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Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:29:29 GMT http://4lfa.com/-/c/NerdIsToGeek http://4lfa.com/-/c/NerdIsToGeek Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:29:29 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/NerdIsToGeek">Polly+Morfs : Nerd is to Geek.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/NerdIsToGeek"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/nerdistogeek.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: ok i have, like, the geekiest difference between nerd and geek example evah. </p> <p class='vspace'>the board of truth: NERD is to GEEK as GPL is to MIT </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: that's not geeky, that's nerdy. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/NerdIsToGeek">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/FauxPas1 http://4lfa.com/-/c/FauxPas1 Mon, 31 May 2010 06:00:47 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/FauxPas1">Polly+Morfs : Faux Pas 1</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/FauxPas1"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/fauxpas1.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: it would be a terrible faux pas. </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: what would? </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: to accidentally post the same comic twice. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/FauxPas1">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/Heat http://4lfa.com/-/c/Heat Mon, 24 May 2010 04:57:17 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/Heat">Polly+Morfs : Heat.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/Heat"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/heat.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>polly: look. i, too, am having a bleeding headache right now. </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: the heat is getting to the BOTH of us but at least i'm not acting like a fecking arsehole! </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: you're doing it right now. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/Heat">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/AnotherDimension http://4lfa.com/-/c/AnotherDimension Sun, 23 May 2010 06:39:43 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/AnotherDimension">Polly+Morfs : Another dimension.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/AnotherDimension"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/anotherdimension.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. </p> <p class='vspace'>A dimension where we are controlling transmission. Where we will control the horizontal. Where we will control the vertical. </p> <p class='vspace'>There is nothing wrong with your internets. Do not attempt to use unauthorised bouncers. This video is not available in your country. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/AnotherDimension">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/HemlockINeverTouchTheStuff http://4lfa.com/-/c/HemlockINeverTouchTheStuff Sun, 16 May 2010 10:25:14 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/HemlockINeverTouchTheStuff">Polly+Morfs : Hemlock? I never touch the stuff!</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/HemlockINeverTouchTheStuff"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/hemlockinevertouchthestuff.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>So-Crates is here to tell you to write less and mean more. </p> <p class='vspace'>However, sometimes he will encourage you to engage in leading questions. </p> <p class='vspace'>Also, never ever let him make you a cup of tea. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/HemlockINeverTouchTheStuff">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/DoYouPeeInTheShower http://4lfa.com/-/c/DoYouPeeInTheShower Fri, 14 May 2010 02:42:20 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/DoYouPeeInTheShower">Polly+Morfs : Do you pee in the shower?</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/DoYouPeeInTheShower"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/doyoupeeintheshower.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>polly: do you know how much water you save by peeing in the shower? </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: the internet tells me it's 12 litres per piss. </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: so that's why hippies feet smell of urine. </p> <p class='vspace'>ref - <a class='urllink' href='http://kinokofry.com/2010/05/04/bec-003-pee-in-the-shower/' rel='nofollow'>http://kinokofry.com/2010/05/04/bec-003-pee-in-the-shower/</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/DoYouPeeInTheShower">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/CryHavok http://4lfa.com/-/c/CryHavok Sat, 08 May 2010 09:55:57 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/CryHavok">Polly+Morfs : Cry Havok!</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/CryHavok"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/cryhavok.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: cry havok(tm) and let slip the dogs of war! </p> <p class='vspace'>Lots of dogs rain past the panel. </p> <p class='vspace'>A large pile of physics correctly positioned dogs is now left upon the floor. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/CryHavok">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsAJournalistButAGamerrWithAHat http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsAJournalistButAGamerrWithAHat Tue, 04 May 2010 10:41:13 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/WhatIsAJournalistButAGamerrWithAHat">Polly+Morfs : What is a journalist but a gamerr with a hat?</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/WhatIsAJournalistButAGamerrWithAHat"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/gamerrwithahat.