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Interesting Crap

Okay, for lack of anything better to do, I decided to provide a links page to some of the most interesting things I've found on the Web. At least my favorite stuff, anyway.

ICON/AVATAR/IMAGE CREATORS

Church Sign Generator - This is too much fun, making up offensive, fake, but realistic-looking church signs!
Create My Picture - Formerly a Spanish site, now transferred to U.K. control.
Gaia Dream Creator - This is one of the best chibi avatar-makers to come down the pike. Pretty diverse with oh-so-many clothing options, plus accessories, and interesting variants on everything. The endwork looks really good.
Hero Machine - A really cool program that lets you design your own superhero, potentially based on yourself. See? It's irresistable.
Otaku Avatar Maker - ...sigh, once again, this is gross misapplication of "otaku". In this case, in particular, they meant to say "chibi"...
Portrait Mail - E-mail your picture, get a manga-style avatar back! (Instructions in hovertext if buttons aren't working.)
Signmaker - Create your own highway signs! This is too much fun! How can something so simple be so much fun!?

COMICS

Cat and Girl - The cat is very simple and naive, but affable; the girl, while cute, is very politically aware and cynical. Why do they hang out together? Must be the sex.
ChoppingBlock.org - Crazy, fucked-up comic about a sociopathic murderer. But very intelligent and genuinely funny, not merely gratuitous!
deadmouse - The artwork is classically-inspired, like Dame Darcy or Maakies, but the skill is not quite up there. However, there's some bizarre storytelling going on here.
Glue Meat - Kind of a sharp-edged cutesy strip. It's okay if you're practicing to have a lousy attitude, but it's not an advanced course.
Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life - "A philosophical road comic about two unemployed robots on an improvised interplanetary voyage of self discovery."
Renée French - Illustrator, raconteur: very, very disturbing in the effective, cerebral way that so many aspire to, yet fail to imitate successfully. Her blog is here.
Slow Wave - This guy draws comics based on people's dreams that they submit to him. No, really, it's cool and frequently hilarious! I mean, I laughed...
A Softer World - Conceptual photo-strips that may feature allusive, wistful humor. It's much funnier if you read it aloud in a deadpan voice.
Toothpaste For Dinner - Little felt-tip cartoons that would be funny if your friend was drawing them on napkins and handing them to you at a club. But a website full of them?
When I Am King - A very intense, humorous, trippy serial strip. Take an afternoon out and read through it all, it'll be worth it. It really pushes the "physical" boundaries of the online comic.

