I decided to drive circles around him and amuse myself watching him pointlessly run in the circle following me. Just as I was getting bored of the situation, a random car ran up on the curb and hit him mid-stride. The driver got out and a scuffle started. Next thing you know, the cops show up and a gun battle takes place. After the battle was over, I leisurely walked over and picked up all the money from the dead bodies. It’s thing like this that keep GTA IV interesting even when you’re just screwing around.
Comic Via Image Shack
My title wasn’t supposed to sound like Borat, and although I thought about re-writing it, I didn’t. Success! Anywho, Google announced a new service that helps website owners grow traffic by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors.
While this service is currently available through plugins, Google promises that “Friend Connect” will be programless (is that a word?). And we all know, where Google goes, everyone follows.
Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social — and now they can be, easily. With Google Friend Connect (see http://www.google.com/friendconnect), any website owner can add a snippet of code to his or her site and get social features up and running immediately without programming — picking and choosing from built-in functionality like user registration, invitations, members gallery, message posting, and reviews, as well as third-party applications built by the OpenSocial developer community.
Visitors to any site using Google Friend Connect will be able to see, invite, and interact with new friends, or, using secure authorization APIs, with existing friends from social sites on the web, including Facebook, Google Talk, hi5, orkut, Plaxo, and more.
For Site Owners: Traffic and User Engagement
Without requiring coding experience, Google Friend Connect gives site owners a way to attract and engage more people by giving visitors a way to connect with friends on their websites.
* Drive traffic: people who discover interesting sites can bring their friends with them, and can opt-in to publish their activities on those sites back into their social network, attracting even more visitors.
* Increase engagement: access to friends and OpenSocial applications provides more interesting content and richer social experiences.
* Less work: any site can have social components without hiring a programming team or becoming a social network.Google Friend Connect is in a preview release, available tonight after Campfire One on a handful of whitelisted websites. All site owners interested in learning more about Google Friend Connect and signing up for the wait list can visit http://www.google.com/friendconnect/ starting tonight. In the weeks ahead we will be turning on more sites, adding more social applications, and integrating feedback from site owners and developers.
Currently, the “Friend Connect” site is not running. But here’s what you can expect:
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