Fallout 4

    It's funny how life is. I had basically forgotten about this blog for a few years until Facebook Memories brought up one of my posts. I feel like I should start this blog up again now. Maybe just some posts, nothing overly fancy.

    First thing I want to post about? Fallout muther humpin 4 is coming out in about a month! Oh I cannot wait. I've started playing through Fallout New Vegas again just to reminisce with the world a little bit. I cannot wait, all of the footage I have seen so far looks amazing!

    More posts to come! Maybe about Fallout, maybe about my love of Hearthstone! Who knows. Hey blog-o-sphere! I'm back!

Planking - Get over yourselves media, you did not discover this. [Video]

So apparently a kid in Australia died while doing a "planking" photo... And now "planking" is being touted as some new fangled under ground thing. Here are some pro tips internet. "Planking" used to be called the "Laying Down Game" this was started in Europe by a couple of guys. The LDG was a spin off of a Korean MEME where you pretend to be dead. The main difference between the Euro and JP MEME is the Euro version you would lay out stiff like a plank of wood, hence the name. While the Korean version you would lay so it appeared you were dead, basically limply.

Now, I AM very saddened to hear someone died while taking a picture for this MEME (Even if he WAS drunk and doing it on a 7th story balcony). However, the media response to this is horrible... You did not "find" planking, you did not coin it.

Gawker has a good article up at the moment covering the time line for the "planking" (I am sorry to me it will always be the Laying Down Game) although they do leave out the original Korean MEME roots.

http://gawker.com/5802460/how-a-facebook-page-turned-into-a-deadly-internet-craze

If you want to know even more about the Planking and Laying Down game Know Your Meme has a great video up on Youtube about the entire history, watch it here;







Be sure to check out Know Your Meme's other videos as well, they cover most of the big MEME's for the last few years.

Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts DLC

Steam has just released the latest DLC for Fallout: New Vegas titled Honest Hearts. If the past is any type of indicator this should be the one that everyone wants to buy. Fallout 3's initial DLC offering was severly lacking while the rest were fully realized additions. This being the second addition to New Vegas let's hope Bethesda has put some good time into it. You can get it now on Steam for 9.99


Fallout New Vegas Honest Hearts