Link roundup

1. "Boston emergency services debuted a specialized ambulance designed to carry obese patients on Tuesday, and the retrofitted vehicle was promptly needed on two calls, authorities said."

2. Dancing Pyro from Team Fortress 2 animated gif.

3. Adventure Time as an 8-Bit RPG.

*Previously: Printable Adventure Time Monopoly board.

*Buy Adventure Time Awesome Hats at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Team Fortress 2/Little Red Riding Hood mashup.

2. Fark headline:

The Vatican says ordaining women is as bad as raping children. So it's okay, then?

3. More negative news about various Droid phones - - just like the worst days of the PC-era, companies are loading the phones with applications you don't want and can't remove.

Laser Death Cat in Team Fortress 2

A custom map for Team Fortress 2 features a gigantic demonic cat that shoots laser beams from its eyes and vomits hornets. Via.

*Previously: Cat with laser eye.

*Buy ray guns at eBay.

Mega Man/Team Fortress 2 mashup (link roundup)

8-Bit Team Fortress 2. Click through for animated gifs.

And a few more links:

1. This seems ready made for a Malcolm Gladwell article:

Ajab Han, a sergeant in the ANA working with British troops from the 1st battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland at a patrol base in the Sangin valley, has found 177 IEDs during his three years in Helmand.

"I can just see them," he says. "There might be a tell-tale trace, or something just not quite right, or a piece of wire or wood showing, and that is when I know I have found another one. IEDs often come in many parts so we have to find all the bits in the ground."

2. Cheerful Fahrenheit 451 sketch.

3. Mermaid pinup by Simon Eckert.

*Previously: Team Fortress 2 paper toys.

*Buy Mega Man toys at eBay.

More Team Fortress 2 propaganda art

By Agent Melon.


By Metalpiss.




My favorites of the runners up in the Team Fortress 2 propaganda art contest. Let me know if you can identify any of the artists - - the site only lists monikers. Update: Thanks for the links, Shane.

*Previously: More TF2 propaganda art.

*Buy propaganda posters at eBay.

Three-headed dork (link roundup)

Three-headed dork costume via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win a drawing.

2. One fun thing about massive rain like we're having in LA this week is that you go out on your balcony and find monstrous fungus attempting to colonize the place.

3. Team Fortress 2 fan art.

*Previously: Dork Yearbook.

*Buy costumes at Amazon.

Team Fortress 2 propaganda art

Art created for the recent Team Fortress 2 propaganda contest:


Anneka Tran




Bob Strang



IgnisSolus




Fenomena



Agent Scarlet




John Freeman



Amber's Rad As All Hell Item




J. Axer Via.

*Previously: Red Dawn remake propaganda images.

*Buy propaganda posters at eBay.

Omar and his Skyhook poster (link roundup)

Poster for the short film Omar and his Skyhook that I previously posted.

And a few more links:

1. The Large Hadron Collider is the largest machine ever built and the inside of the machine is colder than outer space. Via.

2. Team Fortress 2 newspaper comic strip and ads. Via.

3. Blanka triumphant.

*Previously: Retired Street Fighter sprites.

*Buy Street Fighter toys at eBay.

Soon to be recalled Tiger Woods ad (link roundup)

"Have you got the balls" Tiger Woods video game ad. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Team Fortress 2 propaganda contest. Via.

2. Men's Health intentionally reuses covers as a "branding strategy."

3. Tracy McGrady (who hasn't played this year) is on pace to be voted in as an All-Star starter, possibly because he plays for the Rockets, and the Chinese vote for Yao's teammates.

*Previously: Anime-style NBA heroes.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.

Team Fortress 2 holiday cards

Shane's gift suggestion for the Threadless t-shirt giveaway is Team Fortress 2 holiday cards.

Other gems available in the Valve store include:


Left 4 Dead holiday cards



Plush Vortigaunt



Aperture Labs Propaganda Posters.



The Flamethrower Poster.

At Toycutter: Team Fortress 2 custom toys.

*Buy propaganda posters at eBay.

Video of bears playing ice hockey (link roundup)

Video of bears playing ice hockey. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The Chronicle Herald reports that Peta held an event to promote a new device that "humanely" kills lobsters and invited lots of people. Unfortunately, the device broke. So Peta instead killed hundreds of lobsters in the traditional inhumane manner to satiate the people they'd invited. Via.

2. Team Fortress 2 cosplay.

3. A comic strip about the Kool-Aid mascot by Alan Moore and Peter Bagge? Via.

*Previously: Gloomy Bear Gauntlets.

*Buy hockey bobbleheads at eBay.

Puss in Boots impresses the ladies (link roundup)

Puss in Boots and Admirers via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Portly Sith cyborg.

