Evening Reading

by Garnett Lee, Jan 17, 2011 5:00pm PST

Despite a pretty exhausting travel itinerary, I'm pretty excited for the quick trip to New York to finally get a chance to really play with a 3DS. On Wednesday, Nintendo promises to reveal its plans for unleashing the new handheld outside Japan at press events in New York and Amsterdam. From what I've heard so far there's not going to be an embargo so I'll be writing impressions from the event as quickly as possible. I'm very curious to see how the hardware holds up to closer inspection, with games to play, and whether it measures up to the to be announced (we hope) price.

Here's the video game news of the day from the Shack to tide you over while you wait:

And a couple random cool things from around the Net:

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Hahaha, just saw a clip of Harvey Weinstein saying that Gervais is "done" and he'll never host the Globes again. I kind of think he doesn't give a shit Harvey.

Jan 17, 2011 5:31pm PST

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Hahaha, just saw a clip of Harvey Weinstein saying that Gervais is "done" and he'll never host the Globes... : Fred Garvin
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- gervais cared, he did all that shit very specifically : harold.johnson
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  What did he do? : stuka
  - Pissed off a lot of people, but was funny as hell doing it: http://news.google.ca/news/search?aq=f&pz=... : Fred Garvin
  - Made the show fun. : HL3dsx
  - increased ratings 5% : BouillonCubes
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tueD59x8JUo haha : chilln
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      So funny
      
      Jan 17, 2011 6:42pm PST
      
      So funny : Navy Spitfire
    - is that all? that's almost nothing compared to last year : umegastar
    - I usually like him, but most of those seem needlessly vicious and mean. Perhaps it's all in context, whi... : Thresher
    - I already liked him but now I worship him for that piece of performance art. : stuka
    - pretty awesome. his targets just need a sense of humour : dantastic
    - Great humor ! : Lukiopimp
  - Made the awards relevant for 5 minutes. CAN'T HAVE THAT. : skinlab133
  - Made me actually want to watch again next year, IF he is hosting. : DinK
- OMG his career is over : MaxPete82
- Haha, ask him if he cares. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Oh no. He pissed off self important people who make trophies and give them to each other to reenforce the... : uglysad
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    He didn't mention any major studio heads or producers. He'll be fine. : MaxPete82
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    Meh, he'll do fine outside of Hollywood. : re4ctor
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      Um, he doesn't really need hollywood at all. : Navy Spitfire
      
      Yeah he was only visiting anyway. : dumb.
  - eh, he did the same thing last year. got a ton of people to watch. he did his job. : dahanese
  - I like you and your words : supermonkeyballz
- Honestly, he was the show's only saving grace. : steauengeglase
- lol like he gives a shit. it was his intention to do it anyway. he is a true comedian : hobosapien
- haha fuck i wish i had seen this. Can you watch it anywhere? : lokdown
- I doubt hosting it again really concerns Gervais. : Clay
- he's the only reason i watched any of the dang thing : Veegeezee
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  http://twitter.com/davecaughey/statuses/26999480003854336 : MagicWishMonkey
  - rofl : danws6
  - hahaha : jimmy_legs
  - lmao : mrvandelay
  - Brilliant. : Discrete
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    twitter blocked, what does it say? >< : CtrlFrk
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      "If Charlie Sheen was offended by Ricky Gervais' joke at the Golden Globes, he needs to get off his high ... : Goto10
      
      loooolll : disposition
  - hahahahahaha : riptyde
  - lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  - naice : bolneze
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  Who's Harvey Weinstein anyway? exactly! : niceguynick
  - He was the most powerful man in Hollywood at one point. Not anymore, though. : Super Sparker
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    Actually he and his brother are kind of a big deal. Own a production company, co-founded Miramax films. H... : smoove
    - Miramax is part of Disney and The Matrix Trilogy never happened. : greasyjohn
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  I heard he did a terrible job and that nobody took to his jibes at all the people as they came up to the ... : Dr_Cube
  - Did you hear that from someone with a 4 foot stick up their ass? : ryuuseki
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    I don't think he's funny either. But I don't like British "humor" : Phreakin
    - His jokes weren't really "brittish" : Clay
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      There wasn't anything particularly British about the jokes he did at the Golden Globes other than his acc... : trelain
      
      He meant British "people" ? : Goto10
      
      To be fair, the jokes were in English. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      What made what he said British humor? : Jiven
      
      The accent! : MagicWishMonkey
      
      It was funny : batkiwi
      
      um...because he's brit-ish! : sweat
      
      Ci-izen : Marrbe
    - Gor blimey that jolly Charlie Sheen is in a right two and eight with them old jolly fourty-fours : Snuffles-
    - You could have gone without using the word "British" at all. We get it. : endozoan
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      So just to be clear... You are not amused by Monty Python? : Wheatloaf
      
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      I know I'm not. I've tried it a few times but I really just don't get that shit. : greasyjohn
      
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      It's ok, my dogs don't get it either. : re-verse
      
      My parakeet does, though. He stares at the TV all day. : Lukiopimp
    - Agreed. Who could even understand him anyway? It was like he was speaking gibberish. : DeBurgo
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      You mean humor? : klearlyunseen
      
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      I think he means dry jokes that aren't funny. : akirabob
      
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      Except Gervais' jokes were neither dry nor unfunny. : Herman Toothrot
      
      Actually, I guess it was technically dry. I tend to consider dry to be just on this side of humorous whe... : Herman Toothrot
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      That would be British '"humour". : MeestaNob
      