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Your game has 4 bugs. You should fix them, stupid. </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Seriously I played your stupid game and it sux, FIX BUGS PLZ. </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Like yesterday, I played it and it wouldn't let me win! </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsAJournalistButAGamerrWithAHat">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsABugButAMiserablePileOfSecrets http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsABugButAMiserablePileOfSecrets Mon, 03 May 2010 02:57:17 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/WhatIsABugButAMiserablePileOfSecrets">Polly+Morfs : What is a bug but a miserable pile of secrets?</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/WhatIsABugButAMiserablePileOfSecrets"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/pileofsecrets.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Your game has 4 bugs. You should fix them, stupid. </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Seriously I played your stupid game and it sux, FIX BUGS PLZ. </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Like yesterday, I played it and it wouldn't let me win! </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhatIsABugButAMiserablePileOfSecrets">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/EvenTheBestCouldBeBetter http://4lfa.com/-/c/EvenTheBestCouldBeBetter Sat, 01 May 2010 08:40:11 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/EvenTheBestCouldBeBetter">Polly+Morfs : Even the best could be better</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/EvenTheBestCouldBeBetter"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/eventhebestcouldbebetter.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: Your free game was the best game ever! </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: The only thing that could make it better is if you paid me to play it. </p> <p class='vspace'>gamerr: No, I'm serious. You should pay me. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/EvenTheBestCouldBeBetter">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/FuckingRainbowsHowDoTheyWork http://4lfa.com/-/c/FuckingRainbowsHowDoTheyWork Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:54:17 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/FuckingRainbowsHowDoTheyWork">Polly+Morfs : Fucking rainbows, how do they work?</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/FuckingRainbowsHowDoTheyWork"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/fuckingrainbows.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>one rainbow - not gay. </p> <p class='vspace'>two rainbows - not gay. </p> <p class='vspace'>two rainbows touching - gay. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/FuckingRainbowsHowDoTheyWork">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheFutureOfGestureInterfaces http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheFutureOfGestureInterfaces Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:53:07 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/TheFutureOfGestureInterfaces">Polly+Morfs : The future of gesture interfaces.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/TheFutureOfGestureInterfaces"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/futuregi.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>It's a film. 3 words. First word, you. Second word, got. </p> <p class='vspace'>Is it "You've got mail", the 1998 film starring Tom Hanks? </p> <p class='vspace'>Does this mean you wan't me to bring up your email app, Dave? </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheFutureOfGestureInterfaces">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/DemocratizingIsTheNewDoublePlusGood http://4lfa.com/-/c/DemocratizingIsTheNewDoublePlusGood Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:05 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/DemocratizingIsTheNewDoublePlusGood">Polly+Morfs : Democratizing is the new double plus good.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/DemocratizingIsTheNewDoublePlusGood"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/democratizing.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>Dear merkins </p> <p class='vspace'>The internets is a fully functioning anarchistic organisation. </p> <p class='vspace'>Democratizing it is not, I repeat, <strong>NOT</strong> a step forward. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/DemocratizingIsTheNewDoublePlusGood">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/TechnicallyYes http://4lfa.com/-/c/TechnicallyYes Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:05:47 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/TechnicallyYes">Polly+Morfs : Technically, yes.</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/TechnicallyYes"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/technicallyyes.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>polly: do you change your password once a month? </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: technically, yes. </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: what you mean technically? </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: well, i change my password whenever I forget it. </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: and you forget it about once a month? </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: technically, yes. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/TechnicallyYes">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/ItIsDecided http://4lfa.com/-/c/ItIsDecided Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:06:54 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/ItIsDecided">Polly+Morfs : It is decided!</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/ItIsDecided"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/itisdecided.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>Who here is a great and fearless warrior? </p> <p class='vspace'>Who here is a fast carpenter? </p> <p class='vspace'>Then it is decided! Tonight we move the village. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/ItIsDecided">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/iFinger http://4lfa.com/-/c/iFinger Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:26:58 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/iFinger">Polly+Morfs : iFinger</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/iFinger"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/iplop.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>Here at Apple, we listen to your feedback and value your custom. </p> <p class='vspace'>Which is why for the new low low price of only 299.99 we can alter your genome and make you iphone compatible. </p> <p class='vspace'>Diagram with Transparent finger rated at 50% opacity. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/iFinger">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/ChatPenis http://4lfa.com/-/c/ChatPenis Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:38:23 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/ChatPenis">Polly+Morfs : Chat Penis</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/ChatPenis"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/chatpenis.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: it seems that my mind no longer associates the word, 'roulette' with anything other than penises. </p> <p class='vspace'>polly: like chat penis? </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: yes, just like chat penis. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/ChatPenis">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheLootedProverbial http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheLootedProverbial Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:51:18 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/TheLootedProverbial">Polly+Morfs : The Looted Proverbial</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/TheLootedProverbial"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/thelootedproverbial.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>1. You can take a horse to water. <br />gamerr: Yay! A game! </p> <p class='vspace'>2. But you can't make him drink. <br />gamerr: This game sucks! </p> <p class='vspace'>3. Unless you award epic loots! <br />gamerr: I like cookies. </p> <p class='vspace'>Presenting, <a class='urllink' href='http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheGamerrIntroduction' rel='nofollow'>Gamerr</a>, by the by. </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/TheLootedProverbial">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhyNotToSellYourIp http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhyNotToSellYourIp Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:21:22 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/WhyNotToSellYourIp">Polly+Morfs : Why not to sell your IP</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/WhyNotToSellYourIp"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/whynottosellyourip.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: some top tips for poor developers that may wander into the wrong lecture at the GDC 2010. </p> <p class='vspace'>(blackboard) -&gt; Publishers refuse to publish things all the time, publishing is expensive. </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: iving someone the right to bury your work is not worth 50quid and the promise of a quick action figure. </p> <p class='vspace'>The problem is not that you are selling the rights to publish and exploit. That's perfectly fine and dandy. <strong>The problem is that by selling exclusive ownership of your work, you are handing over the right *not* to publish.</strong> </p> <p class='vspace'>Yes, owning your own IP wont magically make you money. But hey, neither does anything else. </p> <p class='vspace'>The present problem is actually that there are publishers who will let you keep your IP simply because they intend to keep the audience. The audience is actually much more valuable. Do you really think that microsoft is doing indie devs a favour by letting them strengthen its play to own the social network and *money* of a large number of gamers? This guy isn't even up to date. </p> <p class='vspace'><a class='urllink' href='https://www.cmpevents.com/GD10/a.asp?option=C&amp;V=11&amp;SessID=10297' rel='nofollow'>https://www.cmpevents.com/GD10/a.asp?option=C&amp;V=11&amp;SessID=10297</a> <a class='urllink' href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31110073' rel='nofollow'>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31110073</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/WhyNotToSellYourIp">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center> http://4lfa.com/-/c/AlmostEveryoneDeservesATwinkie http://4lfa.com/-/c/AlmostEveryoneDeservesATwinkie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:56:44 GMT <center><h1><a href="/-/c/AlmostEveryoneDeservesATwinkie">Polly+Morfs : Almost everyone deserves a twinkie</a></h1><br /><table border="0"><tr><td><a href="/-/c/AlmostEveryoneDeservesATwinkie"><img id="logo" src="http://4lfa.com/pms/twinkie.png" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="50%"><tr><td> <p class='vspace'>morf: here is my list of really annoying things that some game designers did totally wrong in 2009. </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: i'm serious, if you did any of these then i am henceforth revoking your right to call yourself a games developer or even designer. </p> <p class='vspace'>(blackboard) -&gt; Made <strong>ZERO</strong> games. </p> <p class='vspace'>morf: everyone else; and there are many of you, deserve a really, really, big twinkie. </p> <p class='vspace'><a class='urllink' href='http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4209/the_designers_notebook_bad_game_.php' rel='nofollow'>Ernest Adams as a prime culprit here,</a> he sure sounds like a busy professional anyway, ie. most of the content is not even provided by him. <br /> </p></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4lfa.com/-/c/AlmostEveryoneDeservesATwinkie">Click here for comments.</a></td></tr></table></center>