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Dead By Dawn

After much procrastination, I finally got around to watching Evil Dead 2 after seeing the evil hand scene on The Best Fistfights Ever!. In fact I even watched the musical in Toronto before dusting off the DVD. I have to say, the musical now makes a lot more sense.

In case you hadn’t noticed, click on a thumbnail when looking at a list and there’s a whole new world of wonder and your fingertips… watch videos, vote, share what’s on your mind, see which fools are voting your favourites down etc. We spent a while building the page but it might be a little hidden away for existing members who use the quick vote interface and the toggle.

The new office is wonderful, thanks for asking. This one is less full of clothes and couriers.

Posted at 9:28 pm on 27/06/08
Tags: evil dead office

Comments: 2
Controversial choices on the Worst Videogames Ever

As a big videogame fan, I’ve been taking a keen interest in the Worst Games Ever list, started by FormableAxe.

Mainly because there are some quite surprising choices on there. Perfect Dark Zero wasn’t a great game, but the seventh worst videogame of all time? And the most played game on Xbox Live, and hugely popular Call of Duty 4 appears at 13?

Seeing surprising results is a big part of the fun of Ditto, but surely there must be some worse games we could be mocking? If you haven’t voted yet, go and share your gaming nightmares!

Or there’s always the Best Videogame Weapon ever!

Posted at 2:22 pm on 25/06/08
Tags: best videogame weapon, best weapon, callof duty 4, computer, console, game, pc, perfect dark zero, videogame, weapon, worst

Comments: 2
Hello from James

Despite my various attempts to remain anonymous I have finally relented and posted my first entry onto the Ditto blog.

I have worked on the ditto team since the coding began way back in May 2007 and looking back we have come a long way since those heady days of powerpoint slides and empty databases.

My role on the team varies from munging our entertainment data, through programming various parts of the site to looking after our production servers.

So, if you visit Ditto and see the “Oops! We are down for maintenance, is there any other kind?” page, that is my fault because I will have taken the site down to deploy the latest version of Ditto. Hopefully your initial frustration is soon replaced by euphoria for that missing feature being added that you’ve always wanted! Although, I probably won’t be able to take the credit because all of the exciting stuff is developed by Pat, Mike, or Oli

Posted at 10:29 am on 19/06/08
Tags: introducing, James, pat's odd

Comments: 2
The best ever videogame lists

And by that, I don’t mean the best videogames ever - although that’s already on Ditto.

What I’m thinking about is the best list of videogames. For instance: Videogames where it’s more fun to be the bad guy, The worst ever movie tie-in games, or even the more worthy Xbox 360 games suitable for the under 6s.

There have to be better lists to be created. Best videogame scenes that look rude, best Japlish translations (Japanese to Engrish can be tricky), or best games which featured completely irrelevant celebrity endorsements, for example…

But there have to be loads more. Come on people, surprise me!

Posted at 1:05 pm on 16/06/08
Tags: bad guys, best, computer games, ever, gaming, Lists, movie tie-ins, videogames, xbox 360

Comments: 2
Goodbye Pine Street

Well, our time in the creaky-floored, bare-walled, cool little startup office is at an end. The massive reel of bubblewrap has turned up, and I for one intend to roll around in it before we start packing.

The new office is posh and corporate and I would imagine we should all make an effort to dress properly - and yes Pat, that means putting your feet away.

Here are some pics before we go.

Oli

Posted at 8:52 am on 12/06/08
Tags: office location pinestreet

Comments: 5