ANIMATIONS, FILMS

32 Ways to Open a Beer - Auf Deutsch!
Albino Black Sheep - Huge collection repository for superlative Flash fanimutations (and other downloadable material, whatever)!
All Your Base - The classic animation, and it still plays on this site. Not like there aren't a thousand mirror sites for it.
Augenblick Studios - Beautiful, smooth animation with good scum-of-society humor.
Big Bunny - Is there anything Amy Winfrey can't do? Here's a series of gently misanthropic tales revolving around mostly naive kids and a ravenous bunny the size of a house.
Burnt Face Man - A very humorous, absurd, and slightly offensive online comic that's actually well done in terms of smooth animation. Good voices, too.
"Creep" - Absolutely beautiful Flash animation done to accompany accoustic version of Radiohead's classic single.
Ddautta - A very charming and entertaining animated story about interspecial relationships. Music: "There She Is", by Witches.
The Devil's Tramping Ground - A series of really nice Flash animations based on traditional American superstition, my favorite kind!
Don't Think Twice - Picture of Bob Dylan is drawn (and undrawn) with his own lyrics, to his music. Very cool visual.
Drag and Go Back Spezial - Click to grab some of her ass, drag it, then release to watch her shake it like Jell-o.
Dress'm Up Dubya - Brought to you by the fine folks at Oddcast, you can dress the Senate-elected president up how you like and have him recite his own stupefying speeches. More than worth the price of admission.
Eugene Mirman - The fabulous crooning boy! Hear him sing your favorites! Watch him, 'cos he'll do it, too!
Evan Mather.com - One man's campaign to reimagine the Star Wars universe through its action figures and a liberal reworking of thes script.
FAKE - This one was just bizarre. Cute little moralistic tale about getting what you want, I guess.
Fensler Film - The link takes you to these corrupted, comedic reworkings of the old G.I. Joe PSAs.
Fly Guy - Fun, explorational animation: guide the Fly Guy around and interact with what he finds in the sky. Just when you think you've seen it all, there's more...
Frog Porn 101 - This is darkly, grotesquely funny. Not funny like you want it to be, but funny the way things end up being. I like that there's no music, I think that makes it worse.
Ganguro Girl 1.5 - Online Flash adult "love sim" game in which you hone your social skills to date (*ahem*) various women.
Golden Boy - Weird kinda little story that doesn't make any sense about a supernatural baby. You might want to mute the sound for this one, that one note is going to really set your teeth on edge.
Hi-HO - "It's an ad for an ISP run by Panasonic," my friend tells me. I like these short little stories that combine anime weirdness with reverence for traditional culture.
How To Fold a Shirt - You'd think this is obvious, but the Japanese have a startlingly simple method that achieves perfect results every time. Of course!
Hyakugojyuuichi!! - The classic! The original that started it all! It rules you and you don't even know it.
I Love Egg - Extremely cute in a Japanese/techno way. Some people cringe, but I just think it's the cutest thing ever.
IBC commercial - Pretty damn funny. A cautionary tale for people who like to lose control.
Ill Will - The life and times of an angry little squirrel who seems to be gaining popularity against the odds.
Japander.com - Cool website where you can see American actors Japanese commercials. You've got to see the Arnold Schwarzenegger spots!
Jouva's Waste of Bandwidth - A collection of Flash animation movies, some of which are new and unique to this place.
Kikkoman! - Learn of the exciting adventures of Kikkoman, flavoring food around the world! Learn of his enemies, banana and shrimp! And go to The Official KIKKOMASU Website!
Leave It To Bush - Highly amusing little story about why Bush shouldn't be allowed to speak.
The Lonely Astronaut - A little film about an astronaut left on the moon. It's okay.
Making Fiends - Wunderkind Amy Winfrey cranks out this fun animated series of dark humor and cutesiness guaranteed to take several minutes to watch. Engjoy!
Mashimaro - Formerly "Marshi Maro" for "marshmallow", this is the story of a sociopathic little bunny that became an international craze.
Meat or Accident? - Delightfully repulsive little game in which you guess whether the thumbnail is of a section of meat or someone's gruesome injury.
Molecular Expressions - Quick slideshow in which one is taken from outside the Milky Way to inside a molecule. Boggling!
MondoMiniShows - Artists' collective that hosts very well-executed animations for a variety of subjects and clients... yet with the stink of corporation about them. Still, worth checking out (as long as you don't buy anything).
Muffin Films - Amy Winfrey strikes again with this bizarre little series of animated shorts about muffins. They're kind of bizarre and highly addictive.
NAILS - Bizarre series of intricate and involved animations, interactive stories, etc. You really have to poke around to find everything, but it's worth it.
Newgrounds - An intensive collection of the best animation and interactive games out there. This will kill many afternoons of work for you.
Ninjai, the Little Ninja - Well-done animation, but the author sometimes removes all the episodes to "keep it fresh". Idiot.
Oddcast (V)Host SitePal - Kickass pioneering flash technology that lets you write or record messages that are recited with more-or-less synch'ed up animation of men and women! You can make them say sexy things that you wish real people would say to you. You can email messages to your friends!
Odd Todd narrates days in the life of being unemployed and wanting stuff. Freakin' hilarious and superlatively done. Check it out: there are a lot of other funny things here too. Make your online connection pay for itself!
Passion of the Vax - My pal Lucien created a Flash enactment of the creation and maintenance of the coolest BBS around, Ed's Room..
Poke the Bunny - Go on, poke it. Poke it some more. It likes it. And turn up your speakers.
Princess - A couple really, really fucked up cartoons made by the creators of South Park. Yes, even worse than that.
Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? - Can YOU tell the difference? (I got 8 out of 10.)
Punk Kittens - It's true, a traditional backyard gazebo jam with White Stripes' "Fell In Love With A Girl" and it's the cutest damn thing you ever did see.
The Other Side - Unimaginative name for a website, but the animations aren't terrible.
Strindberg + Helium - The beautiful dichotomy between Victorian alcoholic depression and ... some really cute little spherical pest. "You got maple syrup all over my motif! Never do that!"
Tanz Mit Laibach - The RatherGood kittens are at it again, marching smartly down the street and jamming to Laibach. I love this one.
The Terrible Secret of Space - "Shoving is the answer. Please go stand by the stairs so I may protect you."
Trazan? Ja. - I think this is Czech or something. Random stuff in animation, funny and disturbing sequences. It's good.
Wamono - Produced by +cruz, this is a surreal, expert blend of Japanese mythology and modern technology. It is way, way, way too cool.
Weeeeeeeeeeee!! - That squirrel on crack. You remember it, everyone was FWD'ing it around for a while. Well, it's here.
Weebl and Bob - You know, the rocking egg-type thing that says, "'Lo, Bob. You have pie?" It's worrisome.
Weebls Stuff - Apparently two rocking eggs with speech impediments wasn't good enough: he had to go and create a whole freakin' series of stunning animation with catchy tunes.
Xiao Xiao - This is f**king sweet! The creator of this series of animation is industrious, foreign, and highly imaginative! Beautiful fight sequences and amusing cultural references make for prime entertainment.
Yatta! - The original video of the Japanese sensation! (This is a ZIP file of a 7MG film clip for you to download.)
Yatta (parody) - This is the fanimutation of the original 'Yatta!' video, it's pretty damn good too.
You f**king Dwarf - As cute as it is offensive, and pretty bizarre and fun to look at. Turn your speakers up and RAWK OUT.
Yuk Yuk.com - One metric buttload of interactive Shockwave animations and such. Cartoons, games, comics, everything.
Zombo.com - Dees ees ZOMBO.COM! Welcome to ZOMBO.COM! Welcome. You can do anyting at ZOMBO.COM!

