Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

It all went down six years ago in DUMBO, but the video just went online last month. This, via Urban Prankster:

“There were supposed to be four armies: Madagascar Institute, the Toyshop Collective, the Greenpoint-based art collective WAMP, and “the bloodthirsty public, banded together in an Irregular Militia.” (Several civilians also posed as pacifists, meditating in the Lotus position even as they were pelted.) The teams were demarked by the color of their armbands (civies in yellow) and stationed in opposite corners, but as soon as the schnitzel hit the fan, all was chaos.

“Noise makers and blow horns filled the air, as did a dizzying plethora of condiments. Suddenly I felt like I was in Saving Private Ryan. Men and women in plastic coveralls ran around spraying each other, or throwing chunks of hot dog, dough, pretty much anything edible. A woman wheeled an ice cream cart into the center of the staging area and pulled a hose out of it, spraying everyone around her. Another combatant hid her condiments in a baby carriage disguised as an elephant. Someone with a Super Soaker pumped vinegar into my eye.

“From the rooftop of an adjacent 10-story building, people threw balloons full of god-knows-what onto the street below. At one point I looked up to see an operative rappelling off the side of the building.”

If I said that just reading it blew my fun-gasket, would you know what I mean?

LINK: Madagascarinstitute via Urbanprankster.

WHEN: Sept 20th, 7PM
WHERE: New York’s Webster Hall
WHAT: “Brawn, beauty, and bizarre”, a traveling, 2-hour extravaganza featuring burlesque-infused lucha libre wrestling: costumes, stunts, men jumping off the turn-buckle, and women jumping, well, on other women. The world’s best teasers, meet the world’s best tusslers. There’s so much more to know, luckily there’s so much more after the jump. How fun is that?

LINK: Luchavavoom.

Not every ninja needs a sword. Help this one rescue his girlfriend barehanded. Click the pic to get the game, then find the button marked “play”.

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I don’t know why watching Franken’s amazing, free-hand map drawing skills in action is so much fun… but it is. Way more fun that that lame cat in a sink video we capped yesterday off with, that’s for sure.

There’s only one golf course in America using animals as caddies. And they’re not using felines…

LINK: Llamacaddy via Presurfer.

This is as close as I’ll get to posting cat today. You have my word on it.

Ever wanted a font made from your own handwriting? Sure you have, everyone does. Everyone but cats, because cats are stupid. They prance around, pooping in boxes then walking on stuff but looking bothered as if they didn’t poop at all.

LINK: Fontcapture.

WHEN: Today, September 9th, starting at 1PM EST
WHERE: Right here, on the cat-free World Wide Web
WHAT: A world of property empire building on an unimaginable scale. A live worldwide game of MONOPOLY using Google Maps as the game board. The goal is simple: Become the richest property magnate in existence. “Own any street in the world. Build humble houses, crazy castles and stupendous skyscrapers to collect rent. Use MONOPOLY Chance Cards to sabotage your mates by building Hazards on their streets.” How fun is that?

LINK: Monopolycitystreets.

From the New York Times, an interactive circular trivia puzzle, where the answer to each question depends on the one before it. To get started, you’ve got to find a question that you can answer without the hint from the previous question’s answer. I know what you’re thinking, ‘Written by cats?’ No. ‘Are any of the answers cats?’ I think not. ‘Could a cat do it?’ F*ck ‘em. Get at it dawg.

LINK: Nytimes via Kottke.

Check it out, a simple spaceship-style, mouse-controlled shooter, like the ones you grew up on. The best bit of all? I’m only on level 3, but so far, 0% cats. Click the pic to get the game.

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