I just came back from California. Sunny Cali-for-ni-ay where the absence of weather means it’s always great weather. I ate In N Out a bazillion times. I drove in traffic. I listened to Dr. Dre. I watched Clayton Kershaw pitch. I didn’t surf, but I could have! I didn’t smoke out, but I should have! I didn’t sing the theme song of the OC but I’m humming it now. In New York. In my dark and cluttered desk. In the dreary weather. In depression. I’m depressed. And as a practicing scientologist that can’t take medicine, I stay depressed. So I wrap my brain around strategy games to remove myself from this world. I’m happy. It’s the next best thing to California. Try my therapy with the Indie Strategy Bundle: Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Revenge of the Titans, Sanctum, and Sol Survivor for 10 bucks. -CC More »

I want to start a cult. In this cult, we would drink until we couldn’t see straight, smoke until our lungs turned black and eat until we suffered massive coronaries. We would dress impeccably and never appear affected by the trials and tribulations of the world. And that’s just the workday! More »

It’s going to get cold soon. I know you don’t think that now. I know you beautiful people in California don’t ever have to think about that. I know you don’t want 70 degree weather to end. I know you don’t want to remember the scarves, the gloves, the layers, the runny nose, the red cheeks, the glass ears, the chapped skin, the numb fingers, the club feet. I know you don’t want to get fat over winter. I know you don’t want to sleep with clothes on. But it’s going to get cold soon. Not SOON soon but soon there will be no more shorts, no more t-shirts, no more skin freedom. No more bikinis, no more tank tops, no more beaches. It’s going to be a tough life. So better prepare yourself now by building the LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set for $30. It’ll keep you ready for the chill until the cold really hits. -CC More »

I don’t remember the last time I ate Jell-O, just to eat Jell-O. Who does that anymore? Wait. Why don’t I do that anymore? Jell-O was one of my favorite things as a kid and now that I’m a stuffy ah-dult, I don’t eat the colored clear crack because I’m too big time now? That’s stupid. I’m stupid. My younger self would hate me for not buying all the candy I pass by when I’m at the market and all the times I drive by Toys ‘R Us and never pull in and all the other things I promised I would do when I had money and freedom but don’t do anymore. More »

I could go on and on about the relative merits of owning a $1 LED headlamp that normally costs $20. But I feel like our programmer Chris Beidelman put the value of this thing into perspective so much better than I ever could:

I have one of them. The strap feels really shitty and plasticky, and it smells like gasoline. But it’s a dollar. Buy a couple in case you get stuck in a mineshaft.By the way, For a dollar, you can either buy a crispy chicken sandwich at Wendy’s or A FUCKING HEAD LAMP.

He blew your mind, didn’t he? He tends to do that to the Giz staff on a daily basis. But I’ll blow your mind again: for $2, you could have BOTH. You’re welcome. -AC

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