GAMES

AOOA - Bizarre, all-too-brief little game of riddles and surrealistic environments.
Biershooter - At a traditional biergarten in Bavaria, try your hand at blasting beer down people's throats at a distance.
Breakout - Fun little Flash variant on the classic Breakout game. It goes pretty fast and the pickups are inexplicable.
BZZZPEEK - Not a traditional game, but fun to play with. Onomatopoeia all over the world!
Cat Bowling - Fun little Hallowe'en game of bowling. Too bad you can't control the direction very well.
Chronic Logic.com - Website featuring a number of challenging games, all for sale but with free demos.
Clay Kitten Shooting and Clay Kitten Shooting II - If you hate cats, this is the way to do it. Though I'm lousy at it.
Convert the Cathari - "Convert as many Cathari as Possible within progressively more difficult time limits."
Copperman: Tales From the Hollow Earth - "Copperman is a web based entity, a server script with a database of words and sentence fragments. By speaking to him, you add to his collection of words and sentence fragments and give him new ways to combine his existing words."
Dark Room, The - some kind of Flash game where you have to poke around and figure out non-intuitive patterns with no hints to an imperceptible end. Whoever wrote this is doubtlessly congratulating himself.
Dodgeball - Yeah, now that the movie's out, no one can shut up about this game.
Dopamyne - Collection of Flash games, many of which are pretty fun. Text comes in French, German, and English, at least.
Dungeon Siege - Cool RPG game: you can download the 10% demo here and actually have quite a lot of fun playing it over and over and over. Like I did, before I bought the goddamned thing.
ece4co - Fifteen cute cat-oriented games. Japanese. Shockwave. All sorts of fun!
Error Message Generator - Now you can design your own Win98 or XP error messages! They won't do anything, but they're funny to play with.
Evil Clown Generator - Create the evillest clown possible with this gritty, insane palette of features. Kick ass.
Frozen Bubble - Just like Bust-A-Move and others of its ilk: toss up colored spheres to break sequences of three and clear the board. But this has a penguin.
George W. Bush Speechwriter - Go ahead, click-and-drag Poetry Magnet-style to compose and play your own silly little Shrub speeches. You could only do worse.
Grow - By turns, place objects on the sphere to let them evolve for maximum points; but they interact with each other for bonus points... can you figure this out within the time limit?
Guess the Dictator or Sitcom Character - Exactly what it purports to be. Exactly. You decide who you are, and the program guesses you.
Helicopter Game - Click to make the copter go up, release to let it go down, and avoid the obstacles. Not very tricky.
Historic Tale Construction Kit - Now you can make your own Bayeux Tapestry, or anything at all! This is one of the most innovative ideas I've seen in a while, and it's rendered fun.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Remember this from 1984? Well, now it comes with graphics! It kicks three asses.
How Far Can You Walk Home Drunk? - Lacking instructions, it took me a second to realize I had to use my mouse to keep the guy upright. If only he'd stop drinking!
Ikebana - Japanese seasonal flower-arranging game. I don't understand a lick of it, but it's pretty clear when I've done it wrong.
Il Mondo de Fubbs - Several bizarre, surreal pseudo-games to play with and do things. The artwork is impeccable and gorgeous!
IQ Marathon - It's all in Dutch, but you place the arrows where you want the cow(s) to turn, to claim the trophy. How clever are you?
Kingdom of Loathing - Fun, nonsensical little RPG for the lazy person. Worth wasting a lot of time on.
Kneib.biz - Some German guy is experimenting with Flash animation. Check out Hit the Mouse and the Alphabet Memory Game. For some reason, the memory game is harder with letters than with pictures!
Lightcycles! - They call it SWRON (Futuristic Chicken Run), but really it's Tron's lightcycles! And it's so cool! You know it is.
Mah Jong - Free version of the classic matching game; the tiles look very attractive, though there's no variation on the layout.
Mahjong Solitaire - Same thing, nice tiles, a background of the Great Wall, but the same layout each time. Still, it's free.
(Kyodai) Mahjongg - Download the beta (most stable) version of Kyodai Mahjongg, which includes the regular game as well as several other interesting (and familiar) variants. Very beautifully illustrated with great extras!
