Little hoard of cool things that I want to keep links to, or which I think you should check out!
Games and Interactives
BBC's Big Al Game - I used to be OBSESSED with this game as a kid. The BBC's website restructured and got rid of its games when I was a teenager, and I've spent the past decade desperately searching for any trace of it - and here it is!! A game dev who made a fan recreation was contacted by the original designer and given the files, and has now uploaded a port! Time to waste hours on this again...
Metazooa - Like Wordle, but with clades and species! As someone who deals in cladistic trees a lot, this game is so fun, trying to think of what animals will fit in the given group.
Tetris (NES) - An emulator of NES Tetris! I love playing different versions of Tetris, but this one is a copy of the OG.
Robin Exit Interview- Answer questions as the Robins as they leave their role. For such a simple little dialogue-tree game, it has some really interesting responses, and is really fun to play around with if you like the lore of the Batman comics.
Moral Machine - A twist on the trolley problem, where you answer questions on how you think an out-of-control self-driving car should behave in various scenarios. You can test your moral judgements against those of others! Very interesting to play around with.
Stimulation Clicker - What I can only describe as an overstimulation simulator. Weirdly addicting but also kinda stressful.
Play Classic Games - Exactly what it says on the tin! Play old DOS and early console games, free online in-browser! I use this for Lemmings and Doom, but there's plenty more to explore too!
Cool and Interesting
Jurassic Flubs - A site I was obsessed with as a kid. A compilation of movie mistakes in the original Jurassic Park film!
My Retro TV - Found this and had so much fun flicking through the channels. Has TV for 50s through to 00s, all seems to be American though, unfortunately for me.
Jurassic Systems - Recreation of the computer systems from the scene where Arnold tries to access the hack that Nedry put in place. Ah, ah, ah, you didn't say the magic word!!
Purrli - Cat purr generator with customisation options!! I am absolutely obsessed, I have my own little purr machines now, but this is still absolutely delightful!
Scarfolk Council - Blog of fake, parody council announcements, information packets, and adverts. All modelled on UK documents from the 1970s, I just love the uncanny psuedo-nostalgic aesthetic.
Kryptonian.info - Amateur linguistics project, creating and detailing a Kryptonian language system. Includes a dictionary and a bunch of grammatical rules. Gylav!
Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life - An open-access online 'textbook' on Palaeontology and ancient life. It has almost everything you could hope to find in terms of learning about palaeontology as a science. Check it out!!
The Dubbing Database - A wikia for various different shows and movies which have dubs in other languages. I'm going to use this to find Italian dubs of cartoons to help me learn, but it's also just interesting seeing how many different language dubs there are of things!
Video Collections
Love The PIF - A channel full of PSAs, PIFs, and old adverts.
HelloImAPizza - A channel of PSA and PIF compilations and ranking videos. I just love PSAs so much, and this is a great channel for discovering them.
A/V Geeks 16mm - A channel of old 16mm films. A lot of old educational videos, I just love the aesthetic of them!
Effed Up Movies - A website of, as the name suggests, "effed-up movies". I'm particularly interested in the mondo and documentary films they have available, but as a lover of extreme horror, there's plenty more to explore too.
Jurassic Park Atmospheres - A channel full of ambience tracks set in Jurassic Park. I just find them so soothing - Brachiosaur Paddock with no music is my favourite choice for sleeping to.
MDTV - A channel full of clips from various medical drama TV shows. I have to admit to a soft spot for medical dramas, so I've been binging the hell out of this channel.
Apparel and Wearables
punkwithacamera- Sew-on patches; punk apparel
Chaos Creations- Patches, shirts, studs; punk apparel
jojo_oliver- Stickers
Retrograde- Stickers, patches; quirky apparel
Koi Footwear- Boots, shoes, accessories; alternative apparel
New Rock- Boots, shoes; alternative apparel
NeoCities and Personal Sites
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