Actually, it's video this time. I have a little footage of the modern armour, but this WW2 armour is much more interesting to watch.
Panzer III
SdKfz 250 Half-track
Tiger 131
I hope you have all enjoyed the photos and videos. All I can add is that if you love tanks, and if you ever have a chance to do so, you should definitely take the trip to Bovington and the Tank Museum for TankFest. It was the most WW2 fun I have had in years.
10. California Raisins 'Heard it Through the Grapevine'
Can't beat the Mo-town sound for sales. These guys made it into the Smithsonian. More than most of us will ever be able to say.
9. Dunkin Donuts "Time to Make the Donuts"
Haven't we all felt like poor Fred the Baker once in a while?
8. Tootsie Pop "How Many Licks?"
The world may never know. I don't like them - I'm a Blow Pop guy - but the ad is still great.
7. McDonald's "Recital"
Earlier I said you can't beat Mo-Town for sales. Well, this proves I was a little off, because this ain't Mo-Town. "And I would eat them all myself, and not give any to my dumb brother..." This may have been written by my sister.
6. Coca Cola "Mean Joe Greene"
C'mon, you gotta love this one. How did they pitch it? Who doesn't want a stinky sweaty jersey from a large and intimidating athlete? But it works.
5. Wendy's "Where's the Beef?"
If ever anyone became famous for a tagline, this is it. Clara Peller, at the age of 81, became an icon of commercial advertising.
4. E*Trade "E*Trade Baby: Milkaholic"
"Milk-a-wha?"
3. Coca Cola "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
A classic. Just awesome feel good stuff.
2. Goldie Blox 'Girls'
This is one of the coolest products I have heard of in a long time for kids. You can vote for them to get a free spot on the Super Bowl broadcast. Please do.
1. Nissan 'Toys' Commercial
I love the look on Ken's face at the end. That's right, Ken: Barbie is GI Joe's honey now, you ascot wearing nancy.
On today's date, in 1415, French chivalry withered under a rain of clothyard shafts driven by Welsh yew. Heavily outnumbered and stricken with illness, the English forces nevertheless won a decisive victory on the field at Agincourt. Among Henry V's troops were a large number of Welsh and English longbowmen. They are generally given credit for the victory, having done fearful damage to the French knights and men-at-arms before they could close with the outnumbered English.
Actually, by the time you read this, it will have been a few days ago, and I will be somewhere in the midst of the Gulf of Mexico, on a rather large ship, heading for tropical climes. No, the feds and the revenuers are not on my trail (yet...). Just taking the memsahib on a well-deserved break from work and kids. However, I would hate for all of you nice folks to have nothing to read about, so, as a public service and a sign of what a heck of a guy I am, I scheduled this post.
But it is a short one.
What you see below is the deck of cards I received from Nat Iwata, a rather good artist. The plan is to use them for Victorian Science Fiction games using a card activation system.
Da Box
Reverse of the Cards
King of Hearts
King of Clubs
King of Diamonds - Steamthulhu!
King of Spades - the Great Elder One Itsself
And, just to prove what a Prince of a Guy I am... here's a little song...
For the record, I chose this one because it was a good audio version of the tune...
"Following a random group of individuals heading to Sheffield, the series follows the survival of a mixed group of train passengers who have been accidentally cryogenically frozen. Waking up decades later, the passengers find that they are some of the last remaining humans to have survived an apocalyptic meteor strike, and are alone in the British countryside."
I had an idea a year or so back. For it to make sense, I guess you need to know that I have a good sized (32") flatscreen on the wall of my game room. It is usually hooked up to my sons' video game consoles, but does have an input that I could drive from a computer.
Anyway, the idea struck me when we played a couple of games of Star Frontiers. Good OSR Sci-Fi stuff there. I want to use my mini laptop and the big screen to put up video transmissions. For example, when the characters get a call on their vidphone, explaining a potential job, or when the enemy starship captain sends a threat to "lower your shields and prepare to be boarded, or be destroyed!"
I just imagine this as a really cool use of technology to make for a memorable gaming experience. Problem is, how do I make the videos look good? Does anyone know of a cheap utility that could help me make good backgrounds, animate aliens, that sort of thing? I mean, a Sathar is a big worm. I can act, but that's a bit beyond me. By the way, I hear its voice as a mechanical translator with a heavy German accent.