Make-a-Flake - Cunning little snowflake application in which you cut out paper snowflakes. Pretty fun.
Maze - Retro-style Java game in which you find your way through a maze (with arrow keys) but can only see a limited radius of the maze at any time! Pretty neat.
Meow - Very difficult memory game, in that you have to match up vulvas.
Miniclip - Sometimes challenging games but usually revolving around political, sophomoric, or white trash humor... eh.
Mr. Picassohead - Create your own Picasso masterpiece here, for free, as elaborate or simplistic as you want.
mono - This is the coolest freeware game you're going to find anywhere. "Part Asteroids, part Robotron, part PaintShop Pro."
Nun Gunner - If you think religious persecution is funny, this smoothly-animated lowbrow game is right up your alley.
Offline Highscore - Here: if you're really bad at playing games, just go here and give yourself the high score, and give your friends very terrible scores. Feel better?
Orisinal - A broad panoply of non-violent intellect-using games and puzzles. Save this for when you're bored or have a lot of time to kill. Like a day.
Pandaf Golf II - A lot of work went into this sophisticated, charming, insane golf game!
Paperdoll Heaven - More fun than it ought to be. Dress up your favorite (or most reviled) celebrities and personalities!
PCman - Online Flash replicas of classic video games. You can even install them on your own website for free!
Planarity - "Arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap."
PopCap Games - Free online service that provides several dozens of online games, like Diamond Mine and Atomica, quickie little deals that end up devouring your time.
Psychiatrie für misshandelte Kuscheltiere - Slow-paced but very involved puzzle-system in which you attempt to apply psychotherapy to a selection of abused stuffed animal toys, exploring the root of their problems and designing a unique track of therapy to each.
Race - Retro-style Java game in which you place bets on little numbered dots that run around a track.
Rump Romp - The classic memory-card game, but with women's butts.
Scribbler - This is an extremely cool graphics program: you draw a simple line drawing and it programs a scribbled image to form based on it. Try it out!
Smack the Pingu!! - Click once to release the penguin; click a second time to swing the bat. Pretty difficult to find the best angle to score high!
Smack the Pingu 2!! - Even more challenging: the orca flips the penguin into the air, and you have to pelt it with a snowball to carom it into the bulls-eye! Difficult, and lots of fun!
Snowball - You get to throw as many snowballs at the big posh building as you like! It's in a very thick Scottish brogue, though, so you might not understand all of the insults.
Sodaplay - Here is the legendary bandwidth-vortex and chronophage! Here, you create vector-plotted structures, design their physiology and make them move, and now you can make them race each other!
Sokoban - A maze game in which you shove boxes into a destination, riddling out which order to push them lest they become trapped. (This is way too hard for me.)
Spank the Gimp - Mild humor and simplistic graphics combine under the aegis of a skill/timing game. Spank the gimp with the (predictably) German dominatrix (who looks Brazilian), and make him fly across the dungeon to score for distance and rugburns.
SPYBOT: The Nightfall Incident - From the LEGO website, a riddle/consequence game where you use "programs" to "hack" nodes and protect against infocrimes, engaging in "databattles". Kinda fun.
Stair Dismount (Porrasturvat) - Choose force, angle of approach, and body part to strike, and gain points by pushing a person down a long staircase!
TAKAGISM - You start out locked in a red room, and have to find objects to free yourself.
tinygrow - Imaginative, if pointless, little game in which you try to see a variety of bizarre-ass plants through to completion.
Tontie - Kinda like Whack-a-Mole, except increasingly complex. A lot of fun, all with your numberpad!
Ultimate Flash Face - Attempt to reconstruct your own face from the broad templates and samples of features provided in this German delicacy.
VSUP - Strange little Czech/stoner puzzle adventure.
Yellow Snow - Shockwave animation in which you can write messages to your friends, if you're precise enough with the urine stream...
Zombie Infection Simulation - You don't actually play it, but you can watch a community of humans get taken over by zombies (original and advanced programs).