      More like "British" "humour". : Skrynkelberg
      
      haha this. Get it right. : even4
      
      I use the word humor for the noun and humour for the verb. Unique identifiers FTW. : Marrbe
    - I know people have jumped on this, but the whole 'roast' style he was going with is actually a very Ameri... : peanut-
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    Taken from WWTDD and CNN.com Christian Bale: â€œThank God for comedians,â€ he said, adding th... : VegasX
  - who did you hear that from? an actor? : moshman
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  a lot funnier when I thought you said Harvey Fierstein : drucifer
  - "You'll never host my globes again, Ricky" : HockeyJohnston
  - I thought this too :/ : drazz
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  I don't understand how you can be offended by things that are true. Did Gervais say a single thing that w... : avatar_58
  - certain scientologists are quite adamant that they are straight : MamiyaOtaru
  - serious answer - narcissism's a real bitch. : PlanetPerfecto
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    I'm pretty sure Bruce Willis isn't Ashton Kutcher's father. : CyCo_PL
    - I thought that was a brilliant joke : moshman
  - Agreed. If you can't take the heat, quick making yourself such an obvious, easy target. : Drewus
  - the world is full of hypocrites : Nitrium
- harvey is just made because he didn't get made fun of : stgdz
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  Any word on what happened during the mystery hour? : EvilDolemite
  - Gervais claims he introduced all of the people he was meant to. : trelain
  - I'm curious about this as well. : Dontdrop
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  His last stand up show was amazing. He is pretty much set for life if he can keep doing shit like that. B... : bozer
  - I was at one of those shows - it was literally the funniest hour of my life. : Deathlove
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  I'm still confused by all this because I thought all that shit was written ahead of time and likely not b... : Vincent Grayson
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    I'm guessing Gervais can write his own twenty minutes of material at this point in his career. : Deathlove
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      Oh, I'm sure he *can*, I just assumed these kinds of shows had their own writers. : Vincent Grayson
      
      The impression that I've gotten is that there is, there was, and he ignored them. : Ebu
  - I'm sure he wrote it himself, at least most of it : klearlyunseen
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    It was written by him and not even screened before it was done. He made a joke on Conan about having to r... : ovrlrd
    - Yeah, on this appearance he specifically said they didn't want to know any of his material ahead of time. : DinK
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  gervaise has brought us karl pilkington. he is untouchable for now. : crypt420
  - there he is...sitting around the piano...singing happy birthday for the 8th time that day : lokdown
  - Still laughing at the podcast even on the 5th or 6th listen. : ZombieAcademy
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  never heard of him prior to today. : shirif
  - Doesn't the rock you've been living under have internet? : MeestaNob
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  I wonder how much say Weinstein ultimately has compared to, say NBC (or whoever it was that showed it)...... : mikecyb
  - I watched the Oscars when Avatar was up but other than that, yeah I don't really care that much. : Herman Toothrot
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  Funny because Chris Rock basically did the same thing a few years ago when he hosted the Oscars (?) and h... : prime8
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    Norm McDonald did the same thing at the espy's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC6TbH_Yzd4 : skitzo
    - ^^^King of all awards show blasts, there. : Crabs Jarrard
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      I totally lost it at the kickboxing line. Norm was so awesome in the late 90s. : Turd Ferguson
      
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      greatest moment of all time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0WayC7jW0 : boring gegtik
      
      That is my favorite interview of all time. Conan almost died laughing. : Discrete
    - love the last line about the heisman : dantastic
    - wow this was awesome. God Bless Norm McDonald, what a great man : lord cecil
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    Meh, Chris Rock has been doing crappy movies well before he hosted the oscars. : Turd Ferguson
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      He's a horrible actor. : royalally
      
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      CB4 was amazing tho : boring gegtik
      
      I only give pass to Pootie Tang : royalally
- I skimmed through that show and made sure to watch all his parts. Gervais was hilarious, as expected. : DinK
- oh no, what will he ever do? :D : Godhatesfatpeople
- I am glad he is getting all this attention, means we might see Pilkington stateside some day. : shortbuscaptain
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  for some reason I think Stephen Merchant would make an absolutely stupendous/hilarious host to one of the... : PlanetPerfecto
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    Russell Brand/Noel Fielding : woddemandred
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      not a Brand hater here but I'd take Fielding any day : PlanetPerfecto
      
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      Why are you not a Brand hater? That guy is the pits. He acts like a fop in the hopes that it will mask th... : heartsauce
      
      see that's where you and I differ - that's not enough of a reason for me to hate anyone. : PlanetPerfecto
      
      i think he's hilarious. He's a really smart guy, you should watch the interview between him and paxman (v... : disembodied potato
  - Gervais and Merchant are great together with their acting/writing, so yeah definitely. : even4
- I wondered if he was going to get a bunch of complaints over his very last line/joke, something along the... : DinK
- No one is above satire. : Drewus
- As long as you can make Hollywood money it doesn't matter what you do. : Lucy Labia
- What's awesome is that there is even an Office episode where Michael wants to get roasted and then he end... : not work safe
- That was his plan. what a genius Weinstein is : moshman
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  I guess it depends on whether they think it's worth the risk of alienating the movie stars in order to ge... : peanut-
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    A lot of the stars seemed pretty pissed like Tom Hanks for example. : Chod
    - they didn't seem pissed off, just no very impressed : moshman
    - tom seemed more embarrassed for tim, and felt the need to say something .. : disembodied potato

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