2. The Pyro from Team Fortress 2 as a coyote.

3. Vampires by Chris Sanders.

*Previously: Sith bird.

*Buy Puss in Boots toys at eBay.

Team Fortress 2 Guard Dog (link roundup)

Apparently there's some mystery as to whether this dog is really going to be added to Team Fortress 2. But he sure looks great. More images here.

And a few more links:

1. Check out how the Lockheed aircraft factory in Burbank, California looked before WW2 and then looked after it was camouflaged.

2. There's a CubeDudes group pool for people inspired by Angus MacLane's creations.

3. New Castle Crashers figurine.

*Previously: Castle Crashers cosplay.

*Buy Castle Crashers toys at eBay.

Strange monster sculptures (link roundup)

Lots of strange monster paintings and sculptures on display at Jessica Cooper's blog. Assuming it's up to date, she has several paintings on sale here. And you can see her posing next to a mutant bear rug here.

And a few more links:

1. Following Mindstyle's lead, kidrobot has a new blog. Except kidrobot is hoping fans will write content for them in exchange for kidrobot products.

2. From a commencement speech by Paul Hawken:

Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really good food—but all that is changing.

Via.

3. An attorney in a trial in Florida asked the trial judge to order opposing counsel to stop wearing such ratty looking shoes (contending that the rival attorney prominently displays the shoes as part of a helpless Columbo act).

4. Cheerful Team Fortress 2 mock advertisements featuring Pyro and Heavy.

*Previously: Sunny side up rug.

*Buy kidrobot toys at eBay.

Video of Charles Barkley hitting a bystander with a golf ball (link roundup)

Video of Charles Barkley hitting a bystander with a golf ball. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Team Fortress 2 fan art.

2. Night at the Museum 2 Happy Meal toys.

3. Which of our own closely held beliefs will our own children and grandchildren by appalled by? Reddit thread. Via.

4. Alan Moore paper toys. Via.

*Previously: Team Fortress 2 paper toys.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.

Team Fortress 2 paper toys (and so much more)

I've mentioned James Bowen's paper toys before, but he's posted many more terrific projects since, including Team Fortress 2, Thanos (with Infinity Gauntlet), and V for Vendetta.




His most recent creation is this Deadpool figure, made with paper and straws.



12 points of articulation, and the swords fit into the sheaths. The template is coming soon. Relatedly, James created a Master Chief/Warthog custom Transformer and put it on sale on sale at eBay.

*Previously: Team Fortress 2 desktop wallpapers.

*Buy V for Vendetta masks at eBay.

Toycutter updates

Recent updates at Toycutter, my custom toy blog include:

1. Team Fortress 2 Pyro Lego Minifig.

2. Randy the Ram action figure.

3. David Mack's Kabuki as a Munny.

4. Alternate concepts for Clone Wars action figures.

*Buy completed build-a-figures at eBay.

Burning Book Bookmark (link roundup)

Burning Book Bookmark on sale for $6 here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The armored, horned helmet of Henry, VIII.

2. Frog Thor by Colleen Coover.

3. Gallery of noirish photographs of Los Angeles by Jim McHugh.

4. Cartoony drawings of the Team Fortress 2 characters.

*Previously: Team Fortress 2 amigurumi.

*Buy film noir posters at eBay.

Team Fortress 2 fan art, desktop wallpaper

Some Team Fortress 2 desktop wallpapers and fan art I spotted at DeviantArt:


Team Fortress 2 Rejects by =ChemicalAlia on deviantART


TEAM FORTRESS 2 Girls' Side by ~hikarikun on deviantART


TEAM FORTRESS 2 : B.L.U by *haruningster on deviantART


TEAM FORTRESS 2 : R.E.D by *haruningster on deviantART


Team Fortress 2 WS_Pack by ~VertigoStudio on deviantART


Team Fortress 2 wallpaper pack by ~VertigoStudio on deviantART


Ubi Concordia, Ibi Victoria by =robotnicc on deviantART


GRAVELPIT by ~iFrau on deviantART

*At Toycutter: Team Fortress 2 custom action figures.

*Buy custom action figures at eBay.

Spinning carnival wheel (link roundup)

Long exposure photo of a carnival wheel. High-res here.

And a few more links:

1. Nancy Dorsner is selling personalized robot and squid valentines.

2. Early designs for Team Fortress 2 scout.

3. Ethan Van Sciver draws Orson Welles (and Martian tripods).

4. Los Angeles Times eliminates local news section and 70 newsroom jobs. Meanwhile, South Bend Tribune reporters must write a daily memo explaining what they did during the day.

*Previously: Theme park devoted to construction vehicles.

*Buy War of the Worlds posters at eBay.