D.I.Y. MUSIC

Daxo - Musician, artist, and foreigner, this bald guy from another country has an amusing little interactive site.
Dirty Punk Fuckin' Anarchy Machine - Lay your own punk tracks! With a little Poli Sci 101, you could be the next big thing!
Drum Sequencer XML - Dink around making your own little drum tracks. It'll be fun, I'm sure.
Hestekor - Wanna make the horsies sing? Go for it. Now try to make them sync up. It's actually kinda sweet, once you get it going.
I Know Where Bruce Lee Lives - Not only do you get to make sound effects and movie clips, you get to do so merely by typing in your own name!
Infinite Wheel - This is f**king sweet! "Home of the Dub Selector"; make beautiful music in your own home with this magnificent online toy!
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music - Okay, so you can't make music on this site, but this place is extremely informative and quite accessible and witty. If you've ever wanted to understand the salient differences between the various forms of industrial, electronica, house, and rave staples & standbys, this is the place to study.
Kraftwerk - I know I've listed it elsewhere, this is just one kick-ass interactive musical site. I really, really don't get tired of it.
ToneMatrix - Large grid of squares to click: produce repeating tones with a pleasant visual accompaniment.
Weebl's Mixer - Tidy bit o' fun, here. Check out the beatbox games on this site, too.

OEKAKI

Oekaki Poteto - SImple and accessible oekaki site in English.
OpenCanvas - Sophisticated graphics/illustration program. (Japanese)
Oekakies - Basic program and gallery for oekaki. (Japanese)
Drawing Board - SImple oekaki program, great to train on. (Japanese)

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