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[apocalypsos]

Pimp something.

Hell, pimp anything. Anything that you think needs more love or gets love but could always use a wee bit more.

TV shows, movies, books, comics, websites, LJ user, LJ communities, fanfic, writers, songs ... anything you want. (Just make sure you pimp it in such a way so people can get their grubby little paws on it. Tell where it can be seen, link to it, etc.)

Go on, you know you want to. ;)

As for what I'm pimping ...

1. The 4400 -- No, seriously. Why are so few people I know watching this? For crying out loud, this show makes me happy. It's got superpowered people and neat little romances and it's ten dozen kinds of awesome. It's on USA Network on Sunday nights at 9 and midnight, and the first season is also on DVD (for only sixteen bucks, depending on where you pick it up).

2. One Big Happy Pantheon -- It's a Dogma/Good Omens crossover. Did you hear that, people? Dogma and Good Omens, and it's a perfect blend of both of them.

3. Orville Redenbacher's Cinnabon popcorn -- Oh, don't make that face. I know it sounds ... well, questionable, but as long as you like both popcorn and Cinnabons, you will love this. Seriously.

4. Encyclopedia Titanica -- I've been all over this website lately for DMIDS, and damn. Honestly, the detail they've got on the sinking is so great.

5. Arrested Development -- This is the best comedy on TV, and I'm not just saying that because it's funny but because it's got one of the best senses of continuity on television right now. Stuff just comes out of left field in the storyline, and if you've been following it, it's hilarious. (Although you definitely don't have to be a rabid fan to get the jokes. They're good like that. :)) Those of you not watching ... *chases after you with clue-by-four* The premiere is Wednesday, September 14th, and the first season's already on DVD. WATCH, damn you! *goes back to chasing*

6. "Paperback Writer" by the Beatles -- See, what you do is you put it on your iTunes or Winamp or whatever, and then whenever it comes up, that's your computer telling you to WRITE, DAMN IT. (Well, that's what it means when my computer does it, anyway.)

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Uru. Specifically, the online game, Untìl Uru.

1. It's cheap. As it is at the moment, you pay one ridiculously small joining fee and you're in for ever.

2. It's gorgeous. The graphics are superb and the sheer creative imagination that has gone into it is unparalleled.

3. It's fun. See, you don't have to spend your time slogging away at repetitive worklike stuff to make "money" or gain "status." There are puzzles to be solved if you want to. That's it. Which also means it's safe from online exploiters trying to make real money out of it.

4. As a corollary of the above, you aren't constantly surrounded by people who have been playing it for two days or two weeks or two years longer than you and are all somehow OMGSo!Rich! and OMGSo!Powerful! and OMGSo!Smug!About!It! that even when they're your friends you want to smack them.

5. No-one dies. No-one kills. There is one way you can die in this game, if you mess up the lead-in in a very specific way. Once you're in, you are safe, forever.

6. It's at least partly fan-run. This has got to be a good in itself.

7. If enough people join and are interested, there may just be a way that it could expand and become what it was supposed to be before the money men pulled the plug. But only if enough people join and are interested. And yes, this might mean having to pay more money, but for a game like this it's worth it.

For more information, try this site. To buy the game, check out Ebay. It's going for about five pounds or the equivalent in dollars. I have two copies free to interested homes, and I plan to get more. (Just call me Johnny Uruseed.) For Untìl Uru, the official site (which, as someone pointed out, doesn't actually explain too much about what it is) is here.

If you're interested in online games and have been bugged by some of the things I've mentioned, give Uru a try.

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Note, however, that it is not supported on Macs. (about which I have been disappointed for a very long time.)

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

This is true.